'Mum!' Emma growled through gritted teeth, 'What the hell are you doing here?'

'Sweetie!' Her mum called opening her arms for a hug, but Emma didn't move any closer to her.

'What are you doing here?' Emma repeated less aggressively. Her mum slumped her arms down to her side and gave Emma a disappointed look.

'We wanted to check on you. Make sure you're okay'

'We?' Emma asked, 'Is dad here too?'

'Of course, he is! I wouldn't come here alone. He's gone to find you.'

Shit Emma thought, out of the two she thought her dad would be more relaxed and convince her mum not to come out to Scotland. She looked over to aggie who had kept a small distance as to not intrude then turned back to her mother.

'If you had waited just a little longer I sent you a response letter telling you not to come here!' Emma said trying not to sound as angry as she felt.

'You mean this scribbled out letter that looks like a kidnapper wrote it? Yeah that really made me feel as though you were safe!' her mum said pulling out the crumpled-up piece of paper from her handbag. She held the paper out to Emma who snatched it out of her hands and uncrumpled it to see the note she had written just last night.

Emma groaned and moved around to blow off steam while her mum looked on with a raised eyebrow.

'Where has dad gone?' Emma said finally stopping her pacing

'To look for you, like I said.' Her mum huffed seeming annoyed.

Emma thought about what she was going to do next, but clearly not too hard. She turned and ran away from her mum as fast as she could, grabbing aggies arm as she went making aggie run alongside her.

'Emma? EMMA!' her mum shouted as she sprinted away.

'What's the plan Em?' Aggie asked as they ran further and further away from Emma's' mum

'This was as far as I'd gotten.' Emma admitted

'Thanks for being honest. Maybe we should find your dad?'

'good plan, but he could be anywhere, and the school is huge!'

'Lets just look around, were bound to bump into him at some point.'

'We should ask the guys for help.' Aggie suggested

The two girls ran back to the great hall to find Fred and George sitting together talking in hushed tones.

'We need to find my dad!' Emma called

'What?' asked a startled George

'He's somewhere in the castle' Aggie explained

'And he needs to leave!' Emma said before darting off again

'Is he in danger?' George asked standing up

'No but they want to take Emma home' Aggie explained

The boys shared a concerned look before nodding at each other and jogging for the door with Aggie.

'We need to go to the common room.' Fred started

'Get Emma and join us there.' George said before sprinting away alongside his brother

Aggie kept running as she watched the twins depart and head for the common room, although she couldn't see Emma she knew she wouldn't have gotten far. She sprinted around the corner and just caught a glimpse of Emma turning a corner.

'Emma!' Aggie yelled but she didn't seem to hear her

She ran as fast as she could to catch up to a sprinting Emma, when she got close she reached out and grabbed Emma, hanging off her shoulder to stop her down.

'What? Have you found him?' Emma asked taking the moment to catch her breath

'No, but Fred and George want us to meet them in the common room now, let's go'

The girls, keeping up their normal pace, made their way to the common room. They were lucky enough to not have to pass Mrs Blackwell on their way there. As they scrambled into the common room they saw the boys looking shifty in the far-right corner.

'Guys, what do you want?' Emma asked impatient as ever

'We have something to show you, but you can't tell anyone.' Fred said

'What is it?' Emma asked

'Promise first.' George said straight faced

'I promise I won't tell anyone'

'I promise I won't either' Aggie chimed in

Satisfied with their promises Fred pulled from behind his back a large folded up piece of paper.

'What's that?' Aggie asked

'Just watch.' Fred said with a smirk

He passed the paper to Emma and pulled his want out from a pocket in his robe, he cleared his throat before pointing his wand at the map and uttering the words

'I solemnly swear I am up to no good.'

At this the paper started to reveal markings all over it, the front read 'Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot & Prongs are proud to present the marauders map'

'The marauders map?' Emma read aloud

'Just open it up.' George said with a smile

Emma reluctantly opened it and saw a map of the whole school appear before her eyes, and on the map, were various footprints, some moving some not with names underneath them. Emma shot a look at the twins before grinning in relief and searching the map for her father's name.

'Andrew Blackwell! There in the library. Let's go.' Emma led the way, not running for once but walking as fast as she could. George would periodically check the map to make sure Emma's dad didn't move

'Hey, Em?' George asked lagging just slightly behind Emma and Aggie

'What's up George? Is he on the move?' Emma asked looking slightly over her shoulder to try and find any sort of emotion in Georges face.

'No, but what's your mums name again?'

'Sarah, why?' Emma said coming to a stop and turning to face George

'I think she's in our common room?' George said not taking his eyes off the map.

'What?' Emma grabbed the map from George

'Maybe you read it wrong' Fred suggested

'No, he didn't.' Emma said jaw hanging open, staring at the map 'Two of you go find out what my mums doing, and someone join me to find my dad' she checked the map, her dad was still in the library.

'Who should go check on your mum?' Aggie asked

'Fred and George should, Mums already seen you hanging around me, but she doesn't know the twins are my friends. Everyone okay with that?'

'We'll keep the map and find you once we've dealt with her dad.' Aggie said, the boys nodded and ran off to the common room.

'This is too weird.' Emma said shaking her head

'Were gonna sort it out, don't worry about it.' Aggie said placing a comforting hand onto Emma's arm.

The girls took a moment so emma could compose herself before yet again checking Emma's dad hadn't moved and heading to the library.

When they arrived they paused to catch their breath before entering the library, they glanced at the map, her father was… looking at books? The girls walked through the centre walk-way, Aggie looking to the left and Emma looking to the right.

The library was quiet, first lesson had already started, meaning all four of them were going to get in trouble with professor Dumbledore, or worse, professor McGonagall, but they were too far gone now they had to round up Emma's parents and convince them to leave.

A few rows down Emma and Aggie found Emma's dad reading a book he had pulled from one of the shelves

'Dad!' Emma shouted, her father jumped backwards, and he shoved the book into a rucksack he had with him before turning and smiling at his daughter.

'Oh, it's you, you scared my baby.' Her dad chuckled

'What's that book your reading?' Emma asked, nodding to his rucksack

'Just a book about your school, thought I should educate myself on your new magical life.'

'You should put it back, it belongs to the school.' Emma said without a second thought

'So it does,' her father began puling the book out of his rucksack and placing it back on the shelf 'You're being very serious. Everything okay?'

'It will be, when you calm mum down, convince her she didn't need to come here and turn around and go home!' Emma said with a feigned cheesy grin

'Emma, I agreed with your mum that we should come get you. We think it's for the best.'

'Dad, you've got to be kidding me.'

'I'm sorry but this all seems so much, don't you think?'

'No! I love it here, I love my friends and my classes and the life I live here.'

'I'm sorry Darling, your mum has gone to get your suitcase and you're coming with us.'

Emma felt Aggies hand on her shoulder, her friend came closer and whispered in here ear

'Run.'

Without another word the girls sprinted out of the library, Emma's dad calling after them. They ran for a while before checking the map again, they uttered the necessary words and saw that Fred and George were still in the common room with Emma's mum. As they ran to the common room they discussed their plan, Aggie would go in while Emma waited outside. Aggie would bring Fred and George out and then they would plan from there.

As they got to the portrait of the fat lady guarding the common room door they didn't have time to even say the password before the painting swung open and out marched Emma's mum.

'Hey Emma, don't worry about getting your suitcase I've got it here.' She said heading away from the girls. The twins ran out behind her apologising profusely to Emma

'Try to keep up sweetie' Her mum called without looking at her. Emma ran after her trying to convince her to change her mind as they grew ever closer to the exit of the school.

'Mum, you don't have to do this.' Emma begged

'Yes I do, its not safe for you here.' Sarah countered

'How can you say that you don't know anything about this school.' Emma shouted, her mum stopped in her tracks and pointed an accusing finger at Emma

'I know more than you think.' Sarah said in a sinister hushed voice. Emma was taken aback by the sudden outburst from her mother

'Like what?' Emma asked, her mother looked as though something had been possessing her and it just left her body Intime for her to not have a legitimate answer.

'Like how someone made you fall off your broom during a flying lesson.' She said, before turning and storming to the entrance where Emma's father was waiting, checking his watch.

Emma turned to her friends who had trailed behind her and her mother, looking hopeless she embraced them all in a group hug.

'You're giving up?' George asked

'What else am I supposed to do?' Emma sniffed trying not to get too upset

'You'll be back after Christmas though.' Fred suggested trying to lighten the mood, Emma's silence shocked the group

'You will be back, right?' George asked

'I- I hope so.' Emma said through teary eyes, she hugged each of them individually before joining her parents. She gave a sullen wave as she watched Professor McGonagall approach her friends and escort them away.

'Do you fancy doing something? Go for brunch or maybe bowling? I'm sure we could find somewhere even in the country.' Emma's dad suggested

'No, I just want to go straight home.' Emma said, not looking up from the floor

'Oh, were not going home sweetie.' Sarah said smiling down at her daughter, Emma shot her a glare

'Where are we going?'

'We've been invited to spend some time with this wizarding family, you're best friends with their son apparently.'

Emma couldn't believe what she was hearing, 'I thought you wanted me to get away from the wizarding world?'

'They convinced us that they could teach us about their culture and wont you enjoy spending time with your best friend? Out of school?'

'But George is still in school? Am I supposed to amble around for a while waiting for him to get home?'

'George, who's that? Their son is called Lucas. Lucas Lowell.'

Hey guys! I'm sorry there was such a gap between the last chapter and this one, but I've made this one longer to kind of compensate? I really hope you enjoy the chapter (it was a long time in the making) and hopefully I won't take so long to publish 13. Shout out to Harley for helping me decide on Emma's mums name. reviews are always appreciated, Until next time!