Lyra leaned down slightly and grinned at Emma.

'Well?' she said, as if she had asked a question.

'Mum,' Lucas began, Lyra quickly and sharply turned her attention to him 'Emma wants to talk a little more in the comfort of her room. If that's okay?' Lyra turned her attention back to Emma, she looked her over before standing up straight and stepping aside so the two could get past but only by passing in between both herself and Alistair.

As the two ran up the stairs Emma looked back to see Alistair holding Lyra by the waist, both waving happily. Nothing felt right anymore, Emma had never had to wonder what sinister motives lay behind a happy wave before she found out she was a Witch.

Lucas had led Emma to her room in a rushed walk, when they arrived he closed the door behind them peeking through until the last second looking out for anyone following them. He closed the door and let out a large sigh.

'Quickly, pack your things.' He demanded as he rushed over to Emma who was standing in the far end of the room.

'Wait, Lucas. You've got to tell me whats going on.' Emma grabbed onto an advancing Lucas' arms to get him to stop and look at her.

'Please stop asking me to tell you, it just puts me in more danger.'

'At least tell me who made me fall off my broom, I know you know who it is!' Emma demanded.

'I don't have to help you, you know! I could leave you here and run away on my own.' Lucas shrugged his arms out of Emma's loose grip and turned his back on her.

'No, you couldn't,' Emma said putting a hand on his shoulder 'If you could, you would have long before I got here. You're scared and its okay but if we work together we will be fine, so, just tell me, who did it?' Emma tried her best to use a soft reassuring tone. Lucas paused for a moment before looking slightly past his shoulder to address Emma

'I can't tell you.' Although she could only see half of his face she could tell he was sad. She sighed looking at this boy she had known for so little time, she worried about him, and she wished there was a way she could help him but maybe this was the best thing for him? And if it isn't they can always come back.

'Fine, I'll pack my stuff. What about you?'

'I've got some stuff ready packed in my room.'

'Meet me at the front door in twenty minutes, sound good?' Emma asked, brushing her hand down Lucas' arm to reassure him. He smiled at her sadly before nodding and jogging quickly out of the room closing the door after him.

Emma shoved as many clothes as she could into her case then ran to the front door in the hopes of finding her parents, so she could warn them, or ask for help. As she ran along Emma saw Gadkey, the house elf fiddling his thumbs and fingers moving nervously, he really was a sight.

'Hey, Gadkey, whats wrong?'

Emma's question only got her a high-pitched yelp from the poor creature, when he saw her holding her case he pulled harshly on both his ears and started to scream while keeping his mouth closed, Emma looked around in a panic not sure what to do to console him.

'Its okay Gadkey,' Emma knelt and took his hands, stopping him from pulling at his ears as she feared he would rip them straight off his head 'Whats wrong?'

'Emma?' a voice called out to her from down the hall

'What now' Emma thought, without letting go of Gadkeys hands she turned to see who was talking to her, it was her dad.

'Hey, dad, whats up?'

'Why are you touching that?' Gadkey yelped and pulled his hands away from Emma

'His name is Gadkey and I was just checking he was okay.' Emma could hear the disgust in her father's voice and it confused and upset her, had he talked to Gadkey before, why was he so disgusted she was holding his hands?

'I don't care the reason, don't touch it.' Her dad took a step closer to her and looked down his nose at Gadkey

'Did you hear me? His name is Gadkey.' Emma stood up and tried to hide her case behind her legs

'Where is Lucas? Aren't you supposed to be having a talk with him?'

'We were talking, we are taking a break, why?'

'Has he told you yet?' her father asked reluctantly. Emma had no clue what her dad was on about but though that maybe if she pretended she did he would let on whats going on as opposed to trying to get Lucas to tell her again.

'Yeah.' She said, trying to not make it obvious that she had no clue what was going on

'Are you mad?' he asked

'Why would I be mad?' she asked, she was pretty sure he hadn't caught on quite yet

'I don't know, your mum thought you might be.' He shrugged

'So, uh, why did you get Lucas to tell me?' she asked trying to get as much information as possible

'Your mum again, thought it would be easier to hear from a friend or something like that. Well, a little more than a friend.' Her father smirked with that last comment

'What do you mean more than a friend?'

'I thought- how much has Lucas told you?'

'Apparently not everything? What do you mean more than a friend?'

'You should talk to Lucas about that, your mum might be mad if I tell you.'

'Please, Lucas can be hard to talk to, he never tells me anything!'

'He told you-' Her dad stopped 'What did he tell you?'

Before Emma could respond Lucas ran past her wand in hand and yelled 'Immobulus' Emmas dad froze.

'What the hell have you done?' Emma yelled

'He's fine let's go!' Lucas grabbed Emma's hand and began running to the front door, but Emma pulled her hand lose. When Lucas turned to confront her, she slapped him across the face, hard, he stumbled back a short distance before tripping over his own feet and falling to the ground.

'Emma!' He yelled in a scornful tone as he got back onto his feet

'No Lucas! Tell me what the hell is going on right now! No more avoiding the question, no more running, no more secrets, and certainly no casting spells on my dad!' Emma had gone into overdrive, it had simply become all too much, Lucas looked slightly intimidated, she didn't like to do this to him, but he was being unreasonable.

'Do you know how scared my dad must be right now? He comes to live with a wizarding family to learn about a foreign culture and you freeze him!' Emma crouched down by her father's head 'You're okay dad, its just a spell, I'm sure Lucas can undo it.'

'You want the truth Emma?' Lucas asked not daring to look her in the face

'Yes, that's all I've ever wanted.'

'The wizarding world isn't a foreign culture to your dad.'

'Lucas this isn't time for a stupid cliché we all have magic within us thing.'

'No, that's not what I mean. Both of your parents are magic users.'

Emma didn't know whether to believe what she was hearing or not, she looked down at her father's frozen face, unable to show any distinct emotions. Surely not, surely her parents are muggles, she would have known if they weren't, it can't be that hard to tell especially if you've lived with the person your whole life.

'Gadkey, please take Mr Blackwell to the dungeon and lock him up.' Lucas said dismissively to the trembling house elf curled up on the floor, the creature quickly grabbed Mr Blackwell, snapped his fingers and vanished with Emma's dad.

'What the hell are you doing? You can't just lock my dad up!' Emma said in a harsh but whispery voice, if any of this was true she didn't want the whole house hearing what had just happened.

'I told you Emma, your dad is a wizard he'll be fine. As soon as someone asks where he is Gadkey will say out of pure obedience to my parents. He'll be out of there in no time.'

'You have got to be kidding me.' Emma said still trying to wrap her head around what had just been said

'I'm not. And like I said, he'll be out in no time, so we should go, now!' Lucas didn't try to grab Emma from fear of being hit again. He picked up his case slowly and walked backwards until Emma picked up her case and started to follow him.

Emma saw Lucas pull his wand in to a defensive position as they descended the main staircase on their way to the main door. As they reached the bottom step Emma saw her mum walk out of the dining room,

'Immobulus' Lucas yelled, Emma recoiled not wanting to see her mother freeze but almost as soon as Lucas had cast the spell her mother called out 'Expelliarmus' and Lucas' wand flew from his hands and landed a few metres from his feet.

'Really Lucas?' Emma's mum frowned

'Mrs Blackwell, I didn't realise it was you!' Lucas said scurrying to get his wand off the floor. Sarah ignored him and turned to face Emma

'Emma,' her mum said, she said it as though she was about to ask her a question

'Carpe Retractum!' Lucas yelled before Sarah could continue, a long length of rope shot from his wand, wrapped around Sarah's' ankles and pulled her over. She hit the floor with a thud.

'You little shit!' She yelled as Lucas grabbed Emma and ran for the door, Sarah rolled onto her side,

'COLLOSHOO' She screamed, Lucas suddenly froze, but in a different way to her father. His feet were stuck. Sarah got up calmly and untangled her feet from the rope, she slowly approached Emma as Lucas tried to get his feet to move.

'Don't even try Lucas' she said coldly, 'Emma darling, follow me and I can clear this all up for you, okay?'

Emma turned to look at a struggling Lucas, but her mother stopped her by gently handling her face, so she was instead looking directly at her mother. Holding her hand tight her mother led her to the dining room which she had just emerged from, Emma caught one last glimpse of a struggling Lucas before the doors close and she is left alone with her mum and Lyra. Lyra was sitting down, and her mother sat next to her gesturing for Emma to take the seat opposite them, she sat cautiously.

'Now, lets clear up a few things.' Emmas mum said sighing 'What has Lucas told you?'. Emma thought for a moment, if what Lucas had said was true then does she really want to be telling anyone who will listen? She decides its best if she just tells the truth, after all, whats the worst that could happen?

'He hasn't told me much. All I really know is that you and dad know how to use magic and that I'm in danger.' Emma tried to read the women's expressions but they both had incredible poker faces.

'Well Emma I can assure you, you are not in any danger.' Lyra said with a wide smile. At this, Emma heard a small commotion outside the dining room doors, she couldn't quite make out what was happening, but she instinctively shot up out of her chair.

'Don't worry about that.' Her mother said grabbing her hand and leading her to sit down again 'Emma, I'm going to be honest with you, is that okay?' Emma nodded quickly, all she wanted was honesty.

'Theres is this wizard, he is an incredibly powerful wizard. Both your father and I support him and stand by his side, he believes magic is something very special that should be protected. Not everyone agrees with him, they don't care for magic as we do, they don't understand how wonderful it is and what power it holds and how we should protect it with everything we have.' Sarah spoke slowly as she explained to Emma.

'What does any of this have to do with me?' Emma asked with uncertainty.

WOAH its not like me to leave you on a cliff hanger! Anyone figured out who the 'powerful wizard' is yet? My exams are over this Friday, thank you for patiently waiting for the new chapter, hope it was worth it. Leave a review! Ill see you soon with what is potentially the conclusion to a magical experience, until next time x