Alrighty, how about a post before I drown myself in homework??


“NOW!” Harry shouted.

All at once, ten different voices shouted, “REDUCTO!” All of the curses flew in different directions and the shelves exploded. Hundreds of glass spheres blew up, raining upon them.

They didn’t need Harry to tell them twice to run; they all flew off, their hands over their heads as they scattered. Emily’s fingers slipped from Draco’s in their run, but she knew he was right behind her. Emily kept up with Hermione and Harry easily, knowing the others were ahead of him. The door they had come through was up ahead and Harry jumped through it, waiting for the rest of them to make it through before slamming it shut. Hermione sealed the door as Emily turned to look for Draco, but he wasn’t there.

“Where—where are the others?” Harry gasped, voicing Emily’s thoughts. Ron, Luna, Ginny, Alicia, and Draco were nowhere to be seen. Emily and Jamie shared a glance, their eyes flying wide open.

“They must have gone the wrong way!” Hermione whispered, terror seeping through her features.

“Listen!” Neville said quietly.

They all listened to the shouts and footsteps from behind the door that Hermione had just sealed.

“Jamie…” Emily whispered as she clutched his arm.

“I know,” he whispered back as he took her hand in his. “I’m sure they’re fine…”

“What do we do?” Hermione asked.

“Well, we don’t stand here waiting for them to find us, for a start… Let’s get away from this door,” Harry answered.

They all started running as quietly as they could. Before they could get to the exit on the opposite side of the room, the door that Hermione had charmed shut was slammed upon with a body. Somebody shouted, and as the door flew open, they all dove under desks. Jamie pulled Emily slightly behind himself, still holding her hand. Both of their wands were drawn as they saw the bottom of the Death Eater’s robes.

“They might’ve run straight through to the hall,” someone said roughly. Emily prayed silently that they would listen to the bonehead without looking around in this room, but that was squashed moments later.

“Check under the desks,” another demanded.

As soon as the knees of the Death Eaters started bending, Harry and Jamie both shouted, “STUPEFY!” Emily was also thrown backwards as the Death Eater’s wand went wild and shot the stunning spell back at her as he fell through the air. As soon as Jamie realized she had been hit, he was at her side in a heartbeat. It took him a few minutes to get her out from under the debris to use the counter curse as the other Death Eater pointed his wand at Hermione, going for the kill.

Everything was chaos as Harry jumped at the man, and then Neville, trying to help, cried, “EXPELLIARMUS!” But this only caused more mayhem as both Harry and the Death Eater’s wands flew out of their hands. Both men scrambled after their wands as Neville tried to redeem himself and aimed another curse at the Death Eater. Instead of hitting him, like intended, it flew over his shoulder and hit a cabinet. The Death Eater had time to grab his wand and aim it at Harry.

“STUPEFY!” Hermione screamed as she caught up with them. The curse hit the man and he collapsed backwards as Hermione summoned Harry’s wand.

“Jamie, can you get into Alicia’s mind? I’ve been trying to talk to her, but I’m getting nothing…” Emily whispered before her hand flew to her mouth, her eyes bulging.

“Don’t even think like that,” Jamie said hoarsely.

“But, if she isn’t responding—” Emily began as tears started forming in her eyes.

“I said stop. Alicia’s fine,” Jamie said stubbornly. Emily just nodded as she wiped her eyes before looking over to the Death Eater that had fallen. His head had shrunken and his hair retracted into a baby’s head before returning to its previous form. His head continued that process while they heard a shout, crash, and scream from a nearby room.

“RON? GINNY? LUNA? ALICIA? DRACO?” Harry yelled.

“Harry!” Hermione shouted.

“You can’t hurt a baby!” Hermione chided as she pulled his wand arm down. The man-baby was flailing his arms everywhere, narrowly missing Harry, who had ducked.

They all started running again when two new Death Eaters barged into the room behind them.

“IMPEDIMENTA!” they cried in triumph. All five of them were knocked backwards, all of them hitting into different things.

As one of the Death Eaters tried giving away their location to his fellows, Hermione silenced him while Harry and Jamie took care of the other one. Emily crawled over to Neville to make sure he was all right, since they landed fairly close.

As she turned her attention back to her friends, she watched as the silenced Death Eater threw a nonverbal spell at Hermione and she crumpled to the ground.

“Hermione!” Emily and Harry yelled. Emily started for Hermione but the man threw her back with the flick of his wand. She smashed into a glass cabinet, which broke into millions of pieces around her. She dropped to the ground, knocked unconscious as Jamie hurried over to her side.

“Emily?” he asked in a shaken voice. He saw some glass sticking out of her arm and quickly pulled it free, ripping off a piece of his shirt to tie above the wound.

He heard a thump behind him and turned around to see Antonin Dolohov hit the ground. Neville, with a bloody face, appeared at Harry’s side as Jamie picked Emily up from the floor.

“She alive?” Jamie asked as he set Emily down beside Hermione and started fixing her wounds.

“Yeah, I dink so…” Neville answered.

“What about Ems?” Harry asked. Jamie nodded as Emily groaned.

“She was just knocked out. She’ll come to.”

“We’re not far from the exit,” Harry said suddenly. “We’re right next to that circular room… If we can just get you across it and find the right door before any more Death Eaters come, I’ll bet you can get Hermione up the corridor and into the lift… Then you could find someone… Raise the alarm,” he continued as he stared at Jamie and Neville, before glancing at the awakening Emily. She tried to sit up and Jamie helped her.

“And whad are you going do do?” Neville asked Harry with a frown.

“I’ve got to find the others,” Harry answered.

“We’re going with you,” Emily, Jamie, and Neville replied. Harry looked at Emily skeptically before turning to the boys.

“But Hermione—”

“We’ll take her with us,” Jamie said immediately.

“I’ll carry her… Y’all are bedder at fighding dem dan I ab—” Neville added.

They helped hoist Hermione over one of Neville’s shoulders and Harry handed him Hermione’s wand to replace his own broken one. Jamie supported Emily slightly before she finally shrugged him off and told him that it’d be harder to fight if they were joined at the hip. Jamie reluctantly agreed as they crept out of the office and back to the door in the hallway.

As the door shut behind them, the room began to spin, the doors no longer holding Hermione’s crosses.

“So which way d’you reck—” Harry started as a group of five teenagers fell through one of the doors.

“Ouch!” Draco groaned as Alicia landed on top of him.

“Sorry,” she said quickly as she got up and looked around. “JAMIE!” Alicia yelled as she sprinted forward and embraced him.

“EMILY!” Draco shouted in relief as he engulfed her in a hug. She kissed him fiercely on the lips as tears welled in her eyes. As Alicia started explaining about what happened on their end, Emily hugged her tightly before returning to Draco’s arms.

“Draco, I thought—I thought…”

“I know, me too,” he whispered back. He kissed her lips as he pulled her closer to him. She winced but when he tried to let go, she refused to let him.

“We’ve got to get out of here,” Harry said, bringing them out of their relief bubble. “Luna, can you help Ginny?” Ginny had no patience and tried walking herself, only to fall sideways and grab onto Luna for support.

They all headed to a door, following Harry’s lead, when another one burst open across the hall. Bellatrix Lestrange led two fellow Death Eaters into the room, shrieking, “There they are!”

Disclaimer: Any quotes you recognize belong to JK Rowling.
What do you think? TAG, ABI!

Hello Girls. So scary! I thought he wanted her dead! How could he think she would work for him?!

It had to be scary being separated in the Ministry. Watch out!

I'll be watching for your next post girls. Good job to both of you.

Oh no! I know what happens next and I'm sad already
I hate Bellatrix And I don't hate anything!
PAMS Abi!
Great Post Emily
Soph xx

Thanks, Connie, Sophie

How about another post?

Alicia grabbed Ginny’s hand as they ran down the aisle, unable to see where they were going due to the glass fragments. She didn’t notice the others dart to the left. She forced Luna to duck as a jinx flew over their heads.

“Draco!” Alicia hissed as Lucius called his son’s name.

“He’s got nothing to do with you! Leave him alone!” She yelled, sending a Stunner over her shoulder. More shelves exploded as the spell hit it. They forced their way through a closed door and slammed it shut behind them.

“Where are we?” Ron asked, looking round at Pluto. They seemed to be floating in mid air while surrounded by planets. The door burst open behind them and three Death Eaters joined them.

“Where are the others?” Alicia said sharply, spinning in the air to look round. She could only see Draco, Ron, Ginny and Luna. She swapped a horrified look with Draco.

“Reducto!” Luna’s shout was followed by a large explosion and a scream of pain- she had blown Jupiter up in a Death Eater’s face because he had grabbed Ginny’s ankle, which had made a cracking sound.

“RON? GINNY? LUNA? DRACO? ALICIA?” Harry’s voice sounded close as they tried to move towards the door.

“HARRY!” Hermione’s scream was full of terror and it stopped the others shouting.

“I can’t hear their thoughts!” Alicia said, her voice full of shock and worry.

“We’ve got our own problems to worry about, Alicia!” Ron said, winging round to look at where the Death Eaters had gone. There was a bright flash that filled the darkness, hitting Ron in the face.

“RON!” Alicia screamed, making swimming motions to move forwards. “RON!”

“Ha ha ha... Look- I can see Uranus!” Ron said in a giggly voice. Alicia frowned as she spun round.

“What is going on?” Draco said in a panicked voice.

“I don’t know... Luna? Ginny?” Alicia said, looking round still.

“We’ve found the door!” Luna said in a happier voice. Alicia grabbed Draco’s hand as he caught the back of Ron’s robes. They made their way towards where Luna was fighting to get the door open.

“So which way d’you reck-” Harry’s voice cut off as the door opened, the five teenagers toppling out of it.

“Ouch...” Draco said loudly as Alicia landed on top of him.

“Sorry!” She said quickly, getting up and looking round. “JAMIE!” She yelled, flinging herself at him. He caught her and spun her round.

“EMILY!” Draco said, rushing to her and hugging her tightly. Emily had tears pooling in her eyes.

“What happened? We were so busy running that we didn’t notice that you’d vanished!” Jamie said, giving Draco a brief hug as Emily and Alicia gripped each other tightly.

“We were in this room full of planets... Floating round for ages... It wasn’t a nice feeling” Alicia said quickly, glancing round at the others. Neville had a broken nose and had a limp Hermione over his shoulder. “One of them grabbed Ginny’s foot and Luna blew Jupiter up in his face but I think it broke her ankle... We don’t know what they hit Ron with but he’s gone loopy” She said, indicating to his weak giggle.

“We’ve got to get out of here” Harry said in a firm voice. “Luna, can you help Ginny?” Alicia took Jamie’s hand as Luna stuck her wand behind her ear. Ginny tried to stand without any help but fell, grabbing Luna for support. Harry heaved Ron’s arm over his shoulder and they moved towards a door.

“THERE THEY ARE!” Bellatrix’s voice was loud as she burst through a door behind them, three Death Eaters behind her.

“HARRY!” Alicia screamed as Stunners flew across the small space. One hit her back and she was thrown forwards. The same happened to Emily. Jamie and Draco pulled them up and dragged them into the room after Harry.

“Colloportus!” Harry said quickly and the door sealed shut as bodies hit it.

Jamie looked round as he pulled Alicia over to the wall where Hermione was now laying. They were back in the brain room. He revived Alicia as Draco revived Emily before they both ran to help Neville, Harry and Luna.

TaDa!

Emily, I challenge you to try and beat that!
:evillaugh

Ohh, you are so totally on!

Sorry it's taken me so long! New post!


Draco growled.

Emily flinched.

Lucius smirked.

That’s how their fight was going. Draco was trying to make sure Emily didn’t get hurt, and instead of letting her defend herself from the curse Lucius was throwing at her, Draco intervened. She knew he was angry. She saw it in the way his eyes were narrowed and glaring fire, and in the way his nose flared and the knuckles gripping his wand were whiter than what was normal. They threw curse after curse at his father and yet, he still wouldn’t fall.

Emily watched in her peripheral vision as Sirius rammed into Dolohov and they started dueling. Her insides felt flimsy, like at any moment they would collapse. All they needed was the trigger. And that trigger was in her peripheral vision.

Since the battle began again after the Order had arrived, she hadn’t had time to talk to him, or even yell a few words. But she knew and so did Alicia, this would be their last chance. She and Alicia had been separated during the fight, but she knew she was around here somewhere, Jamie with her. She sent another stunner at her future father-in-law as she watched Harry yell, “Petrificus Totalus!” and Dolohov froze once again, falling to the ground.

“Well, well, well, Draco, I thought I had taught you better than this… But evidently not,” Lucius sneered as he looked Emily up and down.

Draco growled again and Emily smiled a little. “Stupefy!” Draco hissed and they both watched as Lucius flew backwards.

Emily ran toward Sirius, catching a glimpse of choppy black hair fighting with another Death Eater, Jamie at her side.

“Dad!” Emily shouted as she knocked him and Harry out of the way of a jet of green light. The curse narrowly missed Sirius and Emily’s eyes were already pooling with tears.

“Emily! Oh, thank God!” Sirius said in relief as he pulled her into a hug.

“I love you! You know that, right? I never meant any of that before! I was just upset,” Emily said frantically, trying to get it all out.

“I know, I know,” Sirius murmured in a soothing voice. “I love you too,” he whispered as he kissed her hair.

They all turned to watch Tonks fall from halfway up the stone steps, her weak form tumbling down the steps. Bellatrix looked victorious as she ran back into the chaos of all the battles.

“Take the prophecy, grab Neville, round up the others, and run!” Sirius shouted to the two of them as he started after Bellatrix. Emily watched, in what seemed like slow motion, as Harry jumped toward Neville and Sirius ran off to what could be his death. Emily was right behind Sirius, yelling at him to stop. He yelled back for her to get out of here, but she wasn’t going to leave him.

“I’ll leave if you come with me!” she begged as they dodged another curse.

“No, I have to stay and fight! And you have to get out of here!” he shouted at her as he cupped one of her cheeks in his hand from the spot they were crouched down at. “I love you, and I’ll be fine. Grab Draco, Alicia, and the others and leave,” Sirius said firmly. Just as Sirius said this, Draco dived to where they were, avoiding another curse.

“Ems, are you okay?” Draco asked as he straightened himself.

“Take her and get out of here!” Sirius yelled at Draco. Draco nodded once as he grabbed Emily’s hand firmly and started back for the door. She was yelling for him to stop, but he refused. He wanted to get her out of here and somewhere safe.

“Dad! Dad!” she chanted over and over as she tried to turn back. Another curse flew their way and Draco forced her down in the nick of time.

They heard someone yell, “DUBBLEDORE!” and then the Death Eaters were scrambling around, trying to leave. Dumbledore had all of the Death Eaters grouped in the middle of the room now. Only one was still fighting. Bellatrix.

Emily didn’t turn to look at Dumbledore, though she felt the smallest relief in knowing he was here now. She watched as Sirius ducked a jet of red light from Bellatrix. Draco had her pinned in his arms, holding her tightly. Sirius was laughing.

She heard Sirius say, “Come on, you can do better than that!” His voice echoed around the room before a second jet of light hit him in the chest. His eyes were still crinkled from laughter, his mouth still upturned, but his eyes—they were wide in shock.

Emily struggled more violently against Draco, yelling and screaming. Her tears flowed endlessly as she fought against him, watching as Sirius fell through the old doorway and disappeared behind the veil.

“I have to help him!” she cried desperately.

She accidently kicked Draco in the shin and his grip slackened slightly from the pain, and Emily got out of his embrace. She was running toward the arch as she felt everyone’s eyes on her. She knew Draco was right behind her, trying to grab her again.

“Dad!” she screamed as her hand reached out toward the arch. She felt like it was sucking her in, drawing her closer. Soon, her fingertips were in a swirl of fog, as if it were clenching her hand, bringing her farther in. Before she could go any farther, Draco’s body slammed into hers from the side, sending them both off the dais and crumpled on the floor. Draco grabbed her waist firmly and set her in his lap as he held her from behind, his arms pinning her arms to her side.

“No! Get off! I have to save him!” she screamed.

“…nothing…He’s gone,” Remus was telling Harry as he held the boy back.

She didn’t take notice to Bellatrix trying to flee or Harry going after her. She only stared at the arch, waiting for him to appear on the other side. But he never came and she knew that he never would.

It didn’t matter that she and Alicia knew it was going to happen. It didn’t matter that she had finally accepted that things happen and there’s no stopping it. None of it mattered as the trigger was pulled and her insides collapsed.


What do you think?

What now, Abi??

Disclaimer: Any quotes you recognize are the lovely JK Rowling's

Hello Abi, and Emily. You have both written very good chapters. There was a few things that really made me feel sorry for the girls. First of all of course knowing what was about to happen would be terrifying for anybody. But I can imagine how desperate Emily might be feeling knowing she needed desperately to talk to her dad and let him no she loves him, and how sorry she was for the things said in anger. I caught my breath when Alisha said, I can't imagine the feelings of terror, and confusion going through her mind.
Emily, the way you made it feel like a gun going off inside her body was chilling. Very well written. Both of you did a very good job. I'll be watching for your next. But be forewarned, just like my commenting on these chapters of late; I might be very late commenting on them. But know that I am keeping up.

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Originally Posted by Jeyn<33

What now, Abi??

That sounds like a challenge!

It is.

Alicia refused to let Jamie out of her sight as she ran into towards the Death Eaters. Why did this fight have to happen in the Death Chamber?

“OI! PEA- BRAIN!” She shouted, distracting one of the Death Eaters that were heading towards Harry and Neville. She shot a stunner at him and then the fight began. She barely noticed that Jamie was helping and ducking as her curses rebounded back towards them. She knew her hair was going to be black- she knew what was going to happen and was trying to stop it. She knew who she had to get to, to do that- Bellatrix.

“Alicia!” Jamie’s voice was less anxious as a shout sounded round them. She glanced round and saw Dumbledore arrive. Her Death Eater tried to take flight but she leapt at him, knocking him to the floor.

“THIS IS FOR SIRIUS!” She shouted before punching her captive in the face. Jamie’s hands appeared round her waist and she was pulled off the Death Eater. As soon as Dumbledore had taken over for her, she turned her attention towards Sirius. “SIRIUS! SIRIUS!” She screamed, breaking free of Jamie and running forwards. She saw Draco pulling Emily away. Then her vision blurred and she stopped dead. “NO!”

“Alicia!” Jamie forced her to the floor as Sirius and Bellatrix started fighting, curses flying in every direction. She scrambled to her feet as Sirius ducked something.

“Come on, you can do better than that!” Sirius laughed and then it happened- the curse hit him squarely in the chest.

The room felt silent to Alicia as she watched him fall backwards, through the veil. Her feet started to carry her forwards, slowly gaining speed. Then her head exploded into misery, pain and anger. She didn’t know whose thoughts were worse- Harry’s or Emily’s. There was a quick burst of shock from Draco but she ignored it- it was his aunt that delivered the fatal blow, that must be the explanation. Jamie dived at her as her shins hit the edge of the dial, knocking into her so they both fell onto the rough floor.

“No!” He said loudly, pain and despair etched onto his face. She struggled as Emily jumped over them.

“EMILY!” She screamed, clawing at Jamie’s locked hands that imprisoned her. She saw Draco catch her before she went through the veil too. Her pain and despair was too great, mixing with everyone else’s- she screamed as the tears poured down her cheeks, one of them bleeding badly. Jamie continued to lay flat on his back, his arms holding onto Alicia tightly. She gave up fighting and continued to let out her anger and despair. “NO! I NEVER SAID GOODBYE! I HAVEN’T SAID SORRY!” She screamed, her words drowning out everything in her head.

“HARRY!”

“HARRY- NO!”

Nothing mattered anymore. She hadn’t apologised for what she had said. She hadn’t changed the future. Sirius was gone and she couldn’t do anything about it. Emily was heartbroken- worse, she was destroyed. She felt like nothing was going to be the same again. She was never going to see Sirius’ smile again- was never going to hear his bark of a laugh.

Jamie shook underneath her and she realised that he too was silently crying. This made her tears worse. It was getting harder to breath as she cried, her misery multiplied by everyone else’s.



Challenge answered!
:evillaugh

Hello Abi. Nicely written. So much pain sorrow and suffering going on. We knew it was going to happen. I was curious as to how you would write it. You did good. Both of you did a great lob. I'll be watching for the next post.

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Draco rocked her soothingly from the floor, her face buried in the crook of his neck. She continued to sob, not paying attention to Harry’s yelling or struggling or the fact that he got free of Remus’s grasp. She heard other things happening around her, but didn’t pay attention. All that mattered was the fact that he was dead—that he wasn’t coming back.

After several minutes, she felt someone else’s hand on her back. One that she would know anywhere. Normally, she would be happy to have him hold her in these situations, but not now.

Draco’s grip slackened as Remus bent down to pick her up. Once she was in his arms, she struggled to get free. He was confused as he let her down, but then the realization hit when she started hitting every part of him. And he didn’t stop her; he knew that she needed this.

“How could you?” she screamed. “You let him leave! You let him leave when he wasn’t supposed to! This is your fault!” she screamed as she kept hitting his chest hard.

He tried to put his hands on her shoulders, but she slapped them away.

“Emily, please,” Remus pleaded, his voice cracking in pain. He lost one of his best friends tonight, he wasn’t about to lose his daughter too.

“NO! It’s your fault! You never told me about him! You didn’t let me get to know him!” she screamed. “Admit it!” she cried.

“It’s my fault,” he whispered and she finally stopped hitting him, sinking down to the floor with him as he held her tightly. She tried to push him away, but he kept holding her.

“I want Draco,” she said as she pushed him again. Remus’s face crumpled in pain as he let her go and Draco took his place. She stared at him as he staggered backwards and away from her, out of her sight.

“I didn’t get to say goodbye,” she cried into Draco’s shoulder. He rubbed soothing circles into her back as he tried to calm her down.

“It’s going to be okay, Ems,” he murmured.

“How can you say that?” she asked suddenly, pulling away from his embrace. He looked at her in shock as she stood up and he followed her actions.

“Wh-what?” he asked in confusion.

“How dare you say everything is going to be okay? It’s not! IT’S NOT! Everything is ruined! Everything is gone!” she screamed.

Draco tried to cup her face in his hands, but she stumbled away from him.

“Emily,” he said carefully, but she shook her head violently. She was aware that everyone’s eyes in the room were on her, but she didn’t care. She didn’t care about anything anymore—just Sirius.

“No! I want to be alone,” she whispered as she ran to the dark corner of the wall and curled herself into a ball, her knees up against her chest and her head buried in her arms. She continued to sob uncontrollably as her finger nails clawed at her scalp.

“Let her go,” she heard Remus tell someone, who she assumed was Draco.

She felt like he was talking to her instead of about her, except that his sentence was “Let him go.” How could she let him go? She never got to know him. She never got to grow up with him. She lost both of her parents without really knowing either. And it shattered everything inside of her.

She only wanted one person to comfort her now, and he was eternally unavailable. Because he was dead. No, he wasn’t simply dead. He was murdered. And he wasn’t coming back. And that was her fault. This train of thought brought on a new round of sobs, not that there were any rounds, so to speak. Her sobs just kept running into each other, never resting, never calming down.


Tag!

Hey Emily. I read this so long ago and can't believe I didn't comment. It was a very sad chapter as I'm sure we was all expecting it to be. Emily, Alicia, and Harry are going to have some rough times ahead. I hope they can pull themselves together so they can keep themselves safe. I can't imagine how Draco's life will be changed forever now. To see his family members being so murderous. It's a lot to handle, especially when his girlfriend is drowning in her own sorrows at the moment. I'll be watching for the next post.

Thanks, Connie I'm sure they'll pull through...eventually.

Jamie sat up, his arms still round Alicia, and wiped his face on his sleeve. He looked over at Draco as he watched Emily in the corner of the room. He wasn’t sure on what was happening, just that nothing was going to be perfect again.

“Hey...” Jamie said in a thick voice, nodding to the Slytherin. He walked over and sat down beside them as Alicia stopped crying.

“You okay?” Draco asked quietly and Jamie nodded and Alicia’s hair turned purple. “Alicia?” She ignored him, focusing on something they couldn’t see.

“Ali? What is it?” Jamie said as Draco helped them to their feet. Emily’s sobs were still echoing round the room.

“Harry... In trouble... Dumbledore... Saving him... Voldemort’s here” She breathed, glancing round at them. Jamie glanced up at the exit as if Voldemort was going to come running through it. Alicia glanced round the room and her eyes fell on Emily as several Order members ran up the stone benches at her words.

“No, Alicia- leave her be” Remus said quietly, appearing beside her and putting an arm out to stop her. Alicia ducked under it and continued forwards, making the others follow her. Remus cast a look over his shoulder before following the people leaving the room.

Emily? It’s me... Can I sit with you? Alicia asked silently as she turned to glare at Jamie and Draco, causing them to fall back. She didn’t get an answer so she sat a little way apart from her. Emily, I know how you feel-

No you don’t... Alicia looked over and saw Emily’s tear-stained face staring at her.

I do... Mind reader, remember? I have something to tell you- Voldemort’s here, trying to rescue Bellatrix-

Why are you telling me this? I don’t care- I just want to be left alone - why do you have to be so interfering?

Emily, we knew this was going to happen and we wasn’t ready... I didn’t even get to say sorry

The last thing I said to him was if I leave he has to come with me... He told Draco to take me and go- I couldn’t do anything to help!

We couldn’t anyway, Emily! You would have died trying to save him and then I’d be here trying to comfort Draco or Remus or- or- Alicia didn’t finish her train of thought, breaking down into tears again, drawing Jamie a step closer. I didn’t get to say sorry for what I said... I didn’t even get a chance to speak to him

The two girls continued to cry together until movement sounded up in the door way. Alicia glanced up at the sound of her name and saw Sophie Starlight- Jamie’s mother, looking down at her. You couldn’t even tell that she was Mrs Weasley’s sister, they were just so different. Alicia breathed deeply, glanced at Emily and then stood up. Jamie rushed to her side and hugged her tightly.

“I’m sorry” He whispered as she wiped her face on his shoulder.

“It’s not your fault, Jamie... The future happens for a reason” She whispered in a cracked voice as they stepped forwards to meet Sophie, who immediately wrapped her arms round them both.

“When I heard that you two were here and there was a fight... I was so worried!” She said in relief, still hugging them.

“Mum, we’re fine...” Jamie muttered as Alicia wiped away her slow, silent tears. Sophie raised an eyebrow at him and turned around sharply, her long blonde hair swinging over her shoulder. “Sean- Sean¬- get down here! I’ve found them” She called and Jamie’s dad appeared in the doorway, relief breaking out across his face. He stumbled slightly as he almost ran down the stone steps.

“You scared us, both of you” He said, hugging Alicia as her tears started to fall faster again. “What’s the matter, love?” He said soothingly, patting her back. Alicia shook her head and Jamie bit his lip, putting his head back to stare at the ceiling.

“Jamie? What happened? Where’s the rest of the Order?” Sophie asked, her soft and light voice clashing with the atmosphere.

“They’ve gone... Tonks and Mad-eye and Kingsley and Dumbledore... They left” Jamie said, still looking up. Alicia sniffed and spoke into Sean’s shoulder.

“D-Do you know who th-that girl is?” She asked and they both turned to look at Emily, still crying in the corner while Draco hovered nearby.

“Isn’t that Emily? Sirius’s girl?” Sean said, looking round at his wife. “Didn’t he say that she was dating the Malfoy kid?” Sophie nodded, her bright blue eyes narrowing as they fell on her son.

“Jamie, where’s Remus and Sirius? I want to talk to them” She said, her gaze flickering round the room once.

“Remus left too, mum” Jamie said, finally dropping his gaze to his parents. His eyes- exactly like his mothers- were brimming with tears again. Alicia had let out another sob as her knees had given out. Sean lowered her to the floor, still rubbing circles onto her back.

“Did Sirius leave with him?” He asked in a low voice, a frown on his face as his dark eyes fell on Emily again. Alicia shook her head into his shoulder and Sophie staggered backwards.

“No... No...” She said, shaking her head as her own tears streaming down her cheeks. Alicia felt her pain run through her head as Sean’s grip tightened slightly.

“Jamie” He said in a pained voice, motioning for him to take Alicia. As soon as he stood up, he walked up the steps and out of sight. Sophie dropped onto a stone step and began to cry, making Jamie lead Alicia over there so that he could comfort them both.

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Hey Abi. Such a sad time going on right now. The girls will have a hard time dealing with all the things going on, but, it looks like things will be ok between them. At least Emily didn't push Alisha away when she was trying to talk to her. I can't believe I'm saying this because I don't like Draco, but, I feel so sorry for him! It has to be just like a death in the family for him. The way his family is so evil, and he can't stand them being like that anymore. He had separated himself from them, but this is so much more evil, than being Death Eaters. Actually trying to kill people. So sad.
Great post Abi. I'll be watching for the next.

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Emily wasn’t sure how long she had sat there. It felt like a lifetime, but she knew it had only been an hour or two. Her sobs had died down slightly, but her tears kept flowing. She peeked over her arm and found Draco still staring at her. At some point, he had sat down, very far away, across from her. She lifted her head completely and rested it on top of her arms as they stared at each other.

She started to slowly stand and he did the same. She swayed slightly, gabbing at the wall for support, from being light headed. And then she felt a warm hand on her arm, helping her steady herself. She glanced up into the silver orbs of his eyes. Emily swallowed the lump in her throat as her arms encircled around his neck. He coiled his arms around her waist and held her tightly.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered, her voice rough and dry.

“Don’t be; it was all me. I’m sorry,” he whispered. She shook her head against his chest and he kissed her hair lightly. “Dumbledore has gotten us a Portkey to get back to school,” he murmured after a ten minute silence. She nodded slightly as he pulled her forward.

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“Act my age or act like Remus?” Sirius finally shouted.

Emily rounded on him, surprise clear in her features. “I never said that!” she said loudly.

“But you meant it?” he countered. "You think I don't see the way you look at him and not me? You think I don't notice how you trust him with every part of you, but you hardly ever talk to me? You think I can't see that you love him more than you love your own flesh and blood?" Sirius whispered. Emily was already shaking her head.

“No, I didn’t! I don't! Stop trying to turn my words around! I love you the same!” Emily shouted, but he just ignored it.

“You may not like it, but I am your father, Emily, and you will not speak to me that way again.” Sirius glared at her and she looked back in confusion.

“I never said I didn’t like—” Emily began as tears welled up in her eyes.

“You’re grounded. Go to your room,” he said loudly, talking over her. Emily stared at him with her jaw hanging open.

“Emily, don’t,” Alicia warned, stepping forward.

“I hate you,” Emily whispered to Sirius before she ran up the stairs, awakening her grandmother.

Emily sat bolt upright in her bed, her body shaking from head to toe and glistening with sweat. She took in a shaky breath as she looked around. She was still in her bed, in her dormitory. Just a dream, she told herself. More like a nightmare, she chided quickly. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, noticing that she had started crying.

Emily ripped the sheets from her body and quickly got out of bed, grabbing her tennis shoes. After tying them up, she ran from the room, on her way outside.
She hadn’t had a decent night’s sleep in days, not since the—the… Emily shook her head, trying to rid the thoughts from her mind. She couldn’t think about that. If she did, she’d break down all over again.

As the cool air hit her face from outside, she let out a gust of air. She jogged down to the lake, circling it around, and made her way towards Hagrid’s Hut. Before she left the area around the lake, she felt someone try to grab her shoulder from behind and twirl her around, mid run. She snapped around, her wand at the ready.

Draco backed up a little, his hands up in surrender, as his breaths came in pants from trying to catch her.

“Didn’t mean to frighten you…Sorry,” he said through staggered breaths. Emily pocketed her wand as she wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hands.

“My bad,” she muttered as she studied him. He was still breathing deeply, but his eyes had changed. They weren’t showing his worry anymore, they were showing his pity. Emily looked away quickly, wanting to run far away from him. She didn’t want pity.

“I saw your reflection running in circles around the lake…from my Common Room,” he explained quickly. “I wanted to make sure you were alright,” he whispered as he stepped toward her.

“I don’t want your pity, Draco,” she said harshly as she turned away from him.

“What?” he asked in confusion as he grabbed her shoulder and twirled her around to face him again.

“I don’t want your pity,” she repeated in a whisper.

“I’m not giving you any,” he murmured and she glanced up quickly. “Fright and pity are two very different things,” he whispered as he cupped her sweaty cheeks in his hands.

“And what are you afraid of?” she whispered.

“I’m afraid of what you’re doing to yourself… I’m afraid of where your thoughts will lead you,” he whispered as he leaned his forehead against hers.

“And where exactly are my thoughts leading me?” she asked quietly as her hands found his.

“Away from me,” he finally answered. Her chin quivered slightly as she fought back her tears. She swallowed hard before meeting his gaze again.

She kissed his lips lightly before burying her head in his shoulder. “I’m not leaving you,” she mumbled.


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Hey Emily. It's a tough time for everybody. I hope Emily can get sorted and squared away soon. There are more trials for her in the near future. She needs to build up her strength for them or she'll get sick. (mentally mostly) Anyway, great job Emily. I'll be watching for the next.

Alicia sat upright as the words ran through her head again- the words she had never apologise for. And for the first time since I met you, I’m now regretting the fact that I helped you two years ago... She shook her head, glancing at Emily’s empty bed. Neither of them had been sleeping properly, for the same and completely different reasons. She knew Emily still missed- him... She did too- but there was something off. Voldemort had possessed Harry.

She climbed out of bed and hung her head in her hands, her elbows on her knees. Emily was with Draco outside- she was in capable hands. Jamie was still in his dorm, but he wasn’t asleep.

Jamie?

Yes, love?

Meet me in the Common Room?

She was already halfway down the stairs as she heard movement from the opposite stairs.

“What’s the matter?” Jamie asked, wrapping his arms round her immediately.

“I couldn’t sleep... It’s running through my head again” She whispered and he understood straight away.

“I’m sorry” He said quietly, kissing her beige curls. She shook her head.

“It’s not your fault... It’s mine- I shouldn’t have said it at all, it was out of order” She said in a small voice and Jamie looked at the dying fire.

“You were speaking your thoughts, Alicia- that’s just something you do” He said, his voice still quiet above her head. “How’s Emily keeping up?”

“Worse than me, I think... How have I been acting?” She asked, frowning up at him.

“Like someone who’s lost someone close- keeping to yourself, staying quiet, barely eating... It’s the same with Emily, you’re both mourning” Alicia’s face dropped slightly and he put a hand on her cheek. “It’s natural”

“I don’t like it...” She whispered, leaning into his hand. “I’m picking up pity from people I don’t even talk to” She sighed, closing her eyes.

“It’s to be expected...” He said soothingly and she shrugged.

The next morning, Alicia and Jamie kept to themselves, away from the main school as she didn’t want to see anyone. The week moved slowly, dragging by in strange amounts. Emily and Draco were heading back to Remus’s while Alicia was trying to convince Jamie that he should go home.

“Your parents need you, Jamie” She said on the day before they boarded the train. “They lost a friend too” She added quietly.

“They’ve got each other and Remus... You need me”

“I don’t- I’m fine... I can handle it, love, it’s only a few weeks... I think I can survive that long” She said, a faint smile on her face.

“Alicia, he’s out in the open now-”

“I know that- I can read the paper too, you know... Jamie, I can look after myself if I have to- I’ll find a way to get to yours before anything happens” She promised, hugging him tightly. The portrait hole opened and she glanced round. A head of blonde hair walked past and she sighed- she wanted to speak to Emily.

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Hey Abi. I feel sorry that the girls are having such a hard time. And I think it's worse that they haven't been close and talking. I hope things get straightened up before they leave. It sounds like something is about to happen to Alicia. Maybe I'm just getting paranoid because of all that's going on in the story. I'll be watching for the next chapter.

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Emily and Draco were walking around the grounds a few days before the term ended, trying to enjoy the sunshine. Emily watched as Harry walked away from Hagrid’s Hut and across the lawn. She stopped in her tracks while Draco pulled her hand to his lips and kissed it lightly. He let it go suddenly and she looked at him with her eyebrow quirked.

“He needs someone to talk to… And I know you need to talk to him. Go, I’ll see you later,” he whispered as he kissed her forehead lightly. Emily gave him a grateful smile before following after Harry.

“Harry!” she said loudly, trying to get his attention, but he seemed to be ignoring everyone who called on him. She sighed as she followed him around the lake. He sat down on the bank, behind some shrubbery. Emily hesitated before flopping down beside him. He glanced at her once before returning to stare out at the water.

Emily slowly reached over and grabbed his hand, intertwining their fingers as she rested her head on his shoulder. Her eyes pooled with tears as they sat there in silence, thinking about who they’d lost and how their lives were about to change drastically.

“He loved you,” Emily whispered hoarsely after an hour or so of silence. “Like you were his own,” she added.

“You were his own,” Harry murmured quietly. Emily sniffled as she nodded against his shoulder.

“It’s not your fault,” Emily whispered.

“Yes it is… If I had just listened to Hermione. If I hadn’t went…” Harry whispered.

“It still wasn’t your fault, Harry,” Emily persisted.

“It wasn’t your fault either, Ems,” Harry replied.

They stayed quiet for the longest time again as the sun slowly faded and they started getting cold.

“C’mon, let’s go in before the others worry,” Emily murmured as she stood up, bringing him with her.

When they made it into the school, Emily made to turn left while Harry went to turn right. He looked at her in confusion for a minute.

“I’m going to meet Draco,” she explained. He nodded before continuing on his way.

“I was beginning to think you were going to stand me up,” Draco smirked from the corner of their dungeon. Emily quickly closed the door behind her and snuggled up into his side.

“Never,” she smiled as he kissed her hair.

“Good to know,” he chuckled. “How’s Harry?” he asked after a little while.

“As to be expected,” Emily murmured as she buried her face in his neck. He hugged her more tightly as she tangled their legs together.

“Do you think he’ll forgive me?” Emily whispered.

“Who? Harry?” Draco asked.

“No… Remus,” Emily mumbled.

“Yes,” Draco answered almost immediately. “It will be fine,” he whispered. Emily nodded slowly as her eyes slid shut.

Emily and Draco ate in silence the next morning at the Gryffindor table, close to where Jamie and Alicia were sitting. After breakfast, they returned to their separate Common Rooms to pack up their things. Alicia walked in, knocking lightly on the door.

“Almost finished?” she whispered.

“Nearly,” Emily answered quietly.

“There’s something I need to tell you…” Alicia started as she sat down at the end of Emily’s bed. Emily narrowed her eyes before sitting beside her.

“Proceed.”


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Hey Emily. It's good to see Emily getting herself back to being herself. At least able to be sociable with others. I hope her and Alicia can settle things differing between them so they can become close again. I'll be watching for the next post.

Alicia bit her lip slightly as she knocked on the door. She needed to tell someone what she had seen.

“Almost finished?” She whispered, making her way over to Emily who was packing away her things.

“Nearly” She heard Emily’s quiet answer as she got a flash of green light again. There was no putting this vision off...

“There’s something I need to tell you...” She said, sitting down on the bed spread. She saw Emily’s eyes narrow slightly before she sat next to her.

“Proceed” Was the only answer she got.

“It’s about next year...” She said slowly and Emily became still. “He’s coming out into the open now... Everything’s changing” Alicia said quietly, frowning slightly as she twisted her hands together. “Emily, he’s going to come for me”

“What do you mean, come for you?” Emily said in a strained voice.

“He- Voldemort- is going to find out where I live and then go there to get me” She said, her voice getting quieter and quieter.

“Then move- we’ll move your whole family so that you’re all safe” Emily said quickly, a determined edge to her voice. “Have you told Jamie this? What has he said?”

“I haven’t told him... He’s far too protective- he wants to stay at mine for the summer but it’s too dangerous... Moving isn’t fast enough” Alicia whispered.

“You know when this will happen, don’t you?” Emily snapped, accusation in her voice.

“Not the exact date... All I know is that it is over the summer... And I’m not going to be there... Emily, he’ll kill my family and anyone who gets in his way”

“We’ll see Dumbledore first thing tomorrow- we’ll tell him what’s going on... He’ll fix it” Emily’s voice was positive but Alicia’s wasn’t.

“Emily, this cannot be fixed! Several Order members are dying this week and Dumbledore can’t do anything about it! He’s too busy going wherever he wants! There are so many deaths in the near future it’s hard to count them... Not to mention Fudge gets sacked”

“Good- he’s an idiot” Alicia smiled a tiny bit at Emily’s comment before answering.

“Not good- so is the new Minister... Emily, you have to do something for me” Her voice became suddenly louder- back to its original volume.

“It depends on what you want first” Emily said quickly, leaning back slightly so that she could see Alicia properly.

“You make sure you keep Draco with you at all times- no matter what happens- keep him in your sight”

“Why?”

“It’s not anything like that” Alicia said, commenting on her thoughts and dodging the question. “I trust him with my life- I know he’s a good life saver, he saved yours”

“You didn’t answer my question” Emily said, raising an eyebrow.

“There’s a mass breakout from Azkaban again... The Dementors are with the Death Eaters now so it’s quite easy really... Just keep an eye on him- his father wants him just as much as Voldemort wants Harry”

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The train ride the next morning was awkward. Alicia seemed jumpy while Emily gripped Draco’s hand tightly, Alicia’s words playing over in her head again. Whenever Jamie asked Alicia what the matter was, she just said she felt sick. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville were in the compartment next door, just as quiet as they were.

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Hey Abi. Poor Alicia. I can imagine how frightened she must be. I think Emily is right though. She should tell Dumbledore. What will she do? Won't Voldemort kill her family even if she isn't there? Reckon I'll have to wait and see. I'll be watching for the next post.