Emily and Draco walked hand in hand into Hogsmeade village while Jamie and Alicia did the same. They were all a little stressed and glancing around at everyone. They were nervous about seeing Blaise, Emily especially.

Draco rubbed soothing circles onto the back of her hand with his thumb. “Everything will be fine,” he whispered as he kissed her hair. Emily nodded slowly as she glanced around again. Draco sighed quietly, watching her.

“At least Lucius won’t be here,” she whispered.

“I think you spoke too soon,” Alicia whispered as her eyes turned pink. Emily and Draco stopped dead in their tracks, staring at her.

“What?” Emily screeched, her voice raising a few octaves.

“He made a spur of the moment decision to make it so he could confront us. But we’ll meet Blaise first…” Alicia said quietly.

Emily’s heart beat in over time frantically. Draco squeezed her hand tightly, searching her face. “Maybe we should turn back now,” Emily whispered.

“I think it’s better if we get this over with,” Alicia disagreed.

Emily’s body was turned halfway into turning around while her feet faced forward into the village. Draco took her other hand, intertwining them. He pulled her closer into him into a hug.

“I won’t let anything happen to you,” Draco whispered as he kissed her forehead.

“Have we gone back to normal for good, then?” they heard Blaise ask from in front of them. Draco slowly pulled back from Emily to glare at him.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Draco said, gritting his teeth.

“Oh, please, you can’t have thought that I wouldn’t catch on,” Blaise said.

“Well, you aren’t the brightest, so…” Alicia said sarcastically.

Zabini’s eyes narrowed at her before he turned back to Draco and Emily. “You may have confused me at first, but I caught on not before long… And Mr. Malfoy isn’t too pleased with your games, Draco,” Blaise said, smirking at Draco. Draco clenched and unclenched his fist. His jaw was hard as he glared at his former best friend. “I’d watch your back if I were you… He doesn’t seem happy,” Blaise laughed.

Draco’s hand twitched towards his wand, but Emily grabbed his hand. She shook her head at him and he sighed in defeat. With one more smirk, Blaise left the four of them standing there.

“Maybe we should go back to the school,” Emily whispered.

“It’s too late,” Alicia responded, her hair slowly turning black. Emily stared at her in shock as Alicia stared off into the distance. They followed her gaze, which led to a furious looking blonde man, his walking stick in his hand.

Emily’s hold on Draco’s hand became tighter as Lucius glared over at them. His eyes searched up and down Emily and Draco as his scowl became more pronounced. He slowly walked towards the four of them, his eyes burning into Draco’s face.

“Is there a problem, Mr. Malfoy?” asked a man as he intercepted his path. Emily gasped loudly as Remus Lupin came into view.

“Rems!” she exclaimed in surprise. He turned to face her with a grin on his face. Before turning back around, he winked at her.

“I don’t believe that is any of your business, Lupin,” Lucius sneered.

“When you bring my daughter into it, it is,” Remus disagreed. Emily held her breath as Lucius’s hand twitched toward his wand.

“Well, if you’ll excuse me, old man, I came to speak to my son,” Lucius said through gritted teeth. He walked around Remus and glared at Draco and Emily. Emily subtly stepped back slightly, sliding behind Draco.

“What is it, father?” Draco asked.

“Do you think I’m a fool, Draco? Did you think I would buy into your little games?” Lucius whispered dangerously. “You and your—friends,” Lucius turned to glare at all four of them, “will wish you never messed with me.” Emily’s breath caught in her throat.

“Is that a threat?” Alicia spat.

“No, it’s a promise, you filthy little Mudblood,” Lucius said.

“Hey! How dare you speak to her like that?” Emily shouted at him. She slid out from behind Draco, her hand clenched in a ball. “She’s a better person than you’ll ever be, Malfoy!” Jamie’s hand mirrored Emily’s as he glared at Lucius. Alicia held him back slightly so he wouldn’t anything rash.

“Don’t even get me started on you, Black,” Lucius growled. Draco’s jaw hardened.

“I think you’re finished threatening my daughter and her friends, Malfoy,” Remus snarled as he stepped in front of Emily and Draco. Remus glared at Lucius as stragglers contemplated on staying to watch or getting out of the way of a very angry and dangerous man. Lucius took a few steps back, glared at them once more, and then flew from the scene.

Emily exhaled in relief as the others eased up too. Remus turned to look around at her, his eyes falling on Draco for half a second.

“Can I talk to you? Alone?” he asked, glaring at Emily now. She nodded curtly as he walked past her.

“I’ll meet you guys at The Three Broomsticks,” she whispered as she kissed Draco’s cheek and followed after her Godfather.

“What the bloody hell were you thinking?” he asked, shaking with anger. He sat down on a stone bench and she sat beside him. “Lucius Malfoy, kid? Are you mental?” Emily didn’t answer. “And what’s with this Draco nonsense?”

“Rems, I love him,” Emily whispered.

“You lo-love him?” he asked incredulously. He shook his head quickly.

“Don’t even try to tell me what I do or do not know about love, Remus. I’m not an idiot and I’m not some kid. The mind games with Lucius were because he was having me followed in school. We were just having a bit of fun and trying to get him back.” Emily took his hand and squeezed it tightly.

“He could have hurt you. He could have killed you.”

“I wasn’t in danger.”

“How can you say that? He’s a Death Eater. He works with Voldemort.”

“I don’t give a damn who he works with. I knew that you’d be there to save me… You’re always there to save me. And I knew that Draco wouldn’t let anyone hurt me,” Emily said softly.

Remus breathed in and out slowly, trying to calm down. “Promise me you won’t do anything like this again,” he said quietly.

“I promise,” Emily replied simply. Remus nodded. “Oh and there’s one more thing… Draco’s coming to live with us,” she said quietly.

“What? If you honestly think that I’m going to allow your boyfriend to move in with—”

“He has nowhere to go, Rems. He can’t go back home…”

Remus sighed in defeat and Emily smiled. “Thanks, Rems,” she grinned.

“Uh huh, like you knew you wouldn’t win,” he muttered. Emily chuckled quietly as they made their way to the pub.


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