Forever Yours

Chapter 7

Neither Sophie nor Emory knew what they were talking about, but as soon as they were let go by the Carrows, Emory went looking for answers and Sophie went to write to Draco. That's when Sophie got his letter. She was happy that he was on the same page as her without her having to say anything, but it saddened her that he was like this.

It took her a long time to write back to him, but she did and when she finished Emory came back to the common room looking like she had died.

    "Sophie, the Gaunts, my family, my great grandfather," she was out of breath.

    "What is it?"

    "I found a family tree in the library, Salazar Slytherin's line," she rambled off.

    "You're a Slytherin, like by blood?"

    "Yes Sophie, but so is he who shall not be named."

    "Yes, but that could be far off."

    "No it can't be. It shows the line all the way down to him and Marvolo Gaunt, that's my great grandfather. Sophie that's who the Dark Lord was named after. Tom Marvolo Riddle, it's his grandfather. His mother Merope was my grandfather Morfin's sister. Of course neither me nor my mum is on the tree. My grandmother took my mum away when she was small because they were apparently horrible people. I don't even know if he knows Sophie. How can I be related to him?" Emory was sobbing. "What if he tries to come and take me?"

    "He won't, I'll fight him."

    "You can't, Sophie. I think I need to ask my mum who my father is," Emory shuddered.

    A week went by and Sophie debated telling Draco about everything, but figured that she'd wait until she had talked to Emory, it was her business after all.

    One night Emory came in late from the great hall, just when Sophie was about to go out on patrols for the night.

    "Sophie, please, I need to show you something," but Sophie couldn't stay, so she hurried back to the common rooms as soon as she could.

    Emory handed her a letter that she said was from her mum.

My dear Em,

    I am sorry I never told you about your family history. Yes, I am aware who my cousin is and I wanted to shield you from that life. I'm surprised he hasn't found us by now, but he probably will soon. Stay safe Emory.

    As for your father, he went to Azkaban before you were born. As we know now, he is innocent, but at first I didn't think so, which is why you don't have his last name. As time went on I did realize that it was much out of your father's character to do what he was accused of, but I wanted again to shield you from the harsh reality. He didn't know about you, and I regret that from the bottom of my heart. He's gone now, dead, but his name has been cleared. Emory, your father is Sirius Black, so yes, you are a pureblooded witch.

I hope you can forgive me,

Mum (RG)

    Sophie looked at her in shock, not knowing what to say at first, but then she eventually burst out laughing.

    "What's so funny?" Emory asked.

    "Well, if Sirius is your dad, and he's cousins with Narciassa Malfoy, then that means your Draco's cousin, not first cousin of course, but still, and you had the biggest crush on him. You like your cousin Emory," Sophie laughed.

    "That's all you got from this?" Emory cried.

    "Well, take it this way. Sirius was the black sheep of his family and so was your mother, so really you came from the good in the bad, that's how I see it. Now my parents, they're part of it and that Emory, might be worse."