A bet

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"Mummy, wake up." I heard a small cry.
"Mmm?" I moaned and opened my eyes. I saw Harmony looking at me with tears in her eyes. "Come here," I wrapped my arms around her and pull her close. She buried her face into my chest, she was shaking a lot. Like a lot. "Shhh... It's okay. I've got you." I kissed her head and rubbed her back. Can I like, find Voldemort and kill him myself? After a wile, Harms stopped shaking and fell asleep. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 3:23am. I sighed and tried to fall back asleep. But at like, 5, I got out of bed. I slip on a shirt that I took from Draco and put on some slippers.
I went downstairs and into the kitchen, I needed coffee. Like REALLY needed coffee. I walked inside and saw the order, "oh.. Umm.. Sorry."
"What are you doing up so early?" Sirius asked.
"Harmony woke me up and I couldn't go back to sleep." I said. "Do you need to....?"
"Well, we were thinking of having you join the order..." Remus said.
"Really? Having Voldemort's daughter join the order?" I mocked.
"We were thinking that we can take advantage of that." Tonks said. "Depending on where your loyalty lies."
"You're questioning where my loyalty stands?" I asked, obviously hurt.
"I mean-"
I cut her off. "My loyalty is and will always will be with Harry, and the Order, and with Draco." I said.
"Draco?" Some lady said. "He's-"
"I don't care what you guys think. You-"
Sirius cut me off, "We know, Ember. The question is, will you do it?"
I nodded, "yes, I'll do it.
"Great, we- Dumbledore..." Remus said.
I turned around and saw Dumbledore. "Professor." Oh my godric, I'm like half naked right now!
"Hello, Ember." Dumbledore nodded. "I assume you have agreed?"
I nodded, "Yes."
"Good." Dumbledore said. "On your 16th birthday, you will allow Voldemort collect you. You will attempt to get as close as you can to him."
My jaw dropped. "What? You can't possible believe that I will become a death eater."
"But you must." Mad eye Moody said.
"You will help Severus Snape get as much information from Voldemort as you can. You being his daughter will be an advantage. Also having Snape as already a loyal follower of Voldemort will help as well."
"So... You're saying, after all this time of you telling me Voldemort is bad, and to never join him. You're telling me to against all that and join him?" I asked.
"If you do this, you'll be helping the order and didn't you say that Voldemort will not hurt your loved ones?" Remus asked.
I snorted, "and you actually think he'll keep his word? This is the Dark lord we're talking about, you know that right?"
"Ember, so, what do you say?" Sirius asked.
I sighed, "I am so gonna regret this. But, I'll do it. One question, can I at least tell-"
Dumbledore cut me off, "you will not be able to tell anyone of this."
"But - why not? At least Harry then?"
Dumbledore shook his head, "I'm sorry Ember."
I groaned, "Great. In a few months, I'll have a stupid dark mark on my arm that I'll have to hide from everyone. Awesome. Great. Brilliant."
"I appreciate your cooperation. Ember." Dumbledore said.
I rolled my eyes, "yeah. What ever."
"One more thing," Sirius said. "I found out that you've been getting a lot of detentions and-"
"Oh yay, now I'm getting lectured about school." I said.
Sirius gave me look. "Anyways, Umbridge is a...."
"Bitch." I finished.
"Yes... Umm.. Anyway, try to get on her good side. She works for the Ministry and you know."
I laughed, "amazing parenting, Sirius. And okay, I'll try to. But I really do hate her and she she hates me. Sooo, do that math."
"Well, aren't you a ray of sunshine this morning." Remus joked.
I glared at him, "yes, Remus. I'm just bursting with sun shine and rainbows." I walked over to the stove and found hot water. I'll just make some tea then. I poured myself a cup of hot water and made some tea.
Soon, everyone but Remus, Dumbledore and Sirius left to their rooms. "I'll be going now. Ember remember, not one word." Dumbledore said.
I nodded, "yes, I know." Dumbledore nodded and left.
"You know, I can't take you seriously when you aren't wearing any bottoms and is wearing an oversize shirt that I am assuming is Draco's." sirius said.
"I was too lazy to get dressed and I didn't think anyone would be here." I said and sat down across from them.
"And you still aren't gonna get dressed." Remus said.
"Get over yourselves, it's not like I'm fully naked." I said and blew into my cup of tea.
"Quick question, when did you take a liking in Draco?" Sirius asked.
"You've hated each other since first year." I shrugged, "maybe hating each other, arguing, fighting, was just an excuse to talk to each other. Well, that's what Draco said. I actually did hate him and then he just... Warmed up to me you know?"
"When did this start?" Remus asked.
"It started with... A bet." I said. "Then things happened. One thing lead to another. And here we are."

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