Golden Girl Gone "Bad" (fem!Harry Potter)

Chapter 13

Summary:

Previously: Little chat with Neville at the beginning and a surprise POV from one of the most controversial characters in the series

Coming up: Emmelia finally gets back to her dorm and...well why don't we just find out ;)
Notes:

I am SO sorry for this being late I'm sick and have a very high fever. I've mostly been asleep for our three day weekend, which is annoying...
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text
The first thing that Emmelia noticed when she entered her empty dorm room was the oddly wrapped present sitting on the foot of her bed. Not because it physically stood out, but because the power emanating from it was almost blinding for Emmelia. It's aura was a thick silver mist that drifted around and covered almost all of her bed.

Emmelia stepped closer to the object, intent on opening it, until she noticed the faint whisper of Light Magic that seemed to be encircling the silver aura. Now that definitely didn't seem natural.

She moved closer, although much more cautiously. Maybe she should take the package to a Slytherin prefect. She didn't want to bother Professor Snape with her gift problems, especially since he didn't really seem to like her.

Picking up the gift, she turned it over in her hands in order to examine it. Slowly, she peeled away the tissue paper cover big what seemed to be a silvery piece of fabric. Sliding it completely out of its wrappings, she held it to the light and watched it shimmer.

She frowned at it for a few more moments until refilling it and bringing it down stairs back into the common room.

"Farley!" Emmelia said with an inviting smile, glad that the girl was staying over break to study for her O.W.L.s.

"Yeah?" Farley said gruffly. She seemed to be in a bad mood. Understandable, since there were stacks of paper and random books on the desk where she was sitting, surrounding her.

"I don't mean to distract you from your studies, but I was wondering if you could take a moment to make sure this isn't dangerous. It was sitting on my bed, and I'm not sure how it got there."

Farley raised an eyebrow before sighing, "Yeah, sure. Give it here kid." She held her hand out for the odd gift.

A few detection spells later, Emmelia watched the older girl's nose wrinkle in distaste, "Those are some compulsion spells you've got on this thing. Who'd you say gave it to you?"

Emmelia shook her head, "There was no name on the note. Just some vague message about its status as a family heirloom and something about how my father gave it to them for safekeeping."

"Yeah well, here," She stuck out the piece of fabric for her to take back, "I've mostly gotten rid of the compulsions. The rest will disappear in time." Emmelia checked and saw that the gold whips infecting the silver mess of the aura were indeed mostly faded.

"That's an invisibility cloak by the way. I'd be careful with it. Don't know how it's still in that condition if it's a family heirloom, but I'm too sleep deprived to care. Go back and do whatever girls your age are doing right now. I need," She yawned, "To get back to work.

Emmelia bowed her head slightly in thanks before turning and fleeing up the stairs to go finish the school work she'd been assigned for over the break.

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After finishing the ridiculous Defense essay that Professor
Quirrell had assigned, Emmelia put the rest of her work away. While digging through her bag, she remembered the odd book that she'd been so attracted to last night. Before she'd gone to bed, she'd packed it in the first pocket of her bag.