Harry Potter's sister ~~~ Fanfiction

Shopping part 56

"Emma?" said Demelza. It was now night time and the girls were each lying on a bed in the Creevey's spare room.

"Yeah?"

"You had to ask for help last year? When your relatives…"

"I don't know if you can say that." Said Emma. "Help sort of came to us. We were sprung unceremoniously out of Privet Drive and to the Burrow. We probably would never have said anything if the Weasleys hadn't coaxed it out of us."

"Katy said…" began Demelza "Katy said that it wasn't healthy for me to be staying in a one bedroom flat with my brother. But if things at home don't improve, she's offered to let me stay here."

"Do you think things will improve?" said Emma.

"I… I don't know." Said Demelza frustrated. "I thought that by last Christmas they would have grown to accept it, then after that I thought by this summer, now… I just don't know. What should I do?"

Emma looked thoughtful. "I'm not sure I can help. Harry and I rectified our relationship with our relatives by concluding that we can never get on with them and had additional magical protection erected to keep them from harming us. I don't think things have become that hopeless in your case."

"I wish I shared your optimism." Said Demelza. "I want things to be alright with my parents… but… but…"

"You can't. Not while they refuse to try and see things from your point of view." Said Emma.

"But what am I supposed to do?" said Demelza.

"Nothing." Said Emma. "The problem isn't you, all you did was choose a different school from theirs. From what you've told me of the place, no one can blame you for that. It sounds so Victorian. The only thing you can do at this stage is wait for them."

"To do what?" said Demelza.

"Reach out to you. You aren't the problem, they are. At this stage you've come home twice and you've had to leave early each time after your father hurt you. I suggest that until they reach out to you, you don't go home."

"Don't go home? But where…" began Demelza.

"You can stay at Hogwarts during the Christmas and Easter Holidays. Mrs Creevey said you could stay here, maybe you should take her offer up." Said Emma.

"Did the Weasleys ever offer to let you stay with them?" asked Demelza.

"They did. The only thing that keeps Harry and me at Privet Drive for some of the summer is Blood Wards. If it weren't for them, then we would probably have taken their offer up." Said Emma.

"I… I don't know. I mean I'm very grateful she's offering but…"

"You're not ready to run away from home." Said Emma. "Tell Katy that. She'll understand. Spend this Christmas and Easter at Hogwarts, with Harry and me."

"Should I still write to my parents?" said Demelza.

"Write them one single letter. Tell them that you're not coming home until they're willing to at least talk with you." Said Emma. "And I'm mean talk, not just say 'I am your father and you shall do what I say' kinda thing."