Editing Emma Barnes (section)

==History==
===Background===
During the summer before Emma started [[Winslow High]], she was attacked by members of the [[Azn Bad Boys]] and was saved by Shadow Stalker after Emma fought back. After this traumatic event, she felt the need to purge everything about the old, "weak" her, which included her friendship with [[Taylor Hebert]].

Emma then started bullying Taylor and used the psychological weaknesses Taylor had revealed to her when they were friends to hurt her. This bullying continued on for a year and a half before she, Madison, and Sophia started planning something big. After winter break, their plan was revealed to [[Locker Incident|confine Taylor inside a locker full of used feminine hygiene products]].<ref name="4.3">[[Shell 4.3]]</ref>

Emma made sure that no one tried to help Taylor out of the locker.<ref name="R2">I believe it comes up again towards the end of the arc. Emma pressured others to avoid the situation, not interfere or help or befriend Taylor. What Taylor took to be apathy on the part of the larger student body was actually more orchestrated behind the scenes. - [https://redd.it/4zr928 Another Comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

===Story Start===
The story opens with another act of harassment with Emma holding the door shut on Taylor while her friends douse the girl with juice.<ref name="1.1"/>

===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
She occasionally attempted to bully Taylor thereafter. She and her family were well off enough to flee the city.<ref name="9.6">[[Sentinel 9.6]]</ref> She also remained in contact with [[Sophia]] until her imprisonment.

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
In July Emma returns to Brockton Bay, and at her first day at Arcadia tries to bully Taylor. After everything she went through, including fighting the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]] and [[Coil]], Taylor is able to ignore and resist Emma's taunts and instead manages to rile Emma up, to the point where Emma lashes out with physical violence. In the Principal's office, Emma is forced to contend with a principal who was already in [[Tattletale]]'s pocket (though she and Taylor were both unaware), and Principal Howell looked through the records and discovered text messages [[Regent]] had forced Sophia to send, which outlined the years of bullying that Taylor had undergone. Howell decided to expel Emma from the Summer classes, and when Emma protested by saying that her dad was a lawyer, Howell simply responded that they would have many conversations. When the [[Wards]] led by [[Dragon]] and [[Colin Wallis|Defiant]] attacked the school, Emma was in the cafeteria when Dragon [[Incident at Arcadia High|revealed Taylor's identity as Skitter]]. She became shocked upon hearing Taylor's confirmation, and afterwards when Taylor demonstrated her powers by making a centipede crawl on Emma's hand. When over 100 students sided with Taylor and tried to help her flee, Emma stood with her fists clenched muttering under her breath. Taylor couldn't waste effort to find out what she was saying, uncaring.

At some point, [[Director Tagg]] interviewed her and tried to persuade her to file charges against Taylor for an incident in which Taylor had punched her. While Emma's name was kept out of the media, word still got out of her involvement.

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Emma dies during [[Gold Morning]]<ref name="27.1"/><ref name="27.3">[[Extinction 27.3]]</ref> as a result of refusing to leave her room to evacuate.<ref name="R1"/> When Taylor encounters the Barneses at a refugee camp in Brockton Bay, Emma's father and sister look at her accusingly.<ref name="27.1">[[Extinction 27.1]]</ref> Later, Taylor visits Sophia in prison and tells her that Emma had died, but Sophia already knew.<ref name="27.3"/>