Katy sat there and waited. She watched her brother as he slept on the cot they had in the cupboard under the stairs. She knew they would soon be turning ten, and she knew something was going to happen. She could see that Harry was having a bad dream again. He always dreamed of the memory that was all to clear to her. She was more of a freak than even those that Mr. Vernon Dursley called freaks. Katy knew to let the scene play out would confuse her brother more so she woke him. "Harry…" She whispered.
Harry sat up with a start. "Katy, I had the nightmare again!"
"I know Harry but it is okay. Everything will be okay very shortly." Katy stood up and put in the raggedy clothes that Petunia Dursley gave her. "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley will be up soon. I must go cook breakfast. Harry, please get the milk and mail. You know how Mr. Dursley is in the mornings."
Harry got up as well and dressed quickly. He didn't know why Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon made Katy call them by Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, but demanded he call them Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia. Katy just said that they are strange people and moved on from it, but Katy always knew more than she let on. "Okay."
Katy went to the kitchen and put on the coffee it was perking nicely when she heard the Dursleys wake up. Katy moved quickly, she knew the food had to be on the table and the places sent for Vernon, Petunia and Dudley. Katy was cooking the eggs when Harry came running into the room. "Harry! Be careful. They are up." Katy stated and flipped the eggs.
"Katy we got mail!" Harry said excitedly. "From a place call Hogwarts. They even addressed it to us. Look!" Harry held out the envelopes and in neat handwriting on them one said K. Potter and other said H. Potter. Both had the address The Cupboard Under the Stairs Number 4 Privet Drive Little Winging, Surrey, England.
Katy breathed a sigh of relief. Soon Harry and she would be safe for most of the year from the Dursleys. And finally Katy could tell Harry the truth. She never did because the Dursleys would have hurt him as they hurt her.
"Wonder…" The words died on her lips as Vernon Dursley walked into the kitchen and snatched the mail up.
"Who would have sent letters to you?" He said with a mean laugh and ripped them up. "You will not be going."
"Yes we will." Katy told him as she placed the last dish on the table. "Very soon."
Vernon Dursley grabbed her by her hair and dragged her to the cupboard. "You will not be going anywhere you pathetic child." He threw Katy into the room.
She heard Harry start to protest, but she knew he had told him a million times to go with the flow. Soon they will leave she was sure of it. Katy listened as they went about the day it was their cousin's birthday Dudley Dursley… horrible name… Katy thought as she sat on the cot and waited until they left.
"What do you mean she can't watch him?" Vernon bellowed at Petunia.
"I don't want him to go!" Dudley screamed.
"Broke her leg or something. We will just have to take him with us or leave him here."
"We can't leave him here not alone with it."
"Fine."
"I don't want him to go!"
"We will buy you another gift Dudley-poo." Petunia cooed at their cousin.
Katy started to block them out as they waited. She had so many secrets, some which she hoped Harry would never find out. Many of them were known by the reason Harry must suffer… Katy knew he would also be their savior from this world, at least a form of it, but he is part of the reason their parents had been killed. Petunia knew the truth, so did Vernon but they lied about some bloody car accident instead.
It seemed like hours, but of course than it was, Katy sat there on the cot the whole time they were gone just going through the memories she had, from the moment of her birth to the moment Lily Potter grabbed her and told her she was her mum, to the moment he came in and killed her parents… tried to kill… a slamming of a door snapped Katy from her past.
"But it was like magic!" Harry was stating.
"There is no such thing as magic!" Vernon stated.
Vernon threw Harry into the cupboard with her and slammed the door shut locking it.
"What happened Harry? Are you okay?" Katy was always trying to prevent the Dursleys from hurting Harry.
"Fine. I was just standing there talking to a snake…"
"A snake?" Katy breath hitched, she knew she could speak to animals, snakes included but she never wanted Harry to have that gift… not the snakes…
"Yes, and then Dudley pushed me out of the way and then suddenly the glass disappeared and Dudley fell in and then the glass came back. It was like magic!" Harry explained.
"Mr. Dursely is wrong you know. Magic is real. But hidden from us. One day Harry we will get to leave…" Katy said and moved to the floor.
"Katy you can have the cot tonight."
"I am going to wait up for the mail again. We need our letters Harry. Get some sleep." Katy told Harry and then laid down and closed her eyes, but listened for Harry to fall asleep.