A/N: Hello! This is my first fanfic. I've been thinking about it for a while, and well... hope you like it! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, it's JK Rowling, but Katherine and her story is mine.
Chapter 1: Memories
Katherine was sitting on her bed waiting for the letter that her parents had agreed to send. She looked at the ceiling, and started to think about how she got here, her arrival at Hogwarts.
First Year
She was sitting in the compartment looking through the window, with a girl named Pansy, and a friend of her childhood, Daphne. Her parents has taken her to the Greengrass house a lot of times, she was her best friend. Suddenly, the door opened and a blonde guy, with grey eyes appeared.
"Hi Pansy, hello Daphne, can I sit there?" said him looking at them with a politely smile plastered on his face.
"Of course Draco! Come on, right there, next to me." The boy, Draco, entered the compartment and sat next to Pansy. She was very excited to have him here, a lot. Then, he looked to the other girl, surprised.
"I think I don't know you, what's your name?" He asked.
"I'm Katherine Prout, and you are?"She said, extending her hand for shaking his.
"Oh, I think my father knows yours, I'm Draco Malfoy" He replied, shaking her hand too.
"Malfoy… I think your dad had visited my house, I remember your surname."
"Of course, everyone remembers my surname" He said, with an arrogant smirk stuck on his face.
Katherine didn't make any comment, just smiled and continued to look through the window, it was a rainy day. She likes this kind of days, cloudy, with no sign of sun. Maybe it reflects her personality, cold, bitter, arrogant, but she is also bad-tempered, unable to control her feelings, funny and caring when she wants to. She's complicated.
About two hours later, the train stopped, and they finally reached the entrance to Hogwarts, by the lake. She was seating with Daphne and Pansy in one of the boats.
"So… have you heard about Potter?" said Pansy, looking to the boat near them.
"Potter… Harry Potter? The one with the scar, right?" Katherine replied, looking at that boat too.
"Yes, of course, the one and only Harry Potter. He's attending Hogwarts this year." Daphne said from my left, involving herself in the conversation.
Katherine attempted to say something, like "what a surprise", or "I don't expect it", but honestly, it wasn't a big deal. He was a wizard, so he was obligated to attend Hogwarts this year.
"And he thinks he's too good for us" said Pansy, looking at him with revulsion "he has refused a friendship offer from Draco! Can you believe that?"
Kat looked at her surprised; she doesn't expect Harry to be like that. She nodded at Pansy, who was expecting her to insult him or something. She doesn't know Draco; she doesn't have to defend him.
They finally reached the shore of the lake, half an hour later. Hagrid got out of his boat and waited for them to do the same. Then, they follow him through the forest, until they enter the castle. Right there, a woman called Professor McGonagall, guided them to the Great Hall when the Sorting have place. In this big room, there were five tables, one for each house and one for the teachers. Between them, there was a chair, and next to it, an old and big hat. According to Katherine's mother, this is the method of Sorting in Hogwarts, they put this hat above your head, and it decides which house you belong to.
Katherine saw Draco at the end of the line. She approached him, and touched his shoulder to get his attention.
"Hey Draco, you know, you don't need that Harry Potter to be your friend, there are others much better." She said, looking at him smiling.
"And if you don't know, I'm not worried about that, I was being nice to him, I don't mind if he wants to be my friend or not, because I don't." He answered me, with his now typical smirk on his face.
"Well, if you don't know either, I'm not blind. I can see your face, and you don't have to worry. Of course people are talking about this, but we can shut them up."
She saw a hint of real smile in his face, and heard a "thank you" under his breath. Then, he turned his face; it was the turn of Harry Potter's sorting.
After a minute of whispers and doubts, the hat finally came up with the answer.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Shouts, cheering and applauses could be heard from the Gryffindor table as the black-haired boy approached his new house.
"Draco Malfoy!"
It was the next name from the list.
"SLYTHERIN!"
The hat shouted, totally convinced of its decision. Then, it was the turn of Pansy and Daphne, sorted into Slytherin too; and a Weasley and a girl called Hermione, who were sorted into Gryffindor. Finally, it was Katherine turn. She seated in the chair, and begins to hear the voice of the hat, wondering what house would be the best for her.
"Well… you are intelligent, so you could go to Ravenclaw, but you're astute, you know how to take care of yourself, and you are a very powerful pureblood, for that reason Slytherin is a good option. Although you have courage too, and you're brave so, Gryffindor maybe?"
The crowd was waiting for the answer, which took more time than expected.
"SLYTHERIN!"
She smiled to herself, proud to be in the house of his parents. Everyone in Slytherin knows who his father was, and the close friendship he has with Lucius Malfoy. A relative of a supporter of the Pureblood's ideas was always welcome in Slytherin house.
She smiled, remembering all the good moments she has lived in Hogwarts since that day, until know, the middle of his Sixth Year. She looked around the room wondering why it was empty. When she glanced at the clock, she realizes that in a Saturday evening, nobody stays in his room. Katherine got up from her bed and looked herself into the mirror. Her long wavy hair hung down to her waist, a dark chocolate hair in contrast with her almost white skin. Her honey colored eyes, surrounded by diffused freckles in her cheeks that only appeared in summer, accentuated her nice features. She was slim, thanks to her Chaser position in the Slytherin team. She looked much better since last year, she has always been pretty, but she didn't use make-up or tight clothes, and she didn't flirt with guys, they were just her friends. She realized that at the Yule Ball, in Fourth Year, when she has to ask Goyle for be her partner, it was embarrassing. Then, she changed, in that summer she started to buy nice clothes, to dance and flirt in the Pureblood Balls; but she still got the best grades in her house, just like Draco. She has never confessed that to anyone, but she's been a little bit jealous of Pansy, about this relationship she has with Draco. She isn't in love with him or anything, but she wondered why he has date most part of the girls in Hogwarts but her.
A knock on the window took her by surprise, it was her owl. She opened the window and let Sleet enter, taking the letter from its leg. She sat on the edge of her bed and began to read her parents' letter.
Dear Katherine:
We are very proud of you; you are doing an amazing job. In a few weeks there will be a private meeting at the Malfoy Manor. Lucius, Narcissa and Draco, with Bellatrix, Severus, and some friends of mine will be attending the meeting. Draco will talk with you about the day, the outfit, and everything you must now. The Dark Lord will attend the meeting too, I hope you behave because we weren't present. He wants more loyalty from both of you, I think he wants you to help Draco with his task, and maybe you'll have the honor to get the Dark Mark. Be grateful my dear daughter.
With love, your father.
Katherine was astonished with the news. She has to talk with Dumbledore about it right now, things can turn out complicated.
She grabbed the letter and put it under her shirt; afterwards she got out of her room and began to make her way upstairs, to Dumbledore's office.
A/N: Do you like it? Or you don't? I write like an introduction to her story, but I planned start to develop it before Dumbledore's death. Please review!