Chapter 2! Because I felt like putting up a longer chapter. This story ended up far more in depth than I thought because I became rather attached to Katherine.
Disclaimer: JK is an amazing person who owns Harry Potter. I get no money from this :( but I enjoy it all the same!
"Katherine!" the pair yelled as they ran into the common room from their dormitory. The call made a few people look at them in confusion, including Katherine herself. They'd hardly said a word to her since breakfast on Tuesday, what did they want now?
"Quick we need your help," Fred informed her, breathing heavily. George was also breathing heavily. Katherine could tell the hard breathing was fake. It was a good act though. She, frankly, was amazed that they'd managed to avoid detention thus far. She had…noticed, the twins less than academic behaviour. More than the Professors, apparently, but she doubted that would last long
She continued to ponder through all this until she noticed the crazy look in both boys eyes.
"What?" she asked suspiciously.
"We need your help," Fred repeated. The next thing Katherine knew she was being bodily dragged from her homework and out of the common room.
"Hey!" She yelled, struggling for freedom, "Get off! I'll hex you again!"
Murmers followed the trio into the hall, the most common of which was the quiet question, 'Again?'
The twins didn't let go, that was until she managed to get her wand out of her pocket.
"Ok," She started, making sure she could see them both, "Now, first off, you ever do that again and your punishment will be much worse than some little stunning spell."
The twins both smirked at her, but nodded for her to continue. She fought the urge to curse them right there, that probably wouldn't be good but she wanted them to stop looking at her like that.
"Secondly," She continued with a sigh, "Could you explain why, exactly you chose to drag me away from the piece of the common room?"
"We need help," the pair said together.
"Yes, but why must it be my help?"
"Cause you seem like fun," Fred informed her calmly.
"Anyway," George continued before she could speak, "We want to break into Filch's office!"
"Remind me how you convinced me to do this again?" Katherine asked as the three made their way down the hall. The twins rolled their eyes at her.
"We told you that there was a draw in Filch's office labelled 'Confiscated and Highly Dangerous-"
"-And that we wanted to look inside."
"You practicaly dragged us this way-"
"-but made us swear you got even rights to any and all loot we may get."
Katherine frowned, she'd let her curiosity show through, no doubt that would bite her in the butt. She sighed, thinking through everything they'd said.
"'Highly dangerous'" She repeated to cover up for herself, "Knowing Filch it'll just be full of Fanged Frisbees, Ever Bashing Boomerangs and other junk that's far too old to be any use."
The twins shrugged, apparently still excited by the venture. Katherine shook her head, giving a large sigh. They were fairly close to Filch's office now and the twins began putting a gap between themselves and Katherine. Katherine was paying more attention to the figure of Mrs Norris and was, therefore, unprepared to be pelted with the twin's water balloons.
"Oh, Merlin!" She yelled, shaking out her hair, "I hate you two! Why water ballons?"
The twins laughed at her reaction and lobbed their last water balloon at her. This time, having her full attention focused on them, Katherine managed to duck. The balloon flew over her head, right into the face of one Argus Filch. The twins continued to laugh.
"You!" Filch spat when he saw the now dripping Katherine.
"Not me," Katherine snapped, gesturing at the twins, "Them! Do you really think I'd throw water balloons at myself? Imbecile."
The twins laughed harder, Filch went red.
"That's it!" he yelled, "To my office! All three of you!"
Katherine looked furious and cheated. The twins had stopped laughing, but they both still had huge grins plastered on their faces. At Filch's office the twins smiled serenely at Filch as they sat down while Katherine stared dejectedly away from them all. Right at the 'Confiscated and Highly Dangerous' draw.
"You just wait," Filch mumbled darkly, writing something down. Suddenly they heard Peeves laughing loudly as he flew down the hall. Silence…then the tell-tale sound and smell of a dung bomb going off.
"Stay here," Filch commanded the three Gryffindor's, "Peeves I'll get you yet!"
"Fred," said George as he watched Filch leave the room.
"Yes George?" Fred replied, staring at the door.
"I don't believe we put dung bombs in that box."
"No, as far as I'm aware it was just water balloons."
The pair turned to Katherine, who had already found the key and was moving towards the draw. They both cocked an eyebrow as they watched her insert the key without the slightest hesitation.
"What?" She demanded, feeling their gaze on her, "This is why we're here right? Someone keep a look out, I don't want to be walked in on."
The twins looked at each other for a moment. After a moment George moved towards the door and Fred moved to investigate the draw with Katherine. She'd been right, of course, the draw was full of things that were far below their hopes.
"Just grab as much as you can," Katherine suggested, "We can sort it out back at the tower." Fred nodded and began putting things in his pockets, Katherine threw a few things into her bag, before turning away from the draw. She grabbed Fred's wrist just as he pulled out an old looking square of parchment. She closed the draw, locked it and threw the key back onto Filch's desk.
"Let's go," She said, she grabbed George's wrist with her other hand as they came out the door. The trio ran down the hall, ducking out of sight whenever they heard voices. Getting closer to the common room Katherine finally realised she was practically holding hands with the two boys and immediately let go.
"What'd we get?" George asked, as the stood just a little way from the portrait hole so they could each catch their breath.
"Not really sure," Katherine replied, making sure her clothes appeared neat and entering the common room, she continued in a quieter voice, "Let's put the stuff we got in your dorm, we can look through it after dinner."
"Why our dorm?" Fred asked.
"It just makes more sense," Katherine explained, "We can all get into your dorm after all. The only problem would be if any of the others in your dorm are likely to go through your things."
"'Kay our dorm it is," said George and the twins went and put the stuff under their beds. When they came back down stairs Katherine was running her fingers through her hair. They smirked, remembering her doing that the first time they saw her.
"I'm going to dinner," she informed them, and they immediately followed behind her.
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Next chapter they start looking at the map. I'll update after at least five reviews!