Summary: When Melody Potter got her letter, she was the adopted sister to the most feared gang leader in all of London. What will the world think of the boy-who-live's younger sister? Wrong BWL. Female!Harry. Free!Sirius.
Kate should've never listened to Lily. ''Become our secret keeper! It'll be easy!" Kate chuckled from where she lay in her wolf form in her cell. Easy, my ass, the American Potter thought to herself. She was kidnapped by Voldemort himself and betrayed by Snape [nasty git] and Pettigrew. They forced her to take the truth serum and Lily [her best friend, gone] and James [oh Jamie, I'm sorry] dead. Sirius, Remus and Marie didn't try to get her out. Her nephew and niece, little Melody and spoiled Jessie, was gone from her sight.
Kate shifted as she felt the human [wizard, whatever] come up. The guard, Malcolm Mimfrey, sneered at her mangled form.
"Bloody whore." He grumbled as he walked by. Tears dripped down Kate's face. [I need out. I need out now] Kate waited til he was all the way gone before shifting back into her animagus form. Slipping through the bars, just barely, she padded past those damn Dementors and out into freedom. She dove into the water.
She swam until she saw a boat and hid on a lifeboat. She quickly fell asleep, thanking Merlin that there were no Dementors to hear Lily scream how she was a monster and hearing little Mel crying about 'horrid Aunt Kiyiya'. She awoke to the sound of horns and peeked out.
She was in America! Her original home. She padded down and out dodging crazy drivers and loud noises until she found herself in Central Park. Kate sighed deeply as she settled down.
She was half asleep when she heard a little voice cry out, "Auntie Kiyiya!" [She's dead.] [You killed them, murderess.] Kate let out a mournful howl as she felt arms around her. Looking up she saw bright green eyes beam into her.
"Aun'ie!" Little Melody squealed. Kiyiya stared at her pup. [But she's dead.] [Guess not.] Kiyiya bounced up and started licking and jumping around the little girl who squealed.
"Melody, get away from that mutt!" Two people were coming towards them. The person who said that was a pretty brown haired girl but a handsome blond man was staring at Kiyiya curiously.
Kiyiya jerked up indignantly while Melody glared at the woman.
"Aun' Gwen, this is Aun'ie Kiyiya. Aun'ie Kate." Melody explained like a grown up would to a child. The man rose an eyebrow.
"Remember what dad said, Wendy." Gwen glared at him. "British witches and wizards can change into animals at will. Who are ya, Ms. Wolf?" He rose an eyebrow as he squatted next to Kiyiya.
Inside her wolf, Kate frowned and then she shifted. As soon as she turned into herself, she felt her body crumple as blackness overtook her senses.
When Kate awoke, she was in a gorgeous room painted dark green and black. She was on a elm bed with dark green covers, black pillows and a dark green canopy that had paler green trimmings. She now wore silky pale green pajamas and felt much cleaner.
Kate sucked in a breath as she wobbly swung her legs over the bed and buried her face into her hands. "Merlin, don't let this be a dream." She prayed pathetically.
"A dream? Why would it be a dream?" She jerked her head up to see that guy, the blond one, smirking at her in amusement. At her glare, he chuckled, "Hello, Ms. Kiyiya, my name is Anthony Edridge, your niece's adopted father."
Kate eyed him in relief. "Dumbledore didn't give her to Snape? Thank god." She said, slumping her shoulders.
"Snape?" Anthony questioned. Kate let her eyes flicker up to his curious ones.
"Yes. Severus Snape. The man who tortured me and forced me to betray Lily and James Potter. At least one of them." Kate felt her shoulder's slump even more.
"Torture? Betray? Please enlighten me. My father hasn't been in the wizarding world since his father died and we barely know enough to get by." Kate looked at him.
"There was a war going on when Melody was born. And a stupid prophecy was made. Voldemort," She spat out the name like venom. "thought either Jessie or Melody was the child of the prophecy that would take him down."
"You say this man, Snape, tortured you." Blank blue eyes bored into brighter blue eyes.
"Yeah, Snape and Pettigrew found me, took me to their master and they tortured me then forced the truth serum on me. Voldemort went and killed Lily and James. Snape brought me into the Ministry. Claimed he'd found me trying to kill Peter Pettigrew. I was thrown into Askaban a few days later." Anthony looked pissed.
"So, this Dumbledore guy, he's a bad guy." Kate burrowed her eyebrows together.
"No, I mean, he found me." At his quirked eyebrow, she sighed. "I was kidnapped as a baby and Dumbledore found me when I turned 14." A stony expression flickered across her face before turning cool and calm. "Where's Melody? I'm her godmother, I should be with her." She said fiercely and Anthony couldn't help but stare at her in amusement.
"She's eating lunch with Gwen." Anthony said calmly. "I'll be out in the hallway. Clothes are in the room, bathroom's that way." He pointed at a light colored door. He left with a thoughtful look on his face and Kate looked excited, staring at the bathroom.
Kate quickly walked into the room and got in the shower. [Is this real life?] [Hurry hurry hurry. to Mel].
She quickly showered, loving the feel of warm, nice water on her skin and walked back into her room with a towel around her slim waist. She quickly got dressed in a dark green loose tank top, slim dark blue flare jeans and dark green slippers.
She poked her head out the door and saw an older man waiting patiently. He saw her and smiled. "Hello, you must be my granddaughter's godmother?"
"Yes, sir." Kate said stepping out of the beautiful room.
"Call me Damon. We are family now." Damon chuckled as he motioned towards the hallway. Kate, hesitantly, followed him. "You have been unconcious for 2 weeks, my dear. Askaban really put a strain on you, hmm? My dear grandbaby, Melody, has been quite worried." Damon smiled warmly. "But you are awake and we can drink and have festive moods!"
"Father, you know what Dr. Rivera said. No drinking for a while." They were at a dining hall and that woman, Melody, two blond children and Anthony were waiting patiently. The woman, or Aunt Gwen, was glowering at her. "Glad you could finally come." She sneered to Kate who slipped on her pureblood bitch mask.
Raising a eyebrow and giving her a cool stare she said, "I apologize but I was in the best wizarding prison, in high security, with soul-sucking Dementors for guards for the past couple of years. Forgive me if I was a tad late." Anthony rose an eyebrow as Gwen's face turned beet red.
"Aun' Kate, this is Ella and Jason. They're my bestest friends!" The two children waved as Kate sat down.
"Hello." Kate said with a slight smile.
"So," Anthony said with a smirk, "First things first, you're staying here in our mansion. We'll give you money, protection and all that stuff in exchange for help with wizarding traditions, information and babysitting the kids. Deal?" Anthony asked.
Kate pursed her lips then nodded. "Deal."
"Good!" Damon said with a bright smile. "Bring on the booze!"