Chapter Three- At the Burrow

Kara and Mad-Eye Moody quickly landed outside of his house, and after a split second spell, she was out of her binds and they bolted inside. He hobbled over to the glowing Portkey as quickly as he could, and Kara came quickly after him. She grabbed hold just in time to feel the so famously foretold jerk behind her navel as the Portkey took off. The last thing Kara saw in Moody's house was a large chair, a style of which reminded her greatly of the big red chair back in the basement of the library. She had to admit that that was a very close call on their part. They almost missed the Portkey.

Kara let out a low groan as she fell onto the grass just outside the Burrow, where she and Mad-Eye were greeted by a very hysteric Molly Weasley.

"Thank heavens you two are alright!" Mrs. Weasley said, giving each Mad-Eye and Kara a spine crushing hug. Kara thought it seemed weird that that much for could come out of a woman like Mrs. Weasley.

"Thanks, Molly." he gruffed and hobbled across the yard and into the house. Kara slowly gathered herself up off the ground and followed him, with Mrs. Weasley close behind.

"Anyone else here?" Kara asked. She had forgotten what the order of who got at the Burrow was. Sometimes she'd forget certain details, even in the very much loved Harry Potter books. Like the fact that in the first book, there was a dancing pineapple. She had forgotten all about that until she reread it right before the last book came out.

"Yes, you two were the last. George lost his ear though..." Mrs. Weasley swallowed down a sob. "But he'll live. We were really worried about you two; Ron and Tonks, and Fred and Arthur had missed their first Portkeys, but they're all here now."

"That's good. No ambush of Death Eaters can beat us off! And lets face it, a blown off ear will be a very interesting battle-scar story to anyone who doesn't know." Kara shrugged, and Mrs. Weasley looked at her oddly.

"Mundungus Fletcher, you seem awfully cheerful and optimistic lately." she said, and before Kara could correct her, she rounded on the both of them with a wand held out. "Mad-Eye, what curse did you put on Sirius's old house, were Severus Snape to return?"

"The Tongue-Tying curse so he can't go blab anything to any of the other Death Eaters about the location or anything else about it." he said. "It's me." and Molly then pointed her wand at Kara.

"Mundungus," she started. "What–."

"Molly, this ain't that coward Mundungus." he growled. She pulled back her wand.

"Then who is it?" she looked back at Kara who's own body and figure started to turn back to normal as the Polyjuice Potion started to wear off. Soon, she didn't need the glasses and took them off of her face.

"I'm Kara. Kara Jubiya, and you are Molly Weasley. Pleased to meet you." Kara held out her hand, and Mrs. Weasley awkwardly took it.

"Alaster, would you care to tell me who this is, and what she's doing here? Where's Mundungus?" she asked, looking around.

"Honestly, I can't really explain it." they had stopped right outside the door of the Burrow. "She just showed up. That bloody cowardly worm Disapparated away the moment You-Know-Who showed up."

"Oh. Well, how did she know about all of this, and why did she just 'show up'?" this time, both of the adults looked over at Kara who held up her hands defensively.

"Hey, I'm on your side at least! It's too hard to explain. You wouldn't believe me if I told you." she said, and Mrs. Weasley looked at her with a face that said 'I'll get it out of you somehow.' Then, to try and escape their gazes, she slipped into the house where new eyes watched her.

"Care to join us on my death bed?" George asked.

"Sure. I've always wanted to be blessed by someone holy." she grinned, and she and the twins started to laugh. "I know, it's bad. Sorry."

"No, it's okay. I used that joke a moment ago. I said I felt saintlike because I was holy." George told her.

"Both of you are bad. George gets an ear blown off, and that's the best either of you could come up with!" Fred shook his head at her and his twin.

"What are you staring at? Is there something on my face?" she asked Bill and Fleur, feeling around her face. They had just looked at her, rather confused, since she had walked in.

"I do believe that that is called a nose. I could be wrong though. It has happened once before." Fred said. She put her hand on her hip and glared at him.

"Oh, thanks." she rolled her eyes. "But no, seriously. Why're you staring at me? Is an American really that bizarre?"

"Sorry." Bill just shook his head, and Fleur looked at her for a little bit longer before saying her apologies as well.

"It's okay..." Kara said. "Whatever." she turned her attention back to Fred and George as Mad-Eye and Mrs. Weasley came back inside. "So, did getting your ear cursed off hurt, or was it so quick that it was painless?"

"Well, at first it hurt, but then I lost too much blood to really feel anything at that point." he said with his hand on his chin as he thought back.

"Who're you?" a red headed girl only a couple years younger than herself asked. It was Ginny Weasley.

"Kara Jubiya. I've been saying my name a lot, now that I think of it... hm. Anyway, you are Ginny Weasley. Nice to meet you." Kara held out her hand, and Ginny took it.

"How'd you know my name?" she asked, and Kara leaned in to whisper to her.

"Harry just can't shut up about you, can he?" she pulled back smiling, and Ginny looked at her with raised eyebrows before smiling and walking away.

"What'd you say to her?" Fred wanted to know.

"Nothing that concerns you two. She knew what I was talking about." Kara just grinned as the two boys looked at each other skeptically.

"You know, I think that I'll go find Ginny again. Later." she said, and walked off, but was soon stopped by Mrs. Weasley.

"Dear, do you have a place to stay for the night?" she asked sweetly.

"Hm. Now that you mention it, no. But I can find somewhere..." Kara said. She had her wallet in her pocket still from the movies with Tailor, and could use her credit card to stay at some muggle hotel probably.

"Nonsense! You can stay in Ginny's room with Hermione and her. It'll be a tight squeeze, but we can manage it." she said.

"Okay. In the meantime, I will do everything I can to help with the wedding. Jut name it, and I'll do it." she said, and Mrs. Weasley smiled back at her before walking away.

Kara continued to walk around looking for Ginny, but then she was stopped again, but this time it was Harry. He had a serious look on his face as he pulled her off to a side.

"You knew." he started off. Kara felt a shiver of dread go down her spine. She didn't want to have everyone know that she knew everything that was going to happen. They'd bother her to tell them everything if they knew, and some of the things had to run their course or all of the events would be thrown off.

"I–I don't know what you're talking about." she stammered. Dammit. Why can't I even keep a level voice? Lying is not one of my strengths sometimes. She thought to herself.

"Oh, I think you do." he said. "Hedwig...you knew that she would die, didn't you?"

"I-uh–." he didn't wait for her to answer.

"You knew, and tried to tell me to give it to Mundungus. You knew he'd Disapparate too, and that if he had her, she'd be safe from getting killed. I didn't listen to you..." he looked down.

"Well, why would you? You didn't know me, and I was just some random person telling you how to live your life. I probably wouldn't have listened to me either. It's not your fault, you know." she tried to make him feel better. Harry Potter had suffered so much in his life, so much guilt too. She didn't want him to feel any worse about his bird.

"But you tried to tell me–." he insisted.

"Do you want to think that this was your fault? It wasn't! Yes, I did know, and for reasons that I cannot explain to you now, but we would've been late for all of our Portkeys if we argued about it, and the Death Eaters would've caught up with us sooner, so who would know what would've happened? Yes Mundungus Disapparated, and if he'd had Hedwig, she'd have been safe from the Death Eaters. But knowing him, he would've sold her, and who knows where she would've ended up? Okay? It's not your fault." she put her hand on his shoulder as he looked at her confused and mysteriously. She had gotten used to this look by now.

"Well, anyway... I'm going to go find Ginny." she said, clearing her throat and slid out of the corner he had her in.

"What was that all about?" Ginny asked, coming up to her.

"Ah, Ginny. There you are. Hey, again." she said. "Ah, that was nothing. He was just upset that Hedwig died, and I just happened to be there is all." and she shrugged.

"Aw, that's so sad." Ginny said, looking pitifully over at Harry, who still stood in the corner. Then she looked down at the book in Kara's hand. "What's the book?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh...that." Thank god she had a habit of taking off the book jackets. If that was still on, this conversation might be a little weirder. Well, I really don't mean to be rude, but it's nothing of your convenience. You can't see it. No one can, what with its contents." she looked at Ginny almost gravely, but then started to laugh. "Sorry to freak you out or something."

"It's okay..." Ginny and Kara were quiet for a moment before Ginny continued to talk. "So, what did Harry say about me, exactly?"

"Well, it's more of what he didn't say that caught my attention. He really loves you, you know. Despite what he may tell you of 'it's too dangerous! You can't, I don't want you hurt!' it's bull. Yes, he doesn't want you hurt, but hold on to this one." she said, and Ginny grinned.

"I know. Thanks." she said.

"Oh, and by the by, this conversation is just between the two of us." she said, and Ginny nodded.

"You can be sure of that." she said.

"Good." Kara sighed. "Hey, how's about we go mingle with people?" and she and Ginny walked back into the living room where everyone else was. Bill and Fleur still looked at her oddly. She noticed that Hagrid was pretty badly bruised.

Probably from the fall. I was still surprised from the book that Hagrid was okay. She thought. She took a seat at Georges feet on the couch. Harry came over to her again.

"Kara was it?" he asked, and she nodded. "Okay, so I know that you knew, but how?" he asked. Fred and George were deep in conversation and didn't hear.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you..." Kara insisted.

"Try me." he said to her.

"Uh, well..." then she jumped up as Bill, Fleur, and Mad-Eye came over to her. Saved. She thought.

"Kara, we would like to talk to you." Fleur said, calmly.

"Upstairs if you don't mind." Bill added.

"Sorry, Harry. Maybe later!" she then headed up the stairs with the three adults. They went into Ginny's room and locked the door after putting the Silencing Charm on the room. Then they turned on her.

Oh, great. Not them too! I guess I have been a little obvious with my knowledge of things that were going to happen... and they did see me die. That probably gave it away. This is actually getting really annoying now. It shouldn't hurt if they know, I guess. What can they do with information about how I can't die anyway?

"This is about the wedding, isn't it?" she tried. "I will do everything I can to help get this place perfect, I promise! Congratulations by the way–!" Fleur held her hand over Kara's mouth to stop her from talking.

"No, eet ees not that." she said. "Though I thank you. Thees ees about you when the Death Eaters came and attacked us."

"Both Fleur and I, and Moody could've sworn that we saw you take the Killing Curse for Moody, and it hit you right in the chest.." Bill continued.

"Yeah. Tell me about it. That hurt!" Kara rubbed her breast bone where the curse had hit her.

"What do you mean, 'that 'urt'?" Fleur asked confused.

"You'd think it would've left a bruise or something, but no mark's there." Kara grinned, looking up at them after she had looked down her shirt to check.

"You got hit with the Killing Curse. You should be dead! Only Potter survived that, and he even has the mark to prove it!" Moody yelled at her.

"Are you saying that you'd rather I didn't take it for you? It must not have been the Killing Curse, cause I'm still here. Unless Americans are impervious to it..." Kara shrugged. She knew she shouldn't have been this rude, but she did save his life.

"Don't get smart with me, girl." Mad-Eye pointed a scraggly finger at her. "I know that it was the Killing Curse. Now why didn't you die?" Kara sighed. She knew they wouldn't believe her.

"To tell you the truth, I did. I died. I did it on purpose." Kara's voice was down to a whisper now, despite the fact that no one could hear here on the outside of the room because of the Silencing Charm.

"What do you mean? You're here now. You came back to life then?" Bill asked. He and everyone else looked extremely confused.

"I–." Kara thought for a moment. "Okay, you all must promise me you won't tell anyone what I am about to tell you unless it is a life or death situation, or you're being tortured. When it comes down to that, you can tell whoever the hell you want. Okay?" they all looked at each other and then back at her.

"Fine." Moody's voice rumbled.

"I promise." Bill said.

"Oui, me too." Fleur continued.

"I can't die. Not here anyways. I'm not even from this world, in a manner of speaking." Kara said.

"I do not understand?" Fleur told her, and Bill nodded in agreement.

"Kill me." Kara handed Mad-Eye Moody her wand from her belt.

"Don't be daft!" Moody said, but she made him take it. "You must be out of your mind!"

"That could be true. But hey, that's not even my wand. I stole it from a random Death Eater. I'm a muggle, honestly, and shouldn't be able to use it at all anyway. Somehow I can, though. I'm just completely horrible at magic as some of you may have noticed. Now kill me. Use the Killing Curse. I'm telling you, I can't die." Kara insisted.

"Did you just say that you're a muggle?" Bill's mouth dropped open a fraction of an inch. "That's not possible..." he muttered under his breath, and Kara rolled her eyes.

"Good bye then..." Moody shrugged, and reluctantly did the spell silently in his head. The green light shot out of the wand and hit Kara in the chest again.

Her body crumpled to the ground, and her real self felt the room spin. She had gotten reading herself back into this book down to an art, and within seconds, she got back up and gazed back at the fear stricken faces.

"What are you?" Fleur asked, taking a small step back.

"A muggle, an American muggle." Kara grinned. "And proud of it!"

"How'd you do that? And how do you know about the spells, and wizarding stuff if you're a muggle? Even if you were related to a witch or wizard you shouldn't know all of this!" Bill practically tackled her with questions and wonder.

"Well, through this book..." Kara held up her Harry Potter Seven book, but pulled it back when Moody made a grab for it. "Sorry. None of you were meant to read this book. In a way, I'm like a Seer, a physic. That's how I know what things were and are going to happen. Because I don't really belong to this world, whenever I die, I'm sent back to my own. All I have to do is read myself back here."

"Thees ees crazy!" Fleur said.

"See? I told you, you wouldn't believe me." she retorted.

"So why're you here then?" Mad-Eye demanded.

"Well, where I come from this is one of my most favorite books ever, and in a way I'm here on adventure...sort of. I really didn't intend to come here, it was kind of an accident."she said. "I want to help Harry on his secret mission whether he wants me to or not. Because of the book, I know what it is. And just to tell you, I saved your life. If I hadn't got here and insisted on riding with you, Mundungus would've Disapparated and You-Know-Who would've killed you with that Killing Curse, which I might add, I took for you." Kara smiled up at all of the confused adults.

"But I don't owe you 'nothin'!" Moody pointed and Kara just laughed out loud, and patted his shoulder.

"That's what I like to hear!" she said.

"So, how'd you 'read yourself here' by accident?" Bill continued.

"Well, you see, I kind of live at this library with my dad's old Godfather, Jack. I was all mad that my friend was going to Greece for the summer, so he thought he'd make me feel better by taking me to this old bomb shelter in the basement of the library. He had fixed it up so that it was like a small living space, and in one corner there was this chair..." and Kara told them all about where she came from, and what had happened at Malfoy Manor. Of course, she didn't tell them where it was, or that would throw events off even more than it already had.

"You best hold onto that book then." Moody said, and she gave a little sarcastic laugh.

"God yeah. This is staying with me." she said. "Now, how's about we go see how George is doing on his so called, 'Death-Bed.' So you remember our agreement?" she asked, looking at them from the stairs, and they nodded. "Good. Now don't look so open-mouthed and pale. You look like you saw someone come back from the dead!" And with a little chuckle, she went downstairs.