For the next two weeks Harry barely saw Kate. Sirius and Lupin were at every meal but other than that Harry never saw them. People were coming and going from the burrow like it was a train station. None of them were there for the order, or at least Harry didn't think so. The kids spent most of their time avoiding Gabrielle, who had it turned out become another one of Harry's fan girls (of course the stupid girl still didn't know that Harry was the one that had yelled at her that first day). This of course irked Harry to now end which meant that the trio was spending a lot of their time with Ginny. Harry had somewhat given up on avoiding Ginny to avoid pain, though he still maintained an aloof distance from her. Ginny would help them look up curses and other things that would help in the fight against Voldemort or the horcruxes (not that Harry had told her anything about them). They in return would help her study for the O.W.L.s, which they still didn't know when they were.
One day the trio and Ginny walked into the kitchen for a snack just as an owl swooped in dropping a letter on the table. Lupin got up from where he was sitting with Tonks and picked it up.
"Who's it for?" Mrs. Weasley asked from the counter where she and Mr. Weasley stood making lunch.
"Hey that's a letter from the Ministry," Arthur said frowning.
"Yes, I know," Lupin says flipping the letter over to see who it was addressed to.
"Hey that letter is for Kate," Ginny says looking at the letter from behind Lupin.
"What would the Ministry want with Kate?" Hermione asked
"Plenty of things, but right now who knows," Sirius said looking up from the chess game he was having with Charlie.
Lupin walked over to the mirror in the corner and said "Kate," in a very commanding voice. Immediately an image of Kate in an immense library appeared.
"What is it Lupin," Kate asked not looking up from the stack of books she was looking through.
"A message from the Ministry."
"Oh, I see." Kate said as she disappeared from the mirror and then reappeared in the kitchen of the burrow. "Let me see it," she said as she walked over to Lupin and held out her hand. Lupin handed her the envelope.
Kate read the letter quickly before sticking it back in the envelope and sticking the envelope on the table. She immediately conjured a piece of parchment and a quill and wrote a reply.
"Why the owl is still here?" Ginny asked looking at the said bird.
"Because it's waiting for this. It's a very well trained owl," Kate said as she attached her reply to it's leg.
"Of course it is it's your owl after all," Sirius said absently moving his knight to take out Charlie's rook.
"Anyway it looks like it's tomorrow," Kate said looking at Lupin
"What's tomorrow?" Harry asked.
"The trial/hearing thing," Lupin replied. "Can you guys make it?"
"We'll be there;" Tonks and Moody said in unison
"Everyone in this house will be there and no arguing." Mrs. Weasley said hands on hips and glaring at her children.
"Who's arguing?" Ron asked as he sat down to the side of the chess game.
"Yeah mum, we know we need to go," Ginny said sitting down next to Tonks.
"And what am I supposed to do while your all gone?" Sirius said pouting like a young child.
"I'm sure you can find something to do Padfoot," Lupin said rolling his eyes.
"Don't people your age take a nap," Kate asked sarcastically. Sirius turned his head and glared at her. Whether she was talking about him acting like a child or his actual age Harry didn't know.
"What's this 'thing' about?" Charlie asked.
"A whole bunch of stuff," Lupin replied grinning.
"Stuff that doesn't 'matter' to you cause you were out of the country. So feel free to keep this baby company," Kate sort of explained as she glared right back at Sirius.
"Okay then," Charlie replied.
"Well if we're all set I should be getting back. Bye for now," Kate said as she turned to leave. "Oh and by the way Harry don't get to angry tomorrow." Kate said turning back towards Harry and with that she disappeared.
"Umm...okay." Harry replied.
"If the trial/hearing thing was just about Sirius and Hogwarts wouldn't Kate and Lupin just have said so?" Ginny asked later on that afternoon as she and the trio were sitting in Ron's room studying for the O.W.L.s. "And why do I have to study for these anyway?" Ginny grumbled under her breath.
"Because even if you don't take the O.W.L.s you are still prepared to fight if you need to," Sirius explained from the open doorway. "By the way your mother says you four need to help with dinner tonight. So downstairs you lot."
"Alright, alright we're coming," Ron grumbled.
"At least you two can use magic," Ginny replied frowning at him and Hermione.
"It's not that bad Ron, I had to do it everyday at the Dursley's."
"Good point mate," Ron replied as they walked downstairs.
After dinner that night Mrs. Weasley sent them to bed early saying "You need to sleep well tonight. Tomorrow will be very stressful for all of you."
A/N: I've put in a calendar for those of you who might be a little confused by the timing of things.
June 6th -Dumbledore's funeral
June 6th- June 28th- Trio at the Dursley's
June 28th-Kate and order members arrive at Pivet Drive Trio goes to Burrow
July 6th-Sirius returns
July 23rd-trial/hearing thing
