Wonderland 9:

Sorry it's been so long! Vacation, other stories, school, you know. The chapter for the summer is going to be relatively short, but then I should have chapter 10 up soon. Review please!

Kira had never been happier in her entire life. Sure, she had to bear with people like Filch, but the rest was… amazing.

She opened her eyes and smiled. She was in the Gryffindor common room, her home.

She got dressed in a laid back version of her uniform. A skirt, button up shirt, vest, and shoes. No robe, tie, or tights. She carried her wand in her hand instead of in a wand pocket.

She walked down to the Great Hall, which now held one table that the remaining staff sat at with her. She found out that Professor Sprout stayed behind to watch the plants, Hagrid for the grounds, and the others because it was their home.

After a breakfast of porridge and pumpkin juice, she walked up the stairs to the Owlery. Harry and Kira exchanged letters daily, while she only exchanged letter with Ron and Hermione weekly. She even wrote to Neville every once in a while, and Luna every few days.

She then went to the Library. She was convinced something was up with her, and she was determined to find out. She would get sudden memories of people that were vaguely familiar, or events that had never transpired between her and her friends. So far, she had found nothing that would help her in her search. The only thing that could even be possible at this point was that her memory had been wiped, but who would do that?

She shook her head and left the library, going to help Hagrid with his pumpkin patch.

"Ol' Fluffy is doin' just fine. Took him to a shelter in Romania, I did. Poor guy." Hagrid said. They had been talking about the various animals Hagrid had taken care of, from Fluffy to Aragog to Norbert. He had told her about a week ago that he was to be the new Care of Magical Creatures professor.

She was about to ask him a question about Aragog when a blind panic filled her to her very core. She dropped the shovel she had been holding, accidentally lodging it in a pumpkin. She turned and ran as fast as her feet would take her towards the castle, leaving a confused Hagrid behind.

It seemed as though a foreign pulse pumped through her veins as her feet thumped against the marble. Find Harry… Find Harry… Find Harry…

She raced through the dungeons, bursting into Snape's deserted office. She ran up to the fireplace and scooped up a handful of floo powder. She yelled an address she didn't know she knew and raced through the chimneys. She landed with a thump in the middle of a living room. She stood up and spun around to see a very fat boy staring at her in shock.

She withdrew her wand and held it to his throat.

"Where's Harry!" She screamed in his face.

He stuttered an unintelligible response as another fat person burst into the room.

"Tell me where Harry is or I swear on Merlin's knickers that his boy's head will be on fire!" She yelled at the man, who hurriedly pointed a finger out the front door.

She shoved the boy out of the way and ran out the door. She ran through the brisk night air and felt as though her nerves were on fire. She could detect every little noise or movement. Once she saw a twiggy looking boy walking with his trunk, she ran faster, if that was possible.

"Harry!" Kira screamed and launched herself at the boy. He only had a moment to register the girl as she shoved him to the ground and stood guard above him.

"Kira?"

"Shut up!" She yelled, towering over him as he lay on the ground in shock. She held her wand out and surveyed the area. She saw a pair of yellow eyes leering at her through the bushes.

"Bombarda!" She screamed. The bushes exploded. The smoke cleared and there was nothing there. She reached down and grabbed Harry's arm with strength she didn't know she had.
She stuck out her wand arm and watched the Knight Bus pull up.

"'Ello, I'm-"

"Don't care." She grabbed Harry's trunk and threw some sickles at the busboy. She dragged the trunk and Harry to the back of the bus, where there were no windows and shoved him in a seat.

She stood in front of him, her wand still out, as the bus sped away.

"Leaky Cauldron!" She yelled up, not caring if they heard her or not.

"Kira! Calm down! Everything's fine!" Harry said, worried.

" Everything's not fine, Harry!" She yelled as the bus pulled to a stop. She grabbed Harry and his trunk once again and stormed out of the bus.

"There you are, Harry. I'm the minister, Fudge-" He took a step forward, but Kira snarled.

"I don't care if you're the Queen of Sheba, if you take one more step I will rip your head off."

"-and you must be Kira." He said, somewhat uncomfortable. Kira still held her defensive position.

"Yes, Kira, I was wondering where you had run off to." She heard a voice behind her. She spun around and stuck her wand at the offender. It was none other than Dumbledore. He held his hands up in surrender.

"Calm down, Kira. Harry is no longer in danger."

She eased out of her defensive stance, but still stood in front of Harry.

"It seems you have some explaining to do, Professor."

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