Again so sorry for the delay! Been really busy :-(.

Thanks for the response so far you guy's are great :-)

I know this isn't a huge update but something is better than nothing right? :-)

A lot of people have said they don't like Katherine so this chapter is a bit more on her and her life.

I'm going to be concentrating on this story and Like Father, Like Daughter? Before I go back to my other WW stories, (I will be going back to them!)

Think its about time I finished a story...

Hope it's okay!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Worst Witch, only Katherine and Melanie.

Katherine opened her eyes slowly, dazed as the sun shone down on her, blinding her. She was on a beach that was oddly familiar. She squinted and smiled as she saw her, on the horizon. The figure she never thought she would see again.

Her mother.

Katherine felt tears pour down her face as she ran, ran towards the woman she had not seen for so long. So many years, years alone. She laughed as she stumbled hearing her mother laugh also as she ran into the open arms. Her mother's dark hair and red dress a blur as she felt the soft arms around her. Smelt the soft powder smell. Katherine closed her eyes.

Suddenly the arms were gone, she opened her eyes. Her mother had stepped away. She was walking slowly back, towards some rocks, smiling softly, her eyes swimming with tears. Katherine followed her, desperate to catch up, to be held again. But she was always a few steps away. Katherine ran again. Her mother disappeared behind the rock.

Moments passed in which she ran, as fast as she could, her heart pounding. Katherine passed the rock and stopped. No one was there. Tears of frustration filled her eyes. She searched, sobs catching in her throat. The sun burning on her back and face. She searched behind every rock, every boulder. Searching. Her hands catching on the sharp stone, they stung as blood flowed from them. She staggered slightly, tripping on the uneven surface, her mother's laughter in her ears. One last rock. She reached the other side.

Katherine felt the cry escape her mouth as she fell to her knees, her chest heavy, her heart breaking. She felt the tears pour down her face as her body shook. A body strewn on the floor beside her, eyes open and empty. Just like they had been that day. Katherine screamed again as she screwed her eyes shut, she couldn't stare at her mother's corpse any more.

She ran her hands through her hair, tugging, trying to pull the memories away. The ones that hurt. But she couldn't. She felt the air grow cold as the sky turned dark. The wind bit at her fragile frame. A shadow loomed over her. She opened her eyes.

Her aunt towered over her. Laughing, smirking, taunting. She reached out for her niece and Katherine felt her body shake. The laughter filled her ears, deafening her. She screamed as she felt her ears bleed.

She screamed and screamed…

Katherine jerked her body shaking as she screamed. She opened her eyes slowly, her cheeks damp. Tears pouring from her eyes. She gasped for air as sobs racked her body, crushing her. She sat up slowly, sweat coating her skin. She tried to slow her breathing, she needed to be calm. She needed control.

Katherine ran her hands through her hair as she curled her knees up to her chest. Memories she had tried to forget, suppress, ran through her mind, burning her. She remembered the pain, the torment se had suffered. She remembered why she was here, why she was doing this. She remembered why she had to hate her.

She remembered what Constance Hardbroom had put her through.

She stopped sobbing and looked up to her mirror on the opposite wall. She saw in the pale light of the moon a broken girl, someone who knew nothing but pain. She hated it.

Katherine lay on her side, still curled up and cried soundlessly. The moonlight shinning down on the mutilations that ran all along her body. Shinning down on her white scars.

Hope it was okay!

Review to let me know!

Until next time,

Rach x