Hey guys!
Thanks for being so patient while I took a short break.
I just started another story not too long ago called Fame and Feelings (I love it when titles are something and something.) and it has been a lot of work to keep up with both of them.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this story but I hope that it's somewhere good.
Hope you like it!
Kathrine's POV
'Where am I?' I thought to myself as I pushed myself from the ground into a sitting position. 'How long have I been here?'
It took me a moment before I realized that I was coated in a thick gooey substance that smelled strangely like iron. It was blood.
'Why can't I remember anything?'
I tried to take in my surroundings but everything was blurry and dark.
I tried to say 'Hello' but my voice just made a jagged coughing sound.
'What the bloody hell is wrong with me?' I asked myself, trying to stand up.
I yelped as my legs gave way and I fell back onto the ground which felt cold and sharp against my bare hands.
The air tasted tangy in my lungs as I took a deep shaky breath.
"Kathrine?" Called a shy mousy voice from (what I'm guessing is) the corner of the cave- room place that I was in.
"Peter?" I asked my voice shivering and cracking half way through.
"Yes. When did you wake up?" His voice almost sounded as if he was about to cry.
"I...Where are Molly and Sirius?" I replied wincing painfully as the memories flood back into my mind.
The dance.
The letters.
The wall.
The newly found friendships.
"I'm sorry Kathrine but this needs to happen. The Mudbloods must suffer for their wrongs." He said, gasping like a fish out of water.
"Wh..What?" I asked, completely shocked.
Peter had never really hung out with us much, but I had meet him before.
I had never even thought about him that much. With the letters and the dance I had been so preoccupied that I had never really even tried to discover who the Killer was.
But now I know.
"How...could...you? I thought...that we...were friends."
"Well you thought wrong. I warned you Kathrine. I...I really don't want to do this. I...I tried to warn you...they must be punished." He said quietly, and I noticed his blurry outline pulled something long and shiny out of his robes...a knife.
"Peter please..." I begged, scrambling backwards until I hit a wall.
"I'm sorry Kathrine but...but I tried to tell you...that Mudblood Lily is no good." He said, his voice dangerously low as he advanced, now hold the knife in front of him.
"Shut up! She is not a Mudblood." I say trying to sound intimidating but it came out as more of a whisper.
"Goodbye." He says and lunged forward.
I screamed a short, shrill scream before there was a swirling feeling in my stomach and I found myself on all fours.
"You're...You're an animagus?!" Shouted Peter picking himself off of the ground and lunging again, but this time even in my groggy state I raced towards where he first appeared.
I reached the outside of the cave and smelt the air: metallic from my blood. I didn't trust my vision as most of the things I was seeing were pink or yellow.
Hogwarts.
Home.
I could smell home and it wasn't far away.
The only problem? I could hear Peter running behind me.
The soft pitter patter of his feet against the cold stone floor of the cave that was only moments ago my prison.
I ran faster than I probably should have, considering the state that I was in, but I finally broke through a line of trees and I could see the doors leading to the entrance hall.
800 feet.
600 feet.
500 feet.
I was just about there when something sharp hit the back of my head and I felt myself changing back out of whatever my animagus form was and back to my normal human self. I then proceeded to do the most Gryffindor thing I could do in my situation... I fainted.
The last thing I heard was someone screaming my name and footsteps running towards me.
Sirius's POV
Professor Dumbledore had spoken to us very briefly before rushing off to organize search parties.
The first search team consisted of of the Marauders and Lily. Molly had been ordered to go stay with Madame Pomfrey because she was still hyperventilating.
People shouting: "KATHRINE!" could be heard from all over the castle and it's grounds.
Dumbledore had made sure that everyone not searching was locked up in the Great Hall for the night.
We had been searching for almost three hours when Lily collapsed and started to sob on the steps to the entrance hall.
"Shh shh Lils everything is going to be alright- we'll find her." James immediately soothed, walking over and sitting beside her. He wrapped his arms around her loosely, murmuring sweet nothings into her ear.
I started to walk over to Remus but I stopped when two figures burst out of the doors behind James and Lily making them jump.
"Remus what happened? Where is Kathrine?" Asked Hannah running up to Remus with (to Sirius's surprise) his younger brother Regulas.
"Sirius! I heard that one of your friends went missing. Is everything alright?" He asked, looking concerned.
"No everything is n..."
"Dog!" Shouted Lily, pointing towards a slender grey wolf darting out of the forest and heading straight for them.
"What the bloody hell?" Asked Remus.
The wolf was no less than a few hundred feet away from them when it dropped suddenly, as though something hit it.
The unmoving creature slowly changed into none other than the person that they were looking for.
"Kathrine!" Screamed Lily, her high voice piercing the air, her cheeks still red and puffy from being in the cold and the tears from just moments before still spilling over her face.
I reached Kathrine before everyone else, with Lily in tow just seconds after.
"Kitty?!" Asked Lily a nervous look flooding her face.
"She's alive." Said Remus breathlessly after taking her pulse and checking for a heartbeat, "But she needs to see Madame Pomfrey now."
"I've got her." I said, delicately picking her up.
"Let me help." James stepped over and held her legs.
"Did you know that she was an animagus Lils?" I asked.
We are already inside before she answered.
"No. I don't know why she wouldn't have told us."
"You found her?!" Asked a flushed McGonagall, running up to us.
"Yes she- erm- ran out of the woods and then passed out." I said, leaving out the animagus part for now.
"Well what are you waiting for? Bring her to Madam Pomfrey!"
"Ms Jackson! Mr Black! What are you doing from the dungeons at such an hour? Explain yourselves immediately!" Our Head of House exclaimed, when she noticed the two Snakes who had joined the search party.
"We heard some...delicate information which we thought the search parties ought to know." Hannah began slowly, as though trying to word what she wanted to say. Regulas too looked skittish, as though wanting to give their information but not wanting to betray their Housemates. The Deputy must have sensed her turmoil, because her face softened and she laid a comforting hand on Hannah's shoulder.
"Please dear…" she smiled down at Hannah and Remus' entwined fingers, the pair having done so unconsciously. Hannah's cheeks flushed red, which I noticed even in the dim light. Remus gave her hand a supportive squeeze before she began her tale:
"Please dear…" she smiled down at Hannah and Remus' entwined fingers, the pair having done so unconsciously. Hannah's cheeks flushed red, which I noticed even in the dim light. Remus gave her hand a supportive squeeze before she began her tale:
"Reggie and I- I mean, Regulas and I, had been with our other Housemates in the Great Hall when we overheard a couple of our older Housemates talking about Pettigrew. They said he was finally going to prove himself, finally going to accept his place above all the.." Her voice paused uncertainly before continuing, "all of the Mudbloods." She spat out the word, as though it had an awful taste of some kind. Her upper lip snarled angrily at what her Housemates had said, yet she continued, "They said Pettigrew was taking the Mudblood lover to the Forbidden forest. I didn't know who they were talking about until they said 'Jameson' and Professor Dumbledore demanded all students to go to the Great Hall. I just wish I could've gotten here sooner! I might've prevented all this from happening! Katherine mightn't have gotten hurt- oh it's all my fault she might be dead!" the blonde cried out in anguish. Remus pulled her to him from their connected hands and enveloped her in a hug.
"Oh Hannah- the only persons' fault is Peter's." Remus voice waived at the thought of their dorm-mate, before continuing, "You did the right thing by coming to tell us. You too Regulas." Remus' hand smoothed down Hannah's hair soothingly, as he spoke to her much to quietly for the rest of us to hear. Only then did Sirius notice the disheveled look she had to her- her cloak had been hastily thrown on over her pajama bottoms, all of it's buttons undone to reveal a tank top and shivering arms. Her hair was an absolute mess, in a frenzied attempt to shove it into a braid whilst she had been running- that or she just somehow missed a large chunk of hair to the right of her face. Their Head of House looked at the two students in shock, before composing herself.
"Very well. You are free to stay, however I suggest you go back to the Great Hall." Hannah shook her head angrily from within Remus' embrace, and Regulas stayed, firmly crossing his arms over his chest. Finally I noticed my brother- he looked so small and scared under his green jumper, bags hanging from under his eyes. I was likely the most surprised, as I placed a hand on his shoulder and gave it a small squeeze. He didn't move, yet when McGonagall turned to Lily, my younger brother's head snapped towards me in shock. He didn't say anything, but a small, proud smile ghosted his lips. Neither of us spoke, but I knew that words wouldn't- couldn't- express what was going on right now. So I just squeezed his shoulder again and turned to my Professor to await orders.
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