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Chapter 21 – A Granddaughter Captured

They had been traveling for just a couple of weeks now and Kat was already beginning to go insane. Living with three boys in the woods was going to make her lose whatever sanity she still possessed. Even though it had been her idea not to stay at the safe house after the close call at Aunt Murial's after the first week had driven them nuts in order to keep everyone else safe she was now wondering why she had agreed to "camping" with the boys instead of finding a nice lovely flat somewhere. George was constantly whining about not seeing Angelina or being bored, Lee was always complaining about the weather or accidently causing them to move to another location due to walking outside the wards, and Fred, as amazing as he was, would not stop getting up her butt about everything. He was worried about her grandfather finding them, he was worried that they were risking too much when they continued to do their radio updates, and he would not stop bugging her about why she still trusted Severus even though she honestly could not explain it herself. She was starting to regret telling him why she had chosen that song and who she was sending it out to. It didn't help that they did not get much time alone and when they did finally get some both Lee and George would torment them.

She was currently trying to hide from all three of her unexpected campmates before she was forced to kill one of them. She knew that she would eventually regret hurting any of her best friends so it was best for all of them for her to occasionally escape away. Right now she was relaxing next to the stream next to their camp surrounded by books. She was currently researching a way to manipulate a concealment charm into an inanimate object so it would project the concealing across a distance. She was hoping that she would be able to project the charm over multiple people at one time. If she got it right then the box would be focused on one person's magical signature and that person would have control on who else saw them. Otherwise the person or the group would appear to be a very flowery bush.

"What are you working on?" Kat looked up and smiled when she saw the goofy grin of the man she loved. Fred plopped down next to her and grabbed the top parchment.

"Something for the shop."

"You're still working on things for the shop?" He looked at her questionably.

"Of course I am, silly," Kat smiled at him, "When this is all over we are going to return home and you and your brother will open the shop back up bringing laughter and happiness to the masses again. And we will obviously need things to sell when we get back. Something new they haven't seen yet. This I am planning for the Golden Trio in particular because we all know once they succeed they will have a ridiculous amount of fans."

"You are absolutely amazing." Fred put the parchment back down and leaned towards her his arms wrapping around her waist as he pulled her into a passionate kiss. Shivers went down her spine and she moved closer to him. Putting her hands into his hair, she straddled his thighs and pushed her hips into his lap. She smiled against his lips when she heard the small groan escape him as he cupped her butt with both hands and pulled her closer. She rocked her body forward and moaned when she felt his hardness press into her. He began to move her shirt up and she lifted her arms so he could slide it off. He lowered his mouth to her covered nipple and teased her with his teeth. He used one hand to undo the clasp on her bra throwing the offensive material behind him.

"Fred, oh Merlin, Fred," Kat threw her head back and closed her eyes, thrusting her hips even harder against him. "I want you."

She heard him growl and suddenly she was on her back, the grass warm against her skin, with him moving above her. Holding himself up with one hand while his other hand began to slip towards her jeans as he brought his lips back to hers. He had the button and zipper undone, his fingers just starting to slip under her knickers when a loud voice called out.

"Oi! You can't do that crap in public!"

With a small squeal Katerina popped up and grabbed for her shirt as Fred jumped in front of her half naked body. Standing in front of them with amused grins were Lee and George. George was trying not to look at Kat but Lee gave no concern to it, his eyes getting even wider. Kat quickly turned around so that she could put her bra and shirt back on, her cheeks burning hot.

"Dammit George, why'd you have to interrupt them? Could have had a little entertainment for a bit." Lee grinned even bigger.

"As gorgeous as Kat is, I do not want to see my brother naked." George grimaced. "Not to mention, I'm sure he is about to kill you for seeing Kat like that."

"What do you two want?" Fred growled.

"Hey don't get mad at us for coming, your girl is the reason we came out." Lee put his hands up in defense.

"What?"

"Fred, I told you yesterday, this is a great place to look for certain ingredients I need for the potion I'm working on. You didn't want me to go alone and then that went on to create a fight and so I decided to ask Lee and George to come with me." Kat felt her hair spark. "I actually forgot that I was pissed at you. Dammit you're good."

"I love seeing you so flustered." Fred wiggled his eyebrows.

"Shut up."

"Oi lovebirds, you're making me sick, please stop before I have to wash my eyes."

"Anyway, we need to leave the wards for a bit to get to where the plants should be, so we should leave quickly before it gets dark." Kat started to clean up her books and parchments.

"What? You aren't leaving the wards. Absolutely not!"

"It's not that far away and I can't exactly pop into the nearest apothecary and get what I need." Kat reasoned.

"Then we move camp and change the wards." Fred said stubbornly.

"Fred, we are not moving camp for what should only take two hours, I like where we are and it won't take long." Kat moved closer to him and took his hand. "I promise everything will be fine."

"This isn't necessary. This can wait until the end of the war." Fred frowned.

"No, I'm going crazy just sitting around doing nothing for the war. We can't do mail order right now, you won't let me go to the Order meetings, and you will only let me be on a few Potterwatch shows and that's only if I nag. I need to do something and this is something that will keep me from killing all of you." Kat smiled at him and when she saw his eyes lighten she knew that she had won.

"Now, if you two are done, can we get to it?" George looked slightly bored.

"Unless, of course, you want to finish the show." Lee looked suggestively at the two of them and then threw his arms up to protect himself when Fred threw a rock at his head.

They had been walking for a bit with Kat showing them different ingredients that she wanted collected. It was a bit frustrating as she had to explain exactly how to locate, cut and preserve the clippings each time she found another plant. Eventually the boys got bored and started to duel each other. She made sure that they knew not to say the V-word and went off by herself to get the last of what she required. She was currently cutting some fresh juniper leaves when she heard the crack of an apparition. Kat quickly looked up when it was followed by multiple other cracks. She heard yelling and saw the colors of multiple spells in the clearing that the boys had been in. Dropping the basket she was holding she grabbed her wand and ran. She saw at least five new people throwing hexes at the twins and Lee.

"Kat!" Fred's eyes widened when he saw her running towards them. "Run!"

"Stupify!" She yelled, running towards the cloaked figures.

"No! Kat get out of here!" Fred looked terrified. Suddenly Lee was thrown onto the ground, ropes wrapping around him. George was taken out next and she watched in horror as Fred was thrown backwards. Oh gods the rings aren't working anymore. Kat didn't know if it was because they had broken or because Severus had finally told them how to get past the protections on them.

"Fred!" Three of the cloaked men each grabbed one of her men, relieving them of their wands.

"Stop right there." The largest of the group was pointing his wand at her. "Stop or they die." She gasped when she saw a red line starting to form against Fred's neck. She immediately stopped moving but she felt her hair beginning to spark. She heard an evil laugh begin. "Oh my day is getting better and better. Boys, not only did we find some blood-traitors but we found her."

"What are you talking about Greyback?"

"Look at her hair, you idiot," growled the werewolf. "Who has the Dark Lord been looking for with such beautiful hair? We will be greatly rewarded for bringing you in my sweet."

"You will not touch her!" Fred yelled. "I'll kill you first!"

"And how will you do that? Crucio." The screams that came from Fred tore her apart and she felt his pain through the Bond. She was close to blacking out when the spell was finally released.

"FRED!"

"Stop little lady, we know all about your power surges. They will be dead before you can even move."

"What do you want?" Kat cried.

"We will be taking you back to the Dark Lord of course."

"NEVER!" Fred screamed, trying to wrench himself from the man holding him back. He was rewarded with a harsh punch to the stomach.

"We might not be able to kill you," Fred looked at the werewolf in surprise, "Yes the Dark Lord knows about the Bond and I have no death wish, but even though we can't kill you, we can easily kill the other two with you."

"No!" Kat stepped forward. "Please don't hurt them."

"What will you give me, sweet?"

"I'll come with you." Kat said softly.

"WHAT?"

"NO!"

"KAT YOU CAN'T!" All three boys yelled in alarm at her. They were silenced by a wave of a wand.

Kat took a deep breath and stepped closer. "Let them live and I will come with you without fighting." She would not let Voldemort near her boys, especially near her Fred.

"Deal. Grab her." Greyback pointed to the remaining man with him.

"Wait." Kat held up her hand and stepped back. "Let me say goodbye to them first please."

"Your wand first. And an Oath that you will not use your other powers against us." Kat stepped closer to the werewolf, knowing that she could not let them be harmed. She didn't think that she could control her magic enough to get the men holding the boys so closely and not hurt them as well. Closing her eyes, she handed the disgusting man her wand and turned towards the boys.

"I can't say goodbye if they cannot speak." She was amazed at how calm her voice sounded. She knew what she had to do to protect him and in order to do so she had to close off all emotions. Tears were rolling down his cheeks when she stood in front of him, George and Lee both trying to stop her from going with them. "Please stop."

"You can't do this Kat, please don't do this to me." Her heart broke when she heard his voice.

"I can't let you all die."

"But I'll die anyway if he decides to kill you. I can't be without you." Kat saw that both Lee and George had tears in their eyes as well.

"You'll live. And eventually you'll forgive me." She heard George gasp and she looked over at him. She knew by his face that he realized what she was about to do. Fear, sadness, and admiration were in his eyes. She gave him a small nod and looked away before she could start to cry. Forcing her shields around her tighter she looked back into the beautiful blue eyes that she had fallen so hard for. "I love you so much Fred Weasley." She felt her shield start to falter. "Please forgive me."

"Forgive you? Kat?"

As Kat pressed her lips to his, she took his hand pressing a small round object into his palm and then stepped backward. "I love you. I will always love you. I'm so sorry. I can't let you die." She glanced at George and Lee. "Take care of him for me. I love you both." Taking a deep breath she put her wandhand to her Bond tattoo and spoke. "I, Katerina Arianna Dumbledore, swear upon my magic that I rescind this Bond to you, Frederick Gideon Weasley." No matter how hard she held her shields she couldn't keep the tears from racing down her cheeks.

"NO! NO! Don't, you can't, Katerina don't!" Fred was frantic trying to get to her. She closed her eyes and tried not to race back into his arms. Suddenly rough hands wrapped around her arms and she heard Lee and George begin to scream. She watched in horror as one of the men hexed Lee and another punched Fred who was hysterical, trying to get to her.

"Stop! You said you wouldn't hurt them! Stop it!" Kat was clawing at the arms pulling her backwards.

"I said I wouldn't kill them. Let's go meet your grandfather."

"Fred…"

Fred thought he heard a familiar voice calling to him but it didn't make sense. How could he hear Bill? He was in the woods with Lee and George and… "Kat!" He yelled, jerking straight up into a sitting position. Frantically he looked around, looking for her. He instead saw a surprised Bill and a very exhausted George sitting next to the bed he was laying in. Then he remembered everything that had happened and he slowly looked down to his Bond. He didn't realize he had even cried out until George was wrapping his arms around him. The Shedu wasn't moving. It was still and black, the emptiness in his heart suddenly making sense. "No, no, no…" He didn't even try to hold back the tears.

"She did it to save you." George was whispering to him through his own tears, trying to calm him down. "She still loves you, she is still yours. She did it to keep you alive."

"I'd rather be dead then without her."

"We will win this war and then you will be back with her. I know it hurts, I know how hard this is but just remember she loves you."

"Fred, everyone who has ever seen Kat with you, knows that you are the love of her life," Bill said, a sad smile across his face. "She is also one of the scariest witches I know. She will survive and she will be back to you. Be proud of the amazing woman you have."

"But that's just it. I don't have her anymore." The tears came back and he closed his eyes, sobbing against his brother's shoulder. George just held him tightly and began to slowly rock Fred back and forth. Just before he gave into sleep, he heard George whisper, "We will get her back, or we will die trying."

Ron had been back for a few weeks and Hermione was still upset at him. Harry was exhausted from the constant back and forth between the two and wished that they would either just kiss or hex each other and get over it. They were still unsure of where to go next and as happy as he was to have been rid of the locket, he was growing more and more frustrated that they didn't have a clue as to the next location of another horcrux, hell they still didn't even know what the next one would be.

"Harry?" He turned to the soft voice of Hermione. "It's time for Potterwatch."

Harry stood and followed Hermione back into the tent, sitting down next to Ron at the table while Ron turned the radio on and spoke the password. Suddenly the very sad voice of George Weasley floated into the air.

"Good evening everyone. Tonight's episode is going to quite short and we apologize for that. It is with extreme sorrow that we announce the kidnapping of our Rainbow Bright."

"Oh god no," Hermione sobbed, her hand going to her mouth. Ron stared at the radio as if begging it to be a joke.

Lee Jordan's voice was just as broken, "Two days ago we were overtaken by a group of what can only be described as monsters and Rainbow was stolen from us. The b-bloody Gryffindor gave herself up to s-save us. Our own Rapier was seriously injured in the fight but he will thankfully live."

"Until Rapier is feeling better, our friend Demi-Wolf will be helping River and I with Potterwatch. There is no other news tonight. Please, we beg you, if you meet our Rainbow, please bring her back to us." Harry tensed as he heard George's voice crack. "Rainbow, if you can hear this, Rapier needs you to come back. He can't do this without you."

"To beasts that took her from us, when we find you, we will kill you." Lee promised.

"Next password will be Soulmate. Keep safe everyone." And after the shortest Potterwatch episode the radio went back to static. He looked at Ron who looked extremely pale and then glanced over at Hermione, who was rocking back and forth, sobbing into her arms.

"This is bad." Ron said quietly, getting up to put an arm around Hermione's shoulders. Harry couldn't help but agree. The only person that Voldemort wanted just as much as Harry was Katerina and he now had her. Harry was worried that they weren't going to win this war.

A far distance away, a radio was being thrown against a stone wall while a man in black with a large hooked nose collapsed to the ground, tears staining his robes.

It had been two weeks since Katerina had been taken. At the request of Bill and Fleur, the three boys had decided to stay at Shell Cottage. Every night they continued to do their radio show with Bill as an occasional addition and every night they ended it the same way.

"And if, my beautiful Rainbow Bright can hear this, wherever you are, I love you and I will not stop looking for you. Everyone be safe."

Tonight Shell Cottage was the meeting place for the Order and Fred was not looking forward to seeing everyone. They had seen McGonagall shortly after Kat had been taken and his heart broke when he when the strongest woman he had ever known started to sob, her tear-jerking cries echoing in his ears. He had quickly left the room and locked himself in his room, only coming out when he needed food or the bathroom. Doing the radio show was the only thing that kept his hopes up and that was only because he would imagine her listening to them. Tonight they were supposed to tell the rest of the Order what had happened and hopefully someone would have helpful information about her location. Just thinking about her made his chest tighten and he couldn't breathe easily. He had slowly come to terms about what she had done and why she had done it, as much as he hated to admit it, he would have done the same thing to save her life but it still hurt. Bill had found books on the Bond and they thankfully said that the Bond could be resealed as long as both involved honestly wanted it. He kept from sinking into a deep depression by constantly telling himself that he would find her and they would reseal The Bond.

With a deep sigh, Fred pushed himself off the bed and slowly wandered downstairs to the living room. It had been magically enlarged to accommodate The Order. They had been alternating locations for Order meetings to decrease the chance of detection. He sat down next to Lee and George, not bothering to look at anyone else. Slowly the room was filled with people, all who wore sad expressions. A throat was cleared and Fred looked up to see Remus standing in the center of the room. No one had been able to decide who would replace Dumbledore as leader and it seemed that Remus was unhappily taking the reins.

"Alright everyone, let's get this started. I hate to say it, but I have had to give up on getting the werewolves on our side. You-Know-Who has promised them too much and they will not listen to me. I cannot continue to try and infiltrate their packs anymore as it has become too dangerous," Remus rubbed his eyes. "Arthur and Kingsley, have any news from the ministry?"

"Well, I won't be able to help you anymore with that," his dad said sadly. "I've been released from my job position for the time being." Fred's mum had mentioned that when she had brought them food the other day. It was yet another way to get the blood-traitors out of the way.

"The ministry is completely under his control." Kingsley said, standing. "They have been taking the wands of muggleborn witches, snapping them, and sending them to Azkaban. Not much else has changed except the amount of the reward for bringing in the Trio."

Remus nodded and turned to McGonagall. "Minnie, news of the school?"

"The same as before with more students disappearing though from what I've managed to gather they are hiding somewhere in the school that is offering them protection. Our little lions though, you would be so proud of them if you could see them. Neville Longbottom is giving the Carrows a run for their money." She said it with such pride, Fred was amazed.

"Longbottom?" George was just as surprised.

"Yes, George, Longbottom. War causes you to grow up much faster than you should." Minerva's face fell. "Severus," the name was said with such disgust that Fred flinched, "is allowing the Carrows to use old punishments to discipline the children. The older students have come to support the younger ones. You would be amazed at what your sister has been up to."

"Ginny?" Fred looked up. "How is she?"

"She is surviving. She is one strong, powerful witch."

"She always has been," George said with a small smile.

"Next," he watched as Remus closed his eyes and pinched his nose, "Has anyone heard anything about Katerina and her whereabouts?" Both his mum and Minerva let out small sobs, though Minerva was able to get herself under control quicker than his mum who had to leave the room. He watched as Bill followed her to provide some comfort. He felt a weight pressing on his chest as he realized that no one had answered Remus.

"What about Fred?" Sirius asked, "He is her Soulmate, why hasn't he used that to find her?" He glared at Fred with palpable rage. "You need to find her."

"I can't." Fred whispered.

"What? Why the hell not? I know for a fucking fact that you Bonded with her." Fred held up his left arm at Sirius who stopped talking but only for a second. "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BREAK THE BOND?!" Suddenly he had an extremely mad animagus rushing at him. He saw George and Lee jump in front of him and Remus wrapped his arms around Sirius, using his werewolf strength to hold him back.

"I DIDN'T BREAK IT! SHE DID!" Fred was suddenly standing, screaming at the enraged wizard. "She did it…" Just as fast as the anger came, it left, leaving him dizzy and weak.

"Why? Why would she do that?" Charlie asked surprised concern on his face.

"She didn't want him to die." George answered softly. "The only way that Fred would survive if You-Know-Who decided to k-kill Kat was if she rescinded the Bond and so that's what she did. She wouldn't let him d-die too." Fred had quietly started to cry, not caring how many people were in the room looking at him with such grief.

"She's a strong witch, she will survive this." Remus said to one in particular but no one in the room seemed to believe it.