Over the next couple of days, I got to see Snape here and there, but nothing like when he snuck into my room. Harry's friends showed up like Sirius said they would. I was civil, but we never actually hung out while they were here, but today nothing could ruin my day. Reia was coming today.
"Katie!" Reia yelled as she opened the front door.
I skidded around the corner to see my favourite girl in the world standing at the front door with three big suitcases.
"Reia!" I yelled back
She ran and jumped on me knocking us to the ground.
"Ow! Reia!" I said pushing her off
"I missed you so much!" she said throwing herself on me and giving me a huge hug.
"What's going on here?" Sirius said smirking as he leaned against the wall.
"Oh, sorry, this is Reia... Reia, this is my dad." I said.
Sirius grabbed her hand and helped her off of me. He kissed her hand.
"Very nice to meet you" He said.
"Ugh, Dad! No..." I said standing up.
"Beautiful house you have here ." She said batting her huge eye lashes.
I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, don't call me that sweetheart, call me Sirius." He said, flirting with Reia.
"Can you help me with my luggage...? Sirius..." She flirted back.
"Yeah, of course... let me show you too your room." Sirius said, grabbing her luggage.
I stood there with my mouth open as they headed upstairs, forgetting that I was even standing there.
"This isn't happening" I said shaking my head heading into the kitchen.
"You're dad is super nice for letting me stay in his bedroom." Reia said as she started un-packing her luggage.
"Yeah... fancy how you managed to score the master bedroom. I'm his only daughter and I get stuck in the sauna room upstairs." I commented
I sat on the end of her bed with my arms crossed.
"Oh don't be like that; Sirius is just trying to impress his guests." She giggled.
"Ugh don't call him Sirius." I groaned.
"Would you rather I call him daddy." She joked.
"UGHHHH" I said covering my ears.
Reia laughed.
"I'm serious; you better not hook up with my Dad." I warned her.
"Like I told you before, no promises." She said with a wink.
I made this weird growling sound.
"Oh, you're going to judge me, little miss I'm dating a guy who is the same age as my father?" Reia mocked.
"But this is different... he's my dad!" I exclaimed
"There's nothing wrong with harmful flirting." Reia smirked.
"I hate you right now." I said.
"How are things with you and Snapey anyways?" She said changing the subject.
I pulled my hood from my sweater over my face and groaned.
"I'm starting to get very horny for him, but I don't want too scare him off." I mumbled threw my hood.
"Well, what the hold up with him?" She asked.
"I'm not too sure..." I lied.
I didn't want to tell Reia that Snape was still a virgin. I wasn't really up to being mocked right now.
"Maybe you guys have to spend more time together." Reia suggested.
"It's hard, with him being in the Order, I get to see him almost everyday, but we're always surrounded by people." I whined.
"You'll get your chance Katie." Reia said, trying to comfort me.
"I hope so..." I replied.
The night Harry arrived; Ms. Weasley insisted we have a huge feast. Not that I got one when I arrived, but then again, I'm not the "boy who lived".
"I'm surprised they didn't give the little brat a parade" Reia whispered to me at the dinner table.
"Yeah, well... I guess they have to draw the line somewhere." I whispered back.
"Why isn't he on a thrown wearing a ruby incrusted crown?" Reia asked.
"I'm sure there is some lack in funding." I replied.
"What are you girls talking about?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, um... lack of funding... in the Ministry" I lied.
"Oh yeah, well that's nothing new. They have money to build a new statue in the building, but we're struggling to find money to buy parchment paper." Mr. Arthur added.
"Oh god, what did you start Kate?" Reia moaned.
"I don't think Harry should know what's been going on!" Mrs. Weasley said from the end of the table.
"How's the boy suppose to protect himself if he doesn't even know what's going on." Lupin argued.
"Yes, why shouldn't Harry know?" Sirius chimed in.
They were arguing about telling Harry about he-who-must-not-be-named and him building an army and that the Ministry refuses to accept that he-who-must-not-be-named is back and something about he-who-must-not-be-named has some sort of secret weapon.
"That's enough. He didn't need to know more." Mrs. Weasley said.
"Oh, come on I deserve to know!" Harry argued.
"Oh, he deserves does he?" Reia whispered to me.
I tried to hold back my laughter.
"Sirius! Don't say another word!" Mrs. Weasley shouted from the other end of the table.
"Oh, Come now Molly." Sirius said angrily from the other end of the table.
Mrs. Weasley stood up and went into the kitchen. I heard the front door open and close; I figured it would just be someone from the Order, so I ignored it.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they let him join the Order." I said to Reia.
"Well, of course!" Reia joked.
"..." Snape's voice said from behind me.
I turned around and Snape was holding up his glowing green pendant. I grabbed for mine, but it wasn't around my neck. I must have forgotten to put it back on after my shower. Sirius and I both got up from the table.
"Severus... What's going on?" Mr. Weasley asked.
He didn't reply back to Mr. Weasley. Sirius and I followed him out of the room.
"Dad?" I asked as we walked into a spare room.
Snape locked the door. I started feeling a little dizzy.
"There is no need for you to be here... Sirius..." Snape said coldly.
"Shut it Snivvy, I'm not going anywhere." Sirius snapped.
"Don't...argue..." I said sitting down on the bed.
"Just relax, I'm right here." Sirius said kneeling in front of me.
Yeah, Snape and Sirius in the same room for 5 minutes... I can see how I'm going to relax.
My eyes shut and I slowly leaned back on the bed.
I snapped my eyes open. I sat up, and noticed row after row of pews. Sun peaked threw the stained glass windows.
"I'm in a church?" I whispered.
I slowly got off the pew and looked down the alter, seeing a guy bowed in front of a cross.
"Hello?" I said.
My voice echoed through-out the church. My foot steps echoed as I walked towards the man. I approached him and he turned around, his hood covering his face.
"It's good to see you Kate, I wasn't expecting too see you so soon." He said.
"How did you..." I started to say, but he stopped me by holding up his hand.
"I don't want the others to hear our conversation." He replied.
"How do you..." I started to say, but he held up his hand again.
"We don't have much time, come with me." He said walking away to a door at the side.
I took a quick look around the church and then followed the hooded stranger.
"Where are we going?" I asked him.
He didn't reply.
"At least tell me who you are!" I demanded.
"My name isn't important Kate." He said.
He opened another door and walked in. I followed him.
"I can't explain everything, in the short time we have, but I will be seeing you again anyways." He said taking a seat behind a desk.
He removed his good. He was a younger looking bald man with icy blue eyes.
"What's going on?" I asked him.
"I'm an Oracle, I can see into the future." He explained.
"Yeah... sure... okay..." I said sarcastically.
"You may not believe me now, but you will." He said.
"Sure..." I said just going along with his story.
"You are going to have to make an extremely hard decision" He informed me.
"Okay, what's the decision?" I asked
"Help save the world, or be with Severus Snape." He said.
My stomach clenched.
"What?" I said.
"I told you it was going to be difficult" He smirked.
"I don't understand." I said
"There is going to be a group of you, all women. They are planning on bring Voldemort down mentally." He said.
"Well, why can't I do both?" I asked.
"Do you think the Dark Lord is going to want to share you?" He asked me
"Share me? What is that suppose to mean?" I asked him.
"Out of the group of women, he's going to pick you Kate. It's going to be up to you to make him fall in love with you and then you have to break his heart." He informed me.
"I don't think a creature like that has a heart." I replied.
He smirked.
"Everyone is capable of love, even the most evil, wickedest man in the world." He said.
"And what if I decide not to do it?" I asked him.
"Harry Potter will not succeed in his efforts to bring down the Dark Lord." he mumbled.
"Oh great, so it's up to me now, and not Harry Potter to bring down he-who-must-not-be-named?" I asked.
"Harry Potter will be the one who will deliver the final blow, but with the Dark Lord being distracted, Harry will successfully destroy him." He replied.
"And why must I choose between that and..." I didn't want to say his name in case Sirius could hear me.
"Don't worry Kate, in this room, they cannot hear us." He informed me.
I hoped so.
"Why do I have to choose between the Dark Lord and Snape?" I asked
"Look at the time... looks like time is up." He said with a smirk.
My vision started faded around the edges.
"Just tell me..." I whispered.
"Until the next time we meet Ms. Black." He said sitting back in his chair.
"Tell me..." I repeated.
I collasped on top of his desk.
"Kate?" I heard Sirius say
"I'm fine" I mumbled opening my eyes
"You just said you were in a church and then you went quiet" Snape said helping me sit up.
"Oh yeah, um... I just sat there, waiting for time to go by." I lied.
"Well, looks like your services are done her Severus." Sirius said rudely.
"Dad!" I exclaimed.
Snape sighed and left the room without looking back or saying another word.
"Just because you don't like, doesn't mean you have to be rude." I hissed at Sirius.
"Why are you defending him?" Sirius asked me.
"Because he's my Watcher and I trust him as my Watcher." I said sternly.
"I don't understand why you trust him so much, he almost got you killed." Sirius mumbled.
"It was one time, Dad..." I groaned.
"I think you should find a different Watcher." Sirius said stubbornly.
"That's not going to happen." I said getting off the bed.
"I still don't like him." He said folding his arms.
"You don't have to deal with him, I do." I said
"Are you sure you don't want to find someone better fitted for the task as your Watcher?" He asked me.
"I see no one better fitted for the job." I smirked.
Sirius sighed.
"He has saved my life so many times over the past couple of years; you can't let one time blind you from that." I defended.
"I just worry about you kid." He said hugging me.
"You don't have too." I replied.
Reia softly knocked on the door.
"Hey, sorry for interrupting, just wondering where you guys went." Reia said.
"Uh, just having a talk." I replied.
"Oh you told him then?" Reia asked.
"Told me what?" Sirius asked.
I glared at Reia.
"You didn't tell him... but Snape... just left...and..." Reia said.
"Kate, what's going on?" Sirius asked me.
"Nothing, I have no IDEA what Reia is talking about." I said, still glaring at her.
"I'm just crazy" Reia said smiling.
"Kate... what is going on?" Sirius repeated.
He would never understand... he would ban Snape from the house, he would forbid me from seeing him.
"Honestly dad, it's nothing" I said.
"Seriously Kate, I would like you to be able to talk to me about something." Sirius said.
"And I do... It's honestly nothing." I said smiling.
"Okay, you girls go get ready for bed." He said
"Goodnight dad" I said quickly kissing him on the cheek
"Goodnight Sirius" Reia said as she gave him a wink.
Sirius smiled as we both left the room and headed upstairs.
"Way to almost fucking tell Sirius that Snape and I..." I whispered angrily.
"I'm sorry! I honestly thought that's what was happening!" Reia said
She followed me to my room.
"What was that all about anyways? Why does Snape have the same pendant as you?" She asked me.
I sighed. Maybe it was time to tell her.
"Don't think differently of me..." I said
"I already think you're a complete nut job, I don't think anything you say is going to make it worse..." she smirked.
"Oh I beg to differ..." I said