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KPOV
Snape had said something. Luna had told me so. Snape had said something to my friends. They had been looking at me strangely.
I was hyperventilating outside the Great Hall. I had barely gotten through Umbridge's interview. Bitch. It was only because she didn't want to get on to Fudge's bad side that she didn't fire me. If she had then she would have been fired herself before she could say "Your Hired Back!". I loved having that kind of power over her. It was fun.
Back to the matter on hand. The others and Snape. I cannot believe that he was so stupid. Didn't he know already that I was on thin ice with Ginny and that she could be very persuasive??? I hate him right now. I wish that someone could just kick him in the ass. But I can't. Luna came around the corner.
"Hey Katie! Are you OK?" she asked her Irish accent forming a song.
"No. I am thinking of ways on how to kill Snape."
"Good luck with that." She laughed. Something came to my mind.
"Luna?" I called.
"Yes?" she replied turning around.
"How did you know?"
"My father told me. He once worked for the dark forces. He told me so that he knew that you would have a friend." She said sadly. Her father had obviously had to go to hell and back to ensure Luna's safety when he left the Death Eaters. He had covered his tracks well.
"Thank you Luna, for being my friend." I said, tears glistening. It felt so good to have some one around my age other than Yelo to talk to. I needed at least two people to talk to. I think that it was a girl thing.
"No problem, we have time to talk." She offered.
"Hey your not doing any talking without me!" Yelo cried. She had just come down the stairs.
"Right." I laughed but by now I was crying silent tears.
"Whats going through your head right now Katie?" Luna asked.
"I....am...so...happy that....y..you.....are......here.....because.....it's.....just....so...hard....these.....days.....I..can't......help....it..an..anymore." I sobbed.
"I know. But you know he will kill you and everyone you love if you do." Yelo said softly. She could be helpful sometimes. She had her moments however rare they may be.
"I love Fred so much. I just can't lose him." I cried. I was full on sobbing now.
"I know how you feel." Yelo said.
"I won't let anything happen to me. I just won't. Its not only that. But I can't. I will lose everything with him." We heard some footsteps on the stairwell from our left. There were two. Draco emerged.
"For you." He said grimly whilst handing me a letter.
"Thankyou." I said with a half smile to which he tried to smile but he and i knew to well what the letter contained.
I opened it.
Dearest Katie,
Your presence is required. I will need you at midnight tonight. Meet me at the edge of the Forest. If you are not there then I can guarantee that you will feel the consequences.
Harshly.
Forever caring,
Lucius Malfoy.
"Oh god." I whispered.
"What?" Yelo said snatching the letter from my hands. Luna and Yelo whispered the letter to themselves.
"Well then. We will need to get you out of here by midnight." Luna said.
"Tell Neville. He knows about you to." Yelo explained.
"Who else knows?" I asked.
"No one but the order Katie. Relax. You can trust him." Yelo said.
"I know but one thing could lead to another." I reasoned.
"Nothing will happen to us." Luna said firmly.
"Yeah listen to Looney." Yelo said. Luna glared.
"Don't. Call. Me. That." She said through gritted teeth.
"I am just winding you up." Yelo laughed and soon enough Luna grinned along.
"Come on. We gotta go. We have got to get to dinner." I said.
FPOV
I was sitting at the Gryffindor Table with Harry, George, Hermione, Ginny, Ron and Neville. Luna had pulled Neville aside around 2 minutes ago and now he was constantly looking at the clock.
"Mate, are you alright?" George asked, voicing all of our questions.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just wondering where Katie is."
"Why do you wanna know?" Ron asked through his mouthful. Hermione grimaced at him.
"Oh, just I don't want her to miss out on the feast." Neville said slowly. Hmm... whatever. Katie burst through the door. She looked vibrant but almost as if something was haunting her. Something she was trying to hide. I know that she will tell me when she is ready. Her scars on her already tell me that. But nothing can break our love. Nothing can tare apart the bond that we share. Nothing.
"Hi Fred!" Katie said as she sat down and gave me a quick peck on the lips. Yelo sat down by George and Luna by Neville.
"Hey." I replied. It was 10 at night, we were some of the last in the hall. We were starving.
"Dobby!" Katie called and at that instant the little house elf appeared.
"Yes mistress!" Dobby said courteously.
"Dobby!" Katie scolded. "You know not to call me that! Katie will do just fine." she said happilly. Katie seemed very much at ease with the elves.
"Yes, Miss Katie." he said shyly. "Now may i ask why you called me?" he asked even more shyer than before.
"Could you please snap some food up here, i need to conserve some energy. I just got out from my Special Treatment." she asked kindly. I shuddered at the mention of her special treatment. It scared me. It must be important. Snape had made it sound like it was before. The punishment is death. The words echoed through my brain. What could be so horrible? What could be so bad that if they told us the punishment would be death? I just couldn't comprehend it. Even my parents knew about it! Was I in danger just by being with her? Could I possibly be the one who would die? What if this was going to hurt me or my family?
"Fred?" Katie asked, she sounded worried.
"Yes." I smiled, I couldn't let her know what I was thinking. No matter what.
"Baby are you OK?" she sounded worried know, she always knew how I was feeling.
"Yeah I'm fine. Why do you ask?" I said in a strained voice.
"Your worried." She said flatly.
"No I'm not." I said firmly.
"That just proves it. I know what your thinking!" her voice was no longer a whisper. Our group was starting to look at us. Yelo looked worried for Katie. She knew her more than anyone.
"How?" I questioned.
"Because whenever your worried or scared about me then you frown and put your hands in your head!" She cried, clearly exasperated. A hand went to her shoulder.
"Katie, honey, your going to wear yourself out. You don't want tonight to go wrong." Yelo said softly, like a mother comforting a child. Funny, usually Yelo shouted and Katie was the mothering one. George looked just as shocked as I knew I did.
"What's happening tonight?" Ginny asked coolly. God, did the girl have to get her nose into everything????
"Order business." Yelo said coolly. Go Yelo!
"Could you fill us in!" Hermione asked timidly. She was always desperate to know waht was happening but never knew how to ask Yelo and Katie, it was as if she was to scared to enter their little circle. After all, Yelo and Katie knew each other inside and out. Katie's face softened at Hermione's words.
"I have to meet with some people. Delegates, could be a term you could use." She said grimacing at her last sentence. It didn't take long for Harry to figure it out.
"So pretty much your meeting with Death Eaters on Order's business." He said flatly. Oh no!
"Katie, I forbid you to go. It's dangerous." As soon as I said that George, Neville, Ron and Harry groaned at me while Katie's face was contorted into anger.
"Don't tell me what to do Frederick John Weasley." She said angrily. I realised my mistake very quickly. Katie was independant and it was only her health (or something of the like) that made her dependant on other people. But when she could help it she would take orders from no one.
"Katie, babe, sorry, it came out wrong..." I was cut off.
"Damn straight you were wrong! You have never told me what to do before! Who do you think you are! My father! But I will tell you something mister, and I not telling you as a friend or a girlfriend for that matter! But as a fully qualified witch! Do not tell Dumbledore where we are tonight. He doesn't know and I don't want to have a dead man's life on my hands here OK? I will tell him when I'm done." She said strictly, all love in her voice gone. Her voice was flat, cold, constricted.
"Katie, its nearly 11:30, you should get going." Neville piped up. So he was in on it to!
Katie started walking away.
"Katie!" I called out. She turned around.
"Fred, I love you, but there are just some things that you can't know about me. Our relationship is different from others and if you don't want to be in this then you can go. I understand. I am not a porcelain doll that can be told what to do. You have an equal shot at controlling me that George does of Yelo for Christ's sake! But if you don't want different then this isn't going to work and the sooner you get that into your head the better." She was crying now and I wanted nothing more than to go over to her and take her into my arms and hold her. But George had his hand on my shoulder, warning me of the consequences.
"But what if he can't?" Ginny said snidely. Katie turned her head away, not wanting us to see her face which by now I knew was covered in tears and probably red and blotchy.
"Then he should end it now because I know that I won't because I love your brother to much and I hope the he knows that." She said before turning around and walking out of the hall.
Oh God, what had I done?
KPOV
Once I was out of the hall and out of hearing distance I leaned against the stone walls of Hogwarts and sunk down and curled into a ball.
I sobbed so hard that i thougtht that I was sure that I would break down the walls. Then the person who I wanted to see the least walked through the doors and entered the passageway.
Severus Snape.
"Good God! Katie! Are you OK! Please tell me that your OK! Did that Fred boy do something to you to make you uspet!" At that my anger exploded. Instead of shouting I decided to keep my voice, quiet, solid, cold, angry and deadly. Filled with hatred. It would scare him more.
"Did that Fred boy do something to me?" I said with anger, my voice into full swing.
"K-K-Katie?" He was in trouble and he knew it. But it was because of the fact that I was almost always outgoing and a bit of a hot head but this time I was being cold, hard and firm. That was just how I appeared. Really I was scared, but furious at Snape.
"You know what I mean Severus. You have been treating Fred like shit for a long time now and I won't have it." I said, still struggling to keep my voice steady.
"I just don't think that he's good for you." He replied defiantly.
"So you think its your business to almost give away my secret!" My voice was going up by the octave. "I cannot believe you Snape! We have all fought to keep this secret and you nearly blow it up because you don't like him!"
"Now, Katie dear..." Snape started. Oh no he doesn't!
"Now you look here Snape!" I said to him venomously, walking towards him and poking him in the chest with each word. "Don't you dare Katie dear me! Because of your little stunt my relationship is on the line! Do you know that Fred could die because of this?" My shrieks were slowly turning into sobs and cries whilst Snape's face was beginning to show signs of horror. Good. I thought evilly. "Because of me! Do you know that I think I should break it off! But now I am going to have to go through the shame of being dumped and by Fred! My one true love! You know that our connection is deep and you have gone out of your way to severe it! But I hope that you know how deeply disgusted I am with you! You know that my mother would have wanted me to be with the man I love!"
"Don't you DARE BRING LILY INTO THIS!" Snape roared. Slowly the pieces started coming together. I looked like mum. Snape didn't really like the Weasleys.
"Oh. My. God! You are reacting about this the exact same way you did with my mother and father! You bastard!" I yelled. Snape moved to say something. I stopped him.
"Don't you say something Severus. Whatever you can say right now will only make matters worse for you. I thought that you actually cared for me. I thought that you saw me as a niece of some sort. But no, you just wanted to see the glimmers and shines of my mother. You just wanted to have her around you. Do you know how many times I have stuck up for you? How many times I have tried to help Harry and his friends to like you? I would reckon just about 30 000 times and yet you have just severed and torn apart my lifeline. The thing that keeps me going. Fred. He and Harry are the things that keep me going. If Fred dumped me then I don't know how Harry would react and if he reacted badly then I could lose him forever! I wouldn't be able to handle that. Now, I know that I don't have much time left. I know that in order for Voldemort to be defeated I will most likely have to die. But I will leave you to dwell on that because within the next few years the only tie left to my mother will be gone forever. But I have better things to do than talk to the likes of you." I said before turning away to go to Lucius Malfoy.
It was 11:50. I was going to have to hurry.
RPOV (Ron's POV, I know weird choice but its important)
Bloody Hell.
Bloody Hell.
BLOODY HELL!
I had just overheard a conversation that I was sure was not meant for my ears. Katie and Snape, arguing????? They never argued. Ever. Hell, Katie got angry at us for just talking about Snape badly. But it was the content that interested me the most.
Katie and Fred. Fred, my brother could die. My blood boiled. How dare Katie put my brother's life in danger. But I knew that if i knew Katie, Katie would find a way for Fred to be safe. As Katie said Fred was her lifeline. But why was Harry a lifeline as well?
Yelo must know and Luna I am certain she knows. But what about Neville??? He seemed to be in on it to. I heard voices and footsteps coming closer.
"What are we going to do??" A voice I instantly recognised as Luna's. Perfect.
"I don't know." Neville said wearily. Oh getting better.
"Oh we've never heard that come from you before!" Yelo snapped. Jackpot.
I stepped out of the shadows before them. My face angry. The three of them stopped, looking cautious.
"Now, tell me. What the hell is going on with Katie." I demanded.