Kass wondered, not for the first time, if this was how she would die. Fighting, like her parents before her. She had been separated from her brother and their friends by Death Eaters. She was running, turning left, right and then left again, trying to find her brother.
"Please be okay" she murmured. And suddenly she couldn't find him through their shared mind link and horror, deep and ice cold settled in her bones. Fear make her stop running and dread make her tighten her fingers around her wand. And then the anger came. Her blood was like lava, hot and boiling as her body began to shake and Kass could feel her magic swirling around her, begging her for commands. A laugh met her hears, startling her from her trance and Kass looked around, noticing she surrounded by five Death Eaters.
"Half-blooded bitch" One of them snarled. Kass recognized him from old trials records.
"Yaxley" She sneered "Won't you introduce us? That is simply rude."
"Bitch" Yaxley snarled once again.
"Oh, you don't know how right you are." Kass gave a long laugh, slightly hysterical. As she gathered her magic around her enemies, she tilted her head a little and then met Yaxley eyes without flinching "A displeasure to meet you, Yaxley, but I'm sure you could say the same. Now, sleep!" As soon the word left her mouth the five Death Eaters dropped to the ground, unconscious.
Kass summoned their wands and broke them, tossing them to the ground. It was with a jump that she realized she could feel her brother once again. Darting around the five men, she ran through the corridors. Soon enough she found her brother, but he wasn't alone. Hermione and Ron were at his side, of course, but what surprised her was the five others smiling and chatting with her brother. Two men and three women. All of them, including her brother and her friends were wearing clothes that wouldn't go amiss in the medieval ages. But the differences didn't stop in the clothing. Both her brother and Ron hair was longer, reaching their shoulders, tied back at the nape of their neck. The swords around their waists was a bigger surprise.
"Harry?" Kass called, somewhat hesitant. As one, they turned to her. The hesitation went away the moment she saw her brother smiling face.
"Kassie" Harry sighed.
Kass started running forward, towards her brother only for a hand snake around her arm, stopping her from reaching her brother. She looked to her right, first to the hand around her arm, then to the face of the man that stopped her.
He was tall, around 6", and muscular. His red hair was tied back, and his light green eyes were looking at her strangely. A loud thud distracted Kass of her musings, but as she turned to origin of the sound her left wrist was seized in a strong grip. She turned to see a man with black hair tied back and silver eyes that saw far too much. She frowned and tried to release her arms out of their grasps. Before que could speak, her back was pressed against the red-haired man' chest, his hands working to open some of the buttons of her blouse. Feeling herself blush, she started writhing in his hold. Her lips left a soft gasp escape when she felt something warm licking her wrist. Kass turned her head to the dark-haired man to see him licking her wrist. Fisting her hands, she stilled, hoping that their grasp on her would weaken. Such thing didn't happen. Instead her head was tilted to the left, so the right side of neck was exposed. Looking forward she saw her brother, the astonishment on his face mirroring hers, only to feel twin twinges of pain on her left wrist and right side of the neck.
Suddenly she was free of their grasp and was about to yell when something in her warned her that she was in danger. Snarling, she turns to her brother "We need to go, they will be here soon enough."
As soon as those words left her mouth, yells reached them. Without warning, Kass took off in the direction of the screams. As she turned left she was at least a dozen of Death Eaters surrounding her friends. She didn't pause, just ran faster and put herself between her friends and the Death Eaters.
"Halfblooded bitch" One of them snarled when he spotted her "When I'm done with your friends, I will have you begging for mercy. It'll be no hardship; you are a pretty one afterall."
Suddenly, the two men that bit Kass were in front of her, shielding her from the Death Eaters sight. Her brother planted himself at her side, a predatory smile on his face.
"What happened to you? Who are they?" Kass asked, her voice low.
"They are the Founders. Of Hogwarts, I mean. Long story short we went to the past and received training from the Founders and then came back." Harry answers.
Their conversation was cut short when, the one Kass thought was Salazar Slytherin, took a knife of sleeve and threw it at the Death Eater that threatened Kass. The knife hit the man in the throat and exploded, detaching the head of the body.
"That" Kass pointed at the remains of the Death Eater "was amazing."
Salazar looked back, giving Kass a smirk. Kass smiled back.
"How did you do it?" She asked him, curiosity shining in her eyes.
"A very useful charm. If you want, I will show you how to do it." Salazar offers, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Please" Kass smiles.
"Be careful. We don't know what others tricks they have on their sleeves." Malfoy warns his companions.
"Salazar" The other man, Godric, calls unsheathing his sword "Stay with her. Protect her. I will deal with them."
Indignation rose in Kass chest. She was able to protect herself, thank you very much. But before she could open her mouth to argue she felt something warm on her lips and a hand on her neck. And as quick as it started it ended.
"I can't bear the thought of losing you. Not so soon. Not after only finding you. " Godric whispers against her lips, a smoldering look on his eyes.
"I know how to protect myself" Kass whispers back, a light blush on her cheeks.
Godric moves away, a smile on his lips.
"Good" Godric states "Nevertheless, Salazar shall stay with you. Better be safe than sorry."
Before anyone could say something, he took of, silently flicking his wand and as Kass saw a spell hit his arm, something in her soared. It took her a few moments to realize that while it was anger, it was not at the biting, nor at the kiss, but at seeing him hurt. Kass gritted her teeth, hands clenching before she shook herself out of the stupor. She looked around. Spells were flying in every direction.
Godric was battling four at the same time. Bellatrix, Dolohov, Rookwood and Malfoy. Harry, Ron and Hermione were each fighting one Death Eater and by the looks of it, they were winning. Kass smiled. Her brother was a good duelist, a natural some would say, but seeing him now, it was as if he was a different person. The older dark-haired woman, that Kass guessed to be Rowena Ravenclaw, was fighting Jugson and Mcnair. The dark blonde woman, Helga Hufflepuff Kass mind supplied, was fighting the Lestrange brothers.
Neville, Luna and Ginny were against Travers and Crabbe. Even though it was three against two, they were having difficulties.
Feeling a hand on her arm, Kass turns her face to the younger dark haired woman. More than the resemblance to her mother, it was her weak friendship with the Ravenclaw ghost, Grey Lady, that allowed Kass to identify the girl as Helena Ravenclaw.
"They will be fine. Uncle Godric is the best duelist I know and he taught Harry, Ron and Hermione" Helena said soothingly.
Kass just stared at her, a frown in her face.
"Oh, I am..." Helena started, blushing.
"Helena Ravenclaw. Yes, I know." Kass acknowledged "But I should be fighting by their side, not being protected like a damsel in distress!"
Helena wisely choose to stay silent.
Suddenly, Kass felt five more presences. Sirius, Remus, Tonks, Kingsley and Moody were around them.
"Kassie, are you ok?" Sirius asked, checking her for injuries. He relaxed when he didn't find any. "You are ok."
"Being smothered, but other than that, fine." Kass corrected.
"Smothered? By whom?" Sirius interrogates, a dangerous glint on his eyes.
"I will tell you later." It wouldn't be wise to tell her godfather about the biting lest he started throwing curses as those that were helping them.
"Well, it seems to me that they had the fight handled" Kingsley interjects.
Kass looks around, realizing that he was right. The fight was over. Her eyes automatically checked her brother and when didn't find any injury, she turned her eyes to her friends, repeating the process on each of them. Her eyes checked the Death Eaters. Alarm rose in her when she counted thirteen. Where was Bellatrix?
"Where is Bellatrix?" Kass questioned, turning to Godric.
"Bellatrix... That was the woman I fought?" At her nod, he continued "The coward fled as soon as she realized she would lose." His lips were twisted in disgust.
"That sounds like Bella. Brave as always" Sirius insulted.
Godric eyebrows rose "You know her?" He rose his wand, pointing it at Sirius face.
Fury rose in Kass. He bit her, kissed her without her permission and now was pointing his wand at her godfather?
"Put that wand away" Kass growled "or I will geld you."
Astonished, he slowly lowered his wand, and something flashed in his eyes. Kass refused to try to recognize it.
"Kass, while I usually love hearing you threatening people, don't you think that, given the circumstances, that threatening him with gelding was a bit too much?" Sirius asked.
"Wait until you hear the full version" Kass mumbled. Kass looked around, a small smile broking in her face at seeing Remus and Tonks chatting together. With a cold, sinking fear, she noted that Harry was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is Harry?" Kas looked around seeing surprise in the faces around her.
She could hear Godric and Sirius muffled curses, but Kass wasted no time in reaching their shared mind link and running in the direction that she knew Harry was. She could hear them yelling for her to wait, but she didn't stop running until she reached the atrium of the Ministry. The atrium where Voldemort and Dumbledore where fighting. She spotted her brother, down on the floor on the side and again she wasted no time in running to him.
"What were you thinking" she hissed "in running away, alone, without warning anyone?"
"I saw Bellatrix running away and I couldn't just let her escape. Not after what she did to Neville's parents." He replies, chin tilted up defiantly, daring her to contradict him. Some of that defiance suddenly died and Kass wondered what happened when she heard Godric start talking behind her.
"What did I tell you about running of alone?" he asked.
"Not to do it. But..." Harry stop himself mid-sentence and sighed "I'm sorry, sir."
Kass looked to her brother, then looked to Godric and then her gaze returned to Harry.
"I need to learn how to do that" Kass wishes.
"I'm afraid that that is something I can't teach." Godric smiles.
Kass retort was stopped when something cold and awful sinked in her mind. And then the pain started. Kass yelled and screamed, and she could vaguely hear her brother do the same. It was with dread that she realized that Voldemort was trying to possess them. With great effort, she slammed her Occlumency shields up but to no avail. The pain continued. Then the flashes started. Her friends tortured and dead. Hogwarts destroyed. The magical Britain in shambles. Unconsciously, she intertwined her fingers with her brothers. Suddenly, she could feel him.
Sirius was scared. His pups were being possessed by Voldemort. Before he could do anything, the twins spoked.
"You... you've lost, old man" It may have come from the twins mouths, but it was Voldemort voice.
"Harry. Kass." Dumbledore starts
"So weak, so vulnerable! Look at me!" Voldemort rasped
"Harry, Kass, it isn't how you are alike. It's how you are not!" Dumbledore pauses "Harry. Kass."
Harry and Kass heard their names being yelled and looked in time to see their friends entering the atrium. Suddenly, their happy memories start to flood their minds.
"...You're the weak one. And you'll never know love, or friendship. And we feel sorry for you." Harry and Kass speak in unison.
With that, Voldemort is forced out of the twins bodies.
"You're fools, just like your parents. And you will lose everything."
As soon as Voldemort stopped speaking, Kass hears the Aurors coming into the atrium. Feeling dizzy and weak she hears "He's back." and then collapses.