Chapter 14 - More surprises

Two months had passed and Kathy had made a good recovery. Term had almost finished and everyone was looking forward to a well-earned break. She was sat at the back of her transfiguration class with Ginny when she let out a loud cough. McGonagall who was standing at the front of the room giving a lecture at the time just smiled at her and moved on. She dare not scold her anymore and was a lot lighter on all her students. Harry had even said that she was starting to favor gryffindor a bit too, but only a bit, Kathy hadn't noticed.

Suddenly the door flew open and in swept Professor Lupin who seemed a little flustered and sweat was glistening on his forehead. The whole class turned to look at Kathy and grinned, for of course (it wouldn't be a school otherwise) they had all heard that he was her father and were suggesting that he was still 'doing' professor McGonagall now.

Lupin was standing there grinning, he didn't say anything but quite out of the blue he knelt down on one knee in front of the other professor. The whole class gasped along with her as he pulled a diamond ring out of his cloak and said "Minerva, will you marry me" The whole class was smiling and looking at her, she looked around nervously then back to the face of the man in front of her.

She grinned along with the rest then replied, "I'd love to". The class let out a loud cheer as Remus wrapped his arms around her and gave her a long, deep kiss.

Of course it was all around school in no time and everyone seemed happy and chattery, especially Kathryn it seemed nothing could dampen her mood. She was sat with Ginny discussing ways of disrupting the engagement party feast that was due to be held the following evening. Ginny thought that they all sounded cruel and after the last dance they should just enjoy it. But Kathy was about to reply when a voice behind her said.

"Miss Atkinson, may I have a word in my office." It was Dumbledore and there was something about him that made Kathy feel uneasy.

She followed the old man past the stone gargoyle and into his room. He motioned for her to take a seat and settled himself behind his desk.

"Well" he began "It has come to my attention that you are scheming again Kathryn."

"Erm sorry I... it's just that...."

"Shhh." he cut in "I don't want to speak to you about that, it's just that I would like to sort you, I believe that you were never properly sorted you were just put in gryffindor and now I am unsure if this is the right house for you. So if you would be as kind as to try on the sorting hat."

He was now standing beside her holding the hat and before she had a chance to protest had lowed it over her head.

'Ahhhhh, interesting,' the sorting hat whispered into her ear, 'let me see now, hmmm, we have a disruptive nature and a need to be great defiantly Slytherin qualities, but yet fairness, courage and kindness, that's more like gryffindor, no wait Salazar himself runs in your veins and only once before have I placed a Slytherin anywhere else I'll not do that again.' Kathy's heart sank It was going to put her in slytherin. The hat started to shout and Kathy felt her heart stop. "SLYT.....GRYFFINDOR" 'I did it again I guess' the hat whispered in her ear before Dumbledore removed it and looked at her intently.

"I'm sorry Miss Atkinson a gryffindor you are and a gryffindor you shall stay, but I've never heard the hat comes so close to a split decision, but the hat is always right. Now you may go I expect you shall want to clear your head." Kathy stood up and left the room in silence.

She was walking down the corridor going to see her mother. What had the hat meant by Salazar himself runs in your veins. Surely she couldn't be related to him. Why couldn't she just be normal?