"Excuse me, ma'm, did I hear you right? Catherine Snape?" Said Harry, unbelieving that anyone related to Snape could be even remotely pretty. "Yes Harry, you heard right, Catherine Snape. I take it you've met my brother Severus?"
She said. "Yeah, he's my Potions teacher."
"Well obviously, since you go to Hogwarts."
"Forgive me for asking, but um, what are you doing here? Am I in trouble or something?"
"No, Harry. Step outside and I'll tell you."
He asked Uncle Vernon if he could.
"All right boy, just make it quick."
Harry and Catherine went on to the doorstep.
"Harry, your Godfather told me to come, he couldn't have because of all these bloody muggles running around."
Harry had a surprised look on his face.
"I thought Snape hated Sirius."
"Well, he does, but that's partly because of me."
"What do you mean?"
"Um, you'll find out later. Here's what Sirius needed to tell you, in this note."
"Why didn't he just mail it to me?"
"He couldn't get an owl. I've got to go, but Sirius wanted me also to give you this."
She gave Harry a big hug.
"And that's also from your Godmother."
"What? I don't…"
Before he could say anything more she had Dissapparated. He looked down at the letter. He wondered what could be so urgent that he couldn't wait for Hedwig. He shrugged and opened the letter on the doorstep; he didn't want anyone watching him.
Dear Harry,
There is some very important news that I have to tell you. Cornelius Fudge has been sacked, and Lucius Malfoy is running for Minister! We're trying to put someone from our side, but it's not working very well. Everyone wants Dumbledore, but he won't do it. Catherine wants me to run, but even if my name was cleared I still wouldn't do a very good job. I've actually been trying to get her to do it but she won't. So our best bets are Moony and Arthur Weasley. Well, take care, Harry.
Sirius
Harry almost fell over. Lucius Malfoy! He thought, what are they going at? Harry thought that Mr. Weasley would do a good job. Lupin's Werewolf thing might be a problem. Though Harry did think that his Godfather would have done a good job. The only thing he was wondering was what did Catherine mean when she said she was part of the reason why Snape hated Sirius. He decided that he would send it when Hedwig got back.
Apparently Aunt Petunia had told Uncle Vernon about the Weasleys and had talked him in to letting Harry go.
"These are the same people who took you to that World Cup thing?"
"Yes."
"Well, your Aunt and I will drive you next week, we just need to find out where they live."
"Um…"
Harry realized he didn't know where the Burrow was.
"It would be a lot easier if they just picked me up."
"As long as they don't blow up the living room again."
A couple of days passed. Hedwig came back, but she didn't have a letter. Harry had a lot of letters to write, but he decided to write to Sirius first.
Dear Sirius, I just got your letter, and I'm really confused. Not about the letter, but about what Catherine said. She said I had a Godmother, and that she was one of the reasons Snape hates you. Please answer me; I am really sick of not knowing anything that's going on!
Harry
He gave it to Hedwig along with an Owl Treat. He could see she was starting to get really tired, even though she was trying not to show it. "Thanks, girl." He said. Hedwig flew off in the night sky.
The day had finally arrived. The day the Weasleys would pick him up. He considered the Weasleys more his family than the Dursleys. He was really sad that this would be Fred and George's last year at Hogwarts, to him they were the most fun people at Hogwarts, besides for Hermione and Ron. He hoped Mrs. Weasley wouldn't be upset that Harry had helped them restart Weasley's Wizard Wheezes by giving them his prize money from the Triwizard Cup. As he was packing his things in his trunk he heard fluttering wings behind him and turned around to see Hedwig hovering outside the window waiting for Harry to unlock it. "Sorry!" He said, as she flew into the room, looking rather flustered. He pulled off the letter attached to her leg and read:
Dear Harry, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier; I would have rather you learned about it later, but you would find out sooner or later. Catherine wasn't exactly correct, you don't have a Godmother yet, but you will soon. See, once my name is cleared Catherine and I will get married.
Harry paused for a moment here. This was very surprising news, his Godfather marrying his worst enemy's sister. He read on:
And what she meant about her being partly responsible for Snape and I hating each other, that's wrong. She is pretty much the only reason. What happened was that Snape used to be the fourth of the Marauders, not Peter Pettigrew. No one was closer than Snape, James and I. Sometimes Reumus would even feel left out by us three. We were like the Musketeers. Until our fourth year; that's when the Yule Ball was, and Snape's sister was in the third year. I thought this was my only chance to ask her out, because I'd had a crush on her for quite a while. After that I started spending more time with her then with Snape. He got upset because we were like you and Ron, and I ruined it, because whenever I wasn't around Catherine I talked about her endlessly. After that Snape started hanging out with the people in his house, and hung out less with us. Then I decided to play that prank on him, and James stopped it. James still wanted to be friends with Snape, but stupidly Snape said that if James still hung around me all
the time, he didn't want to be friends with him. That's what Catherine was talking about.
Sirius
Harry put down the letter slowly. Snape and my Dad were friends, He thought, how is that possible? He kept pondering this until he heard Aunt Petunia tell him his friends were here. When he went downstairs he saw no sign of damage, so the Weasleys must have learned their lesson last time with the Floo powder. He thought they must be at the front door, so he walked into the hall, and to his surprise it wasn't Ron there, but Hermione and her parents!
"Hermione! What are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm staying at Ron's too, and his father couldn't hook your house to the Floo network, so I thought it would be best if we just picked you up."
"Come on upstairs and let's get my trunk!"
"We'll help!" Said Hermione's parents.
"That's okay, we can handle it." Hermione said. Obviously she knew Harry wanted her to see something.
"Don't worry Mom, we'll be back down in a few minutes, we just have to get his trunk."
They ran upstairs.
"What did you want to show me, Harry?"
He got out the most recent letter from Sirius.
"This."
He handed the letter to her. He could see her surprise as she finished the letter.
"Harry, this is, this is…"
"Creepy, I know."
"Bring this along to show to Ron. We'll talk about it then; now let's get going, or my parents will think we're up to something."
They had come down the stairs about halfway when they both accidentally dropped the trunk and it went sliding down the stairs.
"Now why didn't we think of that before?" Hermione said with a smile.
Everyone came to the end of the stairs to see what happened.
"Hermione! What happened?" Said her mother.
"Harry and I dropped the trunk."
"Pretty resourceful way to get it down the stairs, I think." Said her father.
Her mother pretended to whack her husband on the head.
"Let's get going."
Harry turned to his Uncle and Aunt.
"Well um, bye."
"Bye Harry." They both said.
Harry and the Grangers walked out the door.