Title: Family Secrets and Hogwarts truths

Author: Carebear

Disclaimer: Oh I don't own this, obviously. I do own Kat, Fearchar, and Nadine.

Summary: Hermione's cousin comes to Hogwarts in their sixth year. Someone with a secret about Hogwarts and some of its professors.

A/N: This is my first Harry Potter story, so please let me know what you think. Also, Hermione's nickname, Ony, is pronounced awe-knee

*~*~*~*~* Thanks to everyone who reviewed.

And Abbiee, let me know what you think *~*~*~*~*



Kat sat on the floor while Nadine floated cross-legged above her right shoulder. Her father stood behind them with his arms crossed. Ron and Harry stood leaning against the wall while Dumbledore sat at his desk and Hermione paced across the floor.

"Let's see if I understand this. You had no problem telling me that he was your father, but you couldn't tell me you're part fairy!" Hermione practically screeched.

"Well, it was complicated." She began slowly.

"Complicated. Complicated. complicated is trying to figure out if Snape is part fairy or if your mother was, which could mean my mother was, which could mean I am."

"You're not child. Delwyn's grandmother was fairy; you're Aunt's mother. And she is only a quarter fairy." Nadine said softly, trying to calm Hermione down.

"Oh." Hermione said sitting on the floor. "Hell Kitty, now things are starting to make sense. No wonder you were so good at magic when you were five."

"Maybe you should move this to a more comfortable place, Severus, Nadine, and I will discuss things here." Albus said softly.

"Of course Professor." Harry said standing up. Ron, Hermione, and Kat followed him.

Once they were out of the office, they made their was up to the Griffyndor rooms.

"Hey everyone. Oh hi Kat, we didn't know you were back." Ginny said coming up behind them with Fred and George.

"I just got back." Kat said softly. As they made their way ups the stairs and stopped in front of the portrait of the fat lady.

"Well, look who's back again. Making a habit of this are you, coming and going coming and going."

"What do you mean?" Fred asked before anyone could shut him up.

"You didn't know, she use to go to Hogwarts, was a Griffyndor too."

Kat sighed deeply, "Well Ony, there goes the whole no one knowing my past idea."

"Yeah Kitty, it was bad enough that Harry and Ron just found out."

"I knew we knew you." George said from behind them. Hermione turned and placed her hand over his mouth.

"Shut up." She hissed to him, then glared at Fred. Fred held up his hands in surrender, and Hermione glanced around to make sure no one else was around.

"Everyone keep your mouth shut and follow us." She continued as Kat whispered with the fat lady. The fat lady opened the doorway, and Hermione pulled everyone up to Harry's room. Luckily no one was there, so they all sat down on various beds and the floor. Hermione took out her wand and placed a silencing charm on the room, "Too bad there's no locking charm." She mused

"As far as you know." Kat said pulling out her wand and mumbling something in another language, then they heard the door locks click.

"How did you do that?"

"Do what Harry?" Kat asked softly, looking up at them, her eyes clouded.

"Bloody hell, stop going around in circles."

"Ronald Weasley stop being such an idiot."

"Ginny!" Ron said in shock.

"Well its true. Let them tell us in their own time, since you obviously haven't noticed let me explain a few things to you. Whatever is in Kat's past, obviously she doesn't want the world to know.

"Based on what I've observed, she went to Hogwarts before, and Fred and George remember her, now think about this, she is in the same class as you, same age as you, but the twins were here two years before you. So she went to Hogwarts before you did, and since she's in her sixth year, that means she completed her first five years before she left, probably the year before you came, giving her one year with the twins.

"Now, if you think about it, that would make her what ten when she was in her fifth year. Do you think anyone would want to have the world know that."