Kat sat in front of her mirror staring at her reflection. It had been
almost two months since Donovan had returned. She had seen him
occasionally, but mostly they communicated by letter. The last two months
had been a living hell at school. Everyone was treating her like the
plague; none of them would forgive her for breaking up with Draco. The only
person who had talked to her was Ony, but that was only to yell at her for
keeping secrets. Then the silent treatment began, not one student would
talk to her, and the professors' all looked at her in pity. Her father
didn't even know what to say to her. The only friend she had anymore was
Mrs. Norris and of course Fearchar.
Luckily she was taking her N.E.W.T.s on the 14th, which was only four days away. Her results would be in in a week, then she would officially graduate the next day and her wedding was planned for two days later. The family had thought it best that they be joined as soon as possible, and a week from Sunday was the day they had chosen.
She sighed softly, Fearchar was across the room, and looked up at the sound of her voice. She looked up at her faithful friend and guardian. One of the few perks of being who she was, she supposed.
"Why do I even pretend anymore Fearchar? Why do I still hide, there's no one to hide from anymore."
"I don't know why you do it Delwyn, I can't help you with your mind, tis yours."
"I haven't heard you talk in so long, I'd almost forgot you could." She said with a soft smile.
"You've heard me in your dreams milady, I've never left your side."
"I know, you've been my one constant all my life. It's strange isn't it, we're repeating history."
"Aye milady, that we are."
"Well, this time I'm not letting it end as it did. I'm tired of hiding behind a mask." She stood up and closed her eyes.
Fearchar flew up and turned away as the bright light encompassed the room. Then he noticed the fire in the distance.
"Fearchar, what is it?"
"People are coming milady."
Suddenly a wave of dizziness hit Kat and she sunk to her knees. Evil was coming. Taking a deep breath she focused her mind and blocked the wave. Slowly she stood up and walked over to the window. Fearchar was right, there were people coming, torches lined the shore of the lake.
Closing her eyes she focused her mind on the people out there. She had to see who they were. The darkness was almost overpowering, but she focused through it. She opened her senses and felt for the most power, then followed it. The flames started to appear around her and the other magic began to overwhelm her sense, but she had to work through it. She focused more on the greatest amount of power and slowly he came into focus.
Suddenly the lights of her room burst into her mind as she was thrown out of the vision. She stood up slowly.
"Fearchar go get Nadine, tell her what is going on. But don't let her or the others come. I won't risk the last of the circle. I'm going to warn the school" she explained as she turned around and pushed aside her mirror and placed her hand on the stones. She waited patiently for the stone wall to move, then took off at a run down the passageway.
Fearchar watched her go, then took off.
~*~*~*~*~
Draco walked into the Great Hall and made his way to the Slytherin table. It had been two months since Katia had told him of her betrothal. Two months of absolute hell. He wanted to hate her, he did. But the sad fact was that he loved her. He had been watching her since Dumbledore made that stupid announcement. Even her cousin gave her the cold shoulder. Looking around the room he saw that she was absent once more. Then again she was probably studying for her N.E.W.T.s on Monday.
"Good evening students. I have no announcements tonight, so without further ado." Dumbledore began but stopped as a part of the wall by the Griffyndor table separated from the rest of the wall.
"What in Merlin's name?" Minerva asked in shock, then her mouth dropped open as a woman ran out of the opening and towards the head table.
The woman wore a white dress that went past her feet, with sleeves that were loose and were longer than her arms. She had long midnight black hair that tumbled down her back reaching down to the floor. Her skin was quite literally as white as snow, and she had large violet eyes.
'Ekaterina!" Severus said in shock as he stood up. Great Merlin she looked exactly like her mother, except for his hair color.
Everyone in the hall looked at her in shock, no one believing that the person before them was the same person they had been treating like he who must not be named for the last two months.
"Yes, it's me. But that isn't important right now. Voldemort is here." She said as she skidded to a halt in front of the head table.
"Sure, and I'm Morganna LeFay." Pansy said standing up.
"You can't be Kat, she looks nothing like you." Ron said as he stood up.
"You know what Ron, I've put up with the entire school treating me like crap for the past two months. How could you even know what I look like? For your information, I've looked like this since the truth about my father came out earlier this year, but I've kept my appearance a secret."
"That may be true, but if you want anyone to believe you, then you should prove it." Filch said with a smirk.
"We don't have time for this." She replied rolling her eyes.
"I suggest you make time." Millicent said with a smirk.
She sighed, then raised her hand to her face and brought it down. "Happy?" she asked when she had changed her appearance back to the disguise.
"My word." Minerva said in surprise.
She rolled her eyes once more, "Now that we have established that I'm who I say I am, may I re-point out that Voldemort is almost at our door."
"That's impossible Katherine, there is no way he could get here." Poppy said with a smile.
"All right Poppy, why don't you go out there and tell him and the sixty plus Death Eaters that." She replied before turning to Dumbledore. "Albus, do you really want to risk the safety of the students just because the founders of the school claimed that it was impossible for evil to enter. Come one Albus, we both know that they aren't as pure and wonderful as they claimed."
"How dare you!" Minerva said standing up.
"No Minerva, she's right. But Katherine, I still don't think that Voldemort is crazy enough to actually attack the school" he replied.
Shaking her head she returned to her true appearance, "Why don't you tell that to him." She replied when they heard the echo of pounding on the front door.
"Dear Merlin." Minerva said in shock, then everyone started talking at once.
Sighing she turned to her father. "Well Papa, looks like your peoples' way has failed again."
"Aye love, so it would seem, so it would seem." He replied.
"What is going on here?" a clear voice rang through the hall silencing everyone.
"Nadine?" Kat said turning around on her heels. "What are you doing here. I told Fearchar to keep the family away from here."
"Like we ever listened. By the way, love seeing the true you again, reminds me of your mother."
Kat shook her head softly. "Where are the others?"
"At the front door, keeping the nutcase busy."
"What! Have you lost your mind? There's only twelve of us left, what are you trying to do, make it two."
"Three child, your betrothed isn't here."
"Donovan?" she asked in shock.
"Last I checked that was his name, even if he was believed to be dead for seven years."
"Nadine, let's get back to the matter at hand."
"True true, I suppose that I may as well get comfortable for myself and the rest of the mortals." She replied as she began to grow in size until she was standing at eye level with Kat.
"Show off." She replied.
"It's a fairy." Someone whispered
"Aye I'm a fairy, tis not that big a deal. What we should be worrying about is the crazy mortal out there who is trying to get in here."
"Nadine, I don't think that your manners are helping the situation." Severus said softly.
"Oh stuff it Severus, stop being such a wizard or a mortal, either way you are driving me insane."
"Don't start you two, now is not the time." Kat snapped. Everyone looked at her in surprise.
"Delwyn, what is wrong?" Nadine began as she sank to her knees holding her left hand to her head.
Before she had a chance to answer Nadine continued. "Never mind." She replied bringing her hand up to her head, "I know what's wrong with you."
Minutes later the doors opened as two men and a woman stumbled in, then they turned and slammed the doors shut.
"Leslie, Terran, Noreen, what happened?" Kat asked slowly standing to her feet.
"They're dead, the rest of the circle is dead."
"We know." Nadine replied, "Why else do you think she was on her knees, and I was barely standing on my own. We have felt their deaths."
"How did it happen? There is only one way to kill a fairy now that we have preformed the counter-spell against the way that killed Rory and Eira."
"They knew it." Leslie replied.
"How?" Nadine asked in shock.
"We were betrayed." Noreen replied.
"We'll deal with that later. Now we have to protect the mortals and milady." Terran said as they strode towards the two of them.
"Dumbledore, it has been a long time."
"That it has Leslie, would you mind keeping your wings at bay this time. I don't think Filch would like to deal with the cleanup like he had to last time you were here." He said with a smile.
"Of course Albus," he replied inclining his head in a nod. "As you wish."
"Thank you. So it is true, Voldemort has come."
"Aye, tis true." Terran replied. "He will be at our door at any moment."
"Make that now." A voice called from the door. Everyone turned in shock to look at the door.
"I see that you have been expecting me. And look, more fairies for me to destroy."
"Leave them alone Voldemort!" Kat cried stepping in front of them.
"Foolish girl." He replied waving his hand and sending her flying across the room. "Now to finish what the founders of Hogwarts started. The destruction of the fairies." He continued raising his wand. Moments later the room was filled with a bright emerald green light.
"No!" Kat yelled as the light faded, and everyone in the room stopped at the sound of pure anguish in her voice. She was sitting next to Nadine's body.
She turned back to Voldemort and looked at him, her eyes blazing. "How did you know how to kill the fairy?"
Voldemort smirked, "Not that it's any of your business child. But I learned of it from him" he replied pointing at the man on his right side. All you could see with his cloak was dark hair and blue eyes peering out.
"Now, since I've answered your foolish question child, get out of the way." He continued waving his hand as she went flying across the room and smacked against the wall by the Griffyndor table before sinking down to the floor in a heap.
All of the students stared at where she had hit the wall in shock. Hermione and the others looked at the crumpled form on the floor.
"What have I done." Hermione thought as she looked at her cousin on the floor, still not moving.
"Now, where were we." Voldemort began, drawing everyone's attention. "Ah yes, I've come for your daughter Snape. Where is she?"
"She's by the wall where you threw her." A very angry female voice replied. He looked towards the wall to see the girl who should have been unconscious slowly making her way towards the center of the room.
"You're Ekaterina Snape?" he asked surprised. "Ah yes, you do look remarkably like your mother. Except for your father's hair color. Sorry about that."
Kat snorted, "Sure you're sorry, I'll believe that the day I see you go around kissing babies."
"Watch your tongue. You are speaking to his lordship." The man on his left said
"I know full well who I'm speaking to Mr. Malfoy. And he is not my lord."
"How dare you." Lucius began once more.
"How dare you Lucius Malfoy. You killed your only daughter and wiped her from the memory of every person in the wizarding community. The only reason I remember her is because my mother told me about her."
"She was no daughter of mine, a useless squib. She deserved nothing more than she got." He sneered.
Everyone gasped and looked at Draco who looked as if he wanted to strangle his father.
"Stop it Lucius." Voldemort hissed. "Now Ekaterina, I have heard a great deal about you, will you join with me?"
She raised one eyebrow, "You ask that as if I wanted to." She replied as she turned to look at her father. "Listen and listen well Riddle, I will never join with a man who tried to destroy people simply because they didn't agree with him or weren't pureblood.
"If that wasn't enough, you tried to kill my mother when I wasn't even a year old, just because she was from the Mediocris clan and had sworn to protect the fairies. Whom you had sworn to destroy just because your ancestor wanted to destroy them and had actually convinced the other founders of this school to help him.
"So, if I didn't make myself clear Riddle, using a saying I learned in the states, you can go jump off the nearest bridge for all I care. I will never be one of your clueless followers. Do I make myself clear?" she asked leaning against the head table with one hand.
"Listen to me you foolish girl, no one calls me by that name, and second, I will have your powers one way or another." He replied.
"Don't threaten me Riddle, you know full well the power I possess. And right now I am angry enough to not care what consequences I have to deal with. You just killed the only family I had left in this world, the only people who accepted me regardless of what I did in this life."
"I warned you." He began.
"No, let me reason with her." The dark-haired man said softly. "Think about what you are saying." He began walking towards her.
Kat stopped mid-thought when she heard his voice. Opening her sense she felt out the magic around her. She didn't even hear her cousin's gasp as she dropped ten more shades in color.
"No." she whispered, but still the room heard her, "You wouldn't." she continued walking towards him, her voice rising to her normal level. Slowly she reached up and pulled back his hood. Amethyst eyes met sapphire ones as she stared up at him in shock.
"How could you? How could you betray the circle, your parents." She said stepping back from him in horror.
"Love, it was for us. So we could be together."
"We were to be married a week from Sunday, how much more 'together' could we be?" she asked glancing back at the bodies of the four fairies.
"No my love, I almost died that day seven years ago. Voldemort saved my life. If not for him I would be dead, then we would never be together." He replied reaching out to her.
"No!" she cried as her tears started to fall, jerking out of his grasp. "Don't you understand? You've helped to destroy the fairies."
"No, together we can start again." He replied, "And he has sworn to not destroy the new generation." He continued his voice in her head the entire time.
She looked up at him in shock, then took one step forward and undid the clasp on his cloak. She reached up and pushed the cloth from his shoulders then stepped back bringing her hand to her mouth to stop the cry she knew everyone heard.
"Donovan how could you? How could you show him your wings." She asked as her tears coursed softly down her cheeks as she looked at the man who she would have married. She had forgotten how beautiful his wings were, their deep iridescent sapphire blue.
"Please love, it's not as bad as it seems. He doesn't care that I'm a fairy." He began slowly.
"Of course he does Donovan, what do you think is keeping him from killing you now that the others are dead. How could you have been so blind?" she asked as she stepped away from him, backing away as far as she could until she was backed up against the Slytherin table. She could hear someone behind her, but at the moment she didn't care.
"No my love, you have to understand, it was for us." He began walking towards her.
"Don't come any closer." She said raising her hand up in front of her palm out between them.
"Love, what are you doing?"
"Don't come near me. Don't make me hurt you Donovan."
"Come now love, think about this. You aren't thinking straight, if you were you would realize that you don't even have your wand. Even if you did, you couldn't hurt me. You know as well as I do that you can't use your wand on me, we are bound by blood and out magic. I can use your wand on you before you can use it on me. Now stop this foolishness, you are mine by right, and you will do as I say." He continued his voice changing to a growl as he walked towards her.
"No!" she said as she closed her eyes, "Don't Donovan, remember what you knew before."
"No." he said grabbing her wrist. "Now listen to me Ekaterina, you belong to me. As long as you wear that bracelet you are mine." He continued gripping her left wrist just under the silver chain bracelet she wore.
"Stop." She pleaded, "Please." She whispered as she continued to cry. "Donovan, you're hurting me."
"No!" he continued as he began to rise in the air, pulling her with him. "Stop your foolish arguing. Now you will join him if I have to tie you up and give you the mark myself."
"I'm sorry Donovan." She replied softly as they stopped near the ceiling. Raising her right hand she sent him flying across the room before she began to fall. She closed her eyes and waited for the ground to hit her. She opened her eyes when she felt someone's arms around her.
"Draco?" she asked in shock.
"Are you alright?" he asked softly as he set her down on her feet.
"I suppose so." She replied looking at her left wrist were five bruises were already forming.
"He's the man you left me for?" he asked softly looking over at Donovan who was in the process of standing up. "How can you love him?"
"I don't, but he will kill you if he knew." She replied as she stepped away before Donovan looked over at her.
"How did you do that?" Donovan growled, "You'll pay for that Ekaterina." He continued pulling a wand from his pocket. "Looks like our betrothal will be in void as you thought it was." He continued raising his wand. "Except I'll be the one who gets to remarry."
"Avada Kedavra Mediocris."
Kat looked on in horror as the bright white light shot towards Donovan and he fell to the floor in a heap.
"Well, that's the end of the fairies." Voldemort said with a smirk. "On to the wizard world."
Kat looked around the room at the bodies of the people who had been such a part of her life. Closing her eyes she took the bracelet of her wrist and held it up in the air. She let go and opened her eyes to see it floating for a second, then it disappeared. Looking around she saw the fairies disappear as well.
"Oh look, the last of the fairies have gone on to their afterlife." Voldemort said with a smile that quite literally gave her chills.
"Why in Merlin's name do you look like your younger self if you hate to be called Riddle?" She asked with a smirk.
"I think you are starting to act more like your father more and more."
"Do you have any idea what you have done Riddle. You didn't kill the last of the fairies, you killed the elemental fairies."
"Really, what's the difference?" he asked not really caring.
"You fool, the Elemental Fairies are the fairies who control every aspect of the universe. Did you ever wonder why certain animals and plants are extinct? Because the wonderful founders of Hogwarts nearly wiped out the Elemental Fairies once. And when the new generation was born, there weren't enough fairies to take care of everything."
"So what you are saying is that now the world will cease to exist because I killed a few stupid fairies, like I didn't know that already." He said rolling his eyes. "I'm trying to be the most powerful wizard in the universe, don't you think I took the time to learn all about that. And instead of the world being destroyed I'm simply going to put the fairy magic in me."
Kat looked up at him in shock. "You can't, you don't have any fairy blood in you."
"Not yet, but I know where your foolish clan buries the fairies, and I'm going to use their blood to make the potion."
Kat looked at him, her amethyst eyes blazing. She turned to her father, "Forgive me Papa." She said softly.
"Do what you must Kitten, you'll always be my daughter, but you are your mother's daughter first."
"What are you two babbling about." Voldemort asked as he walked towards him.
"You say you did your homework on the elemental fairies Riddle." She said turning towards him.
"Yes, so."
"Then you know who Aileen was."
"The queen of the elemental fairies and one of the only two survivors of the original battle against the founders of Hogwarts. So."
"Did you know she had a daughter with a mortal."
"Girl, I think you have lost it. Why would a fairy mate with a mortal?"
"Well Lucius, maybe because she fell in love. Whether you believe me or not, it doesn't change the past, and the fact that Aileen had a daughter who was half fairy, half-mortal. Or that her daughter married a wizard."
"How do you know all this"
"Easy Riddle, as you so nicely pointed out, I'm from the Mediocris Clan, whose sworn duty in life was to protect the elementals. Can you guess what Aileen named her daughter? Wait, don't, let me tell you. She named her daughter a name she had always loved, Gwendolyn. Another thing you don't know, Gwendolyn had a daughter, who was raised as a witch."
"How do you know that girl?" Lucius asked sneering, "You're probably making all this up to distract us."
Only those closest to her heard her saying the spell. Draco heard her the clearest and watched her trying to figure out what was going on.
"I can tell you how she knows about Gwendolyn." Severus said walking around the table. "Because I have met Gwendolyn, I was there the day she died. When she sent our daughter to be raised as one of my kind."
"You're joking Severus." Lucius replied.
"Your daughter can't be Aileen's granddaughter." Voldemort continued, then turned away as a bright white light filled the room, blinding everyone.
"Let me assure you Riddle. I am most definitely Aileen's granddaughter."
Everyone looked in shock at where Kat had been standing, but now she was floating with a paid of amethyst wings.
"It's impossible. The only other fairy was a legend. Princess Delwyn was a legend. You're name is Ekaterina Snape." Voldemort said in shock.
"Actually, my full name is Ekaterina Delwyn Granger Snape. And believe me, I'm no legend. You are the fool Riddle. Until now we have stayed out of the fight. It wasn't the fight of the Fairy, but instead of the mortals and wizards. The fairies didn't trust you wizards after Slytherin convinced the other founders to destroy us. All they cared about was our survival, for the sake of the world.
"But now, I don't have to answer to the members of the circle, you took care of that for me. This ends tonight, for the sake of both our worlds. I only hope that the mortals are ready to deal with the responsibility of protecting the universe, as we no longer can."
Kat closed her eyes and raised her arms. Everyone of the students and staff felt a wave of something pass over them, a warmth like they were sitting in front of a fire.
"Kill them." Voldemort told his followers, and then stared in shock as ever spell they threw at the students was stopped, bouncing off an invisible wall.
"Don't be a fool Riddle, do you honestly think I would leave them at your mercy."
Bringing her hands together as if in prayer she closed her eyes and began to chant.
Mediocris of vita , audite meus placitum. Tribuo mihi virga facio res vox , quod vox ut terminus is is nox noctis. Refero meus votum , recolligo volo.
Eternus Mediocris , EGO sum unus of thee. permaneo nostri pius , immortalis quod solvo. Somnium somnium nos totus partis , Suo una ut obviam is quisnam praesumo.
unus quisnam praesumo compleo pugna , Coepi per Hogwarts quattuor. Terminus pugna coepi per quattuor , Succurro subsisto unus quisnam propinquus ianua.
Members of orbis , EGO dico in thee. Locus in mihi vox nostri mens , Planto mihi verus permaneo nostri pius. Una nos mos terminus suum dominatus.
Opening her eyes she looked at him as a pure white aura began to radiate from her. Taking her left hand she clutched the chain around her neck, her right hand she stretched out in front of her pointing her open hand at Voldemort.
Audite meus vox vocis Riddle , audio mihi. eternus ones have exspecto diutius. Fio quis vos erant pro is nox noctis , Ultionis est nostri , facio vos quis nos vires.
Subsisto is cruciatus creatura of atrum. Terminus poena quod vos have causa. Fio quis vos erant pro is os , Pro suum cruor gave vos is vita.
Terminus is vallum creatura of nox noctis ; Permissum lemma ago , intus lux lucis. Sentio occupo vultus inter vos iam , Irretitus vos in eternus pugna.
As she had spoken her aura had grown and as she finished the spell it completely encompassed him and he disappeared. Moments later all of his followers collapsed on the ground.
"Ekaterina!"
Everyone turned back to look at Kat, her aura was quickly flowing back to her. When it reached her she fell to the floor, her wings disappearing.
"Katia!" Draco said kneeling next to her.
"Draco?" she asked opening her eyes slowly.
"I'm here." He replied softly.
"I'm, sorry."
"For what?" he asked softly.
"For lying all this time. I love you Draco Malfoy, I always will."
"I love you too." He whispered as she closed her eyes. When the light surrounded her he refused to look away as she disappeared. "Goodbye my love."
Luckily she was taking her N.E.W.T.s on the 14th, which was only four days away. Her results would be in in a week, then she would officially graduate the next day and her wedding was planned for two days later. The family had thought it best that they be joined as soon as possible, and a week from Sunday was the day they had chosen.
She sighed softly, Fearchar was across the room, and looked up at the sound of her voice. She looked up at her faithful friend and guardian. One of the few perks of being who she was, she supposed.
"Why do I even pretend anymore Fearchar? Why do I still hide, there's no one to hide from anymore."
"I don't know why you do it Delwyn, I can't help you with your mind, tis yours."
"I haven't heard you talk in so long, I'd almost forgot you could." She said with a soft smile.
"You've heard me in your dreams milady, I've never left your side."
"I know, you've been my one constant all my life. It's strange isn't it, we're repeating history."
"Aye milady, that we are."
"Well, this time I'm not letting it end as it did. I'm tired of hiding behind a mask." She stood up and closed her eyes.
Fearchar flew up and turned away as the bright light encompassed the room. Then he noticed the fire in the distance.
"Fearchar, what is it?"
"People are coming milady."
Suddenly a wave of dizziness hit Kat and she sunk to her knees. Evil was coming. Taking a deep breath she focused her mind and blocked the wave. Slowly she stood up and walked over to the window. Fearchar was right, there were people coming, torches lined the shore of the lake.
Closing her eyes she focused her mind on the people out there. She had to see who they were. The darkness was almost overpowering, but she focused through it. She opened her senses and felt for the most power, then followed it. The flames started to appear around her and the other magic began to overwhelm her sense, but she had to work through it. She focused more on the greatest amount of power and slowly he came into focus.
Suddenly the lights of her room burst into her mind as she was thrown out of the vision. She stood up slowly.
"Fearchar go get Nadine, tell her what is going on. But don't let her or the others come. I won't risk the last of the circle. I'm going to warn the school" she explained as she turned around and pushed aside her mirror and placed her hand on the stones. She waited patiently for the stone wall to move, then took off at a run down the passageway.
Fearchar watched her go, then took off.
~*~*~*~*~
Draco walked into the Great Hall and made his way to the Slytherin table. It had been two months since Katia had told him of her betrothal. Two months of absolute hell. He wanted to hate her, he did. But the sad fact was that he loved her. He had been watching her since Dumbledore made that stupid announcement. Even her cousin gave her the cold shoulder. Looking around the room he saw that she was absent once more. Then again she was probably studying for her N.E.W.T.s on Monday.
"Good evening students. I have no announcements tonight, so without further ado." Dumbledore began but stopped as a part of the wall by the Griffyndor table separated from the rest of the wall.
"What in Merlin's name?" Minerva asked in shock, then her mouth dropped open as a woman ran out of the opening and towards the head table.
The woman wore a white dress that went past her feet, with sleeves that were loose and were longer than her arms. She had long midnight black hair that tumbled down her back reaching down to the floor. Her skin was quite literally as white as snow, and she had large violet eyes.
'Ekaterina!" Severus said in shock as he stood up. Great Merlin she looked exactly like her mother, except for his hair color.
Everyone in the hall looked at her in shock, no one believing that the person before them was the same person they had been treating like he who must not be named for the last two months.
"Yes, it's me. But that isn't important right now. Voldemort is here." She said as she skidded to a halt in front of the head table.
"Sure, and I'm Morganna LeFay." Pansy said standing up.
"You can't be Kat, she looks nothing like you." Ron said as he stood up.
"You know what Ron, I've put up with the entire school treating me like crap for the past two months. How could you even know what I look like? For your information, I've looked like this since the truth about my father came out earlier this year, but I've kept my appearance a secret."
"That may be true, but if you want anyone to believe you, then you should prove it." Filch said with a smirk.
"We don't have time for this." She replied rolling her eyes.
"I suggest you make time." Millicent said with a smirk.
She sighed, then raised her hand to her face and brought it down. "Happy?" she asked when she had changed her appearance back to the disguise.
"My word." Minerva said in surprise.
She rolled her eyes once more, "Now that we have established that I'm who I say I am, may I re-point out that Voldemort is almost at our door."
"That's impossible Katherine, there is no way he could get here." Poppy said with a smile.
"All right Poppy, why don't you go out there and tell him and the sixty plus Death Eaters that." She replied before turning to Dumbledore. "Albus, do you really want to risk the safety of the students just because the founders of the school claimed that it was impossible for evil to enter. Come one Albus, we both know that they aren't as pure and wonderful as they claimed."
"How dare you!" Minerva said standing up.
"No Minerva, she's right. But Katherine, I still don't think that Voldemort is crazy enough to actually attack the school" he replied.
Shaking her head she returned to her true appearance, "Why don't you tell that to him." She replied when they heard the echo of pounding on the front door.
"Dear Merlin." Minerva said in shock, then everyone started talking at once.
Sighing she turned to her father. "Well Papa, looks like your peoples' way has failed again."
"Aye love, so it would seem, so it would seem." He replied.
"What is going on here?" a clear voice rang through the hall silencing everyone.
"Nadine?" Kat said turning around on her heels. "What are you doing here. I told Fearchar to keep the family away from here."
"Like we ever listened. By the way, love seeing the true you again, reminds me of your mother."
Kat shook her head softly. "Where are the others?"
"At the front door, keeping the nutcase busy."
"What! Have you lost your mind? There's only twelve of us left, what are you trying to do, make it two."
"Three child, your betrothed isn't here."
"Donovan?" she asked in shock.
"Last I checked that was his name, even if he was believed to be dead for seven years."
"Nadine, let's get back to the matter at hand."
"True true, I suppose that I may as well get comfortable for myself and the rest of the mortals." She replied as she began to grow in size until she was standing at eye level with Kat.
"Show off." She replied.
"It's a fairy." Someone whispered
"Aye I'm a fairy, tis not that big a deal. What we should be worrying about is the crazy mortal out there who is trying to get in here."
"Nadine, I don't think that your manners are helping the situation." Severus said softly.
"Oh stuff it Severus, stop being such a wizard or a mortal, either way you are driving me insane."
"Don't start you two, now is not the time." Kat snapped. Everyone looked at her in surprise.
"Delwyn, what is wrong?" Nadine began as she sank to her knees holding her left hand to her head.
Before she had a chance to answer Nadine continued. "Never mind." She replied bringing her hand up to her head, "I know what's wrong with you."
Minutes later the doors opened as two men and a woman stumbled in, then they turned and slammed the doors shut.
"Leslie, Terran, Noreen, what happened?" Kat asked slowly standing to her feet.
"They're dead, the rest of the circle is dead."
"We know." Nadine replied, "Why else do you think she was on her knees, and I was barely standing on my own. We have felt their deaths."
"How did it happen? There is only one way to kill a fairy now that we have preformed the counter-spell against the way that killed Rory and Eira."
"They knew it." Leslie replied.
"How?" Nadine asked in shock.
"We were betrayed." Noreen replied.
"We'll deal with that later. Now we have to protect the mortals and milady." Terran said as they strode towards the two of them.
"Dumbledore, it has been a long time."
"That it has Leslie, would you mind keeping your wings at bay this time. I don't think Filch would like to deal with the cleanup like he had to last time you were here." He said with a smile.
"Of course Albus," he replied inclining his head in a nod. "As you wish."
"Thank you. So it is true, Voldemort has come."
"Aye, tis true." Terran replied. "He will be at our door at any moment."
"Make that now." A voice called from the door. Everyone turned in shock to look at the door.
"I see that you have been expecting me. And look, more fairies for me to destroy."
"Leave them alone Voldemort!" Kat cried stepping in front of them.
"Foolish girl." He replied waving his hand and sending her flying across the room. "Now to finish what the founders of Hogwarts started. The destruction of the fairies." He continued raising his wand. Moments later the room was filled with a bright emerald green light.
"No!" Kat yelled as the light faded, and everyone in the room stopped at the sound of pure anguish in her voice. She was sitting next to Nadine's body.
She turned back to Voldemort and looked at him, her eyes blazing. "How did you know how to kill the fairy?"
Voldemort smirked, "Not that it's any of your business child. But I learned of it from him" he replied pointing at the man on his right side. All you could see with his cloak was dark hair and blue eyes peering out.
"Now, since I've answered your foolish question child, get out of the way." He continued waving his hand as she went flying across the room and smacked against the wall by the Griffyndor table before sinking down to the floor in a heap.
All of the students stared at where she had hit the wall in shock. Hermione and the others looked at the crumpled form on the floor.
"What have I done." Hermione thought as she looked at her cousin on the floor, still not moving.
"Now, where were we." Voldemort began, drawing everyone's attention. "Ah yes, I've come for your daughter Snape. Where is she?"
"She's by the wall where you threw her." A very angry female voice replied. He looked towards the wall to see the girl who should have been unconscious slowly making her way towards the center of the room.
"You're Ekaterina Snape?" he asked surprised. "Ah yes, you do look remarkably like your mother. Except for your father's hair color. Sorry about that."
Kat snorted, "Sure you're sorry, I'll believe that the day I see you go around kissing babies."
"Watch your tongue. You are speaking to his lordship." The man on his left said
"I know full well who I'm speaking to Mr. Malfoy. And he is not my lord."
"How dare you." Lucius began once more.
"How dare you Lucius Malfoy. You killed your only daughter and wiped her from the memory of every person in the wizarding community. The only reason I remember her is because my mother told me about her."
"She was no daughter of mine, a useless squib. She deserved nothing more than she got." He sneered.
Everyone gasped and looked at Draco who looked as if he wanted to strangle his father.
"Stop it Lucius." Voldemort hissed. "Now Ekaterina, I have heard a great deal about you, will you join with me?"
She raised one eyebrow, "You ask that as if I wanted to." She replied as she turned to look at her father. "Listen and listen well Riddle, I will never join with a man who tried to destroy people simply because they didn't agree with him or weren't pureblood.
"If that wasn't enough, you tried to kill my mother when I wasn't even a year old, just because she was from the Mediocris clan and had sworn to protect the fairies. Whom you had sworn to destroy just because your ancestor wanted to destroy them and had actually convinced the other founders of this school to help him.
"So, if I didn't make myself clear Riddle, using a saying I learned in the states, you can go jump off the nearest bridge for all I care. I will never be one of your clueless followers. Do I make myself clear?" she asked leaning against the head table with one hand.
"Listen to me you foolish girl, no one calls me by that name, and second, I will have your powers one way or another." He replied.
"Don't threaten me Riddle, you know full well the power I possess. And right now I am angry enough to not care what consequences I have to deal with. You just killed the only family I had left in this world, the only people who accepted me regardless of what I did in this life."
"I warned you." He began.
"No, let me reason with her." The dark-haired man said softly. "Think about what you are saying." He began walking towards her.
Kat stopped mid-thought when she heard his voice. Opening her sense she felt out the magic around her. She didn't even hear her cousin's gasp as she dropped ten more shades in color.
"No." she whispered, but still the room heard her, "You wouldn't." she continued walking towards him, her voice rising to her normal level. Slowly she reached up and pulled back his hood. Amethyst eyes met sapphire ones as she stared up at him in shock.
"How could you? How could you betray the circle, your parents." She said stepping back from him in horror.
"Love, it was for us. So we could be together."
"We were to be married a week from Sunday, how much more 'together' could we be?" she asked glancing back at the bodies of the four fairies.
"No my love, I almost died that day seven years ago. Voldemort saved my life. If not for him I would be dead, then we would never be together." He replied reaching out to her.
"No!" she cried as her tears started to fall, jerking out of his grasp. "Don't you understand? You've helped to destroy the fairies."
"No, together we can start again." He replied, "And he has sworn to not destroy the new generation." He continued his voice in her head the entire time.
She looked up at him in shock, then took one step forward and undid the clasp on his cloak. She reached up and pushed the cloth from his shoulders then stepped back bringing her hand to her mouth to stop the cry she knew everyone heard.
"Donovan how could you? How could you show him your wings." She asked as her tears coursed softly down her cheeks as she looked at the man who she would have married. She had forgotten how beautiful his wings were, their deep iridescent sapphire blue.
"Please love, it's not as bad as it seems. He doesn't care that I'm a fairy." He began slowly.
"Of course he does Donovan, what do you think is keeping him from killing you now that the others are dead. How could you have been so blind?" she asked as she stepped away from him, backing away as far as she could until she was backed up against the Slytherin table. She could hear someone behind her, but at the moment she didn't care.
"No my love, you have to understand, it was for us." He began walking towards her.
"Don't come any closer." She said raising her hand up in front of her palm out between them.
"Love, what are you doing?"
"Don't come near me. Don't make me hurt you Donovan."
"Come now love, think about this. You aren't thinking straight, if you were you would realize that you don't even have your wand. Even if you did, you couldn't hurt me. You know as well as I do that you can't use your wand on me, we are bound by blood and out magic. I can use your wand on you before you can use it on me. Now stop this foolishness, you are mine by right, and you will do as I say." He continued his voice changing to a growl as he walked towards her.
"No!" she said as she closed her eyes, "Don't Donovan, remember what you knew before."
"No." he said grabbing her wrist. "Now listen to me Ekaterina, you belong to me. As long as you wear that bracelet you are mine." He continued gripping her left wrist just under the silver chain bracelet she wore.
"Stop." She pleaded, "Please." She whispered as she continued to cry. "Donovan, you're hurting me."
"No!" he continued as he began to rise in the air, pulling her with him. "Stop your foolish arguing. Now you will join him if I have to tie you up and give you the mark myself."
"I'm sorry Donovan." She replied softly as they stopped near the ceiling. Raising her right hand she sent him flying across the room before she began to fall. She closed her eyes and waited for the ground to hit her. She opened her eyes when she felt someone's arms around her.
"Draco?" she asked in shock.
"Are you alright?" he asked softly as he set her down on her feet.
"I suppose so." She replied looking at her left wrist were five bruises were already forming.
"He's the man you left me for?" he asked softly looking over at Donovan who was in the process of standing up. "How can you love him?"
"I don't, but he will kill you if he knew." She replied as she stepped away before Donovan looked over at her.
"How did you do that?" Donovan growled, "You'll pay for that Ekaterina." He continued pulling a wand from his pocket. "Looks like our betrothal will be in void as you thought it was." He continued raising his wand. "Except I'll be the one who gets to remarry."
"Avada Kedavra Mediocris."
Kat looked on in horror as the bright white light shot towards Donovan and he fell to the floor in a heap.
"Well, that's the end of the fairies." Voldemort said with a smirk. "On to the wizard world."
Kat looked around the room at the bodies of the people who had been such a part of her life. Closing her eyes she took the bracelet of her wrist and held it up in the air. She let go and opened her eyes to see it floating for a second, then it disappeared. Looking around she saw the fairies disappear as well.
"Oh look, the last of the fairies have gone on to their afterlife." Voldemort said with a smile that quite literally gave her chills.
"Why in Merlin's name do you look like your younger self if you hate to be called Riddle?" She asked with a smirk.
"I think you are starting to act more like your father more and more."
"Do you have any idea what you have done Riddle. You didn't kill the last of the fairies, you killed the elemental fairies."
"Really, what's the difference?" he asked not really caring.
"You fool, the Elemental Fairies are the fairies who control every aspect of the universe. Did you ever wonder why certain animals and plants are extinct? Because the wonderful founders of Hogwarts nearly wiped out the Elemental Fairies once. And when the new generation was born, there weren't enough fairies to take care of everything."
"So what you are saying is that now the world will cease to exist because I killed a few stupid fairies, like I didn't know that already." He said rolling his eyes. "I'm trying to be the most powerful wizard in the universe, don't you think I took the time to learn all about that. And instead of the world being destroyed I'm simply going to put the fairy magic in me."
Kat looked up at him in shock. "You can't, you don't have any fairy blood in you."
"Not yet, but I know where your foolish clan buries the fairies, and I'm going to use their blood to make the potion."
Kat looked at him, her amethyst eyes blazing. She turned to her father, "Forgive me Papa." She said softly.
"Do what you must Kitten, you'll always be my daughter, but you are your mother's daughter first."
"What are you two babbling about." Voldemort asked as he walked towards him.
"You say you did your homework on the elemental fairies Riddle." She said turning towards him.
"Yes, so."
"Then you know who Aileen was."
"The queen of the elemental fairies and one of the only two survivors of the original battle against the founders of Hogwarts. So."
"Did you know she had a daughter with a mortal."
"Girl, I think you have lost it. Why would a fairy mate with a mortal?"
"Well Lucius, maybe because she fell in love. Whether you believe me or not, it doesn't change the past, and the fact that Aileen had a daughter who was half fairy, half-mortal. Or that her daughter married a wizard."
"How do you know all this"
"Easy Riddle, as you so nicely pointed out, I'm from the Mediocris Clan, whose sworn duty in life was to protect the elementals. Can you guess what Aileen named her daughter? Wait, don't, let me tell you. She named her daughter a name she had always loved, Gwendolyn. Another thing you don't know, Gwendolyn had a daughter, who was raised as a witch."
"How do you know that girl?" Lucius asked sneering, "You're probably making all this up to distract us."
Only those closest to her heard her saying the spell. Draco heard her the clearest and watched her trying to figure out what was going on.
"I can tell you how she knows about Gwendolyn." Severus said walking around the table. "Because I have met Gwendolyn, I was there the day she died. When she sent our daughter to be raised as one of my kind."
"You're joking Severus." Lucius replied.
"Your daughter can't be Aileen's granddaughter." Voldemort continued, then turned away as a bright white light filled the room, blinding everyone.
"Let me assure you Riddle. I am most definitely Aileen's granddaughter."
Everyone looked in shock at where Kat had been standing, but now she was floating with a paid of amethyst wings.
"It's impossible. The only other fairy was a legend. Princess Delwyn was a legend. You're name is Ekaterina Snape." Voldemort said in shock.
"Actually, my full name is Ekaterina Delwyn Granger Snape. And believe me, I'm no legend. You are the fool Riddle. Until now we have stayed out of the fight. It wasn't the fight of the Fairy, but instead of the mortals and wizards. The fairies didn't trust you wizards after Slytherin convinced the other founders to destroy us. All they cared about was our survival, for the sake of the world.
"But now, I don't have to answer to the members of the circle, you took care of that for me. This ends tonight, for the sake of both our worlds. I only hope that the mortals are ready to deal with the responsibility of protecting the universe, as we no longer can."
Kat closed her eyes and raised her arms. Everyone of the students and staff felt a wave of something pass over them, a warmth like they were sitting in front of a fire.
"Kill them." Voldemort told his followers, and then stared in shock as ever spell they threw at the students was stopped, bouncing off an invisible wall.
"Don't be a fool Riddle, do you honestly think I would leave them at your mercy."
Bringing her hands together as if in prayer she closed her eyes and began to chant.
Mediocris of vita , audite meus placitum. Tribuo mihi virga facio res vox , quod vox ut terminus is is nox noctis. Refero meus votum , recolligo volo.
Eternus Mediocris , EGO sum unus of thee. permaneo nostri pius , immortalis quod solvo. Somnium somnium nos totus partis , Suo una ut obviam is quisnam praesumo.
unus quisnam praesumo compleo pugna , Coepi per Hogwarts quattuor. Terminus pugna coepi per quattuor , Succurro subsisto unus quisnam propinquus ianua.
Members of orbis , EGO dico in thee. Locus in mihi vox nostri mens , Planto mihi verus permaneo nostri pius. Una nos mos terminus suum dominatus.
Opening her eyes she looked at him as a pure white aura began to radiate from her. Taking her left hand she clutched the chain around her neck, her right hand she stretched out in front of her pointing her open hand at Voldemort.
Audite meus vox vocis Riddle , audio mihi. eternus ones have exspecto diutius. Fio quis vos erant pro is nox noctis , Ultionis est nostri , facio vos quis nos vires.
Subsisto is cruciatus creatura of atrum. Terminus poena quod vos have causa. Fio quis vos erant pro is os , Pro suum cruor gave vos is vita.
Terminus is vallum creatura of nox noctis ; Permissum lemma ago , intus lux lucis. Sentio occupo vultus inter vos iam , Irretitus vos in eternus pugna.
As she had spoken her aura had grown and as she finished the spell it completely encompassed him and he disappeared. Moments later all of his followers collapsed on the ground.
"Ekaterina!"
Everyone turned back to look at Kat, her aura was quickly flowing back to her. When it reached her she fell to the floor, her wings disappearing.
"Katia!" Draco said kneeling next to her.
"Draco?" she asked opening her eyes slowly.
"I'm here." He replied softly.
"I'm, sorry."
"For what?" he asked softly.
"For lying all this time. I love you Draco Malfoy, I always will."
"I love you too." He whispered as she closed her eyes. When the light surrounded her he refused to look away as she disappeared. "Goodbye my love."