Title: A Life Hidden Behind Another
Author: Katheryn Malfoy
Email: Spike_lover30@hotmail.com STARTED: 19/ 1/ 02 FINISHED: N/A Disclaimer: Not Mine So Don't Sue. The extracts are from book 4 of Hp. Summary: Kate is an ordinary teenage girl, or so she thought until one -not so special- day she is pulled into the world of Harry Potter and Wackiness Ensues. She finds out that Willow, Giles and Spike are already there and some guy she has never met wants to kill her. Odd family secrets turn up and something about Malfoy's Neck.
AN: This is dedicated to Scott.
Chapter 2
'See I told you it wouldn't work, the Dursleys are my only relatives' Harry said sounding a little put down. Ron and Hermione had been trying for fifteen minutes to get Harry to try the new spell that Professor Lupin had taught them. It was a spell to find out whether or not had any other non- muggle relatives living. Harry kept telling them he only had the Dursleys but they were sure that Professor Lupin wouldn't have told the class if he didn't think it would work for Harry. Professor Lupin had come back to Hogwarts on Dumbledore's request. He had left to find a cure for his werewolf side. Hogwarts needed a Defence of the dark arts teacher but no one was game enough to take the job. No one that was except for Professor Snape. Harry had been told in his first year at Hogwarts that Snape preferred the dark arts rather than potions.
'c'mon Harry just try it one more time' pleaded Ron
'fine but nothing will happen- Harry picked up his wand and looked at his notes again- Reletavo Evestrya' Harry said in a loud voice they were in the common room after dinner and everyone was either upstairs in the dormitories or still down in the great hall so they had the place to them self's. Ron and Hermione looked around anxiously for anything to happen. Nothing did.
'see looks like its back to the Dursleys when school finishes' Harry had gotten up to leave checking that his Transfiguration homework was all done.
'Harry, -said Hermione- don't worry we'll find another way' all three of them had been trying to find some way for Harry to avoid going to stay with the Dursleys when school ended. This was a yearly ritual. 'I know we will' he turned to leave but stopped when he heard a sound like a whistle being blown and a loud whooshing filled the room, the painting above the fire place vanished but was replaced with a very bright light then a swirly blue pool which curled in and out of it's self. The common room filled with wind Harry dropped his books on the floor rushed forward to grab Hermione and Ron away from the blue mass.
'what's happening' screamed Hermione over the noise of the wind.
'I don't know' came Harry's reply just as loud as Hermiones.
'Wicked' shouted Ron. All three of them ducked down behind the big comfy chairs that were in front of the fire. Then everything went quiet there was no whistle, no wind and no whooshing. They got up and saw that the blue swirly thing was still there but slowly something was climbing out of it. Kate hit the floor and sat up shaking her head a little looking around at her surroundings. She found out that she still had her balance by standing up and straightening her clothes. Kate turned to face Harry, Ron and Hermione and smiled.
'Err hi . wow that was some ride I don't think that they've installed seat belts yet' Ron looked puzzled by this. Harry found his voice.
'w-w-who are you' Harry seemed to have lost all feeling in his legs so he stayed standing. Ron however had moved forward and was staring at her now.
'are you an alien' Ron asked. Kate laughed
'no, my names Kate Marsters and what just happened?' said Kate. Ron came to stand in front of Kate
'my names Ron Weasley this is Hermione Granger and that's Harry Potter' Ron looked quite impressed with himself he knew "Harry Potter".
'I know who you are we have the books, we muggles, as you like to call us non wizarding folk, like to read them I've known what's been happening to you since your first year at Hogwarts and briefly before. I know that Harry faced Quirrell and that you all used the polyjuice to change into Malfoys friends and Hermione changed into cat, that Sirius Black is your godfather and that he broke out of Azkaban and that Hermione caught Rita Skeeter oh and she was an unregistered animagus' They all stared at her astonished at how much Kate knew about their lives at Hogwarts. Hermione who had remained quiet hurried over to where Harry dropped his books she found the notes for the spell they had been trying, when she had found them she quickly joined the group again.
'Harry can you repeat the spell we tried earlier I need to check something' Harry gave her a weird look but did so.
'Reletavo Evestrya' Harry repeated. Hermione looked like she had won the jackpot.
'I knew it, you pronounced the last word wrong instead of saying Avestrya you said Evestrya, which means -she quickly found the meaning in the dictionary of magickal terms she had under her arm- bring to me' she told them.
'Bring to me, it can't mean then if it did that would mean the spell worked' Harry choked out turning to stare at Kate.
'what was the spell for exactly' Kate said getting a little alarmed.
'don't worry, it was just to find out if Harry had any magickal relatives and if he did then it would show us, but if you were you would've been sent a letter when you turned 11' Ron said matter of factly. Hermione had an idea 'Harry give me your wand please don't worry it's just for a little test' Harry handed over his wand. Hermione passed it to Kate.
'here, if you can do a simple spell then you are Harry's relative which means the spell worked' Kate took the wand from Hermione and held it, immediately the back of her hand started to burn.
'owwww my stomach' she lifted her top slightly, she saw that a little mark in the shape of a bolt of lightning becoming clear. Harry leaned over to take a look.
'Hey it's exactly like mine' with that he lifted up his fringe to show his identical scar.
'But you've had yours since you were a baby mine just become visible every other time it just itches' Kate said.
'well try it then, wave the wand, try and light it say lumos' said Ron excitedly. Kate gave the wand an experimental wave
'lumos' she said, the tip of Harry's wand lit up and shone. 'Wow, it worked hey look I can do magick' Kate said her eyes sparkling she handed the wand back to Hermione.
'that was amazing but why didn't you get a letter' asked Harry, he wanted to know why no one had told him he had other relatives.
'I don't know but maybe we should tell someone like Dumbledore or something because I think there going to find out that I'm new here when they see me people are going to ask questions. My mum's going to be really worried if I don't come out for dinner maybe I should send her an owl and tell her what happened' Kate started to ramble on.
'Harry, I think you should take her to see Dumbledore so we can figure out what happened Hermione and I will stay here and try researching' Ron said.
'ok we shouldn't be long c'mon Kate' said Harry leading her through the hole in the wall and out into the corridor the Fat Lady swung back into place. Kate stayed quiet as they walked down to Dumbledore's office.
'so you know all about me and probably the rest of this place but I don't know anything about you except that we seem to be related' Harry turned his head and smiled at her, Kate smiled back.
'well what do you want to know?' Harry thought for a moment 'everything' he replied so Kate started to tell him where she went to school and how she knew everything about them and mostly about her life. Kate thought she might be boring him to death with all this but he was fascinated with what she had to say. They kept walking down the corridors until they came to a small door
'chocolate frogs' Harry said, the door opened and they found them self's in a large room with a desk at the far back there was a big leather chair with its back turned to them.
'Professor Dumbledore, sir' the chair swiveled around to face them. Dumbledore stood up and walked around to stand in front of them. 'yes Harry you wanted to see me?' Harry moved uncomfortably on the spot for a few seconds then he spoke.
'Professor, this is Kate and I think she is related to me. You see we tried this spell to see if I had any other relatives with wizard blood and I pronounced one of the words wrong and Kate appeared, then she used my wand and was able to do a spell with it. But that's not it she has an identical scar but it's on her hand' Dumbledore reached out and took Kate's hand and examined it.
' hmmm, very interesting' he let go of it and walked back to his desk. He picked up what looked like a microphone and spoke into it 'Minerva would you be so kind as to bring in the book of names please' Harry and Kate looked at each other and shrugged. A few seconds passed when a door to the left of Dumbledore's desk opened and Professor McGonagall walked in with a huge book under her arm which she set down on the desk and opened to the index and then walked back out of the room. The index didn't consist of titles instead it only had years.
They were in extremely tiny writing until Dumbledore touched the page with his wand. The writing seemed to grow until it was readable he again touched his wand to a the year 1986. The pages flicked over until it stopped at 1986. The page was set out in three columns so that the names were in alphabetical order, with one of three schools they would be attending. Hogwarts, Beauxbaton or Durmstrang. In the far column were ticks and crosses to show if they went to school. Dumbledore turned the book around to face Harry and Kate.
'read down the list and find you names then let me know' Harry followed the list down to the P's and found his row it read "Potter, Harry / Hogwarts / yes" Harry moved out of the way so Kate could find hers, she looked down at the M's and to her surprise she found her row it read "Marsters, Kate / Hogwarts /no" Kate re-read the row a few more times and then turned to face Harry.
'My names on this list, WHY is my name on the list?' Kate said in a strange voice quite unlike her own. Dumbledore cleared his throat loudly.
'I see you have found your names then, as for you question miss Marsters your name was put down at birth as was Harry's and as was every other wizard or witch to be' explained Dumbledore.
'Then if I was to come here shouldn't I have received a letter' she wanted to know why she was only going to a muggle school and not Hogwarts.
'you were to receive a letter of acceptance on your 11th birthday but when Harry survived he who must -oh what the heck- Voldemort, he vowed to kill each and every person, with magick blood in them, related to Harry. Your name was crossed off the list so that you would not be at risk. Your mother told me to sever any ties she had with the wizarding community to protect you. Next you'll ask how you are related to the Potter's, well your mother was James Potter's sister' Dumbledore sat down in his chair again to give Kate time to absorb the news before he told her any more.
'that would make us cousins, that it explains my mum told me that my Uncle James was dead' Kate turned to Harry 'I'm sorry' she said and for the first time the cousins hugged.
'this is a very touching moment nevertheless but there are some more things we need to discuss, first should you wish to remain at Hogwarts the remainder of the year, your mother will need to be contacted by Owl and your key for your vault at Gringotts will need to found I dare say, you will need some money to buy your school supply's, wand, robes and pet. And last, as brother and sister James and Sarah were given invisibility cloaks those two were terrors anyway the cloaks were left in my care Harry has been given his it is time to give you yours' with that he reached into the dark recesses of his cloak and pulled out a large key chain, with his keys he unlocked the bottom cabinet on his desk and took out a package.
He closed the door and locked it again. Dumbledore handed the package to Kate.
'I will tell you the same thing I told to Harry when he received his cloak -Dumbledore sounded serious but his eyes gave him away they were sparkling as bright as ever- Use it well' Kate took the package gratefully 'thank you sir I will' Harry and Kate both turned towards the door, they were about halfway across the room when Dumbledore spoke.
'come back and let me know what you mother says and I can make the arrangements for you to buy your supply's and I will also have someone make up a bed for you in Griffindor tower you will stay there until you can be sorted into a house' Dumbledore paused 'thank you for coming to visit, the next time you come back the password will be, exploding snap, a game I have come to enjoy' he added absentmindedly rubbing his forehead, He waved at them and they left. The journey up to Griffindor tower was quick Harry stopped in front of the Fat Lady to say the password.
'pumpkin juice' Harry said and the Fat Lady swung open to reveal a small doorway. They walked inside, by now the common room was packed. They hurried over to a table in the far corner of the room where Ron and Hermione were sitting with a pile of books many of the books were open in front of them. Ron looked up as Harry and Kate sat down.
'how'd it go?' Ron asked, neither him nor Hermione had been able to find anything.
'Dumbledore showed us the book of names' when Ron looked puzzled at this Hermione piped up.
'the book of names, I read about it in Hogwarts: A History it writes down the names of every new born with magical blood in them so they can be sent a letter when they turn 11' Harry nodded confirming what she knew about it.
'Dumbledore let us look for our names on the list I found mine and it said I was coming here, Kate found hers as well. Kate was meant to come here except hers had a cross where mine was ticked' Everyone was leaving the common room again this time to go to bed. Fred and George came over to say goodnight followed closely by Ginny. The room soon emptied. Kate put the package that Dumbledore had given her on the table she stared at it.
'what's that' asked Hermione curiously.
'Dumbledore gave it to me, he said that my mum left it with him, he said that since Harry had his I should have mine' Kate finished. Ron had a pretty good idea of what she was talking about.
'Dumbledore gave you an invisibility cloak! .Wicked' he said. Harry decided that he was going to tell them everything.
'he gave it to her because we're cousins my dad and her mum were brother and sister, so that's how were related' Harry stopped so he could let Kate tell the rest of it.
'Dumbledore told us that the reason that I didn't get a letter is because he who must not be named was going to come after all of Harry's relatives so my mum had to live the muggle life and send me to a normal school. Dumbledore also said I could stay if I wanted to, well if my mum said yes anyway. He said I could stay in Gryffindor until the reply comes back from my mum, I'll should send it soon or she'll start to worry' Kate added. Ron and Hermione absorbed this.
'we can go up to the Owlery now to sent you mum the letter' said Hermione who liked the idea of Kate staying, now she would have some company.
The guys were great but sometimes you just needed a girl to talk to. 'ok I'll grab a quill and some parchment' said Ron eagerly he also liked the idea of Kate staying now he was friends with two of the most nicest girls at Hogwarts. 'It's late do you think we should take the cloaks' Kate asked. Harry thought about this and decided they should just encase Mr. Filch and Mrs. Norris were out and about, he was the caretaker of Hogwarts and she was his cat. 'yeah I think we should Ron can come with me and Hermione can go with Kate ok' Harry and Ron raced upstairs to their dormitory to get the things they needed Harry got his cloak out from the bottom of his trunk. Back in the common room Hermione and Kate were getting to know each other better. 'so do you want to stay if your mum says you can?' Hermione said nervously. Kate smiled. 'Yeah! It's great here, I've always wanted to come here and meet you all, I hope my mum says I can stay it would be the best thing that has ever happened to me' Kate answered honestly. 'but you must hate to leave all your friends' Hermione said sadly thinking Kate might change her mind now. 'well, I only really have one friend that I'd miss, I can't trust the rest of them but I'd like to stay if I can' Kate said sadly before continuing. 'it must be great to have friends like Harry and Ron I mean you guys would do anything for each other, I wish I had friends like you' she finished. 'stay here and you will' Hermione said honestly.
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Author: Katheryn Malfoy
Email: Spike_lover30@hotmail.com STARTED: 19/ 1/ 02 FINISHED: N/A Disclaimer: Not Mine So Don't Sue. The extracts are from book 4 of Hp. Summary: Kate is an ordinary teenage girl, or so she thought until one -not so special- day she is pulled into the world of Harry Potter and Wackiness Ensues. She finds out that Willow, Giles and Spike are already there and some guy she has never met wants to kill her. Odd family secrets turn up and something about Malfoy's Neck.
AN: This is dedicated to Scott.
Chapter 2
'See I told you it wouldn't work, the Dursleys are my only relatives' Harry said sounding a little put down. Ron and Hermione had been trying for fifteen minutes to get Harry to try the new spell that Professor Lupin had taught them. It was a spell to find out whether or not had any other non- muggle relatives living. Harry kept telling them he only had the Dursleys but they were sure that Professor Lupin wouldn't have told the class if he didn't think it would work for Harry. Professor Lupin had come back to Hogwarts on Dumbledore's request. He had left to find a cure for his werewolf side. Hogwarts needed a Defence of the dark arts teacher but no one was game enough to take the job. No one that was except for Professor Snape. Harry had been told in his first year at Hogwarts that Snape preferred the dark arts rather than potions.
'c'mon Harry just try it one more time' pleaded Ron
'fine but nothing will happen- Harry picked up his wand and looked at his notes again- Reletavo Evestrya' Harry said in a loud voice they were in the common room after dinner and everyone was either upstairs in the dormitories or still down in the great hall so they had the place to them self's. Ron and Hermione looked around anxiously for anything to happen. Nothing did.
'see looks like its back to the Dursleys when school finishes' Harry had gotten up to leave checking that his Transfiguration homework was all done.
'Harry, -said Hermione- don't worry we'll find another way' all three of them had been trying to find some way for Harry to avoid going to stay with the Dursleys when school ended. This was a yearly ritual. 'I know we will' he turned to leave but stopped when he heard a sound like a whistle being blown and a loud whooshing filled the room, the painting above the fire place vanished but was replaced with a very bright light then a swirly blue pool which curled in and out of it's self. The common room filled with wind Harry dropped his books on the floor rushed forward to grab Hermione and Ron away from the blue mass.
'what's happening' screamed Hermione over the noise of the wind.
'I don't know' came Harry's reply just as loud as Hermiones.
'Wicked' shouted Ron. All three of them ducked down behind the big comfy chairs that were in front of the fire. Then everything went quiet there was no whistle, no wind and no whooshing. They got up and saw that the blue swirly thing was still there but slowly something was climbing out of it. Kate hit the floor and sat up shaking her head a little looking around at her surroundings. She found out that she still had her balance by standing up and straightening her clothes. Kate turned to face Harry, Ron and Hermione and smiled.
'Err hi . wow that was some ride I don't think that they've installed seat belts yet' Ron looked puzzled by this. Harry found his voice.
'w-w-who are you' Harry seemed to have lost all feeling in his legs so he stayed standing. Ron however had moved forward and was staring at her now.
'are you an alien' Ron asked. Kate laughed
'no, my names Kate Marsters and what just happened?' said Kate. Ron came to stand in front of Kate
'my names Ron Weasley this is Hermione Granger and that's Harry Potter' Ron looked quite impressed with himself he knew "Harry Potter".
'I know who you are we have the books, we muggles, as you like to call us non wizarding folk, like to read them I've known what's been happening to you since your first year at Hogwarts and briefly before. I know that Harry faced Quirrell and that you all used the polyjuice to change into Malfoys friends and Hermione changed into cat, that Sirius Black is your godfather and that he broke out of Azkaban and that Hermione caught Rita Skeeter oh and she was an unregistered animagus' They all stared at her astonished at how much Kate knew about their lives at Hogwarts. Hermione who had remained quiet hurried over to where Harry dropped his books she found the notes for the spell they had been trying, when she had found them she quickly joined the group again.
'Harry can you repeat the spell we tried earlier I need to check something' Harry gave her a weird look but did so.
'Reletavo Evestrya' Harry repeated. Hermione looked like she had won the jackpot.
'I knew it, you pronounced the last word wrong instead of saying Avestrya you said Evestrya, which means -she quickly found the meaning in the dictionary of magickal terms she had under her arm- bring to me' she told them.
'Bring to me, it can't mean then if it did that would mean the spell worked' Harry choked out turning to stare at Kate.
'what was the spell for exactly' Kate said getting a little alarmed.
'don't worry, it was just to find out if Harry had any magickal relatives and if he did then it would show us, but if you were you would've been sent a letter when you turned 11' Ron said matter of factly. Hermione had an idea 'Harry give me your wand please don't worry it's just for a little test' Harry handed over his wand. Hermione passed it to Kate.
'here, if you can do a simple spell then you are Harry's relative which means the spell worked' Kate took the wand from Hermione and held it, immediately the back of her hand started to burn.
'owwww my stomach' she lifted her top slightly, she saw that a little mark in the shape of a bolt of lightning becoming clear. Harry leaned over to take a look.
'Hey it's exactly like mine' with that he lifted up his fringe to show his identical scar.
'But you've had yours since you were a baby mine just become visible every other time it just itches' Kate said.
'well try it then, wave the wand, try and light it say lumos' said Ron excitedly. Kate gave the wand an experimental wave
'lumos' she said, the tip of Harry's wand lit up and shone. 'Wow, it worked hey look I can do magick' Kate said her eyes sparkling she handed the wand back to Hermione.
'that was amazing but why didn't you get a letter' asked Harry, he wanted to know why no one had told him he had other relatives.
'I don't know but maybe we should tell someone like Dumbledore or something because I think there going to find out that I'm new here when they see me people are going to ask questions. My mum's going to be really worried if I don't come out for dinner maybe I should send her an owl and tell her what happened' Kate started to ramble on.
'Harry, I think you should take her to see Dumbledore so we can figure out what happened Hermione and I will stay here and try researching' Ron said.
'ok we shouldn't be long c'mon Kate' said Harry leading her through the hole in the wall and out into the corridor the Fat Lady swung back into place. Kate stayed quiet as they walked down to Dumbledore's office.
'so you know all about me and probably the rest of this place but I don't know anything about you except that we seem to be related' Harry turned his head and smiled at her, Kate smiled back.
'well what do you want to know?' Harry thought for a moment 'everything' he replied so Kate started to tell him where she went to school and how she knew everything about them and mostly about her life. Kate thought she might be boring him to death with all this but he was fascinated with what she had to say. They kept walking down the corridors until they came to a small door
'chocolate frogs' Harry said, the door opened and they found them self's in a large room with a desk at the far back there was a big leather chair with its back turned to them.
'Professor Dumbledore, sir' the chair swiveled around to face them. Dumbledore stood up and walked around to stand in front of them. 'yes Harry you wanted to see me?' Harry moved uncomfortably on the spot for a few seconds then he spoke.
'Professor, this is Kate and I think she is related to me. You see we tried this spell to see if I had any other relatives with wizard blood and I pronounced one of the words wrong and Kate appeared, then she used my wand and was able to do a spell with it. But that's not it she has an identical scar but it's on her hand' Dumbledore reached out and took Kate's hand and examined it.
' hmmm, very interesting' he let go of it and walked back to his desk. He picked up what looked like a microphone and spoke into it 'Minerva would you be so kind as to bring in the book of names please' Harry and Kate looked at each other and shrugged. A few seconds passed when a door to the left of Dumbledore's desk opened and Professor McGonagall walked in with a huge book under her arm which she set down on the desk and opened to the index and then walked back out of the room. The index didn't consist of titles instead it only had years.
They were in extremely tiny writing until Dumbledore touched the page with his wand. The writing seemed to grow until it was readable he again touched his wand to a the year 1986. The pages flicked over until it stopped at 1986. The page was set out in three columns so that the names were in alphabetical order, with one of three schools they would be attending. Hogwarts, Beauxbaton or Durmstrang. In the far column were ticks and crosses to show if they went to school. Dumbledore turned the book around to face Harry and Kate.
'read down the list and find you names then let me know' Harry followed the list down to the P's and found his row it read "Potter, Harry / Hogwarts / yes" Harry moved out of the way so Kate could find hers, she looked down at the M's and to her surprise she found her row it read "Marsters, Kate / Hogwarts /no" Kate re-read the row a few more times and then turned to face Harry.
'My names on this list, WHY is my name on the list?' Kate said in a strange voice quite unlike her own. Dumbledore cleared his throat loudly.
'I see you have found your names then, as for you question miss Marsters your name was put down at birth as was Harry's and as was every other wizard or witch to be' explained Dumbledore.
'Then if I was to come here shouldn't I have received a letter' she wanted to know why she was only going to a muggle school and not Hogwarts.
'you were to receive a letter of acceptance on your 11th birthday but when Harry survived he who must -oh what the heck- Voldemort, he vowed to kill each and every person, with magick blood in them, related to Harry. Your name was crossed off the list so that you would not be at risk. Your mother told me to sever any ties she had with the wizarding community to protect you. Next you'll ask how you are related to the Potter's, well your mother was James Potter's sister' Dumbledore sat down in his chair again to give Kate time to absorb the news before he told her any more.
'that would make us cousins, that it explains my mum told me that my Uncle James was dead' Kate turned to Harry 'I'm sorry' she said and for the first time the cousins hugged.
'this is a very touching moment nevertheless but there are some more things we need to discuss, first should you wish to remain at Hogwarts the remainder of the year, your mother will need to be contacted by Owl and your key for your vault at Gringotts will need to found I dare say, you will need some money to buy your school supply's, wand, robes and pet. And last, as brother and sister James and Sarah were given invisibility cloaks those two were terrors anyway the cloaks were left in my care Harry has been given his it is time to give you yours' with that he reached into the dark recesses of his cloak and pulled out a large key chain, with his keys he unlocked the bottom cabinet on his desk and took out a package.
He closed the door and locked it again. Dumbledore handed the package to Kate.
'I will tell you the same thing I told to Harry when he received his cloak -Dumbledore sounded serious but his eyes gave him away they were sparkling as bright as ever- Use it well' Kate took the package gratefully 'thank you sir I will' Harry and Kate both turned towards the door, they were about halfway across the room when Dumbledore spoke.
'come back and let me know what you mother says and I can make the arrangements for you to buy your supply's and I will also have someone make up a bed for you in Griffindor tower you will stay there until you can be sorted into a house' Dumbledore paused 'thank you for coming to visit, the next time you come back the password will be, exploding snap, a game I have come to enjoy' he added absentmindedly rubbing his forehead, He waved at them and they left. The journey up to Griffindor tower was quick Harry stopped in front of the Fat Lady to say the password.
'pumpkin juice' Harry said and the Fat Lady swung open to reveal a small doorway. They walked inside, by now the common room was packed. They hurried over to a table in the far corner of the room where Ron and Hermione were sitting with a pile of books many of the books were open in front of them. Ron looked up as Harry and Kate sat down.
'how'd it go?' Ron asked, neither him nor Hermione had been able to find anything.
'Dumbledore showed us the book of names' when Ron looked puzzled at this Hermione piped up.
'the book of names, I read about it in Hogwarts: A History it writes down the names of every new born with magical blood in them so they can be sent a letter when they turn 11' Harry nodded confirming what she knew about it.
'Dumbledore let us look for our names on the list I found mine and it said I was coming here, Kate found hers as well. Kate was meant to come here except hers had a cross where mine was ticked' Everyone was leaving the common room again this time to go to bed. Fred and George came over to say goodnight followed closely by Ginny. The room soon emptied. Kate put the package that Dumbledore had given her on the table she stared at it.
'what's that' asked Hermione curiously.
'Dumbledore gave it to me, he said that my mum left it with him, he said that since Harry had his I should have mine' Kate finished. Ron had a pretty good idea of what she was talking about.
'Dumbledore gave you an invisibility cloak! .Wicked' he said. Harry decided that he was going to tell them everything.
'he gave it to her because we're cousins my dad and her mum were brother and sister, so that's how were related' Harry stopped so he could let Kate tell the rest of it.
'Dumbledore told us that the reason that I didn't get a letter is because he who must not be named was going to come after all of Harry's relatives so my mum had to live the muggle life and send me to a normal school. Dumbledore also said I could stay if I wanted to, well if my mum said yes anyway. He said I could stay in Gryffindor until the reply comes back from my mum, I'll should send it soon or she'll start to worry' Kate added. Ron and Hermione absorbed this.
'we can go up to the Owlery now to sent you mum the letter' said Hermione who liked the idea of Kate staying, now she would have some company.
The guys were great but sometimes you just needed a girl to talk to. 'ok I'll grab a quill and some parchment' said Ron eagerly he also liked the idea of Kate staying now he was friends with two of the most nicest girls at Hogwarts. 'It's late do you think we should take the cloaks' Kate asked. Harry thought about this and decided they should just encase Mr. Filch and Mrs. Norris were out and about, he was the caretaker of Hogwarts and she was his cat. 'yeah I think we should Ron can come with me and Hermione can go with Kate ok' Harry and Ron raced upstairs to their dormitory to get the things they needed Harry got his cloak out from the bottom of his trunk. Back in the common room Hermione and Kate were getting to know each other better. 'so do you want to stay if your mum says you can?' Hermione said nervously. Kate smiled. 'Yeah! It's great here, I've always wanted to come here and meet you all, I hope my mum says I can stay it would be the best thing that has ever happened to me' Kate answered honestly. 'but you must hate to leave all your friends' Hermione said sadly thinking Kate might change her mind now. 'well, I only really have one friend that I'd miss, I can't trust the rest of them but I'd like to stay if I can' Kate said sadly before continuing. 'it must be great to have friends like Harry and Ron I mean you guys would do anything for each other, I wish I had friends like you' she finished. 'stay here and you will' Hermione said honestly.
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