Until Death Do Us Part

Chapter Four: Flashbacks and Fights

Disclaimer: Once again I do not own Harry Potter or the characters, except Kaitlyn......if you thought I did own this you are really crazy!

Kaitlyn was taken up to the Gryffindor common room, along with the other students animals and luggage. She wished that she could have stayed with Harry, Ron and Hermione. The Prefect who brought her up looked vaguely familiar, but that thought quickly escaped her. Confused feelings filled her heart and soul as she looked around at the common room. Even the fire, burning the logs underneath it, brought back memories of her days at Hogwarts. This confused her greatly. How could a fire in a fireplace bring back her dearest memories? She couldn't answer these questions, she really didn't try to.
Looking over her shoulder, she made sure that no one was in the common room. Only Crookshanks accompanied her. She transformed into a human again, and fell inside her mind and watched scenes from her childhood flash in front of her. An hour passed her by, if it wasn't for Crookshanks, she would have fallen asleep and the young Gryffindors would have seen her sitting there on the couch.
Tears misted her view, but her ears did not deceive her. She heard the voices of eager first years, awaiting to see their new house common room. Transforming back into a dog, she ran to the boys dormitory. This was a horrible mistake. She had no idea which room Harry slept in. The best she could do was lay at the top of the steps that lead to the boys dormitories' and wait for Harry to come.
"Check this out!" A first year named Robbie said.
"I didn't know dogs were allowed at Hogwarts." Another boy said.
Oh jeez......stupid first years. If dogs weren't allowed at Hogwarts, would I be here. They need to learn how to use more common sense. Like Sirius said once, never terrorize the little first years because they are stupid and they don't know the difference between a wand and a stick....in conclusion, they'll just tell a teacher!
She laughed to herself as she watched the bewildered first years stalk away. It took ages for Harry and Ron to come back from the feast. Just thinking of the feast made her stomach growl louder then she wanted it to.
"You've forgotten your dog Harry." Ron said, looking pitifully at Kaitlyn.
"No I didn't." Harry defended himself quickly. "I've got some ham for her." He knelt down and produced some ham from his pocket. She ate it ravenously as Ron watched with a odd look on his face.
"When she barfs tonight, remind me to laugh in your face." Ron smiled at Harry.
After Kaitlyn had eaten the scrap of meat, Harry lead her to his room. To Kaitlyn's dismay, Harry did not bunk in the room that Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter had bunked in. How did she know where they had bunked? She had been in there countless of times. Some were pleasant stays, others resulted in fights that almost ended up with blood spraying out of each of their heads. She would never forget the night when James and Sirius had a horrible fight. She had been the first "bystander" that was pulled into the fight. ~~~~Flashback~~~~

"Kaitlyn agrees with me, don't you Kait?" Sirius looked at her with cold, hard eyes.
"Of course she does, you're twins. She'll agree with you only because she's afraid that you'll kill her if she doesn't." James yelled.
"What? What was that?" Sirius looked as though he was going to murder the next person that said something. Peter was cowering behind his bed, Julie, her best friend, was near tears, and Remus was staring at all three of them, his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open.
Kaitlyn grabbed the two nearest pillows, and chucked it at both of them. They stopped their arguing for only a moment.
"What was that for?" James asked.
"It was her proving her point. She agrees with me." Sirius smiled maliciously at James.
"She threw one at your head too." James tried to defend himself.
"It doesn't matter. She agrees with me. Case closed, Sirius Black is the winner!" Sirius began to jump and dance around. Huge mistake. This obviously provoked James, he jumped up and threw at punch aimed at Sirius's cheek. He connected. Sirius recoiled. He looked stunned. Julie screamed, Peter scurried further behind his bed. Remus stood up.
"Would you two just stop?"
"Stay out of this wolf boy." James spat.
"Wolf boy?" Remus repeated, disgusted.
"Moony, it's ok, don't do--." Kaitlyn tried to stop them, but it didn't work. He had already punched James in the gut. James doubled over and fell to the floor, gasping for breath.
"Good job Remmie!" Sirius patted him on the back.
"I don't agree with you. I was just teaching Prongs here a lesson." He grunted through gritted teeth. He walked back and sat down on his bed, watching James struggle on the floor. Kaitlyn would have rushed to his side to make sure he was ok, but she feared that it would spark another fight.
After at least 10 minutes, James got up off the ground and spun around and looked at Remus. He charged at Remus and began to throw punches at him continuously.
Julie screamed and ran to the opposite side of the room.
"He's supposed to be fighting me." Sirius said in a somewhat depressed tone.
"Oh just shut up and try to stop them!" Kaitlyn screamed at him as she attempted to break up the fight.
By the time James stopped beating Remus, he had a black eye, and a bloody nose. Remus on the other hand was covered in bruises, and was sporting his own bloody nose. He had a huge welt on the side of his head when he was knocked off the bed. Peter was now standing with Julie in the other corner, furthest from the fight.
"You murdered him!" Kaitlyn exclaimed when she witnessed what had happened to Remus.
"Look what he did to me!" James declared.
"Look what you did to him!" Sirius bellowed from the his bed, where he had sat down.
Before anyone could stop her, Kaitlyn had sunk one of her punches into James' face.
"What was that for?" James demanded.
"She agrees with me." Sirius said nonchalantly.
James whirled around to face Sirius. He didn't say anything, just glared at him. Within 2 seconds, he pivoted and tackled Kaitlyn. He reached for the necklace that she was wearing. He hopped off of her and watched as she got up. She had the look of a lunatic. Her eyes narrowed and her face was now ghostly white. Her fists were clenched, and her knuckles went white. At first it looked like she was going to attack him, but then her expression turned to pure fear.
"So, I have finally found little Katie's weakness." He paused and nodded towards her necklace. "It's this." He waved it back and worth in the air, an evil grin was plastered on his face.
Sirius was watching in horror. He knew all the secrets behind that necklace. He also knew that hell was about to break out if James ruined it. The necklace was a small white cross. Kaitlyn treasured it for many reasons.
"James Potter, you give that back right now." Kaitlyn leered at him.
"Catch me if you can." He laughed and jumped out of her way. He ran out of the boys dormitory and down into the common room, Kaitlyn on his heels. James flew right through the portrait of the Fat Lady, and slid down a banister. Kaitlyn followed his example. She chased him all the way out to the Quidditch field. He ran up the stairs that lead to the Quidditch stands and began running up and down the rows and rows of seats.
"James please give it back." Kaitlyn screamed over the rain that had begun to fall. "I told you to catch me." He laughed again as he dangled her beloved necklace in the air.
She decided to fight now longer. Before he could stop her, she dashed down the stairs, and ran to the shore of Hogwarts lake.
~~~~~~Kait's POV~~~~~~
Damn him, damn them all. I don't deserve this. I can't believe that he would do this. What did I do to him. I didn't even side with Sirius. He makes me so sick. Why am I even friends with him. He hates me. He always has. Then why has he been kind? No he doesn't hate me. I'm just mad. He shouldn't have taken that. It's mine. I'm not going to class tomorrow. I'm not doing anything anymore. No more friends, no more Hogwarts, no more anything. I'll lock myself somewhere where noone can find me. I don't need anyone. I thought I knew them. They've all changed. What's the point of having friends if they all change?

~~~~~~Regular POV~~~~~~ Kaitlyn stared out into the lake and smiled as the giant squid's tentacle rose out from the depths of the unknown. She heard footsteps crunch in the soggy grass behind her. A clammy hand touched her shoulder. She turned and saw James standing over her. He had a weak smile on his face. His glasses were all foggy and his wet hair was matted to his head. His hand was extended to her, the necklace was in the palm of his hand. She took it slowly. The moment her hand touched his, they were connected. He clasped his hand around hers and helped her off the ground. She smiled at him, and he returned it.
"I'm sorry. I-I-I was just caught up in the moment. And, well, you always seemed so invincible, I was just so proud of myself when I found what made you fearful. I can't tell you how sorry I am." He stopped, and took the necklace from her again. This time though, he put it around her neck and clasped it together. He took her hand again, and they walked back up to the castle.
It was a miracle that they didn't get caught. It was two in the morning and students weren't allowed out of bed that late. When they did return to James's room, they found Remus still up, and supporting his injuries. Sirius however, was sprawled on his bed, sleeping soundly. Julie was gone. Kaitlyn figured that she had gone back to their room. Peter was asleep on the ground, where he and Julie had been hiding.
"Where have you two been?" Remus asked in a harsh voice. He and Kaitlyn were supposed to be going out, but she could never tell with him.
"I was trying to kill James for you." She told him sarcastically.
"Right. Well maybe you should head to bed. Classes are tomorrow. The weekends over." He informed her.
"Ok, but I was going to help you with those." She pointed to his cuts that were now oozing with blood.
"I'm used to it. I can take care of myself thanks." He gave her a cold look and continued to bandage himself.
She turned to look at James for support, but he just shrugged and collapsed onto his bed. She watched Remus continue to bundle himself up in bandages for a few more minutes, before she sat down next to him and helped him. This time though, he didn't push her away.

~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~

Seamus Finnigan's snores pulled her back to reality. She decided to vow to herself that she would focus on Harry and his two friends more then anything. She couldn't let old school memories take her away from the important things.

~A/N~ Oh yes......a flashback! Wonderful! I love writing about flashbacks! This one was really awesome cause I got to write about all of the Marauders and stuff. I admit that it was violent, but do you think that their friendship was perfect? I do! Except I do believe that they had their mishaps, so I decided to write about a really bad mishap! I have no idea what James and Sirius were fighting about, but that's not the important thing! I hope to get more of that necklace in the story too! Please review!

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