"Mum? Dad? Anyone home?" Kaitlyn shut the door behind her and dumped her duffle bag beside it. A few seconds later she heard quiet footsteps coming from upstairs. She looked up to see a teen a few years younger than herself watching warily.
"Hello, you must be Harry."
"Hello, who are you?"
"Don't remember me huh? Well, you were only three when I left. Kaitlyn Dursley. Everyone else out?"
"Yeah. Are you staying?"
"For a few days. The friends I usually stay with are out of the country at the moment. Had lunch yet?" He shook his head. "Come on, I'll make something up." He followed her into the kitchen slowly, watching her every move. She'd gotten her parents letter saying he attended a school for criminal children but didn't believe it for a second. Unlike her baby brother she remembered her Aunt and Uncle, and they were fond memories. Once she'd been old enough she'd started digging into their world. Time to see if her suspicions were true.
"So how's school, Hogwarts, isn't it?" She watched him freeze from the corner of her eye.
"I... How do you know?"
"Unlike Dudley I remember Aunt Lily and Uncle James though I only met them a few times. Mum had a box with some of your Mum's stuff in the attic, till she caught me looking. So, you're a wizard?"
"In training." He waited for a typical Dursley explosion but it didn't happen.
"Cool. Bet you hate coming back here for the summer." He watched her curiously. "Expecting me to yell or something? Maybe call you a freak?" His jaw dropped slightly. "Relax and try to ignore the rest of the family, their just ignorant bigots. She ruffled his hair affectionately and handed him a sandwich. "So, tell me about yourself." With that invite he was off.
"BOY! Get down here or miss your train!"
"It's ok Dad, I'll drop him off. I need to go to London for some stuff anyway." Kat said, emerging from the guestroom.
"Fine, just get him out of here!" She grinned at Harry and helped him get his stuff to her car. The two hadn't talked much over the past two weeks, her parents kept him too busy and if she tried to help simply assigned him more chores.
"Glad to be leaving?"
"Yeah. When do you leave?"
"Tomorrow, but since I'm spending the day in the city it shouldn't be too bad."
"Will I see you again?"
"Course you will, don't know when but we'll see each other. You can always write me."
"Thanks, I will." she parked at the station and helped him with his trunk.
"Think I'll meet any of your friends?"
"Maybe." Harry looked around and grinned as he saw a group of familiar redheads. "Come on!" She followed him through the station to the barrier. "Ron!"
"Harry! Wish you could have come to the Burrow this year. Who's this?"
"Ron this is my eldest cousin Kaitlyn. Kat this is the Weasley family. Ron's my best friend."
"It's nice to meet you all."
"A pleasure dear, I'm Molly, this is my husband Arthur."
"Didn't know the muggles had a daughter." Arthur commented.
"I don't live at home, haven't since I was pretty little. I've been visiting the last fortnight. You right from here Harry?"
"I'll be fine. Thanks Kat."
"No problem. Look after yourself, stay out of trouble and don't forget to write!" She hugged him and left.
"Hello, you must be Harry."
"Hello, who are you?"
"Don't remember me huh? Well, you were only three when I left. Kaitlyn Dursley. Everyone else out?"
"Yeah. Are you staying?"
"For a few days. The friends I usually stay with are out of the country at the moment. Had lunch yet?" He shook his head. "Come on, I'll make something up." He followed her into the kitchen slowly, watching her every move. She'd gotten her parents letter saying he attended a school for criminal children but didn't believe it for a second. Unlike her baby brother she remembered her Aunt and Uncle, and they were fond memories. Once she'd been old enough she'd started digging into their world. Time to see if her suspicions were true.
"So how's school, Hogwarts, isn't it?" She watched him freeze from the corner of her eye.
"I... How do you know?"
"Unlike Dudley I remember Aunt Lily and Uncle James though I only met them a few times. Mum had a box with some of your Mum's stuff in the attic, till she caught me looking. So, you're a wizard?"
"In training." He waited for a typical Dursley explosion but it didn't happen.
"Cool. Bet you hate coming back here for the summer." He watched her curiously. "Expecting me to yell or something? Maybe call you a freak?" His jaw dropped slightly. "Relax and try to ignore the rest of the family, their just ignorant bigots. She ruffled his hair affectionately and handed him a sandwich. "So, tell me about yourself." With that invite he was off.
"BOY! Get down here or miss your train!"
"It's ok Dad, I'll drop him off. I need to go to London for some stuff anyway." Kat said, emerging from the guestroom.
"Fine, just get him out of here!" She grinned at Harry and helped him get his stuff to her car. The two hadn't talked much over the past two weeks, her parents kept him too busy and if she tried to help simply assigned him more chores.
"Glad to be leaving?"
"Yeah. When do you leave?"
"Tomorrow, but since I'm spending the day in the city it shouldn't be too bad."
"Will I see you again?"
"Course you will, don't know when but we'll see each other. You can always write me."
"Thanks, I will." she parked at the station and helped him with his trunk.
"Think I'll meet any of your friends?"
"Maybe." Harry looked around and grinned as he saw a group of familiar redheads. "Come on!" She followed him through the station to the barrier. "Ron!"
"Harry! Wish you could have come to the Burrow this year. Who's this?"
"Ron this is my eldest cousin Kaitlyn. Kat this is the Weasley family. Ron's my best friend."
"It's nice to meet you all."
"A pleasure dear, I'm Molly, this is my husband Arthur."
"Didn't know the muggles had a daughter." Arthur commented.
"I don't live at home, haven't since I was pretty little. I've been visiting the last fortnight. You right from here Harry?"
"I'll be fine. Thanks Kat."
"No problem. Look after yourself, stay out of trouble and don't forget to write!" She hugged him and left.