(Forgot to put this up before) Disclaimer--I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters, only the plot, and Kathy and her family.

Chapter 3: Idiots…

I stepped out of the fireplace and saw my mother sitting on the couch sobbing. Even after all of the insults she heaped upon me, I still loved her, so I rushed to her. "Mom," I cried, "What's the matter?" she looked up at my voice and her eyes lit up.

She hugged me, sobbing, "I knew it, I knew it was just a test!" She laughed and hugged me closer. "I knew they wouldn't really hurt you, they were just testing my loyalty." She laughed and cried and held me closer, petting my hair.

I guess my mother really did love me, but that didn't mean she wasn't a complete idiot! "What are you talking about mom?" I asked, hoping beyond hope that she wouldn't say she'd sent me there knowing I could die.

"There were death-eaters at Diagon Alley today, I knew there would be, but they told me I had to send you anyway. But I knew it was a test," She said fervently, nodding like a child telling mommy that she was right, "I knew they just wanted to see if I was loyal enough to them, that I would risk everything." She pulled back, smiling down at me. She really believed what she was saying.

I pushed her away, "Are you telling me that you sent me there, knowing that they would kill me, and you didn't even tell me to take my wand!" I shrieked, she just nodded, confused as to why I was so angry, "Are you Stupid?" I asked she even looked hurt at that. "If I hadn't hidden, they would have killed me! Would that have made you happy?" I asked, know that it wouldn't, "Then you wouldn't have your disgraceful muggle-loving child to deal with, then you wouldn't have to rant all summer that it was my fault the sorting hat put me in Gryffindor. You are the dumbest person I know!" I turned to leave but she'd stood and grabbed my arm before I got very far.

She spun me around, red in the face, "What did you just say to me?" In the voice that used to make me cringe

"You heard me," I said, voice low with rage

"I am not stupid!" she yelled, "But you might be. Anyone who would follow that git you call a headmaster, is an idiot. I know that they would not have hurt you if you didn't try and hurt them first. That was why I didn't tell you to take a wand. It was a test of my loyalty!" I looked at her and could tell that she really, really believed it all. Her face held that inner light that all crazy wack-job zealots get.

"He may be a git, but at least he'd have never sent me out to get killed." She slapped me then.

"Well if you trust that muggle-loving fool so much, then why don't you go back to him? Go pack your shit and get out!" she yelled pointing towards the front door.

"Oh, I'll get out, mother, and if I ever see you on the other side of the battle field, trust me on this, one of us won't come off it alive." I turned, ran up the stairs, and into my room. I'd pack my trunk and floo myself back to Hogwarts. I know that it may interrupt Dumbledore's plans a bit, but what could I do? Tell her, 'no I'm not leaving'? Not on your life.

I had thrown all of my clothes and robes, and books into my trunk, picked up my wand and wished that I could do magic outside of Hogwarts and not get kicked out. Grabbed the handle of my trunk and walked down the stairs.

I was clunking down the last few and heard my mother talking to someone, "What do you mean if you had found her she would have been dead? I thought it was just a test, not a murder." She was quiet for a while, then said, "You're right, I can't have her working against me, but I don't want her dead, she's my child for Christ's sake." She stopped talking again to listen. She made some hmm, noises the said a few yeses and then I heard the phone click. Why she was using the phone I don't know (AN/ Think about it, the ministry is watching the floo network, if the death-eaters tried to use it they would get caught, and owls can be intercepted, phones is one thing the ministry wouldn't think of)

I walked into the living room and past her by the phone. "Kathy, wait. You were right, it was a trap, and I was stupid for thinking anything but, but please don't leave. I was angry when I told you to go, but I'm not anymore." She looked so sincere, but I knew my mother, she was good at lying.

"Well, mom, I don't really care if you believe me now, I miss my friends and what to go back to school to see them anyways. I'll be back for the Easter Holidays, hopefully by then, you will have found a way to see through their lies, and I'll be safe." I figured if I made it seem like it wasn't her that made me leave, then she would let me leave without a fight. I was right.

She sighed and stepped out of my way. I went over to the fireplace and took a pinch of powder fro the pot on top (AN/ Don't you just love how all of the fireplaces have those handy little pots?) threw it in the flames, and said, "Gryffindor Tower," stepped in, and was gone.

Penelope Castile (Kathy's Mom) POV

My lovely daughter had left me all alone. She had left me years ago, it had just never seemed so final before. I knew that she thought I hated her, and it hurt me so much, but at least if she thought it, then they would leave her alone.

When she had first gone to Hogwarts, I had anxiously awaited the owl that told me she was a Slytherlin like me, at least then she would have been safe. But the owl I got sent shivers down my spine, she was in Gryffindor, just like her father.

Her father, I dare not even think his name. I loved him so much, and sorrowed when he joined the order. It meant that we could not be together. I hadn't even told him I was pregnant, until he saw me very large months after he left. He wanted to be apart of her life, but I told him no! No, I would not endanger her for him. I know she will always hate me for that.

I went and talked to him when she joined the order last year, made sure he wouldn't tell her that he was her father. He agreed he even set it up so that she would be "adopted" so to speak, by the parents of the other members her age, and he would introduce her to Harry Potter and his friends. So she had friends, and adults to look after her, and I was satisfied, even if she was in danger. I guess that was as safe as she could be with them.

AN/ Ok, not my best work, but at least now you know what goes on in her Mom's head… R&R Please…Hoping the chapters will be longer soon

Angelically-tainted-- Thank you for the encouragement. I'll try to give more details about the "feelings" (HATE) the characters feel for one another