Yay! Another chapter!!! I hope you enjoy. I am aware that some people won't read something unless it's over a certain number of words or pages long. Mainly because that's what I do! But I do expect some more reviews now it's over 10 000 words long.

Thanks to Daphne Li for being my second reviewer and first reviewer who I don't know in real life! I really like your story (sorry, I'm still trying to work out the e-mail thingies from FanFiction). And to Lobo Diablo, thanks for reviewing again. However, call Kat a Mary-Sue, even a twisted Mary-Sue, and you will die. Or rather, Steff will be punished in my chapters of our co-fic, okay?

So, on with the story!

Chapter 4 – To Hogwarts!

1st September 1980, King's Cross Station:

"SIRIUS CALHOUN BLACK!" A voice shrieked through King's Cross Station. "PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!"

Had people turned to stare, as some did, they would have seen a very handsome young man with a very pretty young woman slung over his shoulder, running through the station. They would also have seen the irate way the young woman beat him on the back, but couldn't be truly angry for a smile betrayed her true feelings.

"But you're an invalid!" The young man (Sirius) protested.

"HOW MANY INVALIDS DO YOU KNOW THAT CAN MEMORISE FIVE YEARS OF WORK IN THREE WEEKS AND PASS ELEVEN GOD-DAMNED TESTS WITH TOP MARKS?!" The young woman shrieked.

"But Kat..." He complained. "You just woke up from a coma a month ago."

"DON'T I BLOODY WELL KNOW IT?!" Her voice was shrill and angry.

"Now, now, Kat, language." Another young man advised.

"DON'T YOU DARE LECTURE ME ON LANGUAGE, JAMES HAROLD POTTER! YOURS IS WORSE THAN MINE!"

"But I'm not the one screaming swear words across the station." James pointed out.

Kathryn bit her lip and said, rather civilly, "Put me down, Sirius. Or I swear, I will fight my amnesia, and think of something to tell James' parents about what you did as a little kid."

"You have something!" Sirius suddenly yelled, dumping her on the floor. "I chased you into the cursed wood!"

"How many times do you have to be told? That is not your fault! There's enough secret passages in the house where I could've hidden!" Kathryn yelled back.

"But I didn't have to chase you!"

"I didn't have to run! Christ, how many times are we going to have this fu– flipping conversation?" She quickly changed her choice of words as her parents drew near with her younger sister and twin brothers.

"Conversation? I'd say it was a shouting match if you ask me." A female voice commented from behind them.

Kathryn rounded, her temper high. She recognised the voice's owner long enough to know her name, but not long enough to process it. "Stay out of this, Lily, unless you have a way to tell this stubborn dog that it was not his fault I got put in a coma."

"Why don't you just say it?"

"Because he's too – damned – thick – to process it!" Kathryn emphasised her point by poking Sirius in the chest.

"Flirting much, you two?" James asked.

Kathryn rounded on James again. "Don't even think of lecturing me on flirting, James Potter! At least I'm not an arrogant, egotistical prat who hexes people for no apparent reason!"

"You only saw one point of view of that situation!" James argued back. "You have no idea of the context..."

"Context? CONTEXT? All I need to know is that your behaviour helps turn Snape into a mean old bag." She stopped. "But maybe that would happen anyway. Besides, don't hex him!"

"Why not?"

"It's my job!"

"You don't have any reason to..."

"I have a very good reason to! I know what he's going to do in the future and I don't care if he risks his life later on! He's an insufferable jerk who'll make life living hell for your..." Kathryn stopped, red in the face. "Oops. Forget I said anything."

"For my what?" James wanted to know.

"I said forget it! God, you guys are idiots! I always talk about what's going to happen when I'm angry or upset! Stop making me feel like that!" Kathryn complained. "And it gives me a headache."

"You've been having headaches since you woke up." Sirius frowned. "Here, this should help."

He handed her what looked suspiciously like a sherbet lemon.

"If this is a prank..." Kathryn began.

"No! I'd never prank you!" Sirius looked horrified at the mere thought.

"Only because I'd give as good as I got." She grinned, and popped the sweet in her mouth. "Sherbet lemon?"

"Yeah, they're Muggle, they're well nice."

"And this helps my head how?"

"You concentrate on sucking it. Then you forget about your head." Sirius explained.

"You are aware that I wouldn't have a headache if you hadn't slung me over your shoulder in the first place?"

"Yeah, but it was fun."

"Fun how? Your back is going to be covered in bruises tomorrow!"

"I don't bruise."

"So?"

"You're funny when you're mad."

Kathryn rolled her eyes. "You're mad. Insane. Crazy, cuckoo, not all there. Get my message?"

"Yes, oh fair and sweet lady!" Sirius gave an exaggerated bow.

Kathryn giggled. "Get over with you!" Suddenly she remembered Lily's presence. "God, I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed. "I'm Kathryn Orenda."

"Lily Evans, but how did you know my name before?"

"Coma. Five years. Some sort of prophetic dream. Lived in future. Witnessed your – our world through books, also set in the future. Know certain aspects of your futures, but not all. Don't know how I fit in. Anyway, know you, and James, and the rest from the books. Also, the main character of the books, Harry..."

"My son!" James whooped gleefully.

Kathryn glared and he shut up. "He kind of fell into one of the other characters' pensieve and witnessed the scene after the Defence Against the Dark Arts OWL Y'know, James being a prat, you yelling, an' all. By the way, Snape is an idiot even if he does turn out to be a not-so-baddie. Also know a few other bits, but the description... No one can miss you." The girl grinned.

Lily grinned. "Really?"

"Yeah."

"How'd you get in a coma?"

"Sirius and I were playing in the woods. Apparently he was chasing me and I ran off. We were eleven, the summer before we came to school, apparently on the thirty-first of July, which is weird. Anyway, I ran into Voldemort. Apparently he tried to strip my powers or something. Anyway, I went into a coma. Wake up five years later, to the day, earlier this summer."

"Oh. What year are you starting?" Lily wanted to know, a smile in her intense green eyes.

"Sixth."

"Already?"

"Yeah."

"OWLs?"

"She got eleven Os." Elise smiled proudly.

"And then I slept for three days to recover. I think they thought I'd gone into another coma." Kathryn grinned.

"Who's your friend, Kat?" Olden asked.

"This is Lily Evans. Lily, my parents, Olden and Elise Orenda. My little sister Leila. I suspect you may have met Jonah and Joseph." She gestured to her family. "And I know you've met Sirius and James."

Sirius grinned. "Ah, the fair flower of Gryffindor tower."

Kathryn raised a brow. "I thought I was the fair flower?"

"No, you're the fair and sweet lady." Sirius corrected.

"Oh. My mistake." Kathryn grinned.

James gasped. "We're gonna be late!"

Lily looked at her watch. "Oh, crap!" She yelled. She looked back at her parents who had arrived. "Bye, Mum, Dad!"

"What, no Petunia?" Kathryn asked innocently.

"No! C'mon!"

Lily and James, surprisingly, slipped through the barrier unnoticed. Then followed Kathryn and Sirius, joking, laughing and teasing. Finally the Orendas followed.

Kathryn gasped as she saw the scarlet engine of the Hogwarts Express. It was just as amazing as she had imagined. People were hurrying to say goodbye to parents, others to get on the train. As they put their belongings onto the train, a voice called out.

"Oi, Padfoot, Prongs!"

Kathryn turned to see a young Remus Lupin heading towards them, already in his Hogwarts robes, and looking a little flustered.

"I thought you were going to be late." Remus informed them.

"We had a slight – er – pause by the barrier." Sirius explained.

"I think you chucking me over your shoulder and then having a shouting match with me qualifies as more than a 'slight pause'." Kathryn remarked. She smiled. "Hey Moony."

"How d'you...?" Remus began.

"Leave it, she seems to know a lot about us." Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Hey, I didn't ask to be put in a coma. Though it's made things a lot more interesting." Kathryn grinned. "We're going to have to deflate James' head though. It's gonna get so big that he can't get on a broomstick."

"Hey!" James protested.

"She's right." Lily informed him.

"Of course you think anything derogatory said about me is right, Evans, so don't worry if I don't take the comment all that seriously."

"Potter, you..."

"See what I mean?" Kathryn interrupted.

There was a whistle.

"The train's about to leave!" Elise gasped. She grabbed Leila in a big hug. "Oh, sweetheart, be good, tell me where you've been Sorted!"

"I will, Mum, if – you – stop – strangling – me!" Leila gasped.

"Oh, sorry." The woman went on to hug her two sons and then stopped before her eldest daughter. "If you ever need to talk, or write, or anything, Kat, just write a note. Or call, if you prefer."

"I will." Kat promised as she returned her mother's hug. "Bye Dad." She hugged her father.

"Be good. I don't want these Marauders corrupting you." He informed her.

"Corrupting me? What makes you think I won't be corrupting them?" Kat teased.

"C'mon, girl, enough with the touching farewells already." Sirius ordered, opening the door to the end (their) compartment with a bow.

"Why, good sir, how kind and generous of you." Kathryn giggled as she alighted the train.

"Anything for a sweet lady. Fair flower, all aboard. Sir Prongs, Sir Moony, I shall follow, your humble page." Sirius grinned as the others entered the compartment.

"Actually, Lily and I need to go." Remus informed them as Sirius closed the door. "Prefects meeting an' all."

"Yes, yes, of course." Sirius ushered out. "Lily, if you see your friends, tell 'em to come and meet Kat, will you?"

"Sirius, I can make friends without help." Kathryn rolled her eyes.

Lily grinned. "Sure."

"Where's Peter, d'you think?" James wondered.

"He probably wound up in the wrong compartment." Kathryn shrugged, not caring.

James frowned. "Hey, he's our friend."

Kathryn bit her lip to stop herself from saying: 'yeah, fine friend he turned out to be when he betrayed you to Voldemort'. After all, it hadn't happened yet.

Sirius, who knew her well by this point, observed it and guessed. "He did something in the future, right? Something you don't like?"

Kathryn nodded. 'You won't like it either, when you realise what he does...'

"Well, anyone up for Exploding Snap?" James asked.

They played for a few minutes, before two girls entered. One was dark-eyed and -haired, her skin a deep tan. She was tall and curved, but smiled brightly. The other was so fair as to look unreal, her skin like porcelain, and she had a very petite frame. All the same, there was strength behind those innocent blue eyes.

"Hi!" The dark girl grinned. "I'm Alura Kingston. And this is Radella Leigh. Lily told us to come and say hi."

Kathryn grinned. "Good, too many boys in this compartment."

"Yeah, we can torment them." Radella looked very wicked.

"Can tell you're friends of Lily's." Sirius groaned.

"Aww, is poor likkle Sirius scared of what the big bad girls will do?" Kathryn teased.

"I'm guessing you know him."

"Apparently we were friends before my coma. He was the first person I saw when I woke up."

"Really? Gosh, that must've been grim."

Kathryn smirked. "Actually, we crossed verbal swords. The first thing he did was whistle and tell me 'Love the gown, makes you look really sexy.'" She shot a sly look at Sirius, who blushed. "Mind you, that hospital gown was very flattering." She grinned.

The other two girls laughed. "Who are you?"

"Kathryn Orenda."

Alura's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You were in the news."

"Oh yeah. Miracle cure, Kathryn Orenda awakes!"

"What year are you starting?"

"Sixth."

"OWLs?"

"Eleven Os, and don't we know it." James grimaced.

"You're just jealous I got as good grades as you and I learnt it all in only three weeks. Mind you, some of the information I knew already. From my coma."

"What...?"

"Don't ask. You'll find out soon enough."

The five students began talking. It wasn't long before Lily and Remus reappeared, Peter in tow.

"Kathryn." Lily smiled.

"Oh, that's your name, is it?" Remus asked.

"Yep. Didn't you know?" Kathryn grinned wickedly.

"No. You knew mine, and my nickname, but I didn't know yours." Remus shrugged.

"You know their stupid nicknames?" Lily asked.

"Yeah." She grinned at the uncomfortable boys. "And what they mean."

"You'll have tell." Radella grinned.

"It depends on how much the Marauders pay me."

Lily giggled. "Oh, you're as bad as them."

"Don't insult me! I'm female!"

"Alright, alright, almost as bad as them."

"HEY!" The four boys responded in unison.

"W-Who are you?" Peter stuttered.

"Kathryn Orenda, Wormtail." She replied, her voice suddenly cold.

"O-Oh." He made no other response and sat down next to James.

"The Marauders and Enchanted in one compartment, who'd've thought it?" Sirius teased.

"Enchanted?" Kathryn enquired.

"Us. You can join if you want." Lily grinned. "That is if you don't mind trying to beat the boys at everything."

Kathryn grinned. "Oh, I'm in. Do we have nicknames too?"

"Yeah. Lily's called Charm, Radella's Secret, and Alura is, funnily enough, Allure." Remus answered with a grin.

"Oh, me, um, that's a tricky one..." Kathryn began.

"Mysterious Kathryn, doesn't know of this from her future Sight." Sirius grinned.

"Thanks, Sirius. How about Mystique?" Kathryn answered.

"Perfect." Lily grinned.

"There's just one problem."

"Oh?"

"We've got the same number of people as the boys."

"So?"

"So it's unfair on them! Three girls can beat four boys easy, but four against four? You're asking for a slaughter!" Kathryn looked horrified.

The girls laughed. The boys shot glares Kathryn's way.

"What? What'd I do?" She asked innocently.

James groaned.

"What?" Lily snapped.

"She sounds exactly like Sirius."

Lily now looked (mock) horrified. "Oh no, we can't have that! Them sounding alike? No siree!"

The train ride continued much along the same vein, though the others noticed that Kat and Sirius' teasing and jibing could also be interpreted as something very similar to flirting. It wasn't long before someone entered.

"Hey, sister." Joseph greeted her.

"Yo, sister." Jonah smiled.

"Soul sister, flow sister!" Kathryn continued.

Lily grinned, but the others didn't seem to get the joke.

"You never heard the song Lady Marmalade? It's cool. I was sure it had been released by now." Kathryn frowned. "Though the one I heard was this awesome cover version."

(A/N: If the original Lady Marmalade hadn't been released by September 1980, sorry, but it is in this!)

"It has, but its a Muggle song." Lily explained.

"Oh. Never mind. How're you guys?"

"We're fine. We were checking up on you." Joseph explained.

"I don't need checking up on."

"That's what we thought."

"Go check on Leila."

"We have."

"Ahh, aren't you sweet big brothers?"

"Yep, that's us."

Kathryn laughed.

"Which one of you's which?" Radella asked. "I can never tell."

The two boys were identical. They, like their father and all of the Orenda children but Kathryn, had bright blue eyes, mischievous, but kind. They were tall, but muscular, with chestnut hair, again like their father, they had his colouring. But they had their mother's perfectly arched nose, if a little longer, and classic bone structure, so there was no doubting a family resemblance, even if Kathryn did look like an almost replica of her mother but for her height and curves (her mother was very un-curvy – Kathryn got hers from her grandmother).

"Ah, well, Joseph's the one with the smirk. And Jonah's the one with that little scar on his cheekbone." Kathryn explained. "But they can be very different. It's not hard to tell which is which after a while."

"Oh. So, which one of you is sweeter and can I go out with you?" Radella teased.

The others burst out laughing.

The twins left, both beet-red.

"You're evil, Radella. Pure evil." Kathryn laughed.

"Nah, just wicked." Radella smiled, wickedly of course.

The food trolley had been and gone by the time the train inexplicably slowed. Kathryn frowned, and looked about confused.

"What's happening?"

"Don't know." Sirius replied.

At that moment the door opened and a chill fell on them, a spectral figure rose, a foul stench permeated the air.

Kathryn stared, before her eyes rolled back in her head and she fell from her seat.

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"So, little one, you think to defy me?" A cold, strangely high-pitched voice said.

Kathryn shuddered. It was Voledmort. But she stood brave. "Yes. You can't have my magic. Whatever it may be!"

"I was hoping no to resort to this. Crucio!"

Kathryn's screams filled the air about them. Even the Death Eaters shuddered, though not when their master could see them.

"Had enough, child?"

"My magic is my own, Voldemort. You shall not have my power!" Kathryn's voice seemed strangely strong.

"Very well. Neither shall you. But to make it more painful, your family shall suffer too." He gripped her, his hand causing a scoring pain on the bare flesh of her collarbone.

"Aargh!"

"Ah, yes, a little – mark, of our encounter." Voldemort snarled. He then poured a liquid down her throat. "The Draught of Living Death, child. No known cure."

Kathryn fell into a sleep, a coma, light leaving until she arrived in another life...

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"Expecto patranum!" A voice yelled.

Kathryn instantly broke free of the horrific memory. She realised that she was on the floor, her head in Sirius' lap, for he had caught her before she hit it.

Another voice had entered the cabin. "What in Merlin's name...? Dementor. Begone with you. You are not wanted here." A stronger voice joined the other. "Expecto Patronum!"

The Dementor withered, and disappeared.

"Merlin, is the girl all right?" The other voice asked.

"Si-Sirius?" Kathryn murmured.

"Yes?"

"It-It was Voldemort. H-he gave me the Draught of Living Death. And-and the Cruciatus curse. I-I wouldn't give him my magic." Kathryn murmured.

"You saw it?"

"Yes, yes, my worst memory. I – no one else fainted, did they?"

"No. Are you okay? Can you get up?" Sirius asked.

"Yes." Kathryn pushed herself up. She looked at Lily's amused face. "Not one word."

"Me? Why would you think I had anything to say?"

"You always have something to say."

"Too true." Alura agreed, nodding solemnly.

"Are you okay, Miss Orenda?" The other, unfamiliar voice asked.

"Y-yes, I think so." Remus shoved some chocolate into her hands. "Thanks, Remus."

"Any time."

"You conjured the Patronus?"

"Yes."

"Thanks."

"You conjured a Patronus, Mr. Lupin?"

"Yes, Professor."

"Impressive."

"Thank you, Professor."

"I'm sorry, Professor who?" Kathryn asked.

"McGonagall, Miss Orenda."

Kathryn paid instant attention. She grinned.

"I don't see what there is to smile about, Miss Orenda." Professor McGonagall frowned. She looked to be in her early thirties, but for witches and wizards it meant she could be anywhere between twenty-one and fifty. A lot of wizards or witches' aging was determined on genetics, but most looked young than they were – but factors were always instrumental. But she still wore her hair up severely and had that same expression Kathryn recognised.

"It's you! A teacher I know about!" She grinned. "Well, know about in, say, eighteen years time on, but you're still you! I'm sorry, I think the Dementor made me mad."

"I don't notice any difference." Sirius observed.

Kathryn giggled before slapping him lightly.

"Are you okay, Miss Orenda?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Yes. Why are you on the train?"

"Professor Dumbledore requested I be here. It's been recently instituted."

"Oh, alright then."

Professor McGonagall shook her head, commenting about Dementors and crazy girls from comas and left.

Kathryn giggled. "She's constant."

"You mean she'll be like that when she's teaching our kids?" James asked.

Kathryn nodded. "But she'll still have a penchant for Gryffindor winning Quidditch. Even to the point of bending a few rules."

"McGonagall, bend rules? What crazy future is this?" Sirius asked, laughing.

"Don't know, never mind. Hey, Remus, that was one impressive Patronus you conjured." Kathryn grinned. "Thanks, it stopped me from sinking any further."

Remus smiled. "It's okay. I can teach you, if you like."

Kathryn laughed. "Yeah, okay, it's one I may well need."

It wasn't long before they arrived at Hogsmeade station, having all 'changed' into robes. As with most Sixth and Seventh-years, they had merely slung their robes on unbuttoned over their Muggle clothing (teens seemed to prefer it). They entered the carriages and then the school.

"Miss Orenda." A voice stated.

Kathryn whipped round. "Oh, um, hi." She didn't recognise this teacher.

"I'm Professor Kennan, Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts." The man explained helpfully.

"Oh, hi." Kathryn grinned. "What's up?"

"You need to be Sorted. Since you have never had any official Sorting of any type, you'll have to be Sorted before the First-years."

She giggled. "Okay."

"Very good." He then turned to the First-years. "First-years, follow me."

And Kathryn and a number of scared looking eleven-year-olds followed the teacher into the Great Hall of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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A/N: So, what do you think? Good, bad, middling? Shorter than some of the others I think, but never mind. Okay, this is a double posting, so go straight onto the next one!