Hope you enjoy this chapter. Kathryn finally loses control. In a number
of ways. *Evil grin* Thanks to Gray Dawn for the tip on Kat being too
closed up. I hope you like. And Hagrid's in it! Finally!
On with the story!
Chapter 23 – School days
The next few months passed quickly. Kathryn was having yet more and more visions and struggling to control them – and she had had to save so many people, as they became more and more important. She liked the fact that the visions saved lives, but she also felt like she was having no sleep at all, and had to go to Madam Pomfrey for a Dreamless Sleep potion once a week and sleep for about fifteen hours at the weekend to make up for it. Her visions were also changing. They were beginning to take the form of actual visions, appearing to her suddenly while she awake rather than in her sleep. She was barely tolerating it.
Arguments between the Slytherin and Gryffindor Seventh-years became more common and more heated. All the Marauders and Enchanted had been hexed and hexed back. Kathryn and Lily seemed to have a terrible feud with the sisters Bellatrix and Narcissa Black, born ten months apart, just within the same year. Not to mention Sirius' problem with them. And Lucius' problem with Kathryn and Sirius. And Snape's problem with James. And Kathryn. And Sirius. In all, they all seemed to have problems with each other, though the Elemental Guardians seemed to be the direction of most of the anger and fights. Whether the Slytherins knew of their identities or not, they didn't know. All the same, more pranks were pulled, and more detentions given. Even Lily got several. In the space of a month, the Marauders, Lily and Kathryn managed to collect about sixty detentions between them (though not equally).
Meanwhile, all four struggled to control their powers still, which seemed to be increasing in strength. All gained another power to add to their originals. Lily gained Psychometry, the ability to learn about the history of a person or object with a single touch. James had developed Healing, he just needed to touch a wound to heal it. Sirius had learned Levitation. And Kathryn had developed the skill of Glamour, she could change anyone's appearance with a thought, but only their appearance to others, it didn't physically change them, she was also learning how to project Glamours onto air, rather than just covering someone or something. In effect, it worked like a mask.
Let's just say their powers had some interesting effects before they were brought under complete control.
Kathryn had often wondered why James was the Mind of the Elemental Guardians yet his powers were unrelated to it.
Dumbledore explained. "The other powers you have developed, Psychometry, Shape-shifting, Particle Manipulation, Telekinesis, these do not come from the Elemental Guardian part of you. While that part gives you the strength to perform them, these powers are related to who you are, your future and what the powers may help you with, the powers you would most prize. But also natural abilities. Lily, clearly, is a very perceptive person, and that is why she has Empathy. Psychometry is an extension of that, but she is the kind of person who would easily get you to confess your feelings. James, you obviously have a protective side of you, the Healing shows that, while the two extremes of Particle Manipulation show your confrontational and combatant side. Sirius, your abilities of Telekinesis and Teleportation are again combatant, but they also suggest that you will need them later in life. Levitation... well, that my just be your fondness for flying. Kathryn, well, your skills again would be useful in combat, but also in Stealth and Disguise. All of your powers link in some way to your desires to be Aurors. And maybe to your life ahead."
Kathryn had interpreted that quite easily. 'Means I'm going to be spending a lot of time in disguise,' she had thought.
Quidditch came and went, Gryffindor staying ahead. The team of Kathryn, Lily and James as Chasers was awesome and the new Seeker was almost as good as James had been. And since he was a Second-year, he'd be there for the next few years. Unless there was a problem. But in all Quidditch was great.
But it being these friends, every day had something interesting or different to make it unique.
* * *
"Kat! We've got Defence in ten minutes!" Lily's voice rang through the room.
"What?" Kathryn gasped. "How? Why?"
"We've got Defence. We slept late. We're at school." Lily answered each question.
Kathryn scrambled out of bed and threw herself into her wardrobe, pulling on clothing quickly, today light jeans and white blouse under her robes. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and completely ignored make-up. She ran into the bathroom and cleaned her face and teeth.
Two seconds before the bell rang, Kathryn and Lily flew into the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, much to the amusement of the occupants.
"What happened?" Sirius whispered as Kathryn sat next to him and pulled her books out.
"We overslept." Kathryn whispered back.
"Now that everyone is here," Professor Johnson smiled at Kathryn and Lily, "Can anyone tell me which Dark Arts curses are most lethal and most dangerous?"
They began to answer the questions, swiftly making notes as they went.
"Why'd you oversleep?" Sirius asked.
"How do I know?" Kathryn replied. "Maybe I was tired. Thank God it's a Friday."
"Lie in tomorrow." Sirius agreed.
"Mmhmm." Kathryn murmured gratefully.
"Ah, Miss Orenda, care to tell us the answer?" Professor Kestrel asked.
"Um, what was the question?"
"If you had been listening..."
"Sorry. We overslept. I've not had breakfast, I can't concentrate. What was the question?"
"Which is seen as the Darkest spell known to wizard kind?" Professor Johnson asked.
"The Kerelian Curse." Kathryn replied.
"Why?"
"It massacres people on a battlefield. It can also be used selectively to kill only one race, or everyone but a particular kind of person. For instance, Voldemort could use it to kill everyone who doesn't have the Dark Mark burnt into his skin." Kathryn explained.
"Very good, Miss Orenda. For someone who wasn't concentrating." Professor Johnson frowned.
Kathryn grinned. "I aim to please."
James guffawed as Lily and Alice stifled giggles. Frank and Sirius just rolled their eyes.
The lesson soon came to a close and they headed to Transfiguration. Sirius handed Kathryn and Lily some rolls he had swiped from the Great Hall and they munched on them gratefully as they headed to McGonagall's class.
The professor raised a brow as the two girls entered, still eating.
"Breakfast was over an hour ago, girls." She informed them.
"We, uh, we overslept." Kathryn explained.
"Why?"
"We were up late last night." Lily answered.
"Why were you up late?"
Kathryn suddenly hit herself on the head. "We were doing the Herbology essay, Lils! Remember? We spent hours trying to find the books we needed and then we had to make our notes and then write the essay!"
Lily nodded. "That was it! I guess my mind decided to block out the bad memories." She grinned.
Professor McGonagall frowned. "Why didn't you leave it until the weekend?"
"It's due in on Monday and I have better things to do at the weekend than homework. I get as much of it done during the week as I can. I also nag Sirius to do the same." Kathryn explained.
"I'm nearly as bad. But I had patrol last night as well." Lily massaged her neck.
McGonagall frowned. "Really, you ought to eat breakfast and get enough sleep. At least have something to drink." She conjured a pitcher of orange juice and two goblets for them as the rest of the class entered.
Sirius looked amazed. "If it had been me, she'd've given me detention for eating in her class."
"That's because when you eat in her class you usually cause disasters, Sirius." James informed him. "Like food suddenly finds itself on people's chairs."
"I haven't done that since third-year!" Sirius complained.
"She obviously still remembers it." Kathryn pointed out, grinning, pouring herself a glass of juice and drinking it gratefully.
"Today, class, we will be doing some more work on conjuring. Most of you have managed to produce smaller items and make them stay. Today, I recommend chairs. We will go for the simplest first, just a plain, wooden chair."
The class proceeded to do so. It was a reasonably fun lesson, if difficult. A lot of the fun came from people collapsing onto their chairs and the chairs then disappearing. Kathryn, of course, did it perfectly first time, closely followed by her best friend's boyfriend, best friend and her own boyfriend. (A/N: Is anyone starting to wish she'd do something wrong? Even I am, and I made her up!)
McGonagall was extremely pleased. "Wonderful. That's ten points to Gryffindor, each. No one has grasped that so well!" Her mood swiftly changed. "Mr Drayson, do *not* do that!"
Kathryn and Lily laughed.
They went onto their last lesson of the morning – Charms. Today they were doing a brief overview of the Charms they had learnt so far. Professor Flitwick liked to do this, to make sure they were regularly reminded of their first lessons. They began with the Patronus Charm and continued with Bubblehead, Search, Highlight, Glamour and Voice Change charms. It was always a fun lesson and very popular. Almost everyone in the year took Charms.
Lunch soon came.
"So when did you two get to bed last night?" James asked, helping himself to chips. (A/N: That's fries to any Americans!)
"Erm, half one, two o'clock?" Kathryn guessed.
"Why didn't you just ask Madam Pince for the book you needed?" Sirius wanted to know.
"She scares me." Kathryn shuddered.
"Next time I'll go and hold your hand. We asked her for the books we needed. Got them in about ten seconds flat and finished the homework by ten o'clock." Sirius explained.
"Bully for you." Kathryn snarled – she was never in a good mood after sleep-depravation.
"Don't be like that, Kat. It means that we've got a free evening so far. All our teachers gave us the assignments earlier in the week, and since we've done them all..."
Kathryn grinned. "What are you suggesting, Mr Black?"
"That we can have an evening and weekend off, Miss Orenda. We can always go over the Charms we have learnt so far over the weekend." Sirius explained, putting on a posh accent.
"That seems acceptable, Mr Black. Do you have detention tonight?" Kathryn asked, knowing full well he did, and why.
He groaned. "Yes, I do, as do you, Miss Orenda. I do believe it was from our good friends Miss Evans and Mr Potter that we have detention."
"Ah, yes, over-affection in the corridors." James grinned.
"C'mon, you two, if you were more discreet, you wouldn't get detention." Lily pointed out.
"Yeah, the others use broom cupboards and empty classrooms, why can't you?" James asked.
"Because whenever we try and find them, there's always someone else in them." Kathryn groaned.
"What do we have to do for our detention?" Sirius asked the Head Boy and Girl.
"Ah, you'll just have to wait and see." Lily grinned.
"Great, double Potions and a detention which our best friends put us in." He moaned.
"Well, if you were less over-amorous..." Lily began.
"Ah, shut up!" Kathryn and Sirius complained and threw their napkins at her.
* * *
"Mr Black, Miss Orenda, you will be helping Madam Pomfrey in the Hospital Wing." Professor McGonagall informed them. "Don't get into any more trouble."
Kathryn grinned. "Yes, ma'am."
Sirius would have sworn the professor rolled her eyes.
"C'mon." He pulled Kathryn by the arm and they headed to the Hospital Wing.
"Yes, Miss Orenda, Mr Black? What can I do for you?" Madam Pomfrey asked as they entered.
"We're in detention. Professor McGonagall assigned us to you." Kathryn explained.
"Ah, well. Did you bring your wands?"
"Yes."
"Good." Madam Pomfrey smiled. "Mr Black, I believe you are a particularly good potion-maker?"
"Yes, madam."
"Both of you are in here too much to call me madam all the time. Poppy." She ordered. "Anyway, Mr Black..."
"Sirius." He interrupted.
"Sirius, you know how to make dreamless sleep potion, I assume?"
"Yes."
"Then would you do so? The ingredients are there. Unfortunately, Professor Swindale has been busy recently and I haven't had chance to ask him." Madam Pomfrey explained. "Kathryn, I believe you are extremely talented at Transfiguration?"
"Well, I'm good." Kathryn replied, blushing at the compliment.
"She's top of the year." Sirius commented from the table where he was working.
"Good, good. I need some more supplies. These are waste, this list shows what is needed. I trust you can do those?"
Kathryn nodded. "Yep. Bandages, splints, well let's just say that sort of thing is becoming one of my specialties."
Madam Pomfrey half-smiled. "I can imagine. Lay any extra spells on them that you wish, just make sure you tell me what spells are on them. I'll be in my office."
The two students nodded and began work.
Kathryn enjoyed it. She didn't need her wand and proceeded to Transfigure the various items into fresh bandages, slings and so on without wand or incantation. Both she and Sirius could talk as they worked and kept up a steady stream of conversation about anything and everything.
After a couple of hours, Sirius' potion had finished brewing and Kathryn had exhausted her supplies.
"Thank you." Madam Pomfrey smiled. "That's wonderful. Go, here, have some chocolate, you both look wan."
They accepted the chunks of chocolate Madam Pomfrey handed them and left the Hospital Wing.
Kathryn yawned. "I'm tired."
"Too tired for a picnic?" Sirius asked.
"Picnic?" Kathryn frowned.
"Yep. Where did you think I disappeared to at lunch?" Sirius asked.
"No idea. So, you visited the house-elves?"
"Yes. C'mon." He pulled her along.
Laughing, Kathryn followed, her tiredness leaving as he pulled her through the empty corridors.
"Where are we going?" Kathryn asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Sirius replied.
"Aww, c'mon Sirius." Kathryn begged.
"Uh, uh. Follow me."
They ducked into a secret passageway and then up a flight of stairs. Finally Kathryn recognised where they were heading.
"The Astronomy Tower?" She asked incredulously.
"Yep. It's a clear night, we know warming spells, I thought we could have a picnic under the stars." Sirius answered.
"You do know what else goes on in there out of lessons, don't you, Sirius?" Kathryn checked.
"They don't use it for lessons anymore. They use the new one." Sirius explained.
"Oh, I wonder why." Kathryn murmured sarcastically.
"C'mon on, it's just a picnic." Sirius told her in an innocent voice.
Kathryn sighed in defeat. "Very well, but I'm warning you..."
"Warning me what?"
"If I don't get what I want to eat..."
"You'll get what you want." Sirius smirked.
"I was afraid of that." Kathryn grinned.
They soon arrived on top of the Astronomy Tower. Kathryn was glad they were alone. She knew what went on there. (A/N: How did the Astronomy Tower get such a reputation anyway? In almost all the fics I've read, it has this sort of reputation.)
But she couldn't help gasping in delight. As Sirius cast a quick warming charm, they no longer felt the chilly May breeze on their skin. A picnic had been set out perfectly on a rug, along with two candles. The stars were exceptionally bright and visible, for there were no clouds. The moon, a perfect crescent.
"Like it?" Sirius asked.
"It's perfect." Kathryn murmured.
"Glad you like it."
They ensued to eat the picnic. Once it was finished, they sat on the parapets, just talking.
"This is wonderful, Sirius." Kathryn grinned.
"It was all worth it, just to hear you say that." Sirius smiled at her.
The moon, for all it was a crescent, was exceptionally bright that night. It reflected off her hair beautifully, giving it a moon-like glow. For a moment, Sirius couldn't believe that someone so beautiful was his.
"What?" Kathryn asked, examining the look on his face.
"Nothing. Just... revelling in your beauty."
Kathryn blushed and looked down.
"I love you." Sirius told her.
"You do?" Kathryn asked, mock-innocently.
"Yes, definitely. Absolutely. Always." Sirius answered seriously.
"Oh, good." Kathryn smiled. "Because I love you too."
She pulled him closer by the front of his shirt and kissed him. He kissed back. It became passionate, desirous as they grew closer, their breath mingling, their body heat shared. Sirius moved onto her neck, kissing her softly, gently, but at the same time passionately. So many emotions could be felt.
Kathryn leant further back on the parapet and pulled him back to kiss her.
Their hands began to roam, Sirius' to slip up under her blouse, Kathryn's to begin undoing his shirt. Then they forced each other away, breathing heavily.
"Sorry." They gasped in unison.
Kathryn smiled. "No wonder it's got the reputation." She nodded her head to where she was sat. "Anyone could have seen what we were doing."
Sirius nodded. "Sorry about that. I guess I got carried away."
Kathryn nodded in agreement. "Me too. Let's agree not to get that carried away until we're out of school. That's less than two months."
Sirius grinned wickedly. "Agreed, but I'm going to keep you that promise."
"Aww, Sirius." Kathryn complained, whacking him lightly as he came to sit next to her again.
"What? What'd I do?"
Kathryn gave him a sly look. "Never mind."
They slipped down from the parapet to lean against the wall. Sirius tugged the rug over them as they sat together.
"The stars are so pretty." Sirius smiled.
"I can see a star right next to me that's way more than pretty." Kathryn flirted.
"Oh, where?" Sirius looked around.
"You, you idiot!" Kathryn laughed.
"Me? Oh, me! Yes, me, that's good. I like compliments. More please." Sirius told her.
"Ah, now I only give I receive." Kathryn grinned.
"Most fair and sweet lady, beautiful and wondrous maiden, skilled and gorgeous witch!" Sirius declared. "I do love thee and shall always be thine."
"Good." Kathryn smirked.
"My turn." Sirius ordered.
"I do love thee, brave and kind sire knight, magnificent and handsome warrior, talented and gorgeous wizard!" Kathryn informed him.
"That's alright then." Sirius grinned and kissed her again.
* * *
The next morning Kathryn and Sirius woke up on the Astronomy Tower from their position the previous night.
"Oops." Kathryn stated.
"Lily and James are gonna have a field day." Sirius groaned.
"Uh huh. C'mon, we need to get to our dorms. What's the time?" Kathryn asked.
"Half nine."
"Oh well. Thanks for a lovely evening though, Sirius." Kathryn smiled and kissed him on the tip of his nose.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it."
"I enjoyed very much."
The couple headed to their room, prepared for endless teasing from their friends.
* * *
A few days later, Kathryn gave an infuriated scream and stormed out of Charms, swearing.
"What the...?" Lily began, staring.
"Miss Evans, would you go after her?" Professor Flitwick asked. "Bring her back here. If she refuses, take her to the Headmaster. She has detention."
Lily nodded and left. What on Earth had got Kathryn so riled up that she stormed out of the classroom like that? Lily blushed at the memory of the words Kathryn had been using. What was going on?
* * *
"Stupid charm. Stupid visions. Stupid life." Kathryn growled. Charms had never been her strong point. Typical that the one time she got a charm right quickly, her best friend – who was top Charms student – would also do so and hit her with it.
The Emotional Release Charm. Usually it was used on patients in counselling or hospital for them to release how they felt, to speed and help their recovery. Unfortunately, Kathryn hid a lot more than people ever realised. She always seemed in control, calm, cool, collected, or else she seemed happy, laughing, joking, teasing. They didn't know the truth.
Kathryn couldn't dispel the memory of her coma's vision. And that hurt her more than she let on. She loved her friends, they were like family, and she knew what was going to happen to them. She couldn't help seeing scenarios of Lily and James with Harry, imagining them at his birthdays, and knowing they'd never be there. Or Sirius, happily cheering on Harry at a Quidditch match, where a girl who looked a lot like Kathryn sat next to him, screaming her head off.
But it wasn't just them. The visions of Frank and Alice, playing with Neville, helping him with tips on his transfiguration also hailed her mind. She couldn't stand it.
The knowledge.
Lily and James would be dead before they were twenty-five. Frank and Alice would be insane. Sirius would be in Azkaban. And she...
Kathryn didn't know much about her future. All she knew is that she would run. With her daughter. At least her daughter would have a parent...
Harry would be placed with a family that despised him, that verbally and mentally abused him from the day he was left on their doorstep. Physically too, though not through being beaten. Starvation and being locked in a cupboard under the stairs (not to mention living in it) as punishment for ten years was abuse. Even in the summers, they would do so.
Neville would lose his parents. He'd live with his grandmother, who was so distraught over his parents' fate, that she was strict to a fault. He'd see his parents, knowing they'd never recognise him. What if...? A terrible thought struck her. Neville was the other possibility of the prophecy. What if Voldemort's Death Eaters had decided that they would go after him as well, to make sure? And what if he witnessed his parents' torture? That was sure enough to place a block on someone's magical talents. With repressed memories... Repressed magic.
Those two poor boys. She hated the idea that that was what could happen to them. And knew it would.
"Aargh! Damn the world!" Kathryn screamed. Fire shot from her fingertips and she threw it at a portrait as she stalked out of the building.
"Temper, temper." A pale woman from another portrait chided. "That wasn't nice."
"Shut your face, Oil of Ugly." Kathryn snapped, more fire brimming at her fingertips. "Portraits go up in flames very nicely."
Instantly, every member of the portraits in the Entrance Hall ran. Kathryn smiled – it wasn't a nice smile. Stupid portraits.
* * *
Lily ran though Hogwarts, trying to work out where Kathryn had gone. Luckily, the charm, along with her friend's temper, left a massive residual emotional discharge. Lily could trace the emotions with her magic, though it was a little slow. And Kathryn was so furious, upset, troubled, pained – her friend was an emotional bomb waiting to explode. And as Lily followed the trail (painfully – the rawness of Kathryn's emotions hurt Lily's head), she wondered how Kathryn had kept them bottled up for so long.
She looked at a portrait. Another who looked terrified joined the original occupant.
"What happened?" Lily asked, though she had a sneaking suspicion.
"Kathryn Orenda flung fire at one of the portraits! Burnt it to cinders! Threatened the rest of them! She's mad, I tell you. She's losing control!" The foreigner, a young woman with voluptuous skirts (the original portrait – a young nobleman – didn't mind her presence. Her skirts weren't the only voluptuous thing!) cried.
Lily headed towards the Entrance Hall.
'Don't let me be too late!' She begged God, Merlin, whoever was listening. 'Don't let her lose control!'
* * *
"Get the hell away from me!" Kathryn shrieked.
"No. Yer not t' go into th' Fores'! Yeh know that! Kathryn, wha's wrong wi' yeh?!" Hagrid asked. He had caught the girl as she tried to run into the Forbidden Forest. He had her arms pinned to her sides and was refusing to let go despite her struggles.
"Hagrid, for the last time! Get off me!" Kathryn roared.
Flames engulfed her hands.
"Kathryn, yeh'll do yerself an injury!" Hagrid cried. "Nothin' doin', Kathryn!"
"Aargh!" A feral scream rang through the grounds.
Fire beat at Hagrid's body and he let go, badly burned. Kathryn felt him release her and prepared to run. But then she saw what she had done.
"No." She uttered, terrified. She swept the fire from him with a single gesture.
She looked at her friend, burned by her own flames. Kathryn sank to the ground, crying bitterly.
* * *
Lily found her like this a few minutes later. Hagrid was busy assuring the girl he was alright – admittedly, the fire hadn't harmed him much. Kathryn was in tears, unable to cope with her visions, her knowledge of the future, her being an Elemental Guardian...
"I never thought I'd wish to be the quiet, boring person of my coma." Kathryn murmured. "And now I wish I'd never left it."
"Kathryn, it's alright. We'll be alright..." Lily soothed.
"No!" Kathryn yelled. "If everything was going to be alright, do you think I'd be this upset?! It's not. Everyone I love is going to live in hell, And I can't do anything to stop it! I DON'T WANT TO BE ME! I DON'T WANT VISIONS! I DON'T WANT KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE! I DON'T WANT MAGIC I CAN'T CONTROL! I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL!"
Lily sighed. "You're a witch, Kat. You'll never be normal."
"Then I don't want to be a witch. I'm sick and tired of people making exceptions for me. Oh, she was in a coma, let's not punish her for that. I'm no better than anyone else. No one knows the things I think, desire, want. What I'm willing to do to get my own way, or information. Pranks are simple, but I've my own agenda. Malfoy was just the start. I should have been punished for that. No one did so. No one cares that I just want to be treated normally."
Lily gave a derisive laugh. "You've got detention with Flitwick for storming out. I think I'll take you to the headmaster. Just calm down."
Kathryn cried again. "I'm sorry, Hagrid. Sorry for everything. I shouldn't have hurt you. Let my temper control me..."
"S'all right, Kat. I'm fine." He told her.
Carefully, Lily escorted a crying Kathryn into the school.
From that day on, most portraits were terrified of her.
* * *
Kathryn received a week's detention for her outburst – two for storming out of the class, two for damaging school property and another one for trying to enter the Forbidden Forest. People were wary of her after that. Kathryn heard the whispers for days afterwards. Some were almost funny. One rumour was that she burned Hagrid's hut to ashes in a fit of rage. Kathryn always felt guilty as she heard that. She didn't damage Hagrid's property, just Hagrid himself.
Eventually the rumours died down. Kathryn's friends took it upon themselves to make sure she never let herself get that way again. Like James, she bottled up emotions like helplessness, fury and despair. They refused to let her do so again.
They didn't need another disaster like that.
* * *
May soon melted into June and with June came what most Seventh-years were dreading.
The end of school exams.
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, or as most called them, the NEWTs.
* * *
A/N: Damn the evil exams!
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On with the story!
Chapter 23 – School days
The next few months passed quickly. Kathryn was having yet more and more visions and struggling to control them – and she had had to save so many people, as they became more and more important. She liked the fact that the visions saved lives, but she also felt like she was having no sleep at all, and had to go to Madam Pomfrey for a Dreamless Sleep potion once a week and sleep for about fifteen hours at the weekend to make up for it. Her visions were also changing. They were beginning to take the form of actual visions, appearing to her suddenly while she awake rather than in her sleep. She was barely tolerating it.
Arguments between the Slytherin and Gryffindor Seventh-years became more common and more heated. All the Marauders and Enchanted had been hexed and hexed back. Kathryn and Lily seemed to have a terrible feud with the sisters Bellatrix and Narcissa Black, born ten months apart, just within the same year. Not to mention Sirius' problem with them. And Lucius' problem with Kathryn and Sirius. And Snape's problem with James. And Kathryn. And Sirius. In all, they all seemed to have problems with each other, though the Elemental Guardians seemed to be the direction of most of the anger and fights. Whether the Slytherins knew of their identities or not, they didn't know. All the same, more pranks were pulled, and more detentions given. Even Lily got several. In the space of a month, the Marauders, Lily and Kathryn managed to collect about sixty detentions between them (though not equally).
Meanwhile, all four struggled to control their powers still, which seemed to be increasing in strength. All gained another power to add to their originals. Lily gained Psychometry, the ability to learn about the history of a person or object with a single touch. James had developed Healing, he just needed to touch a wound to heal it. Sirius had learned Levitation. And Kathryn had developed the skill of Glamour, she could change anyone's appearance with a thought, but only their appearance to others, it didn't physically change them, she was also learning how to project Glamours onto air, rather than just covering someone or something. In effect, it worked like a mask.
Let's just say their powers had some interesting effects before they were brought under complete control.
Kathryn had often wondered why James was the Mind of the Elemental Guardians yet his powers were unrelated to it.
Dumbledore explained. "The other powers you have developed, Psychometry, Shape-shifting, Particle Manipulation, Telekinesis, these do not come from the Elemental Guardian part of you. While that part gives you the strength to perform them, these powers are related to who you are, your future and what the powers may help you with, the powers you would most prize. But also natural abilities. Lily, clearly, is a very perceptive person, and that is why she has Empathy. Psychometry is an extension of that, but she is the kind of person who would easily get you to confess your feelings. James, you obviously have a protective side of you, the Healing shows that, while the two extremes of Particle Manipulation show your confrontational and combatant side. Sirius, your abilities of Telekinesis and Teleportation are again combatant, but they also suggest that you will need them later in life. Levitation... well, that my just be your fondness for flying. Kathryn, well, your skills again would be useful in combat, but also in Stealth and Disguise. All of your powers link in some way to your desires to be Aurors. And maybe to your life ahead."
Kathryn had interpreted that quite easily. 'Means I'm going to be spending a lot of time in disguise,' she had thought.
Quidditch came and went, Gryffindor staying ahead. The team of Kathryn, Lily and James as Chasers was awesome and the new Seeker was almost as good as James had been. And since he was a Second-year, he'd be there for the next few years. Unless there was a problem. But in all Quidditch was great.
But it being these friends, every day had something interesting or different to make it unique.
* * *
"Kat! We've got Defence in ten minutes!" Lily's voice rang through the room.
"What?" Kathryn gasped. "How? Why?"
"We've got Defence. We slept late. We're at school." Lily answered each question.
Kathryn scrambled out of bed and threw herself into her wardrobe, pulling on clothing quickly, today light jeans and white blouse under her robes. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and completely ignored make-up. She ran into the bathroom and cleaned her face and teeth.
Two seconds before the bell rang, Kathryn and Lily flew into the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, much to the amusement of the occupants.
"What happened?" Sirius whispered as Kathryn sat next to him and pulled her books out.
"We overslept." Kathryn whispered back.
"Now that everyone is here," Professor Johnson smiled at Kathryn and Lily, "Can anyone tell me which Dark Arts curses are most lethal and most dangerous?"
They began to answer the questions, swiftly making notes as they went.
"Why'd you oversleep?" Sirius asked.
"How do I know?" Kathryn replied. "Maybe I was tired. Thank God it's a Friday."
"Lie in tomorrow." Sirius agreed.
"Mmhmm." Kathryn murmured gratefully.
"Ah, Miss Orenda, care to tell us the answer?" Professor Kestrel asked.
"Um, what was the question?"
"If you had been listening..."
"Sorry. We overslept. I've not had breakfast, I can't concentrate. What was the question?"
"Which is seen as the Darkest spell known to wizard kind?" Professor Johnson asked.
"The Kerelian Curse." Kathryn replied.
"Why?"
"It massacres people on a battlefield. It can also be used selectively to kill only one race, or everyone but a particular kind of person. For instance, Voldemort could use it to kill everyone who doesn't have the Dark Mark burnt into his skin." Kathryn explained.
"Very good, Miss Orenda. For someone who wasn't concentrating." Professor Johnson frowned.
Kathryn grinned. "I aim to please."
James guffawed as Lily and Alice stifled giggles. Frank and Sirius just rolled their eyes.
The lesson soon came to a close and they headed to Transfiguration. Sirius handed Kathryn and Lily some rolls he had swiped from the Great Hall and they munched on them gratefully as they headed to McGonagall's class.
The professor raised a brow as the two girls entered, still eating.
"Breakfast was over an hour ago, girls." She informed them.
"We, uh, we overslept." Kathryn explained.
"Why?"
"We were up late last night." Lily answered.
"Why were you up late?"
Kathryn suddenly hit herself on the head. "We were doing the Herbology essay, Lils! Remember? We spent hours trying to find the books we needed and then we had to make our notes and then write the essay!"
Lily nodded. "That was it! I guess my mind decided to block out the bad memories." She grinned.
Professor McGonagall frowned. "Why didn't you leave it until the weekend?"
"It's due in on Monday and I have better things to do at the weekend than homework. I get as much of it done during the week as I can. I also nag Sirius to do the same." Kathryn explained.
"I'm nearly as bad. But I had patrol last night as well." Lily massaged her neck.
McGonagall frowned. "Really, you ought to eat breakfast and get enough sleep. At least have something to drink." She conjured a pitcher of orange juice and two goblets for them as the rest of the class entered.
Sirius looked amazed. "If it had been me, she'd've given me detention for eating in her class."
"That's because when you eat in her class you usually cause disasters, Sirius." James informed him. "Like food suddenly finds itself on people's chairs."
"I haven't done that since third-year!" Sirius complained.
"She obviously still remembers it." Kathryn pointed out, grinning, pouring herself a glass of juice and drinking it gratefully.
"Today, class, we will be doing some more work on conjuring. Most of you have managed to produce smaller items and make them stay. Today, I recommend chairs. We will go for the simplest first, just a plain, wooden chair."
The class proceeded to do so. It was a reasonably fun lesson, if difficult. A lot of the fun came from people collapsing onto their chairs and the chairs then disappearing. Kathryn, of course, did it perfectly first time, closely followed by her best friend's boyfriend, best friend and her own boyfriend. (A/N: Is anyone starting to wish she'd do something wrong? Even I am, and I made her up!)
McGonagall was extremely pleased. "Wonderful. That's ten points to Gryffindor, each. No one has grasped that so well!" Her mood swiftly changed. "Mr Drayson, do *not* do that!"
Kathryn and Lily laughed.
They went onto their last lesson of the morning – Charms. Today they were doing a brief overview of the Charms they had learnt so far. Professor Flitwick liked to do this, to make sure they were regularly reminded of their first lessons. They began with the Patronus Charm and continued with Bubblehead, Search, Highlight, Glamour and Voice Change charms. It was always a fun lesson and very popular. Almost everyone in the year took Charms.
Lunch soon came.
"So when did you two get to bed last night?" James asked, helping himself to chips. (A/N: That's fries to any Americans!)
"Erm, half one, two o'clock?" Kathryn guessed.
"Why didn't you just ask Madam Pince for the book you needed?" Sirius wanted to know.
"She scares me." Kathryn shuddered.
"Next time I'll go and hold your hand. We asked her for the books we needed. Got them in about ten seconds flat and finished the homework by ten o'clock." Sirius explained.
"Bully for you." Kathryn snarled – she was never in a good mood after sleep-depravation.
"Don't be like that, Kat. It means that we've got a free evening so far. All our teachers gave us the assignments earlier in the week, and since we've done them all..."
Kathryn grinned. "What are you suggesting, Mr Black?"
"That we can have an evening and weekend off, Miss Orenda. We can always go over the Charms we have learnt so far over the weekend." Sirius explained, putting on a posh accent.
"That seems acceptable, Mr Black. Do you have detention tonight?" Kathryn asked, knowing full well he did, and why.
He groaned. "Yes, I do, as do you, Miss Orenda. I do believe it was from our good friends Miss Evans and Mr Potter that we have detention."
"Ah, yes, over-affection in the corridors." James grinned.
"C'mon, you two, if you were more discreet, you wouldn't get detention." Lily pointed out.
"Yeah, the others use broom cupboards and empty classrooms, why can't you?" James asked.
"Because whenever we try and find them, there's always someone else in them." Kathryn groaned.
"What do we have to do for our detention?" Sirius asked the Head Boy and Girl.
"Ah, you'll just have to wait and see." Lily grinned.
"Great, double Potions and a detention which our best friends put us in." He moaned.
"Well, if you were less over-amorous..." Lily began.
"Ah, shut up!" Kathryn and Sirius complained and threw their napkins at her.
* * *
"Mr Black, Miss Orenda, you will be helping Madam Pomfrey in the Hospital Wing." Professor McGonagall informed them. "Don't get into any more trouble."
Kathryn grinned. "Yes, ma'am."
Sirius would have sworn the professor rolled her eyes.
"C'mon." He pulled Kathryn by the arm and they headed to the Hospital Wing.
"Yes, Miss Orenda, Mr Black? What can I do for you?" Madam Pomfrey asked as they entered.
"We're in detention. Professor McGonagall assigned us to you." Kathryn explained.
"Ah, well. Did you bring your wands?"
"Yes."
"Good." Madam Pomfrey smiled. "Mr Black, I believe you are a particularly good potion-maker?"
"Yes, madam."
"Both of you are in here too much to call me madam all the time. Poppy." She ordered. "Anyway, Mr Black..."
"Sirius." He interrupted.
"Sirius, you know how to make dreamless sleep potion, I assume?"
"Yes."
"Then would you do so? The ingredients are there. Unfortunately, Professor Swindale has been busy recently and I haven't had chance to ask him." Madam Pomfrey explained. "Kathryn, I believe you are extremely talented at Transfiguration?"
"Well, I'm good." Kathryn replied, blushing at the compliment.
"She's top of the year." Sirius commented from the table where he was working.
"Good, good. I need some more supplies. These are waste, this list shows what is needed. I trust you can do those?"
Kathryn nodded. "Yep. Bandages, splints, well let's just say that sort of thing is becoming one of my specialties."
Madam Pomfrey half-smiled. "I can imagine. Lay any extra spells on them that you wish, just make sure you tell me what spells are on them. I'll be in my office."
The two students nodded and began work.
Kathryn enjoyed it. She didn't need her wand and proceeded to Transfigure the various items into fresh bandages, slings and so on without wand or incantation. Both she and Sirius could talk as they worked and kept up a steady stream of conversation about anything and everything.
After a couple of hours, Sirius' potion had finished brewing and Kathryn had exhausted her supplies.
"Thank you." Madam Pomfrey smiled. "That's wonderful. Go, here, have some chocolate, you both look wan."
They accepted the chunks of chocolate Madam Pomfrey handed them and left the Hospital Wing.
Kathryn yawned. "I'm tired."
"Too tired for a picnic?" Sirius asked.
"Picnic?" Kathryn frowned.
"Yep. Where did you think I disappeared to at lunch?" Sirius asked.
"No idea. So, you visited the house-elves?"
"Yes. C'mon." He pulled her along.
Laughing, Kathryn followed, her tiredness leaving as he pulled her through the empty corridors.
"Where are we going?" Kathryn asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Sirius replied.
"Aww, c'mon Sirius." Kathryn begged.
"Uh, uh. Follow me."
They ducked into a secret passageway and then up a flight of stairs. Finally Kathryn recognised where they were heading.
"The Astronomy Tower?" She asked incredulously.
"Yep. It's a clear night, we know warming spells, I thought we could have a picnic under the stars." Sirius answered.
"You do know what else goes on in there out of lessons, don't you, Sirius?" Kathryn checked.
"They don't use it for lessons anymore. They use the new one." Sirius explained.
"Oh, I wonder why." Kathryn murmured sarcastically.
"C'mon on, it's just a picnic." Sirius told her in an innocent voice.
Kathryn sighed in defeat. "Very well, but I'm warning you..."
"Warning me what?"
"If I don't get what I want to eat..."
"You'll get what you want." Sirius smirked.
"I was afraid of that." Kathryn grinned.
They soon arrived on top of the Astronomy Tower. Kathryn was glad they were alone. She knew what went on there. (A/N: How did the Astronomy Tower get such a reputation anyway? In almost all the fics I've read, it has this sort of reputation.)
But she couldn't help gasping in delight. As Sirius cast a quick warming charm, they no longer felt the chilly May breeze on their skin. A picnic had been set out perfectly on a rug, along with two candles. The stars were exceptionally bright and visible, for there were no clouds. The moon, a perfect crescent.
"Like it?" Sirius asked.
"It's perfect." Kathryn murmured.
"Glad you like it."
They ensued to eat the picnic. Once it was finished, they sat on the parapets, just talking.
"This is wonderful, Sirius." Kathryn grinned.
"It was all worth it, just to hear you say that." Sirius smiled at her.
The moon, for all it was a crescent, was exceptionally bright that night. It reflected off her hair beautifully, giving it a moon-like glow. For a moment, Sirius couldn't believe that someone so beautiful was his.
"What?" Kathryn asked, examining the look on his face.
"Nothing. Just... revelling in your beauty."
Kathryn blushed and looked down.
"I love you." Sirius told her.
"You do?" Kathryn asked, mock-innocently.
"Yes, definitely. Absolutely. Always." Sirius answered seriously.
"Oh, good." Kathryn smiled. "Because I love you too."
She pulled him closer by the front of his shirt and kissed him. He kissed back. It became passionate, desirous as they grew closer, their breath mingling, their body heat shared. Sirius moved onto her neck, kissing her softly, gently, but at the same time passionately. So many emotions could be felt.
Kathryn leant further back on the parapet and pulled him back to kiss her.
Their hands began to roam, Sirius' to slip up under her blouse, Kathryn's to begin undoing his shirt. Then they forced each other away, breathing heavily.
"Sorry." They gasped in unison.
Kathryn smiled. "No wonder it's got the reputation." She nodded her head to where she was sat. "Anyone could have seen what we were doing."
Sirius nodded. "Sorry about that. I guess I got carried away."
Kathryn nodded in agreement. "Me too. Let's agree not to get that carried away until we're out of school. That's less than two months."
Sirius grinned wickedly. "Agreed, but I'm going to keep you that promise."
"Aww, Sirius." Kathryn complained, whacking him lightly as he came to sit next to her again.
"What? What'd I do?"
Kathryn gave him a sly look. "Never mind."
They slipped down from the parapet to lean against the wall. Sirius tugged the rug over them as they sat together.
"The stars are so pretty." Sirius smiled.
"I can see a star right next to me that's way more than pretty." Kathryn flirted.
"Oh, where?" Sirius looked around.
"You, you idiot!" Kathryn laughed.
"Me? Oh, me! Yes, me, that's good. I like compliments. More please." Sirius told her.
"Ah, now I only give I receive." Kathryn grinned.
"Most fair and sweet lady, beautiful and wondrous maiden, skilled and gorgeous witch!" Sirius declared. "I do love thee and shall always be thine."
"Good." Kathryn smirked.
"My turn." Sirius ordered.
"I do love thee, brave and kind sire knight, magnificent and handsome warrior, talented and gorgeous wizard!" Kathryn informed him.
"That's alright then." Sirius grinned and kissed her again.
* * *
The next morning Kathryn and Sirius woke up on the Astronomy Tower from their position the previous night.
"Oops." Kathryn stated.
"Lily and James are gonna have a field day." Sirius groaned.
"Uh huh. C'mon, we need to get to our dorms. What's the time?" Kathryn asked.
"Half nine."
"Oh well. Thanks for a lovely evening though, Sirius." Kathryn smiled and kissed him on the tip of his nose.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it."
"I enjoyed very much."
The couple headed to their room, prepared for endless teasing from their friends.
* * *
A few days later, Kathryn gave an infuriated scream and stormed out of Charms, swearing.
"What the...?" Lily began, staring.
"Miss Evans, would you go after her?" Professor Flitwick asked. "Bring her back here. If she refuses, take her to the Headmaster. She has detention."
Lily nodded and left. What on Earth had got Kathryn so riled up that she stormed out of the classroom like that? Lily blushed at the memory of the words Kathryn had been using. What was going on?
* * *
"Stupid charm. Stupid visions. Stupid life." Kathryn growled. Charms had never been her strong point. Typical that the one time she got a charm right quickly, her best friend – who was top Charms student – would also do so and hit her with it.
The Emotional Release Charm. Usually it was used on patients in counselling or hospital for them to release how they felt, to speed and help their recovery. Unfortunately, Kathryn hid a lot more than people ever realised. She always seemed in control, calm, cool, collected, or else she seemed happy, laughing, joking, teasing. They didn't know the truth.
Kathryn couldn't dispel the memory of her coma's vision. And that hurt her more than she let on. She loved her friends, they were like family, and she knew what was going to happen to them. She couldn't help seeing scenarios of Lily and James with Harry, imagining them at his birthdays, and knowing they'd never be there. Or Sirius, happily cheering on Harry at a Quidditch match, where a girl who looked a lot like Kathryn sat next to him, screaming her head off.
But it wasn't just them. The visions of Frank and Alice, playing with Neville, helping him with tips on his transfiguration also hailed her mind. She couldn't stand it.
The knowledge.
Lily and James would be dead before they were twenty-five. Frank and Alice would be insane. Sirius would be in Azkaban. And she...
Kathryn didn't know much about her future. All she knew is that she would run. With her daughter. At least her daughter would have a parent...
Harry would be placed with a family that despised him, that verbally and mentally abused him from the day he was left on their doorstep. Physically too, though not through being beaten. Starvation and being locked in a cupboard under the stairs (not to mention living in it) as punishment for ten years was abuse. Even in the summers, they would do so.
Neville would lose his parents. He'd live with his grandmother, who was so distraught over his parents' fate, that she was strict to a fault. He'd see his parents, knowing they'd never recognise him. What if...? A terrible thought struck her. Neville was the other possibility of the prophecy. What if Voldemort's Death Eaters had decided that they would go after him as well, to make sure? And what if he witnessed his parents' torture? That was sure enough to place a block on someone's magical talents. With repressed memories... Repressed magic.
Those two poor boys. She hated the idea that that was what could happen to them. And knew it would.
"Aargh! Damn the world!" Kathryn screamed. Fire shot from her fingertips and she threw it at a portrait as she stalked out of the building.
"Temper, temper." A pale woman from another portrait chided. "That wasn't nice."
"Shut your face, Oil of Ugly." Kathryn snapped, more fire brimming at her fingertips. "Portraits go up in flames very nicely."
Instantly, every member of the portraits in the Entrance Hall ran. Kathryn smiled – it wasn't a nice smile. Stupid portraits.
* * *
Lily ran though Hogwarts, trying to work out where Kathryn had gone. Luckily, the charm, along with her friend's temper, left a massive residual emotional discharge. Lily could trace the emotions with her magic, though it was a little slow. And Kathryn was so furious, upset, troubled, pained – her friend was an emotional bomb waiting to explode. And as Lily followed the trail (painfully – the rawness of Kathryn's emotions hurt Lily's head), she wondered how Kathryn had kept them bottled up for so long.
She looked at a portrait. Another who looked terrified joined the original occupant.
"What happened?" Lily asked, though she had a sneaking suspicion.
"Kathryn Orenda flung fire at one of the portraits! Burnt it to cinders! Threatened the rest of them! She's mad, I tell you. She's losing control!" The foreigner, a young woman with voluptuous skirts (the original portrait – a young nobleman – didn't mind her presence. Her skirts weren't the only voluptuous thing!) cried.
Lily headed towards the Entrance Hall.
'Don't let me be too late!' She begged God, Merlin, whoever was listening. 'Don't let her lose control!'
* * *
"Get the hell away from me!" Kathryn shrieked.
"No. Yer not t' go into th' Fores'! Yeh know that! Kathryn, wha's wrong wi' yeh?!" Hagrid asked. He had caught the girl as she tried to run into the Forbidden Forest. He had her arms pinned to her sides and was refusing to let go despite her struggles.
"Hagrid, for the last time! Get off me!" Kathryn roared.
Flames engulfed her hands.
"Kathryn, yeh'll do yerself an injury!" Hagrid cried. "Nothin' doin', Kathryn!"
"Aargh!" A feral scream rang through the grounds.
Fire beat at Hagrid's body and he let go, badly burned. Kathryn felt him release her and prepared to run. But then she saw what she had done.
"No." She uttered, terrified. She swept the fire from him with a single gesture.
She looked at her friend, burned by her own flames. Kathryn sank to the ground, crying bitterly.
* * *
Lily found her like this a few minutes later. Hagrid was busy assuring the girl he was alright – admittedly, the fire hadn't harmed him much. Kathryn was in tears, unable to cope with her visions, her knowledge of the future, her being an Elemental Guardian...
"I never thought I'd wish to be the quiet, boring person of my coma." Kathryn murmured. "And now I wish I'd never left it."
"Kathryn, it's alright. We'll be alright..." Lily soothed.
"No!" Kathryn yelled. "If everything was going to be alright, do you think I'd be this upset?! It's not. Everyone I love is going to live in hell, And I can't do anything to stop it! I DON'T WANT TO BE ME! I DON'T WANT VISIONS! I DON'T WANT KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE! I DON'T WANT MAGIC I CAN'T CONTROL! I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL!"
Lily sighed. "You're a witch, Kat. You'll never be normal."
"Then I don't want to be a witch. I'm sick and tired of people making exceptions for me. Oh, she was in a coma, let's not punish her for that. I'm no better than anyone else. No one knows the things I think, desire, want. What I'm willing to do to get my own way, or information. Pranks are simple, but I've my own agenda. Malfoy was just the start. I should have been punished for that. No one did so. No one cares that I just want to be treated normally."
Lily gave a derisive laugh. "You've got detention with Flitwick for storming out. I think I'll take you to the headmaster. Just calm down."
Kathryn cried again. "I'm sorry, Hagrid. Sorry for everything. I shouldn't have hurt you. Let my temper control me..."
"S'all right, Kat. I'm fine." He told her.
Carefully, Lily escorted a crying Kathryn into the school.
From that day on, most portraits were terrified of her.
* * *
Kathryn received a week's detention for her outburst – two for storming out of the class, two for damaging school property and another one for trying to enter the Forbidden Forest. People were wary of her after that. Kathryn heard the whispers for days afterwards. Some were almost funny. One rumour was that she burned Hagrid's hut to ashes in a fit of rage. Kathryn always felt guilty as she heard that. She didn't damage Hagrid's property, just Hagrid himself.
Eventually the rumours died down. Kathryn's friends took it upon themselves to make sure she never let herself get that way again. Like James, she bottled up emotions like helplessness, fury and despair. They refused to let her do so again.
They didn't need another disaster like that.
* * *
May soon melted into June and with June came what most Seventh-years were dreading.
The end of school exams.
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, or as most called them, the NEWTs.
* * *
A/N: Damn the evil exams!
Anyway, what do you think? I hope you liked it!
Anyway, to reviewers...
Ice Petals: Glad you like it. It is getting long, isn't it? And it's not even half way through!
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Gray Dawn: Thanks for the tips! You really had a point. I hope you like the way Kat lost it in this chapter. I realised that she *was* too in control. But she has her ways. Unfortunately, I think I may have mentally scarred the portraits of Hogwarts for life. J. K. will not be pleased with me...
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