Inside the veil, she saw a man with long, dark hair and dark eyes speeding toward the veil, as though pulled by an invisible force. Sirius Black, she realized as he flew out from the veil and into the living world once more.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" a voice yelled from the other side and sounds of battle could be heard.
Kim wandered around a bit, thinking that it was nice here. She spotted a man with very messy, black hair and an auburn-haired woman beside him. They were the same ones from Harry's photograph...
The man had his face in his hands and seemed as though he needed some cheering up. The woman seemed to be trying to do this. Kim approached shyly.
"D'you need some help?" she wondered to the woman.
"No, thank-you," she woman said. This had to be Lily, Harry's mother... Harry had the same eyes.
"What's wrong?" Kim asked.
"Sirius is back in the living world," the man said. This had to be James, Harry's father... Harry had the same hair.
"I'm sorry. That was my fault," she replied, shaking her head.
"How is it your fault, dear?" Lily asked.
"Well, Voldemort wanted to sacrifice your son to bring back Salazar Slytherin. I brought Sirius back instead and sacrificed myself so it didn't work," she replied.
"You know Harry?" James asked suddenly.
Kim smiled, "He's the most wonderful person I've met in a lifetime. I was his girlfriend..."
James stared at her, up and down, while Lily looked pleased at the news.
"You seem very nice. I'm sure he misses you," Lily said gently. "It was very brave of you to sacrifice yourself for his sake. I thank you."
Kim kicked the thin air out of habit. "I probably should have brought one of you back, instead," she said quietly.
"Oh, no," Lily protested, while James continued to look her up and down. "Sirius was a very good choice. Perhaps they'll catch that slimy worm, Pettigrew, and he'll be set free." Kim took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"What's your name?" James asked, finally.
"My name is Kim," she replied, careful not to mention her last name.
"You look slightly familiar," James said carefully.
Kim swallowed, "You haven't seen me before. I'm a year younger than Harry."
"Do I know your parents?"
"Well, my Mum should be around here somewhere," she said, peering around hopefully, "I haven't seen her since I was seven. But then, maybe..."
"Who's your mother, maybe we've seen her," Lily inquired gently.
"It doesn't matter right now," Kim said quickly. If she had replied "Jenny Trump" – which was her mother's name – Lily and James would know that she was Peter Pettigrew's daughter.
"I still think I recognize you," James said, shaking his head. "Maybe I saw you as a baby and you were a few months old?"
"No, not even my father knew about me until I was twelve," she replied, "and you wouldn't know my mother."
"What kind of father is that?" James asked, indignantly. "I would've been there if it weren't for Peter..."
"We all regret it, James," Lily replied stiffly. "My husband and I were betrayed and killed. I suppose you know Harry's story, right?"
"Yeah, who doesn't? He's famous," Kim replied. "I also knew about Wormtail's betrayal to you."
"How do you know about that?" James asked quickly.
"Lupin told me," she said simply.
"You know Remus Lupin?" James asked excitedly.
"Yeah. I'm friends with his daughter," she replied.
"He has a daughter?" James exclaimed.
"Yeah, and if you're in the mood for surprises, I can reveal two more for you."
"Go on," James said eagerly.
"Well..." she chose her words carefully. "Sirius has a daughter, too, named Nassandra. She's eighteen and she fancies one of the Weasleys. Her mother is dead and her name is Cairo Skywolf-"
"We saw her the other day, James!" Lily exclaimed. "I wonder why Sirius never mentioned it?"
"He never knew," Kim replied simply.
James burst into laughter, "I'd love to see his face when he finds out!"
"Yeah, and when he finds out that he's a grandfather of six, as well," Kim added, smiling.
James laughed so hard he fell on his backside and Lily had to pull him up. "What else?" James breathed, hazel eyes glittering.
"Well..." this was the hard one, "Peter had a daughter, too..."
James's expression stopped laughing and Lily looked grave.
"Is she like him?" James whispered.
"No, she loathes him and wishes him dead," Kim replied truthfully.
"Serves him right," James growled.
A ghostly figure floated over to the three of them and leaned down to speak to Kim. It was a man who looked stern, "Are you Kimberly Pettigrew?" he asked.
"Yes," she muttered, angry that her secret had been revealed and aware of Lily and James staring at her now, very oddly indeed.
The ghostly figure cleared his throat, "For demonstrating an act of bravery in sacrificing yourself, instead of another when wishing back Mr. Sirius Black, you have proved yourself worthy to live. You may enter the living world once more." The ghost looked at her blandly.
"You're his daughter!" James breathed.
"Yes, sadly," she replied.
"Can you tell Harry something from me?" Lily asked quietly.
"Anything you want," Kim replied swiftly.
"Tell him that we love him and we miss him, but he has to live out a full life and defeat Voldemort like he was supposed to and win. We're counting on him," she reeled off, a tear in her eye.
"Yes, and tell him that I miss him, too," James added.
"I will," Kim promised.
"There is a stone in your pocket," the ghostly figure said, dully. "Give it to the happy couple and they can watch their son, themselves."
"Oh, I forgot about the stone!" Kim said in surprise and pulled it out, handing it to Lily, who looked at it.
"Oh, dear! He's dueling right now!" she moaned, watching shapes appear in the stone.
"Let me see!" James whined, like a little boy.
"Good-bye, Mr. and Mrs. Potter!" Kim yelled, moving toward the door.
"Good-bye, dear," Lily called after her and murmured, "dispite being that traitor's daughter, I think she'll go well with Harry, don't you?"
"Yes, Lily, I do," James replied and Kim stepped back out, life breathing into her body once more.
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Kim found the room in utter chaos. Several Death Eaters were either unconscious or dead upon the floor and so were a few of the Order members.
Kim spotted Sirius, who was without a wand, about to be killed by Bellatrix. He can't die again! She thought furiously and jumped on Bellatrix, knocking her out cold and stunning her.
"Watch your back, Black!" she exclaimed.
"Who the bloody hell are you?" he demanded, surprised.
"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies!" she shouted.
"TRAITOR!" Potley screeched, pointing at Kim, "get her!"
Kim took a deep breath, looking at the five or six Death Eaters that were headed towards her and Sirius.
"Sirius," she shouted, "You can't die, okay! You can't! That's important!"
Sirius looked stunned, but said nothing and simply shielded himself. Potley headed toward her first, mask flying away.
"Kinita!" she shouted at him as his skin began to pale and lips changed blue.
"Watch it, little girl, you're into things much too big for you," someone sneered.
"Crucio!" someone shouted at Kim and she began to scream and writhe in pain. It stopped and she swooped back up, "Avada Kedavra!" The jet of light hit someone in the chest and they fell to the floor.
"You're a killer!" Sirius snarled.
"Stuff it, Black," she commanded and felt a pang of guilt wash up inside her before the mask was ripped off and it revealed Karl. "Personal revenge, Lestrange," she spat and kicked him.
She spotted Lupin not too far away tackling three Death Eaters by himself. She quickly grabbed Karl's wand from his hand and thrust it at Sirius.
"Defend yourself!" she shouted and headed towards Lupin at a run and stunned his attackers all at once.
"How did you…!" he gasped as he saw her.
"Never mind. I'll explain later!" she shouted.
She and Lupin ran in opposite directions and Kim went to go assist Sirius, who had cornered her father.
"Sirius! No! Don't kill him!" she cried and leapt toward them.
"Cinnibaray!" she cried, pointing her wand at her father, who shrieked when he saw her. Immediately, he turned into a rat. "Accio rat!" She held him in her hands where he began to bite and scratch her. Then she conjured a jar out of thin air and put an unbreakable charm on it before dropping him inside with a thump and sealing it. "You're going to be free, Sirius, if you turn him in," she announced and ran off to assist Emmeline Vance and Kingsley Shacklebolt who were fighting off six Death Eaters together. She stuffed the jar into her pocket and made sure it wouldn't fall out, while Sirius stared at her in disbelief.
She was stunning several of them from behind when a loud cry reverberated through the building and everyone except Voldemort and Harry, who were both dueling madly and didn't seem to notice.
She looked at the breaking wall and shrieked as a large, rather ugly-looking... thing came through it with rather crumpled-looking horns on its head. On its back were Lance and Luna.
"On, Crumpy!" Lance ordered and clicked his tongue. The animal gave roar like a wounded elephant and charged forward, stomping several Death Eaters into the ground with screams of terror.
"I told you there was a such thing as the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!" Luna yelled when she spotted Kim, who just stood there with her mouth open, dispite the fact that she should be fighting.
Finally, it took a well-placed curse of purple flames that seared onto her back to realize that Draco was trying to murder her from behind.
"You're a traitor," he spat.
"I'm proud of it," Kim yelled. "You know what they say, Draco... like father, like daughter!" And with that said, she sent several curses and hexes his way and he crumpled to the floor.
A soft hiss was heard behind her. She turned and saw Nagini, ready to strike at Harry, who was unaware and, it seemed, had cornered Voldemort by the veil without his wand.
"No!" Kim cried and transformed into a mongoose, screeching angrily at the snake and concealing her father's jar in a flowerpot in the corner that was not broken. No one would bother to look for him.
The snake turned around and spotted the mongoose. She bounded toward it on swift hind legs and her tail flowing behind her like a banner. She let her mongoose instincts take over and dove straight at Nagini's head and latching onto it, while the snake thrashed about. Kim spared a moment to look at Harry and Voldemort, who were exchanging dialogue with Harry's wand pointed directly at his heart.
"Oh, kill him already!" she cried and unknowingly sunk her over-sharp claws directly into the snake's brain, killing it instantly.
She stopped and panted before turning human again and killing the snake for sure, just in case.
"HARRY! JUST KILL HIM!" she cried. Harry did not turn to look, but took heed of the voice and blasted Voldemort into oblivion... on the other side of the veil.
He did not reappear.
Voldemort had been defeated.