Kat stood up and rummaged through her trunk, as if in a daze. She muttered something about needing to take a shower and walked into the bathroom.
Everyone else just sat there for a moment. It was a Saturday and no one was in a rush, there were no classes.
In the bathroom, Kat was practically drowning herself. She kept the water running over her head, trying to wash out the images and clear her mind. It wasn't working very well. After about half an hour, she turned the shower off and wrapped herself in a fluffy, orange towel. She poked her head into her dorm room to be sure it was empty. Once she was, she walked over to the door, locked it with a regular lock, and then used a locking charm. Once done, she searched through her trunk for some clothes. She found a pair of semi-tight flare jeans that were rolled up quite a bit at the bottom, and a grey tank top. She threw these on and just sat on her bed, letting her sopping long, red hair soak the top of her shirt.
She sat there until she remembered her CD player. In the restricted section of the library, she had found a spell to make muggle electronics work on magic. She had proceeded to enchant her CD player and CD's. She looked through her trunk to find her player and a random mix CD. After putting her hair into two braids, she put on her headphones and pushed the play button.
She closed her eyes, absorbing the music, and fell backwards onto her bed, so that her head was hanging off the foot, practically in her trunk. She could feel the blood pounding in her ears, along with the music. Kat got kind of woozy so she rolled onto her stomach and pushed herself up, opening her eyes. She yawned and looked around. An envelope sticking out of her robe's pocket caught her eye. She grabbed it, remembering it was the one on her bed. She tore it open, skimmed it, and blinked a few dozen times. She re-read it, slower this time, and growled.
Dear Miss Katarin Riddle,
It has come to my attention that you are the Dark Lord's daughter. I am already a death eater, and I have pledged my full support to your father, and now I will pledge my support to you. And I have a simple question, if you don't mind; who is your mother? I know of many others who would also like to know.
Sincerely,
Lucius Malfoy
"Why that little rat…" Kat growled as she tore off her headphones, stopping her music, and unlocked the door. She flung it open and stormed down the stairs. About halfway down, she ran right into a Weasley. She could only tell because of his red hair. She and the Weasley tumbled down the stairs. Kat jumped up to run off, but someone grabbed her wrist.
"What is it? Filch on your tail?" Kat spun around to meet the semi-amused gaze of Fred.
"I need to go beat someone's face in, if you don't mind." When he refused to let her go, she yanked her arm away. "I'll tell you later," she offered as a sort of explanation and raced off.
She darted out of the portrait hole and past a group of first years, almost knocking them over. She headed down towards the dungeons, knowing that's where he'd be. She heard his maniacal laugh before she ever saw him and slowed down.
Kat turned a corner and there he was, trying to impress some fifth year Ravenclaw with his famous Malfoy charm. He noticed Kat and smirked. Kat walked up to him and swung, pleased when her punch connected with something.
The rest was pretty much a blur to her. Draco looked down at her, holding his nose, blood gushing through his fingers, just as Snape walked out of his office. The next thing Kat knew, she was sitting next to Draco, in front of Snape.
"Miss Riddle, might I ask what the hell you did that for?"
"Blondie boy here went off and told his dear old dad about me. Much to my surprise, I received a letter from Lucius yesterday." Kat stated calmly.
"She broke my bloody nose for no reason!" Draco squeaked out and got a glare from Snape and promptly shut up.
"Violence was not needed!"
"Oh but professor, it was. Violence isn't the answer, but the question, and the answer is always yes." Kat said, a bit too smugly for Snape's liking.
Snape glared and handed Draco another tissue. "Boy, go up to the infirmary." Draco scampered away. "As for you, Katarin Riddle, you will receive a weeks worth of detention."
"But professor, I thought only the head of my house could make that decision, and last I checked, you aren't it." She smirked.
"Well then, we'll pay a little visit to her." With that, he stood, grabbed Kat by the back of her neck, and practically shoved her out the door and down the hall to McGonagall's office. He didn't knock, but instead marched right in.
"Severus! What do you think you are doing!" She yanked Kat away from him.
"Minerva, she punched Draco. Probably broke his nose." Snape narrowed his eyes.
"Aww, it's not broken, just a bit bloody. I can punch much harder than that." She got glares from both of them and shut up.