Lupin's Little Dark One
A/N: Disclaimer still stands. Kieran is
pronounced (Kear Anne)
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"Three words. Thomas Marvello Riddle." Harry said.
"Voldemort?" Kieran said. "But how could he ... no way." Harry nodded.
Chapter Six: Had Enough of Hermione
Kieran had a rough day during classes. She knew most of the material that was taught, but she was so tired from the late night venture she had a difficult time keeping her notes up, but she managed well enough. As she now sank heavily down into her usual seat across from her father at the head table in the Great Hall. Draco took a seat next to her.
"Feeling better?" he asked softly.
"Much, thanks Draco." Kieran smiled. He smiled in return.
"Hey, wanna have that talk after dinner?" Draco asked.
"I don't see why not." Kieran said. Harry came over and sat next to Kieran and Ron on his other side both of them nodding their greetings to her and Draco. "Hey Guys." Hermione and a red-headed girl came over and took the seats on the other side of Ron.
"Hey Kieran, this would be Ginny, Ron's little sister. She's just a year below us. " Harry said, gesturing to the red-head girl. Keiran waved and Ginny waved back with a weak smile and a look to Hermione.
"So, you're my age." Kieran said. They all looked at her. "My school starts a year earlier than Hogwarts."
"Really? That's different." Hermione said.
"Yea, but it stretches your seventh year into two years." Kieran said. Harry smiled at her. She caught his eye and looked away.
"Kieran, did you tell Dumbledore yet?" Harry hissed to her. She shook her head. "Did you tell anyone?" She shook her head again. "Good. Don't, I have an idea." She raised an eyebrow but shrugged and nodded. She reached for a spoon as her father did the same and their hands touched. She gasped and jumped backwards staring at him. Remus looked at her concerned for a moment and then met her eyes with a smile and whispered to Dumbledore.
After dinner as Kieran was walking out to find Draco, when Dumbledore called her and Harry back to the table.
"Do you have something to tell me?" he asked.
"I'm..." Kieran began.
"She's tired, and we've talked loads today, we know bunches about each other already." Harry finished, glaring at her.
"Dumbledore I'm psychic." Kieran admitted.
"What form Kieran?" Remus asked.
"When I touched you at dinner, I saw Mum." Kieran said. "But it's never happened like that before, like when I first felt like that in Canada, I had been kissing the guy..." Dumbledore smiled.
"You've at last discovered what Voldemort gave to you then." Dumbledore said. "His own newly acquired trait. But I believe to say you seem to have mastered it before him."
"I would highly say seeing her mother when she touches me mastery Albus." Remus said. "Mastery would be seeing what she wanted to see."
"How do you know she didn't want to see her mother through your eyes?" Harry inquired. Remus shrugged.
"I... wasn't looking for anything, like I said, it's never happened like that before, the boy in Canada, and then when we tried Harry, I saw a rather large man dressed as a non-magical." Kieran said.
"My Uncle." Harry said.
"You kissed?" Remus asked.
"I touched the back of his head like we were..." Kieran replied. Remus sank down in his chair with a sigh and Dumbledore chuckled.
"Romance may very well bud of this Remus, if not with Harry, than perhaps with Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore said. Harry started laughing and Kieran rolled her eyes.
"Me, Romance, that's a good one." Kieran said giving a false snicker. "Never happen."
"You're so pessimistic Kieran." Harry said playfully. She gave him a cold glare. Remus smiled and shook his head.
"I'm truly no longer worried, I think the old Kieran is lost." Remus said.
"Didn't we already have the old conversation?" Kieran said darkly. "She's dead and buried with her parents." Remus looked at her sadly.
"Kieran, do you have to be so rough on poor old Remus?" Harry asked. She looked at her father.
"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry, I totally forgot." She said. Remus shook his head.
"If I may be excused." Remus said and he walked out through the back. Kieran looked after him.
"I really did forget." she whispered. She turned and ran out the main entrance. Throwing open the doors and towards the stairs without looking and ran SMACK! Into Draco Malfoy's arms. She broke down there and he was rather confused.
"Kieran, are you all right?" he asked. She shook her head and sank to the floor pulling him with her. "What happened, where were you, what's going on?" When he found her too upset to reply he stood her up. "Come, we'll go for a walk."
The two walked around the school for an hour at least until he lead her to the astronomy tower. She sat down by the window looking out. She had long stopped crying and had fallen silent.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"It's no trouble, but I am curious as to what upset you like that." he replied. She shook her head.
"You wouldn't understand." she whispered.
"Try me." he said. "You'll find me a very receptive person." He took a seat near her. She looked at him warily and then took his hand. She immediately withdrew.
"I have to go." she said quickly. She stood up and ran out. She kept her pace until she was outside the portrait of the lady in the pink dress. "Godric." The portrait swung open. She ran over to Harry.
"Kieran where have you been?" Harry asked.
"Draco Malfoy..." she began. "I think he's a death eater."
"Wouldn't doubt it." Ron said.
"Ron shut up." Harry said. "C'mon we need to go see Dumbledore." The three made their way to the portrait. Hermione Granger stopped them.
"Ron I am truly ashamed of you, as a prefect, you should know it's past curfew. You can't leave." Hermione said hotly.
"Look, Hermione, this is frankly much more important than any curfew you feel necessary to enforce now that Kieran is here." Harry said. "We might have a death eater on school grounds, as we speak." Hermione glared hard.
"It will have to wait till morning." Hermione said.
"Hermione!" Ron snapped. "How many times have you broken curfew! I'm permitting them to go! And I'm going with them!" Ron fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a prefect badge and pinned it on his shirt. "We won't be getting in trouble either!"
"Then I'm coming as well." Hermione said sternly. Kieran shoved her out of the way, grabbed Harry's shirt and marched out of the common room. Ron and Hermione followed close behind them. "I ought to report you for pushing me!"
"I ought to punch you for getting in my way!" Kieran shouted.
"You hear that! She's threatening me!" Hermione declared. Kieran turned around and pointed her wand straight at Hermione.
"I have had enough of you!" Kieran said. "I did nothing to you and you insist on treating me like shit!" Hermione's eyes widened. "No shut up, or I'll shut you up okay? You want to be in the circle? I've had a horrible evening. I found out I'm a psychic, forgot my father was my father, and I have a suspicion that I nearly told a death eater something I haven't even told Harry. And I'm supposedly bound to him! By flippin' Voldemort! Okay, now you know just about everything. Feel better?" Hermione looked down at the floor. Kieran stormed off again towards Dumbledore's.