Chapter 10
Snape had heard the screams far from his dungeon and walked a little faster than usual to get up to his daughter's classroom.
"Cate!" He repeated sternly as he came into realization on what had occurred. "What's going on? What's wrong?"
"I just...I...just killed..." She attempted to speak while her finger pointed to the dead body. Severus extended his leg out and kicked the hood of the head. His response was a loud gasp as he stared at Elena's corpse.
"How could this have happened? She was never part of the dark side."
"Polyjuice?" Replied a student.
"No, it would be ineffective by now." Snape snapped.
"Imperius curse." Catherine stated before plunking down into an empty chair. "She's been working for them since we thought she'd died."
"Well obviously." Severus cast a glance at his dead wife, swished his wand, and the body disappeared. "We can have a proper burial later."
"Cate?" Charlie had just arrived, "Catherine looked up at him, "What's all the fuss about?" She didn't respond, as she had just realized that no one was entirely safe in the castle, give it two minutes, and they could easily be killed.
"Jesus." She muttered to herself, then turned to Charlie and Snape. "Alert everyone that they are to return to their house towers immediately, if anyone in the castle seems unfamiliar, or doesn't know the passwords, send them here. Alert The Order too."
"Why is this so important?" Questioned Severus."
"Do you always have to ask!" Cate snapped, "Just go!" With that, the two men left, rounding up their students along with all the others.
Within twenty minutes, each class had been alerted and every Hogwarts student was back in their house tower. Now, the gossiped about what was happened. The Order was alerted, but no one had arrived. As Charlie, Tonks, Cate, Minerva and Snape were already on location. The professors had a short talk before rushing off to their responsibilities, leaving Charlie and Care alone in their chambers.
"How are you?" Charlie asked, rubbing his wife's arm softly.
"Not the best." Catherine replied, turning toward him. Charlie kissed her head softly.
"I can see why."
"Well yeah. First, our daughter is kidnaped. Now, I've gone and killed my own mother!"
"Ssshh." The young man cuddled her softly, "Cate, everything will work its own way out of this mess. Trust me."
"I know." The young woman whispered in reply as she buried her face into his robes. "I just..." She faded off into silence, remaining in her husband's arms as they hugged. Suddenly, she pulled away.
"What?"
"I need to go get Isabelle back."
"You mean, find her."
"No, I already know where she is."'
"Where?"
"Malfoy's. Severus gave me the clue."
"Okay..." The young man was rather unsure.
"I'll see you later." The couple kissed quickly before Catherine left.