A/N: Alright, I have decided not to leave you hanging for too long, so I wrote this chapter as fast as I'm capable of!
Chapter Twenty-Five: Our House, Is a Very, Very Fine House! (don't ask, it's an old song...)
After a little while, Harry and Sirius cleared the table. Harry sighed remorsefully, they would all have to go back to Hogwarts in just three days.
"So, have anything planned for tonight?" Sirius asked him, setting down a rather large stack of plates.
"Not really," Harry lied. Cho was coming to visit tonight, her family lived a few miles from here. "Are you guys still going to visit Dumbledore?"
Sirius must've noticed his anxiety about having Sirius at the house when Cho came, because he quickly hastened to reassure him, "Look, I know that you don't want her to know I'm here, but she won't unless I myself greet her, and I won't very well be doing that, now will I?"
Harry nodded, smiling, "S-sorry, it's just that I'm so nervous...I've never really had to spend time with her alone, we were always with her friends, or mine."
"James was the same way when he first started to date your mother, back in our seventh year. He always tried to stay near Remus and I, and Lily didn't really like it all too much."
"Did they ever spend time alone?"
"Oh! Heaven's yes...Yes, Lily would always shoo us out of the room," Sirius smiled.
Harry wasn't all too convinced, but he didn't ask anything else, especially since Kit and Mrs. Weasley came through the swinging door into the kitchen, both carrying trays of leftovers.
"Sirius, you had better get ready, we're about to go! But, I know you asked me not to pry, who's going to be watching them? Fred and George are---"
"Perfectly capable!" Arthur Weasley said, walking in behind them. Kit grinned at Harry, who was looking at them with an odd expression.
"Fred? And George?! They're watching us...?" Harry asked in disbelief.
"Yes! Unless you want to do the honor's, Harry..." Sirius said, grinning.
"Well, we'd best be off! Can't keep him waiting too long, once Remus is done lecturing Ginny and Hermione about staying inside all night, we'll leave!" Molly said, shaking her head.
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"Goodness, I hope they don't freeze to death out there!" Kit said, closing the door behind Harry and Cho, "It's absolutely artic..."
Fred and George were in the back room, Hermione and Ginny were in Kit's room, and she and Ron were in the living room, spending a bit of time alone. Fred had teased them about wanting to be alone, but agreed, saying that they probably needed it, what with them being hounded all the time. Kit despised the sarcasm in his voice...
Ron smiled shyly up at her, "Never really been alone before, have we?"
"Not alone like this..." Kit looked to the fire, "It's so nice here, isn't it?"
"Yeah..." Ron said, putting his arm around her as she snuggled next to him.
Kit smiled up at him, almost giggling at the way he looked. He was blushing lightly, his arms shaking. Maybe he'd never been alone with a girl like this. After all, she had only kissed him once, and even then he acted awkward after. (Maybe he needs some encouragement...) Kit thought.
"What's wrong?" Kit asked him as he looked away from her.
Ron looked at her with a pained expression, "It's just so hard when we're alone like this..."
"If you don't want to be here, that's fine...I just thought that you'd appreciate a little time with me. You've been asking since we got here."
"No!" He looked appalled, "It's not that at all, I do want to be here, with you! I'm just so nervous..."
Kit sighed, "Look, maybe we're not that close yet, but I just thought---"
Kit couldn't finish her sentence, the last traces of her words lost as Ron leaned forward and kissed her.
"Well, I guess there wasn't anything to be nervous about then!" Ron said dizzily as he pulled away, "Wow...I never thought I'd do that."
Kit couldn't say anything, all she could do was stare at him. She definetly hadn't been expecting that....
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The Weasleys piled in behind Kit and Harry as they chose a large compartment for the ride back. Kit and Ron had been closer than ever, though Harry really didn't know why. All he knew was that it was a complete disaster to be with Cho alone.
After they had left, Cho had got mad at Harry for being so quiet, then she left for home early after dinner and told him it was over. Harry was actually relieved at this, because he had known all along that she wasn't the one he cared about. No, he cared about someone entirely different, although he'd never tell Ron or the twins who it was...
All through the train ride home, Kit and George dominated the conversation. Ron always blushed when she took his hand and shifted nervously.
"Finally," Ginny said as they got off of the train and stood in Hogsmeade's station.
Harry jumped as Hedwig fluttered towards them, she had been let out last night to hunt, clasping a roll of parchment in her beak. She alighted down onto Kit's shoulder, thrusting the letter into her face, so as to be sure that she had seen it. Kit took it, breaking the seal and unrolling it solemnly. Her eyes read over it speedily, getting wider and wider as she read on.
"They can't do this! It's not fair!" Kit gasped, then looked around, "They're putting me in...just read it!" She thrust the letter into Harry's hands, and the rest of them crowded around, all jostling to see what it held.
"Harry, just read it out loud!" Hermione said, joining them as she stepped off the train, obviously wanting to see what all the hub-bub was about.
"Dear Katherine,
We have recieved notice that you are not in your mother's desired house. She has sent an owl and we regret to inform you this, but you are now enlisted into the Slytherin house. You are to report to your former Head of House to recieve a time and date as to when you will move in as soon as you reach the school. Said former Head shall meet you in her office.
After such meeting, you will be able to stay in your house until the designated time and date, then you will have your robes and other paraphernalia changed to suit your new house colors and designs. Your new head will explain the rules and conduct of the house privately, then show you your dormitory area.
Before you are to meet your former Head, you may take up your case with the headmaster, but you must have a good case.
Deputy Headmistress,
Minerva McGonagall "
Kit was near tears as she looked at the appalled faces of her friends. The twins whispered something to each other, then turned back to the letter, shaking their heads, "I didn't think that they could do that, it doesn't really seem fair."
"It's a rule," Hermione said airily, her face very pale, "Read so in Hogwarts, A History. It says that if a parent has a complaint, they may make a case with the headmaster, and that rule also complies to house's."
"My mother wouldn't do that! She had just told me to stick with Harry! She wouldn't just change her mind like that without telling me!"
"Apparently, she did..." Ginny stated simply, not showing any signs of remorse or anger, "And if it's a rule, then you can't do anything about it!"
"Well, there is one thing that she could do, but it wouldn't be possible without a really good case..." Hermione said slowly, then beamed, "We can keep you in Gryffindor! But, I'll need everyone's help!"
Kit looked at her apprehensively, "I don't know, what if my mother really did want me to be in Slytherin! I am betrothed to---" Kit cut off when Ron sent her a warning glance, "I mean she was close to the Malfoy's!"
The twins still weren't talking, looking at Kit as if she were diseased. Harry simply couldn't understand anything, he had no idea what Kit had meant to say, but he had a strong feeling that her mother had nothing to do with that letter...
"Look, we can go with you when you speak to McGonagall," Ron said, "Y'know, for moral support, or just to be there."
"No, I'm going by myself, I want to see this letter and exactly what it said!" Kit's eyes flashed maliciously, "I simply refuse to believe that my mum had anything to do with this!"
Kit didn't even wait to get her things, instead, she gave Ron a huge hug, then kissed him full on the mouth, whispering something, then teleporting. Ron just stood there, staring at the spot she had been standing in with pure admiration.
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"No! Did you actually expect me to believe any of this! I know she didn't want me in Slytherin! Whoever wrote that letter is a liar!" Kit yelled indignantly, completely ignoring the fact that she shouting at a professor.
"You haven't even let me read you the letter!" McGonagall shouted back, waving the parchment madly, "Maybe you will find some proof! Otherwise, I expect you to behave better! It's not as if I want you out of my house! You and Hermione Granger have racked up more points combined then I have ever seen!"
Kit sat down in her seat, seething, "Read it then."
"Dear Hogwarts,
I am sorry to inform you, but I feel that my daughter, Katherine Clivelle, has been sorted into the wrong house. She may be fit for Gryffindor, but I would rather her be in Slytherin's house, as to be closer to her suitor. You may not know, but my husband and I made an arrangement for her marraige, so that we might keep the blood of our family pure. She is bethrothed to a Slytherin, and I wish her to be left in his care.
The Malfoy's and I have been very close and we arranged a marraige for Katherine and their son, Draco. She was supposed to have been left in their care at the age of twelve, but she was thought better to be in the care of Hogsmeade's only orphanage. Now, I wish that you comply with my request and remove her from Gryffindor as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Zema Clivelle "
Kit couldn't find anything wrong with the letter, she didn't even know if what she had thought before was at all plausible. He couldn't have sent that letter, for he didn't know a thing about her mother, let alone the fact that she was once to be left in their care, because Kit herself didn't know that.
"Now, if that is up to your standards," McGonagall began forcefully, "I would like for you to let me designate your meeting with Dumbledore."
"You do not need to do so, I don't wish to argue anything, I have no argument." Kit said monotonously, "I'll just be needing the time and date that I am to be moving into Slytherin's house."
"Very well then," McGonagall's voice lightened as Kit's eyes filled with tears, but she chose to ignore them, since Kit wasn't noticing herself, "You're to meet Professor Snape tomorrow morning, before your classes start, but you'll have the day off to adjust to being in a different place."
"Thank you, and I'm sorry for how I reacted," said Kit, her voice faltering, but her face held in a stern expression. "I'll be leaving."
"Here, we have a copy of the letter for reference, you can take the original if you'd like." McGonagall handed her the letter, then let her leave with her head held high.
Once in the hall, Kit teleported to her dorm, then fell to her bed in a heap.
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A/N: Alright, I said it was important, and I call that important enough! Now, if you don't mind, I'm off to go and plot s'more! *Kit and Ron are having a tickle fight* How loverly...bleh *Ginny's sitting beside them, looking dreamily at a sleeping Harry, while the twins are complaining about Kit and Ron's wild antics* That's enough, George! You can't magic them apart, I've taken your wand! Bye!
Chapter Twenty-Five: Our House, Is a Very, Very Fine House! (don't ask, it's an old song...)
After a little while, Harry and Sirius cleared the table. Harry sighed remorsefully, they would all have to go back to Hogwarts in just three days.
"So, have anything planned for tonight?" Sirius asked him, setting down a rather large stack of plates.
"Not really," Harry lied. Cho was coming to visit tonight, her family lived a few miles from here. "Are you guys still going to visit Dumbledore?"
Sirius must've noticed his anxiety about having Sirius at the house when Cho came, because he quickly hastened to reassure him, "Look, I know that you don't want her to know I'm here, but she won't unless I myself greet her, and I won't very well be doing that, now will I?"
Harry nodded, smiling, "S-sorry, it's just that I'm so nervous...I've never really had to spend time with her alone, we were always with her friends, or mine."
"James was the same way when he first started to date your mother, back in our seventh year. He always tried to stay near Remus and I, and Lily didn't really like it all too much."
"Did they ever spend time alone?"
"Oh! Heaven's yes...Yes, Lily would always shoo us out of the room," Sirius smiled.
Harry wasn't all too convinced, but he didn't ask anything else, especially since Kit and Mrs. Weasley came through the swinging door into the kitchen, both carrying trays of leftovers.
"Sirius, you had better get ready, we're about to go! But, I know you asked me not to pry, who's going to be watching them? Fred and George are---"
"Perfectly capable!" Arthur Weasley said, walking in behind them. Kit grinned at Harry, who was looking at them with an odd expression.
"Fred? And George?! They're watching us...?" Harry asked in disbelief.
"Yes! Unless you want to do the honor's, Harry..." Sirius said, grinning.
"Well, we'd best be off! Can't keep him waiting too long, once Remus is done lecturing Ginny and Hermione about staying inside all night, we'll leave!" Molly said, shaking her head.
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"Goodness, I hope they don't freeze to death out there!" Kit said, closing the door behind Harry and Cho, "It's absolutely artic..."
Fred and George were in the back room, Hermione and Ginny were in Kit's room, and she and Ron were in the living room, spending a bit of time alone. Fred had teased them about wanting to be alone, but agreed, saying that they probably needed it, what with them being hounded all the time. Kit despised the sarcasm in his voice...
Ron smiled shyly up at her, "Never really been alone before, have we?"
"Not alone like this..." Kit looked to the fire, "It's so nice here, isn't it?"
"Yeah..." Ron said, putting his arm around her as she snuggled next to him.
Kit smiled up at him, almost giggling at the way he looked. He was blushing lightly, his arms shaking. Maybe he'd never been alone with a girl like this. After all, she had only kissed him once, and even then he acted awkward after. (Maybe he needs some encouragement...) Kit thought.
"What's wrong?" Kit asked him as he looked away from her.
Ron looked at her with a pained expression, "It's just so hard when we're alone like this..."
"If you don't want to be here, that's fine...I just thought that you'd appreciate a little time with me. You've been asking since we got here."
"No!" He looked appalled, "It's not that at all, I do want to be here, with you! I'm just so nervous..."
Kit sighed, "Look, maybe we're not that close yet, but I just thought---"
Kit couldn't finish her sentence, the last traces of her words lost as Ron leaned forward and kissed her.
"Well, I guess there wasn't anything to be nervous about then!" Ron said dizzily as he pulled away, "Wow...I never thought I'd do that."
Kit couldn't say anything, all she could do was stare at him. She definetly hadn't been expecting that....
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The Weasleys piled in behind Kit and Harry as they chose a large compartment for the ride back. Kit and Ron had been closer than ever, though Harry really didn't know why. All he knew was that it was a complete disaster to be with Cho alone.
After they had left, Cho had got mad at Harry for being so quiet, then she left for home early after dinner and told him it was over. Harry was actually relieved at this, because he had known all along that she wasn't the one he cared about. No, he cared about someone entirely different, although he'd never tell Ron or the twins who it was...
All through the train ride home, Kit and George dominated the conversation. Ron always blushed when she took his hand and shifted nervously.
"Finally," Ginny said as they got off of the train and stood in Hogsmeade's station.
Harry jumped as Hedwig fluttered towards them, she had been let out last night to hunt, clasping a roll of parchment in her beak. She alighted down onto Kit's shoulder, thrusting the letter into her face, so as to be sure that she had seen it. Kit took it, breaking the seal and unrolling it solemnly. Her eyes read over it speedily, getting wider and wider as she read on.
"They can't do this! It's not fair!" Kit gasped, then looked around, "They're putting me in...just read it!" She thrust the letter into Harry's hands, and the rest of them crowded around, all jostling to see what it held.
"Harry, just read it out loud!" Hermione said, joining them as she stepped off the train, obviously wanting to see what all the hub-bub was about.
"Dear Katherine,
We have recieved notice that you are not in your mother's desired house. She has sent an owl and we regret to inform you this, but you are now enlisted into the Slytherin house. You are to report to your former Head of House to recieve a time and date as to when you will move in as soon as you reach the school. Said former Head shall meet you in her office.
After such meeting, you will be able to stay in your house until the designated time and date, then you will have your robes and other paraphernalia changed to suit your new house colors and designs. Your new head will explain the rules and conduct of the house privately, then show you your dormitory area.
Before you are to meet your former Head, you may take up your case with the headmaster, but you must have a good case.
Deputy Headmistress,
Minerva McGonagall "
Kit was near tears as she looked at the appalled faces of her friends. The twins whispered something to each other, then turned back to the letter, shaking their heads, "I didn't think that they could do that, it doesn't really seem fair."
"It's a rule," Hermione said airily, her face very pale, "Read so in Hogwarts, A History. It says that if a parent has a complaint, they may make a case with the headmaster, and that rule also complies to house's."
"My mother wouldn't do that! She had just told me to stick with Harry! She wouldn't just change her mind like that without telling me!"
"Apparently, she did..." Ginny stated simply, not showing any signs of remorse or anger, "And if it's a rule, then you can't do anything about it!"
"Well, there is one thing that she could do, but it wouldn't be possible without a really good case..." Hermione said slowly, then beamed, "We can keep you in Gryffindor! But, I'll need everyone's help!"
Kit looked at her apprehensively, "I don't know, what if my mother really did want me to be in Slytherin! I am betrothed to---" Kit cut off when Ron sent her a warning glance, "I mean she was close to the Malfoy's!"
The twins still weren't talking, looking at Kit as if she were diseased. Harry simply couldn't understand anything, he had no idea what Kit had meant to say, but he had a strong feeling that her mother had nothing to do with that letter...
"Look, we can go with you when you speak to McGonagall," Ron said, "Y'know, for moral support, or just to be there."
"No, I'm going by myself, I want to see this letter and exactly what it said!" Kit's eyes flashed maliciously, "I simply refuse to believe that my mum had anything to do with this!"
Kit didn't even wait to get her things, instead, she gave Ron a huge hug, then kissed him full on the mouth, whispering something, then teleporting. Ron just stood there, staring at the spot she had been standing in with pure admiration.
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"No! Did you actually expect me to believe any of this! I know she didn't want me in Slytherin! Whoever wrote that letter is a liar!" Kit yelled indignantly, completely ignoring the fact that she shouting at a professor.
"You haven't even let me read you the letter!" McGonagall shouted back, waving the parchment madly, "Maybe you will find some proof! Otherwise, I expect you to behave better! It's not as if I want you out of my house! You and Hermione Granger have racked up more points combined then I have ever seen!"
Kit sat down in her seat, seething, "Read it then."
"Dear Hogwarts,
I am sorry to inform you, but I feel that my daughter, Katherine Clivelle, has been sorted into the wrong house. She may be fit for Gryffindor, but I would rather her be in Slytherin's house, as to be closer to her suitor. You may not know, but my husband and I made an arrangement for her marraige, so that we might keep the blood of our family pure. She is bethrothed to a Slytherin, and I wish her to be left in his care.
The Malfoy's and I have been very close and we arranged a marraige for Katherine and their son, Draco. She was supposed to have been left in their care at the age of twelve, but she was thought better to be in the care of Hogsmeade's only orphanage. Now, I wish that you comply with my request and remove her from Gryffindor as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Zema Clivelle "
Kit couldn't find anything wrong with the letter, she didn't even know if what she had thought before was at all plausible. He couldn't have sent that letter, for he didn't know a thing about her mother, let alone the fact that she was once to be left in their care, because Kit herself didn't know that.
"Now, if that is up to your standards," McGonagall began forcefully, "I would like for you to let me designate your meeting with Dumbledore."
"You do not need to do so, I don't wish to argue anything, I have no argument." Kit said monotonously, "I'll just be needing the time and date that I am to be moving into Slytherin's house."
"Very well then," McGonagall's voice lightened as Kit's eyes filled with tears, but she chose to ignore them, since Kit wasn't noticing herself, "You're to meet Professor Snape tomorrow morning, before your classes start, but you'll have the day off to adjust to being in a different place."
"Thank you, and I'm sorry for how I reacted," said Kit, her voice faltering, but her face held in a stern expression. "I'll be leaving."
"Here, we have a copy of the letter for reference, you can take the original if you'd like." McGonagall handed her the letter, then let her leave with her head held high.
Once in the hall, Kit teleported to her dorm, then fell to her bed in a heap.
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A/N: Alright, I said it was important, and I call that important enough! Now, if you don't mind, I'm off to go and plot s'more! *Kit and Ron are having a tickle fight* How loverly...bleh *Ginny's sitting beside them, looking dreamily at a sleeping Harry, while the twins are complaining about Kit and Ron's wild antics* That's enough, George! You can't magic them apart, I've taken your wand! Bye!