Chapter 6: Katie's Mission

Katie Bell woke up at 9 o'clock feeling that she had not slept. Her dreams had been haunted with bats, blood and other frightening things. Thus she was hardly in the best condition to do the thing she had decided to do today, but nevertheless, was going to do it.

Harry and Ron were overseeing the construction of their office and chambers at Hogwarts, so Katie took the opportunity to go and see Dumbledore. She didn't like having to go behind Harry's back, but she had no choice. She absolutely had to see Dumbledore, but he and Harry had apparently had a falling out. She didn't know why.

Upon entering Dumbledore's office she sat down and fiddled a bit with her robes.

"Yes, Katie?" said Dumbledore, smiling.

"Professor, why is it you hired me for the order?" she asked, after taking a deep breath.

Dumbledore sighed and said, "The time has come for me to give you your mission then."

Katie looked horrified, Dumbledore clearly didn't think this mission was anything like easy. He handed her a note ad gestured for her to leave. The note gave an address followed by the orders. The address was close, in Hogsmeade in fact, the order was to destroy it, everyone and everything inside it. Katie had to support herself with the wall to steady her breathing. It said "on broom".

The building of their offices completed, Harry was heading to Dumbledore's office to talk some sense into him, when he found Katie, marching towards the door with her broom. Before he could ask she was out the door and in the air. He spotted a bit of parchment that she had dropped and picked it up. Upon reading, he ran off to his destination, anger filling his every molecule.

Katie soared high and fast, then came to a halt right above the target.
Pointing her wand straight down she bellowed "EXPLODRA!"

The building below began to cave in and she started circling it, firing all sorts of destructive spells. She was too busy to see a slimy, hook-nosed individual come out the miraculously still standing door point his wand at her and cast Lacanum Inflamari at her broom. As it became nothing but ash, she screamed, before plummeting down into Snape's arms.

Snape stood her up and surveyed her, she little knowing that it had been he who had shot her down.

"Thank you professor. But, is it really safe for you to be showing that you're a good guy after all?"

"Good guy. I hope you don't mean 'on Potter's side' by that. You filthy blood traitor," Snape replied sneering.

"What..?" Katie asked, her whole body shaking with fear.

"Oh, is little Katie scared of the big, bad traitor. Let me kiss you better," and he did kiss her. On the mouth.

She screamed and spat at him, but he just casually shoved something hard into her stomach.

"And before you ask, it is my wand, I'm not at all pleased to see you. Avada Kedavra," he said, almost lazily. Before being knocked to the ground by something very hard.

Once Harry reached Dumbledore's office, he didn't bother giving the password, he just blew the gargoyle to bits with a look. Pure rage was pumping through his body. The reason was simple. Dumbledore had sent Katie to a Death Eater safe house with orders to attack. She was unsupported and vulnerable.

"Harry this is...ARRRRRRGH!" Dumbledore screamed as Harry's mere will threw him against the wall.

"You idiot. You stupid, senile old codger. This is the last straw Dumbledore. Your vigilante days are over, unless you want to fear my wrath." Harry said cruelly, his eyes flickering yellow. Once he was finished his Firebolt appeared and he zoomed off, leaving Dumbledore stuck to the wall of his office.

Ginny awoke to her mother's teary face. Upon seeing that Ginny was awake, she handed her a mirror. Ginny looked at herself and screamed. She had hair as black as coal, red eyes, skin as white as paper and worst of all, fangs. And she knew as her mother held her that she was a vampire.

"WHERE IS SHE?" came a sudden yell after the door crashed open. It was Dean.

"I'm here Dean," she said weakly, sticking her hand in the air.

"I've been looking for you. What's the big idea hanging around Potter so much...?" Dean began asking furiously.

"I work for him De..." Ginny began in reply, but Dean interrupted. It made her angry.

"SO! What about me, why didn't you invite m..?" he fumed angrily, Ginny interrupting.

"Because Harry didn't! Now get out Dean before I bite you! And I swear I will. I never want to see you AGAIN!" she bellowed angrily, before turning onto her side to look at her mother, who had tried several times to interrupt during that whole exchange to interrupt, to no avail.

"I still love you mum," Ginny said softly.

"And I you Ginny," Molly replied before hugging her daughter.

Harry saw Snape kiss her, her spit at him, then him kill her, feeling he was getting no closer. Finally, too late he flew straight into Snape and began beating him as hard as possible, his magic helping him. Eventually, Snape threw him off onto Katie's limp body and disaparated, leaving several pools of blood behind. Harry cried and cried. Before finally hoisting Katie's body onto his broom, and flying her to the hospital wing.