Chapter Four- Remarque

"You can't possibly have sent the information," Harry gasped.

"I assure you I did," Kat said. "I found out about this society at St. Mungo's." Harry looked at her and knew that Kat was bursting to say everything. "Fire away," Harry said.

"I was in my ward when an unconscious man came in, with a beak instead of a mouth," Kat said. "When the Healers undressed him, some papers fell out from his cloak. The Healers didn't notice, and I took the pages."

"And why did you sent them anonymously?" Harry asked.

"Well, the Minister ought to believe more in someone he didn't know that in a crazy witch that punched him on the face, right?" Kat said.

"Yeah, you have a point in there," Harry admitted. "But what else did you find out?"

"Well, when everyone was supposed to be asleep, a man came to visit the beaked guy," Kat said. "He said that he got what he deserved for trying to reveal information to the Ministry. He even told that poor man that he was such a clumsy idiot that he had poured ink all over it."

"Well, he was clumsy," Harry pointed. "And?"

"He asked the beaked man where the information was and the man said that it was in his cloak, but that the nurses had taken it," Kat continued. "And in St. Mungo's they burn the cloaks, so the other man must have thought the information burnt, too."

"So no idea of the beaked man or the other man were?" Harry asked.

"Well, the beaked man can be easily identified if you go through St. Mungo's records," Kat said. "And the other man was called Remarque. At least that's how the beaked man called him."

"Remarque," Harry muttered. "It doesn't ring a bell."

"He had a strong German accent," Kat added. "But it was so dark that I didn't see his face."

"The good thing is that this Remarque character doesn't know anything about us," Harry said. "Well, that we have the information."

"Yeah, that's good," Kat admitted. She smiled at Harry and they walked silently out of the room. Harry closed the door and looked at Kat.

"Muller, I've been dying to ask you something since I saw you sitting in the room," Harry said.

"And what's that, Potter?" Kat frowned.

"How does it feel to punch Percy Weasley in the face?" Harry asked.

Kat chuckled and sighed. "It feels wonderful," she said. She winked at Harry and said: "You should try it sometime."

"When this case gets solved I might take a shot," Harry sighed. "Goodbye, Muller."

"Bye," Kat said as she walked away.

"Muller, wait," Harry called. Kat turned to look at him and Harry grinned. "Luna, Neville and I are going for a few drinks at the Leaky Cauldron tonight. I was wondering if you would like to come."

Kat hesitated for a moment. "Well, okay, but only if you invite Malfoy."

Harry frowned. "I was kidding," Kat giggled. "I'll check my schedule."

"See you then," Harry said.

Kat nodded and walked away, humming merrily as she did.

Later, at the Leaky Cauldron

"This firewhisky is just what I needed," Neville said as he stared at the glass in front of him.

"That is quite obvious," Luna said as she sipped on some butterbeer. "You've drank like a million of them."

"Maybe now that he's drunk, you can take advantage of him," Harry whispered and Luna chuckled.

"Maybe," Luna whispered back.

"Hi there," Kat said as she sat at their table. A waiter passed and Kat ordered a straight brandy.

"Sorry for saying the stuff about the couples therapist," Luna said.

"No problem," Kat said. "Loony."

They all laughed and Kat got her drink. "I call for a toast," Kat said happily.

"What for?" Harry asked.

"A Malfoy-free world," Kat said. They all burst out laughing and drank from their glasses.

"Luna, I want to kiss you," Neville said, and Luna blushed.

"I don't think that's a good idea," Luna said nervously.

"But I love you so much," Neville said. "I want to be with you forever, for all eternity…" Neville closed his eyes and his face landed in the table.

"So much for eternal love," Kat mocked.

"Yeah, well, I guess he will wake up," Luna said. "Eventually."

Harry laughed and drank deeply. His eyes lingered for a while on a pretty witch that was sitting in a corner and suddenly he saw something that interested him.

A group of people were in a table, a man with a small badge talking to them. The man drew out his wand and Harry saw that the people's eyes were suddenly oddly blank.

"Kat…" Harry nudged Kate on the ribs.

"Ouch!" Kat snapped.

Suddenly, the waiter came near to the table and handed the man a drink. "Here you go, Mr. Remarque."

Harry felt his heart skip several beats as Remarque turned to look at Harry and went pale white. Remarque stood up and walked fast toward the exit. Harry and Kat stood up, ignoring Luna's questions and followed Remarque outside the bar.

"Wait!" Harry yelled as Remarque ran away. They ran after him, Kat panting beside Harry. "Why doesn't he disapparate?" She gasped.

Harry didn't think about it as he shoot spells at Remarque, failing in every one of them. Suddenly Remarque ran to a street with heavy traffic and a car almost ran over Harry, but Kat grabbed his arm and they both fell hard in the sidewalk.

When they stood up, they saw that Remarque had disappeared. The man from the car started yelling at Harry, who ignored him as he and Kat stared blankly at each other.

They walked to an alley and Harry leaned on a wall, his heart beating very fast. Kat's breathing was very shallow, and she looked pale.

"Why didn't he disapparate?" Kat moaned.

"We shouldn't worry about that now," Harry gasped. "Now he knows that we know about SDTMB."

A/N: Just for the record, Harry invited Kat because he likes her, not because Kat's a potential love interest. Harry and Kat will NOT be together, okay? I have other plans for Katherine Muller (And being such intelligent readers as you are, I think that you already know what I am talking about) Until next chappie!