Chapter four

By Tupalicious

Disclaimer: It's J.K.R's not mine.

"Okay Sirius you know what to do."

"Got it down!"

"Remus?"

"James is this necessary I mean I know that you want to go out with Lilly but do you really think blackmail's the key?"

"Mooney this is the best plan yet! And best of all it's foolproof!"

"James you say that every time! It never is!"

"This time I'm sure"

"Whatever."

I was sitting precariously on my broomstick hovering just above the window to the girls dormitory with Sirius and Remus, who was attached to some ropes, the ends of which Sirius and I were holding.

"James this is not a good idea!"

"Ready Remus?" I asked "One, two, three go!" With that Sirius and I pushed him from the broomstick.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" he screamed as he freefell for a few feet before the ropes caught him.

"You okay Remus?" I called down to him.

"Yes but its quite unnerving to be dangling a couple hundred feet above the ground!" he answered.

"Well just hang on mate! We'll get you out the moment there's a sign of trouble!" I yelled down. "Just snatch the cat and let's go!"

We had found out through extensive eavesdropping and stalking that the thing that ment most to Katherine, cause obviously we can't hold her for ransom sheesh! How dumb do you think I am! Anyway the thing that means most to her is her cat, Trick I think.

So here we were Sirius and I freezing on top of a broomstick waiting for Remus to climb back out.

Suddenly there was a shout from below.

"Hey what're you doing in here?" then "TRICK!" as Remus jumped out the window holding a struggling ball of black and white fur, which was making Remus' job very hard for him on account of the claws, teeth and his insane trick of putting his paws over your eyes.

"Going up!" I shouted down flying the broomstick away. We set down after a while in the quidditch field where I locked my broom back in the cupboard and then dashed inside, running up the dormitory steps catching my breath and waiting to hear footsteps coming down the girls steps. Sirius and Remus charged past me on their way to the room.

"Good luck Prongs!" Sirius whispered as an eerie animal like shriek echoed up the stairway.

"Sounds like you'll need it!" I swalloed. I hadn't counted on her being so well… put out.

The cry came again only higher and louder. Ouch! I didn't know that human voices could go so high!

I walked down the stairs a look of curious concern on my face, which becomes my handsome features quit nicely if I do say so.

"Something wrong?" I asked a fifth year by the door

"Yeah Katherine Banks has been screaming and we don't know why!" she said "I'm getting out! Rumor has it she bites when she's just a little ticked off! She sounds full blown outragus!" the fifth year scurried up the girls dormitory steps. Oh. She BITES! When did this happen! We never heard anything about biting! And when she's just a little mad! I, James Harold Potter am going to die. And if they find my accomplices they will too.

"POTTER!" Evans's voice came down the hallway followed by another cry, man that's starting to scare me!

"WHERE IS HE!" shrieked Katherine "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!"

Well James old bean this is not working the way it's supposed to. Let's see my options are: Stay here and play innocent, stay here and fess up giving her the cat back or run for the hills. I'll stay and play innocent!

Just then Katherine shot down the stairway eyes wide and breath snorting. Yikes! Maybe I should run for the hills! No too late! She's seen me!

Bridget and Margaret came racing down and grabbed her while Elise and Lilly came after them.

"Katherine! No! We need him for quidditch!" screamed Elise. But Katherine was beyond reason.

"WHERE IS TRICK?" Katherine screamed straining against her friends grip "Where is he!I want him NOW!"

"Katherine calm down!" I said in what I thought was a soothing voice "What are you talking about?"

Elise, my favorite of Lilly's friends explained

"Trick, Katherine's kitten, was stolen out of our dormitory just now by some boys on a broomstick." I put on a good surprised look

"Someone stole your cat?" I asked Katherine

"Yes" she said slightly calmer "and I would appreciate it if you gave him back."

"Give him back?" I said looking hurt "You think I took him!"

Just then I heard a cry of pain from the boys dormitories and Trick, the nasty little bugger, bounded down the steps sinking his sharp teeth into my ankle.

"OW!" I screamed hopping around trying to dislodge the determined kitten. "Get him off get him off!"

Katherine chattered to Trick who mewed back then stared pointedly at me. Uh oh. This can't bode well!

Katherine charged and clawed at my beautiful face with surprisingly shrp nails and clamed her jaws, which I swear must be made of steel, on my shoulder while Trick launched himself on my head and started chewing on my head whacking me with claws that couldent have been trimmed in a while!

I screamed. It hurt! But eventually Katherine let go and Trick hauled off. Then they all went to the dormitory leaving the formerly beautiful me bleeding on the rug.