Disclaimer: I own nothing except for Catherine. JK Rowling owns everything else.

Warning: As usual my sexuality warnings.

A/N: This is where the crossover part of my fic begins, and the Mary Sue-ishness comes out more. I warned you in advance, so don't continue reading it if you don't like a Sue-ish character.

Chapter 15

A couple of weeks past and neither Lily nor Sirius had spoken to Catherine and James, even though the four of them were all in Dumbledore's special training program. Cat couldn't see why Lily was still so pissed. She wasn't even with James yet. Granted she did have feelings for him, but they're not even together. Catherine had been contemplating this every day for the past couple of week, but kept deciding not to talk to Lily about it. She would continue to think on it and maybe try and talk to her in the morning. For the time being, Cat just wanted to sleep.

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Late that night, Catherine awoke with a start. She felt a cool breeze and smelt the ocean. As she came to her senses she realised that she was lying in sand, and not in her bed. Standing up, she looked around and noticed she was on a beach in the dead of the night. She also heard the waves crashing and that cool breeze was in fact a pretty harsh wind. She looked down at her self and noticed that she wasn't in her pj's but in a long, black, sleeveless dress, her hair, she noticed, reached down to her lower back. This worried her, but also intrigued her. In the distance on some rocks she noticed a lone figure standing staring out into the ocean. After a couple of seconds of hesitation, Catherine decided to walk over to the person. The walk took a surprisingly short time, and as she was a couple of feet from the person, they turned around and faced her. Catherine gasped; it was a woman, but the most beautiful woman she has ever seen. Her hair was long and blond, and she was in the same dress as Catherine, but it was silver white and seemed to emit a glow. The woman smiled at her,

"Welcome Catherine." She said, her voice was gentle and sounded almost dream like.

"Umm, hello." Catherine replied.

"My name is Valerie, do you know why you are here Catherine?" the woman asked her. Catherine shook her head. Valerie smiled and motioned for Catherine to follow her as she started walking.

"I have been sent here by the Gods to tell you a story. They have been waiting for the right moment, and it has come." Valerie continued. Catherine smiled politely, but secretly thought the woman was a nutter.

"I'm not crazy, Catherine. Do you not believe in the Gods Catherine?"

"Well, umm, no, not really Valerie. Sorry." Catherine replied looking at her. Valerie smiled and took Catherine's arm,

"I will show you then."

Catherine suddenly felt herself being apparated, and a second later was in a huge white chamber. Catherine stared around in awe, it looked like the Hogwarts Great Hall, but it was three times the size. In the far end Catherine noticed a small meadow with a river and waterfall, and she even saw unicorns walking around.

"Whoa," was all Catherine managed.

"Welcome to my chambers Catherine, please take a seat, I would very much like to explain all this to you."

Valerie gestured to a seat at a table that Catherine could swear was not there a second ago. Catherine sat down and Valerie took the seat across from her.

"I hope this story explains a lot to you Catherine." Valerie said smiling at her. Catherine smiled back, still thinking the woman was mental, but also remembering this was most probably a dream.

"The story begins a thousand years ago. The Gods were sitting in their thrones arguing over souls. The God of war was, at the time, judging. Being short tempered already, he was growing tired of ushering souls to the after life. He thought he was better than that, so he demanded the job be given to someone else. The God of all Gods finally agreed, and so the job was passed to the Goddess of Love. Not long after, it was decided that she would no longer do this anymore. The Goddess of Love kept sending all the souls to heaven, whether they belonged there or not. She believed everyone could be rehabilitated. That we know is not true, and soon heaven was quickly becoming hell, so the God of all Gods assigned the job to the God of Earth. Now the God of Earth was also a very temperamental man. He was very rude to the souls and sometimes would send them to hell if he was in a bad mood. This, obviously, was not the right thing to do. The God of all Gods was growing wary as he kept passing the job to different Gods. Each God failed in the job, they were not being neutral, they allowed their emotions to show through. One day the Goddess of Magic went to the God of all Gods and suggested he create a neutral being that would do the judging. The God of all Gods was thrilled at this idea. He felt that his problems would be solved, and so the God of all Gods began creating his judges. After a short while, the God of all Gods summoned all of the Gods into his chambers to introduce them to his new judges. He had made three women, "We shall call them Valkirys!" he said excitedly to the other Gods. He introduced them as Charity, Ora and Valerie. The three women were three of the most beautiful woman any of the Gods had ever seen. Charity was in a dress of all black, with long black hair, Ora was in a dress of all white, with long, blond hair, and Valerie was in a dress of all silver, also with long blond hair. The Gods stared at the three women as they greeted everyone. The God of all Gods looked around happily at his Valkirys and his fellow Gods. He felt he had truly fixed the problem, and the God of all Gods soon found out he was right. The three women were even tempered when judging and always fair. All souls were sent where they should be sent and heaven was finally balanced." Valerie smiled at Catherine as she finished her story.

"What a sweet story, I never 'eard it. Eetz not a fairy tale I recognise, where is eet from Valerie? And what does eet 'ave to do with me?" Catherine asked her.

"It's no fairy tale Catherine, and it has everything to do with you. Haven't you ever wondered how you survived the killing curse, or why whenever you would get into a fistfight how you almost always won, no matter who your opponent was? Or wondered why you have such quick reflexes, and are so skilled with a sword? Oh yes, I know you've tried sword fighting! Didn't you ever wonder how this was possible?" Valerie asked her. Catherine looked at her,

"Well, I cannot deny I 'ave always wondered 'ow I survived the killing curse, but I figured everyt'ing else was because I was a witch. Wait, your not implying what I t'ink your implying, are you?" Catherine asked her.

Valerie's smile widened.

"Yes I am Catherine. You are a direct descendant of Lady Charity, the first ever Valkiry!" Valerie said excitedly. This dream keeps getting weirder and weirder Catherine thought to herself.

"And no this isn't a dream Catherine." Valerie said to her, reading her thoughts.

"Zen I'm on some serious drugs. Zis cannot be possible. 'Ow can I be a Valkiry? I am anyt'ing but even tempered. In fact, I 'ave a very bad temper, and if I was in a bad enough mood, zen I would send people to 'ell for a laugh." Catherine said defiantly.

"Would you really Catherine?" Valerie asked her. Catherine considered this for a moment,

"Ok, no, maybe I wouldn't, but still, eet doesn't make sense." Catherine said to Valerie, a slight plea in her voice. Valerie gave her a look and Catherine was slowly realising that it may be possible.

"Eet still doesn't explain 'ow I survived ze killing curse." Catherine pointed out.

"We are warriors, we are strong fighters. Not all wizard magic works on us. Killing curses do not work on Valkirys. We can be killed by weapons, but not magic. The killing Curse is one of the few, luckily, that does not harm us. It was something that the God of all Gods granted the Valkirys when they wanted to live among humans on middle earth. In return, we sacrificed our magic." Valerie said.

"But I can use magic!" Catherine said loudly. "I am a very good witch!"

"Yes, but if you didn't study and practice as hard as you do, would you still be as good?" Valerie asked her. The honest answer was no, but Catherine didn't want to admit it. She was for some reason believing Valerie, believing that this was real and not a dream.

"We are still magical, Catherine, we still have powers, but it's either very skilled in combat or very skilled in magic. We couldn't be highly skilled in both, although we are exceptionally powerful at spells concerning the dead." Catherine looked at her puzzled.

"Like summon, dismiss, raise and such. The dead are our allies, when we raise them though, they become more like zombies, but we also have control over ghosts and poltergeists and things like that." Valerie finished.

"So zat ees why Peeves listens to me!" Catherine said excitedly. The Hogwarts poltergeist never gave her a hard time and always did what she requested. Valerie smiled, happy that the young lady finally believed her.

"So what now?" Catherine asked.

"Well, your life will continue, you'll just end up being called away every so often, but this will not start for a few more years. Lady Charity has not decided to retire her post just yet. You also need to work hard on your combat training. And stay away from the one who calls himself Lord Voldemort. He knows about your abilities to work with the dead and may find it useful. He's also, of course, trying to figure out how you survived his killing curse, and finally, you will need to agree upon our terms." Valerie finished.

Catherine nodded, "What are ze terms?" she asked Valerie.

"Well it's simple, if you are summoned by us or the Gods, you need to come within a respectable time limit. If you are summoned to judge, you must come straight away, you will know the difference between the different summons. You will agree to always judge fairly. You mustn't ever punish anyone by sending him or her to hell. You will never, I repeat never, use your powers to harm for the fun of it. Although you may, obviously, protect yourself should the need arise. Do you agree Catherine?" Valerie finished. Catherine looked at Valerie as she thought about it, then slowly nodded,

"I agree."

"Excellent!" Valerie said, "Now turn around, I must give you the Valkirys mark. Do not worry, it is painless."

Catherine nodded and turned around. She felt a slight heat on her back, then nothing. Valerie turned her around and summoned a mirror so Catherine could see the mark. Catherine gasped. It was a big sword pointed upwards with a rose in full bloom twisted around it on one side, and a snake crawling down it in a spiral on the other side.

"It represents Heaven, Hell and Middle Earth. The snake is Hades' favourite creature, the God of all Gods is quite partial to roses and the God of Earth is an excellent swordsman." Valerie said with a smile. "Well, time to get you back to school my dear. I will be in touch, now close your eyes."

Catherine smiled and did as she was told, and fell into a deep sleep.

A/N: Please let me know what you guys think of this cross over. And if you're wondering the Valkiry idea came from the Dungeons & Dragons RPG