Sorry about the wait everyone, just been trying to get through college exams, oh god it's killing me! Anyway I hope you liked the last chapter cuz you might as well love this one, oh Lucius and Narcissa will be so sorry they mistreated their daughter, but along with a little twist in the end of this chapter, enjoy!
"It's been a long time…mummy and daddy." A lot of gasps filled the room, but the looks on her family's faces were priceless. "What's the matter everyone? You all act like you've seen a ghost?" she laughed again and Draco smiled slightly in the background.
"Y-You can't be…" Narcissa's eyes were blank and full of tears.
"Check my neck Narcissa, you'll be certain it's me." She lowered the sword from Voldemort's neck and smirked.
"Another child Lucius, another little Malfoy? Why didn't you say something?"
"Probably because he didn't want to admit his own daughter turned him in to Azkaban and trumped him on several occasions. Along with dear aunt Bellatrix…" she giggled.
"Clever dear sister, very clever indeed." Lucius looked at Draco in disbelief.
"Draco…you knew…"
"Knew what father?"
"You knew this imposter was going to attack us and yet you helped her?"
"IMPOSTER? WHO'RE YOU CALLING AN IMPOSTER?" Katherine's temper flared and the whole mansion shook like an earthquake. Draco ran to her side and tried to soothe her.
"Easy Kathy easy….father this woman is no imposter, if you'll look closely you'll see she's my elder sister and your daughter."
"Draco your sister is dead! She's been dead for nearly twenty years! This woman is a cheap imposter." Katherine's eyes flared again and this time her hair fell loose from its tie and her magic crackled around her.
"No father, don't make her angry!" Draco tried to soothe Katherine again but she couldn't contain herself as she grabbed Draco's arm and they disappeared into the old room, where Dolly was waiting for her on the bed.
"Oooh I could just obliterate him!"
"Sister relax, so it didn't go like you planned, I mean you could always just figure out a new plan."
"Like what Draco?" Draco thought for a minute before snapping his fingers.
"I know, you could hide out here for awhile until it's time to confront the family. The other death eaters need to get back to the school soon and the Dark Lord always goes to his own place after a big event so sometime later you can find a way to use your own magic around here."
"Draco that might work for a while but you saw how skeptic Lucius was towards me being alive and well again. Of course the question is, how did Narcissa take it when she saw me?"
"Well she did scream when she saw the mark on your back, and the birthmark on your neck."
"Do you have any prisoners yet?"
"You're getting off the subject…and yes."
"Who?"
"Luna Lovegood and a few others, I can't remember exactly who. Why do you ask?"
"Because I have a feeling they'll be released very soon. Go back to the party; pretend your memory has been erased. I have a plan that should work better than this one did…" Draco didn't wait to be told twice, he just left and shut the door behind him. Katherine looked at her doll and held it tight to her chest as she smiled and walked around the room in the long dress she still wore.
"This will be fun wouldn't you say so dolly?" the doll's yarn mouth moved magically into a wide grin.
A week later:
It had been nothing but bad luck in the Malfoy home; Katherine had used many tricks to fool the poor Malfoys and the Dark Lord had done nothing to prevent it. She had been in her old room most of the time, and Draco would sometimes sneak her food but other times she'd use the rat passageways to the kitchen. No one knew where she hid, probably because they were too scared that she was really alive and well again.
'I'm getting tired of these games.' She held her doll to her chest and waited patiently until she heard certain screaming downstairs, and it sounded like Bellatrix and Greyback arguing again. Her senses picked up more prisoners, but these energies felt familiar. Then she heard someone shouting no and it sounded like Ronald; another scream sounded like Hermione. Katherine quickly used her wand to send out a message to Hog's Head Bar and instantly swept down in a mist soon to see Hermione Granger on the floor quivering in agony from the Cruciatus Curse. She wanted to intervene but she had to wait a bit.
"How did you get it? That sword was safe inside my vault!" Bellatrix shouted aiming another curse at Hermione.
"We didn't steal it! Please stop! We found it!" she screamed and Bellatrix wouldn't show any mercy. Greyback stood in the corner laughing while the rest of the Malfoys stood stone still. Draco looked a bit afraid and sorrowful, but blank otherwise…poor kid.
"Let her go!" Ron's voice echoed through the hall and magic flew everywhere. Hermione still lay on the floor barely conscious until Bellatrix suddenly swooped her up and held a knife to her throat.
"STOP OR SHE DIES!" everyone looked to see the horrifying sight. "Drop your wands or we'll see exactly how filthy her blood is! Draco pick them up!" everything went slowly until the large chandelier above them dropped and crashed to the floor. Narcissa screeched making everyone freeze as she spotted a familiar elf standing in the doorway.
"DOBBY! You dropped the chandelier?"
"Dobby come to help Harry Potter and friends!"
"You little sneak, you dare betray your masters?"
"Dobby has no master! Dobby is a free elf thanks to Harry Potter, and Dobby come to help at request of young mistress!" there were gasps everywhere.
"What do you mean 'at the request of young mistress'?" Bellatrix asked and suddenly all death eaters except Draco were suddenly bound and held to the wall with magic binds. Katherine took true form and was suddenly embraced around her mid-waist tightly.
"Oof, Dobby…"
"Young mistress! Dobby has missed young mistress so much since she was thirteen! Dobby was pleased to hear from young mistress after so long!"
"Yes I've missed you too Dobby, I'm glad you got my message in time too. Now take them out of here, you know where to go."
"Yes young mistress!"
"Dobby please just call me Katherine now alright? The cat's out of the bag now that Cecilia Maloney has vanished off the face of the earth." Hermione was being supported by Ron and Harry both. The others had already been taken back to Shell Cottage in time for Dobby to arrive.
"Lady Katherine, Dobby will obey lady and Harry Potter both! Dobby will take Harry Potter away now!"
"No wait! What about you Katherine?" Harry asked looking at the restrained death eaters.
"Oh don't worry Harry; I'm just going to spend a little quality time with my family. Now be on your way, they'll be waiting for you when you arrive. Go!" they obeyed and were suddenly apparated from the room. Katherine magically changed from the old ball dress into an outfit of a long-sleeved black shirt and pants with boots; her blonde hair hung loose and shined in the firelight as she pulled out a cigarette and lit it.
"Sister could you please not smoke in here? That stuff smells terrible…"
"Now Draco you can't deny a woman her privileges, especially one with advanced magic on her." She blew a puff of smoke into Bellatrix's and Greyback's shocked faces and giggled at their watering eyes and slight coughing.
"I understand that but why did you have to bind them? You could've just erased their memories and left?"
"Well where's the fun in that? I mean I have been waiting nearly eighteen years for a moment like this, so I should have some fun before the big battle soon at Hogwarts." She finished her cigarette and flicked the butt into the fireplace. "Now sit down, I need a private word with Greyback over there, and I'll tell you all the story of how I defeated his pack twelve years ago." Draco took a seat and Katherine magically moved the large armchair under her over to in front of the frozen death eaters.
"Ready everyone?"
"You little bitch! I don't know what you want but I demand you release us!" she took the bind off their mouths so they could speak.
"What good would that do, after all Greyback has pondered how his mighty pack of beasts was killed by a little girl at the age of eleven? Oh I just tremble at the memories…" she lit another cigarette and began the story.
Twelve years flashback:
Katherine and Dora had been out playing on a cloudy day in the deep woods two miles from their home at eight o'clock at night. Andromeda told them not to go too far because of the upcoming storm, but Katherine had used her magic on a bird that flew past the view of their yard and made them run straight into the forest.
"Kathy we need to head back we've already gone too far!"
"Not until I find that bird Dora."
"But it's about to storm, mom's gonna freak!"
"Then head back already, I'm going to find my bird before I go home ok?" before Dora could stop her Katherine ran off after the tweeting bird into the dark forest with her cousin calling after her.
"Bird come back! I gotta take you home come back!" she kept chasing it and chasing it until a giant tree root made her trip and fall down a large hill and into a thick brush of berry bushes and weeds. The bird had long flown off when she came through, but as she tried to sit up she heard growling nearby and the tearing of flesh or meat. As she peered through the bushes she saw some large animals chomping and chewing on a bunch of dead bears and goats.
"We've been hunting animals for weeks Fenrir! When do we get to have some real food?" one of the beasts spoke up growling.
'Fenrir? Fenrir Greyback?' Katherine suddenly realized she had come across Greyback's pack of wolves, the ministry had been hunting down werewolves for months on account of the many attacks on wizards and witches.
"Patience Grayson, we need not worry much longer. There are some humans around here right for the picking, including dear Andromeda Black."
"The woman who married that mudblood Ted Tonks? Bellatrix's sister?"
"That's the one; Bellatrix's wanted to get back at her for deserting the family anyway. It'll be a big favor if we handle it…"
"And those kids of hers?"
"Eh you can do what you want with them, I just want that husband of hers." Katherine's nerves went tense as she tried to slowly back out of the bushes until something snapped under her foot and caught the pack's ears. "What was that?"
"Probably just a squirrel, there's a lot around here."
"I smell human though, it's a kid." Katherine stayed still until she saw the wolves move her way, then she frantically scrambled away from her spot and ran off until something grabbed her shirt and hoisted her in the air.
"I knew I smelled a kid, and whaddya know it's one of the Tonks kids."
"Lemme go! Filthy vermin!" Katherine kept struggling until the leader of the pack, Fenrir Greyback came forth and stood directly in front of her.
"Filthy eh? This coming from a girl adopted by a mudblood and a traitor with a half-blood child; oh how delightful…" he licked his lips and gently stroked Katherine's hair. Something started rising in Katherine, and as she continued to struggle her hand went directly in front of Greyback's face and some light appeared before them.
"I said let me go!" she screamed and the light blew up in Greyback's face and chest before the wolf holding her let go and she ran.
"After her! Don't let her get away!" she kept running and running back towards her family's home before she tripped and fell into a ditch skinning her knees and elbows. As she tried to get up the wolves surrounded the hole snarling at her with hungry looks in their eyes, including Greyback with his face and chest bleeding heavily from her attack earlier; she got scared, these wolves were monsters and she didn't know what to do against them.
"Let's eat brothers, make it nice and slow as we devour her limbs."
"I got the arms." One shouted.
"Dibs on the liver and stomach!"
"I'll take the head and the lungs." They started slowly approaching her, and Katherine felt the same feeling come back but stronger this time. As Greyback's blood dripped onto her he raised his clawed left hand above his head, ready to strike when she screamed again, and this time her whole body lit up brightly.
"MOMMY!" the blast encased them all, and the only survivor from it was Fenrir Greyback, barely conscious but still alive. Katherine's body felt weak, and the last thing she saw before blacking out was her Uncle Ted coming to get her out of the ditch with some ministry aurors.
End flashback:
No one said a word after Katherine finished her story. Draco looked completely stunned but everyone else was just shocked and freaked out. Katherine had finished her second cigarette after the story ended, and as she flicked the butt into the fire she looked and glared at Greyback.
"Did you enjoy that?" Greyback snarled at her and tried to break from his bindings but couldn't. "Don't try to break loose Fenrir, those binds are strong enough to cut off circulation if you pull too hard."
"You murdered my brothers! I'll kill you for it! I'll kill you!" Katherine got up from her seat and clutched Greyback's neck tightly cutting off his air supply.
"You tried to kill me before but failed badly didn't you? What makes you think you can kill me now, a powerful enchantress who could very well incinerate this entire mansion with a snap of my fingers, when you couldn't kill me as a child, who didn't know how to control her powers twelve years ago?" Greyback started gasping for air and Katherine squeezed a little harder before releasing him. He fell unconscious in his bindings and Katherine took her attention on Lucius and Narcissa.
"You wretched girl…what do you want with us? Go back to wherever you came from and leave us be!" Katherine smiled gently and placed her hand on Lucius's shoulder moving towards his chest just over his heart.
"I can't tell you how long I've waited for this Lucius, ever since I was small I always wanted you to feel the same pain I felt when you beat me with your cane. I had hoped you would grow to love me as you did Draco, but I can see now that will never happen. I'm your daughter, yet you disowned me from the minute I was born. You never let me go outside so I had to sneak out and play when you and Narcissa weren't home, go into the library to read at the young age of three, I could even speak multiple languages when you couldn't. Why Lucius? Why shun your own flesh and blood?"
"You are not my daughter! My daughter is dead! You're an imposter here to only torment me and my wife and son!" Katherine gripped the clothing on Lucius's chest and her nails sunk through the material clawing the skin beneath.
"Oh really Lucius? Would an imposter like me have scars like THIS?" she pulled up her shirt showing the long scar across her back. "Or this?" she pulled up her right pant leg showing more scratches and scars. "Or even this?" she pulled up her left sleeve showing a deep cut scar on her arm that came from the time Lucius and Druella ganged up on Katherine in the library. "Would an imposter have all these scars from when your cane struck me? You and Bellatrix always tormented me, Druella hated me, Cygnus disgraced me, and Narcissa always put me down but Grandfather Abraxas Malfoy was the only one in the family who really loved me! That's how I got this sword! He gave it to me the night he died!" she held up the knife in front of Lucius and Narcissa's faces as its shiny hilt glimmered in the light.
Flashback:
"Katherine, I can't believe you're still alive." Abraxas had not let go of Katherine since she revealed herself to him.
"I know grandpa; I just wanted to come see you. I heard about…your condition…"
"Yes, I'm very ill. But even an old man like me takes a while to go down like this." He laughed and Katherine chuckled. "Katherine, I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm so sorry…"
"It's not your fault grandpa, you loved me as much as you could but Lucius and Narcissa didn't love me like you did." Abraxas' eyes filled with tears at those words.
"Katherine, there's something you should know."
"What is it grandpa? Is it about Draco?"
"No, it's about the night you were born. You have to understand Katherine that your parents were overjoyed that night, I'd never seen my son and his wife so happy about a child like you, oh they were so pleased." Katherine looked a bit confused but more in denial.
"That's nice, but they still disowned me."
"No Katherine, they loved you and to them and us all you were a great, beautiful treasure. But…"
"But what?"
"It was Druella who was disappointed, the only one. She had been hoping for a proper heir to the Malfoy and Black families, she wanted a grandson not a granddaughter. The night you were born, all of us but Druella were out in the living room while you slept and as Druella saw you, she cursed you." Katherine's eyes widened.
"She what?"
"She cursed you Katherine, while you were alone with her she struck your cradle with a powerful curse, powerful enough that every time Narcissa and Lucius tried to hold you you'd scream and cry out. All you felt was pain when they held you, but when I held you nothing happened. Druella swore that if Narcissa didn't provide a proper heir to the families before you turned six you would be killed by the curse."
"I was five when Draco was born."
"I know, but somehow the curse was still in effect when Draco came along, Druella said it would last a bit longer than she'd hoped, but she didn't care enough to lift the curse. Your aunt Bellatrix almost killed her for that, but if anything happened to Druella she would've killed you."
"Then why did she stick around?"
"We had no choice, Druella had to stay in the family or else we would've lost you. Narcissa and Lucius tried so hard to have another heir but after a while they nearly gave up and were afraid of losing you."
"Why would the curse take so long to take affect?"
"Druella hadn't perfected it, she wanted you to suffer but she couldn't get the spell to work properly. So she settled for five years of you in so much pain and suffering she acted like Christmas had come early to a four-year-old."
"That bitch, I'm glad she's dead."
"Watch your tongue."
"Forgive me grandfather, but I find that story hard to believe. If it's true then Lucius and Narcissa will have to tell me themselves."
"Believe or not it if you will Katherine, but I promise you that when you left, Narcissa and Lucius suffered so much grief thinking you'd been killed."
"Good, let them suffer. I want them to hurt and feel pain like I did all those years ago." Abraxas shook his head but nonetheless held Katherine to him as his right arm pulled out a large silver case from inside his nightstand.
"When you were born Katherine, I had this brought down from the family treasures. I had it engraved to you because I had wanted to teach you to hunt when you were older." He unlocked the case with a special key and inside laid a silver dagger under a velvet blanket with Katherine's initials on the handle. Katherine's eyes twinkled at the sparkling silver, and as she gripped it in her hand it suddenly turned into a large sword almost her size.
"Grandpa….it's beautiful."
"It's a magic sword Katherine, it will only change for you because only you have the power to control and use it. You'll know more about your powers when you're older…I'm sure Dumbledore will teach…you." Abraxas started coughing hoarsely; Katherine slipped the dagger into the case and as Abraxas fell to his pillow she tried to help him.
"Grandpa! Are you alright?" Abraxas began to feel weak, and as he could feel the life draining from him he grasped Katherine's hand and stroked it.
"I feel my time is coming…Katherine….I'm glad I got….to see you one…more time.."
"Grandpa…" Katherine started crying.
"Take care of yourself….protect your brother…and be….happy…I love you Katherine Elizabeth…Malfoy…" with that Abraxas' grip went limp and his eyes closed. Katherine started crying and held the silver case to her heart as she kissed Abraxas' cheek and hugged him once more before leaving the room.
"I love you too Grandpa! Goodbye…" she raced through the forest and met up with Dobby who apparated her back home and she flung herself on the bed before sobbing completely into her pillow.
End flashback:
Katherine cried as she explained all that happened the night Abraxas died. Her grip on the sword had tightened and she hadn't let go of Lucius since.
"Now you see…I knew the truth from the beginning. I wanted you to suffer…like I suffered and I wanted to make sure you would pay for what you did to me. I sent you to Azkaban, I attacked you in the department of mysteries, and I attacked you that day in the park, you and Snape both!"
"Sister please! Calm down don't hurt them much longer!"Draco was begging Katherine to let go but she wouldn't listen as her magic crackled the room.
"Stay back Draco, and from now on call me by my real name…Katherine Elizabeth Malfoy!" as she shouted her name she cut Lucius, Narcissa, and Bellatrix on their legs, arms, and shoulders. They cried out begging her to stop but it only angered her more. Draco went up and held her arms to stop her but she continued to struggle.
"Katherine please stop! You'll kill them if you keep this up! Think of grandfather, what would he do if he saw you like this?" that struck a nerve. Katherine began to relax but the tears wouldn't stop flowing. She fell to her knees and held the dagger, now a sword to her chest. She looked up at the others with bloodshot eyes and snarled again, as she stood up she held her hand with her engagement ring on up to where they could see it.
"As you can see I'm engaged, once this war is over I will soon become Mrs. Katherine Elizabeth Malfoy Weasley! And there's nothing you can do to stop me!" when those words came from her mouth there were shouts and yells coming from all but Draco, who just smiled and clapped for Katherine.
"Thank you little brother, come dolly!" Katherine's doll floated down from above her and she clutched the doll in front of her family. "Looks like we'll be here a bit longer, see you later little brother!" Katherine's body disappeared and the binds holding her family and Greyback vanished making them fall to the floor.
"See you later big sister."
Like it? Love it? Is it better than the last one, hope so cuz I'm figuring out what to do for the next one in a while. Should I bring Charlie back in? Let Lucius get what's coming to him? Should Narcissa speak up for her daughter? And should Draco have a chat with his soon-to-be brother-in-law? Gimme some ideas and I'll post them up!
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