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Hermione
Harry had let Catherine go ahead into the house, claiming that he needed time to think. And he really did. It was so much to take in at once. He had started the day as an orphan and an only child, no real family, and now he had a sister who was willing to become an active participant in his life. It was beyond weird.
However, when he finally returned to the house, it was to hear the end of a 'Hermione' rant (AN: I know, whenever he returns to the house, there's an argument, but it's a good place ). "…and they are very happy together so it is unbelievably selfish of you to try and drive Harry and Ginny apart, simply because you fancy him! Have you even considered Charlie, who's been practically bouncing off the walls since you agreed to his proposal?! And don't try and deny it, you've been staring at him since we met, so don't try and pull the wool over my eyes. Leave Harry and Ginny ALONE!"
Harry entered the kitchen just to see the bushy hair of one of his best friends slipping past the doorway. Cat stayed behind, glaring in Hermione's wake.
"Stupid girl," she practically growled. "Stupid, know-nothing girl. How dare she? How DARE she?! You can't find it all in books, but what use are feelings? What do they matter? Who cares that Sirius is Harry's only family that he knows, we'll insult him and treat him like his opinion doesn't matter because he's been locked in a house that's driving him mad? Who cares that poor Lavender Brown's only pet has been killed and she's been crying about it for weeks, we'll just treat it as a way to try to disprove a professor we don't like? Who cares that we've been campaigning on House Elf rights for the past year, the moment Dobby suggests anything we disregard it? Who cares that the way Snape was teaching Harry occlumency could have caused him permanent brain damage, he's a teacher and can do no wrong?! ISN'T THAT RIGHT, HERMIONE!?"
She looked furious, the volume of her words rising with each point. Though Harry couldn't help but agree with some of the points, he refused to accept what she was suggesting. Hermione was not a bad person; she was his friend, dammit. And he refused to accept these slurs on her character!
"She's a good person!" he heard himself growl. "She was always there for me, unlike some people!" He knew that he shouldn't have said that, knew that it was beyond mean, but he couldn't help it.
Cat turned around and didn't even bother to pretend she hadn't known he was there. "Oh yeah, and all the things she said to Ron don't count. '..not all of us have the emotional range of a teaspoon, Ronald'." She'd put on an overly high, snobbish voice. "And those letters to Viktor Krum, parading them round right under his nose, and she i knew /i he was jealous."
"And you can talk," Harry growled back in reply. He had a feeling that he was going to start blowing things up again. He put on a higher voice in a mocking impression of Catherine. " 'I forgave you last time you went to play with dragons…', like that's not completely manipulative."
It was at that moment that Harry noticed the furniture floating above his heads. He was so angry he wasn't sure if it was him or Cat herself that was When Cat pulled her eyes away and broke their eye contact they all came crashing down with a nicely dramatic crash that succeeded in distracting Harry from Cat as she left the room.
Mrs Weasley came hurrying into the kitchen a moment later, and bustled about mumbling about how "it would take forever to get all this cleaned up". Harry, after he managed to calm down and stop breathing so heavily, went over and helped Molly repair all the pots and pans that had managed to crash onto the cement tiles that covered the kitchen floor.
Ginny arrived a couple of minutes later, took one look at Harry's eyes and exclaimed, "Oh Mum, me and Harry can handle the kitchen. We'll have it repaired in no time. Off you go, Hermione wants to talk to you about her bridesmaid dress." That, as you can guess, got Mrs Weasley out of the kitchen faster than you can say Pots and Pans. Then she turned once more to Harry and slipped into parseltongue, as the two were used to doing.
"What happened?!"
Harry smiled slightly bitterly. "What didn't?" was his only reply. After quite a while, Ginny finally managed to get the whole story out of him. About half-way through, she'd sat down on a chair and rested her forehead on the table. It was when Harry had joined her at the table and had finished the whole story that Cat entered the kitchen once again.
"I'm really sorry Harry. It's just that she'd used me as a sounding board over the years for all her feelings, especially those on Sirius, and then she accused me of trying to break you two apart because I wanted you for myself … I just couldn't take it any more." She smiled slightly. "Hermione is a lovely person; she can just be too much sometimes."
Harry smiled gently back. And it was then that the two noticed Ginny laughing her head off. "Oh Merlin," she exclaimed, wiping her tearing eyes on the back of her sleeve. "She thought that you," she pointed at Cat, who looked as confused as Harry felt. "Were trying to …. Seduce," here she snorted, "Harry."
It took Harry till three seconds after Catherine started to snicker to finally get the joke. Hermione thought that his sister fancied him! Ewww. But, because it was Hermione, it was actually very funny.
And that was how the rest of the Weasleys found them when they came down to make dinner. Clutching their sides with laughter at Hermione.
A/N: I just want to make it perfectly clear that I do like Hermione, in fact, she reminds me of myself. This is why I find it very easy to pick up on her faults. If that makes as much sense as I think it does...