Adrenaline rushed through her veins and the need to survive seemed to push her forward, constantly whispering to her, sounding like it was repeating one mantra 'For him. For him. For him.' She was running faster than she had ever run before, dodging streaks of light. She knew that if she missed one step in this strange dance it would result in her death.
Hogwarts, her old home, filled with so many memories, had been ruined in less than 2 hours. Katie tried not to look around too much because she knew the misery would overtake her. The strong, seemingly-unbreakable stone walls had crumbled to the ground and human bodies (whether death eater or student) lay all over, limp almost like they were dolls that had been thrown by an angry child. She couldn't hear the screams, although she knew that they were there: terrible, cringe worthy, nails-on-a-chalkboard. Those screams were the screams of adults and small children dying in a way that no one should have to feel. But right now, the girl could only hear blood pounding in her ears; Katie was focusing on one thing. Him.
Her long legs pushed forwards, climbing the steps to the entrance way, dodging curses from every direction. She had just been outside, and that was truly a mess. Giant spiders and giants and even a hippogriff had joined in on the fight. McGonagall had positioned Katie outside to help with the protective enchantments before the battle started but the enchantments were no more. Nothing was going to protect Hogwarts now. Finally making it to the Great hall, Katie realized that the battle had been bigger than she thought: there were people dueling everywhere. She also realized that there was an awful lot of ginger in one spot at the side of the large room. Sprinting over in that general direction Katie saw Oliver Wood. He was dueling with a large death eater. Even though Oliver was a full grown bloke, compared to the death eater he seemed like a small child. While Katie watched, she saw the death eater disarm Oliver and prepare to kill him. Fearing for his life, Katie cast a quick stunning spell at the death eater. To her surprise it hit the death eater, making him crumple to the ground like a marionette. Oliver whipped his head around, his dark brown eyes searching for his savior. Finally spotting Katie, he swerved to her side, greeting her with a nod.
"Thanks Kates." He thanked her bluntly, looking tired.
"No problem. Have you seen Fred?" She questioned him, ducking out of the way of a gold jet of light. While she waited for an answer she realized that Oliver was wearing a ring on his right hand.
"No I haven't Katie. But he must be around here somewhere. You haven't seen Ange around, have you? I promised I would stay with her but we got separated when the battle started."
"Oliv-" Katie was cutoff as a red jet of light hit her foot. The world seemed to slow down as searing hot pain shot through her foot and up her leg. Shrieking with agony, Katie fell to the ground at Oliver's feet. Oliver turned to the death eater that had attacked her, raised his wand and cast a strange curse that Katie had never seen before. The death eater burst into flames and in a matter of seconds, had turned into a pile of ash. Turning his attention back to the shrieking blonde, he picked her up bridal-style and dashed from the room. Oliver never looked back as he ran to the first place that came to his mind. Blasting the portrait of the Fat Lady aside, he sprinted into the Gryffindor Common Room and lay her down on a couch in the middle of the room.
Katie's eyelids started to droop and her foot went numb. Oliver was talking to her, trying to tell her something but all she could make out was "….No…..Can't….Please….Come on… Kates...What… Fred!" and then everything went black.