Chapter 6: The Death Eater's attack.

"Run!"

"It's the Death Eaters!"

Kat sat bolt upright and in no time had everyone else awake. Sirius ventured outside only to come flying back in.

"Let's go. There's a group of Death Eaters outside, the whole place is alight. We've got to get out"

They did not need any more prompting. With a simple wave of her wand, Kat had automatically packed their things and they were running in the direction of the hill. Ali caught a glimpse of Mr Weasley and made a beeline for him.

"Arthur, do you want us to take any of the kids? We've got brooms, it would be quicker!"

Mr Weasley shook his head.

"No you get yourselves out. It's too dangerous, especially for you Sirius. Go, we'll be alright"

The four took off once again, leaving the screams, destruction, fire and death behind them. Kat saw Sirius looking back and had to push him forward.

"Sirius, we need to go. Arthur's right, it's more dangerous for you than the others"

"Kat, what about Harry? It'll be dangerous for him too!"

"He'll be fine, he's with the others, they'll get out"

Sirius nodded and grabbed her hand. By now, Ali and Remus were quite a way in front and were waiting behind an old oak tree when Kat and Sirius caught up.

"Kat, the Port-Key's up this hill. Think it'll be safe to fly?"

Kat looked at the panicked stream of people struggling to get up the hill by foot. She nodded and the four boarded their brooms and flew over the large crowds of people. They landed next to the Port-Key and grabbed hold of it. They felt themselves spinning and then landed on the hill they had climbed this morning. Kat immediately did a head count. Three.

"Where's Ali? I thought she grabbed hold of the Port-Key with us?!"

Suddenly, the Port-Key glowed and Ali landed along with some other people. Remus rushed over and took her hand. He led her back to Kat and Sirius who gave a huge sigh of relief and Remus held Ali in a tight hug.

"Honey are you ok? What happened, we thought you grabbed the Port-Key with us!"

Ali spoke very quietly and there was fear in her voice.

"I did but I got knocked back by someone who was panicking. They had almost got hold of the Port-Key when he got hit by a curse and it blasted him backwards. It must have been the killing curse because he wasn't breathing after he landed and when I turned round I saw someone stunning a Death Eater who was trying to get to the Port-Key. I just couldn't help thinking, if that man hadn't knocked me back, I would have been the one that got hit and ... you wouldn't have known!"

Ali was now crying on Remus' shoulder as he tried to comfort her. The four got on their brooms although Ali was crying so much that she had to ride with Kat. They arrived in the small park across from their homes and dismounted their brooms. Remus and Ali said goodnight and went home. Sirius and Kat, exhausted from running, got five feet down the hall and dropped everything on the floor.

"You know what? I really can't be bothered to put this stuff away now, not even by magic"

Sirius laughed and went to get changed while Kat made tea for them both. They sat at the kitchen table and drank quietly, the only sound being the ticking of the clock on the wall. Kat yawned as she put the cups in the sink and Sirius picked her up bridal style and carried her not to her room but to his.

Kat stared in awe at how different Sirius' room was from what she imagined. It was clean although everything was worn down – the floorboards had lost their colour, the wall paper had several water stains on it and the wardrobe only had one door. Sirius laid down on the bed but Kat was overwhelmed by her curiosity and the desire to look around. The first drawer she opened contained a large amount of paper, mostly letters. Kat picked one up and read it very quickly. She smiled as she learnt the letter was from Lilly Potter to Sirius and then noticed a photo of a young boy zooming around on a toy broomstick which Kat knew to be Harry on his first birthday as it was mentioned in the letter.

Kat placed the letter and photo back in the drawer and laid down next to Sirius. He placed a protective arm around her and they almost instantaneously fell asleep, both emotionally and physically drained from the World Cup.