Only two reviews? I'm hurt! Kidding, just enjoy the story. Also, some people was wondering if Ron and Cat will get together, and I say heck no! Oh yes, and Cat might not turn out with Dustin, as some of you might think.
Disclaimer: Really, do I have to say this? I do not own Harry Potter, and if I was, I would be meeting the whole cast and more. So shut it.
Chapter Thirty One: The Truth Revealed
"Catastrophe, are you sure about this possibility of yours? I mean, it is a pretty big accusation you are giving to your brother, anyhow." Harry prodded, as she lifted her head from Ron's chest and looked into his green eyes.
"Look, Harry." Another sniffle followed. "This is my brother we're talking about. My own blood brother, sixteen, who might be in the clutches of the Darkest Wizard ever, and you think I want to think about this?" She broke into a fresh another batch of sobs, and Hermione quietly asked Ginny to grab some water for her.
"All right, Catastrophe, all right. I understand perfectly, and…We're always here if you need us." Harry finished uncomfortably, as she became quiet and her sobs came into small break apart sobs.
"There, there, Catastrophe." Hermione patted her back, and went next to one of her best friends, who wrapped her arms around her too. Where was Dustin when you needed him?
"I came here as fast as I could. Can anyone tell me who a Miss Catastrophe Malfoy is?" a soft and gently baritone voice reached their ears, and Hermione knew it was not Dustin, but someone else.
Ron, who was quiet all this time, said, "This is Catastrophe Malfoy, but we sometimes call her Cat." He motioned to the crying girl next to Hermione, and she tried desperately to stop crying, but failed.
"I see. Catastrophe, are you all right?" he asked her and put a gentle hand on her shoulder and she started to listen, her violent quaking stopping momentarily.
"My name is Drake, and I am an Auror. Professor Snape contacted me today and asked me to come fast. I understand your brother is or you think is a Death Eater, correct?"
She nodded her approval, and he continued.
"You see, Professor Snape is my father." He finished, as she looked up into his soul filled blue-gray eyes.
"How can he be your father if he is my godfather?" she asked, stopping her tears by wiping them on the corner of her sleeve and taking a drink from her goblet, which contained some water, courtesy of Ginny who came back with a startled expression.
"I truly do not know, but I can tell you this: please, please be careful with your brother at all times and do try to get information from him as quick as possible." He patted her on the back and left, sending her a wink of good luck as she smiled feebly, then thanked Ron and Hermione, then left.
Walking down the silent corridor made her feel like she was all along in this world. She wanted to talk to the Professors, and fast, so she changed her direction and walked right to Professor Dumbledore's office. The gargoyle raised its head and looked at her, as she shivered and murmured, "Sugar Quills."
The gargoyle moved, showing her a winding staircase made of marble. She followed it up, gasping as she saw Dumbledore unmoving on his desk. His body rose with each breath he took, but he did not move. As she stepped closer, however, she felt heat near her and saw a Phoenix glaring at her and squawking. That did the trick, as he woke up and straightened his spectacles and finally saw her glaring back at the Phoenix, who was grooming.
"Ah, Miss Catastrophe." He muttered, closing all sleep from his eyes. "What brings you here?" he asked, once again looking up from his spectacles and glancing at her with twinkling merry blue eyes, which disappeared as she continued.
"Sir, I think my brother, Draco Malfoy, is a Death Eater." She dropped her head and feebly collapsed into a chair near the desk, and he froze.
"Please tell me again, what you said?" he asked, wondering if he had heard her right.
"I think that Draco is a Death Eater." She murmured again, as the Phoenix came around her and made her feel warmer. She giggled as he flew around in a circle.
"Why do you suspect this?" he managed to say before someone slammed open the metal door and entered, his black eyes sweeping around the room, taking in the scene in front of him. Fawkes squawked angrily, but Cat managed to calm it down as he flew to its perch and began grooming itself, but never taking his eyes off of the intruder, Professor Snape.
"So you could not wait another day, could you, Miss Malfoy?" he was cold once more, not like the professor she had talked to a couple of hours ago. She withered under his stare and winced, then muttered her apologies and began to leave, as the two professors made to stop her in her tracks.
"I will tell him all about what you have told me, Miss Malfoy. You may retire to the Slytherin, not Gryffindor common room, tonight, Miss Malfoy. Please keep your word on keeping what we talked about a secret and try to find what Draco is doing. Any suspicions should be reported to us, and do try to be careful and not be so headstrong like the Gryffindors. Understood?" He finished with an air of power in his voice and she nodded, offering the two professors goodnight and left, closing the door.
"Severus, it will not be so later that it will happen. The poor girl does need to know as soon as possible, but not soon. You made a promise, Severus. Keep it." Dumbledore waved him off as he said this, and Snape went with a whirl of his black robes.
"Very soon, very soon, Severus." Was the last thing he heard before the door closed and he descended the marble stairs, his boots making a clack noise every time he stepped off of the stair and made his way to the dungeons, his sharp eye catching the girl with platinum and red hair run to the Slytherin common room.
"Catastrophe, are you all right?" Daphne sat down on the lower bunk, where Cat slept now.
"Fine, Daph, just fine." She nodded and forced a smile on her face, making the older girl smile as well and leave, waving to the other girls and slipped into her bed.
Cat tossed and turned in her sleep and her eyes would stubbornly not close. Sighing, she slipped out of her bad quietly and left the girl's common room, grabbing something on her way.
"Invisilito!" she whispered as she felt herself grow invisible. She crept into the boy's dorm and went to her brother's bed, looking at his body and wondering what would be different. There was nothing different, just the built shape of him, sleeping away, as she looked at him once more and looked away. Then it hit her.
His arm.
A hand wrapped around her mouth and she gasped, as another went around her waist and took her wand, as she was dragged from the room, entering another dark room. She couldn't breathe, and she started choking and blacked out.
Ahh! Sorry for the Cliffhanger. If no one reviews, I am going to stop. Really. I am not kidding.