Chapter 39

Harry quickly looked to his side to check on Kat.

"Stay beside me, Kat"

"I can't promise you that, Harry"

"Please, at least I'll be comfortable if you're close and safe"

"Stop worrying and just-"

But her words went silence when she heard Voldermort's voice again and this time it came along with a vision: Deatheaters flying around in the sky over Little Whinging and calling 'Potter!'. She gasped, spaced out looking in the sky.

"Oh, god-Mad-eye!", with that she flew besides him, leaving Harry behind, "they are close! Voldemort knows! They found us!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! They aren't far from here!"

"Tell the others!"

With out answering she flew around and got to Bill and Fleur that were the first ones.

"Death eaters are coming, they know so be ready!", she told them.

"Are you sure?", Bill said with Fleur as Harry behind him.

"Yes!"
"Alright, we'll go ahead to distract them!"

Bill's thestrals took some speed as Kat slowed down. She went to Hermione and Kingsley and told them and asked them to tell those close to them and they told Tonks and Ron. Kat went back and reached Arthur, Lupin and the twins, who quickly looked at her with relief that she was alright.

"We better be ready! Death eaters are close and they know!"

"So the calling was true?", Lupin asked

"Yes! I told the others, be careful!"

"You too!", Arthur said, "Fred, c'mon!"

Arthur got more speed, but Fred hesitated as he looked at Kat.

"I'll go back to Harry!"

"Ka-", Fred started, but she was gone.

Fred shook his head to fade any bad thought from his mind and was able to catch up with Arthur. George stayed looking behind until Kat disappeared in the clouds.

"What happened?", Harry asked as Kat arrived.

"Hagrid, go as fast as you can when I tell you, alright? And you already know not to stop."

"Got it."

"Kat, what's going on?"

"Hold on!", Kat said as she saw light from spells reflecting in the clouds.

As soon as they passed trough a cloud, Harry's heart stopped as he saw all the death eaters going behind his friends and throwing spells at them. Kat was able to hit a few that came their way and even one that was after Hermione and Kingsley.

"Now, Hagrid!"

As she said, Hagrid went faster than before and Kat stayed behind to cover. Harry quickly looked back to make sure she was alright, but a blue light hit her and she got lost in the clouds.

"Kat!", Harry yelled, panting, "Hagrid, turn around! We have to help them!"

"I can't, Harry! Mad-eye gave me orders!"

Hagrid kept flying and Harry looked back, seeing the lights fade as he got further from his friends. Kat had only got hit, but nothing big, she figured it was to leave her behind from Harry. While she tried to gather her track after the hit, she saw that Lupin and George were surrounded by 5 death eaters. She saw one hit George, and even if he hit back, her heart almost lost it and her mouth was ahead.

"Avada Kedavra!", she yelled hitting the death eater that attacked George.

Lupin took care of two of them while she threw another killing curse at another one and George attacked the last one.

"Thanks, Kat!", Lupin said, "where are they?"

"I, I don't know!", Kat answered, knowing he meant Harry and Hagrid, "I got hit and got behind, but I'm just going to keep going and find them!"

"Kat, no!-", George yelled, but she kept flying.

He felt his heart screaming her name and begging for her to come back. He knew she could get lost easily or worse, killed. He also wanted her by his side right now and protect her.

"Focus!", Lupin told him and he tried to get those thoughts out of him.

Being followed by 3 death eaters, Hagrid got knocked out when they entered a street tunnel and Harry was now driving. A death eater was right on his feet when he saw Hedwig going his way and she got in the face of the death eater, hitting him and making him stay back. Hedwig was going to fly back to Harry, but when she reached him a green light hit her and her lifeless body went down with feathers falling behind.

"No!", Harry yelled looking down with sorrow of seeing a friend falling.

He looked back to face the death eater, but a green light hit him from behind and when he fell off his broom, Kat appeared rushing against the wind and clouds.

"Are you ok?", Harry asked

"Goddamn, Harry, stop worrying for the others for now!"

But Harry just couldn't do it. He was going to protest, but his scar burst in fire as it burned his forehead and some screams left his mouth.

"Harry?", Kat shouted getting close

She looked back and saw a black tray of smoke flying to them from the other side. Her eyes opened wide as she heard Voldermort's voice in her mind.

"He's mine."

"Harry!"

Right when Voldemort's body appeared with his wand up and a green light burst out of it, but Harry's wand let go of a red one. Kat stayed watching in shock how Harry still held enough strength to make Voldemort almost lose and they were able to escape. She looked back and saw the black smoke turning into his black cloak and his screams faded away as they went further. Kat stayed behind the motorbike just in case someone else came or they would fall. Harry, losing control of it, landed on the lake that was close to The Burrow, surrounded long corn grass and grounds. Kat landed beside them, with her feet splashing the water. As soon as Harry's feet left the motorbike, his arms surrounded Kat's neck.

"I'm glad you're alright!", He said sighing.

"I'm glad you're alright.", she said in the hug

They stopped the hug and Harry looked around in the sky.

"Do you think the others arrived?", he asked

"I hope so.", Kat said looking to the night sky too.

Steady, Hagrid got up, feeling better and the three of them walked to the Burrow, where Molly and Ginny where just heading out trough the door.

"Oh, dear!", cried Molly, "are you three alright?"

"What happened?", Ginny asked

"Death eaters", Hagrid said, "they knew the plan."

"Are the others back?", Harry was quick to ask.

"I'm afraid not. At least you three are alright."

"They should have been here", Ginny said getting close to Harry, "at least some of them."

They heard a sound coming from the pastureland and Kat stood in front of Harry and Ginny with her wand held high. But she felt her heart stopping as her eyes caught George transforming back to himself, and Lupin almost dragging him.

"George!", she cried as she let go of her broom and ran to him.

Harry ran to them too and gave Lupin a hand as both took him inside and placed him in the couch. Kat quickly went to George and caressed the side of his face, stained with blood and what was left of his ear. George's eyes slowly opened and as his vision cleared, the first thing he saw was Kat's face, with eyes filled with worry, but a smile of relief. He slowly smiled and a hand went to his cheek, where Kat's was and their touch met. The moment was interrupted when Lupin grabbed Harry and got him against the closest wall. Kat got on his feet and felt George's hand slowly slipping away.

"What's wrong with you?", Kat's lips shouted

"Shut it!", Lupin yelled with out taking his eyes off Harry and panting, "…what creature sat in my office the first time Harry Potter visited me?"

"Are you mad?", Harry snapped back pushing him, but Lupin pushed again.

"What creature?"

"Ah, Grindylow!"

Still panting, Lupin slowly let go after a few seconds and lower his wand.

"We've been betrayed.", he said looking at the others and then back at Harry.

"I had to make sure it was you."

Harry, understanding, nodded. Kat sent her look back at George who's eyes had closed again. They heard a sound of someone else coming from outside and, with Lupin first, they all ran out. It was Kingsley, with Hermione, already as herself, behind.

"Hermione!", Kat ran to her, but Lupin placed his arm in her way. Hermione was going to do the same, but Kingsley stopped her. With his wand out pointing at Lupin, who pointed his back.

"What where the last words Albus Dumbledore told us, both?", Kingsley asked, standing strong.

"Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.", Lupin answered.

Slowly Kinglsey got her wand down and before Lupin got his down, Kat and Hermione met halfway in a hug. At that moment, Bill and Fleur arrived in a thestral and Tonks arrived after with Ron, still has Harry. Hermione knew it was him, so before anyone spoke, she ran and surrounded him with a hug. Kat gave a little glimpse at Harry and both grinned. Ron slowly transformed back to himself with a smile.

"Thanks to Ron", Tonks said as Lupin greeted her in a hug, "I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for him."

"Really?", Hermione let out surprised.

"Always the tone of surprised.", Ron said with a chuckled.

Harry couldn't wait anymore, he rushed to them, sending a rush of wind at Kat as he passed by and hugged both Ron and Hermione. After Kat gave Ron a hug too. Over Ron's shoulder, Kat saw Fred arrived with Arthur. With out thinking it twice, she ran between Ron and Hermione, giving them a push, and jumped to Fred, who quickly grabbed her in his arms and lifted her up from the ground with a joy of feeling her; she was alright. They slowly let go and Fred grabbed her hand with his and noticed it had blood.

"What happened to you?"

Kat didn't answer, only sent Fred a look that said something was wrong. Fred looked at all the faces that were there and quickly noticed one was missing; his own.

"Where's George?", he asked Lupin and then back at Kat when he didn't answer.

Kat just turned to look at the Burrow and Fred looked after. With out letting go of her hand, he started to run inside along her side and saw George, laying on the couch with Molly caressing his hair. Fred let go of Kat's hand when he got close to the couch and went down to be face to face with his brother.

"How are you feeling, Georgie?"

"Saintlike", George said in a whisper.

"Come again?", Fred asked raising an eyebrow.

"Sainlike. I'm holey, Fred. Get it?", George said painting at half of his ear with a chuckled.

Kat finally let out a laugh with both, "you have an entire world with ear related humor, and you choose holey? That's pathetic.", Fred said and licked his lower lip.

"Reckon I'm still better looking than you.", George said making Kat let out another chuckle.

"How did it happened?", Kat asked Lupin who sighed.

"Snape."

"Snape?", Ron asked.

"Yes…I saw him…he threw the spell right at him and then just disappeared."

There was a silence that contained confusion.

"Mad-eye's dead.", Bill said as everyone turned to him, making the room go in a silence shock, "Voldemort did what Mad-eye suspected: he thought the real Harry would be with him so he went for it. Mundungus just disappeared."

The room kept the silence and this emptiness hit everyone inside. Even Kat felt bad, Mad-eye never treated her with wide open arms, never actually said something nice to her, but she had a huge respect for him. Harry couldn't believe he was gone, just like that; the man who spent most of his life studying and fighting against the darkest arts.