Chapter 50

The sun was setting and they have already passed a little village and hit another forest, still no sign of Kat. They did get to see a group of 5 snatchers who quickly got a sight of them.

"What now?", Fred asked George as the snatchers got close to them with smirks.

George's lips twitched as he raised his wand and a blue light shot out, hitting one.

"Run!", he yelled after.

They started to run the other way with the snatchers behind. Two of the snatchers apparated in front of them with laughs, making them stop suddenly as the others got to them. Fred turned around to be back to back with George. As the snatchers gave deep chuckles, they waited for them to defend themselves. They looked like two defenseless hares, surrounded by a pack of wolves. They started to shot spells and the snatchers didn't stay still. George felt Fred's back crash with his and slide down.

"Fred?", he eyed him to see him hit the ground.

George had to turn around to check on him, giving the snatchers a chance to get energy and get close. One went down to their level and chuckle.

"Does your brother need help?", he smirked with darkness.

George glared at him and raised his wand to attack. The snatcher's eyes opened wide his vision turned blank. He fell to the side, with out moving. To his neck, a dagger was buried and blood spilled. George's eyes opened as the dagger was the same that Kat had stabbed on her waist. Fast footsteps were heard as the snatchers turned. Kat jumped on one of them and started to punch him. One got closer and grabbed her, dragging her off of the snatcher she jump on, before getting on her feet, she was able to rip the dagger off the snatcher's neck, making blood splash, and she stabbed the snatcher that was grabbing her on his stomach. She got her wand and a green light shot out, hitting one, making his body fall back dead. The one she stabbed was on his knees and she grabbed his head and hit it against her knee a few times, till he fell dead. Fred and George just kept watching with this joy that came over them, that was her there, fully alive. By then she had killed another one and the last one was running out. She grabbed the dagger and threw it at him, landing right on the back of his head, making his body hit the ground, face first. George placed one of Fred's arms around his neck and helped him get up. Both had a smile on their faces as they saw Kat walking away to the snatcher that had the dagger buried in his head. She took out a little towel and also ripped the dagger out of his head to clean it. Then she wrapped it around that same towel and got it in her bag. She turned around to face Fred and George with crossed arms.

"Are you two fucking mad? What makes you think you can take down 5 snatchers that are bigger than you? What are you even doing here? You're miles away from-"

George let Fred go, making him fall, and he rushed to Kat, grabbing her face and making their lips meet. He was too tempted, so he pulled them back to continue the kiss. Fred just sat there on the ground, with pain as he saw the scene.

"It's alright, you two keep making out there", Fred said, "It's not like I'm in pain, you-you two enjoy it."

George stopped, but kept their heads closed. He panted as his desire was finally fulfilled.

"What are you-?", Kat pushed him, "what are you two doing here? And why did you just kissed me?"

"Why did you slept with Fred?", George snapped.

A sheet of silence covered them. Kat looked at Fred who looked back at her.

"Grab him and come. They won't be the last snatchers."

George went back to Fred and helped him get up. Helping him walk, both followed Kat in silence. Both stared at her all the way, even if they knew she was alive, they were recovering from those 2 weeks they thought she wasn't and that image of her dead body that would sure haunt them during this time of war. Kat suddenly stopped and looked around; after she made sure it was cleared, she waved her wand and a lighted tent appeared a few feet away. She walked closer and they continue following her. Then she turned around and started to mumble a few words as a light blue cover went over them, creating a shield and then disappearing. Kat walked inside of the tent, followed by them and George sat Fred down on a chair besides a table as Kat stood in front of them. Fred and George took a look at the table and saw letters written from Hermione to Kat during the summer and before, a flier of Harry Potter Undesirable No. 1, the locket Kurt gave her, a few Daily Prophets and lose paper of one of the copies that said "Muggle-borns wanted for interrogations and it had circle Hermione Jean Granger.

"Why are you here?", she asked turning their attention to her.

"We thought you were dead", Fred spoke after a minute of silence.

Kat got her hands in her pockets and then out again as she sighed and then sat on the floor.

"I needed to get out of there. I felt useless being there and not knowing about Harry, Hermione or Ron and not helping in the war."

"You have been a great help."

"But why did you do it?", Fred snapped, "why put us trough so much pain?"

"It wasn't suppose to be that way. After a few spells I was going to run, but my father threw me the killing curse, it hit the ground and that's when I thought on doing it…Austin taught a few of S.I. how to act dead in case of emergency. I just did it to see what happened."

"How do you do it?", George got curious.

"It's a secret.", Kat chuckled.

They let out a few laughs, but then stayed looking at her with longing.

"So you knew it was me that robbed the shop?"

"So you wanted us to look for you?"

"Not exactly. I wanted you to know I was alive. I didn't know you would come."

"We had to."

"No one believed us."

"We wanted you safe."

"We wanted to be with you."

Kat stayed in silence as their eyes pierced hers.

"Why did you used me anyways?", Fred finally asked.

"This again.", she said getting up, "get over it. If you came to ask me that, you better leave."

"No! I want you to tell me why?"

"Because it was a need."

"You're lying!", George said getting up, "I know you are!"

There was a silence as they kept looking at each other with tension.

"Stay here for the night. You'll go back to your house tomorrow.", she said as she turned around to go to the bed.

"Kat", George said giving one step closer.

"In silence! Or you'll leave now."

She turned around again and left the room. Fred and George stayed there looking at each other in silence. Later, after they had a quiet little dinner, Kat gave them some blankets and pillows so they could sleep on the floor were the table was while she slept on the bed, in another part of the tent. But in the middle of the night, Fred and George couldn't sleep and they started to hear some sniffs. They looked at each other before getting up at the same time and going to Kat. George touched the lantern with the tip of his wand, making it light up and they saw Kat, awake, with a red nose and a tear rolling down her cheeks.

"Katy?", both said getting closer.

"Leave.", she said as she tried to hold in.

In the silence, they stood firm. She turned to them as she felt their presence. That's when they noticed her blood shot eyes.

"What's wrong?", George asked as he sat beside her and she turned again giving them her back.

"I just worry for Hermione and the boys…", she lied.

They knew she was lying and they wanted to get everything cleared out for once.

"What happened?", Fred asked sitting beside George.

"Don't you remember? They left."

"No", George continue, "What happened with us?"

She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.

"You better listen to us.", Fred said, trying to make her listen to them, "turn around."

She hesitated, but did it anyways. As she turned to face them, she felt her body trembling.

"So we stopped being something, but…", George couldn't quiet finish it.

"Why can't we be…friends?", Fred finished.

"I guess…we just can't."

"But…you're Hemrione's cousin…you ended up being a good friend of Harry and Ron, our brother…we're going to see each other a lot…"

"No. After this I'm going back to my parents. I won't be seeing Hermione so much either."

"What if we told you we don't want you to leave our lives?"

Another silence took over her.

"Too bad."

"Kat, don't be like that."

"What do you want me to say?", she said sitting up.

"Something to make us feel good for once."

"All you have said since you came back as hurt us."

"Like you have said anything better."

"How about when you got hurt?", George remembered her.

"We didn't say anything, but we cared for you. We tried to make it better."

"Ok, so what? You want me to say sorry? You should be apologies!"

"We're sorry!", both said looking at her

"We're sorry we flirted with her."

"We're sorry we accused you of something you didn't do."

"We're sorry we flirted with those girls at the wedding"

"Oh, thanks for reminding me that one."

"We're sorry for that."

"We're sorry for how we treated you since you got back."

"We should have said this from the start. We're sorry."

Kat looked down in a silence, feeling their stares on her.

"I…I forgive you."

"What?"

"That easy?"

She sighed, "yes…I figured…during this time we could die and we never got to-"

"Don't you dare finish that.", George said as Fred shook his head.

"The three of us will get out of this."

"Yeah, so will You-know-who.", she said in sarcasm.

"We will, maybe not all of us. As you notice, Georgie's already missing an ear.", both of them chuckled, but all she did was smile, "but we will get out of it."

"Exactly. The big war hasn't arrived and George's missing an ear. Who knows what else we can lose or…", she took out her hands from under the blanket and grabbed one of their hands, "who can we lose."

They stared to her eyes and saw fear for the first time since she came back, looking and acting so strong. Both covered her hand in both of theirs and caressed it. Then they got them to their lips and kissed them, at the same time, making her smile and her eyes twinkle.

"Don't you think we're afraid to lose you too?"

"Is that why you just don't want to admit you still love us?", George grinned as he asked.

"…I don't."

They just chuckled as they kept caressing her hands.

"You keep telling yourself that, Katy."

They got up from her bed and George kissed her forehead.

"Night, Katy", Fred said before doing the same.

Both left the room as she rolled her eyes and lay back down to get some sleep. Some good sleep would be nice after reckless, sleepless nights. And before noticing it, she did fell asleep, quick. Knowing they were right on the other room.