So basically I'll be skipping like, pretty much all of chamber of secrets because I want to get to the later chapters. For the record, I have a plan that involves doing a sequel to this, but the sequel will be mainly supernatural based. I guess this works as both this being a prequel, and that being a sequel. Funny when that happens right? Anywho, I hope you like it.
Bobby singer took in the girl sat on the floor of his house, his dog Rumsfield laying his head protectively on the girls lap. She had a book in her hand and was starting to relax after a day of training, both combat and shooting. She had done good but then all the Winchesters are naturals in this type of thing. "You alright girl?" bobby asked her and she looked up nodding.
"Yep, other than Harry not replying to any of my mail. Also, the Weasley's invited me to stay with them the end of the summer. Plus Hermione is already finished with all her summer essays she needs to write. It's been like, a week." Katherine-Mai said. Bobby smirked a little, for a girl who used to repel all social interactions as well as comfort of any type, she sure settled down into having friends well. Being happy suited her. She had gone through another growth spurt, being twelve years old and five foot four. Her brown hair had flattened a little, where it used to stand frizzily it was now smoother, with neater curls and brushed across her pale face. She was a good mix of both her parents, in fact she was a good mix of both her brothers.
"You let me know when you're going" he nodded "I got a Wendigo problem up the road a bit, you coming?" he asked her and she looked up from the floor and nodded, grinning widely. If it was her dad, he wouldn't let her go on hunts but after hearing about all the events that took place in her school, Bobby decided she could handle it.
"Course" she replied, grabbing a piece of over cooked toast and standing up, picking up a trilby hat and putting it on. Lately she loved her trilby's just as much as Bobby loved his baseball caps.
A wendigo was generally one of the easier supernatural creature to track down, and as long as you're quick and have the correct equipment, such as a flare gun, and right training instead of running in head first for your first hunt, then there isn't too much that can go wrong. The two hunters both new and old, trudged their way through the thick forest "They don't usually come out this way though, do they?" Katherine wondered with her silver knife raised and ready to attack if needs be.
"Not usually no, but lately a lot of these bastards have been cropping up where they're not suppose to" Bobby replied. Katherine nodded, standing on straight when hearing a noise. A loud growl was heard "I don't suppose that would just be a large dog" she said, Bobby gave her a raised eyebrow look and she rolled her eye "Wishful thinking I know. But still" she shrugged.
"You ain't scared are you?" Bobby asked with a slight teasing to his tone which made the girl scoff.
"Scared? Pfft, no" she replied, raising her dagger in preparation. The hunt went smoothly, minus a large cut down the side of Katherine neck,. She and Bobby had tag teamed, he used himself as bait and she went up behind with a flare gun and hit the Wendigo. He was easy to find, there was only on abandoned mine shaft and nowhere else the monster would hide out. There had been a small fight, and in the midst of it when taking the shot, the thing had turned around and managed to claw at Katherine-Mai. Hence the reason she was sat wincing whilst bobby stitched her up. "Not bad for a first real hunt huh?" she smirked, proud of herself for being the one to get the final shot in. Bobby smiled at the girl, he had to admit, he was proud of her, although upset she was injured.
"Ya did good kid" he confirmed "Don't think I'll be taking you on any more hunts though. You getting injured once this summer is enough." he added and she shrugged.
"Fair deal, I have a ton of homework to get through anyway. Think I'll do that tonight whilst my necks to sore to go climbing anything" she said thoughtfully. "Want me to cook some dinner"? she asked. By cooking she meant make some sandwiches. Neither were too skilled when in the kitchen. Bobby just didn't have the knack for it and Katherine had never been offered the chance to learn.
"No, you go up" He told her and she nodded with a smile, running up the stairs before jogging down them again. "What?" he asked
"Can I decorate my room?" she wondered. That got Bobby thinking, it was her room, he realised, this was basically her home. This is where she went to when she needed shelter, he's who she went to when she needed advice. He felt a swell of pride thinking of that. So he agreed, she could decorate her room. She could have it whatever way she wanted it. It was hers for however long she needed it to be.
So decorated the room now dubbed as her, (marked by the fact she wrote her initials K.M.W. On the door) The walls had a new coat of paint, the faded yellow colour now a warm cream and the wooden skirting boards had been varnished. There was a big devils trap drawn on her ceiling in black, just in case, her Gryffindor scarf was on top of the cork pin board that she had added all of her favourite pictures, ones of her with her brothers, one of the two only picture she ahs of her mum, pictures with friends, pictures with Bobby. She found old Christmas light that Bobby was going to throw away, simple white twinkling ones that were quickly wrapped around her curtain pole. "Here" Bobby said, walking into the room he barely recognised now it was all cleaned up. "Was Karen's" he added and handed over some floral duvet covers and a decorative pillow. "Think she'd like it being used to ya know… pansy-fy a room" he said uncomfortably, especially when being forced into a hug.
"Thank you Bobby" she said the twelve year old said before pulling away "Now enough of all that emotional crap. We should have pizza" she said, making the man chuckle.
"I'll make a call" he chuckled.
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Clutching the letter in her hand happily the almost teenager exited her room, going down the hall and preparing to walk down the stairs when she heard the arguing "For pity sake John, she's your daughter, go talk to her" Bobby said. Katherine-Mai inched closer. Was this who she thought it was?
"I can't Bobby" the clear voice of her father, John Winchester, rung out through the halls.
"And why the hell not" Bobby singer demanded.
"Because she isn't normal she's a freak. Goddamn Bobby she's a witch, the very thing that we hunt or have you forgotten" John said "I can't… I just can't" he sighed.
"You 'just cant' what? Just can't be a father to a twelve year old girl going through things we can't even imagine. You know what, maybe this whole witch this is the best thing that ever happened to her. I ain't ever seen the girl happier" Bobby argued.
"She isn't human." John sighed.
"What? So that makes her Evil, do you even know what she's gone through? Or are you just upset she isn't going to be another solider following your orders?" Bobby retorted.
"Don't tell me how to raise my kids Singer" John argued testily. Katherine-Mai walked down the stair's having heard enough.
"You never raised me dad, it was Dean that did that. I think it would be a good idea if you left now, wouldn't want to get infected with my freakiness right? Or perhaps I'll put a jinx on you." Katherine sarcastically said, eyes narrowed. John looked at his twelve year old daughter, he wasn't sure what to feel, it was true, she wasn't normal. She was a witch, one of the things he kills for a living but at the same time, she was his daughter. She was stubborn as sin, she fought for what she believed in, she idolised her big brothers and she was good- in the heart and soul she was such a good person, he knew that, but he couldn't take a risk. "For the record Bobby, the Weasleys are coming to pick me in the morning. There my friends from my freaky school" she said coldly, as she went to brush past her father he grabbed the top of her hand, holding it far too tight, staring at her with narrowed, angry eyes. She shouldn't talk to him like that. He didn't let go off her until the sound of a gun being cocked was heard.
Bobby Singer held up his shot gun, pointing it at John Winchester. "I believe she said you should leave, and if you don't get your ass out of here in the next three seconds, I'll shoot you a new one" he said to the man who raised and eyebrow, gave his daughter one final glance before storming out off the house. "I think I'll have a drink after all that excitement" Bobby said gruffly, walking out of the room and leaving the girl to watch the retreating figure of her father. It hurt, watching him walk away. But she figured it was for the best, they were just too different.
The visit of the Weasleys that afternoon was an event that would permanently be seared into the minds of Bobby Singer and Katherine-Mai Winchester. The people who came to pick her up was the Weasley twins, who insisted on coming, Ron, who was the one that invited her to stay in the first place, and Mr Weasley so that there was an adult present. Of course they came at 11AM English time, meaning it was three in the morning for the two Americans. The Weasleys were educated enough in muggle objects to know what a gun was, and daggers were something that they had as well in the wizarding world. So when Bobby came down, shot gun cocked and a sleepy but still alert Katherine followed with her dagger, the gingers were taken by surprise.
"Ah hello, you must be Katherine's guardian Bobby Singer pleasure to meet you, my names is Arthur Weasley" Mr Weasley said to Bobby, holding out a hand to shake whilst both American just stared at him dumbfounded.
"Your aware it's three in the morning right?" Bobby finally said.
"Yeah, there's like an eight hour time difference between you and us" Katherine added. "Idjits" both her and Bobby said at the same time. "I guess I'll go get my stuff. Bobby, remember that talk on being hospitable I had with you the other day?" she said teasingly, smirking whilst bobby muttered crude words under his breath.
"I know how to make a cup of tea Einstein, go get your crap together." Bobby said whist Mr Weasley looked around Bobby's house in fascination. The twins and Ron decided they would go upstairs with Katherine, they were curious. In all fairness, this house didn't look too different to their's only none of the pictures moved. It was messy like the burrow often got, but a lot more books.
"You sure this isn't Hermione's home" Ron joked and the group laughed.
"Nah, these books are awesome, filled with all sort of different creature, ones that wizards aren't aware about. Then again most Muggles don't know either. This room's mine" she added, opening to door and revealing her newly decorated room. She saw them taking in the devils trap as they passed under it. Fred and George immediately went investigating every surface of her room.
"Aww, look at ickle baby Kathy" Fred teased, making the others join him by the note board covered in pictures. They were even in one or two of them.
"Who are they?" Ron asked pointing to one of the many pictures featuring Sam and Dean. He missed the glares being sent his way by his older twins brothers who guessed immediately who they were. Ron just wasn't as quick as they were.
"They're my brothers, That one there with the floppy hair is Sammy, the one with his arm around my shoulders, that's Dean" she smiled "That there is my mum" she added pointing out the picture of Mary Winchester "And that's my dad" she finished before grabbing her trunk and turning off the fairy lights "Come along my dear gingers" she called, hearing the twins laugh. She could picture Ron rolling his eyes at her. "Alright Bobby, I'll see you at Christmas" she said to the man, sending him a small salute as they approached the fire. She watched in fascination as Fred yelled 'the burrow' and the flames turned green as he disappeared. "Wow, that's cool" she commented before following his actions.
Everything worked differently at the burrow. They were given a lot of freedom as long as they did there chores. Katherine was sharing a room with the only girl of the family, as well as the youngest, Ginny. They two got along well, although Katherine found her constant talk about Harry Potter slightly annoying. Mrs Weasley taught her to bake a cake, pie and how to do simple breakfast food. The twins taught her how to make a homemade, very explosive dung bomb and in return she taught them both how to pick locks and a few defence moves. Ron even gave her a tutoring in quidditch, as it turns out, she was pretty good at it. Everything was fast paced and Katherine loved it. She also loved the devious nature of the red heads. Other than Percy Weasley of course but then, he was just a boring person anyway. One example of the Weasleys plans was when they went to rescue Harry. "Dude, you have a flying car?" She gasped in amazement. "Awesome" she grinned a mischievous smile.
Harry Potter woke up to a bright light shining in his face, squinting he reached to his left and grabbed his glasses off of his bedside table, putting them onto his face and looking at the grinning faces of two of his three best friends. "Here, wrap this around the bars" Fred said and Harry noticed the twins sitting in the front seat at that point. Harry watched with a grin as they revved the flying car and broke the bars at his window. The boys in the car moved aside a little an as by there plan Katherine entered Harry's bedroom, "Where's your trunk and stuff?" She asked, holding up her lock picking kit.
"cupboard under the stairs" he replied, watching as she went to his locked door and expertly unlocked them. "Yo, George, gonna need help carrying everything" she said to the fourteen year old boy who nodded and entered the room. Wining at Harry as he passed "Grab your stuff" she told the lightning scared boy.
"be careful the bottom step squeaks" he replied.
Vernon Dursley was not a happy man. Not when that damn owl was waking him up all hours of the night. He had had it, the thing had to go. He wouldn't put up with this nonsense in his home. Of course, it only works if when eh is issuing a punishment the boy that needed to be punished was there. But when seeing him escaping out the window he saw red "Petunia, Petunia, he's getting away!" he yelled to the amusement of the people in the car who manage dot pull Harry away from the grip of the horrid man, and in doing so also causing him to fall out off the window. "See you next summer" Harry laughed and everyone else cackled along with him. "Can we let Hedwig out? She hasn't been able to stretch her wings all summer" Harry explained and Katherine happily obliged, picking the padlock on her cage and smiling as the owl hooted with excitement and soured behind them elegantly.
Katherine listened with deep interest to Harry stories of the summer, about a house elf stealing his mail ("makes sense I suppose" she had shrugged) and immediately, just like the Weasleys, on hearing about his warning to stay away from school, thought about Draco Malfoy. It seems like the type of thing he would do. Soon, the flying car was arriving at it's destination. And Harry Potter was about to get his first glimpse at The Burrow
Out of curiosity, I wanted to know if anyone is going to be doing GISHWES this year. If you don't know what it is, you should check it out, if your considering applying, by the time this is posted there will only be five days left to register.
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