I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT WIFI AND INTERNET FOR A MONTH! Sorry for lack of updates, hopefully a double update will help make up for that?
"SIRIUS BLACK IS WHAT!" Katherine-Mai yelled loudly as the group of four sat on the Hogwarts express. The other three shushed her, eyeing the sleeping teacher that they established was Professor R.J. Lupin, who would most probably be teaching defence against the dark arts. After hearing that Sirius Black wants to kill Harry though, that little fact about who there new teacher was seemed meaningless. "Sorry" she added in a quieter voice.
"It will be alright though Harry, I mean with Dumbledore in charge you'll be safe" Hermione said, but Harry didn't look so convinced
"No offence to Dumbledore I mean, the man is awesome, indisputably a genius, but first year he hired a man working for Voldemort, heck Voldemort was in the castle on the back of the guys head. If Mouldy-wart can get in then Sirius can, 'specially since he escaped a supposedly inescapably prison" Katherine pointed out as she popped a bertybott every flavour bean in her mouth (Thai-green curry flavour) the other three looked at her with raised eyebrow "Well what do you want me to say, we established years ago I'm rubbish at the comforting thought thing" She defended
"It's true, you're too honest, well work on that" Hermione said
"You're right as well," Harry said glumly.
"Yeah, but what you do have, as well as Dumbledore, is us. Hermione with her kick-ass spells, Ron with his determination and knack for spell that make people vomit and such" she started, both the people she spoke about looked proud at themselves for what she had mentioned "And if that goes wrong, I'll take them down Muggle style. Black won't have the opportunity to get close to you" She shrugged simply.
"Thanks Katherine" Harry said and the girl smiled
"No problem Harry, Can't let anything happen to any of you" she said and they all smiled before she smirked "You know too much about me" which made them all laugh
"Is it me or is it getting cold in here?" Ron asked suddenly
"I don't' think it's just you" Hermione said, looking at the windows frosting up. The group of four all watched in fear as a large black cloaked figure came up to the glass of the sliding compartment door, opening it without even touching it. Suddenly Katherine couldn't even thing straight. She felt like her life-force was being drained out of her. She felt herself get overcome with thoughts that made her went to scream, that made her feel weak.
"Katherine-Mai Winchester is a freak" the girl said, only nine years old to the eight year old girl who looked down, refusing to show the bully's words were effecting her "She doesn't even have a mum, I bet her mum died out of shame, because she couldn't stand to look at you. Your ugly and stupid and a Freak!" the girl continued as the rest of the class laughed. The laughter run in the girls ears like a haunting melody as Katherine stood.
"I'm not a freak, your just narrow-minded and dim-witted" Katherine glared.
"Those aren't even real words stupid" the girl said as she decided to throw her lunch all over the young girl. She was being mocked for her too big clothes again. For not having a mum around, for being the new kid.
"What the hell is wrong with you, can't you do even the simplest thing?" John Winchester roared at the ten year old girl who had failed to his the target set out in front of her dead on. Katherine tried not to cower with fear under her dads anger but she couldn't help it. "I knew it was a mistake not dropping you off somewhere, shots like that could get us all killed. Is that what you want huh? for you brothers to be dead because of you. But you will kill them Katherine-Mai, if you don't buck up and stop being a girl" Don't be a girl, the words tumbling around in Katherine's head for a young age, a rule to live by. It was like her father resented her for being the wrong gender. She was weak, and she knew it, because her father had told her. She had never felt so worthless in her entire life, purely for being an inch or two out form the target.
The werewolf launched at her, his teeth ready to take the plunge when she raised her silver knife and stabbed him in the chest, hard enough for the werewolf to turn human once again. He must have been in so much pain. Standing up, pushing the werewolf off of her skinny ten year old body, her father and brothers came up behind her. The werewolf couldn't move, that was clear, she had actually managed to get two good stabs in there. But then she was handed a gun. "Finish it Mai" Her father ordered
"Dad you can't expect…" Sam started
"Shut it Sammy, she wanted to help, she got in the fight, she has to finish it" john snapped. Katherine looked down at the man in front of her, he didn't remember ever being a werewolf, didn't; remember attacking her. He looked innocent, as innocent as any other victim.
"But he's human dad" Katherine said softly
"Not anymore" John shrugged. "Shoot him Mai, or so help me I will leave you here with it" he threatened, even Dean had to protest this time. He himself was sixteen, but he wouldn't have much of a stomach to shoot a man that didn't even know he did something wrong, it wasn't necessarily his fault. Katherine felt her eyes well with tears
"I'm so sorry" she whispered to the man as she pulled the trigger, shooting the silver bullet into his heart. Dean went to go over and comfort his little sister but John pulled him back, raising a gun to Katherine.
"Did you get bit?" He asked her. Sam glared at his dad, only twelve years old but he walked over and put himself in front of the gun.
"You saw that she didn't dad, she managed to get him first." he glared as Sam ushered Katherine away, arm around her shoulder whilst Dean gave her a Sympathetic smile. He Didn't know what to say though, what on earth could make this situation seem alright? The scream of that man forever ringing in Katherine-Mai's head as she let herself cry.
"Wuzzgoingon?" Katherine said in a slight slurred voice. She looked to see that Harry had also fainted, and was being helped up by the man who had been asleep in the corner. Ron helped her up and she leaned against Hermione whilst Harry sat opposite them. "Hey, sleeping guy is awake" she smiled groggily, Remus Lupin gave the girl an amused smile, handing her over a piece of chocolate like he had Harry, only she started to nibble on it straight away whilst Harry stared at his hesitantly. "Thank you" she said gratefully
"What was that thing?" Harry asked, referring to the big black creature.
"A dementor, one of the guards from Azkaban prison, I suspect searching the trains for Sirius Black, nasty things, you defiantly don't want to get on the wrong side of one I'm going to go talk to the driver for a moment" Lupin said as he went to leave the compartment before turning and looking at Harry, a small smile on his face "Eat it, it will help" he said, referring to the chocolate.
The four friends sat in silence for a while "Who was screaming?" Harry finally asked.
"No one was screaming Harry" Hermione said.
"I felt weird though, like would never be happy again" Ron said to him.
"I heard screaming, did either of you faint?" Harry asked Ron and Hermione who shook their heads. Katherine finally looked at Harry and he noticed how pale she looked.
"I think… I think they wee memories" Katherine said "The dementors, the take away your happy thoughts, leave you with all the bad ones. At least that's what I saw, bad memories" she finally said. Hermione gave her a sympathetic look, clearly neither her or Ron had memories bad enough to pass out. "Common, we should go get changed" Katherine finally said, uncharacteristically quiet as if everything finally caught up with her. She and Hermione left the compartment to get dress, leaving Harry and Ron behind
"What do you recon she saw?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, but I know it wasn't pleasant" Harry replied grimly.
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Madam Pomfrey doesn't have time for anybodies crap, once she knows you're well she send you on your way. Katherine-Mai thought she was amazing and was grateful for the nurse for keeping an eye on her, Hermione and the other petrified students. So after being satisfied that Harry and Katherine-Mai had received some chocolate, she was happy to send them to the great hall, they had missed the sorting but made it in time for food, Hermione joining them shortly afterwards. "So glad I'm here for dessert" Katherine sighed in contentment as she took a bite out of a cupcake.
"What is it with you and cupcakes by the way, when I was at yours, you had like, two a day" Harry wondered as he watched her swiped her finger across the frosting before licking it off.
"They are just the food from the heavens" She replied with a shrug "I would happily live off of them" She said honestly.
"It's not very healthy, and will rot your teeth" Hermione pointed out. Katherine rolled her eyes
"Doesn't count if the tooth rotting threat comes from a dentists daughter, you're suppose to say that out of loyalty to their profession" Katherine pointed out.
"She has a point you know" Ron added, having learnt exactly what a dentist is the year before. Katherine just smiled smugly eating a second cupcake whilst Hermione rolled her eyes. With a throat clearing from Dumbledore, the students attention was turned to the headmaster as the food disappeared, much to the disappointment of Katherine and Ron.
Katherine wasn't much of a fan of the headmasters speech either. Hearing about dementors being allowed to freely roam around, it wasn't exactly her cup of tea. Not that she drunk tea, she preferred coffee. In actual fact if she had to pick any drink it would be apple juice, but they didn't serve apple juice too much at Hogwarts. "Oh" Katherine said in excitement as the students stood to leave the hall. "Guess what" She said as she reached into the pocket of her robes. "I brought some biro pens with me" she said happily. Hermione laughed at her friends excitement, she knew Katherine struggled with the quills, getting ink all over her hands and the page and so she wasn't so surprised about the girl bringing a pack of biro's with her.
"What the hell is that?" Ron asked taking one of the pens and looked at it, studying it with pure curiosity.
"It's a pen" Harry shrugged, he was glad to be able to educate Ron in something, normally it was the ginger letting him know what a certain object it. "You write with it, I actually prefer quills to be honest" Harry added.
"How do you write with that, what's the black thing in it, where to you dip it into the ink?" Ron asked. Katherine grabbed Ron's hand and wrote 'like this' on the back of it, "How do- and she's walked off" Ron said, watching as Katherine walked over to a ravenclaw and giving her a hug "I didn't realise Katherine had friends, other than us I mean" Ron said out loud
"Really?" Hermione said with a strange look "She's quite popular you know, especially with the hufflepuffs, she always shouts at the people who pick on them" Hermione said nonchalantly. "Plus loads of boys fancy her" She added. There was a spluttering noise from behind and the Weasley twins were suddenly stood in front of the trio.
"What was that?" George asked
"Somebody fancies little Winchester?" Fred follows
"We need the names of the people we're going to threaten" George continued, Hermione just rolled her eyes
"I'm not telling you, besides, none of them will do anything about it, a lot of people are scared of Katherine as well, I mean, she can be a little… abrupt" The frizzy haired female said. Harry pondered this a little.
"I guess it's understandable why they would fancy her though, she is pretty" he said, the group stopped and looked at him "What, I mean as a friend, Hermione is pretty too" he said, although there was a slight pink tinge to his cheeks, the Weasley twins simply walked away smirking, patting Harry on the shoulder as they did so.
"Yeah, friends" The twins chorused in unison as they walked.
