Katherine-Mai made her way over to where Ron and Hermione was sat in the quidditch stands. "What did I miss?" She asked her friends having appeared ten minutes late, eat a cupcake as she did so. Hermione had stopped trying to get her to eat something other than sugar for breakfast by this point.

"Nothing much. It's hard to see with all the rain though" Hermione replied. "I put a charm on Harry's glasses to repel the water" She added.

"That's cool" Katherine nodded before jumping at the strike of lightning that appeared. It went unnoticed due to people being transfixed on the game "I can't see a thing" She commented. There may have been the odd whooshing noise when a player past and they could her the occasional commentary from Lee Jordan which was the only way they people watching had any idea what was happening.

Soon though the fog in the stadium was getting even thicker and the air felt even colder, unnaturally cold. Seeing hooded figures approaching in the distance people started pointing at them. It took a few minutes longer before people could work out what they are. By this point Katherine was already being plagued by memories.

"If dad really cared then how come he isn't here right now" twelve year old Sam Winchester spoke whilst Ten year old Katherine-Mai sat on her bed with her legs pulled up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them

"Don't start Sam. You know why he can't be here" Dean glared.

"Yeah" Sam scoffed "Because hunting monsters is more important to him than we are. Don't even pretend it's not true Dean" Sam glared. Katherine looked up with a sad expression but she had learnt a while ago how to control her tears so they don't fall.

"Don't do this Sam. Not today. For god sake it's Mai's birthday" Dean sighed. Sam looked around at the shoddy job they had done of trying to decorate the motel room. Coloured pieces of paper they had stolen from school making paper chains and a small cupcake on a single paper plate,

"Yeah, and if Dad cared he would be here with us" Was all Sam had to say before he stormed off over to his bed. Dean sighed, rubbing his hand over his face before picking up the paper plate and sitting down next to Katherine-Mai, putting an arm around her.

"We don't have any candles Mai-pie, but I reckon you could still make a wish" Dean tried but Katherine just looked up at him with a blank stare.

"Why? Not like wishes ever come true" Was all the ten year old said before she cut her small cupcake into three smaller pieces, handing one to Dean "Birthday cake taste better when it's shared" She said simply. Not wanting to see her big brother sad anymore.

The loud scream could be heard throughout the stadium, more piercing than any crack of lightning. Seconds after the scream Harry Potter was falling unconscious off of his broom. The stadium was frantic, people yelling, the dementors flooding into the places. A bright white light filling the air and the announcement that the snitch had been caught was the last thing most people heard before being ushered out of the stadium.

~ 0 ~

"He looks a little peaky" Ron spoke as he looked at his best friend, a group of Gryffindors surrounding Harry's bed

"Peaky? He just fell fifty feet from the air, " Fred spoke.

"Yeah, common Ron, we'll take you for a walk off the astronomy tower, see how you look" George added in.

"Probably a darn sight better than he usually does" Harry spoke groggily as he opened his eyes "Everything's blurry." He spoke, a little worried. Did he hit his head?

"Harry" Katherine voice spoke from his left and he managed to make out a blurred figure by his head "Maybe you should try putting your glasses on first" She spoke to him slowly in a mocking voice but there was a concerned tone underneath. "Here" she said and slowly put them on for him, ignoring the smirked looks they were receiving "Better?" She asked.

"Better, thanks" Harry replied. "What happened?" He wondered, looking at the people staring at him

"You fell of your broom mate" Ron told him.

"Really?" Harry asked sarcastically "I meant with the game, what happened?"

He watched the uncomfortable looks people were giving him and knew the answer. "No one blames you Harry. The dementors aren't suppose to come onto the grounds. Dumbledore was furious after he saved you he sent them straight off" Hermione told him carefully.

"There's something else you should know Harry" Ron started "Your Nimbus, when you fell... it went off and uh, it flew into the whomping willow. And you know what that tree's like" he opened a blanket filled with splintered pieces of the broomstick. The devastating look on Harry face was enough for people to understand he wanted to be on his own. "We'll come see you in the morning" Ron said as people left.

"Aren't you going too?" Harry asked Katherine when he noticed her staying by his side. She bit her lower lip in a rare sign of insecurity.

"I uh, I kinda fainted too, when the dementors came close, like on the train. Since it's the seconds time it happened Madam Pomfrey wants me to stay in over night" She shrugged, trying to play it off. "Guess we're both just as screwed up. I feel for you Potter, I really do" She laughed slightly and Harry gave her a small smile.

"Do you think there's anyway I can fix this?" He wondered. Looking at the broom Katherine gave him a raised eyebrow expression.

"I think there's more hope of me running around the school naked than there is of this broom being fixed" Katherine spoke with her usual level of blunt sympathy. At least it caused the boy to smile. "On the plus side they've given snow for end of the week." She added brightly. "We're suppose to have snow all they way through January and February."

"There's that at least" Harry smiled, happy to see his friend happy. Before anything else could be said Madam Pomfrey was marching down to the pair.

"Miss Winchester, what are you doing out of bed? I told you to rest!" The matron exclaimed.

"Sorry!" Katherine said, looking a little frightened of the woman as she ran towards her bed at the end of the wing and got under the covers, not daring to defy Madam Pomfrey's orders a second time. Not when she had access to knock out potions.

I'm sorry it's been forever. I genuinely haven't had the time to focus on this story and I'm really sorry about that. I took on more hours at work and then finished one collage course before signing up for another one (which doesn't start until September so some time off) and the chapters I had to upload I didn't like so I re-did them.

Thanks to everyone who was patient with me and stuck with the story. For al the lovely comments as well. I love hearing from you all! And thank you to everyone who voted on the dress poll I have going on. considering there's about 60 more votes on one dress than any of the other is think I know what one I'm going for.

I should have another update at the end fot he week but I make no promises.