Harry left the Great Hall after giving me one of his best 'you're not my friend' look. Ron kept patting my back and telling me little things that are supposed to make me feel better. They're not really doing their job.
Life was okay for now, but a letter soon fell on my plate by Aglaia and my world fell.
Dear Katie,
I am disappointed. Harry came to my office this morning and told me that he didn't want to be seeker on the Quidditch team. When I asked him why, all he said was 'Katie Smith'. Any reason why?
Professor McGonagall
My mind went blank. "Crap!" I said aloud.
"What?" Ron says. I hand him the note that McGonagall sent me and he was silent. "Why would he do this?"
"Because I felt like it."
"It's not nice to sneak up on people." I say.
"It's not nice to keep secrets." Harry says back.
"Leave her alone!" Ron stands and practically shouts at Harry. The people eating turn and look at the two boys standing.
"No! She's the reason I quit. It was her doing that got me into it and I want out!" Harry yells back.
"How did you know?" I ask quietly.
"I got the letter McGonagall sent you. I figured she wouldn't have willingly watched and I figured you told her." Harry says seething.
"Fine!" I yell at him. I'm pretty sure I just shocked whoever was watching and the boys in front of me. "Don't listen to me! But if your life is ruined, don't come crying to me!" I then make a beautifully dramatic exit that I'm sure I'll regret later.
…
In the common room, I plop down on the couch and stare at the fire. I feel like burning up in a fire. The heat would consume me and eventually I would be nothing but a pile of bones.
I stand up and turn to the couch. "Incendio." I whisper. The couch goes up in flames. My feet move closer to the couch. One more step and I'm in the fire.
"No, Katie!" says a voice. I ignore it. "Aguamenti!" The same person shouts. The couch is exposed. The surface is a little black but other than that, it's still good.
I collapse on the floor.
FRED'S PERSPECTIVE
(I bet ya didn't see that one coming. Did you really think that it was going to be Ron?)
"Katie!" I shake her shoulders to see if she's all right. She lifts her head and looks at me.
"Fred?" She says. "I thought it would be Ron that would come after me."
"Yeah, well my little brother cannot always come to your rescue." I reply.
"Your point?" She says.
"Oh, nothing." I shrug. I pick her up onto my shoulder. "Come 'ere."
I carry Katie to an empty desk and set her down on the table. I sit down in a chair next to her.
"What was that?" She asks.
"I don't know. I just felt like carrying you away from the fire, possibly so you don't try to commit suicide."
"You tried to commit suicide?!" says the oh-so-familiar voice of my younger brother.
"It was nothing." I say. "She was just trying to get warm."
"Then what is this black mark on the couch?" Ron asks.
"She tried to get warm." I said.
Ron growls. I really don't wonder why. Ron knows me when I lie; he's been living with me his entire life. Katie slumps over and almost falls off the table.
"Katie!" Ron yells. I wonder why he cares so much for this girl.
"Fine, I'm fine." She is barely able to speak and attempts to hold her hand up but fails.
"You're obviously not!" Ron says. "We should take you to Madame Pomfrey."
"No." Katie says. "I'm just weak and depressed."
"Oh," I say. A thought comes to me and I pick Katie up on my shoulder and carry her out of the common room.
"Wait!" I hear Ron call. "Where are you going?" He goes ignored
Going to my destination, we pass, oh, very few people. One of them was Professor McGonagall with Harry. The professor looked very upset and Harry looked angry. They were talking about Katie in a way that didn't sound very nice. I slipped past unnoticed.
"Professor Snape!" I call as I walk into the potions classroom. Katie gasps.
"Professor, Professor!" Katie calls as she tries to jump off of me.
"What?" Snape says as he pokes his head out of his office.
"Katie is depressed and weak sir. Harry Potter and her got into a fight I think." I say.
"She looks fine." Snape says.
"Professor!" Katie yells. Snape looks shocked that a student just yelled at him.
"Katie." He kind of growls but looks at her as if he is expecting something.
"Katie?" Snape says. "Katie!" She falls to the ground again. I catch her.
"Katie…" I say trying to wake her.
"Keep her still, I'll get a potion to help her." Snape says as he rushes into his office to get something. Katie fidgets under my arms. It looks like she is trying to escape something. She screams.
"Hurry!" I yell.
Snape comes out a minute later with a potion in hand. He hurriedly pours a couple drops into her mouth and she wakes gasping for breath.
"Professor, dream-vision-future-devastated." She attempts to create a full sentence.
"Katie, what happened in the dream you had?" Snape asks. She looks up at him.
"We die."
READERS! Thank you for reading yet again! Did you like the cliffhanger? Oh, before I forget, thank you Teal09. I'm glad you like the plot. That's really it… Thanks for reading… -wolfhound22