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Chapter 13:

Despite the exhaustion that slammed into her, Katie had been unable to sleep that night. She knew if she wanted to be serious about Brenton that meant, moving on from Marcus. The first step in that plan was to move, she couldn't live in the same apartment building as him. Deciding then to call her real estate agent to ask him to look for houses for her.

Brenton joined Katie to her follow up appointment with her healer, after they ran some tests and spells on her. The healer explained that the results would take about two weeks, and they would only call her if there was an issue with the results.

As they walked out of the office, Katie glanced up from her feet, seeing Angelina.

"Katie… I… do you have a minute?" She questioned. Dread. Instant dread washed over her.

"I'm sorry, but I need to get going." Katie felt tense looking up to Brenton for support. As if sensing her distress, Brenton grasped her hand tightly in his larger callused one, stroking the inside of her palm with his thumb.

Katie dreamt. Walking through a door, she was met with pitch black. Fumbling in the dark she searched for her wand, anything, but like always she was wandless. Trying not to panic she attempted the Lumos spell without her wand. She could do this. Katie had months of practice and had done it many times before. This nightmare had made her spend all her free time practicing wandless magic. It scared her to the bones being without a wand against that creature and it had made her do something about it.

A few attempts later Katie held a glowing blue sphere in her palm that lit up the hallway. It was the same stone hallway she always found herself in.

Taking a deep breath, she walked through the twisting passage, knowing it all too well. Descending the stairs, she did her best to focus on her feet, and less about what was to come. Reaching the wooden door, she arrived at the larger room. The room where she would always find Evelyn. It was empty this time. She pressed on.

Th next room was a long endless stone hallway, thousands of doors lined each wall. Each door was different. As she walked on, she heard it, the creature. It was banging on one of the doors further down the hallway. Frozen in place she listened to the creature wail and howl from inside.

Her body shook in fear as she did her best to memorizing the massive door, the shape, the color, the type of wood. The door shook violently as the creature tore at the door, as if it knew she was there. Satisfied she memorized it, Katie ran down the hallway trying to find the end.

Katie's eyes opened. She was breathing erratically. But she was safe in her room.

Katie was tired in her bones, but she gathered her energy to get up and get ready. The healer had called her back about the results, asking her to come in to review them. It was the day of the appointment and she found herself waiting with Evelyn in the small hospital room. Chatting idly until the healer walked in. "Hello Ms. Bell, wonderful to see you again!" He greeted cheerfully shaking her hand. "And this is?" He questioned Evelyn.

"I'm her best friend, my name is Evelyn." She greeted pleasantly.

"Well, something did come back on your test results." He said solemnly.

"Oh no, you have to be mistaken doctor." Evelyn questioned, concerned for Katie.

"Well… er… actually one moment." He started to look over his clipboard going through different pages of doctor's notes, and test results. "That's odd, the test results look completely normal. I'm not sure why my nurse called you in today. So sorry about the confusion. I do recommend you picking up some dreamless sleep to help with the nightmares though."

Soon April came around, and Katie found herself moving into a lovely two-bedroom home, down a quiet street. The dark leather couches stood out in her living room; a soft Grey carpet accentuated the room. With matching glass coffee table and side tables. The ebony ornate mirror sat opposite her front door but facing her bedroom.

The following week Katie trained every day from dawn to dusk. The Mack pulled her aside at the end of training that night. Letting her know she was going to be starting in the next game. Katie was excited but confused. No one was sick or injured why would they put her starting? This was an important match.

Katie got her answer later that night when she found out she would be playing against Brenton's team. They were hoping her boyfriend would take it easy on her, and they could take advantage of it. Typical Falmouth Falcon play. The day of the match came, and Katie felt apprehensive. "Welcome everyone! My name is Arthur Campbell, and my lovely co host is Victoria Mitchell." The announcer called out.

"I hope everyone's as excited as I am for the match today, Falmouth Falcons against Puddlemere" the announcer Victoria cheered,

"I was wondering when the Falmouth Falcons would finally put their new female recruit Katie Bell in." Katie's body tensed, a feeling of uneasiness rushing through her.

"I hear she's dating Puddlemere beater, Brenton Allen, maybe he will go easy on her today." Victoria gossiped. Katie felt the heat rising to her cheeks in embarrassment. Her first game on this team and they weren't even taking her seriously.

"I'm surprised they put her as a starter at all, from what I hear fans are outraged they recruited a female." Arthur exclaimed. "Oh look the game is starting!"

On the pitch, the golden snitch was released along with the two Bludgers. The referee's hands tightened around the Quaffle, eyeing the players cautiously, trying to detect any foul plans before the game started.

"Let the game begin!" He shouted tossing the Quaffle into the air.

Immediately the opposing teams leaped for the Quaffle crashing into each other. Marcus got his hands onto the Quaffle first, hurdling down the field he tossed it to Lucius Paddon the other chaser on their team. When the opposing team surrounded him, Katie pivoted in a different direction opening herself up for Lucius to pass it to her.

Successfully catching the Quaffle she made her way down the pitch using all her might she hurled it towards Marcus, using his broom he swatted the ball into the goal. Oliver was unable to stop it in time. "Falmouth Falcon's Flint makes the first goal with a great pass from Bell!" Arthur cheered.

Puddlemere in possession of the Quaffle made their way down the field, the chaser holding the Quaffle was met with a strong blow from a Bludger. Dropping the ball, Marcus easily caught it as it dropped. Making his way across the pitch he tried to score again, Oliver successfully blocking this time. "Wood magnificently stopped Flint's shot" Victoria called out.

The Quaffle was tossed to a Puddlemere chaser, Lucius ended up being able to intercept it. Passing it to Marcus, who in turn scored yet again for their team. "Flint scored again! Twenty nothing, Falmouth Falcons in the lead." Arthur announced.

Katie scored the next point for her team after Lucius set her up with a perfect shot. Marcus and Katie found themselves both trailing behind the chaser with the Quaffle. A fellow Puddlemere player made his way to fly up next to them but ended up being hit with a Bludger. He struggled to regain balance, falling behind them.

The chaser with the Quaffle noticed he was being followed and struggled to find someone to pass it to. When he did go to pass, Katie intercepted, flying off in the other direction. The same Puddlemere chaser was hot on her heels, eventually catching up to her and slamming into her. The Puddlemere chaser backed away as a Bludger approached them, hit by Brenton. It was flying directly at Katie, using the Quaffle she blocked the Bludger sending it straight into the Puddlemere chaser next to her.

When she started to get surrounded, she tossed the ball to Marcus who was cutting across her horizontally. Puddlemere struggled to change directions. Katie raced to the goals eventually catching the ball from Marcus and scoring in the left goal. "40 nothing, Falmouth Falcons still in the lead!" Arthur's voice boomed through the stadium.

Katie again chased after the Quaffle, Puddlemere holding onto it for dear life. Only to be met with a Bludger just barely missing her face. Looking in the direction it came from she saw Brenton. She knew she couldn't ask him to not hit her, it was in the sport, but man his Bludgers had some power behind them. There was no doubt in her mind that she would have knocked her off her broom if it had hit her. "Puddlemere scores!"

Brenton successfully hit her five times in the next thirty minutes of the game, and there were too many times to count when he almost hit her. She could feel the bruises forming on her body, making her feel sluggish.

Marcus threw a glance at Katie, breathing hard but evenly. He watched another Bludger hit her in the side, her broom slightly dropping in altitude as she tried to recover. "Looks like a certain beater is going after his girlfriend" Arthur exclaimed.

"Someone's sleeping on the couch tonight." Victoria giggled.

Looking around the field she noticed Marcus talking with the two beaters on their team. Only flying away when they both nodded their heads. The game continued, and Katie noted the beaters on her team targeting only the Puddlemere beaters. Two Bludgers hit Brenton one after another, with sickening cracks, breaking some of Brenton's ribs.

"Falmouth Falcons score! 120 to 60, Falmouth Falcons in the lead" The announcer shouted, the crowd cheering. Katie watched as their seeker Brian Davies caught the snitch, winning the game for the Falmouth Falcons.

Though Marcus didn't want to admit it, Terrence was his last hope. Marcus found himself pacing his apartment in anticipation of his friend's arrival. When he finally arrived, Marcus didn't even let him wipe off the soot before he bombarded his friend with questions.

"Jeez give me a minute, would you?" Terrence exclaimed wiping away the soot from his navy-blue sports jacket. Terrence took a seat on Marcus's sofa; taking a deep breath he faced his friend. "So, from what I heard, they know she's no longer doing missions for the Order of the Phoenix. They are using her for something else, some plan. From what I heard you aren't high enough clearance, which is why they told you to stay away from her."

"What kind of plan?" Marcus questioned.

"All I know is it has something to do with a promise her grandfather made with the dark lord to help them get into Hogwarts" Terrence explained.

"Do you know when it's happening?" Marcus persisted.

"June, early July, I'm not certain on the date."

May rolled around faster than Katie expected, tomorrow was her last practice day before their match, against her old team The Holyhead Harpies. The last couple of weeks had been rough on Katie, she hadn't heard from Evelyn at all. She had given some lame excuse about going away with her family, but she still hadn't heard anything from her best friend.

Katie stifled a yawn. A weight pressed down on her eyelids. She was finally able to sleep, the nightmares no longer torturing her.

When she was all finished cleaning the house, she found herself biting her lip, eyes drifting to the box that held all the letters that had been left ignored. She needed to get rid of it. Either read them or throw them away.

"Dear Katie,

I'm not sure if you even read these anymore. There's so much to tell you.

Angelina and I figured out a spell that reveals memories that have been hidden by magic. Evelyn is using a special ability to control people. The night of my birthday Evelyn approached me and said, "Katie's back with Marcus doesn't that make you so mad, why don't you go tell her in five minutes."

Katie, I was happy you were with Marcus, I never would have said any of those things without being under a spell.

Please believe us, we can even do the spell for you, that way you can see if she's done it to you.

I still love you,

Forever your friend,

Alicia.

Katie's hands were shaking. She didn't know what to think. If this was true, that meant she held a grudge against them for no reason. She had pushed away two of her once closest friends. Taking another deep breath, this time she grabbed a letter from Angelina and tore it open carefully.

Katie,

I am so sorry, for every mean thing I ever said to you.

I hope you will give me the chance to explain. It took me hitting rock bottom to figure out what was going on with me. I was drinking every night and Alicia found me passed out drunk in the bathroom choking on my own vomit and got me to a healer in time.

I was told I had extensive damage to my brain. Back when we were in school, I had the Imperius curse cast on me several times, along with whatever spell Evelyn cast on me. Any mind or emotional altering spell react terribly with alcohol. The only time I felt any kind of emotion, was when I was drinking. The only time I could fight the magic was when I was intoxicated. I'm not saying it makes it right, but that's why I drank so much.

But with the help of St Mungo's I'm starting to remember. Evelyn told me my mission was to watch George and his family and report back to them. This went on for a full school year. With all the drinking I did back then my emotions were crazy, I didn't know what was going on. I wanted to be with George but at the same time I didn't, it was as if I was trying to resist whatever Evelyn did to me. That's when I broke up with him. When your grandfather found out, they redid the spell, which caused even more damage. That's why I snapped at you so much back then.

I know nothing I can ever say will make things right, but I hope you understand, I wasn't myself. I stopped drinking, and I go to weekly meetings now. Ten months of sobriety today.

Love,

Angelina

Katie hated the fact she was doubting her best friend. They had known each other for years, there was no way she was staged into her life by Voldemort. Right?

Unless he took advantage of their friendship and inserted her back into Katie's life. Why did Evelyn disappear? Did she already get what she needed from Katie? What could it have been?

Using the Floo she headed to St. Mungo's. She ended up waiting for hours, as she didn't have an appointment. Finally, the healer from her previous visit came into her room, confused. "Is the dreamless sleep not helping you?" He questioned her.

"Can you go over my results again, please." Katie begged.

The healer eyed her curiously, before looking down at her chart shuffling through the lab results. "Everything is normal."

"Can you ask another doctor to look at it then, just to be sure." Katie pleaded.

"Let me see what I can do." The healer said, obviously annoyed.

After about twenty minutes of waiting, the previous healer, and another younger man entered the room. "This is Healer Anderson, he agreed to look over your charts."

The younger man began flipping through the pages, "These are abnormal, looks as though your brain has been under tremendous amount of trauma. I'd say you've been under some sort of mind control spell."

The doctor's voices became muffled.

"Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backward." — Draco Malfoy