Secrects and Spies
Harry didn’t know when he fell asleep but an uneasy dream came his way. He was lying in his bed, starring at the ceiling, when the door opened and Katrina glided in. She was wearing a long flowing medieval style gown. It looked like something he had seen in the portraits at the Entrance Hall. The gown was silver with curly green coils randomly trailing down the hem like serpents. Green and silver? The colors of Slytherin! Her eyes flashed menacingly. The green and silver specks that Harry had always been so fascinated by, now seemed to only confirm her heritage. Her waist long hair was blowing up into the air wildly. She looked dangerous, and Harry would be haunted by visions of her for the rest of his life. Her skin was pale like death. Was she dead? A ghost? Had she just been murdered by one of her father’s followers? Around her waist, Harry saw her wearing a silver and green belt covered in emeralds, and hanging from the belt he saw the jewel encrusted sheath of a sword. Like something out of a King Arthur legend, she removed the sword, and pointed it outward, and walked toward Harry.
“Harry Potter, I have come for you....” she whispered.
“Katrina?” he whispered back. “What are you going to do?”
But before he could answer, he saw the door pop open, and in came a flood of green and silver serpents.
“Katrina! Look out!” he screamed.
She turned around, and fought off the snakes, slicing them apart with her magnificent sword. But it was no use. The snakes eventually overtook her. Harry was frozen to his bed, unable to move, unable to help her, forced to watch Katrina be devoured by hungry snakes.
“Nooooooo! Katrina! Noooooo! I’m sorry, Katrina! I’m sorry!” he cried out in agony, as snakes tore off bits of her flesh.
He was shaken awake with a start, but he was still screaming, in his scar was burning. His face was cold and wet with sweat, his body was trembling. A hard loud slap across his face brought him to his senses.
“Katrina!” he cried. She was sitting on the edge of his bed with her bunny slippers tucked neatly underneath her.
“Sorry, Harry, had to slap you. The way you were carrying on, I thought even though you were awake, you were still stuck in your nightmare. Was it a bad one?”
“No, I dreamed about pink happy bunnies bouncing through a field.” he said sarcastically.
“Sounds terrifying”. she said with a grin. She pulled off one of her slippers, and pretended that it was a wild animal trying to attack Harry, and that she was fighting him off.
“No! No! No, you vicious killer rabbit! Don’t attack, Harry! Don’t worry, I’ll save you, boy!”
Harry laughed and forgot for a few happy moments that information that had been revealed to him.
When their laughter finally died down, Katrina looked at him, and said, “I’m still the girl you have always known, Harry. The same old Katrina I have always been. Now you just know more about me. I hope this won’t change anything between the two of us.”
“I hope so too, but I’m not sure. It’s all very shocking and strange, and new. I’m going to try very hard to remember that you are your own person and not your father.” Harry told her.
“Thank you, Harry. I don’t want to lose you as a friend. I really care about you.” she said.
Harry smiled. “How did you know I was having a nightmare? Were you in here the whole time?”
“It wasn’t too hard to figure it out! You were thrashing about like some kind of crazy person, screaming my name. I told my Uncle UI was going to stay here and watch over you tonight because I thought you would have a nightmare, and I was right. I was hiding in the shadows so you wouldn’t be able to see me.”
“Thank you, Katrina, but why don’t you go back to your room so you can get some sleep. I’ll be okay, and I don’t know why I was made to stay here.” said Harry.
“Okay, I guess I’ll leave if you don’t want me.” she told him. She stood up from Harry’s bed, and turned to go.
Harry felt like a fool. There were many responses he could say, given her poor choice of words, but he couldn’t manage to get any of them past his lips.
“Goodnight.” she said, pressing a gentle kiss against his forehead, before she left.
Harry slept better than he had ever had before.
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The next morning, Harry was released from the Hospital Wing but he did not tell anyone the truth about Katrina. He did not feel anyone had the right to know if Katrina did not see fit to tell them. He found her in the Gryfindor Common Room, sitting among her cousins, and Arizona Brown. Since Hogwarts was the only safe place for them, now that Death Eaters were after them. they would begin taking classes there after Christmas Break was over. They waved, but Harry didn’t join them. The only people Harry wanted to see at the moment was Ron and Hermione, even though he was not going to tell them the truth.
He spent the day with Ron, playing lazy games of Wizard’s Chess, and listening to Hermione preach about the rights of House Elves.
That night at dinner, he saw Katrina enter the Great Hall next to Draco Malfoy. He thought he was going throw up when he saw that they were holding hands.
Katrina didn’t sit with them at lunch. She sat with Malfoy, his arm linked tightly around her shoulders.
“Tough luck, mate.” said Ron. “First she dumps my git of a brother, and starts dating that scum bag. I don’t think you have a chance with her, she only has a taste for losers when it come to guys.”
Harry scowled.
He waited up for her in the Common Room that night. When midnight came and went. Harry decided that he had no choice but to look for her. Perhaps something terrible had happened. If Malfoy hurt her, Harry wouldn’t need magic. He’d crush in his arrogant skull with is bare hands. With a feeling of dread, Harry knew where Katrina and Malfoy would be. They’d be in the Astronomy Tower, just like where he had found Katrina with Percy before. And sure enough, they were there. It was enough to turn Harry’s heart to stone. The thought of HIS sweet Katrina wrapped up in the arms of a villain like Malfoy, his mouth on hers, it was enough to drive Harry to murder. Instead, Harry went back to Gryfindor Tower and continued to wait for her.
When she came through the Portrait Hole, Harry rounded on her.
“How could you, Katrina! How could you date a jerk like him! You know he only wants you because he can tell I’m crazy about you!”
“Oh, you think the only reason another guy could be interested in me is that he wants to get to you? Am I that ugly or what?” she yelled back.
Harry then realized his poor choice of words. “No, Katrina, that’s not what I meant, well, maybe it, but, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MALFOY?”
“Harry, be quiet. Keep your voice down. Now, I’m going to tell you something and you are not going to like it, but you have to accept it.”
“What?” asked Harry. “Are you in love with Malfoy now or something?”
“No, I’m not in love with Malfoy. I’m in love with you, although I doubt that I could be in love with somebody who could be so utterly stupid. Okay, here’s the truth, Harry. I broke up with Percy because he tried to force me to be more serious than what I was ready for. I cared about Percy, I liked him, but I don’t love him. I love you, I have loved you since we walked around Privet Drive together.”
“Then what the hell are you doing with Malfoy?” Harry yelled.
“Getting information.” she said.
“Huh? asked Harry with one eyebrow raised.
“I’m doing some spy work for Uncle Dumbledore. Malfoy’s dad is a Death Eater, and so is his friend’s dads, so he would know all about what’s going on. I’m trying to get inside information, and so far, I’ve got some information that Uncle Dumbledore might not know about. It’s not the most important information in the world, but it could help, so I would appreciate it if you would not follow us around like you were doing. It could interfere with my mission.”
“But I saw you making out with him! Even if you did get good information, is it really worth doing THAT to get it? How far are you going to take this, Katrina? Because it kind of sounds like prostitution to me!”
“Oh, Harry!” she said, her face flushing beet red with anger. “Don’t be a complete idiot! I’m not going to have sex with him! What kind of girl do you think I am!”
“Even if you really get some useful information, would it be worth it?” Harry asked her. “Would it be worth it to compromise yourself to get it? It’s playing dirty, Katrina. In more ways the one.”
“It would be worth it.” she told him looking very much like Professor McGongall, “if it stopped Voldemort from hurting anyone, especially you!”
“Don’t worry about me.” said Harry. “I can’t defend myself well enough without you locking lips with Malfoy! I’ve taken care of myself just fine before you showed up on Privet Drive!”
“But things have changed, Harry. It’s a different world now. You need me, you really do.” she said. “I’ve got to do what I can.”
“I need you,” he said desperate to make her understand, “as my friend, my partner, my girlfriend. Not as a spy. Do you really think it did me any good to see my worst enemy hanging all over you like that? It should have been me kissing you, not Malfoy.”
“You love me, don’t you Harry?” she said smiling. “Why don’t you just tell me that you love me?”
Harry sighed. “What good would it do? Beside, you already know that I love you! So, don’t be stupid!”
“Harry, I have to do my duty. This is my job. I am honor bound. I have no choice.” she said sadly.
“There are more important things that honor.” Harry said. “Friendship, what’s morally right, love, trust, companionship, loyalty.”
“I have to do this. I don’t know if I can get anything out of Malfoy that will really help us fight Voldemort. But I have to try. If I don’t try, I know I will regret it.” she said.
“If I let you do this, I know I will regret it.”
“Now your starting to sound like Percy.” she said with a laugh. “and we don’t want that.”
“Alright, Katrina.” Harry said against his will. “You do what you have to do.”
“Thank you, Harry.” she said sincerely. A strange twinkle appeared in her eyes. “All this talk about kissing.” she said. “Could I kiss you?”
With an angry sigh, Harry stormed out of the room. He didn’t much feeling like kissing any lips that had touched Malfoy’s, even if they were Katrina’s.
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