Kitten; Fred Weasley

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12 Grimmauld Place certainly became much more somber now that Catina had left. Fred refused to be near George and slept in the drawing room, avoiding his twin as much as he could during the day. Mrs Weasley was still flabbergasted at the idea of her son sleeping with Catina but even most of the adults didn't understand why, they were teenagers after all. Teenagers have done much worse compared to sleeping with others!

Like a sponge, Fred rinsed Bill for all of the information he had in Catina's whereabouts but even Bill didn't know much. Only Dumbledore, Snape, Mrs Weasley and Remus knew. Fred was furious. How dare they? It was totally barbaric for them to take her away for a stupid comment made by George!

There was a meeting set to happen in around five minutes and Fred was determined to know exactly what was being said and where Catina was. He knew the meeting was about her, he had heard Tonks and Bill talking about it. He needed a way to get in there because extendible wars no longer worked thanks to a charm his mother put on the dining room.

He raked his brain for something. Anything! Then it hit him, he remembered back to when Catina nearly plummeted to her death and how she used her own invisibility charm to conceal the pair of them. He grinned and pulled out his wand, "Concealiamento", he said and a silver light flurried from the tip of his wand, spiralling around him like a blanket of colour.

He crept into the dining room and curled up in the chair right in the nook of the corner as everyone else piled in. From aurors, to his family, many adults cultivated around the long, rickety table and the room was locked and sealed.

"Right, lets get started shall we," his mother clapped her hands, "I believe, Remus will lead the discussion."

Remus cleared his throat and leaned forward, he tugged the sleeves of his cardigan over his palms, folding his arms on the table. "Cat is safe and well, she and my father are getting on very well and he is happy to have the company."

So she was at his house? Fred grinned excitedly, he half-expected them to discuss things about Catina but not actually reveal where she was, let alone thirty seconds in!

"However, there has been a vast change in her in general. She isn't eating much, she's quiet and I mean, she listens but doesn't really speak, she tends to sit there and not do anything except stare at the wall. I fear removing her from here is not doing anything good. Now, I like to think I know Cat very well and I can assure you she is not lying. Her and Fred have not slept together so I think it is ludicrous to keep them apart. Besides, when they return to school you can't force them apart-"

"If she returns that is," said Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Sirius' head spun to the man and his eyes narrowed darkly. "What are you saying?"

"All I'm saying so that with Dolores Umbridge in charge it is probably wise to keep her away. I bridge is notorious for discriminating against blood and you can hardly keep lycanthropy a secret if Catina turns up with fresh scars all of the time. Remus, maybe you could homeschool her?"

Sirius slammed his fist on the table, "absolutely not! First of all, as much as Moo-Remus is a very talented and academic man, he is not capable to give her the satisfactory teaching she requires except for in the field of defence against the dark arts, he would be able to assist her in revising and touchy up on anything but he is not a miracle worker! It's her last year, she must be in school! I don't care what anyone says."

Mrs Weasley shook here head, "Sirius, Kingsley is right. He is more accustomed to the ways of Umbridge, he knows what is best. Catina must stay out of Hogwarts."

"You're just saying that to keep her away from your son!" Sirius roared, "Let the girl has something in her life for once, huh? It's clear she cares for Fred or George or whatever one it is, and he clearly cares for her back!"

"That's nothing to do with this!"

Sirius shook his head, "I have every mind to tell you to leave Molly! I might have given up this house for Dumbledore to use as headquarters but at the end of the day this is still my property and I have a day if who occupies it and right now I'd rather that beautiful, lovely, firey girl back here where she belongs than a woman who is so prejudiced that she won't see how good Catina is for her son!"

Mrs Weasley gasped and the room remained silent. Fred but his lip to stifle his laughter, for once, somebody challenging his mother was for the good and also funny.

Sirius smirked and leaned back in his chair, "what?" He laughed, "trust me, I have a good judgment of character and Catina Lennox is a good egg. She just is a broken puzzle that needs piecing together. She will only become whole if she is given the home-life she hasn't had, the care from others she hasn't gotten, maybe the twin is just what she needs. Maybe home isn't a physical place for her to live in but the heart of another person. They may only be young and have not been together very long but if my time in Azkaban taught me anything it's that you must cherish what you have whilst you have got it. They leave school in a few months and who knows where she will be? She's a young woman with no family ties to keep her somewhere, she could end up anywhere and anything could happen to her! I don't want to hear that she has ended up in a gutter, dead. I'd rather her have someone to fall back upon if she needed it so if she went off anywhere around the world, there will be someone here for her to come back too. I feel as though that is your son."

"Sirius-"

"No, he's right. Think back to every time she has gone missing. Who brought her back? Fred. Who found her in the house? Fred. Who stayed with her whilst she slept in the living room? Fred. Who out of all of the kids have actually spoken to her properly? Fred. I've known Fred for over a decade, it's safe to say that he has never been like this around a girl. Fred really does care for her." Said Tonks, "bring her back. Let her go to school next week."

Mrs Weasley sighed, "Fred really has been different with her... but then sleeping together-"

"They're adults mum!" Bill cried, "for crying out loud I lost my virginity at fourteen! Big whoop, bring her back."

Mrs Weasley's face paled and she turned to her husband who nodded. "Can she come back?"

Dumbledore, who had remained silent and rather amused by the situation coughed, "in the summer, yes, I don't think moving her back before she returns to school is wise. She hasn't even had the chance to settle with Lyall, but I would say, take Fred for the day to see her. Maybe then Lyall will get the real Cat experience."

Fred silently cheered. This certainly went better than he had thought.