CHAPTER 23
|MORNING AFTER|
The next morning Cathy Potter awoke to the beams of morning light that seeped from the slightly opened curtains. The warmth of the sun made her eyes flutter weakly. Cathy turned to lay on her back as she stared up at the ceiling.
"Ryan." She muttered. The memories of last night’s film immediately came to mind. "Ryan Black."
A boy named Ryan had brought so many of her secrets to light last night. A boy who would be her son. Hers and Regulus.
Cathy's hand went down to touch her stomach as she thought about her future. Three children. Five if you count Harry and Neville.
Growing up she never really thought of herself as a maternal sort of person. But the films showed her that not only would she become a mother, but that she was actually quite good at it.
The brunette threw the covers off her body and got off the bed. The Gryffindor fifth year girls dormitory was completely empty except for her. Cathy was used to the silence of the dorms seeing as she was the only girl sorted into Gryffindor for her year.
She walked over to the bathroom and began to pick up her tooth brush. As she placed toothpaste on the bristles and began to brush she thought about Regulus.
Regulus would probably be in an awkward situation back at his House. On one hand he was dating a Chaos Castor which was a good thing for a pureblood supremacist. Although on the other hand she was James Potters sister who, due to his pranks and slight bullying, was the sworn enemy of the Serpents house.
After brushing her teeth, Cathy stripped off her clothes and got into the shower to wash her body. Afterward, Cathy got dressed and started to tend to her hair. After drying it off, Cathy opened a drawer and pulled out Sleekeazy’s Hair Potion.
After squeezing a small amount onto the palm of her hand, Cathy froze. Her eyes went back up to the mirror and gazed at her currently brown hair. The future showed her that she stopped using the potion.
Cathy washed her hand clean of the potion before shaking her head. The brown in her hair began to fade away and turned slightly red. Cathy stopped shaking her head and observed her hair.
It wasn't completely red but it was close enough. It was definitely redder than she had expected considering that she had been using her father's potion since she was little.
The fifteen year old witch smiled at the sight of her reddish wavy hair before she left the comforts of her dorm. As Cathy came down stairs to the Gryffindor common room she noticed the people that were all there.
Most were first and second years and there wasn't that many to begin with but as soon as she came down the whispers started to echo in the large room as people gave her glances and looks.
"It's her."
"Can you believe it? An actual Chaos Castor."
"That's Ryan's mum."
Cathy did not plan to stick around too long to get ogled at some more so she turned to the doors leading out of the Gryffindor common room. As she walked toward the exit, Mary McDonald came walking in her direction.
"Oh hey, I was literally just coming to get you." Mary greeted.
"Why?" Cathy asked.
"Your boyfriend's waiting outside for you."
"My...he's waiting where?" Cathy quickly hurried through the passageway and opened the portrait to find Regulus leaning against the stone handrailing.
"Hey morning." Regulus greeted her.
"What are you doing?" Cathy asked.
"I was waiting for you." Regulus answered. "Thought I could walk you to breakfast. I like your hair. Red is your color"
"Thanks. So when you said that you wanted to act like a proper boyfriend you were planning to hit the ground running." Cathy smiled as she began to walk down the stairs.
"I don't like to do things by half measures, remember?" Regulus replied.
"Oh I do." Cathy smiled. "So how's things with you? After the film last night, I mean."
"Evan was quite pissed off that I had a girlfriend and didn't tell him about it." Regulus chuckled. "Apparently that fact that I talked to him about having hypothetical girlfriend problems wasn't enough to clue him in."
"I'm not surprised." Catgy laughed.
"How about you?" Regulus enquired. "You and James chat about anything last night?"
Cathy shook her head. "He went straight to bed with his lot. I haven't seen him this morning either."
Regulus stayed quiet for a while before asking another question. "What about Sirius?"
"Haven't seen him either." Cathy informed him. "Should we feel bad or something? You know about...us."
"Of course not." Regulus shook his head. "It's not like we meant to be together. It's just evidently you and I are...meant to be together."
"It's weird." Cathy said. "You and I have been together for a year now and then--"
"Our entire future relationship gets broadcasted in front of the school and our families." Regulus finished.
"Yeah." Cathy nodded. "Although one good thing came out of this."
"Yeah? What's that?" Regulus asked.
"I'm not evil." Cathy smiled. "I mean the Scarlet Witch. She, I mean I'm not evil."
"I could have told you that." Regulus said. He reached over and placed her hand with his. Cathy smiled and interlocked their fingers.
Finally they reach the Great Hall. As soon as the pair entered they saw that there were many more people other than students present.
Minister Minchum was speaking with Dumbledore and the two of them were surrounded by the Aurors. The parents of students were seated with their children.
There were alot more people that Ryan had brought that Cathy had expected.
"Where do you want to sit?" Regulus asked. "At Gryffindors table or Slytherins?"
Before Cathy could answer, the entire hall quieted down. People began to look at the doors at Cathy and Regulus. The whispers and stares began as the pair of them stood there.
Cathy looked over to her House table and spotted her brother sitting with his friends. Cathy made eye contact with Sirius who quickly looked away and stared down at his food.
"Let's eat at your table." Cathy smiled.
"Great. Right this way." Regulus showed his girlfriend the way to Slytherins table.
After eating with Regulus and being introduced to his friends, several other wizards came over to introduce themselves to her. Cathy was polite and made an effort to not say anything sarcastic.
After most of the people had finished their meals, the rest of the people from last night and several new people had arrived. Cathy spotted her parents entering the Hall and immediately placed her fingers to the side of her head.
"Oh god." Cathy groaned. Regulus followed where her eyes were and saw Cathy's parents.
"It's your parents." Regulus stated. "Should I go and introduce myself?"
"No, not now. It's not safe." Cathy said.
"What do you mean?" Regulus asked.
"My mother. She has her fans." Cathy eyes the fans in her mother's hand in displeasure.
"Her what?" Evan enquired as he too joined in the conversation.
"Her fans." Cathy answered. "She only ever brings those damn things out when she knows you've done something wrong and has time on her hands to plan her confronting you."
"What is she, a super villain?"
"You'd think." Cathy nodded as she sipped some juice. "Best to just avoid her all together. I'll introduce you to my dad later, Reg."
"Okay." Regulus said. He spotted his own parents entering and waves to them. But the hall began to change shape before Walburga and Orion could make their way to their son.
As soon as the clock hit nine o'clock the Great Hall began to shift itself. Curtains appeared and covered the windows darkening the room. The furniture rearranged it self to match the set of a cinema.
"Now what's gonna happen?" Someone whispered.
"Shhh!"
At the box that arrive the previous night transformed into a projector. A light came out of the projector and the screen was shown with a word:
"Film two will commence in three...two...one."