Haunted | 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘵

Chapter 36

(Future Theo = Theodore)

2007

Theo had been wandering endlessly with Katherine and Theodore for a few days now. He and his future self avoided talking to one another, every time they did talk they had a huge fight which resulted in Katherine having to separate them.

They were holding grudges against each other, for Theo it was them spending their children away knowing that they would survive. For Theodore it was Theo abandoning his children when they needed protection the most, Katherine tried her hardest to keep the peace, however, two Theo Notts were a bad combination.

"Give him a break we don't know what's happening in their time," Katherine plead with her husband, he sighed

"That doesn't matter we sent the children back to warn them, not to stay with them," Theodore told her, he walked ahead.

"Is that true?" Theo asked her "you only sent them back to warn us,"

"Yes, I miss my little girls and my big boy, they've probably changed so much,"

"I'm sorry, I guess we never took into consideration how you felt not having them with you," he said, she smiled

"You remind me of Teddy when we first started dating, he might sound harsh, but everything he's ever done is to keep us safe," she told him, she knew he wasn't her Theo, he reminded her of her husband in his youth, the stress had taken a toll on many people.

***

A few hours had passed and tensions seemed to calm, though Theodore still wasn't in the mood to talk. Katherine tried to keep the peace as much as she could, she approached Theo sitting beside him, she smiled at him. Theo shifted uncomfortably.

"What's wrong?" she asked

"You aren't my Katherine," he said, she looked down at her lap

"Do you miss her?" she asked, she scoffed

"I admitted that I loved, then I left," she shook his head, "she most likely thinks I don't mean it,"

"You love her?"

"Yeah, when did he tell you he loved you?"

"Christmas day, we hadn't been dating very long, I thought we weren't heading anywhere, then he showed up at my house with a present for me, a pair of earrings, sapphire ones, for Ravenclaw house," Theo smiled he bought his Katherine the same earrings.

"Even if we didn't agree on getting gifts," she chuckled, "he's a good person, he might not seem like it,"

"You don't need to explain, I don't know what happened here," he told her, she stood up to head over to Theodore, he hurried towards them.

"You know, you two raised some good kids, when I get back, I promise I'll bring them back to you,"

"Really?" Katherine questioned, "oh thank you,"

She wrapped her arms around him, Theodore nodded at him, though he could see Theo didn't want to give the children up. He wasn't doing this for them, he was giving the children back to them because of Katherine, she missed their children.

Theo sat away from them, Theodore knew he had been hostile towards him, he sat with him, not looking at him. He handing Theo a picture of the children. Theo creased his brows, he questioned the photo, and why he would give it to him.

"I can see you care about them, this is so you don't forget them," Theodore told him,

"Thanks, do you know anything that could help?" he asked

"You might not believe this, but you know how the Dark Lord came back,"

"Yeah, he made something-

"Horcrux, he made seven of them,"

"But the Warrior is a woman,"

"Exactly,"

"So you mean to tell me that the Warrior made Horcruxes?" he questioned, "do you know who she is?"

"No, but you have everything at your disposal in your time, Kat and I have nothing, you were a death eater, who is one person, who would be furious at his defeat, furious enough to get revenge on anyone who stood in his way, including death eaters,"

***

Burke Cottage, 4th February 2000

Phoebe took Katherine to her Burke Cottage, where her Grammy was preparing to search Katherine's mind, for a glimpse of the Warrior. Phoebe hoped that she knew the consequences of search something that might be traumatising, she loses herself in her own mind.

"Grammy, do you remember my friend Katherine?" Phoebe

"Of course, right hunny do you know what I'm going to do?"

"Yes, Mrs Burke-

"Oh please, call me Amelia," she nodded,

Amelia Burke gestured for her to lay on the sofa, Katherine was hesitant, Amelia was Phoebe's great-grandmother an elderly woman like her, Katherine questioned her ability. Unsure if their family gift altered as they aged, she laid down, Amelia placed her hands lightly against her head. Amelia closed her eyes entering Katherine's mind.

Amelia looked around, a concealed room, not a window in sight, Katherine was bound, her face bloody. She looked down, as though she tried to dissociate her mind, Amelia heard the sound of footsteps enter the room, she looked at the woman who entered.

She was a tall woman with long, thick, shiny dark hair. Her face had a strong jaw, she proudly bore a Dark Mark on her left inner forearm. Her time in Azkaban took a tool on her, but she still managed to retain her great beauty, common for members of the House of Black.

Amelia let go of Katherine, she took a glass of water that she had waiting for Katherine to get a sense of her surroundings, she offered her a drink. Katherine saw the look of Amelia's face she knew the woman, personally from the looks of it.

"You know who she is?" Katherine mumbled

"Yes, I do," she sighed, "the woman you saw was Bellatrix Lestrange,"