"Kat!" A day after our first day at Hogwarts, Harry comes running up to me. We haven't had any classes yet, as it's still Sunday.
"I was walking back to the dorm, and I heard voices!"
"I-we're in a school, of course there's going to be voices."
"Yes, yes I know that, but it was weird. Like hissing, like a snake."
"A snake." Note the period. It's a question. But not really. It's an article of disbelief.
"YES! A SNAKE!"
"Where did you hear this.. snake?" I ask.
"Uh, I dunno. It sounded like it was in the walls."
"What's in the walls? Malfoy's dead body?" Emma startles me and I jump.
"Wait, really?"
"Naw, I wish."
"Wait." I say.
"What?"
"Shut up!" I hiss. I hear it too.
"Kat?"
"Shush!" Emma says.
"Kat, do you hear it? Where is it?"
"In the wall."
"I TOLD YOU!"
"Yes, but you didn't tell me that it wasn't just in the wall, it was in the pipes."
"What?"
"Pipes. Emma, do you know what sounds like a snake that can live in pipes?"
"Pretty much any type of snake, muggle or magic, depending on the size of the pipe."
"We need to ask someone who knows more about Hogwarts than the founders themselves."
"Hermione."
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Kat, Not Katherine
FanfictionWhen Katherine Potter came out as non-binary and changed her name to Kat, their brother, Harry, supported them. But this is 1990, and their foster family, the Dursleys, did not support them at all. Read along as Kat makes new friends, learns difficu...
