Coming back from Christmas Break Katerina had reinvented herself she wasn't going to focus on the past but the future mostly coming to grips with not marrying Lucius gave her a new perspective. So she set her sights on going after The Marauders because where there were four of them there's only one of her and long may she reign. Katerina came upon Lily Evans a muggle-born witch she was the object of affection of one James Potter her legilimency power came in handy when she read his thoughts and found them quite pathetic. To get the girl he didn't have to bully everyone to do so she figured she may place nice to help him land said girl. James Potter greeted by Katerina he said "What you want?" she said "Call this curiosity but the way to a girl's heart isn't by bullying how about you show your true self to her she might tolerate you" he said "You giving me wooing advice?" she said "Because you're doing it wrong?" he said "I heard about you and Lucius?" she said "And?" he said "If this is the true you he wasn't worthy of you" she smiled she said "Maybe you're right James, maybe you're right".
Katerina's advice paid off for several weeks Lily Evans tolerated James Potter he owed her one so he went to setting her up with one of the guys on the Quidditch team but she wasn't interested in any of them come to find out Sirius Black had a crush on her and he witnessed her phoenix power while back he never got to thank her for her assist in his fight with Remus James with Lily's help went to set him up with Katerina because perhaps they could make a connection. Katerina was in the Owl Tower she found it peaceful as she looked out over the far distance she heard a voice he said "Hi Katerina" she said "Let me guess, James sent you" he said "How did you know?" she said "I have a gift of reading minds and he's been planning on setting me up with guys as the Quidditch team didn't work out well" he walked up to her he said "Well, I guess he's grateful for your advice to get Lily to date him" she said "Well, you don't have to be ruthless to get what you want, if you can't love yourself how you expect others to do the same" he said "Let me guess, being tough is an act because you don't like to be vulnerable or weak" she smirked she said "Now who's reading minds?" he said "Think about it, you were a snob when you dated Lucius and now you're trying to find your way" she realized he was right but she couldn't let him know it she turned to him she said "You know nothing about me?" she went and left. Sitting in her room she looked out the window as rain was trickling down the window glass she wrote in her diary of what Sirius said to her that she was vulnerable to even being alone that she relied on being ruthless but that wasn't really her not the true version of herself.
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The Rise of the Phoenix
FanfictionSet during the time when the marauders were attending hogwarts and after. Katerina "Katey" descendant of a great and powerful witch family that's insigna bears a phoenix. Her journey to becoming this phoenix metaphor. Her life and seeing first hand...