Reality Bites Harry Potter

You've gotta be kitten me

"I can't believe those evil little witches poisoned my sister!" I yell, pacing back and forth. Madam Pomfrey had kicked me out of the hospital wing hours ago, saying I was making her more stressed. If she thinks she's stressed imagine how I feel?! Sure, Pyper was awake now but it still was stressing me out worrying about where she's gonna sleep when she gets out. "Shay, I understand you're mad but I need you to calm down" Fred says and I give him an evil glare. "How would you feel if it was George in there right now? Or Ginny?" I snap and he blinks at me. "Never mind! You have a million siblings, you don't understand!" I say, running off. I find myself in Myrtle's bathroom holding back tears. "You don't have to hold them in, you know. I'm used to people crying when they see me. Or screaming. Or throwing things" she says, starting to cry. I cry with her for a little bit before finally starting to calm down. "I wasn't crying because of you by the way. I was crying because some evil Slytherins poisoned my sister" I say and she gasps. "I know a thing or two about evil Slytherins. One killed me, you know" she says. "I actually hadn't known that. I'm Shay, by the way. Shay Harper" I say. She halfway smiles at me. "My name is Myrtle" she says and then i hear a scream. "I'll come back to visit I promise. Weekly crying sessions" I say and Myrtle nods. I rush out to see what the yelling is and see the wall. "well that escalated quickly" I say, frowning. I see Ginny towards the back of the crowd and grab her arm, pulling her away. "What's going on?" she asks and I sigh. "I need to borrow your notebook" I say, taking the black book and sticking it in my book bag before leading her to the room of requirement. I leave my bag and then pull her out of the room. "I need that!" she yells, starting to panic and I pull her close. "No you don't, Ginny. You need human beings. You need friends. You need to talk to me" I say. She frowns. "You wouldn't understand if I talked to you. Nobody would understand" she mumbles and I sigh. "I'm gonna tell you a story. Once upon a time there were 4 siblings. They were raised by 2 very unconventional parents but were loved very much. The two oldest were girls, the two youngest were boys. The girls were told it was their responsibility to always look out for their brothers, that it was important nothing ever happen to them. One night the younger sister heard a noise in the nursery. She closed her eyes tighter and pretended not to hear anything. Then she saw a bright light and realized the nursery was on fire. She panicked and screamed but only her sister was there to help her" Ginny looks up at me with wide eyes. "Is that why you and Pyper live with McGonagall?" she whispers. I shrug, looking down. "I honestly don't know. Part of me feels like that's the truth but part of me feels like it's a dream, like my parents didn't actually want us" I say softly. She takes a deep breath. "The notebook made me do bad things. I thought I was hated by everyone and couldn't talk to anyone about it and now I feel really bad" she mumbles. I hug her. "The important thing is you're free now. I will take the notebook and dispose of it properly" I say softly. she nods and I go back inside the room of requirement and grab my bag again and walk Ginny back to her commons. I can already feel the notebook trying to get to me so I sigh, deciding to go check on my sister. "She isn't here, she's been moved to her own room in the Slytherin commons" Madame Pomfrey says and I nod, sighing. Now to find a safe place to hide my stuff and shift. I hide in an empty classroom and quickly shift, taking the notebook in my mouth and running to the dungeons. The doors open easily for me and I look around, finding Pyper on a couch in the commons. I run over, jumping into her lap. "What's this?" she asks, taking the notebook and her eyes get wide. "Good kitty" she teases and I hiss at her. She starts petting me and I find myself purring and stretching out on her lap. Wait! I needed to focus, I had to go fix things with Fred. I jump down, running out of the commons and back to the classroom to shift back. I rush off to try and find Fred. I see George and sigh. "Have you seen your brother?" I ask him and he shakes his head. "He was in the library last I knew, which I don't bother him when he's there. It's where he goes to cool off" he says and I frown. Apparently I wasn't the only one emotional today. I go to the library and see Fred at the back table, sulking. "Hey" I say softly, sitting down next to him. "I'm sorry for being a brat" I mumble. He looks at me and shrugs. "You weren't really a brat. You were worried about your sister and I was trying to help but I'm not really good at emotional stuff. You're a bit more dramatic than the average person but you're also unbelievably more cute so it's worth it. I'm sorry I didn't understand why you were so upset" he says. I hug him, snuggling close for a minute. "forgive me?" I ask softly and he smiles, nodding. I pull out some homework and we work on assignments together until it gets close to curfew. He walks me back to my commons and I go to bed, sighing. It had been a long couple of days and I just wanted some sleep.