15 December 1999, Nott Manor,

Theo had been going completely out of his mind, he had heard nothing of over a week, his brain immediately went to the worst thought. That Katherine was seriously hurt or already dead. He prayed that it wasn't true, he felt terrible for not talking to Jessica or Charlie regarding the children.

He didn't want to lie to them about Katherine, and he would lying if they didn't speak. Theo just hoped he could find Katherine soon, Harry had enlisted every Auror he could as Katherine was an important asset in a number of investigations.

Theo kept the book open on his desk, constantly checking the pages for any changes in events, hoping to find any clue as to Katherine's whereabouts. Theo heard someone scurrying around outside his manor, he grabbed his wand, hiding the book.

He turned off all the lights, to convince the person he had gone to bed, it was past midnight 'who could possibly be visiting me at this time?' he gripped his wand, approaching the door, slowly not to draw attention to him. He quickly opened the door, looking around.

"Kat!" he said hurrying over to her, "How where have you been?" her clothes were torn, filthy with bloodstains that he hoped wasn't her own.

"I don't know, I just kept running, and running, I was so scared," he pulled her close to him, holding her tightly against him.

"Shh, it's okay, your safe now," he kissed her all over her face,

"I want to lay down," she breathed

"Okay, we'll go to bed," he pressed his lips against her, he quickly moved away as she winced.

He cleaned her up, her body was covered in bruises some were a yellowish-brown colour, indicating they were old. While others were blue, purple a few even being black, he kissed over her bruises, Katherine snuggled closer to him. The pair fell asleep, closely wrapped in each other's arms.

Katherine carefully manoeuvred herself from his arms, searching in all the hiding spaces of the house. For the book, 'surely Nott wouldn't be stupid enough to lose it,' she thought. When she had no luck finding the book, she tried searching in new places.

Such as the kitchen, checking all the cupboards, and shelves, there was no sign of the book anywhere. She knocked a glass off of the side, she attempted to catch it, just missing the glass shattered on the floor. She knelt down to clean up the glass off the floor.

"Kat? What are you doing with the light off?" Theo said, rubbing her eyes,

"I was thirsty, I just wanted a drink of water, I didn't want to wake you," she said,

"Go back to bed, you need rest, I'll get you a drink," she smiled at him, turning to head upstairs.

Theo watched her, head upstairs, once he was certain she was in their room, he walked over to the sink running the tap. He moved two bottles of gin, taking the book, from behind them, while he was glad Katherine was home, there was something off about her.

He hid the book behind a portrait of his parents where he had a small door, in which he could hide things he wanted to keep safe. No one, not even his best friends knew this safe place existed until he was certain Katherine was okay, he didn't want her to find the book.

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20th December 1999, Ministry of Magic

Theo sat in his office, looking through paper files on the Lestrange brothers they had been sighted with an unidentified woman. Theo believed this woman was the warrior, if he could figure out how to find them, he would be able to find out why Katherine wasn't quite herself.

"How is she doing?" Harry asked, poking his head around the door frame.

"She seems fine, but there's something different about her, I can't put my finger on it," he admitted

"You don't think she might have been infected do you?"

"Thank you, Harry I never thought of that," Theo hurried out of the room, he took a detour to pick up a few things he might need to test Katherine's blood.

At Nott Manor,

Katherine had searched through every draw cupboard, bookcase and loose floorboard she could find, still no sign of the book. She heard Theo come back, she waved her wand which quickly tidied the room up, she laid on the sofa, closing her eyes.

"Kat," he whispered, as he saw he laid down, she stretches, yawning loudly, he could see she was faking it, however, he didn't push her on it.

"A Mediwitch at Mungos said, she wanted to do a routine check, and a blood test just to make sure you're okay," he said,

Katherine nodded taking the needle from him, as she retracted some blood into a vial. Theo noticed her eyes, they shifted slightly for a moment he saw a flicker of his Katherine behind this version of her. Though her revert back to their vacant look, as though she was here but not really here.

That's when Theo remember what snapped Max Burke and Rhea Black, out of their trance, if they were hit a certain way. The spell entrancing them wore off, Max came himself again after Katherine banged his head into a pole, Rhea became herself again when Theo restrained her against a wall, knocked the back of her head too.

"Parker, you know your sister is a really bitch,"

"What did you just say?" she said, he heard her storming upstairs, she walked right up to him

"I said, she's bitch, you know while you were missing she never once offered to help,"

"Stop," she warned

"Why I'm only telling you what she told me, you were no sister of hers-

She slapped, he grabbed her arm to stop her from hitting him again, she attempted to kick him. Failing terribly, she grabbed his arm pulling her up, she wrapped her legs around his neck, throwing herself backwards to flip him over.

He groaned as he laid flat on his back, he unsteadily stood up, hurrying after Katherine as she attempted to make a run for it. He just managed to grab her ankle, which caused the pair of them to fall down the stairs. He winded himself, he turned to Katherine she was holding her head.

"Kat, it is you?"