The Diary

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Chapter 35*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Confused*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

~Flashback, Boston~

Kali sat at the breakfast nook in the apartment she shared with Jon. She sipped at her tea as Hecate brought her the morning paper. While still sipping her breakfast tea, she flipped open the Daily Prophet and promptly spat out her drink. She shakily put down her teacup and stared at the headline. "Malfoy to marry Weasley," she read. Her eyes scanned the article. "This month?" she exclaimed to herself, "But Ginny just got out of school..." Her eyes lit up in amusement. "Draco, you cad you."

"Who's Draco?" Jon asked as he stepped out of the bathroom, drying his hair with a small towel.

"Draco Malfoy, he's one of my best mates back in England. He's getting married this month," she answered as she handed him the paper.

"What's so important about the wedding? It got the whole front page."

"The Malfoys and Weasleys have been feuding for generations. They are two of the oldest pureblood families in the UK, but the Malfoys have always been very prejudice whereas the Weasleys are very accepting of muggleborns and such. Well, the Malfoys also hated the Weasleys because they are poor and the Malfoys are very wealthy. Anyway, this marriage will end all that hatred."

"So, this is just a political marriage?"

"No, they are very much in love," she paused a moment, "I think they are rushing into it a little but they have good reason."

"And what's that?" Jon asked.

"The threat of Voldemort is very real, especially for them. And," she said with a smile, "I think I'll buy them a bassinet for their wedding present. What do you think?"

~IDL Intelligence HQ~

Kali, clad in tight workout clothes, bounced her weight from one foot to the other. Her exposed arms dripped with perspiration. "Why are we still here?"

"Because we have to be," answered Jon, who was also clad for physical activity. He held the boxing bag tightly and nodded his head.

She kicked the bag angrily then pounded it with a flurry of jabs. "I know that, Jon. But I want to be in the field. I want to put all my training to good use. I want to..."

"Quinn, Lupin, follow me," ordered a tall burly looking man.

"Yes, Sir," Kali and Jon both replied as they left the gymnasium.

They followed the man through the twisting corridors of the building till he reached a familiar door and knocked. "Come in," called a voice from within the room. They entered the office of Brian Maddock, the head of their division. "You may leave now, Koinis. Kali, Jon, I have an assignment for you."

"Finally," Kali huffed before sitting down in front of Brian's desk.

~Malfoy Manor~

"It was a beautiful ceremony, wasn't it?" asked a hooded figure on the balcony overlooking the gardens of the Malfoy Estate.

"I suppose," the other figure responded, "You do remember that we are on the job, right?"

"Of course I do Jon, but I also remember that one of my best friends got married and I was able to see it."

"Always looking on the bright side eh Foxy?"

Kali laughed slightly. "Yes, I do. I think I'll do a quick perimeter check."

"Keep close to the tree line."

"I know," she answered before changing to her animagus form. She ran around the reception area, keeping an eye out for any oddities. She had been shocked when Brian had informed them that their assignment was to monitor the Weasley-Malfoy wedding. Apparently, many feared that there would be a raid by Death Eaters due to all the high profile people who were going to attend, one being Harry Potter himself.

In a secluded area on the opposite side of the gardens, Kali transformed back to her human form and held her wand to her mouth. "Perimeter check clear. How are you?"

"Everything clear. Why don't you sit tight there and keep watch."

"Roger."

"Over and out, Foxy."

"Over and out, Jon."

Clinging to the shadowed areas, Kali watched the party, the party she wished she could join. "Foxy, we have a problem."

"And that is?" she asked into her wand.

"Suspicious character entering reception area from eastern wooded area. Figure clad in black cloak."

"Ok, I'll go check it out." Kali crept up on the shadowy figure. A hard look fell over her features, no one was going to ruin Draco's wedding, especially if Agent Kali Lupin of the IDL was on the job. She pulled out her wand and held it firmly at the stranger. "Hold it right there," she commanded, "Turn around, slowly and keep your hands where I can see them."

A cold laughter filled the air. "You think I'd take orders from werewolf scum like you?" He slipped the hood down.

"Lucius Malfoy," Kali seethed.

The Death Eater smirked. "I see you remember me."

"Not fondly."

"It is a pity I can't harm you."

"Yes, pity but at least I can hurt you," she sneered, "Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to have you in chains and shipped off to Azkaban before supper."

"Well, it is a pity that you won't." He threw a vial to the ground and smoke erupted.

Kali coughed and fanned the smoke away. When the smoke cleared, Lucius was gone. "Aw, bugger." She lifted her wand to her lips. "Jon, I lost him. The suspect is Lucius Malfoy and he is armed and dangerous."

"I see him," Jon replied back, "He's heading toward the Malfoys."

"On my way."

"You better transform. I doubt that they'll notice the blue trim on your cloak."

"Will do." Kali transformed back into a fox and took off toward the party. It was quite easy. She just followed the screams. She dodged people left and right. As she neared Lucius Malfoy, she returned to her human form. A fresh wave of screams sounded as her black cloak began to billow behind her as she ran. Curses and hexes barely missed her as she sprinted towards her target.

"Foxy, I am with the Malfoy couple."

Kali grabbed Malfoy's cloak and held fast. She stopped running and tugged at the cloak with all her strength. Her actions had the desired effect and the Death Eater fell back to the ground. She quickly restrained him by straddling him and gripping his collar while keeping her wand pointed at him. "Lucius Malfoy, you are under arrest for disrupting the peace with the intent of committing murder and for being a Death Eater. You do have the right to remain silent but nothing can help you now."

Jon rushed to her side and they hoisted him up. "Off to the big house for you," Jon quipped.

"Azkaban won't keep me long," Lucius drawled coldly.

"I think it will," drawled Draco Malfoy.

"Will you be pressing charges Mister Malfoy?" Kali asked. She knocked out the elder Malfoy with a simple spell.

"I will be pressing full charges, Miss...?"

Kali pushed her hood down and smiled at the surprised face of Draco Malfoy. "Agent Lupin of the IDL. Now, if you will, my partner and I will escort the prisoner to Azkaban prison. Congratulations and please, enjoy the rest of the festivities."

"Kali wait!" called a voice from the crowd.

Kali turned and saw Harry walking up to her. "I'll wait for you inside," Jon whispered as he levitated the unconscious form of the elder Malfoy.

Taking a deep breath, Kali turned and faced her former lover. "Hello, Harry," she whispered.

"Kali, I... I..." he began.

"Weird isn't it? How awkward all this is."

"Yes, but I just want to tell you that..."

"Hi," greeted a blonde woman who snaked her arm with Harry's. Kali's eyebrow arched slightly in confusion while Harry's face paled. "You're that agent aren't you? You were fantastic! Oh excuse my rudeness," she said as she offered her hand, "My name is Sally-Anne Perks, Harry's girlfriend."

Kali shook Sally-Anne's hand, a little rougher than usual. "Agent Kali Lupin, a friend of Harry and Draco's." She chanced a look at Harry who looked sadly back. She kept her look cold as she said, "I best get going. Enjoy the rest of the reception." She pulled her hood back up and walked back inside the mansion.

"Quite an entrance you pulled back there."

Kali smiled slightly. "I was always one for the dramatic entrances, Draco, you know that."

"I noticed you met Sally."

"Yes, I did meet Miss Perky."

"It's Perks," he corrected.

"I know, it's called sarcasm, Draco. I thought you were the master of it," she said.

"Yes, well... Ginny usually yells at me for being too sarcastic."

"Already whipped, I really must hand it to Ginny for accomplishing that so quickly," Kali laughed.

Draco frowned. "Oh ha ha."

"Foxy, hurry up!"

"Well, I must take off." She turned to leave but paused. "By the way, congratulations on the baby." With that said, she left for Azkaban.

~Entrance Hall, Hogwarts, Present Time~

"Kay Covington, you are being detained for questioning on the escape of Timothy Nott," Auror Malfoy dictated.

"I understand," Kay nodded, "And I'm ready to go."

"You will not be going anywhere."

"I am sorry, Headmaster, but Miss Covington is to be taken in for questioning," Draco explained.

"I am very aware of that Mister Malfoy," Albus Dumbledore said, "but the questioning shall take place in my office."

"With all do respect, sir, this is out of your jurisdiction."

"But not mine," Harry said as he stepped out from behind the aging headmaster.

"Harry," Kay whispered and quickly looked down to avoid his eyes.

"Potter, this is my case and I may question whom I want!"

"And when were you going to inform me of that? When I passed by the interrogation room?" Harry asked, "The last time I checked, I was in charge here. I will handle the questioning in Professor Dumbledore's office. You and the others are dismissed." Malfoy didn't move an inch. He stood there staring defiantly at Potter. "I said you are dismissed." With one final glare, Draco and the other Aurors left. After a short pause, Harry turned to Kay. "If you would follow me, please," he said to her.

"Alright."She followed him up the staircase.

From the shadows a singular voice sounded. "Ok, now I'm even more confused."

"So am I, Rhiannon," Thomas agreed.

"What are they questioning her about?"

"I don't know, Will, but it can't be good. It can't be good at all," Rhiannon answered, "Especially if my dad is that pissed off."

~Jon and Kali's Flat, Flashback~

Kali forced the door open and it slammed hard against the door. "Pissed off, aren't ya?"

"Did you see her, Jon?" Kali asked, her voice tinged in disbelief, "She was so... so... cheerful."

"Since when has being happy been a crime?" He tossed his cloak on the nearest chair and closed the door. "Who are you talking about anyways?"

"Miss Perfect Pin-up Perky Perks."

"That poor girl, parents can be so cruel when naming their offspring."

"This is not a laughing matter! This is serious! Harry can't be with her."

"And why is that?" he asked as he lounged on the sofa.

Kali crossed her arms and huffed. "She is all wrong for him. For one thing, she looks as if she needs to be protected like she couldn't fight for herself. Harry will have to worry constantly about her safety. He needs someone who can take care of herself."

"Like you?" Jon asked, "Is all this because you're jealous that he may have found someone else? And he's happy without you?"

"That's not what this is about."

"Then what is it about?"

"It's about... it's about..."

"Just admit that you want him back. Go and tell him that you are still madly in love with him."

"What good will that do?" Kali asked quietly.

"That will give him the chance to admit it back."

"Why would he admit it back? He's got that floozy, Sally-Anne Perks, now," she sighed.

Jon rolled his eyes and stood beside her. "Because he loves you. You didn't see his face when you turned and left him with her. He was crushed." He rested a hand on Kali's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her slightly. "You both should wake up and act like adults and check the 'I like you' box."

"You're a very odd man," Kali smiled.

"You only say that 'cause I'm the voice of reason."

"Just keep believing your little delusions."

"Hypocrite."

A few days later, Jon walked into the small office that he and Kali shared to ask if she wanted to go out for lunch. What he found was Kali studiously writing on a piece of parchment. "Whatcha doin'?"

"Jon! Just the bloke I wanted to see," she said excitedly.

"Uh-oh."

"It's nothing bad, I just need you to read this and tell me what you think."

He looked at her questioningly and asked, "What is it?"

"Just a letter from Harry. I need help writing a response."

Jon coughed slightly, clearing his throat and read the letter.

Dearest Kali,

I'm sorry about Sally-Anne. The shock of what she said must have been quite harsh, but they were untrue. I'm not dating her. I haven't been with anyone since you. I don't know what that is supposed to mean but... I don't know, Kali. Are we supposed to be together? I don't even know anymore. In the past you've had me up and down and even sideways. When you refused my proposal and argued... well, I wanted to chase you but I had no idea where you went. When I finally sat down and thought about it, I realized how much you run away from me, from everything and I don't know if I could be with someone like that. I'm just confused right now. I don't know what I want anymore. I thought I wanted you but see where that got me?

Harry

"Foxy, you ok with this?"

"I am perfectly smashing, now how shall I respond to Mister Potter's letter?" she asked, "Should I be devilishly charming and evil? Or just down right malicious and mean?"

"I think you should do something before you lose him," he advised as he handed back the letter.

"You're one to talk about love and loss. When was the last time you ever went on a date?"

Jon's face turned cold and stone like. "I don't want to talk about it."

"You never want to talk about it."

"Just drop it, Kali."

"Calling me Kali? My, my I must've hit a nerve," she laughed.

"I said drop it," he growled.

"Why? Why should I stop? Why should I..." She never did get to finish asking why. Jon had seized her face and pressed his lips to hers. He drew her into a closer kiss as it went on. They finally parted when the need for oxygen grew too great. "Well, I guess that answered the question."

"Had to shut you up somehow," he breathed.

"So, you like me."

"Yeah, fell for the girl who's already in love with a hero."

"I'm not in..." Kali began.

"Yes, you are, Foxy. You're just too stupid to realize it."

"Yeah, yeah, now devilishly charming and evil or malicious and mean?" she asked again.

Jon stroked his chin a moment or two, thinking of the different possibilities. "Devilishly charming with a tiny bit of evil," he answered, "Just a tiny bit."

"Excellent, that's the same thing I thought!" She sat back down at her desk and began writing. "Oh, what did you want?"

"What do you want to do for lunch?"

"I don't know, you want to go to the restaurant by the bay?"

"Which one by the bay?"

"That seafood one."

Jon sighed, "We live in Boston, Kali. We're known for seafood. There are tons of seafood places by the bay."

"And how many of them have we eaten at?" she asked.

"Well," Jon began to answer, "one."

"So which restaurant do you think I am referring too?"

"The only seafood restaurant by the bay that we've ever been too?"

Kali laughed, "Exactly."

~Dumbledore's Office, Present Time~

Headmaster Dumbledore was absent, having already excused himself. Harry sat quietly in Dumbledore's chair while Kay sat nervously in front of him. "You were once involved with Timothy Nott, correct?"

"Yes," she answered quietly, "we were lovers once."

"When was the last time you saw him?" Harry asked mechanically.

Kali continued to look at her hands neatly folded on her lap. "Yesterday, I visited him in Azkaban."

"Why?"

"Because, a part of me still needed to make sure he was ok. To make sure the guards weren't roughing him up too much."

"Did you assist his escape in anyway?"

"No, I put him in there. Why would I help him break out?" she asked as she brought her face up to look him in the eyes, as if challenging him to push further.

"Because you love him," he stated.

"Of course I still love him," Kay defended, "Do you still love Kali?"

"That is different."

"No, it's not. We're both blaming ourselves for their disappearances."

"Did Nott say or do anything out of the ordinary during you visit?" Harry asked, ignoring Kay's words.

Kay seemed to freeze internally. She still remembered his words and the locket he left her, but should she tell Harry and give him a reason to believe Malfoy? "N...no, he didn't."

"Are you sure?" he asked.

Kay shook her misgivings off and looked him in the eye. "Yes, I'm sure."