All the lights in the small house were switched off. The curtains drawn. The occupants were fast asleep. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the shadows outside. A boy, no older then eight, with large, angelic, green eyes and scruffy black hair reached out and knocked on the door. When there was no response, he stood on his tip toes and rang the doorbell. A light flickered on, it was followed by footsteps as someone headed down the stairs. The front door opened. A man with dark hair and eyes opened the door, his name was Igor Karkaroff.
"What do you want child?" He said snappishly. The boy let out a sniff, bright eyes fixed on the ground as his knees trembled,
"I've lost my mum..." He said, "Please can I use your phone?" The man scowled and the boy looked up at him imploringly,
"fine." He grumbled, gesturing for the boy to come inside,
"Who is it?" Called his wife from upstairs,
"some kid needs to use our phone." He yelled back. He turned to the boy, but he was gone, "Kid?" He called, he turned around again and jumped, the boy was standing in front of him, eyes wide and innocent. "come on kid..." He grumbled gesturing towards the room in which the phone was located, the boy smiled.
"I don't need to use the phone anymore, Sir." The boy chirped,
"and why is that?" Igor Karkaroff sneered,
"because I don't need an excuse to get into your house anymore, your doors and windows have been locked, and the house has been silenced, all Floo, Apparition and Portkey travel has been cut off, you have no escape."
"You've only been in here five minutes..." The man said disbelievingly. The boy shrugged,
"My dad did most of it before, I just locked the door and silenced the house." He said smiling.
"you're just a child?" The man cried, but fingered his wand.
Suddenly the lights went out.
From outside, the house still looked the same as it had done a few moments ago. However, If one was to undo the silencing charm, they would hear wild, agonised screaming and a delighted, childlike laughter ringing through the night.