Broken Silence
Chapter 1 : Aboard the Train
Two girls sat in the foremost cabin of the train. They spoke in hushed voices and looked up suspiciously whenever they saw a shadow pass the cabin door. They had their wands in their hands, ready to strike at any moment. They pulled their long robes around them to shut out the cold from the broken window. The train rushed through valleys; mountains overshadowing them and every now and then the cabin was plunged into darkness. The girls mimicked each other's moves exactly. A passer by would have thought they were mirror images were it not for the different hair colours. The girl on the left had long flowing auburn hair and the girl on the right had shoulder length blonde hair. The girls seemed to be perfectly still except for their lips which were moving at a very fast pace. A faint squeak grew louder as the snack trolley ran down the corridor of the train. It stopped for a moment as it entered the adjacent cabin. The girls did not look up. The squeak began again and this time it stopped outside the girl's cabin. The door slowly started to open. At the same time the girl on the left and the girl on the right drew their wands. Neither girl looked up but as they pointed their wands towards the slowly opening door the re was a flash of yellow light and a loud bang as the door slammed shut. The girl put their wands back inside their robes and began their hushed discussion again. Very soon the slow squeak of the trolley was heard as it slipped along the corridor, making its way down the train.
In another cabin two boys were plotting their plans for their first prank of the term. "Right so it's agreed. We go to the feast and when Dippet tells us to go off to our dorms we make the Gryffindor table levitate and then turn it upside down on top of all them Gryffindor snobs!" "Sounds great but how are we going to make sure old Dippet don't know it's us?" "Ah! My dear, dear friend. That's where this new thing from Zonko's comes in. Just got it from my owl the other day! It directs people's gaze away from you when you press this button. As long as we have it in our pockets when we cast the spell we can easily cast the spell and not get recognised!" "That is absolutely brilliant! I saw that in their catalogue but I didn't have enough money left after buying all of their brand new exploding toffee. Fed some to them great muggles that look after me! Worked a treat. They were barfing up all over the place." The boys collapsed into laughter. The door opened and the snack trolley came in. They bought a chocolate frog each and a handful of Bertie Botts Every Flavour beans. They didn't want to waste their money. It could be saved to buy more from Zonkos on their first ever school trip to Hogsmeade, something Headmaster Dippet had thought of at the end of last year. In fact the boys had suggested it! The trolley left the boys cabin and made its way further down the train.
It stopped outside the last cabin on the train. Before the door opened two girls could be heard giggling uncontrollably. A man's voice was then heard. He spoke quietly and had a very hoarse voice. He seemed to be giving the girls instructions. The girls still giggled as the voice spoke on. "Go to the dungeons tonight.meet me there.come alone." He seemed to be struggling for breath and his hoarse voice was getting quieter. The last thing that was heard before the door opened was "they are near". At this the door opened and the owner of the hoarse voice shuffled out of the cabin, past the trolley and up the corridor. The cabin was occupied by three girls. Two were still giggling and the remaining girl was sat quietly in the corner. The two giggling girls each bought 3 chocolate frogs, some fizzing whizzbees and a liquorice stick. The girl in the corner slowly shook her head and looked at the floor. A tear was forming in the corner of her eye. The trolley left the cabin and made its way back to the front of the train.
Back at the front of the train the two girls sat with their cloaks around them. The door opened. This time their hands did not reach for their wands, nor did they look up. A dark figure entered the cabin and shut the door behind him. He sat down beside the girl with the auburn hair. He lowered his head and began to speak: "It's all taken care of. She will meet us tonight." His voice was deep and it seemed as though he was suffering from a constant sore throat. The girl with the blonde hair looked towards the boy sat opposite her. She looked him straight in the eye. She stares into his dark green eyes, which seemed to be dark pools with no bottom, before she spoke. "How do you know she will be true to her word?" The words glided off her tongue easily as though they were directed towards a lover of some sort. He looked enraged by this comment, He raised his voice a little but it was still no more than a hoarse whisper. "I know she will come because I know what will happen if she doesn't come." He paused for a moment. "And so does she." The girl with the auburn hair remained quiet. She stared at the floor. She looked to be far away, as if she was dreaming. Suddenly she raised her head and looked into the blonde girl's eyes. The blonde girl knew this signal all to well. She had seen it many times before. It meant he was coming and they were to prepare. Sometimes she felt jealous of her twin. She never made contact with him. It was always her sister. But she had learnt to accept that this was how it happened and she had to prepare. Fire was burning in her twin's eyes and very soon it was burning in her eyes too. The boy sat back. He had seen the twins like this before and he knew not to interfere. He didn't want to lose his voice completely. However, this time when he sat back the girl with the auburn hair grabbed his hand. He felt a sudden rush as power flowed through him. He didn't know what to do. His mind was busy with thoughts. He didn't know whether to pull away or to let whatever was happening happen. Suddenly he heard the voice of the blonde girl. She didn't move her lips and no sound came from her mouth, but clearly he heard her silky voice inside his head. "Be quiet. He is coming. Do not fight it. Let it flow through you." At this the boy fell limp against the seat. The girl with the auburn hair let go of his hand and stared into the blonde girl's eyes. No sound was heard and they seemed to be waiting for something. A cold chill ran through the cabin and through the broken window a small ball of light flew into the cabin. The ball of light hovered in front of the two girls. Slowly a pale face formed in the centre of the ball. It opened its mouth and began to speak.
Elyse felt a slight chill as she sat in the corner of her cabin. Lavender and Chloe sat opposite her. They were also unusually quiet. Normally the girls would have been deep in conversation about the events of that summer. However, today everything seemed different. Elyse was very quiet. In fact she hadn't said a word the whole journey. Chloe had noticed her eyes, red and bloodshot, as though she had been crying, but she didn't want to say anything. Lavender felt strangely tired, she lay back in her seat and closed her eyes. Elyse looked up slowly and saw Lavender asleep and Chloe munching quietly on a Liquorice stick. Elyse curled her knees up to her chest and rested her head on them. She had so much to think about and it was all jumbled up inside her head. She didn't know what was happening to her. The whole of her summer had been spent up in her room. She had poured her feelings, her worries and her deepest secrets into her diary but still none of it made any sense. When she looked up again Chloe had also fallen asleep. Elyse sat back and stared out the window as the scenery rushed past. She tried to clear her mind and think only about the scenery. She pushed away her worries of the arranged meeting she was to attend that night. She pushed out the memory of the figure with the hoarse voice that had brought her the news. She pushed away the memory of what she had seen that caused all the trouble. She finally tried to push away the memory of the expressions on her parent's faces as they waved her off. She knew that this was the way she would always remember them. She knew that after tonight there would be no chance that she could ever see them again. Tonight was going to change everything. Even though it was the hardest thing she had ever done, she pushed away the memory of their faces out of her mind. For a moment her mind was blank and she focused solely on the scenery rushing past and as the clouds formed strange shapes a smile spread across her face. For a moment she was free. As she smiled a bright light filled the window. Her eyes grew wide. The light faded to a transparent ball. She wanted to look away. She wanted to block out whatever was coming next but deep down she knew it was inevitable and her eyes stayed fixed on the transparent ball. Slowly a pale face formed inside the ball. As it did so Elyse's mind once again filled with her worries and she could clearly see the faces of her parents smiling and waving, thinking they would see her again at Christmas. The face was almost white and the eyes were no more that large dark circles. These eyes looked into Elyse's. She felt short of breath. Those eyes were not just looking at her. They were searching her soul, finding every secret. She could hide nothing. She tried to look away but found she couldn't. The eyes seemed to search her forever. Elyse felt very vulnerable. She wanted to hide but she couldn't move. She found her self fixed to the spot where she stood. After what seemed like a lifetime the face began to fade and almost as quickly as it had appeared the ball of light vanished. Elyse's face was white. She sat back in her seat with her head in her hands and she cried. She knew whom the face had belonged to and all too soon the horror of what would happen that night became all too real.
"She has power. You must teach her well. I leave her to you and hope we do not meet again in the near future." The twins watched as the face became a ball of light once more and flew out of the broken window and out into the world. There was silence in the cabin. The boy still lay limp in his seat. The girls looked at each other. The blonde was the first to break the silence. "Do you have what we need?" She knew perfectly well she didn't need to ask. They had performed the act many times before and she was sure would not have let anything slip. However, this time she felt more nervous than usual. "Yes and he will provide the rest." She indicated towards the boy, still limp in his seat. "Wake up." The blonde girl spoke softly and as she spoke the boy sat up and opened his eyes. He looked a little dazed. "You know what you must do?" Again the girl stared into his eyes, She seemed to have some sort of power over the boy and he was helpless to her charms. "I know what I must do and I am ready." The boy then looked down at his hand and nervously played with his fingers. Any strength that may have been present seemed to leave him at that moment. "Then it shall go ahead and she will pay the price." The blonde girl looked to the window as she said this. There seemed to be a note of remorse in her voice. She knew that once the circle was formed there would be no turning back. She felt in some way nervous. She had performed the ceremony several times and this one would surely be no different. Her twin felt the blonde girl's nerves and gently laid a hand in her sister's arm. This simple gesture was her only way of reassuring both her and her sister that everything would run smoothly.
"The look on those Gryffindor's faces when they're covered in their own leftovers! The only food really fit for people like them with their Mudbloods and all." "It will be priceless. Just, we'll be the talk of the Common Room afterwards!" The two boys were still discussing their plans for the end of the great feast that night. The boy on the left, Bryan, was a 3rd year Slytherin. He had short dark brown hair and was very slim. He wasn't good looking though. Far from it. He had, what seemed to be, a permanent boil on the side of his nose and his were no more than narrow slits in his face. The other boy, Lucius, was also a 3rd year Slytherin. He was better looking than Bryan and had a group of giggling 1st years buzzing around him. He sported a crop of blonde hair that made his bright green eyes almost jump out from his face. The two looked very different but, nevertheless, they had become friends in their first year. They had both been sorted straight into Slytherin and were well known among their house for causing trouble for a lot of other students. Now they were planning their first prank of many for the school term ahead of them. They heard a voice shouting up their corridor. "10 MINUTES TO ARRIVAL. BE IN YOUR ROBES AND READY TO DEPART WITH YOUR LUGGAGE READY. THANK YOU." The boys put their plans on hold as they set about readying their trunks.
Chapter 1 : Aboard the Train
Two girls sat in the foremost cabin of the train. They spoke in hushed voices and looked up suspiciously whenever they saw a shadow pass the cabin door. They had their wands in their hands, ready to strike at any moment. They pulled their long robes around them to shut out the cold from the broken window. The train rushed through valleys; mountains overshadowing them and every now and then the cabin was plunged into darkness. The girls mimicked each other's moves exactly. A passer by would have thought they were mirror images were it not for the different hair colours. The girl on the left had long flowing auburn hair and the girl on the right had shoulder length blonde hair. The girls seemed to be perfectly still except for their lips which were moving at a very fast pace. A faint squeak grew louder as the snack trolley ran down the corridor of the train. It stopped for a moment as it entered the adjacent cabin. The girls did not look up. The squeak began again and this time it stopped outside the girl's cabin. The door slowly started to open. At the same time the girl on the left and the girl on the right drew their wands. Neither girl looked up but as they pointed their wands towards the slowly opening door the re was a flash of yellow light and a loud bang as the door slammed shut. The girl put their wands back inside their robes and began their hushed discussion again. Very soon the slow squeak of the trolley was heard as it slipped along the corridor, making its way down the train.
In another cabin two boys were plotting their plans for their first prank of the term. "Right so it's agreed. We go to the feast and when Dippet tells us to go off to our dorms we make the Gryffindor table levitate and then turn it upside down on top of all them Gryffindor snobs!" "Sounds great but how are we going to make sure old Dippet don't know it's us?" "Ah! My dear, dear friend. That's where this new thing from Zonko's comes in. Just got it from my owl the other day! It directs people's gaze away from you when you press this button. As long as we have it in our pockets when we cast the spell we can easily cast the spell and not get recognised!" "That is absolutely brilliant! I saw that in their catalogue but I didn't have enough money left after buying all of their brand new exploding toffee. Fed some to them great muggles that look after me! Worked a treat. They were barfing up all over the place." The boys collapsed into laughter. The door opened and the snack trolley came in. They bought a chocolate frog each and a handful of Bertie Botts Every Flavour beans. They didn't want to waste their money. It could be saved to buy more from Zonkos on their first ever school trip to Hogsmeade, something Headmaster Dippet had thought of at the end of last year. In fact the boys had suggested it! The trolley left the boys cabin and made its way further down the train.
It stopped outside the last cabin on the train. Before the door opened two girls could be heard giggling uncontrollably. A man's voice was then heard. He spoke quietly and had a very hoarse voice. He seemed to be giving the girls instructions. The girls still giggled as the voice spoke on. "Go to the dungeons tonight.meet me there.come alone." He seemed to be struggling for breath and his hoarse voice was getting quieter. The last thing that was heard before the door opened was "they are near". At this the door opened and the owner of the hoarse voice shuffled out of the cabin, past the trolley and up the corridor. The cabin was occupied by three girls. Two were still giggling and the remaining girl was sat quietly in the corner. The two giggling girls each bought 3 chocolate frogs, some fizzing whizzbees and a liquorice stick. The girl in the corner slowly shook her head and looked at the floor. A tear was forming in the corner of her eye. The trolley left the cabin and made its way back to the front of the train.
Back at the front of the train the two girls sat with their cloaks around them. The door opened. This time their hands did not reach for their wands, nor did they look up. A dark figure entered the cabin and shut the door behind him. He sat down beside the girl with the auburn hair. He lowered his head and began to speak: "It's all taken care of. She will meet us tonight." His voice was deep and it seemed as though he was suffering from a constant sore throat. The girl with the blonde hair looked towards the boy sat opposite her. She looked him straight in the eye. She stares into his dark green eyes, which seemed to be dark pools with no bottom, before she spoke. "How do you know she will be true to her word?" The words glided off her tongue easily as though they were directed towards a lover of some sort. He looked enraged by this comment, He raised his voice a little but it was still no more than a hoarse whisper. "I know she will come because I know what will happen if she doesn't come." He paused for a moment. "And so does she." The girl with the auburn hair remained quiet. She stared at the floor. She looked to be far away, as if she was dreaming. Suddenly she raised her head and looked into the blonde girl's eyes. The blonde girl knew this signal all to well. She had seen it many times before. It meant he was coming and they were to prepare. Sometimes she felt jealous of her twin. She never made contact with him. It was always her sister. But she had learnt to accept that this was how it happened and she had to prepare. Fire was burning in her twin's eyes and very soon it was burning in her eyes too. The boy sat back. He had seen the twins like this before and he knew not to interfere. He didn't want to lose his voice completely. However, this time when he sat back the girl with the auburn hair grabbed his hand. He felt a sudden rush as power flowed through him. He didn't know what to do. His mind was busy with thoughts. He didn't know whether to pull away or to let whatever was happening happen. Suddenly he heard the voice of the blonde girl. She didn't move her lips and no sound came from her mouth, but clearly he heard her silky voice inside his head. "Be quiet. He is coming. Do not fight it. Let it flow through you." At this the boy fell limp against the seat. The girl with the auburn hair let go of his hand and stared into the blonde girl's eyes. No sound was heard and they seemed to be waiting for something. A cold chill ran through the cabin and through the broken window a small ball of light flew into the cabin. The ball of light hovered in front of the two girls. Slowly a pale face formed in the centre of the ball. It opened its mouth and began to speak.
Elyse felt a slight chill as she sat in the corner of her cabin. Lavender and Chloe sat opposite her. They were also unusually quiet. Normally the girls would have been deep in conversation about the events of that summer. However, today everything seemed different. Elyse was very quiet. In fact she hadn't said a word the whole journey. Chloe had noticed her eyes, red and bloodshot, as though she had been crying, but she didn't want to say anything. Lavender felt strangely tired, she lay back in her seat and closed her eyes. Elyse looked up slowly and saw Lavender asleep and Chloe munching quietly on a Liquorice stick. Elyse curled her knees up to her chest and rested her head on them. She had so much to think about and it was all jumbled up inside her head. She didn't know what was happening to her. The whole of her summer had been spent up in her room. She had poured her feelings, her worries and her deepest secrets into her diary but still none of it made any sense. When she looked up again Chloe had also fallen asleep. Elyse sat back and stared out the window as the scenery rushed past. She tried to clear her mind and think only about the scenery. She pushed away her worries of the arranged meeting she was to attend that night. She pushed out the memory of the figure with the hoarse voice that had brought her the news. She pushed away the memory of what she had seen that caused all the trouble. She finally tried to push away the memory of the expressions on her parent's faces as they waved her off. She knew that this was the way she would always remember them. She knew that after tonight there would be no chance that she could ever see them again. Tonight was going to change everything. Even though it was the hardest thing she had ever done, she pushed away the memory of their faces out of her mind. For a moment her mind was blank and she focused solely on the scenery rushing past and as the clouds formed strange shapes a smile spread across her face. For a moment she was free. As she smiled a bright light filled the window. Her eyes grew wide. The light faded to a transparent ball. She wanted to look away. She wanted to block out whatever was coming next but deep down she knew it was inevitable and her eyes stayed fixed on the transparent ball. Slowly a pale face formed inside the ball. As it did so Elyse's mind once again filled with her worries and she could clearly see the faces of her parents smiling and waving, thinking they would see her again at Christmas. The face was almost white and the eyes were no more that large dark circles. These eyes looked into Elyse's. She felt short of breath. Those eyes were not just looking at her. They were searching her soul, finding every secret. She could hide nothing. She tried to look away but found she couldn't. The eyes seemed to search her forever. Elyse felt very vulnerable. She wanted to hide but she couldn't move. She found her self fixed to the spot where she stood. After what seemed like a lifetime the face began to fade and almost as quickly as it had appeared the ball of light vanished. Elyse's face was white. She sat back in her seat with her head in her hands and she cried. She knew whom the face had belonged to and all too soon the horror of what would happen that night became all too real.
"She has power. You must teach her well. I leave her to you and hope we do not meet again in the near future." The twins watched as the face became a ball of light once more and flew out of the broken window and out into the world. There was silence in the cabin. The boy still lay limp in his seat. The girls looked at each other. The blonde was the first to break the silence. "Do you have what we need?" She knew perfectly well she didn't need to ask. They had performed the act many times before and she was sure would not have let anything slip. However, this time she felt more nervous than usual. "Yes and he will provide the rest." She indicated towards the boy, still limp in his seat. "Wake up." The blonde girl spoke softly and as she spoke the boy sat up and opened his eyes. He looked a little dazed. "You know what you must do?" Again the girl stared into his eyes, She seemed to have some sort of power over the boy and he was helpless to her charms. "I know what I must do and I am ready." The boy then looked down at his hand and nervously played with his fingers. Any strength that may have been present seemed to leave him at that moment. "Then it shall go ahead and she will pay the price." The blonde girl looked to the window as she said this. There seemed to be a note of remorse in her voice. She knew that once the circle was formed there would be no turning back. She felt in some way nervous. She had performed the ceremony several times and this one would surely be no different. Her twin felt the blonde girl's nerves and gently laid a hand in her sister's arm. This simple gesture was her only way of reassuring both her and her sister that everything would run smoothly.
"The look on those Gryffindor's faces when they're covered in their own leftovers! The only food really fit for people like them with their Mudbloods and all." "It will be priceless. Just, we'll be the talk of the Common Room afterwards!" The two boys were still discussing their plans for the end of the great feast that night. The boy on the left, Bryan, was a 3rd year Slytherin. He had short dark brown hair and was very slim. He wasn't good looking though. Far from it. He had, what seemed to be, a permanent boil on the side of his nose and his were no more than narrow slits in his face. The other boy, Lucius, was also a 3rd year Slytherin. He was better looking than Bryan and had a group of giggling 1st years buzzing around him. He sported a crop of blonde hair that made his bright green eyes almost jump out from his face. The two looked very different but, nevertheless, they had become friends in their first year. They had both been sorted straight into Slytherin and were well known among their house for causing trouble for a lot of other students. Now they were planning their first prank of many for the school term ahead of them. They heard a voice shouting up their corridor. "10 MINUTES TO ARRIVAL. BE IN YOUR ROBES AND READY TO DEPART WITH YOUR LUGGAGE READY. THANK YOU." The boys put their plans on hold as they set about readying their trunks.