Chapter 1
Rose Smith strode down an ordinary muggle street, the suburban houses in neat little rows with matching flowerboxes her only focus as she searched for the house she needed. Her gaze fixed on the tiny iron numbers neatly fastened to the perfectly glazed doors. Her curly ginger hair sparkling in the hot mid-afternoon sunlight, aqua blue eyes half-lidded against the glare as she walked along lost in her thoughts.
Narcissa Malfoy strode along that same muggle street glaring in disgust at the identical muggle houses, that's the problem with muggles, no originality! Bloody sheep the lot of them! If it weren't for necessity she wouldn't even step foot into the muggle world it annoyed her so. But her Lucius had asked her to go and investigate a strange tutor who was going around teaching young wizarding children without a licence, so naturally she had agreed. Now she was regretting it as she narrowed her eyes into an icy glare at the numbers screwed onto the muggle front doors.
Suddenly she was rudely flung to the hard concrete pavement as a strange muggle woman with aggravating ginger hair crashed into her.
"Argh" Narcissa cried in anger, "damn idiot! What do you think you're playing at?!" She brushed her hands brusquely together to rid herself of the stinging gravel and glared through narrow eyes at her attacker, a strand of loose hair fluttering in her face.
"Oh my goodness, I am so sorry! Here let me help you, can you ever forgive me" the other woman gushed, hand outstretched to Narcissa offering her help to the fallen woman.
"No need" Narcissa snarled, " I am perfectly capable of standing up by myself" she pushed herself up and dusted off her pale blue dress, fixing the woman in front of her with her piercing blue eyes as she took in the sensible flats, neat black skirt and nervously twisting hands in front of a pale cream sweater.
"I must enquire as to what you were doing that had you so distracted you carelessly bumped into me" she queried, eyebrow raised in indignation.
Rose bit her lip and studied her feet with sudden interest, "I'm late for my tutoring session, and to top it all off I can't find the right house" she sighed and gesture to the houses, "they just all look exactly the same" her exasperation showed in both her face and her tone, Narcissa couldn't help but smirk in amusement.
"I completely agree my dear" she replied, all anger gone from her tone, "I'm Narcissa, Narcissa Malfoy, it's a pleasure to meet you" a perfectly manicured hand was outstretched between them and dropped almost as quickly when she observes the complete and utter fear and panic on her face.
The woman took a step back and darted a look behind her as if she was looking for an escape route.
"You" Narcissa spat accusingly, "you're the tutor Lucius asked me to investigate! You're coming with me" the woman had been gradually moving backwards away from Narcissa and as she spoke Lucius' name had turned on her heel and run, she hadn't gotten far however when a hand closed around her arm in a vice like grip and she was pulled through the familiar tube like squeezing of apparition.
On the ordinary muggle street the last echoes of a terrified scream faded away into silence, the only evidence of the disappearance of two people.