A/N and Disclaimer - I own none of these characters except for Amy and Carissa, the rest all belong to JK Rowling from the Harry Potter series. Story title is taken from the song and cd Master of Puppets by Metallica. Also before you read this I'll mention the following things-
1. This is my first story ever and is set just before the Order of the Phoenix but in the year 2014.
2. This story will have elements from the Harry Potter book series in it but is probably going to be mainly non canon.
3. Electricity and other Muggle devices will work with magic in this story even though I know they don't in the books.
4. I am not from England, so I apologise in advance if some of the words I use are slightly confusing and for this the chapter since I'm not exactly sure what the road rules are in England.
5. I'm trying to make it different to other stories out there but if you know of one that I have unintentionally copied please let me know so I can give those other writers credit.
Basically if you don't like any of the above it is probably best if you skip this story and to everyone else thanks for reading and please leave a comment if you like it.
Chapter 1- Dog Daze
It was a typical weekday for all the people living in the town of Little Whinging, Surrey. The husbands were all at work while their wives stayed at home making sure the house was spotlessly clean, catching up on gossip from the neighbours and getting dinner ready on time. Their sons and daughters were all off at school hopefully learning to become doctors, lawyers or some other respected professional. Every resident of the town claimed they had a perfect house with a perfect garden and a perfect marriage with perfect children.
At least that's how most of the people who lived in Little Whinging spent their time, however there were still some people who were a little odd according to their neighbours and these people were to be avoided at all costs.
Amy Johnson was one of those few people that lived in the suburb who the neighbours thought had always been a little strange. She hardly ever wore dresses or expensive suits like the other ladies around town did, she generally only wore t-shirts and jeans or shorts. They saw vehicles delivering takeaway most nights which implied to her neighbours that she couldn't cook and her garden wasn't kept immaculate like it should be. This behaviour wasn't acceptable by the town's standards and things were only made worse when she reported one of the local boys to the police for spraying graffiti on her fence, of course his parents believed their sweet little angel over her and after that they had started spreading nasty rumours about Amy around the town.
Amy also lived with her best friend Carissa Stewert who was the more outgoing of the two. Carissa didn't particularly care what other people thought of her, she said exactly what she was thinking, could be a bit tactless at times, had a love of tattoos and liked to show them off, her hair was cut short and was died bright blue, she liked to go out partying nearly every weekend with her workmates and was always getting home at all sorts of hours in morning. This sort of behaviour was definitely not accepted in Little Whinging and where Amy at least still got a greeting from some people if she saw them, Carissa didn't even get acknowledged.
Amy was currently trying to teach Carissa how to drive a car. Even though both of them were witches, Amy was a Muggle born and had gotten her drivers' licence years ago. Carissa however was a Pure Blood and even though she had been living as a Muggle for years now, she had only decided recently that she wanted to get her license. They had been practicing for weeks now but at the moment they were driving around the outskirts of the town not far from where they lived.
"That's it, pull the car over right now!" Amy screeched at Carissa who was in the drivers seat.
"Why, what did I do wrong now?" Carissa asked completely puzzled as to why she was being yelled at again but pulled over to the side of the road anyway.
"You nearly hit that signpost back there" Amy said pointing to a stop sign that was about ten metres behind them.
"Oh that, I wasn't that close to hitting it. You just panic too much" Carissa replied rolling her eyes.
"I do not panic too much, I just don't want a signpost through my windscreen. Our neighbours hate us enough already and I don't need anymore trouble with them." Amy snapped.
Carissa laughed "Calm down Amy, it wasn't that bad but I suppose after that reaction this is the end of lesson then?"
"Yes, now get out so I can drive us home without hitting anything" Amy answered before adding " I'm never teaching anyone to drive again, don't know why after 32 years without one you all of sudden want a license"
Carissa answered while getting out of the car "Because I hate catching the bus to work, it would make things so much easier if I could drive"
Amy just snorted as she switched places with Carissa and they started to head back home.
Amy had been driving for about ten minutes and had just turned into their street when she saw a flash of something black in the corner of her eye. Within seconds of seeing the flash, a giant black dog ran out in front of her car. Amy heard Carissa yelling as she slammed on the brakes but wasn't quick enough to avoid hitting it. Amy and Carissa both heard a loud thud as they hit the dog and saw the it laying still on the road in front of them.
Amy was just about to ask if Carissa was ok when all of a sudden, they saw the dog transform in front of them. Now instead of a dog there was a man lying on the ground.
The women couldn't believe their eyes and both sat in silence for a few minutes before Carissa finally spoke, " Oh fuck, this can't be good."
"No, it's not" Amy whispered, her hands trembling on the steering wheel as she spoke.
Carissa looked across to Amy and noticed her hands shaking "Amy are you ok?"she asked.
Amy nodded her head and replied "Yeah, I think I'm just in a bit of shock that's all. It's not everyday you see the dog you just ran over turn into a man, I'm going get out and check to see if he is ok. Can you move the car into our driveway please?"
"Umm yeah, just be careful though that man can transform into animal, we don't know what else he can do. He could be a Death Eater for all we know," Carissa warned as she got out of the car.
Amy just ignored her as she copied Carissa, stepped out of the car and headed over towards the man. She had been a trained healer before she had left the wizarding world to live in the muggle world. After that she had completed more training at a Muggle University to become a fully qualified doctor so she could at least find work in the muggle world. She was currently working at small practice in the middle of London and was fairly confident she should beable to help the man even if he had any major injuries.
Once Amy had reached the man her hands had finally stopped shaking, so she kneeled over him to take a closer look at his injuries. She saw that he had blood running out from a deep gash on his forehead and his long black hair had blood all through it but she couldn't see blood anywhere else on his body or any other major injuries. Once she had established that he was still alive and breathing ok by checking his pulse, she took out her wand which she always kept on her as a precaution and cast some diagnostic spells on him to check for any internal injuries. Amy knew she wasn't supposed to be using magic in a Muggle area, but she was willing to risk a fine if it meant healing the wizard quicker than what she could by using Muggle methods.
"How is he? "she heard Carissa's voice from behind her.
"He is alive and doesn't have any internal injuries. His spine is all ok so we should be able to move him inside the house without causing any more damage," answered Amy.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? How about we just move him off the road and treat him on a front lawn? He could be a crazy psycho for all we know and I don't think we should be inviting strangers into our house," Carissa said.
"Actually you're probably right, it might not be such a good idea waking him up in a strange house," Amy conceded after thinking about it for minute." Help me carry him to the lawn and then I'll wake up him up. I don't want to use much more magic around here, in case the neighbours happen to see it."
The two women picked up the man with great difficulty and carried him over to their front yard which was only two houses down from where they had hit him. Once they layed him down on the grass Carissa spoke "Doesn't he look somewhat familiar to you?'
'Don't think so, maybe he is just some guy you have met at a club or something?" Amy answered absentmindedly, while she cast another spell to help clean up the blood on the man's face so she could get a closer look at his injuries.
"Maybe but before you wake him up, I'm going to take his wand off him because we have no idea who he is or what he could do. He might be a serial killer for all we know," Carissa insisted, as she proceeded to search the man's coat for his wand.
"How come you are so suspicious of everyone? You know not everyone is out to get you right? I'm sure he isn't a serial killer, he is probably a school teacher or something perfectly fine," Amy exclaimed, looking on in disbelief that her best friend was about to take someones wand from them.
"I was sorted into Slytherin at Hogwarts remember, I know how sneaky and dangerous people can be," Carissa stated bluntly, as she retrieved the wand she was after and went to stand back behind Amy.
"Enervate,"whispered Amy with her wand pointing at the man, who woke up and started coughing and spluttering.
"What happened? Where am I?" he asked as he tried sitting up.
"Woah slow down buddy, you ran out in front of my car and I couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting you," Amy answered.
A strange look came over his face "Harry, I've got to save him" he muttered and went to stand up.
"I don't think so, whoever Harry is can wait. I need to bandage that gash on your head first before you go anywhere and I've just revived you using the enervate spell, so you are still going to feel a little weak for a while yet," Amy said, as she gently pushed him back down on the ground.
She was just about to ask why he was in such a hurry when Carissa grabbed her arm and pulled behind her back.
"Stay away from him Amy, I know who he is now," Carissa hissed with two wands pointed at the man's head.
"Please don't do anything , I am here to save Harry I swear," the man pleaded and they could see the look of fear in his eyes.
"Don't lie Death Eater, you're not fucking killng us or getting anywhere near Harry today," Carissa snarled.
"Would someone please explain what is going on?' Amy interrupted since she was extremely confused by Carissa's sudden outburst and why the man looked so scared of them.
"Take a closer look Amy, take off a few kilos, make the hair even dirtier, put him in some prison robes and his face on some wanted posters. Who do you see?" Carissa explained.
Amy studied the man for a few seconds and then looked at Carissa in horror once she realised who the man was "Oh my god, I ran over Sirius Black."