Prologue
A young women huddled in a corner clutching a small child to her chest. In the floor below she can hear the crashing of furniture. A flash of green lightening illuminated the building. Her small child cried out terrified. The noise downstairs stopped. A man darted into the room through the closet doors she could barely see the man. He dropped to the ground. The closet swung open. She cried out then stopped realizing that it is only her husband. She jumped out of the closet an arm wrapping around his neck. Quickly he grabbed her wrist dragging her from the closet and pulled her down the stairs to the main floor. Bodies littered the floor. So many coming to take her child. He dragged her out of the building into the midnight snow. The stars dotted the sky so peaceful and calm. Who would have thought that the calming sky would have such misery hidden beneath it? They ran through the snow their footprints creating a clear trail of their direction. She ran through it though clutching her baby to her chest the cold flakes dotting her hair and face. Hopeful she glanced up at her husband his usually calm and happy face is now lined with stress his vibrant blue eyes as hard as ice. Nobody was in sight. He ran up to a nearby house his fist pounding against the door. Nothing. He brought his fist against it once again. The door swung open he expected to see a sleepy angry man but instead he got a man smiling at him. Behind him his wife let out a scream.
"Run." He ordered. She did as told spinning on her heels and ran. Before he could run the man flicked his wand out of the black cloak that draped his body. He dropped to the ground. His heart no longer beating. The man flicked his hand out again. The woman flew forward as if she had been rammed by a bull. The baby flew through the air landing hard on a pile of snow. Fearful the child started crying. Trying to get its mother's attention. A dark shadow came over the baby.