AN: So this is my first fanfiction ever and I'm still getting used to everything. I hope you enjoy even though you're not going to recognize these characters for it's my own OCs. Just bare with me everything would come clear in the next few chapter and the Harry Potter characters would come in the next chapter. This chapter just introduce some of my OCs with a little action and humor. Anyway, less rambling from me and more reading the story for you XD

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Chapter 1

"Ready," I could feel my heart beating with excitement.

"Steady," I could almost feel the wind rushing through my hair as I glanced at my opponent. He was smiling back at me with a firm grasp on his broom.

The only thing that went through my head was; Raven versus Gustav. Girl against Boy. And I was more than ready when I heard him say, "GO!" As I shot through the air like an arrow.

Wind rushing through my long black hair and stinging my eyes as the speed of my broom just got faster and faster.

I could faintly hear a chuckle slightly behind me through all the whistling of the air going past my ears. I quickly took my eyes from the finish line to take a glance behind me at Gustav when I suddenly felt something hitting me in my back and causing me and my broom to go swirling down.

I looked around to see the thing that hit me were still holding onto me around my waist. It was an laughing 18 year old boy, hanging onto me with all his strength.

"You idiot!" I managed to get out as I desperately tried to steady the broom.

I've just had the broom under control when Gustav pulled himself onto the broom behind me, chuckling all the way.

"I thought it's gonna be a clean race this time," I said as we safely touched down on the ground.

"It was. No one got dirty this time," Gustav joked as he fell down on the grass, looking up at the evening sky.

I huffed, lying down next to him with my broom right next to me. The sky was starting to get dark blue with just a few rays of sun lighting it up.

"One day your tricks won't work and I'll finally proof I'm way faster than you," I mumbled as I looked dreamily at the sky.

I always loved the fact that even if I'm thousand miles away from London the sky always stays the same. Through all the traveling the sky has always been my home; no matter where I went I'll always have the sky that I could rely on to never really surprise me.

"I doubt it, Rav. With you being away every year I'll have lots of time to think up my new tricks," Gustav said with a chuckle that warmed me up just by its sound.

Gustav has always been my best and only friend. Growing up I had a lot of trouble making friends, the main reason was all the traveling. Mum always loved to travel and when I was old enough to travel with her we never stopped. It was kind of fun to experience everything first hand and to be able to go to so many places. Every year we would go to one place for the whole year until summer. Summers we returned to our house and home in the little magical village of St. Ottery...

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I felt

Gustav shoving me. "Huh?"

"Didn't you hear me?" Gustav asked with amusement lighting up his warm green eyes.

"No, sorry. What did you say?" I asked, looking at him with a smile, knowing that he's used to me getting lost in my thoughts.

"I asked where you and your Mum are going this year," Gustav said, folding one arm under his head and taking my hand in the other.

His hand were soft and warm around mine and it felt so comfortable just laying here, holding my best friend's hand.

"Mum made plans to go to South Africa. There lives a good friend of my mum's who is a Healer and she agreed to help out for a while..." I said, trading off. My eyes looking at the flock of pigeons flying right above us.

"Oh, that sounds exciting," Gustav said with a bit of hesitation.

It always sucked that after summer was over I had to say goodbye to him for a whole year, where I'd be spending my time in unknown places and he'd spent his year a Hogwarts.

"Yeah, so how was Hogwarts last year?" I asked, turning my head sideways to look at him. His stories was always fun to listen to and sometimes I loath being home schooled, but just to listen to him talking about all his professors and lately the main subject was Harry Potter.

"Oh Merlin, you wouldn't believe. The new DADA professor was a Pink Disaster..." Gustav went on telling me all about how Prof. Umbridge tortured the school with her unbearable rules and the punishments. He also told me what he heard about Harry Potter and his friends breaking into the Ministry of Magic.

"Yeah, I read about that in the Daily Prophet. Mum were highly amused with that, you know she's not so fond of the Ministry," I said, thinking back to the time Mum just started to giggle and it took a few moments for her to calm down and tell my what's up.

"Where is your mum anyway? I'd thought she'd be hunting us down for staying out so late with You-Know-Who around," Gustav said, looking around as if expecting Voldemort to jump out from behind the tree.

"She went to Hogwarts to deliver a Yixiano Volcirus we found in Asia last year," I said, lazily thinking that I should get home before she does.

Gustav sighed as he looked at the sky with a far away glance. "I'm gonna miss Hogwarts."

"Aren't you glad to finally go into training for an Auror?" I asked, knowing Gustav dreamed of becoming an Auror from the day we met. He always spoke of following in his father's footsteps and fighting Dark Wizards at his side.

"I am, it's just that next summer I'd be busy with Auror things and we wouldn't be able to hang out as much," Gustav looked into my eyes with an intensity I've never really saw in his warm eyes before.

"We'll make a plan, we always do," I said, shoving his shoulder playfully. "Speaking of not hanging out, I'd better be off. Merlin only knows what my mum would do if she gets home before me."

A smile spread over Gustav's face again as he stood up, pulling me up with him. Our hands never separated as we got both of our brooms and headed home.

"So how's it going with your mum? I know she's been quite anxious lately," Gustav asked, swinging our hands as we walked.

"Normal as usual. She even insisted on me already packing everything I would need if we need a quick getaway," I said with a frown. "I'll never understand why she's so paranoid."

"My folks are the same... Well, not the quick getaway stuff, but I think they remember how horrible the previous war against You-Know-Who was and they're just scared." Gustav said and I can see by the expression on his face that current times were troubling him a lot.

Ever since that article of Voldemort's return everyone I know where constantly troubled. Mum even wanted to skip coming back for the summer, but after I begged her to come and reminding her that I'd miss spending time with Gustav, she gave in. Now that we are here she always looking over her shoulder and always warding our house, afraid that we would be attacked by Voldemort himself.

I've never been that afraid of Voldemort. I think it's because I never really saw him as a thread to me personally and that there was a very slight chance I would even be here when he starts the war. Mum and I would most likely be is South Africa, sipping on some butterbeer when we read in the newspapers that The Dark Lord is finally defeated.

"I guess," I said, looking down at my feet.

Suddenly I jerked away from Gustav when I heard a very high screaming. I looked at Gustav, knowing that girl-like scream was his. He was pulling off his cloak and throwing it to the ground.

"What the h-" I started as Gustav gave another scream and then I saw what was happening. I looked up to see the giant shadow even in the night lay over us.

It was another flock of birds and looking back at Gustav, who was trying to clean his dark mop of brown hair from the white poop.

I stood still for a moment when I suddenly started to go into a fit of giggles.

"It's not funny!" Gustav yelled. Finally being able to get the poop out of his hair and now he was wiping away the other bird dropping that were on his cloak.

All the while, I was holding my sides as it hurt from all the laughter. It's just Gustav's luck to have bird droppings fall on him... Twice.

"I'll better get home before it stains my new cloak," Gustav said, looking at his cloak with a deep frown.

"Oh come on, you can't be serious," I said when I finally stopped my laughing for a moment to look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Raven, I'll see ya tomorrow. Alright?" Gustav said, quickly giving me a one armed hug and then he set of running to his house just a block away.

Luckily, we were almost at my house. I walked, feeling my smile just widening as I thought of the look on Gustav's face. And oh Merlin, his scream.

I started snickering silently as I walked up the porch. My smile slowly disappeared as I saw the front door askew and now listening, I could hear movement in the house.

I quietly place my broom against the wall and took out my wand, softly whispering, "Lumos."

The house was dark with the only light was coming from the tip of my wand. I slowly made my way to sound of someone digging through papers.

I stopped right outside the door of the study, seeing light spilling out from under the closed door.

"Mum?" Was all I was able to get out when my voice went in a silent squeak. The sound of the rustling papers stopped and I could hear footsteps coming towards the door.

I held my breath as the door slowly opened. A woman popped her head out of the door, looking at me with alert brown eyes and her long brown hair were standing wild around her face.

"Raven?" The woman said and I let out the breath I was holding with a relieved sigh.

"Merlin, you gave me a scare, Mum." I said with a chuckle as she opened the door wider to let me in.

I extinguished my wand ad I walked in to see the study was messed up with books laying open on the desk and parchment all over the floor.

"Raven, where have you been?" Mum asked, pulling me in a bone crunching hug.

"Gustav and I..." Mum let me go and waved away my excuse. She went to the desk and started throwing out everything in the draws, looking for something.

"What's going on?" I asked, feeling fear built up in me. I quickly shoved it away. You need to concentrate, Raven! No time for fear!

"I'm looking for a..." Mum traded off as she went to the bookshelves and taking out the books and then throwing them on the desk or sometimes on the floor.

I looked a my mum with horror. These books were some of her greatest possessions. I know you can just fix them with a quick spell, but Mum always handled tell like a sleeping newborn dragon. Gently and always sure not to let any pages rip or get dirty.

I quickly made my way across the room, grabbing Mum's hands to stop her. "Mum, what are you doing?! These are your books!"

"There's no time to explain. Go to get our backpacks!" Mum said, looking into my eyes. I could see in her brown eyes that there were no time for question.

After nodding slightly I left the study, running through the dark hallway and just stopped to throw my door open. The candles in my room lit up upon my entering and I quickly fell down to get the backpack from under my bed, but as I looked under my bed I stopped.

There laying all curled up next to my get-away backpack, was my loving pet, King. It only took a moment to get back into action as I scooped him up and threw the backpack over my shoulder.

"I'll explain later," I quickly said as King hissed in distaste of being woken from his sleep.

I got Mum's backpack from her room and sped down the hallway again and burst into the study just as Mum exclaimed with glee. "I got it!"

"I got everything, Mum," I said walking in, seeing Mum holding something in her hands. It was a fairly thick book that looked quite old and wore out.

Mum flipped through the pages and stopped as she saw what she was looking for. It gleamed in her hand as she took it out of the book.

"What-" I started, but stopped as I heard a big blast.

Mum looked up with alarm. I didn't even have time to figure out that it came from the front door when Mum took her backpack out of my hand and shoving the book quickly into the bag.

"Put on your backpack," Mum quickly ordered as she extinguished the candles in the study.

I softly pulled the backpack on and slid King in my robes' pocket.

The darkness were silent, with the only noises being our soft breathing. I closed my eyes, trying to calm my heartbeat, which was racing in my chest.

The silence drew on and I almost thought that nothing was going to happen when I heard the faint rustling of cloaks and footsteps coming closer. I started to back away into the darkness as I heard the footsteps stopping in front of the study door.

A faint light was shining through from under the closed door and I could see multiple shadows. I could feel my heart starting to beat fast again and this time I could hear the thump in my ears. I held my breath as I slowly raised my wand.

The handle of the door slowly turned and as the door opened the light shown into the room. I could feel the light shining on me as if it were fire burning my very flesh, but I stood still and ready.

"Ah, here you both are," the intruder said and it sounded like a friend finding his other friends while playing hide and seek.

The candles in the study suddenly lit up and the light gave me chance to look at the robed forms, standing in the doorway.

There were three men pointing their wands at us as they walked into the study. From all the stories I heard and articles I read, I knew for a fact that these men were Death Eaters.

"You found us," I said, not quite sure where my courage came from. "Now it's only fair you should go hide and we'll try to find you."

There was a few moments of silence when the middle one started to suddenly laugh. The form on his right also started to laugh, but the one on the left looked at me and it felt like he was looking into my sole. All I could see of him was his eyes, which was just as black as the mask he hid behind.

"I like her. Maybe the Dark Lord will give her to me when he's done with her," the middle one said with clear amusement.

I suddenly remembered Mum was also here as she slowly moved next to me. "I'm only going to give you one warning." Mum said in a voice that held so much power and confidence that it gave me chills. "Leave now and we'll forget this ever happened."

Even though they had masks on I could see their hesitation... Well, the black eyes that were on me from the start didn't flicker or anything. It really felt odd having someone looking at me like that...

The silence were broken when a voice came from the other side of the house. "All clear."

That visibly relaxed the Death Eaters and the middle one took a step forward.

"You're outnumbered, Violet. Finally, I'll have my fun with you," The middle one started towards us when the black eyed one stopped him by grabbing his arm.

"The Dark Lord wants them alive, Avery" He said with a voice as silk. I was caught off guard for a moment, but I was pulled out of my surprise when I felt Mum pushing something in my hand.

My eyes grew wide as her hand retreated and I quickly looked at the men, wondering if they saw her putting something in my hand. They still glared at us so I guess they didn't.

"I wouldn't harm her... That much," the middle one said, Avery, that was his name. He pulled his arm out of the grasp of the other man and raised his wand to my mum.

I didn't even know what I was doing until light shot out of my wand and Avery fell to the ground, stunned.

Before I could smirk at the sight of the fallen robed form, I joined him. I fell to the ground with unbelievable pain going through my body. White-hot knives were piercing into my skin and I knew my head was going to burst anytime with all this pain. Nothing made sense anymore, I didn't even know where I was, the only thing I knew was that I was screaming as hard as I ever had.

It took me a moment to realize that the knives were gone and the pain from my head was only the throbbing pain of a headache. I opened my eyes, seeing light flashing over my head in various colors. I saw four robed forms now with the fifth laying on the ground.

I stood up, knowing Mum needed all the help she can get. I glanced to my side to look at Mum just as a purple light hit her right in the middle of her chest. It all happened so fast, but for some reason I could see everything going around me in slow motion.

The look of surprise on Mum's face. Her hand going to her chest and drawing it back full of a dark liquid, blood. The moment when her knees gave out and she started to grumble to the ground. The sight of her body lying motionless on the ground.

My heart started to thump in my ears again, but this time it wasn't fear... It was rage. The blood rushed to my face as I turned to the three remaining Death Eaters, seeing one of them joined Avery on the ground.

I didn't even raise my wand when a strong force shot out of my me. The robed forms didn't even have time to be surprised as all of them flew against the wall and then falling to the ground motionless.

The time ticked by as I stood still in silence, feeling the anger still burning inside of me. I suddenly felt a stinging pain in my hand and as I lift it I remember Mum placed something in it. My eyes looked at the tiny gleaming gold. It was a plain golden ring and it looked like a man's wedding band...

I was pulled to the ground before I could examine the ring more. I looked up at the form the was now towering over me with his fist risen.

His mask were pulled off somewhere in this whole situation and I could see the face of an middle-aged wizard. His blond hair were all tangled and his yellow teeth were bared.

I braced myself for the force of his fist, but it never came. I looked up in his blue eyes and I saw hesitation.

I didn't have time to consider what this meant when his body was thrown off of mine.

I sat up in alarm and glad that I wasn't pinned anymore. The body of Avery lied motionless next to me again. I turned to see the robed form with the black eyes were standing, his wand raised.

"What-" I started but was cut off as he pulled me to my feet.

"Go!" He said, shoving me towards the door, but I resisted. "Idiot girl! Just GO!"

I pushed back into him. "I'm not leaving her."

The man stood still for just a slight moment and I took it as my chance. I followed Avery's example and punched him with my bare fist. His mask fell off to reveal the wizard's black hair now hanging over his face like a curtain.

I shoved pasted him and fell to my knees next to Mum. There were blood everywhere and as I moved my hand to her neck to feel for a pulse I saw lifeless eyes looking up at me. If I thought I felt pain before, it didn't even come close to what I fell now. Looking into the eyes that once held so my love and pride. I placed my wand in my pocket and took her cold hand.

"You insolent little shite!" The dark form said as he made he way to me, holding his one hand over his face where in punched him. "She's dead! Go, before I change my mind!"

I blocked him out of my mind as I looked down at the ring still firmly in my hand. What can this mean?

All I could think of was to put it on so I slid it over my thumb and suddenly every thing in the room began spinning. The candle light of the study was replaced by darkness with the only light being from the moon shining through a window. The hard floor from the study was replaced by a soft carpet and all the shadows in the room changed. To make it clear, we were no longer in the study.

I could still feel Mum's cold hand and the blood that was all over me. I faintly heard a movement from above somewhere when my body gave in and I fell down. Everything began to go out of view and suddenly everything was black...

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