''Note from the author: For future references if i talk about ED, i refer to the older character and EDDIE for the younger one. Also various chapters will contain an intermezzo''.

First intermezzo

What is fear?

noun:

1.

a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

Well that is what the Muggle dictionary says. Wizards don't often use one for if there is a problem you simply wave your wand and let the magic do the work. But fear is the same sensation if you are magical, or not. Muggles like to create fear, often in books. A murderous clown living in the sewers of an American town called Derry or just a book about dracula will do it. Fear...A lot of strange things were happening with muggles in England these days and those poor souls had no idea why. It just kinda happened. People were dying, property got destroyed ect ect. Fear...A lot of wizards and witches disappeared these days and they knew exactly who was responsible!. If only the muggles knew.

CHAPTER 2

The world Eddie grew up in was a distorted world. Recently a great evil had sprung into being. Parents and other people didn't want to discuss this in front of children but they had noticed that people were on edge. The children knew of the evil, but never had they heard a name. Their parents simply referred to him as You know who. Eddie was't particular bothered with this at the moment for he and the newly founded brother and sisterhood of the last compartment were judging each others wands, eating chocolate frogs and trying not to worry about the upcoming sorting of the new students. Time flies when you are having the creeps, Clive said after the driver of the train announced that they were almost at the destination, Hogsmeade Station. A loud booming voice shouted: FIRST YEARS ON ME. Look at him, Eddie blurted out, he's as big as a tree!. COME ON NOW, THE BOATS ARE HERE. Quick Kate told the others, we want to be in the same boat. A boatload of friends. Mom was right about this and Eddie grinned. After a few minutes the saw a geat castle in the near distance...HOGWARTS, Hagrid shouted proudly and the only thing Eddie heard was woow and look at that. The events that happened next are to be described as nervous. Memories fade but Eddie suddenly sat on a stool with a large, rather smelly old hat on his head and the bloody thing spoke in his head: Interesting interesting. You rather don't want to be here yet you are glad you made friends. Talent enough but where to put you dear boy? After this it was quiet in his mind for a full minute that seemed an hour and suddenly the hat shouted, RAVENCLAW! After watching the rest of the sorting Eddie spotted a problem for his newly founded friends club: Clive was sorted into Hufflepuff, Eric became a Ravenclaw, Vinnie and Kate in Gryffindor and poor Lisa in Slytherin. Well this will make things interesting Eddie sighed.

Welcome to Hogwarts, a friendly voice called the great hall to attention. This will be an interesting year and i hope you will enjoy it all immensely but i must warn you. Evil is among us, said professor Dumbledore. You might have picked it up at home that bad things are happening. I say this now because i don't want any speculation of the students ESPECIALLY in front of the first years, do i make myself clear? Everyone in the great hall nodded except for a few at the Slytherin table but no one noticed them. Eddie wasn't very hungry and he was glad that not much later he was following the prefects on their way to Ravenclaw tower. The first years were totally at the top of the tower and not much later when everyone was asleep he was looking out of the small window. A flash of lightning made its way through the clouds followed by a loud rumble and...

Ed woke up sitting infront of the small window in the cottage. The flames were almost out so he pointed his wand at a stack of wooden blocks who made their way to the fire place. The dream had been intense. He shook his head and got up. A nice hot coffee will wake me up, Ed thought. As he was busseling about in the kitchen new thoughts were filling his mind. The brother and sisterhood...When they started it, it was all good fun but little did they knew that years later they would stand against each other in two groups, wands pointed at each other ready to fight to the death! Again he shook his head. It was a horrible time and the last thing Ed wanted was to fight his former friends but the they all made a choice. You either fought with Voldemort, or you fought against him and Ed choose the latter. Making his way back to the small room he put down his coffee on the table and walked over to the closet in the corner. Somewhere in that closet i have a box somewhere and he pointed his wand at the closet door and it opened up. on a shelf at the very top of the closet it stood, Gray and dusty. Again he pointed his wand and the box gently drifted his way down and settled itself on the table next to the coffee mug. The box hadn't been out in years and if he didn't had this weird dream it would probably never have left the closet in the first place. He took the lid of the old shoe box and the first thing he saw was and old moving picture with 3 people, one of them himself. Originally the picture had contained the entire Brother and sisterhood but for obvious reasons the other 3 had walked out of it. Placing the picture on the table he rummaged a bit in the box. Old quills, Chocolate frog cards, bits of parchment and Merlin knows what other junk were passing his fingers until he found an envelope marked 'URGENT'. With a feeling of foreboding he opened the envelope and took out the letter and started to read:

Eddie.

I just came from Dumbledore and it seems we have a serious problem and we need to talk as soon as possible. I will visit you this Saturday evening so be home.

Eric.

The letter was short but at that time it made a great impact. He stayed at home that Saturday but Eric never showed up and Ed remembered that he had a bad feeling about it. Eric was not the type to stay away from an appointment no matter how insignificant. The following morning Ed found out why Eric never showed up. Members of the Ministry of magic were called to his house to investigate a disturbance muggles had witnessed the previous day. Eric was found murdered in his living room, a piece of paper containing 3 names clenched in his fist. Only a few weeks later Ed found out about that piece of paper. If only he'd known sooner a lot of tragedy could be averted.