The first thing she could think of was magic. These men must be practicing in some sort of magic that was the only logical explanation she could come up with out of all the things she's seen in life. But the girls who was now dangerously close to stepping in between them was innocent and no matter the situation it was her job to protect innocents an instinct long sense engraved into her from childhood which was what prompted her to take action.
Jumping to her feet Ericka charged toward the girl just in time for as noble as she was trying to stop the fighting by putting herself in the middle she was now in the crossfire too and a spell was about to hit her firing off from the blonde mans stick. Ericka however was quicker then the jet of green light that came firing at the girl and close enough now to throw her to the ground and out of the way.
This set the next events into motion for the battle between the men had stopped and they stood there staring at her two in appreciation along with great curiosity... And a bit of fear maybe? The blonde however had a horrid sneer on his face staring at her as if she were the lowest of the lowly and he slowly raised the stick at her. Ericka felt her heart leap in her throat unprepared on how to deal with this particular attack however that was when the most peculiar thing happened startling Ericka out of her stupor a deep voice whispered as if by her ear however it felt more like it was in her head and said "Use the sword. Ericka felt something between the hard rocks she had landed by it felt smooth and cool... her fingers enclosed on a... Handle That was when she realized what it was she smirked to herself and gripped it tight before swiftly and expertly pulling it out.
She turned her attention back to the man who had raised his weapon at her when she noticed he was fighting again this time with one of the two men the other standing back with the woman watching them fearfully from in his arms. Just as the blonde man managed to disarm the red haired man and was about to seemingly finish him off did she act.
Albus felt fear very few times in his life but seeing his sister Ariana almost die was one of them. Surprisingly Enough before either of them could react she was thrown to the ground saved from the killing curse.
He and his brother where the first to assess the stranger who had saved their sister the first thing they noticed were the clothes she wore they had never seen such clothes could she be a muggle? Did they just break the statue of secrecy? Before either could react to the stranger Gellert once again beat them to it raising his wand on her in fury about to no doubt cast an unforgivable at her. Albus acted quickly blocking his attack and distracting him from the stranger that had saved his sisters life.
He fought gallantly but Gellert managed to best him. Just as he was sure he was done for when he saw the jet green light coming at him in a blur something shining radiantly blocked it before it could hit him. He followed the line of the sword until he met the eyes of the stranger who had saved Arianna a glint in her eye he couldn't recognize. Gallert in a rage aimed spell after spell at her which she expertly blocked making it look like a dangerous dance as she maneuvered her feet so every spell she blocked the closer she got to him. When she was in striking distance that was exactly what she did right after she knocked the wand out of a very shocked and now slightly scared Grindelwald.
Gallert moved quickly to his feet as the woman began her attack slashing her down turned sword at him like she was just holding a dagger. He ducked and scrambled out of the way just enough to miss getting hit however luck was not on his side as he couldn't keep up with her quick movements for long and she nicked his cheek then hit him in the nose with the hilt of the sword knocking him to the ground about to give the final blow that would indefinitely ended his life before he heard the voice of none other then Albus Dumbledore shout."WAIT! STOP!"
Ericka immediately stopped. Turning around to see the eyes of everyone on her the man she had just saved who she'd yet to learn the name of stepped forward his eyes on the blonde man unlike everyone else whose eyes seemed to be drilling holes into her skull.
"I think it wise if you leave now Gridelwald." He said steely. "Your presence is no longer wanted here."
The blonde man scrambled to his knees running over to pick up his stick before running away like the coward he truly was but not before pinning her with a hostile pensive glance. With that he disappeared leaving the strangers to introduce themselves.
The red haired man walked over to her cautiously with his hands up in a surrender motion she only then remembered why fingering the sword in her hand and gazing at him sheepishly she threw it on the ground. The man and woman came over to stand by the red head now as well both gazes focused intently on her.
The red haired man seemed to find his courage as he held out his hand for her to shake. She hesitantly placed her hand in his as he introduced himself. "I'm Albus Dumbledore. I'd like to thank you for saving my sister." She thought about giving them a fake name before she just decided with. "Ericka knight." and a kind smile thrown the mans way. She soon learned the others names were Aberforth and Arianna and they were all siblings all of which seemed to be eyeing her as if she were a puzzle they desperately wanted to solve.
That's when the questions started the first being from Albus."How is it Ericka knight that you came across us? Knight is not a wizarding name nor is your attire." He said this to her in a calm voice though you could hear the curiosity underlying it.
Ericka stared at the three for five pensive moments before she told them everything about how she had ended up on the beach while that didn't answer all their questions it certainly explained a few and that was how she found herself in The Dumbledores home their sister having insisted she stay with them. That's where she found herself sitting on the bed in their spare bedroom putting her thoughts together of everything that had happened when suddenly out of nowhere a book dropped into her lap...