Disclaimer: All characters are owned by J. K. Rowling, a wonderful author whose characters I have borrowed for a completely profit-free flight of fancy. Kindly do not sue me, please, as I am terrified of you. Thank you. This disclaimer applies to all following chapters.
Command
They were as silent and unresisting as stones when I placed them onto a ledge of the nearly sheer face of that cliff. The shock of it had made them senseless. I will grant you, it was indeed a dizzying height. I felt giddy myself, and even as a child I feared very little.
"Remain quiet if you value your lives. If so, there is a chance your bodies won't wash up with the morning tide. Only a chance, mind. I'm not in the mood for any foolishness, and this is the only warning you shall receive. Do you understand?"
