A/N: This is my least favorite chapter so far, probably because I don't like Karkaroff at all. I especially don't like how I ended it, but I really couldn't think of anything else without changing the focus too much.
Igor Karkaroff
No one had come near the shack in years. The rotted wood looked as though it would disintegrate inward at the slightest touch and green vines had gradually overtaken the outer walls. The floor was plain dirt, infested with worms and beetles. No furniture remained, merely a couple of glassless windows and built-in shelves decorated the one room hovel. It was a mile away from civilization; the perfect place for a wizard on the run to hide.
Igor Karkaroff sat huddled in his rags in the corner of the shack. It had been his home for a month now, but he had barely registered his surroundings for the past six months. After running from the Dark Lord's call, he had felt constant pains in his left arm. It was always burning, burning, beckoning. It had taken over what was left of his life, had filled his mind with pain, with burning, with fire, constant fire. He was like the shack, broken and crumbling, overwhelmed by snaking vines of blazing pain.
He couldn't remember the last time he had eaten. It didn't particularly matter to him anymore. Nothing did. He wanted to die, but didn't have the energy to kill himself. He would wait for the hunger or thirst to overtake him. A sound at the door made him jerk his head up, a surprisingly sudden movement for someone so weak. A black form stood in the doorway, like Death itself.
"Are you here to kill me?" asked Igor in a small, pathetic voice.
"Yes," whispered the figure.
"Thank God," Igor breathed.
A flash of green light flooded the hut and a dull thud sounded as the famished corpse of Igor Karkaroff hit the ground. "Sorry, Igor," Snape said softly as he stared at the man's dull eyes. Striding out of the hut, he decided he was glad he was the one who killed Karkaroff. None of the other Death Eaters would have mourned Igor's death.
A/N: Let me know what you think! Please review!
