CHAPTER 2

Melody wandered around a forest by the Quidditch pitch for hours. She was lost in thought as she trudged through the ever-winding pathways. It was dark before she knew it and she was still wandering around, her mind still lingering on what happened earlier that day. It was around eleven at night when Melody got into the tent like home. Nobody was home when she walked in., but she really didn't pay attention. All Melody wanted to do was go to bed and get some sleep. She put on her silk pink tank top and pink baggy drawstring pant pajamas on. She softly put her head down on the pillow and drifted off to sleep.

Melody was a very light sleeper, so she heard the squeak of the floor when someone entered the tent like home. She grabbed her wand from the stand right next to her bed. She pretended to sleep as the dark figures walked in to her room and spoke to one another.

"Are you sure that it's her?" asked the figure to the left.

"Yes I am positive. She looks just like the picture the Dark Lord showed us, you bubbling imbecile," spoke the other voice.

"How will we get her out without waking her?" questioned the voice.

"Wrap her in the sheets. She hasn't awoken yet. She must be a sound sleeper," whispered the voice.

The two men carefully unhooked the sheets off the bed and held them like a sack.

"Will you be able to carry her?" questioned the man.

"Of course in fact she's not heavy at all," yelled the man.

He picked up the bundle and carried it out of the tent like home. The other man was in front to make sure no one got in their way. Melody opened her eyes and firmly gripped her wand in her hand. She stabbed the bottom of the sheets and made a hole. She carefully ripped the cloth as to not to alert her captors. After a couple of minutes she had a hole big enough to escape from. She slid out of the sheets and ran in the opposite direction, as fast as she could.

"The sheets seem to be lighter," said the man carrying the bundle.

"What!" yelled the other figure. "She's getting away! Go and get her NOW!"

Melody just kept running, she saw woods ahead of her and other children in the woods too.

"They must be taking magical children or something," she thought as one of the captors chasing her jumped on her and pinned her to the ground.

"You thought you could escape from a death eater did you?" bellowed the figure, which now could be identified as a man.

Melody brought her leg back and kicked the man hard enough for him to loosen his grip on her. She stood up and the man grabbed her ankle. She kicked him in the head and continued to run. The death eater grabbed his wand and tried to freeze Melody, but Melody was able to dodge the spell. That's when the other death eater jumped in front of Melody. He pulled out a very sharp and curvy dagger.

"Stop trying to escape and I won't use this on you!" spat the death eater with the dagger.

Melody stood there pondering on what to do. She suddenly brought her leg out and swung it at the death eater's hand. He dropped the dagger and Melody punched him in the face. The man then fell and Melody jumped over him, but he brought the dagger up and sliced Melody's arm. She felt the pain and grabbed her arm, but she continued to run until she got to the woods. The two death eaters stood up and glared at the woods. They saw someone coming and they araperated away.

Melody looked at her arm. It was a pretty deep cut, but she would live. She grabbed the bottom of her pants and ripped the bottom of them, until she had a long enough piece to bandage her arm. As she tied it tightly around her arm, she heard a rustling of leaves. She jumped in the nearest tree to avoid the sight of the person coming.

A group of children were walking through the woods only a few feet away.

"It's too late to be out here it's freezing," said one of the children.

"I'd rather be cold than dead. Death eaters are out stupid! The adults told everyone to go to the woods. I think it's magically protected, that's why the death eaters aren't comin in here" replied another child.

"What gave you that clue?" asked another.

"Oh stuff it Daimon," said another.

"You know death eaters could come through that force field. And if they did you would be the first ones caught because your talking so loudly I even think the people in Japan can hear you," said the one named Daimon.

Professor Dumbledore and some others araperated in front of the forest.

"Children it is all right. The threat is over. You may go and find your parents," said Dumbledore.

The group of children left, but Melody just sat there for a few moments until she heard a bark. She looked down and there was a black shaggy looking dog.

"Are you here to escort me home Mr. Doggie?" questioned Melody.

The dog barked.

"I'll take that as a yes. Well let us go then," said Melody as she jumped down.

Her and the dog walked back to her tent like home and Melody let the dog in. She gave him some scraps of food and water, and then went to clean her wound. After it was disinfected and bandaged she got ready for bed. She put a blanket and pillow on the ground for the dog and then crawled into bed.

"Good night, Mr. Doggie. See you in the morning. If you want to leave there's an open window over there," pointed Melody as she turned off the light and fell asleep.