Chapter 1:
They had both been walking through the woods just talking about random things. They walked farther then they'd ever walked before. A house loomed in front of them.
"Has this always been here?" Amethyst asked staring in awe at the old house.
"I think I remember the old folks talking about this place. Supposedly a murder took place here." Eulinda said. "That's the caretaker's house."
"Let's go in." Amethyst said.
"Okay, maybe we'll find something cool." Eulinda agreed. They tiptoed up to the door and crept inside.
"Hey there's a light on upstairs." Amethyst whispered pointing.
"Let's see who it is." Eulinda whispered starting up the stairs. "Maybe it's little kids that we can scare." Amethyst closely followed Eulinda up the stairs. This place was giving her the creeps. They reached the top and peered into the room from which the light was emitting. On the floor lay an old man that seemed to be glowing green. There was a huge snake on a rug and a man cowering away from, presumably, a person sitting in an armchair. Once the scene had sunk in, they screamed. Amethyst and Eulinda stuck around just long enough for both the snake and the little man to see them before their legs kicked in. Then they ran until they reached Eulinda's house.
"Mom!" Eulinda screamed. "Where are you?!" Her mom burst from the dining room wearing a flowing purple robe.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Her mom asked worriedly looking from Amethyst to Eulinda while slipping her wand back into her pocket. It took about and hour to get the full story out of the hysterical girls and when she finally did, she ran upstairs to send owls to Albus Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge.
"Why would she send owls to the Headmaster of Hogwarts and to the Minister of Magic?" Eulinda wondered aloud.
"Maybe there's something magically weird about it. I mean, the guy was glowing green." Amethyst said. "Should I tell my mom?"
"Yes, I think you should. I don't know what what you saw means, but your mother should be informed of it." Eulinda's mother said. "I'll walk you over."
After another hour of explaining and reassuring, Amethyst walked up to her room. She went to lock her window and saw a figure in her yard. She stifled a scream and jumped into bed. 'It's nothing.' She told herself as she tried to fall asleep.