Something distracted my attention however as I heard a slight pecking at the greasy window pain. I opened it to find a small owl, its green eyes glaring at me two slits in a forest of brown and tan colored feathers . I shivered wondering if it would caw for its master but it let out and ear splitting screech. I covered my ears but that wasn't enough and my whole body stiffened. My senses still aware but I couldn't move. I shifted my eyes to the window and saw among the dark trees a small lamp was darting in and out of the trees back and forth. If the owls screech hadn't frozen me yet I know that I would be frozen. The light is closer then only a few yards away. Ten steps and then the door creaks open and a women or more of a hag. He grotesque features. Warts were scattered across her face like stars to a sky. Her face was many different pigments, ranging from red to a dark black. Her mouth was dipped at one end and her eyes were two different colors, brown and green. She surveyed me carefully looking up and down at me and then spat at my feet apparently not surprised. She took out her wand and muttered. p "Dictious!"p I felt my jaw loosen up, but the warm tingling of my joints easing up didn't come. I frowned glad I had the use of my mouth again. Then I looked her in the eye, about to speak, however I reach into my robes but only to find that I have left my wand back in the manner. p She looked at me again more searching and then in a slight Transylvanian accent she speaks her English slow and faltering like a young lamb.p "Aye. You be girl. I be Marline. You be slave now. I accidentally left Floo powder on.must turn off talk to Barely she explain." p I was confused, but more than being confused I was angry.me a slave to a Hag???? This was not happening I tried to reassure myself, but it didn't work. The hag pointed to a large house behind this one that I hadn't seen before. I wondered a little afraid. p I headed to the door feeling the wretches eyes on me, I slowly opened the door and headed back to the building. A group of kids were milling around, and they all were wearing black robes, it didn't take too much time to find barely however as she had blonde hair with red streaks it was chopped short and at first I thought she was a boy, but as I approached I uncovered her real gender. I tapped her lightly on the shouldure, she whirled and looked at me. She had the look of someone who knows where they are what they are doing and isn't too pleased to start helping greenhorns.