Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able to finish my fic after reading OotP because of what changes it may cause. Fortunately, nothing to drastic that will effect my story! So here it is, finally.

Who Are You?

Chapter Three

It took Janine a moment to realize what had just happened. When she ran into the three masked and hooded men, she fell to the ground, hitting her head on the hard concrete. When her eyes came back into focus, she slowly stood up. Standing over her were three tall men. Or maybe women. She couldn't tell because of the masks and robes. Each of them were holding what looked like long sticks. And, the sticks were all pointing at her.

Before Janine even had a chance to do anything, she heard Arthur's voice.

"Janine! Get down!" he shout just as the men pointed their sticks at her, shouting "Stupify".

What happened next seemed to happen so fast, and yet at the same time, in slow motion. A light came out of the men's wands and was about to hit her when suddenly Arthur pushed her back down to the ground. She could feel the heat of the sparks flying past over her head. The three men then came towards her and Arthur. Arthur pulled another one of the long sticks out of his pocket.

"Petrificus Totalus" he shouted and one of the men seemed to freeze right in front of them! The other two fell back, dodging out of the way.

Arthur took this chance to then helped Janine up.

"Run," he told her.

Janine just looked at him with amazement and fear of what she had just witnessed.

"Run!" Arthur repeated as the two men started to get back up.

Janine didn't need to be told again. She may not of trusted Arthur but these other men were just plain scary! She quickly ran back up the steps, since the men were blocking the door out of the house. She then ran into her parents room and locked the door. Finally, she sat down on the ground, leaned her back against the door and tried to catch her breath. She could hear banging and shouts coming from downstairs.

What is going on out there, she wondered. It was all just too much to take in. It was like, they were using magic! But, that can't be, can it?

Janine buried her face in her hands. She didn't know what to think anymore. Who were those men? What did they want? All she knew was that Arthur had saved her down there. Maybe, he wasn't bad after all.

Janine was lost in thought, when she suddenly noticed that the sounds coming from downstairs had stopped. She could hear footsteps coming up the steps. Janine froze. Who had won the fight, she wondered. What if it was one of those three men coming to get her? Well, she thought to herself, I'm not just going to sit here and wait to find out.

She quickly looked around the room, looking for any sort of weapon at all. Her eyes stopped at the bat hanging on her parents room's wall. Her father had gotten the bat at a baseball game they had went to when she was younger. He had gotten all the players from the winning team to sign it and he had ever since kept it hanging in his room.

And now, Janine thought, it is finally coming in handy.

Janine took it off it's display and went beside the door, in swinging position. She had played softball for a couple of years in school. Time to see if it'll all pay off.

Janine watched in fear as the doorknob started to rattle. Someone was trying to get in. It felt like all time had stopped. Everything was still. Janine was just frozen in terror. She could barely even breath. Then, the door knob stopped rattling.

Janine was about to relax when she heard the words, "Alohomora" and the door swung open.

Janine jumped out in front of it, swinging the bat.

"Don't!" Arthur shouted, grabbing the bat before it could hit. He looked all sweaty and out of breath. His nose was bleeding and his shirt was a bit torn up.

Janine could of almost cried in the delight of seeing him. She dropped the bat and finally relaxed a little.

"What happened?" she asked. "What was that all about?"

"I have no time to explain," Arthur said hurriedly. "We have to get out of here, now. More are probably on their way."

"More of who? Who are they?" Janine just couldn't help asking questions.

"I'll explain on the way," Arthur said, taking her arm. "Let's go."

Janine hesitated. Was this someone she could trust? It did seem like he just saved her, but still. What was all that wizard talk? Yet, there was something about him that made her believe that he wanted to help her.

"Okay then." She said. "I'll come."

They ran out of the house and into a car that was sitting in her drive way. They passed a couple of other men on the way out. All of them looked uptight and nervous.

Janine and Arthur got into the car and he pulled out of the driveway. Janine looked out of the window, watching her house until she could see it no longer.

Is this the last time I'm going to see my home? She wondered.

Once they were on the road for a couple of minutes, Janine decided to ask the questions again.

"Who were they?"

"Very evil men. They are followers of the wiz-" Arthur quickly stopped himself. "Of the man that I told you about. They call themselves death eaters. They love destroying as many of your kind as they can."

"My kind," Janine repeated him. She really didn't like being referred to like that.

"Muggles, as we call you. People who have no magic ability."

"Oh," Janine said. It still felt weird hearing about magic and wizards.

"They are horrible wizards and not many can say that they've lived through an attack by them. I just barely made it, but luckily the other men at your house gave me a hand."

"Who is this big, bad wizard that you keep talking about? What's his name?"

"Well, the thing is, we don't like saying his name that much."

Janine gave Arthur a weird look.

"Why's that?" she asked him.

"I don't really know why. It's just a fearful name, I guess. Well, I guess I'll just tell you. It's Voldemort." Arthur cringed at the sound of the name.

"Voldemort," Janine repeated, silently to herself.

Arthur glanced over at Janine.

"He's after you, Janine. That's why the death eaters came there. I don't mean to scare you, but you just need to know that."

"Why me?" Janine asked him. "I don't understand what they want with me."

Arthur opened his mouth to speak, but just didn't know what to say. He had no idea what they wanted with her. She was just a muggle! What was so important about her?

"I don't know why," Arthur said finally. "But, I do know that the best thing to do right now is to take you to Hogwarts. It's a wizarding school. A wizard named Dumbledore is waiting for you there. He is very wise and powerful. He'll know what to do."

"How do I know that I can trust you or this Dumbdore guy?" Janine asked, eyeing Arthur suspiciously.

Arthur was quiet for a moment, as though trying to think up a good reason. Finally he said,

"You just have to trust us." was all that he could come up with.

It was now Janine's time to sit and think. Could she trust them? Even if they were the so called "good guys", how would they be able to help her anyway? Still, what other choice did she have? She had no on now that her parents were gone.

"Alright," she said finally. "I'll go with you to this.. This warthog place."

"Hogwarts," Arthur corrected her

"But don't expect me to listen to anything you are this Dubeedor guy say." Janine said, ignoring Arthur's correction.

Arthur gave a little chuckle. "Don't worry. I think you're going to like this place."

A/N: This chapter was kind of short. Sorry. Next chapter will bring in more HP characters. I'll try having it up as soon as possible. Within a week or two, I'm hoping. Please review!!