Before the Darkness
"So."
Her voice sounded cold and malicious, like the air around us.
"So, what?" I answered her, sounding braver than I truly was.
I watched as she brought out a wand from her robes, pointing it inches
away from my face.
I took a step back.
There was nothing I could fight her with.
My fists? I could never do that sort of Muggle thing.
My wand was gone. She had taken it away from me earlier.
If I would be able to survive this, my grandmother would kill me for
breaking another wand.
"You're going to end up just like your parents," the woman said
to me.
Her lips curved into a sinister smile.
No, no, no, no, no, my mind was screaming.
I needed to do something.
Anything.
It seemed to happen in slow motion.
She let out a laugh.
I struggled to run from her.
"Crucio."