Disclaimer: To all you copyright infringement lawyers, I DO NOT OWN ANY
CHARACTERS, phrases, or places, which appear in the Harry Potter books. All
these lovely characters, unfortunately, belong to Ms. J.K. Rowling, and
Warner Bros or Scholastic have all their own rights, too. The only
character I own is Eve, and knowing her, she'll be filing for emancipation
soon. Don't worry, I'm just borrowing 'em all for a lil while to play, and
I promise they'll all be back for bedtime. Except for Harry, I'm bringing
him back waaaaayyyyy after bedtime, *wink-wink*.
Chapter 1: The commencement
Eve sat over her desk, staring blankly at her homework. She gazed halfheartedly from her window at the tranquil view of the forest neighboring their house. She absentmindedly curled a few strands of her straight, black hair onto her slender fingers. With her pen, she tapped some unknown beat on her notebook. Thunder was roaring in the sky in the distance, as if in some far away land. For an unknown reason, she found it extremely hard to concentrate. Something disturbing was tugging at her heart, an ominous feeling inundating her soul. She forced herself to think of an answer to the imposing homework question. However, her homework seemed so insignificant, somehow. The same instant her pen touched a paper to write a letter that would forever remain unwritten, a loud crash and a thud shattered her concentration, and would end up shattering her life.
Eve hurried down the stairs, and saw the front door of her house wide open, the wind howling into the room. The sound of the wind had momentarily distracted her and kept her from a scene which would haunt her long after. With horror, her emerald eyes saw her mother's figure lying straight on the floor, dead, strands of her blond hair strewn on her face. A wide-gaping look of horror had frozen onto it. The initial shock was the only thing that kept the tears from spilling. Then she heard a high, cold voice which sent shivers on the tiny hairs on the back of her neck.
" I doubted that I'd ever see you again these past 16 years."
Eve managed to pry her eyes from her mother to look up at the mysterious hooded figure. The only thing that she could make out from the face was a whisp of dark hair. A large roar of thunder shook her into reality, and rain started pouring from the sky. As if following a primeval instinct, she dashed out into the wood as fast as she had never run before in her entire existence. She could hear the screaming of the phantom-like being behind her. In her confusion she thought she even saw a few beams of green light instantaneously passing her. The droplets of water were beating down on her, her hair and clothes clinging to her lithe body. Her foot caught onto a stray root sticking out of the earth, and she fell to the ground. Her hands slammed against the wet earth. Her heart pounding furiously, she could hear thumping footsteps behind her. She couldn't heave herself up. Hysterically crying and praying with every particle of her being, she thought, Please, let this all be a horrible dream. I'm not here. This isn't real. Take me someplace safe, anywhere safe. Please, oh God, please. Someplace safe. Anywhere.
In an instant the entire world was nothing but an array of mixed, moving colors. Just as suddenly everything came to a stop. Eve managed to catch a glimpse of a crackling fireplace and something glittering a beautiful scarlet color, before everything went pitch black.
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Arthur Weasley was also sitting among a desk, running his fingers through his red hair. A face with a look of absolute terror and worry appeared in the fireplace.
"What's the matter, Basil?" he asked.
" Arthur, you won't believe what the bloody hell is going on. We're going to desperately need your help. The body hit by the Avada Kedavra curse, scaring the hell out of all those Muggles… You absolutely won't guess whose been killed."
"Why not?"
" Because we thought she was already dead…"
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Harry Potter awoke and sat up in his bed in a fright. For a split second, the serenity of his room clashed with the commotion inside of his dreams, before reality finally took over. Beads of sweat were appearing on his forehead, dripping over his thin, lightning-shaped scar, where a once sharp, piercing pain calmed down to a dull throbbing. He groaned and reached blindly for his glasses, rubbing his eyes before putting them on. They were no longer taped up, as Dudley was too frightened to touch him anymore. The frames of his glasses were thinner. He didn't want to be easily recognized, and his glasses were an accentuating feature, besides his scar.
Even though his scar was hurting, he didn't remember anything of his dreams. He didn't want to turn on a light and wake up Ron or Neville. He finally became aware of Neville's snores at that moment. Experience had told him that a pain in his scar most certainly meant trouble. He would go and tell Dumbledore in the morning. He doubted that the morning would come quickly, though. He somehow knew that the especially disturbing and mysterious feelings he had would keep him awake and thinking all night…
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A/N: hey u guys, this is the very first chapter of my first fic! So, u can guess how much ur reviews will mean 2 me. Tell me what u think! Don't worry, u'll get some answers in the next chapter! Read on! But first, review!
Chapter 1: The commencement
Eve sat over her desk, staring blankly at her homework. She gazed halfheartedly from her window at the tranquil view of the forest neighboring their house. She absentmindedly curled a few strands of her straight, black hair onto her slender fingers. With her pen, she tapped some unknown beat on her notebook. Thunder was roaring in the sky in the distance, as if in some far away land. For an unknown reason, she found it extremely hard to concentrate. Something disturbing was tugging at her heart, an ominous feeling inundating her soul. She forced herself to think of an answer to the imposing homework question. However, her homework seemed so insignificant, somehow. The same instant her pen touched a paper to write a letter that would forever remain unwritten, a loud crash and a thud shattered her concentration, and would end up shattering her life.
Eve hurried down the stairs, and saw the front door of her house wide open, the wind howling into the room. The sound of the wind had momentarily distracted her and kept her from a scene which would haunt her long after. With horror, her emerald eyes saw her mother's figure lying straight on the floor, dead, strands of her blond hair strewn on her face. A wide-gaping look of horror had frozen onto it. The initial shock was the only thing that kept the tears from spilling. Then she heard a high, cold voice which sent shivers on the tiny hairs on the back of her neck.
" I doubted that I'd ever see you again these past 16 years."
Eve managed to pry her eyes from her mother to look up at the mysterious hooded figure. The only thing that she could make out from the face was a whisp of dark hair. A large roar of thunder shook her into reality, and rain started pouring from the sky. As if following a primeval instinct, she dashed out into the wood as fast as she had never run before in her entire existence. She could hear the screaming of the phantom-like being behind her. In her confusion she thought she even saw a few beams of green light instantaneously passing her. The droplets of water were beating down on her, her hair and clothes clinging to her lithe body. Her foot caught onto a stray root sticking out of the earth, and she fell to the ground. Her hands slammed against the wet earth. Her heart pounding furiously, she could hear thumping footsteps behind her. She couldn't heave herself up. Hysterically crying and praying with every particle of her being, she thought, Please, let this all be a horrible dream. I'm not here. This isn't real. Take me someplace safe, anywhere safe. Please, oh God, please. Someplace safe. Anywhere.
In an instant the entire world was nothing but an array of mixed, moving colors. Just as suddenly everything came to a stop. Eve managed to catch a glimpse of a crackling fireplace and something glittering a beautiful scarlet color, before everything went pitch black.
_________________________
Arthur Weasley was also sitting among a desk, running his fingers through his red hair. A face with a look of absolute terror and worry appeared in the fireplace.
"What's the matter, Basil?" he asked.
" Arthur, you won't believe what the bloody hell is going on. We're going to desperately need your help. The body hit by the Avada Kedavra curse, scaring the hell out of all those Muggles… You absolutely won't guess whose been killed."
"Why not?"
" Because we thought she was already dead…"
__________________________
Harry Potter awoke and sat up in his bed in a fright. For a split second, the serenity of his room clashed with the commotion inside of his dreams, before reality finally took over. Beads of sweat were appearing on his forehead, dripping over his thin, lightning-shaped scar, where a once sharp, piercing pain calmed down to a dull throbbing. He groaned and reached blindly for his glasses, rubbing his eyes before putting them on. They were no longer taped up, as Dudley was too frightened to touch him anymore. The frames of his glasses were thinner. He didn't want to be easily recognized, and his glasses were an accentuating feature, besides his scar.
Even though his scar was hurting, he didn't remember anything of his dreams. He didn't want to turn on a light and wake up Ron or Neville. He finally became aware of Neville's snores at that moment. Experience had told him that a pain in his scar most certainly meant trouble. He would go and tell Dumbledore in the morning. He doubted that the morning would come quickly, though. He somehow knew that the especially disturbing and mysterious feelings he had would keep him awake and thinking all night…
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A/N: hey u guys, this is the very first chapter of my first fic! So, u can guess how much ur reviews will mean 2 me. Tell me what u think! Don't worry, u'll get some answers in the next chapter! Read on! But first, review!