The black night
CHAPTER 6
The Front door slowly creaked open to reveal the front hallway branching of into the living room. The room was totally bare and the house, totally silent. Mr. Weasley called out "HELLO, is any one there?" They all moved a little further and huddled together. "Harry, were did you see this all happen?", Mr. Weasley felt himself start to shake, what if what Harry saw was real?. "It was in the kitchen, I think". Everyone slowly made their way to the kitchen, huddled together in a small group, each step filled with trepidation. The door to the kitchen was at the end of the hallway, but for each of them, it felt an eternity away. When they finally reached the closed door, Mr. Weasley stepped forward. "Ready everyone, I'm going to open the door, now I don't know what will be on the other side so be prepared". Harry heard Ginny give a muffled sob and Mr. Weasley take a deep breath, he took a hold of the doorhandle and slowly opened the door. Everyone peeked in, expecting the worst, the room was pitch black and everyone held their breath while Ron grabbled for the light switch.
The room was instantly illuminated and very empty, everyone gave a sigh of relief, most of all Harry. "Now, they're not here so we have to find them, they're probably upstairs". As everyone moved off, Ginny felt a small drop of liquid fall on her head, she felt her head where it fell. It was sticky and warm, she looked up towards the ceiling and gave a cry of horror. Her mum was sprawled across the roof at the door, with a slow trickle of blood dripping from a large gash across her face and neck. Her mouth was frozen open, as if she was about to scream and her skin was ripped apart revealing muscle and bone all over face and body. She was stuck to the ceiling by some sort of suction spell so her skin and flesh were held tightly to the roof unnaturally. As Ginny screamed everyone turned to look at her, when a small drizzle fell on Mr. Weasley, everyone looked upwards, their faces all contorted with fear, they were to late. Ginny ran towards her father and gripped him tightly. They both fell to the floor sobbing uncontrollably. Ron fled the room for some solitude in the living room. Harry remembering Fred and George thought that it would be best for him to try and find them first.
He made his way towards the stairs, holding back sobs himself, Mrs. Weasley had always been like a mother to him, he couldn't believe that she was really gone. He just hoped that Fred and George hadn't suffered the same fate. Making his way up the stairs Harry was finding trails of blood that were becoming worse and worse, he knew they were up here somewhere. He heard hushed voices coming from the inside of one of the room's, the blood trail followed into there with a pool that had gathered at the door. He moved closer and held his ear to the door.
"Look, I'm going down to find out who it is, I think it's Dad and we can't stay here forever, you need help".
"I know, but what if they are back, what if they caught the others and brought them back here?, I can't face him again, and that horrible snake, and …Mum…" Harry heard a loud sniff and knew exactly who was behind the door. He opened it up and stepped forward. The blood was the first thing that hit him, then he found Fred and George in the midst of it all. Their faces were contorted with fear until they realised it was only Harry.