Disclaimer: Don't own them, never will. But Estelle, Nicole, Sam and Sara belong to me!

I feel kinda bad, I haven't updated this since April and it's now August!

Important authors note: let's just pretend that Deathly Hallows haven't happened yet…that's assuming that you've read the book or not. It also makes writing this a lot easier so bear with me!

Chapter 4: The Figure at the Window

"So you mean to tell me that my father is this Death 'Thing'-" Ella spoke after listening to Andromeda tell the girls of the Wizarding World…for two hours.

"Eater, Death Eater." Andromeda corrected. Ella rolled her eyes.

"Death Eater, whatever. So my dad and brother belong to this-this mob that does 'What's-his-face's' bidding? Andromeda nodded, not daring to use his name. Harry Potter claimed to have killed him, but Andromeda was still worried about using his name.

"Yes, that's about the size of it."

"Do you know anything about us…who we are?" Nicole asked from the bean bag chair that she was sitting in. Andromeda sighed.

"It's not my place to say. The people who attacked your grandmother's house weren't robbers…they were…Death Eaters." Nicole nodded and looked away, Sam looked crushed. "Girls, I'm truly sorry that I can't tell you. But your grandmother made me swear not to tell you girls anything…even on her death bed."

"Why?" both sisters chorused. Andromeda shook her head.

"She has her own way of telling you if a situation like that ever happens."

"But what if that happens tonight? She's old and-" the phone's ringing interrupted Sam in mid-sentence.

"Hello? This is. Oh…I see, shall I bring them over? Yes, it's no problem. Thank you." Andromeda hung up and looked at the girls, mainly Nicole and Sam. "That was the hospital, your grandmother's going to be fine." Joy swept over everyone's faces at the news. "And seeing that we still have some time left, we can go and visit her." Sam was the first one out the door, followed closely by Nicole and Sara. Ella was the only one who stayed where she was, in bed. Walking over, Andromeda sat on the edge of the bed. "I think it's best if you stay home. Uncle Ted's watching soccer downstairs if you're interested."

"No thanks Auntie, I'll just stay here." Andromeda smiled as she stood up and left the room. Ella could hear her as she walked down the steps, grab her purse and her keys, poke her head into the living room to yell over Uncle Ted's cheering telling him where they were going, that Ella was staying home, and that she'd have her phone on until they reached the hospital. Ella could picture it as she heard it, Ted yelling some kind of acknowledgement, his eyes never leaving the television. She heard the door shut and moments later, the garage door closing. Then all was silent with the exception of Uncle Ted's cheering and shouts of obscenities at the television. Turning on her side, she opened the drawer of her nightstand. Grabbing she fished around for a pen. Success, she found one! Opening to the next clear page, she wrote:

Diary,

Well today has certainly been interesting…I passed out right on the driveway! It was weird, I had a dream of my mother being killed by some killing curse…oh yeah, get this. There's this 'Wizarding World' and my mother has been living there instead of here with me. Oh, did I mention that I have a father AND a brother? And neither of them know of my existence? Apparently it's to keep me safe from this 'What's-his-face' who's been dead for a few years. Auntie doesn't believe that he's truly dead. For me, I don't know what to believe. Nicole and Sam are nowhere closer to knowing about their parents. Desiree, their grandmother, was attacked by Death Eaters today and is in the hospital because of it… not dead or dying, which is a good thing. Nicole and Sam don't have any other family besides Auntie and Uncle who already have their hands full with two teens, one of which is their niece abandoned by her mother at birth. Anyways—oh my god, I felt like I was being watched, so I looked up and there's this figure at my window looking in at me! Funny seeing that my bedroom's on the second floor and I don't see a ladder…

Pushing back the covers, Estelle jumped from the bed and ran for the door…but it was locked. The figure was still there. Frantic, she started to pound on the door, glancing over at her window. She started to get discouraged, Uncle Ted was glued to the game and wouldn't hear her pounding on her bedroom door. Suddenly there was a green explosion into the night sky…the figure disappeared and her door unlocked. Opening her door, she ran down the hall and down the steps, turned the corner into the kitchen and bumped into someone…

It was Uncle Ted, empty bowl in one hand, and an empty glass in the other.

"Whoa, where's the fire?"

"T-there was a f-figure at my window! And the flash, there was this green explosion thing!" she exclaimed as she followed Ted to the sink. Ted shook his head in amusement as he refilled his glass with water.

"Ella, have you ever considered that maybe you have a secret admirer?" Ella shook her head in protest and opened her mouth to speak when Ted laughed.

"That's a girl, attracting boys who climb up to your window and set of fireworks for you. Now excuse me dear, but commercials last only so long and I'm not about to miss a sec- DAMN! The game's back on!" he exclaimed as he ran into the living room, his mind and soul becoming one with the television again. Estelle rolled her eyes and followed him into the living room; the figure at her window had scared her and there was no way that she was going back to her room. She was sure it was one of those Death Eater things that Andromeda had mentioned earlier. No, she was going to join Uncle Ted cheer on his favorite team and hope that whatever it was at her window, was just an illusion.

A/N: Example A: Ted Tonks, a man who loves his muggle sports! I ended up writing this chapter up three times and the first two attempts were terrible, so here you go! Please review! I changed the review thing so now anybody can review.