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Author's Note: Read on read on! Why are you talking to me! Gosh shut up! Read for god's sake!

Um..erm...I'll just go now...

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Part 1

I jolted awake and looked around frantically. But all was as it should be- Ron was snoring on the bed across from mine, muttering" Spiders ... Please … no ….don't eat my chocolate cake…" and on the floor Harry was asleep, his hair more wild than ever. I sighed contently and settled back into my pillows. Just another silly nightmare. I can't believe I actually believed that they were here at the Burrow. Oh well…soon I'll be at Hogwarts and I never have nightmares at Hogwarts. Only three more weeks! I had been staying at the Weasleys' a.k.a the Burrow since it happened which was only about two or three days ago but it definitely feels like a whole lot more and I can't believe that it really was only three days ago…gosh you don't know what happened do you? Well its not like it made the front page of The Daily Prophet or anything it's just-Oh why don't I just stop ranting and tell you! I still feel vulnerable when I think back to what happened that night. I mean I know that Harry and Ron would give their lives for me and likewise but I can still feel the pain. It was one of those once or twice a year days-warm, sunny, virtually perfect. The grass is at its greenest, the sky at its bluest, and the clouds at maximum fluffiness. What should have been a happy day for my family was a nightmare…..

Flashback

"Mum! When's Dad coming home-he promised that he'd be home to help me practice my Quidditch!" cried Carrie.

"Will you shut up!" I hissed at her, as Mum's face paled. Our father was due home from a business trip-better known as an Order Mission-three days ago. It wasn't that going "away" was unusual for Dad but if he promised something he kept his word. Carrie was quiet but not before shooting me a death glare. Sensing the tension that was building Cassie said, rather quickly, "C'mon Carrie-let's go help Mum with the dishes. She's washing them with a dish towel and drying them with soap."

Later on that night, long after the twins and Mum had finally gone to sleep, Mike and I lay talking.

"I don't think he's hurt." I said.

"No he's not hurt." Mike replied.

"His mission just probably took more time then he thought."

"Yeah it just took more time than he thought."

"Of course that's what happened. And he can't send us an owl because that would ruin the whole mission."

"Yeah it would ruin the whole-"but Mike never got to finish as there was a loud bang from the kitchen. I landed with a thump on the ground as I got caught up in my sheets.

"Smooth." Mike smirked and I glared at him as we crept into the kitchen with our wands out in front of us. As expected the door had been blown off its hinges by a no doubt magical bang. I lifted it up and grimaced when I saw that it had landed on some of Mum's fine china.

"Someone's in trouble." I said looking around at the debris covered kitchen. We were being cautious but apparently not cautious enough.

"Petrificus Totalus!" two female voices Cried out of nowhere. My arms and legs snapped to my sides and I hit the ground with a soft thud. A similar thud next to me said that Mike had the same fate. When I find out who just cast a spell on me they will be SO dead! But my thoughts stopped and the hairs on my arms stood on end as I saw the two faces under the deatheater cloaks. They were the faces of my most hated enemy and her sister.

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Author's Note: By god I think I just made a cliff hanger! Hehe-kindly review...flames are ok. "Ohhhhh fire...POKE IT! OW! FOR THE LOVVE OF ALL THAT IS SUGARY!"

As Mike would say: "Smooth..."

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