Something was choking her, smothering her throat and burning her lungs

Something was choking her, smothering her throat and burning her lungs. It had only been four hours since the potion had started to work when she was woken up to thick smoke drifting into her open window from the driveway.

Serella tried her best to stand up, but the potion was still trying to work, making her legs extremely weak. She steadied herself though on her nightstand and lunged herself towards the window. The smoke was intoxicating and thick, making it near impossible to see properly. Through her watering eyes and the dark night she made out the shape of her grandparents car. Though it wasn't in the same place it had been when she had fallen asleep. Now it was smashed again the large oak tree at the end of the driveway between the shed and the house, and it was no longer empty.

Adeline was now canceling out most of the affects the sleeping potion had on her. Forgetting to put on shoes or her robe she raced for the main door and out into the yard, coughing and waving her hand against the smoke to try and see better.

"Grandma!?" She called, trying to get closer to the burning car, but the flames were so hot she couldn't get within fifteen feet.

"Grandpa!?" Again, no one answered her desperate calls. But through the smoke and rising flames she could see two bodies, two blackened bodies that were burnt beyond recognition.

Realization struck her hard as she remembered her wand. It didn't take long for her to get back up to her room, grab her Dragon Scale and arrive at the scene of the accident.

"Aguamenti!" She shouted and aimed her wand at the flames. It didn't even cross her mind that she was still underage and could get expelled for using magic as she waved the jet of water over the car. But the flames were too high and too powerful of a match for the small amount of water that she was able to conjure.

That didn't stop her from trying, she put all her effort and all her attention to try and put out the flames. In the back of her head she knew that it wouldn't help, that the bodies were already gone and their souls had moved on, but until she voiced it, until she accepted it, she ignored the truth.

Serella was so focused to shooting jets of water at the fire that she didn't notice a shadow moving in the trees behind her. Her back was to them, she was vulnerable to their stunning jinx.

In a stream of red her body hit the ground, alive but unconscious, and very close to the wreck. It wasn't his job to finish her off, it was only his job to cause suffering and extermination of those who stood in the way.

"Morsmordre." The figure muttered, louder than he would have if anyone had been around. But no one was here yet, and this would ensure that they got their quickly.

He pointed his wand up to the sky as he spoke and held on tight as it shook with the force of the spell. Out of the tip spilled a green snake emerging from the skull that it's figure was housed in. The Ministry would be here soon, they had tabs on this spell ever since the incident at the World Cup. But he didn't have to worry, his work here was done.