"I'm so happy for you!" Ginny exclaimed as she linked arms with Carly, and the two made their way through the corridors towards the fireplaces. "This is brilliant, you have a real family, not that you didn't before."
"Thanks Ginny." Carly replied smiling brightly. "It feels like I have a real family."
Ginny grinned at her, and as they reached the fireplaces something made then stop, Ginny looked around her, she was sure the others were following them. Carly seemed to notice too and she looked around, but her family and (kinda) friends were no where in sight, in fact, other then Ginny; no one at all was around.
"Er, this place is kinda creepy…" Ginny whispered suddenly, her voice betraying her fear.
"W-Where is everyone?" Carly asked in an even quieter whisper as the pair clung to each other, looking around the room. Was it there imagination, or were the shadows moving in on them?
"I-I thought they were following us." Ginny whispered back, as they pressed their backs against the wall, and gripped their wands in their free hand. "I swear-"
"ARGH!" Carly screamed as bright green shot towards them, she jumped to her right, and fell to the floor, watching in horror as the curse hit the wall, destroying a chunk of the emerald tile.
"Carly!" Ginny screamed, Carly could feel the other girls fingertip grazing her calf, but she could not respond to it, as her froze in complete terror as she watched her greatest nightmare unfold before her.
He was walking towards her, every movement slow and deliberate. He was the hunter, bearing down on his prey, in this case two defenceless, underage girls. His smile was mocking and terrifying, and sickening. He had delicious thoughts of killing them running through his mind, she could see them behind ruby eyes, he was a monster, no more less, and it had never been more evident then now, as he looked down at her, hungering for her death.
She could feel Ginny beside her, her very core shaking with fear. This is not what Carly wanted, she did not want her closet friends to have to suffer through this, ever.
"W-what do you want?" Carly asked, her voice cracking with pure horror.
"Oh, my child, my flesh and blood, I want you to return home." He replied, his voce silky, and yet there was a undertone of something that she could not quite place but it was hard, and she knew he was not to be messed with.
"I-I don't have a home with you." Carly replied, her voice no stronger then before.
He laughed, cold and echoing through the room, a slow chuckle passed through the shadows; of course he was not alone.
"I had heard about this rumoured 'adoption'." He said mockingly. "But I know that you would never be as cruel to go through with it, after all my dear, you are part of me, and blood is thicker then water."
"I am with my blood, my dad…. That's not you." Carly replied, she saw anger flash in his eyes, and wanted to hurl with the fear that rumbled in her stomach, telling – screaming at her to run.
"Charis Riddle-"
"Carly Black. I'm Carly Black, and there's nothing you can do about it." Carly said, interrupting him, and then she suddenly realised, this was not the best idea.
She tensed, he had lifted his wand, and she had expected to feel excruciating pain, and yet she felt nothing, and then, within a millisecond she realised why.
The blood curdling screams emitting from Ginny's pink lips was- was – horrifying, she fell to the floor, her whole body convulsing, as Carly watched with total terror, she fell to her knees beside her screaming friend, and felt tears rush down her checks.
"GINNY!" Carly screamed, trying to hold her friend. "PLEASE! STOP IT!" She screamed at the monster watching with revolting pleasure. "NO! Ginny!" She felt her own body shake as she held Ginny in her arms, trying to soothe the pain as she begged Him to release her from this torture.
"Now Charis-"
"You don't get it do you?" Carly suddenly screamed at him, tears still rolling fast and thick down her cheeks as she clutched Ginny to her. "You can do whatever you want to do to my friends, my family, but I will never be your daughter again, it's over! It's over! I'm not a Riddle! Now stop this! It's pointless!"
"It-"
"STOP!" Carly screamed, tears still flowing rapidly down her cheeks. "You don't get it do you? Ginny loves me, I'm her best friends, and she wouldn't want me to go back to you, and I know you can't understand this, but all you are doing is causing me pain!" her voice was cracking under the weight of her words. "Want to call me daughter? Then stop it, just stop it."
Somewhere in the distance she heard someone scream a curse, and the bright green shot toward Voldemort, but he disappeared instantly, and Ginny's body fell still, Carly looked down at her, and sobbed, she did not look right, her skin was grey, and her face was pained.
"Help!" She called out, not even sure if there were any Deatheaters around who may try and attack her, she just needed her friend to get to safety. "Please! Someone!"
"Carly!" Sirius' frantic voice called out, and Carly looked up and through the darkness saw her real dad walking towards her.
"She needs help." Carly said, her voice barely there, Sirius knelt beside her and carefully took Ginny into his arms.
"I'll be right back." Sirius said urgently, he disappeared on the stop, but returned within seconds. "Come on kiddo, you're safe, I'm going to take you to St Mungo's, the healers have Ginny."
"He hurt her, he hurt her." Carly sobbed, her voice no even a whisper, and Sirius pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "Dad, he- the monster, he hurt her."