Chapter 7: The Death Eater's Rise
The owl carrying the Daily Prophet landed on Albus' plate. He opened it up and stuck his nose inside.
"Albus!" Rose said, the front page catching her eye.
Albus flattened the front page on the table, reading it out loud,
"The Death Eater's Rise
Many years ago at the battle of Hogwarts, it was said to be the end of the Dark Lord. Recently, a new group has formed of witches and wizards who believe that everyone in the wizarding community should be from the pureblood family. This recent uprising has been called the Death Eater's Rise, and 100 muggle borns, halfbloods, and even those with muggle born parents have been killed-"
"We don't need to read the rest, Albus," Rose said.
"I-I'm sure we're perfectly safe at Hogwarts," said Cami, who, with the rest of the Qudditch team, had come to sit with Albus.
"Are you a muggle born?" Pip asked.
"She is," said Yvonne, patting Cami on the shoulder.
Everyone looked around the table.
"I'm sure we're fine," Cami said nervously, "Now everyone on the Qudditch team, we need to practice."
Rose and Albus looked at Pip and Jamie and got up to leave.
The Qudditch practice seemed to go in slow motion. Everyone was improving, but they were all going slowly, not really thinking about Quidditch. Cami finally decided to put a stop to it.
"Okay everyone!" she said, "There's no need to worry about the Death Eater's-"
She was soon interrupted by the screams of all of the Qudditch Team. Right below them, were people wearing dark purple cloaks. There was a tall girl who looked to be about eighteen, with white blonde hair and her purple cloak baggy on her bony arms. The second was a tall boy who could have been her brother with the same white blond hair and bony structure. Behind them was a short man with gray hair carrying a toad.
"Filthy half breeds!" the toad man said, pulling out his wand.
Before he could shout his spell Bragwond appeared on the field. He shouted a spell at the toad man, who was now on the ground.
"Gold," Bragwond said.
"Bragwond," The toad man said.
"You will leave now," Bragwond said, pointing his wand at the toad man.
The toad man and the blonde twins snapped their fingers and disappeared. Then, they heard a loud rumble of thunder and the rain started pouring.
"Run!" Cami yelled, and the Qudditch team flew to the ground.
They ran to underneath the stands, where they started asking Bragwond questions.
"Were those people from the Death Eater's Rise?" Rose asked.
"Yeah, Alamaster Gold and his children."
"His children?" Cami asked.
"Yeah, the Gold twins, they went to Hogwarts," Bragwond said, "The Gold family just aren't a good family."
"Well, the rain is clearing up," Lawrence said.
The Quidditch team walked out from under the stands and went back to Gryffindor Tower.