Chapter 4: Walking On Thin Ice
"I didn't think you had it in you, to go that far Avery" said Fenrir the next morning.
"Someone had to say it, to have an innocent pureblood girl lay underneath Scabior would be a true shame" said Argo to Fenrir.
"Morning lovely" said Scabior to me as I'd sat up awake, he sat on a log.
I ignored him, I sat on the log beside Scabior; which was around the fire Fenrir and Argo had set up inside the barn.
"Not going to eat" asked Scabior.
"I'll die first" I said.
"Not a morning person, I take it" said Argo to me.
"I'm just not hungry, alright" I said.
"You have to keep your strength up, if you'd like to live to reach the Manor" said Fenrir.
"I could care less if I live to the Manor or not, and if it's so important we get there why not apparate" I said.
"I believe we're in a non-apparating zone" said Rogue to me, and all the snatchers looked to her strangely.
"What? I read it in a book once" said Rogue.
"As your friend pointed out, we're in a non-apparating zone" said Fenrir
"Why" I asked.
"Before Dumbledore died, the Ministry teamed up with him to create a shield to prevent apparation inside of it. Which is why, the moment we make it into a Wizarding town the better" said Scabior.
"How do we get to this town" I asked.
"We'd have to cross Werbrick's lake" said Fenrir.
"Wouldn't you need a boat" I asked.
"No, you're able to walk across the lake" said Rogue, and the snatchers looked to her again.
"You know, learning isn't a crime" said Rogue, then continuing to eat her toast.
"Yes, and a lot of muggles used to call it God's lake, the reason being that there's lights coming from the Wizarding center during winter that you can see. As long as you don't take your eyes off the lights, you can walk right across it" said Argo.
"But how is that possible" I asked.
"An ingenious wizard, a great time ago made the lake covered in ice...it's always been covered since, but the thing is. If you look down the ice dissolves and you're stuck in the water, it immediately freezes over. The ice is unbreakable, you look down you're dead" said Scabior.
"How long is this lake exactly" I asked.
"A very long distance, it's never exactly been measured...and even if you did try and measure it, you'd have to look at the measuring stick and then even if you'd gotten the correct length you'd still need to look at the stick and you'd fall right on through" said Fenrir.
"Then why walk over it" I asked.
"Don't worry lovely, I can grab you if you look down" said Scabior.
"But you'd fall" I said.
"Worried, are you lovely" asked Scabior.
"No, but-" "That is rather improbable, when werewolves have a greater amount of speed then regular wizards" said Rogue interrupting me.
"Which means, Werbrick never knew about werewolves so if we looked down all we have to do is move faster. Sure there will probably be a lot of water springing up behind us, but it will disappear" said Argo.
"When are we going" I asked.
"During dark hours, too many muggles out right now" said Fenrir.
"It shouldn't be too long now" said Scabior.
To pass time, many of the others had gone to sleep. I had gone out of the barn, and sat on a rock outside of the barn.
"Care if I join you" asked Scabior.
I moved myself slightly to the right, and Scabior sat beside me.
"What you heard last night-" Scabior paused, and I looked at him. "That's something I would usually do...but you aren't that way to me-" "I've heard that one before, does this line follow up with something totally unsurprising. Like, 'You make me want to be a better person' or even 'I care about you more then anything else'" I said looking away from him and to the sunset.
"I take it, you think anyone who may try is the same as the last" asked Scabior.
"It always seems that way" I said continuing to look at the sun.
"What you heard from Argo is what he wants you to believe about me, and I'm surprised you'd allow him to alter your perception of me" said Scabior.
"We should head back in" I said getting up from the rock.
Scabior got off, but pulled me back to him and kissed me delicately. After the kiss we both went back inside of the barn, and Scabior ordered the others to wake up. The sun had gone down, which meant we were now going to travel over Werbrick's Lake.
Once we'd reached the lake it seemed deserted, except for the light that lay on the other side. Two snatchers began to walk across keeping their eyes on the light never looking away, and soon Argo went in front of me and I followed after him on the lake. Scabior was only a few steps behind me, while I was directly behind Argo; Rogue was behind Scabior, and before Fenrir.
"Argo, why is it you despise Scabior" I asked.
"It's not that I despise him, however, I do despise the way he's treated the women I've seen him with" said Argo.
"What happened to them" I asked.
"It's better for you not to know...there's been nothing, but pain given from the muggle women he'd said he would protect. Scabior is not a good man" said Argo.
"He kissed me" I said.
"Just one" asked Argo.
"Yes" I said.
"Do not fall for him, there is nothing good that could come from what could happen to you...do you understand" asked Argo.
"Yes" I said.
By a saddening accident I looked down for a moment, and saw the ice dissolve. I screamed, but I was suddenly fine. Scabior had grabbed me, and brought me to the other side.
"What part of don't look away from the light, didn't you understand" said Scabior in a teasing voice.
"Good catch Scabior" said Fenrir, with Rogue in his arms; who apparently had also looked down.
I was shaking, however, I hadn't seen my life flash before my eyes. Instead I'd seen a dove flying peacefully, while a dragon flew beside it. Which then the dragon's massive body covered the bird by flying upward.