My sincere apologies everyone! This chapter should have been released last week, but I was tied up at work and never got the time to upload it.
Chapter 16 is here... Enjoy!

The moment his watch started buzzing, he knew where the sound was coming from. John got up and ran towards the common room to get away from the trio. As soon as he had gotten a safe distance away, he looked at his watch, and saw that Jane and Daisy's needles were pointing at "Mortal Danger". He rushed to his trunk and took out the 2-way mirror, but Jane didn't respond. He composed himself for a second, collected a few things and decided to go to Professor McGonagall. He met the trio on the way and was unable to decide what to tell, he just said that Jane was in trouble and rushed to Professor McGonagall.

"Professor McGonagall! Look at this, I need to go home, RIGHT NOW!" he said frantically.

Professor McGonagall took a look at the watch. There were 5 needles, one each for Ron, Daisy, Hermione, Harry and Jane. Harry's needle was still pointing at "Danger". Ron and Hermione's needles were pointing at "Safe", but Jane and Daisy's were pointing at "Mortal Danger".

"When did their status change?" asked McGonagall.

"A few minutes back"

"Okay! Use the floo network," she said. "Mr Smith, inform me immediately if you need Aurors or any other help."

"No Aurors, but I'll inform you if I need help," replied John and rushed to the fireplace to go home.

Jane was returning home after spending a nice cosy afternoon with a gentleman. After a long time, she was happy. She was walking back home when she suddenly looked back. But there was no one behind. She had this feeling in her that she was being followed, but she shrugged it off as just an imagination. Few minutes went by and she had looked back twice since then but had failed to see anything. She had made it a point to carry her wand everywhere she went. Even though she was dressed in muggle clothes, and had spent her time with a muggle in the muggle world, she always had her wand with her. But whatever she had in her mind disappeared the moment she saw Daisy walking towards her from the opposite direction.

"Daisy!" called out Jane.

"Mrs Smith, how are you?"

"I'm fine, actually, I'm doing great! How are you? How have your holidays been?"

"They have been great! It has only been a few days, so, no revision, no studying whatsoever, life's fun," replied Daisy.

"Good, have fun!" replied Jane smiling.

"Mrs Smith, will John be coming here anytime soon? I was hoping to introduce him to Harry," asked Daisy after a few seconds of silence.

"I… I don't know!" replied Jane. "I'll tell..." she stopped speaking as she heard a loud crack.

Jane turned around and saw 2 men, clearly wearing robes and not muggle clothes. Daisy, who was already facing in the direction, was wondering where the 2 men had come from.

"You'll die for what he did," said one man. Jane had one hand inside her pocket ready with her wand.

"Mrs Smith? Who are these 2?" asked Daisy whose heart was racing.

"I have no idea," replied Jane. "Daisy, go home!" she whispered.

"Is that your daughter? We'll kill her too, happily," added the other man.

Jane gave a chuckle, and said, "Do I look like a mother of a 12-year-old?"

But before they could respond, Jane had her wand out and cried, "Petrificus Totalus"

The man it was aimed at fell back with a thud. The other man aimed a spell at Jane, which she blocked easily.

"DAISY!" called out Jane, "I said, GO HOME! NOW!" shouted Jane momentarily looking at Daisy.

Daisy was feeling a lot of things at that moment, like fear, confusion, panic, anxiety and even more confusion as she had no idea what was going on. She was initially wondering what clothes those 2 men were wearing. And the talk of death just sent her into a mode of panic. But, she had yet to realise that, what she was witnessing at that moment, was wizardry and magic. The moment she heard Mrs Smith shout, she turned back and started running. She had barely moved a few metres when she felt something hit her and she fell forward and was unconscious immediately.

"Daisy!" gasped Jane. She cast a shield, dodged a couple of spells, and ran towards Daisy and apparated from there immediately.

John had arrived at a house. But the house just seemed empty.

"Jane! Are you home?" shouted John at the top of his voice. But he got no reply. He ran to all parts of the house, but couldn't find Jane anywhere. He called out her name a few times but got no response. He was fearing the worst. If he couldn't find Jane at their house, then that'd mean that she could be absolutely anywhere. He had no clue how he was going to find her. He went outside the house, but he couldn't see anybody on the street. He came back home and searched the house again looking for anything suspicious. Few minutes had passed when he heard a loud crack. He rushed to the hall and there was Jane holding Daisy.

"Jane! Jane! Are you alright? What happened?" asked John as he rushed towards Jane and helped her lay Daisy on the sofa. Jane was in tears, she rushed towards the door, which was ajar, and locked it shut. She leaned on the closed door and sunk towards the floor and started sobbing.

"Jane, what happened to Daisy? Were you attacked? Please, say something," said John as he went towards Jane and knelt in front of her.

Jane gave a tearful look to John but got up suddenly.

"19919," she said and pointed her wand at John, suspiciously.

"21815," he replied. The moment he uttered the number, Jane threw her arms around John and started crying. They hugged each other for a good 30 seconds before Jane spoke.

"She was hit, I couldn't save her!" she said crying.

John went and checked up on Daisy and said, "She's just unconscious, Jane! She's not hurt, must have been a stunning charm," replied John. He went and got some water for Jane and handed her a glass as he sat down beside her.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I was coming back home, from..." she paused for a few seconds and continued, "it doesn't matter! Well, I was walking home..."

"Where were you coming from?" asked John, his expression was one of curiosity and mischief.

"Shut up"

"Sorry, go on!"

"As I was saying, I was walking back home when I saw Daisy walking towards me. I had this feeling that I was being followed, turns out I was right. But at the time, I couldn't see anybody, so I shrugged it off. We were talking when 2 men apparated. One man threatened me, that I'll die. I told her to run, but things escalated quickly and she was hit by a stunner. I managed to escape with her," finished Jane.

"Woah! But why threaten you? Like, how do they even know you?" asked John confused.

"I don't know, John! That guy said something about how I'll die for what someone did. I'm guessing that someone is you. But how they know about us, I have no idea," she replied.

"You don't think they were death eaters, do you?" asked John.

"Could be," replied Jane.

They just sat on the floor, one head lying on another's shoulder for what felt like an eternity.

"Wait, what are you doing here?" asked Jane suddenly.

"You have my watch to thank," he replied and handed Jane his watch. It was then they both noticed that Jane and Daisy's statuses were still at "Mortal Danger".

"When did you scan me?"

"Last time I was here," replied John. "You didn't think I'd want to know if my sister was in trouble?"

"You never told me," she replied smiling.

After a few minutes of staring at each other, John spoke up.

"Jane, if they were death eaters, who attacked you, then they did so because I killed a death eater, not long back. And if they know about us, what's to say they don't know where we live?" asked John.

"No!" gasped Jane, shocked at the possibilities.

The twins got up and got themselves ready for what was about to come. They carried Daisy and lay her down in Jane's bedroom and closed the door. It had only been a few minutes when they saw 2 men apparating a few meters outside their house.

"Ready?" asked John as he got his wand out.

"They're going to pay for hurting Daisy! I haven't had a proper fight in a while," replied Jane.

The twins made their way out of the house onto the deserted street to face the same 2 men who attacked Jane and Daisy earlier.

"Who are you?" asked John.

"You're here! Now, this does put a smile on my face. I get to kill you for what you did to my friend," replied Man 1.

"So you're a death eater?" asked John pointing his wand at the pair of them.

"The Dark Lord will rise today and all of you will die soon," replied the man.

John and Jane glanced at each other.

"And how is Voldemort going to do that?" asked Jane.

"Master has his followers everywhere, even in Hogwarts. He'll rise, more powerful than before, with the help of the Elixir of Life," replied the man.

"Voldemort won't be able to do anything till Dumbledore is alive," replied Jane.

"Well, he's not in Hogwarts now, is he?" taunted the man.

"He isn't?" whispered Jane looking at John who nodded.

"Enough talking, time for you to die," said the man.

What followed was a bunch of spells directed by both pairs at each other that was either blocked or dodged. The pair of them were an equal match if not stronger than the twins. As spell after spell was cast, the twins managed to shield everything that was thrown at them. The 2 death eaters tried stunning, body bind, disarming, even the unforgivable curses, but the twins easily defended them or apparated their way out of it. But, finally, one of the death eaters had John under severe trouble, as John was struggling to defend.

"This is for Goyle," he said, casting a spell. The moment it hit John, he fell backwards with cuts all over his body.

"JOHN!" scream Jane and ran towards the lying John. He seemed barely conscious but in a lot of pain.

"PROCIDAT INCIPIO" she cried, slashing her wand fiercely at the 2 death eaters and apparated with John to inside the house.

The 2 death eaters were now in a completely different place, or so they thought. Both of them were in a desert. There was nothing or nobody around them apart from sand for as much as the distance they could see. They were both stuck in different but powerful illusions created by Jane.

"What is this?" shouted one man.

"Crabbe? Where are you? I can't see you," replied the other.

"I can't see you either"

Jane meanwhile had John lie down in his bed. She was furiously bandaging John and muttered a few words which seemed to heal some of his wounds.

"You couldn't have done that earlier?" he chuckled but fell unconscious immediately.

"Please don't die," she whispered, kissed his forehead and walked out of the house with a fierce determination and plan like never before. By the time she got to the 2 death eaters, they had managed to come out of the illusions they were trapped in.

"You monstrous bi..." said Crabbe Sr but was interrupted swiftly by Jane.

"Stop talking," she said and pointed her wand at the pair of them and with a swift motion of her wand, she muttered, "Aqua Eructo" and an immense jet of water sprouted from the tip of her wand which engulfed both the death eaters in a ball of water. They struggled and struggled, but failed to get themselves free.

Jane released them of their struggles but she instantly screamed,

"Sectumsempra" pointing the wand at the death eater who wasn't Crabbe.

The death eater fell back in a thud, his body covered with uncountable lacerations.

Crabbe Sr sent a jet of green light aimed at Jane, but she disapparated immediately and apparated behind Crabbe.

"Expelliarmus" she muttered and Crabbe's wand flew out of his hand.

"You'll pay for what you've done," she said coldly. "But before that," she added and walked away.

"Bombarda Maxima," she said pointing her wand at the ground.

The ground exploded and a deep hole was formed. Jane levitated the other death eater's body and threw it into the hole and proceeded to close it up after taking his wand. She turned and walked towards Crabbe who was lying on the ground.

"This is for hurting Daisy and John," she said and pointed her wand at Crabbe Sr and cried,

"Crucio"

Crabbe Sr wriggled and screamed with pain, it was torture of the worst kind he had ever felt. After about 30 seconds, she stopped his pain.

"Goodbye Death Eater," she said and again pointed her wand at Crabbe Sr who was lying on the ground void of all energy.

"Incindio" she muttered and Crabbe's body burned with fire. His screams could be heard throughout the whole street. It was one of the most horrific things Jane had ever done. She went to the place where she had buried the other death eater alive. There was a pool of blood around him.

"I'm not going to kill you, I don't have to at least. You'll die of blood loss anyway. But in case you survive," she said and pointed her wand at the death eater and muttered,

"Obliviate"

Jane apparated back home. She saw that Daisy was still lying unconscious on the bed. She checked up on John who was also unconscious. His wounds were healing well. There was a sudden rush of emotion that she felt. She crumbled down to the floor, there were tears in her eyes. She cried and cried, for how long she didn't know. But she stopped when she heard Daisy's voice from another room.

"Mom?" called out Daisy in a low voice. Her head was aching, her voice seemed low, she felt extremely tired.

"Daisy!" exclaimed Jane as she came running into the room. "Are you alright?"

"Mrs Smith? What happened? Where am I?" she asked suddenly realising that she wasn't lying on her bed in her house. She started to remember the events leading up to her getting unconscious, though most of it was vague.

"Daisy, you're in my house," replied Jane. She gave Daisy some water to drink and went to the kitchen. Daisy drank the water and got up to follow Mrs Smith.

"Mrs Smith? Who were those men? What happened?" she asked. As she walked into the hall, she glanced at the bedroom and saw someone lying on the bed. She proceeded to the kitchen.

"Drink this," said Jane as she handed Daisy a replenishing potion.

"What is this?"

"Something that'll get you back to your feet in no time," replied Jane. Daisy drank the potion and felt much better.

"Thank you, Mrs Smith," she replied, handing Jane the glass back.

"I should be wiping your memories now," she said.

"What?" asked Daisy confused.

"Nothing," replied Jane. She was confused about what to do. The right thing would be to wipe Daisy's memories or alter them. But the right thing wasn't always the correct choice. Jane couldn't do it. She knew that she should, but she couldn't. Hence, she decided to take a different approach.

"Daisy, those men were there to kill me," she said. "You are aware of the magical world, aren't you?"

"Magical world? I… I don't know what you're talking about, Mrs Smith. What magic?" she asked, but her lie was way too obvious for anyone to spot.

"Daisy, don't worry. I know that Harry told you about where he really is, what he really is. I'm the same. And those people that tried to hurt us today, they were also the same," she replied.

"You are? You are a wizard?"

"Witch, yeah!" replied Jane.

"Why did they want to hurt you?" asked Daisy, her head still spinning.

"I'll inform your mother that you're sleeping here tonight. No more questions! I'll speak to you tomorrow," said Jane. "Here, drink this," she added, handing Daisy another glass of potion. The moment Daisy drank it, she fell unconscious, or more accurately, asleep.

Hopefully, Chapter 17 will be out later this week... Ciao!