by Pandora Gotham
Screams rang out; terrible, high-pitched screams. The ash night flickered with red and green light and rained soot. Houses were on fire and were burning their inhabitants.
“Please!” a small voice sobbed out, curled in a ball in a small corner of their home’s attic. Black cloaks closed in around her, snickering, murmuring, taunting.
“Please what? There is nobody here to save you!” The cloaked man in the front spit out, laughing maniacally. “You’re going to die, little girl. And no one will hear your screams.”
A woman from behind them cackled and muttered, “Crucio.” A red light shot out of the woman’s wand and headed straight for the small girl, but as it got closer, time seemed to slow down and everything froze.
As the world around the small girl stopped, she looked around with big violet eyes. Everything was frozen: the fires burning, the billowing smoke, the jet of terrifying red light. Everything but her.
She stood up on shaky legs and seemed to wobble forward toward her attackers in black cloaks. Her eyes widened, and she caught herself before she fell onto them. She hunched over, her
“Please!” a small voice sobbed out, curled in a ball in a small corner of their home’s attic. Black cloaks closed in around her, snickering, murmuring, taunting.
“Please what? There is nobody here to save you!” The cloaked man in the front spit out, laughing maniacally. “You’re going to die, little girl. And no one will hear your screams.”
A woman from behind them cackled and muttered, “Crucio.” A red light shot out of the woman’s wand and headed straight for the small girl, but as it got closer, time seemed to slow down and everything froze.
As the world around the small girl stopped, she looked around with big violet eyes. Everything was frozen: the fires burning, the billowing smoke, the jet of terrifying red light. Everything but her.
She stood up on shaky legs and seemed to wobble forward toward her attackers in black cloaks. Her eyes widened, and she caught herself before she fell onto them. She hunched over, her