Take me to count the stars

Chapter two

"We have to go"

Anna quickly opended all the windows in Elizabeth's room, letting the sunligth come in, touching the girl's sleepy face.

"This is not the time for sleep, Eli!" Mrs. Avery exclaimed, pulling the blankets away from her daugther's cold body " Get your trunk ready, I'll wait for you outside."

Elizabeth sat up, stretching weakly.

She looked out the window for a moment, smiling slightly , she felt she was fine.

She went to the bathroom to wash and quickly decided what to wear.

"Mom" she yelled, to be heard by the woman downstairs, but there was no answer.

She finished packing the trunk containing her things and went down to look for her.

"You're ready, finally" Anna exclaimed, a hint of anxiety audible in her voice. She took her arm and they starded walking out the villa.

"Mom, wait" Elizabeth said, trying to break away from her mother "Mom!"

"What's up?" the woman asked, stopping to look her daugther in the face

The girl sighed, continuing to look Anna in the eyes. She struggled and tok her hand.

"Where are we going?" she forced herself to ask.

Anna looked  down at their joined hands and geantly stroked the back of her daugther's with her tumb.

"Here" she muttered, handing a piece of parchment to Elizabeth. "Read fast and memorize" she sad,walking again.

The Order of the Phoenix Headquarters can be found at twelve Grimmauld Place, London

She began to walk quickly to reach her mother, holding the parchment tightly in her right hand.

"What is he Order of the Phoenix?"

She didn't answer, pulling the parchment from her hand and setting it on fire with the tip of her wand

"Not now, they are waiting for us" she said, before taking her hand and apparating.

They found themselves in the middle of a mugge street, silence reigned.

Elizabeth loked carefully at the house in front of the, they were in front of number eleven; she looked to the left and saw the nmber ten, to the rigth , however, there was the number thirteen.

"But where?"

The woman smiled, almost amosed at her daugther's cofusion.

"Look closer" she said.

 Immediately a battered door appered out of nowhere between numbers eleven and thirteen, hastlily followed by filthy walls and dirt-caked windows. It was as if an extra house had swollen, pushing the ones on the sides aside. Elizabeth gaped at it.

"Come on, quickly" Anne exclaimed.

The girl cautiously climbed the stone steps, staring at the newly appeared door. Anna pulled out the wand and knocked on the door once, then there were many clanging noises  and the door opened.

" Come on in quickly, honey" the woman whispered, looking around.

Footspeps were heard and then Ron's mother, Mrs. asley, emerged from a door at the other end of the hall. She smiled and ran towards them.

"Oh, Elizabeth, how nice to see you!" she whispered, holding her in a hug.

"Hello Mrs. weasley"