Death-Cast Owls

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Harry Potter
1:35 am.

I wake up from a night terror. My heart was beating fast in my chest, and my clothes were soaked with sweat. I reached for my glasses, shakily putting them on my face when I heard a strong tapping on the window beside my four poster, making me jump. It was a large barn owl. It had a letter on its leg.

I opened the window and let the owl hop in, taking the note from its leg. My heart almost stopped when I saw its wax seal.

It was a black seal with an italic "DC" on it. It was "Death-Cast"s seal, and I wasn't mentally prepared to open the letter...but I did anyways.

"Harry James Potter.
We regret to inform you that sometime in the next twenty-four hours that you'll be meeting an untimely death.
On behalf of everyone here at the Ministry Death Cast, we are sorry to lose you.
Live this day to your fullest, okay?"

I felt sick.

I crumbled the paper up and threw it out the window, shooing the owl away before closing the window and laying back down in a huff.

Me? Harry Potter. Dying?

yeah right.

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Draco Malfoy
1:40am

I've been up all night studying for the exams coming up. It's my last year at hogwarts, and I want to make my time here at least a little but worth it.

I'm in the common room, sitting by the window as the storm outside raged hard. Harder than usual. However, I liked the sound of the rain, and it was easiest to study in. It was like a constant white noise. Silence made my ears hurt, and I can't study if my ears are hurting.

Suddenly, there is a scratching at the dungeon window. It made me jolt, but I composed myself when I saw that it was only a pathetic barn own trying to deliver a message. I let it in, and it dropped the letter and immediately left. I suppose that not even the bloody owls want to be awake at this hour.

My eyes go to the letter that was dropped on my homework. The seal was black and marked with a large "DC" . I had heard of this before, but I thought it only existed in thr muffle world.

Oh well...curiosity got the best of me, so I opened it, reading the letter in a whisper

"Draco Malfoy.
We regret to inform you that sometime in the next twenty-four hours that you'll be meeting an untimely death.
On behalf of everyone here at the Ministry Death Cast, we are sorry to lose you.
Live this day to your fullest, okay?"

I felt my stomach drop, and I wanted to puke. Was this some sick way of pulling a prank? Or was this real?

Either way, I don't belive it for a second. My life is safe enough here in this castle, especially since no dark forces have penitrated its walls in centuries!

I crumble up thr paper and toss it into the bin, scoffing. Suddenly my mood was ruined, and I gathered my studying tools before healing to bed.

I didn't sleep well.

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