Something vast, green, and glittering erupted from a patch of darkness. It shot up above the trees into the sky.
"What the—" gasped Ron.
In the sky formed a colossal skull with a serpent protruding from its mouth like its tongue. It got higher and higher blazing in a haze of green smoke, shining brightly against the black sky.
Céline jumped at the sudden screams that erupted from the woods all around them, grabbing hold of Harry's arm. Harry tried looking through the darkness again in the direction of where the spell was casted, but he couldn't see
"Who's there?" Shouted Harry.
"Come on Harry, we have to move!" Hermione yelled grabbing Harry's other arm as both her and Céline start pulling him back.
"What's the matter?" He asked somewhat irritated. But the looked changed to concern seeing the two girls faces terrified.
"That's the Dark Mark, Harry." Said Céline in a shaky voice.
"You-Know-Who's sign!" Hermione groaned.
"Voldemort—" he started
"Harry, come on!"
He finally turned around and they all hastily moved across the clearing, but before they could take more than a few steps, a series of popping noises announced the arrival of about twenty wizards, appearing from thin air, surrounding them.
Harry whirled around, and in that instant, he noticed that each of those wizards had their wands out and pointed directly towards himself, Céline, Hermione, and Ron.
Without another moment to think he yelled out, "DUCK" as he pulled down Céline, and Hermione yanking Ron down the ground.
"STUPEFY!" twenty voices roared. Céline screamed in fright, covering the top of her head with her hands, squeezing her eyes shut.
"Stop!" Yelled out a voice Céline didn't recognize, but the other three did. "STOP! That's my son!"
The sweeping wind above the four stopped, they all looked up, shaking. Céline sees a familiar redhead, one that she assumed as Ron's father. He was striding over to them, terrified.
"Ron— Harry" His voice shook as he looked at the four of them, stopping for a split second longer on Céline, recognizing her from the top box. "Hermione— Céline. Are you all alright?"
Céline couldn't remember in that second how he knew her name, but she was thankful that he did in that moment. They slowly got up, Céline struggled as her legs were shaking and her knees stung. Harry wrapped his arm around her shoulder to help her.
"Out of the way, Arthur." Said a man with gray hair. His face was curt and unfriendly and his expression full of anger. Céline shivered as he reminded her of her father. She quickly scanned the other wizards to see if her father was in the crowd, but released a small sigh of relief when she didn't see him.
"Which of you did it?" He snapped at the four, "Which of you conjured the Dark Mark?"
"We didn't do that!" Said Harry as he gestured toward the sky.
"We didn't do anything!" Followed Ron as he looked at his father.
"Do not lie, sir!" Shouted the man. "You've been discovered at the scene of the crime!"
"Barty," Whispered the witch who was standing next to him, "they're kids, Barty, they'd never have been able to—"
Ron's father jumped in quickly, looking at the four of them, "Where did that Mark come from, kids?"
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Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC
FanficCéline Everhart is a young witch who transfered from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic to Hogwarts her third year. She is sorted into Slytherin, where she meets Draco and he's immediately intrigued by her. His world is dark as he's ready to follow whate...
