The lost Potters

The Lost Potters - 1

Azalea was sitting outside when it happened, a shriek caused her to look up in time to see a figure run toward her.

"No! This can't be happening!" Azalea shouted in a panicked voice as she tried to shield herself from what she knew was coming.

"You'd better believe it sister!" the figure exclaimed while leaping into the pool, soaking her aggrivated twin as well as several schoolbooks. The grinning face of Azalea's tormentor popped back up from the water moments later. 

"Gelsey, why do you always have to destroy things?" Azalea snapped as she shook the waterlogged pages she had been studying moments ago.

Gelsey's exasperated sigh lost it's effect on her twin, "It's summer! Enjoy it while it lasts. It's already almost August!"

"Exactally! That's why I have to study! Our OWLs are this year, remember?" Azalea's eyes flicked back to the book she was fanning, "Professor Nightlock would happily give me a T. I'm hopeless at Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Don't worry about it. We'll practice together once we get back to Salem. Reading isn't going to help much if you can't practice too."

"I know, I know. I just don't want to be behind."

"Azalea, you won't be. You've been staring at that book for weeks. You're making my head hurt!"

Azalea laughed, "Okay, you're right. I'll relax more over break but we really do need to study some before school starts!"

"We can study on the bus-ride to Salem," Gelsey rebuffed carelessly, the argument won.

Azalea began walking toward the house, shouting over her shoulder, "I just have to-" SMASH!

The sound of shouting and breaking glass froze her in place. Gelsey, who couldn't hear the muffled commotion inside, pulled herself out of the pool to find out why her sister had stopped a few feet from the house. She quickly grabbed the damp books and jogged over to her sister, "forget something?" Gelsey whispered with a smirk while handing over the lot. 

"Listen." That was all Azalea had to say because at that moment their brother Euan burst through the backdoor carrying a backpack. His exit was drowned out by frantic shouts coming from the front of the house.

"Run!" he whisper-shouted, jolting them out of their trance and making the girls race toward the tree-line with Euan close behind.

Tripping over sticks and rocks, the siblings frantically ran with no sense of direction until they were lost in the trees, far away from their home.

The effort from running caused them to take short, painful breaths and made the twin's long, blonde hair cling to their faces. Finally, they slowed as a stump came into sight. The three lost siblings huddled around the stump, the twins looking to their elder brother for answers.

His features were grim as he stated, "It was them, the death eaters. They found us," the expression on his face now made him look like a young child who had lost his way, "I never thought it would actually happen. They always said but I never really thought it would."

Azalea, though she thoroughly agreed with her brother's statement, quickly took control. "We have to follow the plan then. Just like mom told us to."

Euan and Gelsey nodded at this, glad for their sister's direction. "I almost forgot!" Euan exclaimed, "I brought our wands as well as the emergency bag." He gestured to the backpack as he said this.

"Brilliant!" Gelsey said, beaming. "Now we just need to get out of here and find the airport."

"We're studying on the plane," Azalea quickly cut in, "It's a long flight to England."