It was a crisp, autumn day in October. The leaves on the trees a bright, burning orange. The ground was littered with dead leaves and debris. Swirling and fluttering around the woman's feet in the evening breeze as she hurried on down the sidewalk, her shoes clicking in the silence. In her arms she carried a rather large, tightly wrapped bundle of blue and purple blankets. Looking around as if frightened of something, or someone, she hurried on through the piles of dead leaves. Ten minutes had passed, and she left behind the collection of pristine houses, with their manicured lawns and gleaming windows, and came upon the more desolate, rundown houses, with their unkempt lawns, and grimy windows.
After several minutes of the dreary landscape, the woman came upon a house slightly larger than the others at the end of a long drive. The wide front lawn, encircled by a wrought iron fence, looked better than the other lawns surrounding it. That is, only slightly. The grass, though short as it was, was completely dried and dead. A few patches of dirt here and there suggested that there had once been gardens teeming with flowers, long since dead. As the woman opened the gate, overcome with rust, it let out a long wailing screech. Startled, she almost dropped the bundle, but thankfully kept ahold of it. On she walked, up the drive towards the front doors, noticing a few desolate objects, that upon closer inspection, were in fact toys, scattered around the lawn. Stepping up to the front door, she looked behind her, searching the dead landscape, looking for any sign of life. Making sure that she had not been followed. After a moment, she turned back around and rapped hard on the door. Seconds later, she heard footsteps approach from the other side, and a young, timid, mousy looking girl answered. Peering around the door, she asked in a small voice, "May I help you?" And without giving a reply, the woman shoved the large bundle of blankets into the girls arms, turned on her heel, and vanished into thin air.
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Bound Together (Fred Weasley)
FanfictionThis is the story of Scarlet Lewis. The weird, but oddly charming young girl, who's whole life was turned upside down and thrown out of orbit. All because of a single, solitary letter she received at the age of 11. Will she finally figure out her my...
