Fall

Chapter 1

Thursday afternoon. It was raining that day. I think everyone knew it was going to happen, but no one had the courage to say it out loud.

I read the sign again:

"A student who isn't behaving by the normal standards will be reported to the police"

We knew what this meant. After the Wizarding War 2, the world was a bit mixed up. Us wizards had to live secretly. Now, almost seventeen years later, wizards are almost extinct.

Most of them are murdered by muggels, who are taken over by a new generation of death eaters. Now, even the school is a witchfree-zone.

'Ok, eh this isn't the end of the world..right?'said jordy after a deadly silence. 'Are you fucking kidding me or something?! We won't survive tomorrow morning if this is really going to happen', shouted the girl with purple hair. Merel was small for her age. She always wore black and you would always reckon her purple hair. 'Shut up. They can hear you'.

'Rick is right. We must be careful.. Don't speak about it, we will meet each other at 5 o'clock at the apple tree' Tygo looked us in the eye and left.

2 hours later...

Rick and I walked trough the woods. I looked at him. His curly, blond hair stood out in the darkness of the woods. I always loved the way his hair curls naturally, his green eyes with that sparkling in it.. and his smile....

He is my best friend, and I am his. I'm in love with him, but I'm afraid if i confess this it will ruin our friendship.

He looked back at me and said:'Come on Loes, we're almost there'.

It was a 2 minute walk so it wasn't that far away, but I don't exercise normally so I was a bit tired. 'See, there are Fabio and Per'.

'Hello my fella's, welcome at The Apple tree!' Said a smiling Per. Per was the smartest of the group. He was a bit skinny and he wore glasses. Next to him stood Fabio. I reckonized his grumpy face immediately. He was 2 centimetres taller than me, and has blond, half long hair. 'Do you know the purpose of this..this meeting?', Fabio asked.

'I think he is going to show us something'. A pretty blond girl walked towards us. 'I think you're right Emily... It must be important. Why would Tygo send us to this place if it isn't?', I wondered.

20 minutes later..

'What is he thinking? He might be a genius but that doesn't give him the right to treat his friends like this. AND it's still raining!'. I shout out the last sentences towards the sky, in a hope someone up there would hear my complaining. All eleven of us stood there: Fabio, Per, Emily, Mariëlle, Merel, Lisanne, Esmee, Jordy, Rick and of course me, Loes. Even Joël made it.

'Calm down, Tygo is going to get here soon'.

Just when Esmee told me to, he arrived. 'Sorry guys! I had to make sure you weren't followed'. The group of teenagers where all mumbling. Tygo turned around and said: 'Revealia' and tapped on the nearest knots. The roots began to move and formed a gate. 'Follow me', and Tygo slipped into the gate. Behind the gate there was a slide. I was the second who slide and the ten others followed me.

After climbing out of the tunnel my mouth fell open. We entered a big and light room. This was definitely NOT what I expected. It looked a lot like a living room and a kitchen combined. The room had many doors in it, with other, still mystery chambers behind it.' Welcome at The Headquarter'.

'Oh my goblins! How did.. Who is.. When have... Merel couldn't find any words for it.

Tygo laughed;'Surprisingly good eh?

Well, my grandad made this. In the Wizarding War 1. And because the government is taken over.. Well, we have to hide. So this is a place to stay'. 'But my family..'.

'I've informed your families. They already knew this was coming and they are all hiding somewhere save'. Tygo interrupted Emily.

We all were quiet. After a couple of minutes was Mariëlle the first one who said something: 'Tygo? I'm hungry. Has this place something to eat?'...