The Dark Days

4. The Walkout

We stood there, watching in the distance, the heartbreaking scene. Deafening shrieks were coming from Bellatrix and Lily couldn't help it but cry Cissy's death, because so far we didn't know if she had something to do with Death Eaters or if she wanted something with them. Instead, Bellatrix was the one to blame for everything that had happened, Lily's kidnap and her sister's death were side effects of her thoughts. It was clear that now she was with the cause against the Capitol.

You see, it's not that Panem citizens were happy about President Dumbledore's government, he was an exceptional wizard, but also one of the darkest. The Hunger Games had been his idea and a lot of people disagreed on sending their children to an arena, for them to die in an unnecessary battle. "Bravery, Courage and Sacrifice" said the President the first year of the games, all I could think was yeah, right. Bravery my balls. But apart from that there was no evidence of extreme poorness or hunger in our district, so sometimes we supported the Capitol's leadership above the Districts.

– Come on, we have to get out of here, if not we will get in a messy situation — I whispered on Lily's ear.

— Yes, let's go.

It was still dark when we got out of the manor, but there were much more people on the streets than when we arrived, some black hooded persons were fighting against the district citizens. Dead bodies of both sides were filling the streets. Panic got into me because I didn't want any of those dead bodies to be from the Black family.

We ran towards Sirius's house, though when we were going through the middle of the district we found Regulus, who was struggling with a corpulent Death Eater, he was carrying a mask so we didn't know who it was.

— Avada Kedavra! — I shouted and hit him right on the chest. The Death Eater fell on his back to never get up again.

Lily was shocked, she had never witnessed a murder and much less one coming from my wand. I must confess that it surprised me that the Death Eaters hadn't got into the District, because the number of people that were hexing the door was huge.

So we kept our way towards Sirius's, who we found in the middle of the square, next to Regulus, fighting against three Death Eaters at once.

— Petrificus Totallus! — I knocked down the one who's back was facing me — Sirius! — I screamed in horror when a Death Eater severely attacked him, so much that he fell unconscious.

— Crucio! — I heard Lily cast that spell, and so the second Death Eater fell to her feet moaning in pain.

There was only one left, and he was a true challenge. He was even faster than Bellatrix and I dare to say that much lethal. I had no idea who he was, if he was from district 4 or from outside.

We started fighting against him and try to make him go backwards, but he was too good and he could beat Lily, Sirius and I. We tried to disarm him a few times but we had no success, we did not succeed when we tried to stun him either.

— Rictusempra! — this man had a really strong defense, because any spell could hurt him, we at least made to push him but that was nothing compared to what he made us.

— Sectumsempra! — Said the Death Eater with a booming voice, the curse made it to Lily's back, who fell facing the ground and her white dress was stained red.

— NO! — I desperately screamed when I saw her falling.

— Crucio!

— Crucio!

Sirius and Regulus finally managed to cause him damage and I joined them.

— CRUCIO!

The Death Eater fell forward, and while his body was writhing we noticed a lock of blond hair. But I still had no idea of who he was.

We left him there while we stared at each other in shock, we were mentally and physically exhausted. It had been a long night, more than we expected, and apart from that we were fighting here and there against any Death Eater who came before us. I approached Lily as soon as I got out of my state of shock.

— Vulnera Sanemtur! — I whispered as I pointed my wand to her wounded back, the bleeding was slowly stopping and the wounds closed completely.

— Sirius, keep an eye on Lily for a moment, please.

Once Sirius continued with the healing spells I walked towards the Death Eater to unmask him. I met with a familiar face, blond hair, slightly damaged by water and gold skin. This was the guy who all the girls in class drooled for. On second thought I didn't like him, he always had that confident cockiness and he acted as if he was from the royalty. Finnick Odair was a new enemy to add to my short list, though thinking it well, a new enemy who won't rise in a long time.

I managed to put Lily on my back to run to a safe place, Regulus did the same with Sirius. We didn't recognize any more familiar faces through the Main Street, there wasn't even Death Eaters to fight to. So we stopped two blocks from Sirius's house to take a break so the ones who were unconscious came back to themselves.

— The blows on the gates have stopped, do you think they gave up? — Regulus asked me a few minutes later.

— I don't think so, mate. t's not that I know the way those demons act, but looking at the intensity they're using to attack and the way they overtook the districts makes me think that what is coming will be huge!

Suddenly a black shadow, more like smoke, came out of nowhere, surrounding us. The cold breeze intensified and the sky got darker than it already was.

— Oh! I see Finnick made his job here! Ha ha ha, your suffering will be big, James! — Bellatrix shouted while she was coming out of the shadows, walking toward us.

— Get away from us, you disgust me! — Said Regulus with a grimace of hate and disgust.

— I'm surprised by that mouth of yours, dear! I've never heard something like that coming from you little boy! Well... It seems you're a grown up now so here's a little present for you... CRUCIO!  hahahaha!

I was ready to attack, but Bellatrix would've killed me, so after I saw what she was capable of I let her talk. Regulus fell on top of Sirius, unconscious but in pain.

— Don't expect anything good for your district, James. I don't belong here anymore, so I don't give a damn about anything that happens here. What happened to Cissy was a low blow, I wasn't expecting it. I will make sure that you and your people get to suffer to death, and you'll feel as if you're in hell. The Hunger Games are still going to happen, but with a slight change. Oh, and I suggest you don't have any children, it would be a lot of more suffering than you can handle! Ha ha ha! Goodbye you bastard! — As I was trying to process everything she just told me all I could think was of how much I hated her. She was making fun of life, just after her sister died — MORSMORDRE! — she then screamed, pointing her wand to the sky.

The shadows wrapped her again and she disappeared into the darkness of the night, leaving the sky marked with the skull and the snake.

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