Bound Together (Fred Weasley)

Chapter 10- The Accident

Later that evening, Scarlet sat in her living room, bored out of her mind. The Weasley twins had parted ways with Scar not long after they had spied on Dom, and now she was alone and bored.

After an hour of attempting various activities; drawing, coloring, reading, jewelry making, even knitting. Nothing kept her entertained for long.

Sighing in boredom, Scarlet set down the bracelet she was working on, and got up to find Dominique.

Walking out back, she found him playing kickball against the side of the house.

"Hey Dom, wanna play hide and seek?"

"Nah, I just wanna play some kickball. Go color with some chalk or something." Dominique replied, getting his soccer ball and trotting off to go play by the garden wall.

Huffing, Scar crossed her arms and glared at Dom. Watching him kick his ball around. After a minute or so, Scarlet walked up to him.

"Please Dom? Can you at least play one round with me?" She begged, giving her brother puppy dog eyes.

"No! I don't want to play. You always win because you cheat. I don't play games with cheaters."

At that, he turned and continued to kick the ball against the garden wall.

Crossing her arms, Scar glared at the ball, wishing it would fly away into the trees so Dom would have to play with her then.

No sooner had she thought this, Dominique kicked the ball a little to hard, and it went sailing away into the woods and out of sight.

Laughing, Scarlet ran up to her brother.

"Will you play with me now Dom?"

"No. I'm going to go get my ball back." He stated, as he started to head into the woods.

"But mum says we can't go into the woods now. The bears and snakes and bobcats will be coming out now that is spring. If you don't come play with me, I'll go tell mum and dad."

But Dom didn't listen to her. He continued on into the woods, and soon disappeared.

Sighing in exasperation, Scar ran in after him, and was soon covered in shadows.

Forging ahead through the newly grown underbrush, she called out for her brother. Stopping and listening intently, she heard a faint shout in the distance.

Heading in that direction, she came upon an old, gnarled tree. It's trunk wide and filled with knots. Its roots long and twisting. She recognized it as the beginning of the old forest, where her and the twins had built their treehouse- now long forgotten.

Looking around, she called again to her brother, and looked up when she heard him shout from above her.

Gazing down at her from the topmost branches was Dominique.

"I saw my ball up here. It's over there, stuck on that big branch."

He pointed to a spot just over Scarlet.

"No Dom, don't do it! It's too far. You'll fall and hurt yourself!" Scar yelled, but to no avail. Dominique started to reach out for the ball, the branch quivering as he scooted forward inch by inch.

CRACK!

Scarlet screamed as the branch broke and Dominique fell some forty feet, landing with a sickening thud at her feet.

Sobbing uncontrollably, Scar dropped to the ground and picked up her brother, who wasn't breathing.

"No, please Dom, please wake up! Please don't leave me."