The Snake's Secret

Games

Harry walked into the family room, they hadn't been doing much, they were all sat together and the strange thing was they were listening to Hermione explaining about TV. 

"Hello." Harry said walking over to one of the chairs, sitting down and leaning back on the cushions. 

"Where have you been?" Asked Ron.

"Father took me shopping." Harry replied, there was an awed silence.

"The Dark Lord took you shopping?" Mr Malfoy asked astonished.

"Yes...?" Harry said unsure of that was allowed or something. 

"Hey Harry while we're waiting for dinner how about we play that zombies game you have?" Ron asked.

"You mean Cold Earth?" Harry asked looking for it on the menu of his implant.

"Yeah, that's the one. You think you could set a timer for when we have to leave?" Hermione said getting up from her spot on the floor and stretching out her legs.

"Yeah definitely, let's go." Harry said getting up too and Draco got up a little reluctantly.

"I hate zombies." He murmured.

"So do I but it's fun to kill them." Ron replied.

They were walking up the stairs to Harry's room, once they were inside they sat down on the chairs and waited for Harry to set up the feed. "We won't be playing for long, dinner will be ready soon so me may have to pause mid-fight." Harry said as they all sat back and got comfortable.

They all nodded and with a few taps on a projected screen and then they all let their eyes shut. They fell down through black and swirls of colours and shapes, the EA logo and names flashed up with logos and soon they land in the lobby. They all walked over to the screens and logged in as their characters, waiting for a second before they fell through the floor again and landed exactly where they had left of the last time.

Draco pushed some hair out of his face, "Doesn't this game have hair gel?"

"Maybe in a rare drop?" Harry suggested. He checked his guns, "So I think the next thing we have to do is find a map and supplies." 

"Who's doing what?"  Asked Ron checking the ceiling for spiders.

"I think Draco and I will look through the house for supplies, you and Hermione check the basement and see what you can find." Harry said getting up and stretching out his limbs checking everything was working properly.

"Okay will do boss." Hermione said and lead Ron out the room. They could hear him whining about spiders in the basement.

Harry walked over to the boxes that they had been sitting on and pulled the lid off of one, inside were cans of food. Enough to last a few days.

Draco getting the idea went over to one of the crates and lifted the lid, inside he found four bags that had inventory slots. "Hey Harry, found something to carry those in." He said giving one to Harry and putting on another, he put the other two in his bag, they stacked in the same slot. 

"Awesome!" Harry said, putting the food away. Draco had already moved to another crate, he found some shells for Harry's guns and a whetstone for Hermione or Ron, they'd have to fight over it. Soon they had emptied all the boxes and crates and had moved through the house searching all the rooms, when they entered the basement they found Ron and Hermione puzzling over a half missing message written on the wall in blood. There was a dead body beneath it so it was kind of obvious who had left the message, there was a bloody smear leading to the dead man, his internal organs scattered around him.