Games with Death

Chapter: 01

Two men were walking in complete silence along a long street. Everywhere it was darkness except for the moon shining high in the sky.

' Do you really think it was safe to send Harry out there with the humans? After all, you know very well what danger awaits him.' said the shorter one of the two.

' Yes, Cassius, I know very well indeed, but he is a bit more safe there than here.' said the taller one almost in a whisper.

' But Benilius — ' he was interrupted by the other as he raised his hand indicating him not to say anything. The taller one — Benilius looked up blankly at the moon-lit sky. The light from the moon seemed to shine brighter on them than anything else.

Benilius was a tall man with long black hair which reached his elbows. He was wearing a long coat over his shirt and pants. His eyes were fixed at the sky. Cassius who rather had short blonde hair and was also wearing a long coat, looked at him anxiously.

' For now, let him be there. You have to agree that he has less danger with the humans. Plus, he does know how they study and behave so he will be fine.' Benilius spoke breaking the silence.
' Fine but I'm still a bit worried.'

A few kilometres away, on the other hand, there was a man of nearly 40 walking quietly along a road which only had a few headlights to provide light. He had a little amount of grey messy hair among his brown hair.

Suddenly there was a loud noise followed by a deafening scream, totally ruining the silence of the night. The man immediately started running towards the end of the road. He was already breathless when he reached the house the noise came from.

Hesitant at first but later reached for the open door and slowly entered. It was again dead silent everywhere except for the sound of the wind. The house was foggy inside and he noticed how a few pictures were broken on the ground. He climbed the stairs and peeked in a room with it's door wide open.

The sight shocked him. There, on the cold floor lay a dead body. He wanted to move but felt like his legs were paralysed. Finally, he turned around but stopped dead again when he saw the silhouette of something approaching him from the darkness of one corner.

' Wh-who is, is that? ' he stuttered.

' What a pity. Unfortunately you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. ' A cold voice came, giving the man goosebumps.

It was now more clear to see that it was a woman. She smirked and slowly raised one arm, looked around and the next second there was a ray of red lightning shooting towards the poor man who was trembling in front of her. The light illuminated the house for a split second before it was pure darkness again.

Suddenly, there was a flash of bright light and many many miles away, Harry woke up all shocked, sweaty and to the sound of his alarm clock ringing like there is no tomorrow.