Jan 17, 2005 17:07
Title: Desperation
House: Slytherin
Word count: 100
Characters: Arthur and Ron Weasley
Challenge: Late
Author Notes: Character death
"DAD!"
10...
He heard the shout from the garden as the ward alarms sounded...
9...
Six cloaked figures approached, faces hidden behind gleaming white masks...
8...
He ran from the shed, toward the scream...
7...
Panic filled his thoughts, enhanced his movements, and pushed his body forward...
6...
His breaths came hard and ragged...
5...
They closed around the youngest boy, the flame of his red hair extinguished by their night black robes...
4...
His being steeled with one purpose...
3...
Don't fail him.
2...
He raised his wand as his lips uttered the protection spell...
1..
All in vain.
challenge: late,
author: potionsprincess,
arthur weasley,
ron weasley