Chapter 1

She awoke to the sound of aurors sifting through the contents of her house. What was left of her house was closer to the truth. Reaching towards her wand on the bed-side table, she grasped the twelve inch piece of hazel wood, engraved with vines, beholding a dragon heartstring, and began walking down what was left of the staircase. Three stairs and a large jump landed her right in the middle of the living room, a room full of upturned furniture and broken picture frames. The aurors stopped their investigation and looked her direction.

"Are you Meredith Vaderkroff?" the tall, skinny auror questioned, raising his eyebrows at her dismantled state.

Nodding, "Yes, and you are?" her voice holding strong while her heart pumped nearly out of her chest.

"I am Auror Zachariah Camill. It has been brought to our attention that you are not staying at Illvermorny, although class is still in session, and that there have been strong outbursts of dark magic around your house. Is there anything that you can clarify for me concerning these two topics?

"My father, he called the headmaster, said it was urgent that I came home. When I arrived, he thrust a suitcase in my hand and told me to pack. I remember asking for what, but his frantic eyes answered more questions than his voice ever would. He said that he had been found, and with that he disapperated out of the house. Hours later my brother, Marvin, came home for his weekly tea. After drinking my tea I quickly passed out on the couch, carried to bed by my father I presume, and the next thing I remember is waking up to you in my living room." her breathing was uneven as she delivered the last lines of her testimony. Her brain kept telling her to not freak out, but she was beginning to think that it was too late for that.

"Yes, well, it does seem that your father was found, Ms. Vaderkroff. Were you aware that your father was a Death Eater?"