The Attack of Reynolds Manor

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Work had been a long but rather uneventful day, on March 8th 1990, I was Head Auror at the time and had officially “declared war on all dark wizards and criminals”, I got the Wizengmont to approve dozens of raids that I led on shops and business and even influential members in society. I know I was making enemies but, stopping wasn’t an option I was dertiminted to set a record of being one of the best Head Aurors of all time. Elizabeth my wife, the night before she had warned me that she felt someone had been watching the Manor, I told her it was nonsense and brushed her fears off as nothing.

However; before leaving for work today my father and I casted several protective enchantments over the entire house and the grounds as well as, to ease her mind and make my daughter feel even safer. My parents live with us, they both are talented and my dad said he would make sure to add more protective barriers later on. As I started on my case report, a screeching sound went off on one of the modified Sneakoscopes on my desk, it went off when a wizard or witch casted a spell for help from the Ministry. Quickly moving from my office I found my Aurors responding to the call already, apparently a group of people had been attacked, several of them went as they felt it was a big job. Nodding, I agreed with them and ventured back to my office and to my case report, which needed to be finished by the end of the night. It was not more than five minutes and a silver light filled my office, a patrouns one of a Raven appeared and spoke, the voice raspy and cold “Your family. Reynolds.” Neither the voice nor the patrouns was sparking my memory of anyone I knew.

A feeling of dread came over me at once I ran out of my office yelling at any Aurors left in the office ”GET TO MY HOUSE NOW”. In a small pop I apperated outside the grounds of my house, and my fears were confirmed. The house was halfway collapsed, engulfed in flames as several figures in dark hoods exited the manor. ”ELIZABETH” I roared running onto the grounds deflecting on coming curses aimed at me. I heard pops behind me as Aurors started to arrive, they seemed stunned to what they were seeing but joined into help. ”Avada Kedavra” the words escaped my lips, without realizing it and a green burst of light hit one of the hood figures squarely in the chest. Yells of anger came from the figures, and I managed to dodge a killing curse that missed my left ear by inches. Then in a tiny amount of pops they were gone and the flames of the house roared and swarmed onto the grounds, they had been cursed before the figures left.

I slashed at the air with my wand making the flames stay back as I tried to make my way into the house, it was almost all gone. I did not need to venture to far, as I entered where the front door use to be at the bottom of the stairs laid my wife Elizabeth and our daughter Amy. Tears filled my eyes and I as dropped to my knees and looked into their eyes, Elizabeth face showed feared and pain. Amy had been burned badly and it was not from the flames of the house, but from curses. As my grief came over me, so did anger my family was gone. My wife killed, my daughter tortured before being killed. I knew my parents were dead, I did not need to go venture, I just knew they had been killed as well. By this time dozens of Aurors and Hit wizards had arrived and were putting out the cursed flames, when they ventured in and saw me over my wife and daughter they gasped, and I could even see a few weep. My wife had always been kind to my Aurors, she made sweets and would bring them to work, and Amy always treated them like superstars asking for autographs. Now they were taken, from me, from this world in such a cruel way. ” I won’t rest until I kill the one who did this” I whispered as I closed both my daughter and wife’s eyes, and giving each a kiss on the forehead. They discovered my parents bodies badly burned in their room, they died together apparently. One of my Aurors said when he discovered the bodies, it look as if my dad was holding my mom’s hands. I walked outside to the body of the man I killed; his face was easy to recognize he was a wanted killer suspected of being a former Death Eater. My stomach felt sick as I remembered that I had raided the guy’s house, while his wife and kids were home, in looking for him just the other week. My actions caused this; my war has taken what I love most from me. No.. I thought as I tried fighting back tears.

My second in command walked up to me putting his hand on my shoulder, and informed me of worse news. The previous call had been a complete hoax to lure the Aurors out of office and into the field, while my family was attacked. ”They planned this?” I asked wearily, and his nod made me sicker, as he confirmed my thoughts that it was my actions. I turned around and vomited and my hand went to my hand, I felt myself getting weak and losing balance. Before I could catch myself, I hit the ground hard and everything went blurry and than it was all black.