Hogsmeade - in front of the Hog's Head.
Hogsmeade has been eerily silent for hours - not since Dave Stoker had arrived to oversee the munitions store has there been anything other than the occasional sound of the comings and goings of the Order, a muttered Floostick report here and there, or the distant zip and crackle of magic from the castle.
The fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of one wild-eyed witch, a portkey in her hand. Her other wrist is clamped in the iron grip of a Death Eater, whose mask has been torn aside to reveal a scarred and snarling face.
The fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of one wild-eyed witch, a portkey in her hand. Her other wrist is clamped in the iron grip of a Death Eater, whose mask has been torn aside to reveal a scarred and snarling face.