chapter 3

"In books I have travelled,not only to other worlds, but into my own "

I abruptly slammed the brakes . Samuel got up with a start from the backseat and Scar continued with her rhyme 

"Jingle bells, umbridge smells, losers go away. Draco's hot Voldemorts not, Hogwarts all the way hey!!"

Sam and me turned our heads towards scar simultaneously. We looked at her for a while , she stopped singing and Sam was the first to break the silence 

"What the fuck is wrong with you. " he glared at her but this just seemed to excite her more as she started singing more loudly now.  Sam buried his head in his arms "Never am I gonna get her drunk or allow her to get drunk" I agreed to whatever he said . She practically made me lead ourselves to death . I resumed my driving trying my best not to listen to the rhyme scar brayed. About after 20 minutes we reached The parkers house. 

"You should stay over here for the night . It's not safe to go alone at this time of the night and I am not functional to drive you home." Hearing Sam's words I looked at my phone . It was already 1 o'clock in the night, I never realised how fast time flew by . Accepting his offer, I quickly called my mother. She was angry and asked why I reached so late and whether I am drunk.  Assuring her I cut the call and helped Sam carry a drunk Scar to her bed. I removed her heels and tried my best to remove her Make up with a makeup wipe. 

"You have been to many sleepovers here before so I presume you can manage ." Sam told me all the while massaging his temples. I nodded at him. After saying a good night Sam retreated to his bedroom , which was right next to Scar's . After changing my clothes, I grabbed an extra sleeping bag and laid down . 

I was soon consumed by sleep . Drunk scar really did drain all of my energy.

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The next morning I woke up and made my way to the kitchen to grab some breakfast . On the counter were already placed pancakes , most probably cooked by margaret - Scar's caretaker.  Quickly helping myself with some delicious pancakes, I entered the living room. Sam and Scar had still not woken up. 

Not wanting to disturb them I switched on the television . I started watching some show that was coming on it when all of a sudden the show was stopped to show news . 

A lady with a black pencil fit skirt and a yellow blouse appeared on tv. 

"A very shocking and unexpected tragedy occurred yesterday midnight at sharp 12. 3 houses were burned in Mark's street simultaneously.  Four families died in the burning house with a total of 11 people residing out of which only one was rescued . The crime seemed to be planned as all 3 houses were burnt together with a time gap of not more than 10 min between them. 

The doers of the crime are not caught as no body in the neighbourhood was awake . The cctv camera has caught a hazy image of two people shooting the camera to keep them from  getting discovered . Both were men and they wore identical black hoodies and black jeans . Nothing more is known about the suspects . 

The coincidence or a well plan: it cannot be described as the same crime occurred not only in Westwood but also in Milo, Weston , Holden and Brookstown . 

It's not know whether this crime links to a more powerful force or a just coincidence .  Whatever may the case be , please do be careful and report if you see something unusual happening around . " 

The news channel stared showing the short video clip of the suspects.  I looked closely at them and realised that their costume was same as the guy whom i had seen while we were just about to leave the party.  But maybe he was a normal person. Taking that most of us loved to wear black it was a common choice of clothing.  Most probably he was hiding from his friends or maybe he was late for something.  No matter all these thoughts there was a foreboding feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Shaking off the feeling I quickly switched off the tv and went to Scar's room to wake her up. It was already 10 in the morning.  I tried calling her but she didn't steer . So I opened the curtains allowing sunlight fall inside the room and directly up on her . She groaned.  

"Go away!! "She cried.  I ignored her and proceeded to pull her blanket,  to which she kicked and barely missed my hand. "Margaret , has prepared delicious pancakes. "To which she sat at once on the bed. The sudden movement might have got her dizzy as she was clutching her head and started groaning.  

"My head feels like it has been trampled on by elephants "I shrugged . The hangover was getting to her. "You shouldn't have had so many drinks yesterday " I replied to which she turned her head towards me so fast that I was surprised that she hafn't gotten a whiplash due to her hair by now . 

"What happened yesterday? When did I drink, I was sober "

"Well a lot happened yesterday but most of it was revolved around you. You have truly forgotten what you did yesterday . You see the fact of forgetting stuff after drinking much is truly clashing with what you think you were." I looked at her. 

"Please tell me i didn't do anything stupid in front of Landon " she franctically asked me.

"Well......." I waited for a while before answering it, to which scar just glared af me . Finally I replied 

"I don't know what you did in front of him but he told me that he couldn't keep up with your mood swings." 

Hearing this she buried her face once again in her arms . 

"He is gonna think that I am crazy ." 

"We all know that 'you are crazy" She glared at my response.  

"Enough of mopping around, get your ass out of the bed and have some breakfast.  " 

I gave her an advil that I found in the medicine cabinet.  She gladly took it and we made our way down.  While she was having her food I started filling her in everything that happened except the mysterious guy. My tale nearly made her spew her drink twice. 

After a while I said goodbye to Scar and quickly started my journey towards my house .once inside I was greeted with the presence of my over the top worried/angry mom. It took her around 20 minutes to finally forgive me . I went to my bedroom and started reading a book. 

Suddenly I remembered the mysterious guy whom i had met while  we were on the way back.  Something told me that I would see this guy sooner or later .