Devil's Snare {A Sequel to The Adventures of a Death Eater}

Chapter 5: Tangled in the Web

New chapter, just like I promised! Hope you enjoy it! I'm working on a new one as we speak! =)

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Audrey

            “Audrey! You want some Mountain Dew?!” Nikkie called out to me from her kitchen.

            “DUH!” I yelled back at her.

            I had decided to stay the night at her house. It had been a while since we had been able to spend time alone with just me and her. It was like old times again. We used to spend days on end at each other’s houses when we were young; it was great to do it again.

            She came back into the living room where we had hooked up a radio. Muggle music was always the best, especially when you were writing. There was a song for everything, and Nikkie and I knew that well. She set a cup of Mountain Dew next to me and took her seat.

            “So what story are you writing this time?” she asked.

            “Family Ties,” I answered. “I figure your dad probably wants to see the story he helped create soon, and when we were in school I really didn’t have too much time to work on it. You?”

            “Fumbling Freedom,” she decided. That whole series started as a joke between us. She asked me for an idea to write about and I told her that she should write a story about me finding an awesome, hot guy. Little did I know how serious she was about writing it.

            We both started writing, and Nikkie tossed me a bag of Chex Mix from her side of the table. “So what’s Arty up to tonight?” she asked me.

            I thought about it for a second. “I think he’s hanging out with Malfoy tonight. I don’t mind though. He needs to spend more time with his friends.” I paused for a minute. “And what’s Harry doing?”

            Nikkie shrugged. “Who knows? Probably hanging with Ron and getting in to trouble as always.” I opened the bag of Chex Mix and then she continued. “He said something about going on some trek to find something called Horcruxes. No idea what those are, but they don’t sound good.”

            Horcruxes. I had never heard of them either, and I agreed with her. They really didn’t sound good. I went to reply, but then a song came on the radio. It was a song both of us loved: Sexyback by Justin Timberlake. Yea, we may have grown up in the wizarding world, but we loved us some Muggle music!

            “I’m bringing sexy back!” I sang along.

            “Yea!” Nikkie added at just the right moment.

            Both of us started laughing uncontrollably. We were crazy, there was no denying that. When we finally stopped, I turned to her, “You know we already brought sexy back.”

            She shrugged lightly. “Perhaps we have.”

            Before I could give her an answer, there was a knock on the door. It was an odd time for there to be someone knocking. It was well after midnight, and no one on their right mind would be out wandering after dark. I was closer to the door, so I stood and peered out the peep hole. I was shocked when I saw Artemis and Malfoy standing there. They looked bothered, so I knew I had to answer it.

            I looked at Nikkie. “It’s Arty,” I told her.

            “Open it then,” she said back.