After parting from Audelia, Chryson was a man on a mission: find his family. He highly suspected that the majority of them were currently hiding behind masks, Atalia and Briony and Darius were all Death Eaters and surely participating in the attack. Charlus was another concern entirely, the younger boy somewhere in the village unprotected, and Chryson could only hope that he could stand his ground. Spells flew all around as he tried to clear a path, firing simple spells to move people, to search around. He was trying to keep an eye on everything, but his back had been left unprotected, an easy target for the spell that hit between his shoulder bones, sending him sprawling to the cobblestone street, head connecting with a sharp edge.
He rolled over and tried to scramble to his feet, facing the cloaked figure that was coming after him. There was no way it could be someone he was close to, else they wouldn’t be approaching him like this, so Chryson took a deep breath and opened fire, unleashing all the spells he could think of. He continued to back away, not wanting to take his eyes off his opponent. Finally, the cloaked figure fell, unmoving to the pavement, and Chryson whirled around, colliding with a shorter uncloaked blonde figure. His arms wrapped around her automatically, stopping the both of them from falling. It took a moment to register the face, but once he did, his jaw practically dropped in shock. He cast a weak shield charm, hoping to protect them both for a moment, then uttered her name. “Briony?”
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