The fire had only just gotten warm enough to start thawing the worst of her chills when a sound in the distance assaulted her ears. It was subtle. A single snapping of a twig beneath a foot. If she had been anyone else, she might have been able to explain it away as a wild animal in the distance. She was grateful that she didn't discount the sound. Only seconds after she heard it, bright red streams bursting out of the end of at least three different wands lit up the darkness.