"Kevin, they're here. I heard the sound of Apparition. We have to explain things to them."
From within the house shrouded in darkness came the Scrying Mirror's shrill alarm and a young woman's terrified scream, as though she were trying to make the uninvited villains outside hear her clearly.
Yet the young woman's scream was meaningless. Just as the man named Kevin reacted, his front door exploded with a BOOM, blasted off by the nighttime intruders.
Three cloaked, rude strangers—whether Ministry of Magic employees or Death Eaters was unclear—stormed straight into the house, and light soon flared at the windows.
The homeowner had barely raised his wand before an intruder's spell sent him flying. Seeing her husband collapse and fail to rise, his wife covered her face and screamed in terror. Her voice tore through the night and carried far, but she was soon struck by a spell and knocked unconscious.
"Don't kill them."
Looking at the young couple sprawled on the ground, their fates uncertain, the leading man shot an unhappy glare at his colleague.
"Don't worry. They're only unconscious for now."
As if to prove her point, the cloaked woman grabbed the fallen woman by the hair and slapped her several times. Then she shrugged and said to their leader, "See? She's still reacting. She'll probably wake up in a while."
"That's wonderful!"
A voice suddenly rang out from behind the three of them.
The next instant, red light flashed through the room, and the people who had just been so arrogant dropped unconscious to the floor.
"Albert was right. Looks like they're getting desperate!"
Fred gestured for his companions to collect the spoils while he used the Revival Charm to wake the unconscious couple.
"You're from the Order of the Phoenix!"
Rather than showing joy at having