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Chapter 1

Prologue

Jenna Montclaire was an avid hiker. At age 14 she'd been exploring the mountains for as long as she could remember. As a matter of fact, she had become so used to the scenery that she would often begin to wonder in strange directions. What did she care? She was pretty confident on finding her way back, and she always, always,always had a cell phone on her.

So when Jenna left for her usual early Saturday morning hike- which lasted anywhere from 2-6 hours- everything seemed perfectly ordinary to her. She was sick of her usual route, so she veered a sharp left onto a well-worn path she'd never noticed before.

She wandered on this path for what seemed like hours, probably because it was. She was getting ready to turn back when she noticed a fork in the road- odd, she thought, you wouldn't think many people would continue this way… She decided to venture to the right, as she'd already turned left once today. After this point the path became very confusing, and she could no longer remember which way she had come. She pulled out her cell phone only to realize she didn't have any bars. No worries, she thought, a path this well worn must lead to someplace with people!

As she continued on her efforts seemed fruitless, so she decided to sit down and rest for a while. She pulled a map from her back-pack trying to figure out where she was; only to realize that it was someplace unmarked- not good, she thought to herself.

Jenna was starting to get worried, which was something that didn't often happen to the overly-cocky fourteen-year-old girl. She knew that not only would it be getting dark within the next couple of hours, but also that if she didn't return home soon- or at the very least call- her mother would get worried.

Jenna got up off her butt and continued to walk on hesitantly. She was beginning to feel as though she was entering an area that she shouldn't be in.

Finally she reached a wide long stretch of land, looking almost as if it were an unpaved road. She continued to the end of this peculiar "road" and looked to both her left and right. To her left, there was nothing but more trees; to her right she could see a very distant town with a small sign reading "Hogsmeade".

She was more than a little perplexed. How long had she been right on the edge of this town? She decided to take out her phone to see if she'd picked up a signal- no such luck. In fact, her entire phone had shut down, which was completely weird as she's just charged it before she left.

Jenna had been so busy looking from side to side, that she hadn't even noticed the large, no large was an understatement- gargantuan, castle in front of her. It was magnificent! There weren't many words to describe it, so Jenna just momentarily gapped at it in awe. After coming out of her trance she decided to approach the large front gate to see if maybe the old-fashioned looking castle had a phone.

As she got to the front gate she was approached by a stern-looking woman, in a long robe, with her hair pulled back into a tight bun. She didn't appear to be the most welcoming of hosts.

"I'm Professor Minerva McGonagall, may I help you?" She enquired.

"Umm… yes please, ma'am," Jenna replied timidly, "I am actually looking for a phone so I may call my mother and tell her I will be home late. Oh, and my name is Jenna Montclaire."

The Professor studied her for a moment, and then said,

"May I be so bold as to ask you how he arrived here, Miss Montclaire?"

Jenna answered, "I got a little lost on my hike, so I followed the well worn path, ma'am."

The professor squinted her eyes and then said,

"Very well, Miss Montclaire, follow me."

And with that Jenna followed the stern woman into the old castle, still feeling that it would have been wiser of her to stay in the woods.

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A/N: I honestly don't have much of anything planned out for this. I'm not sure if I should continue, so give me some feedback! As I said, this is just a work in progress, so, if I do update they will be few and in-between. Anyways, let me know what you think! Cheers!

~Beverly