Chapter One
The halls of the castle weer quieter then Hermione had ever heard them. It was Saturday night, well actually Sunday morning to be technical and she was doing her rounds, a duty which was demanded of her position of being head girl. Not that she currently needed to be out and about, rounds for head girl and boy plus regular teachers were only needed right at curfew..Filtch and Mrs. Noirs took care of the later part of the night, but it was not unheard of nor frowned up on if someone wanted to make extra sure...and this night she was using that as her excuse..of course it was a lie. She had not really cared what happened around that castle at 2am and usually would not leave the comfort of her own bed to walk the dark halls...but she could not sleep.
Ron and Harry would remark that her insomnia was due to her anxiety of NEWTS, and usually her anxiety was caused my this but not tonight. Tonight was different..she didn't know why she just could n't sleep.. She was not one for even taking Tylenol let alone anything to cause her to sleep..she had tried reading..but that just sparked her interest.. She tried sleeping at the foot of her bed, on the floor, on various chairs and couches in the common room, she even tried on the window sil but nothing worked. She decided that she should do for a walk.
"Yes" she said to her self as she exited the portal door, "this will do the trick"
She first headed to the astronomy tower..there she tried to sleep out in the fresh air but she just became cold..then she headed for the library but that only made her want to go in and read...she thought of going to Hargid's for she remembered his light was on in his house when she looked out in the astronomy tower..she made a bolt to the front doors but then realized that Filtch would have locked them..she tried to lift it but realized it was stuck with magic..she reached inside her hoodie for her wand and realized that she had forgotten it. Swearing she turned and started walking towards the dungeons..she walked aimlessly down the stairs..and took the right corridor when she came to the intersection.
She continued to walk aimlessly not looking up when she felt her self being bumping into something and falling on the ground..she heard someone else fall and both of them muttered the same swear word before looking up and seeing who it was.