The dark endless night seemed to get worse as the time slowly crept toward midnight.

"Hermione?"

I jump in surprise and whirl around from where I was looking out the window to find my brother, Cayden standing there looking so alive it made my heart stop.

"Cayden? How... how are you here?" Cayden had died in the great Wizard War right after I had healed Severus Snape from a very severe wound.

He grins, "Right now, I am not here or there. And neither are you."

I raise an eyebrow, "Then where are we?"

"The world between dreaming and death. Sometimes known better as Purgatory."

"Purgatory?" I ask and he nods, smiling brightly like he used to...

"Hermione, something terrible is happening."

I tilt my head in confusion. It wasn't like Cayden to be so...serious.

"Ava is planning something terrible and will not Stop."

I raise an eyebrow.

"She is planning on becoming the dark lord Hermione. "

I gasped. "It's not possible! I took away her power myself!"

He, Cayden, momentarily flinches as if he was struck hard. And I could sense a magic so strong, I figured that Cayden was telling the truth.

"Be wise and careful sister, and wait to attack."

Then he begins to become blurry. "Cayden!"

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I wakeup in a cold sweat, My breathing was heavy.

"Leave it to Cayden to confuse the hell out of me." I mutter.

I swing my legs out of the bed, and pick up my wand from besides the bed. Flicking it, fire comes to life in the fireplace.

Standing up, I stretch my arms over my head, my pale flesh becoming darker in the light.

I think back to what Cayden told me. Ava is my sister and was Voldemort's apprentice. She has the power to drain others magical abilities for a certain time.

So she's trying to become the dark lord herself?

I wasn't all that surprised though.

I look at the clock and decide to head to Hagrid's hut. He was truly the only person I could trust on these matters.

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I knock on the hut door, and Hagrid answers right away.

"Hermione! Good to see you! Come in!" I step into the hut and he shuts the door behind me.

"What can I do for you this early?" he asks taking a seat and I take the one across from him.

"Well, you remember how Ava was Voldemort's apprentice?" I ask.

"A fact I was hoping to forget." He replies.

"And you know how my brother had a certain special ability?" I continue warily. I didn't know how Hagrid would accept the fact that I took away Ava's powers. There was a certain limit to how much Dark Magic one could consume, and somehow I had taken away all her magic, and still survived.

"Ah, yes, Cayden had the power to jump into a person's dreams whether he is awake or asleep." I nod and he asks, "And what does he have to do with anything?"

"He visited me within my dream, Hagrid and warned me that my sister is planning on becoming the Dark Lord."

His eyes grow wide, and he shouts, "WHAT?!"

"Could you have said that any louder, Hagrid?"

"Ava is...is..."

I sigh, "I drained her power before. So I don't know how she is going to manage it."

Hagrid sighs, "She must have drained someone else's power to gain back her own."

I rub my forehead.

"You should get going Hermione. You don't want to be late for your first teaching class right?"

I smile sadly, "Wouldn't dream of it."