Disclaimer: OK, here goes: I don't own Harry Potter (which is quite obvious judging by the amount of money I have right now). I've never met JK Rowling and I highly doubt she'd turn over her multimillion dollar man... especially to a complete stranger. I consider this a loan of sorts.
Any characters you see that are not out of Potter-universe are mine... along with the plot. (I don't plagiarize so if the plot resembles someone else's? Accidental and coincidental.)

Title: A Strange Call
Pairings: Yet to be determined.

Prologue

She ran. She ran. Her breath was ragged, her throat raw. She felt as if she had yelled for many days, although she had not uttered a word in hours. She supposed it was fear.

She shook at the word, angry at herself. Fear. She should not fear. What had Professor Dumbledore said? What had she repeated to herself and her friends many times? Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself?

She couldn't help herself. She couldn't help being afraid. Her wand was lost - taken by an enemy. Luckily, the one who had taken her wand was weak. She pushed him back, though not far enough, with wandless magic before taking off to run again.

Again she ran, stumbling over roots and rocks along the way. She was never athletic, but the threat of imminent death tends to spur a person on.

They were getting closer. She could sense it. She couldn't hear - the sound of her own heartbeat and blood filling her ears. She couldn't see - it was the darkest of nights. She couldn't touch - thorns surrounded this forest. She would just end up getting hurt.

She almost laughed. She had. Blood oozed out of hundreds of scrapes and the bruises caused a dull throbbing pain.


she whispered to the night.

A laugh was heard as the black robes surrounded her.

A/N: This is my first foray into the Potter universe (in terms of fanfiction). I don't read the books very closely so some things may be off. Just consider this an AU of sorts. I don't know languages very well so any spells you haven't seen before have probably just come out of the air. Also, I've used the Harry Potter Lexicon to help me with spells. It's fantastic. Go find it on Google. (FF.net doesn't post URLs)
I know that was really short, but it's only the prologue. Don't worry. Also, as a note, I am going sans beta reader.