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In the Dark of the Night
Prologue
It was July 20th and the meteorologists were saying that the day had turned out to be the hottest day on record for all areas of England. Meanwhile, a young girl of 16 slid off her bed and turned off the television. Hermione had changed a lot since summer had begun. Her hair had grown into soft spiraled curls the color of a dark chestnut. Though, her hair wasn't the only thing that had changed. Her legs had grown longer; her body was slim with curves in all the right places. Her once chocolate eyes were now turning an ocean colored green with a hint of blue, and her face had become slightly thinned, more defined and even more beautiful. All-in-all, Hermione looked like a supermodel.
Walking out onto the balcony in her room, she could feel the air starting to cool down due to the nearing presence of night. She leaned against the railing overlooking the vast countryside that lay surrounding her parent's mansion. Though Hermione's parents were very wealthy and gave her a lot of things, she never allowed herself to become a spoiled brat like other rich children. She simply stayed her level headed self.
As Hermione looked at the countryside she began to think. She thought of how she would be going back to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry soon, of how she made Head Girl, and how much she had changed. During the middle of their 6th year at Hogwarts, Harry and Ron had secretly left in the middle of the night, without telling or bringing Hermione along, to go search for the remaining Horcruxes. She spent the most of the remainder of the year alone, until some other girls in her grade invited her to be their friends. Pavarti, Lavander and Ginny became her new best friends and they helped her change her appearance while inside, she was starting to changing herself. She did this, feeling that one day Harry and Ron were going to regret leaving her and also so she could show everyone her true side. She wasn't going to be the Golden Trio's good girl, go-to-girl, or the Gryffindor Princess, at least not the way that they thought of her, anymore.
Hermione knew that something big was going to happen before she went back to Hogwarts. She could feel it. She started thinking of how her powers had increased so much since the end of her 6th year, yet she didn't understand why. But, she did know that these things were happening for a reason. A Reason that, little did she know, would soon present itself…