The night was clear, perfect for viewing the stars. She gazed out the window, silently counting the bright points of light in the night sky. They twinkled brightly at her from far above. Just as she was on the verge of sleep, she saw a flickering blue light flash at her from above.

Her eyes snapped open, and she became alert, all thoughts of sleep vanished from her mind as she gazed in wonder at the new, bright blue glowing prescence in the sky. the light grew closer and bigger, and she could make out the form of a boy in the center of the light.

It seemed as if the glow were emanating from him. As the boy fell, she was able to make out his features. Something about him seemed familiar, but before she could figure out what, he fell into a cluster of trees and became hidden from her view.

Disappointed at his disappearance, the girl hurriedly slipped her shoes on and then carefully,so as not to wake her parents, she left through the front door to find the mysterious boy. She ran in the direction of the trees where she had seen him disappear, and searched on the ground for his fallen body. Unable to find him, she was just about to give up and reutrn home when she heard a soft rustling of leaves above her.

She looked up to see what it was and saw the boy that she had been looking for. His eyes were sapphire flames that flickered at her through the darkness, and his body glowed with an ethereal blue tinged light.

He leaped from the branch he had been resting on and gently glided through space to hover just above the ground in front of her. They were face to face now. He held out his hand to her and in a voice that was wispy but still as clear as a bell's toll, he whispered her name "Hermione." She reached out to grasp his cool hand, and was just about to ask him how he knew her name when suddenly, she woke up.