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It had been a week since Harry arrived back at Hogwarts, and it had been a good week. He made Quidditch Captain (what a surprise) and Hermione was not pushing them as hard as last year, either because they did not have any big tests this year or she had loosened up a bit over the summer. She finalized her relationship with Victor as purely a friendship, and Ron seemed elated. Hermione had also made prefect so they shared a smaller version of the Gryffindor common room and they each had their own bedroom and bathroom.
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Harry had just woken up from a rather long night. He had gotten to bed around 3AM and woke up around 3:05 AM and couldn't get back to sleep. He got up and decided to go and take a stroll around, so he jumped up grabbed his invisibility Cloak and was off. Walking along through one of the Corridors he had never been in before he saw a piece of parchment on the ground and picked it up. It said:
Forbidden forest
4 AM don't be late
Harry was confused. It had no name of whom it was for or whom it was from. Just then he saw a panther running across the grounds into the forest.
'Now I'm starting to get curious' Harry thought
He ran into the forest exactly where he saw the panther run to but no one was there. No footprints or animal tracks of any kind.
So he walked along carefully for a long time then he noticed the sun was coming up and he had no idea where he was. So after about an hour of searching he found a group of Centaurs who agreed to bring him back to Hogwarts. On the way home they talked a lot.
"So what have the stars been telling you lately"
"They have said a dark battle is coming" They replied "The battle of a lifetime"
Five minutes later, they reached the edge of the forest.
"Thank You" Harry said, "I owe you one"
"One what?" they asked
"A favor"
"Ohhhhhh" they all said together "Why didn't you say so?"
"Never mind. I have to go"
"Goodbye Harry Potter"
"Bye" He yelled
When he got inside he realized that he had 5 minutes to get up to Divination.
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During Divination they were doing palm reading when all of a sudden Professor Trelawney's closed her eyes and started talking:
'The world will know only Darkness
It will feel only Pain
The darkness will stay
If lightning doesn't strike the same place twice
When it happens the world will be lit
And the dark shall only be cast by the shadows
But never again will it stay'
Every one looked confused as she woke up, but Lavender knew what was going on and had written down what she said. Professor Trelawney looked a little surprised.
"It has been a long time since I made a prediction" She said "So what did I say?" she said looking at the paper
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Within the next few days the whole school knew about it and were all talking.
"You here about the prediction?"
"I always thought that old quack was a fake"
"I bet the lightning is Harry Potter"
"Do you think He'll attack the school?" The rumors spread quickly.
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Halloween was fun, there was a nice big feast and everyone was just going to chill out afterwards. No Troll, No dance, No anything.
After dinner everyone headed back up to their Dormitory.