Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the Harry Potter characters. I am creating this story just for fun and I have no intention of using it to make money. The song, which will be added in later, is also not mine. It belongs to the very good band called Evanescence.

Warning: If you have not read the other Harry Potter books please do so before reading this story.

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Hermione flipped through the pages of the book unfolded in her lap. As she continued to read her long, bushy brown hair fell in front of her, blocking her view. She had made a secret pledge to herself to study the dark arts as much as possible. She had also made a vow to never use this form of magic. She thought that maybe by studying the power that Voldemort relied on, she would be able to help Harry defeat him, once and for all.

"Will you go to sleep now?" Ginny asked tiredly as she emerged from under the covers on her bed. Her usually tame, bright red hair was now in a mess.

"Just one more page Gin," Hermione replied as she pushed her hair back out of the way.

"Hermione if you really just want to learn about the Dark Arts go see Malfoy. I'm sure he'll help."
"You've got to be kidding," Hermione laughed. "Like Draco would ever help me. Oh all right," she continued as she seen the tired look on Ginny's face. "I'll stop reading for tonight."

Hermione had been at Order's secret headquarters for only a few days now. Harry was to arrive tomorrow. Normally Dumbledore wanted Harry to stay with his aunt and uncle but now, he believed it to be too dangerous to keep him there.

As Hermione snuggled under the covers she silently whispered under her breath, "Lumos." The tip of her outstretched wand gave off an eerie light. She couldn't stop reading this book now. It was far too interesting to put down. Her eyes darted across the page as she read the text in front of her. She felt overwhelmed, she could feel something different flowing through her veins, almost calling her to try a spell.

"No," she said to herself in an aggressive tone.

"What?" Ginny called. "Hermione are you okay?"
"Yes I'm fine Gin," Hermione replied calmly. "I had just fell asleep and I had a really bad dream."

As she woke up early the next morning, Hermione could smell the warm, familiar smell of bacon cooking in the kitchen below. She quickly got out of bed to notice that Ginny had already retreated down to the kitchen for breakfast. Hermione quickly put a short sleeve shirt and a knee length skirt and dashed into the lowest floor of the house. To her surprise Harry was already there.

"Hey Hermione," Harry said as Hermione took a seat near Ron.

"Goo mornin Herm," Ron said through a mouthful of toast. He grabbed his glass full of orange juice and took a long swing. "I mean good morning Hermione."
"Good morning to you too," Hermione said brightly.

After finishing her breakfast Hermione flew back upstairs to finish her book.

"Hermione do you want to come down and play wizard chess with me?" Ginny asked through the half cracked door.

"I'm finishing this book," Hermione replied. "Maybe later."

As Ginny left, defeated, she walked down the hall to Ron's room. She quickly barged into the room.

"Ron I think that there's something wrong with Hermione," she said urgently as Ron gave her a disturbing look.

"She's fine Gin. Don't worry about it."
"But Ron I can feel a dark aura around her. It's not like she's being possessed. It's something else. I think that this dark arts stuff is really getting to her."

"Don't be foolish. Hermione's smart and she can take care of herself. It's nothing to get worked up about."
"Fine Ron," Ginny almost screamed. "I thought that you were the only that I could talk to about this. No I was wrong. Thanks for nothing." She quickly dashed out of the room and down to the living room. She grabbed a piece of parchment from the desk and scribbled a quick note on the paper:

Draco,

I know we're not friends but you do owe me a favor. Hermione's getting obsessed with the dark arts. She's been acting strange lately. I need your help.

Ginny

She quickly tied the note to her new, brown owl Freckles. As the owl flew out the window she sat down and began counting down the minutes until a reply would be sent. Later that day her owl returned with a new note tied to it's leg:

Ginny,

I HATE this. Come to my house tomorrow afternoon. You can look through my books and try to find a book that will help her. My parents are gone so don't worry about them.

See you tomorrow

Draco

"Perfect," Ginny said as she got up. She quickly disappeared up to her room to think of a plan for tomorrow.

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