A/N: I know I'm supposed to be writing more chapters for Past Times but I really couldn't stop thinking about this story. So, I guess you'll have to live with this story's chapter and perhaps more before I update on the other story. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Don't own HP only the characters you don't recognize from the books.

Note: This is in a world where the HP books don't exist. Harry Potter however is quite real.

Somewhere in Scotland…

"Scott I'm…going to…kill you when….we get to the cabin," Came a girl's voice from behind a large hill in breathless spurts of anger.

"We haven't gone that far, Lee." Scott was at the top of the hill looking down at his friend, Leona, looking bright and energetic still much to Leona's annoyance.

"Not that far?! Do you call three miles with this infernal pack on my back not that far?!" Leona's voice was reaching a dangerous octave that made Scott slightly wince. Man was he going to get it. He had to think quickly if he wanted to distract her from killing him. He found it in the form of some ruins in the distance by a dirty looking lake.

"Hey Lee, get up here and take a look at this," He shouted back down to his friend, still half-way down the trail on the side of the hill. She grumbled and made her way to the top, all the way imaging a giant hand squashing her friend for his cruelty. If it weren't for him, she would have been touring the civilized way instead of back-packing across this part of Scotland. He'd pay in the end she'd make sure of it. This thought was lost from her mind though when she saw the ruins. A smile spread across her once gloomy face and all tiredness and soreness was forgotten. A glint of amazement and adventure that usually meant trouble filled her brown eyes as she took in the sight before her.

"Wow." Her friend hid a smile of relief as he saw that it worked, not noticing the dangerous look in her eyes. He watched as Leona moved as close as the top of the hill would let her to get a better look. The stones that she assumed must have made a brilliant fortress or such at one time were scattered everywhere and the few remaining walls looked ready to crumble any minute. A lake lay in front of it, murky and turning green, and to the side the forest circled about it. She turned to Scott with the grin growing wider by the minute.

"How 'bout we go check it out," Her smile vanished when he shook his head, "Why not?"

"I'd rather have you kill me."

"Oh come on. It'll be fun."

"For you, yes. You've already seen it from here, so can't we just get to the cabin? Besides, it's probably off limits. I doubt whoever owns that land would appreciate two sixteen year olds wandering around their property."

"There's probably not even anyone around. No one will notice if we just get a closer look. Besides, you owe me for making me agree on this form of traveling." She put on her best pout and puppy dog eyes and hoped he would agree. After awhile his stern look broke and he started laughing.

"Fine, but not too long." Leona squealed in glee and quickly hugged her friend, giving him a peck on the cheek. He smiled again and this time followed his friend who was now bubbling with energy.

~*~

They were wandering on what looked like an overgrown deer trail, Leona still in the front. Scott was brooding a bit behind her, occasionally mumbling things about how they'd reach the cabin after dark if this took too long. She ignored him though, continuing on. She glimpsed the ruins occasionally through some trees as they moved along. It hadn't come into view for quite some time now though, and she was beginning to worry that maybe they were lost. Being Scott, as usual, he 'kindly' voiced her worries.

"Leona, are you sure we're still heading towards it?"

"Uhhh…" She stopped when she got a glimpse of something. She looked and there it was, "Yes, positive." She stood there for a moment and looked at the patch of ruins she could see now. She suddenly had this odd feeling that what she was seeing wasn't quite right; as if something was off about it. Squinting her eyes she tried to figure out what might be giving her this feeling. Her eyes widened in shock as for a moment the ruins flashed and revealed an amazing looking castle.

"Did you see that?!"

"See what?" Leona looked at her friend, who looked questioningly at her.

"It changed. For a second it looked like this big castle instead of ruins."

"Did you drink enough water? You aren't feeling light-headed are you?" Leona glared at Scott, who held his hands up in defense.

"I saw a castle."

"Sorry, but all I see is some piles of stone. Are you sure you're feeling all right?"

"I'm fine," she said between gritted teeth, "Let's just keep going, alright?" Scott didn't reply, just followed Leona further down the trail. She kept quiet too, for different reasons though. She had seen a castle. Why hadn't Scott seen it though, and why did it just flash in like that and then out? Maybe she was just going mad, she didn't know. She shook that thought off as soon as she thought is though. No, she wasn't crazy. She'd seen it and she knew that it wasn't some figment of her imagination. Focusing her thoughts on getting to the ruins, she locked her eyes on the trail before her.

~*~

It was getting darker and they still weren't to the ruins. Leona knew they were getting closer though. Scott continued to complain.

"Why don't we just go? We can come back tomorrow." Leona shook her head.

"I want to check it out. We're almost there anyways. Oh, look up there." Up ahead was a red and white sign. They stopped as the reached it.

"No Trespassing. Well, I guess we're not going to, now are we?" Scott started to turn around but was stopped by Leona's hand gripping his arm.

"Oh come on, no one's here. It isn't going to hurt to just look around." Scott shook his head this time.

"Didn't you see the fine print," he pointed to the sign, "Trespassers will be fined. Now, I don't know about you but I don't want to have to pay."

"Fine then, I'll go by myself." With this she turned around and headed past the sign by herself. She was about a yard past the sign when she stopped and turned back towards her friend with a confused look on her face.

"Is something wrong, Lee?"

"No, it's just… I have the strangest feeling I forgot something. I didn't have it until now," She just shook her head, "It's just a feeling I guess, probably nothing. Will you just come on?" Scott sighed and began to follow her again. He got about half-way to where she was when he suddenly stopped and turned around. Then he started walking fast back up the trail. Leona watched in confusion for a moment before she found her voice again.

"Where are you going?"

"I forgot something I needed to do," He shouted back to her, continuing on up the trail. Leona looked shocked. Forgot something? How could he have forgotten something? He was the most organized person she knew.

"We haven't checked out the ruins yet though!" He didn't answer though, just kept on going until he disappeared behind some trees. Leona sighed and looked back behind her to the continuing trail. She should probably follow him but she was so close to seeing the ruins. He's probably just heading towards the cabin anyways and she could always catch up. She did have a map after all. So, with that thought she headed down the opposite way of her friend towards the ruins.

As she went along, the urge that something was forgotten got slightly stronger but she merely stopped for a moment each time and concentrated on what she was there for and it mysteriously went away. She didn't think this was of any importance though, and just continued on. Soon she reached a curve in the trail and as soon as she reached it, there it was. The ruins. She smiled and continued down the trail. A slight pressure, almost like she was moving through water, suddenly enveloped her as she came to a certain point in the trail. She closed her eyes, feeling a bit surprised by this sensation outside of water and continued to press on telling herself that it was her imagination and there was no resistance. The feeling suddenly disappeared and she opened her eyes first in relief and then in shock. The castle that she had only seen in a flash now stood before her in all its glory.

"Wow." That's all she could say about this enchanting place before her. Lights shown from windows and other ones were slowly lighting up too as it became darker. All she could do for the moment was stare at it in surprise. She hadn't imagined it before then. She finally came to her senses and slowly started towards the castle, finding this all surreal the entire time. Scott would never believe what he just missed out on.

~*~

Professor Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk, working on some papers when the Potions master entered the room and not in a bright mood either.

"Ah Severus, what can I do for you?" Professor Snape stormed up to the headmaster's desk and stopped only when he was a foot away from it.

"It's that…that Peeves. He's gotten into my storage area and managed to smash some valuable potion supplies. I think it would be best if we got rid of that poltergeist once and for all, Albus." Albus Dumbledore nodded and gave Snape a small, reassuring smile.

"I'm sure we can find a way to keep him out of your valuable things, Severus, but I'm afraid he's going to be staying."

"But how will that be managed? I've searched every book in the library and found nothing." Dumbledore opened his mouth to reply but stopped suddenly, his eyes unfocusing for a moment. He felt a tug in the wards for the school, as if power was suddenly being added to it and then taken away. This had never happened before, in all his time as headmaster and a member of the staff. A frown shone on his face as he reached out with his connection to the schools' magic, something that came with the position of headmaster, and examined the other wards. The distraction one, up further had recently turned away someone from what it told him. Something was different though. It seemed as if there had been a flux in the power of that before, just like what had happened with the barrier that prevented muggles from seeing the real Hogwarts.

"Albus, what's wrong?" Albus finally realized that he still had Snape waiting in front of him.

"Tell the teachers to get the students into their dorms. There's been a disturbance in the schools' wards." Snape paled as he heard this.

"You don't suppose something dark has gotten past the safety wards do you?" Dumbledore just shook his head.

"I'm not sure, it's never happened before, whatever it is. Now hurry and tell all the staff and then meet me out on the school grounds." Snape complied and made his way to the staff room. Dumbledore then quickly made his way down to the grounds, hoping that whatever was causing the disturbance wouldn't be evil.

~*~

Leona wandered around the castle looking for a main entrance. She soon found it, two big wooden doors in the distance. She figured that Scott was probably at the cabin by now and she could call him from here to tell him that she'd be there and to not worry. Some place this big had to have a phone. She just hoped the owners were friendly.

~*~

The students had been gathered up from the halls and library, the few that stayed out this late or were allowed to, and sent to their dorms. There was much protest but they complied and were told they needed to stay in their common rooms for the remainder of the night. The heads of house then told the head boys and girls what to tell the students, since they were obviously going to have questions, and headed out to the grounds with their wands out. They finally reached the entrance and exited, heading towards the headmaster.

"What is it, Albus," McGonagall asked with a worried expression on her face.

"A disturbance has been made in all of the wards. A fluctuation of energy you might say." He seemed calm as he gazed out at the night.

"How is this possible? Nothing can disturb the wards." Dumbledores' gaze went to their Charms teacher, Professor Flitwick. He nodded gravely.

"Yes, nothing has before but it seems it's possible. What do you think may have happened, Professor Lupin?" Remus Lupin stood to the side of Professor Sprout, thinking over the matter. He had been called back that year after the dreaded Umbridge had ruined the schools' DADA class the year before.

"I'm not sure. I've never heard of dark wizards doing this to the wards of Hogwarts before. A fluctuation, you say?" Albus nodded, "Hmmm, well it doesn't seem like it would do damage though."

"I suppose so. It merely added power and then took it back, not extracting any of the power except that which was added. It's what caused this that worries me though. You don't…" Albus was cut off from what he was about to say though from a shout from one of the teachers, who was pointing towards a figure that was now running towards the Forbidden Forest. Some of the teachers began running towards it, trying to stop it. If it was heading towards the Forbidden Forest, then it was likely that it had come from there and was most likely evil. Several stuns were sent towards the figure, which all missed. Snape, also running to get the figure, pulled up to the front of the group in a near sprint and shot a stunning spell towards the person. This one hit and the person stopped. Seeing that he had hit the person, Snape headed towards the figure again, assuming it would fall soon. To his surprise the figure seemed to glow for a moment and continued to head towards the forest.

"How…How'd they do that," Snape shouted in surprise. Lupin caught up with him and saw the figure still running.

"Perhaps they're part giant." Snape shook his head.

"That figure looks far too small to be a giant."

"Giants are the only being I know of that's immune to stunning spells. Come on, we need to catch them!" Lupin started running again towards the person who was now merely yards away from the forest.

"But they glowed, giants don't glow!" Snapes' shouts fell on deaf ears so he just followed, trying to catch up.

~*~

Apparently they weren't friendly. She had attempted to approach a group that had exited from the doors that she was going towards but one of them shouted and she panicked. Now they were chasing after her and shooting at her too! It was strange though. She'd never seen a weapon that could shoot yellow light before, and one had hit her. It was a feeling she hadn't felt before. For a moment she stopped, feeling this strange tingle. She looked down at her hand, which she discovered glowing a yellow like the light. It faded and she felt surprisingly more powered than before she had been shot by whatever it was. She started running again and from the shouts behind her, apparently this wasn't supposed to happen. She ran a bit faster with the boost of mysterious energy she had received and found herself nearly to the forest. As ominous as it seemed compared to the part she had exited, she didn't care as long as it got her away from them.

Before she could reach the some-what safety of the trees though, a large figure quickly emerged from the forest right in front of her and she came to an abrupt stop in fear. This person was huge! He towered over her petite 5'2'' figure like a bushy tree. He held a crossbow in his right hand that looked like it could take down a lion and a dog came up beside him that was the size of a small horse. She did all her mind could comprehend at this moment. She screamed and then crumpled to the ground in a faint.

~*~

"Hagrid, thank goodness you came. They almost reached the forest." Lupin finally reached the spot where he heard the figure scream and then collapse and Hagrid leaning over them.

"What, this lil' girl was headin' towards such a dangerous forest?" Lupin now looked down at the figure and found to his surprise a young lady laying there. Her chestnut brown hair covered part of her face, but he could tell she was young and from her figure she was about sixteen or seventeen.

"I thought we had gathered all of the students up." He could imagine how the girls' parents would take to their child receiving such a fright, from the teachers no less, on school grounds.

"If you would have looked closely at her, Lupin, you would have noticed her clothing," Snape said with a sneer. Remus ignored the tone of his least favorite fellow staff member and looked at what the girl was wearing. Where he expected to see school robes were jeans and a denim jacket. On her back was a large pack and a muggle watch was on her wrist.

"A muggle? How though?" Dumbledore now joined them, along with other teachers who couldn't run due to their age. McGonagall's face turned ashen as she saw the girl lying on the ground.

"Remus, were we attacking a student?"

"Not a student, Menerva, but a muggle girl." Her eyes widened as she finally took in the girls' apparel.

"Is she the one that caused the change in the wards?"

"It's possible," Lupin then turned to Snape, "Did you say she… glowed?" Snaped nodded, keeping his eyes locked on the girl.

"I've never seen anyone, not even the strongest wizard, do that before. I hit her with a strong stunning spell and she seemed to…"

"To what, Severus," Dumbledore gently encouraged.

"Absorb it, sir. Giants deflect it but she absorbed it," Snapes brow crinkled as he continued to stare at the girl, as if this would unlock some secret to why the girl had been able to resist the spell, "I don't think this is an ordinary muggle."

A/N: So, how's it so far? I think this is possibly the longest chapter I've ever written, yes! I hope you liked it and please, please take the time to review 'cause I want to know what you think! I'll try to get back to you with either a next chapter for this or Past Times really, really soon.