Rain, darkness, was that all there was left here? This darkness?
It was late, half past two and she still paced about anxious, the letter when would the letter come! She had not much time before Harry would discover her dreadful secret, Ron she could hide it from but Harry knew too much.
A flash of lighting and rumble of thunder and Hermione jumped back dashing to the window and watched as the rain pelted down a shadowy figure cross through the front of the castle and she drew back, we're they looking for her? It wasn't even the full moon, but some—some, the eldest they still changed.
She could not take her eyes off the beast, with another flicker of lighting a voice whispered. "Hermi—"She whirled around and grabbed Anna's hand as she reached for her causing Anna to jerk back.
"I—I'm sorry you frightened me that's all." She forced a smile as Anna drew back from her grasp, "How did you know I was behind you?" Hermione shook her head and took a step forward, "I sensed you, just a reaction, I really am sorry." Anna eyed her wearily and picked up the lantern which had crashed to the floor and luckily was not broken. "Why do you sit here night after night?"
"Stress…" She muttered, Anna took a step next to her, "You've been acting peculiar lately, the dorm has been talking about it all evening." Hermione scowled as Anna spoke up, "Wouldn't mind telling us about it would you?" Her eyes blazed with awaiting a secret to be told.
"Get out!" Hermione snapped as Anna laughed and Hermione grabbed her and the look of fright snapped upon the girls face. "Or I'll give you more then a secret!" she pushed the girl back as Anna threw the latern at her and raced out of the room, "Git!" She hissed.
She stepped back and was knocked into the window she dropped the lantern and the room was lit up with a massive flash of lighting and she let out a sob as the creature was still watching. He knew, he had watched from that spot as if he knew the entire time. She dropped to her knees.
"It has already begun…" The lantern lay behind her shattered into a million pieces as she envisioned the rest of her life would be…broken.