Kagome twisted and turned. Her eyes were shut close as if being asleep but in truth she was wide awake. Once again she was not able to find any sleep even as it was dead of night, both mind and body still full of energy. Not only that, but one of her roommates snores up a storm. She wondered how others could sleep in it; you'd be able to hear her all the way from Gringotts. I guess it probably would have been helpful if she had bothered to sleep here during her stay. Another rumbles of snores. Kagome groaned, pulling the pillow over her head in hopes to drown out the noise the other girl was making.

At last, Kagome had finally given up. Her feet hit the cold ground, Kagome grumbling at the momentary shock she was given when the chills reached her skin. It reminded her of the mirror, both of them. The one she saw in the abandoned room and the one in Myrtle's restroom. They were both so cold.

"Kagome. Kagome..."

Kagome turned her head to the door. Was that singing? Why was someone singing her name? She had finally decided to lift herself off the bed; slowly adjusting to the pressure of the cold ground. Her feet patterned against the floor, she tried her best to be quiet while sprinting to the door.

"You are a bird in a cage..."

Another chorus piece sounded in her ears as she made her way down the long, thankfully non-moving staircase. She didn't really care if she made noise now. She doubted anyone would wake at this moment and hear from all the where she is. So Kagome moved in loud, fast, uncaring thumps in her rush down stairs.

She nearly tripped in her rush. Kagome was more intent on listening for the next piece of lyrics but they gave her great pause.

"Crane and the turtle, gonna slip and fall..."

She was outside the Griffindor corridor by now, aimlessly running down the empty hallways and trying not to draw any attention from teachers that might patrol the area. Kagome now knew that this wasn't somewhere in the Griffindor corridors. She was far from hearing distance by now.

She could still hear it just as strongly as she could when in the room. It was unchanging. How was it possible? The voice sounded like a person that's for sure, though Kagome wasn't all that positive that this was a matter of what was singing. The voice should be getting either louder or softer, but it did neither, no matter how far she ran.

"Whose behind you now is he big or small?"

There was a teacher coming. Kagome could hear the extra steps over the lyrics. She panicked, not wanting to get caught; she ran to the nearest door she could find. The door wouldn't open, Kagome fumbled with the knob, almost giving up in favor of hiding when it suddenly thrust open. Kagome had to regain her composure, she had leaned on the door while trying to open it and when it forces open she had tripped her way outside. The grip on the handle being the only thing that kept her from completely falling face first.

She hid cautiously behind a bush after closing the door. Kagome waited for a moment, another moment, a few more seconds. Nothing. Kagome let out an audible sigh when she nipped that there was no one there. As in no teachers looking out the door for troublesome students who can't follow the bloody curfew.

"Crane and the turtle gonna slip and fall..."

Kagome tried to focus on the sound of the music. The lyrics were strange. She had no idea why anyone would song them. She tried searching for the source but it was a very frustrating task considering the lyrics would detach themselves into small, spaced sentences.

A low mew cut her from her musing. It was difficult to see with it being night at the moment, difficult to tell on who or what was there. It was easier to tell at the second mewl. When her eyes were just slightly adjusted an she could make out the figure of black mane from the light of the full moon. "Midnight?" She called. Now that she thought of it the name was completely unoriginal and really sucked but seeing him right now Kagome could see the name fitting the small feline well.

Midnight strolled towards his mistress in no rush, seeming to have all the time in the world. Kagome laid her palm down, hovering above the ground as the cat petted himself against it in a purr. Kagome followed the will of the dark feline. She hasn't seen him in a while. Where has he been lately?

The kitten left her grasp, whining slightly though he was the one who left the attention she gave him. Midnight dashed away from his owner. "Midnight!" Kagome cried loudly, "Midnight! Come back, it's dangerous there!" Said target continued to run further through the dark forest. Why they created a school next to what is called 'the Dark Forest' Kagome would never know.

Kagome went after him. The forest was dark and the chills it radiated was unforgiving. Everything was made into figures and shapes, finding what was what was difficult. Kagome stumbled over the roots that licked itself off the ground.

She couldn't see Midnight anywhere.

" Kagome..."

This time it wasn't singing. It was the sound of a women, soft and tired. Her voice made it seem like she was carrying the world on her back. The burden of every living being.

Kagome had completely forgotten about the voices she was hearing after Midnight had come. The woman's voice seemed louder. Almost as if she was right next to her.

That wasn't the only thing right next to her. Kagome could hear panting, a low growl, completely feral. She turned around as her eyes widen at what was behind her.

"Whose behind you now? Is he big or small?"