A/N: I meant to put this in my other chapters I uploaded, but I want to thank all the reviewers for reading and of course reviewing! Also, this chapter is VERY short, but I didn't realize how short it was. The next ones I will be posting are longer and the plot is thickening...tragedy strikes one of our characters as well...oops, did i say that???

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Chapter 6

Paige's eyes fluttered open. It was white all around her. Was she dead? Then everything became a little clearer. She spotted Wood on the floor next to her and Harry sitting in the corner. They were both asleep. What happened? Why was she in the hospital wing?

She let her hand drop on top of Wood's head. He immediately woke up and saw she was awake. She smiled at him, as he got up off the floor. He sat beside her on the bed.

"How are you?" he whispered.

"Fine," she replied. "My voice hurts a little, but other than that, I'm okay. What happened?"

"You nearly drowned," another voice chimed in. It was Harry. He was standing on the other side of Paige.

Paige looked at him in shock. "Really? But how did you know? I could have…"

"Died, but Harry knew you were drowning for some strange reason. I mean, it's good, because he saved your life but…"

"It was strange," Harry said. She thought so as well.

"Well, it has happened before…it was like the time when I saw, in my dream, that Mr. Weasley was about to be attacked, which turned out true. It was Dark magic…I think this may have been the same," Harry said.

Paige was just about to reply when Madam Pomfrey walked in the room. She had a look of shock and disgust to see Harry and Wood still with Paige.

"Potter, Wood…why are you still here? Go to your dorms…NOW! Ms. Matthews needs her rest," she barked at them. They said their good-byes and left quickly.

Madam Pomfrey came over to Paige with her wand and a goblet full of a misty substance. She began muttering to herself. "Now we'll get rid of these bruises…."

"Bruises, Madam Pomfrey?" Paige inquired with a look of confusion on her face.

"Actually, more like finger markings…but we will not get into now, Ms. Matthews." She muttered an incantation and Paige felt a light breeze on her neck. "All gone! Now drink this Ms. Matthews and I assure a dreamless, excellent night of rest," she said handing Paige the goblet.

"Is this safe?" Paige asked, hesitating to take the smoky drink.

Madam Pomfrey looked offended. "I know what I am doing Ms. Matthews! Now take the drink!"

Without further hesitation, Paige swallowed the drink quickly and was fast asleep in no time.

Paige woke with a start the next morning. It took her a moment to register where she was. Then she remembered she was in the hospital wing. She nearly drowned the day before. She felt her neck, but felt no pain. How were there bruises on her neck? Suddenly, it came flooding back to her. She remembered she heard a strange voice and fingers wrapping around her neck. She slowly got out of bed, but immediately tripped over a fallen blanket.

"Damn it," she cursed. "Accio glasses!" Her glasses came to her immediately. Now she could see. She walked over to a nearby mirror to see if there really were finger marks on her neck. There were none, but then again Madam Pomfrey removed them. She walked back to her bed. Was she crazy? Whose voice did she hear? Whose fingers wrapped around her throat?

"Ms. Matthews!"

Paige turned around to face Madam Pomfrey. She ran to her bed. "I'm fine Madam Pomfrey!"

"I'll be the judge of that!" She did a little check up and found Paige was perfectly healthy. With a little hesitation, she finally let Paige go. Paige jumped off of the bed and changed quickly. Before she walked out the door, Madam Pomfrey gave her a warning.

"Just watch your tail Ms. Matthews."

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Paige mulled over what Madam Pomfrey meant by that comment while she served detention that night. She cleaned the trophies while Taryn took care of the bed pans. She threw Paige nasty looks, as Paige smirked. She was finally finished around 11 PM. She finally made her way back to the common room. She walked in with sleepy eyes.

"Paige?" Paige turned around to see Hermione sitting near the window.

"Hi Hermione," she said walking over to her. "What are you doing up?"

"Oh, nothing…" she trailed off. "Are you okay?"

"Of course…are you okay?" Paige turned around.

"I'm fine. We were all worried about you…but Ron and Harry went off to bed," Hermione said.

"It's okay. Let's just head off to bed," Paige said. Hermione followed. As Paige went off to bed, she knew something was off about Hermione.