Coincidental Chain

*Prologue*

    It was a cold night at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and students are sleeping soundly in their respective common room. It was very quiet that night and the silence was quite deafening, if you try to describe it. All you can hear is a faint sound coming from the wind blowing outside.

    'Really can't sleep', Hermione thought. 'Better do my rounds for tonight.' Hermione was chosen as the Head Girl for her 7th year at Hogwarts and as a part of her responsibility, she has to do some night rounds at the castle to check if some sneaky students are breaking rules and are going out of their common rooms after midnight.

    She got up from her four-poster bed, got her robe and slowly went out of her room. She carefully got down the stairs that lead to the mini-library that was especially made for the Head Boy and Girl that year. A special common room was made for them and of course, they have to share it though they both have separate rooms. The mini-library was one of Hermione's reasons why she loved that place. But apart from that, just next to that library, was the fire place that Hermione especially liked whenever she feels like relaxing a bit. She looked around the room and still, even after a week of staying there, she was still fascinated with how the whole place was conceptualized. The designs were very elegant. Each of the furniture matched the large carpet that was placed in that vast room. The whole common room was accentuated with green and gold decorations except for her room, which had the Gryffindor colors, red and gold. It was amazing, as Hermione described it. The whole place was amazing. The Head Boy and Girl even had their own veranda. Hermione could still remember the first time she arrived at that place. She couldn't believe her eyes…

    "Professor, are you sure I am about to stay in this spectacular place?" Hermione asked Professor McGonagall. In reply, she smiled and did a bit of a nod. Hermione was very excited as she roamed around the special common room. Its beauty is thrice as much with the beauty of the Gryffindor's common room which, she had to say, was also one of the most beautiful place she'd ever been into. The first thing she did when she looked around is to see to it that she can familiarize herself with where the different doors headed. The only place she hadn't checked out was the Head Boy's room, which she can't open since Proffesor McGonagall said that the chosen Head Boy for that year would be a week late in coming for Hogwarts due to personal matters. And because of her fascination, she forgot to ask whom the person she has to share that common room with…

    "On with my rounds," Hermione reminded herself. She muttered a frail "lumos" which resulted to a light appearing before her eyes. She walked and turned every corner, following her daily route on where she has to do her task but it seems as if no student was out that night. As she made her last turn, she felt a cold sensation behind her. She looked around, but noone was to be seen. It made her heart thump like it had never done before. She was sure she was getting nervous at the moment as she was close to not feeling anything at all. A feeling of anxiety laid inside of her but Hermione just kept on walking, only this time, it was faster. Every beat her heart made, which was more rapidly than normal, matched every step she made. She looked back once more and when she did, she heard a laugh coming out of nowhere. She immediately covered her ears and closed her eyes. Suddenly, she felt something on her shoulders. 'What could it be?' she thought.

Author's Note: Okay, so that's it for my prologue. Hope you all like it! Please review. I really would appreciate it, okay?!