It was about half past eleven at night and Carrie was on a mission. The young Gryffindor was always looking for ways to get the edge in her Herbology lessons even if it meant using a few... unconventional methods. Which is why that night Carrie had decided that the best way to get ahead in the game was to read up on a very famous Herbology book: Dangerous Plants and How to Control Them. However, just as the title may suggest, it wasn't exactly the most readily available book to read. In fact, it wasn't available for students to read at all. And yes, maybe if she asked her Professor very nicely for permission to go into the restricted area of the library he'd let her, but sneaking out was so much more fun.

At the bottom of the girls' stairs, Carrie poked her head around the wall and scanned the common room for any other students. Coast clear, she stepped into the room and tiptoed as lightly across as possible. The room was faintly illuminated by the moonlight filtering in from the windows, but it wasn't enough to see by so Carrie pulled out her wand from up her sleeve.

"Lumos," she whispered, but just as the shimmery white light escaped from the tip of her wand, she tripped over the corner of one of the sofas and very ungracefully fell in a heap on the floor, managing to pull one of the lamps down with her with a loud thud.