December 1, 1999

By Ashley Ashton

My eyes opened to my dark dorm. I am covered with sweat, and my hands are shaking. I looked at my clock. It read 12:30am. I got up trying to be as quiet as I could I did not want to wake up Daphne. As soon as I had snuck down to the common room I sat on the couch thinking on what I should do. My best friend Clara was halfway around the world, in class. I sat there for a while but I don't remember seeing or hearing anything. Damian didn't notice me at first but when he was walking back to the dorms he saw her sitting on the couch. He sat next to her she still didn't notice anything until he kissed her forehead.

"Ashley? What's wrong?"

I jumped a little not expecting anyone let alone Damian to be awake this early.

"Uh…just thinking."

"Do you care to tell me?" He asked as politely as he could, "You look pale."

"Ha. So what are you doing up this early?" I asked while dodging his question.

"Well I heard someone come down here and I was just curious. I also want to make sure my girlfriend is ok" I started to blush a little I loved it when he called me his.

"Well it's just I keep having these dreams that Harry's parents are still alive just trapped and dying." Ashley said beginning to cry.

"Hey. It's fine everything will be ok." he said as I leaned into him.

"Maybe I should go back to bed." I said after 15 minutes. The next morning as soon as I woke up I ran to my desk and searched for a piece of parchment. Once I found one, I again had trouble finding a quill. After I finally found an inkpot in the depths of my desk, I scribbled a quick message to Clara. 'Meet me at the spot ½ past seven. It's urgent! -Ashley Ashto.' In the hurry, I forgot to put the 'N' at the end of my last name. I leaned out the window and let a high pitched whistle and 2 minutes later I saw my snowy owl Frost flying towards me. I tied the note to her foot and gave her a treat and she set of Beauxbatons to find Clara.