Dream A Little Dream

By chandlove7

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Titanic, they belong to James Cameron. I do, however, own Julia, her mother, and Matthew Darcy, and any other characters that may come my way.

A/N: This is my first Titanic fic, and it will have more chapters if I get reviews! So please review! I didn't know the name of Mr. Bodine, Brock Lovett's partner, so I named him Lucas (I needed a first name for one thing). Thank you to LN, from whom I thought of giving my discoverer the last name Darcy (.



One sunny April morning, Julia Dawson looked out of her window to see the raven perched on the apple tree. One would imagine that the sight of a raven would cast a shadow on the day, but not Julia. "Good morning Callie," she said to the bird, as she had done ever since she had learned to speak. She wasn't sure, then, why she had named the bird Callie. She just knew, one day, that Callie was the bird - this bird was Callie. There was something about the personality of the bird that gave it the name. "Julie!" she heard her mother call up the stairs. "Are you awake yet?" "Yes Mom," said Julia. "I'm coming." She rolled over in her bed and glanced at her alarm clock. It was flashing 7:00. She would be late to school if she didn't hurry. And who wants to be late to school on their birthday? Not Julia, that's for sure. She quickly threw on some clothes that she picked up from the terrible mess she called her room. Her mom's nagging words "clean that disaster area!" rang in her ears. But what the hell, it was her birthday, right?

Julia scrubbed her face clean and applied what little make up she owned. She then ran downstairs to get her things ready for school. As she walked into the kitchen, she saw that it had been transformed into a birthday room, just for her. She hugged her mother happily. "Oh Julie," laughed her mother. "You make it seem like such a big deal. Next think you know, it'll be a headline in the New York Times: April 14th, 2002: Julia Rose Dawson turns seventeen." Julia stuck her tongue out at her mother, but laughing as she did it. Julia looked at the clock on the wall. It was already 7:30! Her ride to school would be there soon. She quickly grabbed her bag, grabbed a poptart, kissed her mom goodbye and ran out the door.

At 4 pm, Julia came home, happy after a great birthday at school. She had a nice birthday dinner with her family, and then did her homework. After she did her homework, she went upstairs, took a shower and crawled into bed, complete with the day's paper. She had been curious about the headline, which read: "The Heart of the Ocean Resurfaces." It was about the sinking of Titanic, and how a blue diamond had been found at the bottom of the ocean just recently, after years of searching. As Julia read the article, her eyes suddenly went wide.

"Five years after Brock Lovett stopped searching for 'The Heart of the Ocean', Matthew Darcy began his search, with the belief that the Heart of the Ocean was there, but hiding somewhere unexpected. Lovett had searched only the stateroom area of the DeWitt Bukater family, neglecting to search other, less likely areas. For those reading this who do not know the story behind the Heart of the Ocean, here it is. Rose DeWitt Bukater and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, boarded the grand ship Titanic with Rose's fiancée, Caledon Hockley. Caledon was the son of Nathan Hockley, who was the head of Hockley Steel at the time. Caledon gave Rose the Heart of the Ocean as a gift, while on the Titanic. Both Caledon and Ruth survived the sinking, while for an incredibly long period of time, it was thought that Rose had perished in the sinking. In 1996, however, Lovett and his team were contacted by a Ms. Rose Dawson, who claimed to be Rose DeWitt Bukater. Lovett and those with him were skeptical at first, one of them, Lucas Bodine, compared this incident to Anastasia and the Romanov family. But they invited Ms. Dawson to come board the Keldish, where they would question her about the diamond and her possible past. It turned out that Ms. Dawson was Miss DeWitt Bukater, but that she knew not of the whereabouts of the diamond. After being so close, and yet so far, Lovett decided to end his search for the Heart of the Ocean. Darcy had followed Lovett and his search, and felt that there was something missing. So he began his search for the diamond."



Julia was shocked that someone else would have the same name as her, and yet, some of the other names in the article seemed vaguely familiar. Oh well, she thought to herself. I wonder what this necklace felt like to wear. And with those thoughts in her head, she drifted of to sleep, and to dream.

"Women and children! I need more women and children!" The people rushed about, searching for empty lifeboats. She looked around, trying to find him. There he was! At the other side of the ship. But he wasn't alone. Cal was with him. They were both telling her something. Telling her to get in the boat. But she wouldn't go - not without him. "I'm a survivor, alright?" he told her. "There's a boat on the other side for us" said Cal. "See?" he said. "I'll be fine." She got in the boat, but very unwillingly. As the boat was lowered, she looked up at him, and realized that she couldn't live without him. Then the scene suddenly changed. She was lying on her stomach, the voices had gone. The ocean was silent. Then she heard a voice. "Is there anyone alive out there? Can anyone hear me?" The voice echoed into the night. And she saw the light coming from far away. "Jack! There's a boat Jack." She said to him. She shook him. "There's a boat Jack!" she shook him again. She looked at him. No, she thought to herself. No! But he was dead. She looked around her, trying to find a way to signal the boat. Aha! That man has a whistle. She swam over to the other man, took the whistle out of his mouth, and blew. But it made a strange, beeping noise.

Julia woke up with a start. It was her alarm! She had had one of those dreams again. They were back. She hadn't had one of those dreams since her 12th birthday. Whenever she had one of the dreams, she awoke in a cold sweat, and in tears. She glanced down at her pillow, which was soaked in tears. What were the dreams about? And why had they returned?