Voices, everywhere, inside my brain, eating away at my sanity, I clutch my head "go away" screaming…endless screaming, and pain, too much, tightening a hold on my throat, all I can see is black, all around me, surrounding, tauntingly close, teasing me, and I fall.
"Pansy" '
Haunting voices
"Pansy, Pansy wake up!"
Everywhere, why aren't they leaving me alone?
"PANSY"
Suffering, pain.
I can feel people nudging me, shouting for me to wake up…why? Why aren't they going away? Then someone shoves me roughly and I hit the floor, reality coming full force as I awake from my nightmare to see my concerned roommate's blurry faces above me, beads of sweat pouring down my face. I manage to get up, my throat sore from screaming.
"What the hell Pansy? What happened, what was the nightmare about? Why were you screaming? Are you okay? You managed to wake us all up…even Millicent!" questioned a concerned Daphne, and getting a slight hit on the arm from Millicent, who was known to be a heavy sleeper.
"I-I…" I tried to tell them but I couldn't, I felt my eyes sting violently, and before I knew it, I was crying, sobs racking my tiny frame. Embarrassment came over me suddenly, Slytherins weren't supposed to show weakness, it was humiliating, but at that moment, I didn't care. Millicent and Daphne immediately put their arms around me, and that's when I started to really cry, I couldn't breathe properly, my chest was falling rapidly with each sob, I was beginning to think I'd never be okay, but my room mates reassuring words was all the comfort I needed, and after 10 or so minutes I was almost okay. Wiping my reddened face with a tissue I feebly sat on my bed, prepared to tell my nightmare with a little more confidence this time.
"I-it was horrible, I-I kept h-hear-hearing these voices over and over in my head, and it fe-felt like I was going insane, there was blackness…horrible blackness, and then screaming, all around, chocking me…then immense pain, and I guess you guys must've woke me up after that" They seemed to be in deep thought so I stared at my hands, wishing someone would say something in the bleak silence.
"Oh" commented Daphne, I knew she didn't seem to understand my nightmare, she didn't know how it felt, the pain, screaming, I shook my head sadly.
"I think, I'm going to bed now guys, thank you for everything, but I need some beauty sleep for tomorrow!" I laughed shakily, trying to convince them I was perfectly fine, they didn't seem to hear me properly though. A swift nod came from Millicent and they went to their respective beds, turning off the lights before doing so.
I got under my bed cover and rested my head. Really I was terrified, terrified that if I went back to sleep another nightmare would happen, I shuddered, a wave of coldness sweeping over me, I closed my eyes and curled into a ball, trying to make myself feel invisible.
Soon, sleep was tempting me and I closed my eyes for a brief second, hoping, that somewhere, some God was blessing me with a nightmare less sleep…and after that all I saw was the blackness, cold, lonely blackness.