AN: I don't own the characters from shows, books, series, game, etc. just the plot.
The two main characters (for now) names were originally Zsófia and Ricsi, but I use the English versions of these names for you.
09-01-2011, Budapest.
Sophie was in a strange place which looked like a city and it was familiar to her but she couldn't recognise it.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" No one respond to her. Suddenly she noticed someone in the corner of her eyes. She turned around to see the person better.
It was a boy around her age. He had short brown hair and old fashioned clothes. She knew that she had seen him before somewhere but she couldn't identify who he was.
"Who are you?" She asked loudly. The boy turned around and a sly smile crossed his face.
"I will tell for one forint." He said and with that he disappeared.
"What do you mean by that? Come back and answer me!" She shouted running where the boy was. Before she could have noticed everything disappeared and she fell.
"No!" She shouted as she woke up. She breathed heavily as she looked around. She was in the bedroom with his brother in the other bed. It was morning now and after a few seconds she calmed down. It was just a dream.
"Sis, you okay?" Sophie jumped in surprise before she realised who said it. It was her brother, Rick. He had short dark brown hair and brown eyes. She had brown eyes too, but hair was black and it was medium-long.
"Yeah, just a dream." She murmured.
"But I heard you saying 'Who are you'." He stated than it hit him. "It was him again?" She nodded. "Did you found out who is he?"
She shook her head. "No, he said something but I forgot it as I was falling nothing." She got up and gave him a look. "Anyway, forget this now. Get up and get ready for school."
"Okay." He murmured. He didn't like school at all. He founded boring and his class wasn't the best at all for him.
Sophie and Rick were waiting for their father, Mr. Spiritus, in the car now for 10 minutes and Sophie got a little bit impatient. She knew her dad very well. Her dad always did everything in the last minutes and it irritated her a little bit. She didn't like late or leave something for the last minutes. But despite of that, she loved his dad very much. He cared about them a lot, and she could tell him everything… well almost everything.
Ever since she had had these dreams, she had noticing strange things in her life. Sometimes she had seen strange people, not clearly, but no one else did. She also had felt sometimes how people really felt or they told the truth or not. Because of this her classmates started to mock her since they had noticed that. She tried to ignore it and live as she always did, but as time passed on it became stronger and stronger and when she woke up the strange feeling had been already in her again, but this time it didn't passed. As she was waiting for her dad she tried to figure out what is the connection between the dreams and these strange things.
"I'm coming kids." Mister Spiritus shouted as he ran to the car. His short curly brown hair was a mess as always and his clothes didn't look better at all. "Sorry for the waiting kids. It just…"
"Yeah, yeah we know. Something interrupted the morning again." Sophie said teasingly and Mr. Spiritus just smiled at her. He got in the car and started to drive it. "You got everything for school?" He looked back at them as he was driving. They nodded. "Good. Now all I ask from you is try not getting into trouble and have good grades, okay?"
"Sure, dad." Rick and Sophie said at the same time in different tones. Rick said a rather bored tone while his sister said in a nicer tone.
"Oh, Sophie I've almost forgot it. The exchange student is coming today and I can't come for you today after school, so could you lead him home?"
"Sure, I just hope he will be friendly and all the stuff." She said it with a smile.
Suddenly the car stopped in the middle of the road with other cars. They got into a traffic jam. "Looks like I will be stuck here for a while. You should go on walk. The school is near now." He said to them. The kids got out of the car and waved their hands to their father then they walked away. As they were walking to the school Sophie was lost in her thoughts. She thought about the exchange student. They didn't know about him a lot just his name and where he came from.
BUMB!
Somebody bumped into her and fell. "Ouch! Hey are you all…?" She stopped in shock when she looked down to the person on the ground. She was an animated little girl. She had brown hair tight in ponytails, big brown eyes and she wore pink dress. She recognised the kid. "Boo?" Boo looked up on her fear in her eyes and quickly stood up and ran away. "Hey, wait! I don't wanna hurt you." She yelled but Boo didn't look back.
"Sis, what are you doing? Why are you shouting when there's no one here?" Rick said as he went back to Sophie.
"You mean you didn't see Boo?"
"Boo?" He raised an eyebrow.
"You know, Boo from Monster Inc. She bumped into me then he ran away like someone was chasing her."
"I really didn't see anyone, just you falling from nothing. I always know you were weird, but now I don't know. Are you getting crazy or what?"
"I'm not crazy and I know what I saw!" She cried angrily. Great. Now even my brother thinks I'm crazy. She heaved a sigh, tried to calm down. "Let's go. We should be there now." She murmured and the rest of the walking went in silence.
They arrived to the school just in time. They just waved hands to each other and went to their own class, not really wanted to talk to each other now. Sophie ran into her classroom hoping she didn't late.
"Hurry for not being late as always, Sophie?" She turned around with a grin on her face at the familiar voice. It was her best friend, Kitty. She had long red hair and jade green eyes and wearing a beautiful green dress. She was a little bit taller, than her. They had been friends since they went to school. Kitty always listened to her and helped her out if she needed and Sophie did as well for Kitty.
"Oh, you know, just the same things. Got stuck in a traffic jam because dad can't be in time. What about you?"
"Nothing really just same stuff as always." She shrugged then looked around. "Where's Rick?" Kitty asked and Sophie frowned a little at the thought of him. "What happened?"
I don't want to tell her. She may my best friend, but… "Well…"
"Hello, ladies." She was cut off by the class's bully, Mike. He had spiky black hair and wore sunglasses. He wore his usual clothes, a black jacket, jeans and black shoes. He grinned at them. "Did you miss me?"
"Not at all, Mike." They said in the same time. His face fell off then his gaze fell to Sophie. "Still seeing things?" He asked mockingly and Sophie growled. "So you won't talk. Then, bye girls for now." He said and went to the other bullies.
Kitty put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't let bother you. He's just an idiot." Sophie turned her head to her and nodded. "Let's go to the others. The opening ceremony is starting and you can meet with the exchange student." She gave her a smile and went together to the classmates.
After the ceremony ended all classes went into their classroom. Sophie and Kitty sat next to each other as always. The teacher started talking about the basic school things and some changes, but they weren't important at all.
"And now the last but not the least. As you know this year we have an English exchange student. Please, welcome him nicely." The teacher said and went to open the door for the student. The boy went in and Sophie's eyes widened. It was the same boy from her dreams. The same hair, eyes and everything matched but she felt something about him. Again he was familiar and something told her that he isn't normal.
The boy stood in front of the board. His gaze met with hers smiling a bit to himself. "My name is Alan Smith. Nice to meet you all."
RING!
The school bell rang before he could say anything else. Sophie took the opportunity to go to the toilet before someone stopped her.
"Hey, aren't you Sophie Spiritus?" Alan asked her with a smile. Sophie looked at him frowned a little bit. He was so familiar, but not just from her dream. "Well?" Alan asked again and she came back to reality.
"Yes I am." She replied quickly. Alan grinned at her.
"Well nice to meet you. I hope we will have a great year here."
"Um, yeah." She said then she heard a yelling not so far from her. She looked around and saw Boo running out of the school. "Look, I need to go now." She said it quickly and ran after the little girl. Alan watched her as she ran out. Unlike others he did know why she had run out.
"Hey, come back!" She yelled after Boo. Luckily for her this part of the city wasn't as busy as others. That district was like a town or a village so not so many people were in the streets that time of the day. Boo was still running but Sophie was faster and she caught her.
"Shh. Calm down. I don't wanna hurt you?" She said hoping the girl will trust her. Boo nodded after she calmed a bit. "Good. Now tell me why are you here and what are you running away from?" Before Boo could say anything her eyes widened in fear. Sophie looked behind her shoulder and her eyes widened too in surprise. She saw two figure which she immediately recognised. They were Pain and Panic from Disney's Hercules just as animated as Boo.
"Look, Pain, the girl stopped. Now we can catch her." Panic said happily and Pain nodded. They ran towards Boo but Sophie stopped them standing in their way.
"What do you want with her?" She asked angrily.
"Not your business. Give us the child or-" Panic stopped for a moment realized who was he talking to. "hey, y- you can see us?" She nodded.
"But humans can't see us unless-"
"Unless what?" Pain was cut off by someone else. They all turned around and saw the new student. Sophie eyes widened. He can see them too? Pain and Panic eyes widened too in surprise. They recognised him too.
"You! What are you doing here?!" Pain and Panic yelled at the same time.
"Oh, just what I have to." The boy rolled his eyes. "And you? Chasing little kids now?" He said teasingly to them.
"So what? It's not like you can do anything about it." Pain said
"Yes, you're right. I'm just a boy without any powers or anything like that, but I have some friends who can" He said and pointed to the sky. "You know who I'm talking about."
Pain and Panic gulped a little. "They knew who he was talking about. Alan came closer to them now and Panic noticed something. "Wait a minute. You are not animated."
He rolled his eyes again. "Yes I'm not, so here's a question. She can see you and I'm not animated now. What is that mean?" They thought for a minute than it hit them. "You guessed it. And I'm pretty sure she looks familiar to someone we all know." They nodded. "Good, and why do you think she looks like that person?" They frowned and gulped. Sophie and Boo just watched them. She didn't understand what they were talking about but she was sure about that she had seen that boy. Not just in her dreams and that day, but a very long time ago. She also knew now he wasn't real just like Boo, Pain and Panic. But why everyone could see him?
"Okay, you won now, but we will meet again and Hades won't be so happy about this." Pain said and with a cloud of smoke they disappeared. The boy sighed with relief and went to Sophie. His gaze went to Sophie and Boo and smiled after they seemed alright.
"Sorry about them. They have been causing trouble everywhere recently." He said to her then he kneeled down to Boo. "Don't worry. Everything is alright now." He said gently and the girl nodded with a smile.
"Who- who the hell are you?" Sophie asked a little bit angrily. The boy surprised a little bit and stood up.
"So you still don't know?" He said a little disappointed. "I told you, remember. I will tell for one forint."
Sophie eyes widened. He was in my dream? Then it hit her. "You are…?"
The boy grinned at her and nodded. "You finally found out. Now let me introduce myself: My name is Mezga Aladar, a dream, and your partner. You, Sophie Spiritus, are a dreamer."
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