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Harry Potter and the Apprentices
Chapter 1 – Nightmares
It was a warm summer's night; the sky was clear and sparkling with stars. The streetlights were lighting up the city.
A girl sat up in her bed sweating and panting. She rubbed her face with her hands. She got off the bed and went to the bathroom to wash her face.
When she was finished in the bathroom, she stopped by another bedroom, cracked open the door to see her friend sleeping. She considered waking him up, but he seemed so peaceful.
As she was closing the door she heard him moan and thrash in is his bed. She opened the door enough to slip in, quietly walked and sat on his bed. Rubbing his cheek he seemed to relax slightly, but was sweating a lot.
She got up off the bed and walked to the bathroom. She reached in the cabinet, grabbed a towel and soaked it in water. She quickly walked back to her friends' room and put the towel on his forehead.
"Shh… It's ok hunny, I'm here." She said quietly to him.
"Veronica?" the boy asked in his sleep.
"Yes, it's me Sam. Just relax." She answered him hoping it would help him relax. She was beginning to become worried about him.
Sam slowly began to open his eyes. As he did he thought he saw the face of an angel hovering above him. When his eyes adjusted he saw that the face of the angel he was seeing was that of his best friend, Veronica. She was fair skinned with small grey eyes. Her hair was raven black which made her eyes stand out all the more. She was about 5 ft. 8 in. For him she was the perfect height.
She's so beautiful, he thought.
"Do you really think so?" Veronica said blushing.
Sam looked away a little embarrassed, "you know I don't like when you read my mind without my consent!" he said.
"You never give me your consent!" she said giggling. "I have to read it when you aren't paying attention."
Sam sat up and Veronica looked at him thoughtfully. Sam was medium skinned with light blue eyes. He had dark brown hair and was about 6ft. 3 in. Veronica felt protected when she was around Sam. He would never let anything happen to her when he was around and he himself was very protective of her.
"I'm sorry I read your thoughts, but I wanted to know what you were dreaming about to make you sweat so much." She said sadly.
"It's ok. I know you did it in good intent, but I just don't like to feel vulnerable like that." He said taking her hand in his. "What did you see?"
"The weirdest thing; you had the same dream I did!" she said a little frightened.
"That is weird. That's never happened to us before. Are you sure they were the same dream?" Sam said excitedly.
"I'm positive! I came into your room to wake you, but you looked so peaceful that I didn't want to wake you until I heard you moan and thrash in your own bed. I became worried and I decided to sit with you until you were more relaxed, but you woke up instead." Veronica said rapidly and in one breath as is she wanted to get it off her chest.
Sam tried to read Veronica's mind to find out what was bothering her, but Veronica was to fast for him. She had put up her block just after catching Sam off guard. She knew he was going to try reading her mind to get back at her.
"Hey, how come you can read my mind and I can't read yours!" Sam said sounding as if he were offended.
"Because I, my dear Sam, want to remain a mystery to you." She said with a devilish grin on her face.
"You are no mystery to me, Veronica!" Sam said tickling her.
She pushed him off her and ran out of the room. Sam quickly followed her and heard her door close gently as he made it out of his room. When he approached her door he heard a loud thud. He quickly opened the door and found Veronica face down on the floor. Sam ran to her and turned her over.
"Are you ok?" Sam asked concerned.
"I don't know what happened. I ran into my room, closed the door and when I turned to the window I saw a crow. Then all of the sudden, I fainted," she said, her face showed confusion.
Sam leaned over Veronica and stared her straight in the eyes. "That was no ordinary crow. That was the crow of mishap." Sam said a little startled.
"Do you think it has anything to do with what we dreamed?" Veronica asked the concern etched in her voice.
"You still haven't told me what you dreamed." Sam said.
Veronica explained her dream to him. As she told him objects in her room began to shake uncontrollable. She began to cry and it began to rain outside at the same time. At the end, Sam hugged her and tried to calm her. After about an hour or so Sam carried a sleeping Veronica to her bed and got in with her. He didn't want to leave her alone until he was sure she was ok.
Half an hour later Sam fell asleep.