There you were again. Standing in the middle of a dark, secluded forest. 'What am I doing here?' you though to yourself. You often found yourself here but could never find the reasons behind it. Just then, you were ripped out of your thoughts by a whisper coming from the trees. "Hello, again, Rayline. Nice of us to run into each other again." "Who are you?" you asked what seemed to be nothing but air. "Oh, me? Don't you worry about me. Just worry that I know you and what you are." the voice whispered back. "I'm warning you! Show your face and I won't have to hurt you!" you warned. "Hurt me? Darling, you will be the one hurting." "SHOW YOURSELF!!!" you yelled when you saw snake-like red eyes rush past you.

You bolted upright out of bed, breathing hard. 'That dream, again?' you thought to yourself. You've had the same dream for the past three nights. You looked up at the clock. 3:34 am. "I can't ever get any sleep." you said to yourself. You got up and decided to take a run around the neighborhood. Not like anyone in the house would care. You lived with your adoptive family. Your real parents died when you were only three. It seemed like every time you asked what from, people lied to you. They told you a different story each time. They crashed on a plane to Britain, they got attacked by a bear, and any other rubbish your "family" told you. Your foster mom, Jodi, was a Nurse. She made a decent amount of money. Your foster dad, Matt, was a doctor. They both work at the same hospital. Hence, how they met. Your foster brother, Josh, was an 18 year old know-it-all. You absolutely despised his "I know everything" attitude. Although, he was starting to ease up on that a little bit and you were actually starting to get along with him. You are only sixteen and way smarter than he will ever be.

You didn't mind the nice little Alabama neighborhood. It was a nice place for thinking and jogging. It was the only part about moving in with Jodi and Matt that you didn't mind. While listening to your CD player, you thought of how much you hated your life. You glanced down at your watch. 5:59. "Shit." you said aloud. You knew your lessons would begin at eight and you needed to get in the shower still. So, you jogged your way back home.

You expected to come home to find everyone still sleeping. It was still early. But, when you got home, you found Josh sitting on the couch with his wand lighting only a little of the room. "What are you doing up this early?" you ask heading up the stairs. "Couldn't sleep. You?" "Bad dream." "Yeah. Thought I heard someone scream around 3:30 this morning." So, these were the times that you and your brother actually got along and he didn't act like he knew it all. "Yeah. Sorry 'bout that." you say sitting next to him. "Nah. It's alright. I was already up. Wanna tell me what the dream was about?" he asked. You could tell by the look in his nice ocean-blue eyes that he was truly concerned. So, you decide to tell him. "Well, I was standing in a dark forest when I heard a whisper come from no where. It told me that it was nice to see me again. I asked who it was and it told me that I shouldn't be concerned with who it was and worry that it knows who I am and what I am. I told him to come out and show itself and it wouldn't get hurt. It told me that I would be the one hurting and a pair of red snake-like eyes came running toward me. And, that's when I woke up." you told him. He looked at you with a puzzled look."What do you think it means?" he asked you. "I'm not sure." you say "But I've had the same dream for the past three nights. But, my lessons start soon and I have to shower." you tell him standing up and heading towards the stairs. "Hey, Rayline." he called after you. You turn around. "Yeah, Josh?" you answered. "I've really enjoyed this talk. It doesn't happen so much around here, ya know?" "Yeah, I know. I've enjoyed it, as well. Thanks for your concern about the dream, too." you tell him before leaving up to your bathroom. 'Wow.' you think to yourself. 'Did I just have a brother/sister moment with Josh?' It was too hard to believe.

You jumped out of the shower around 7:30 am. You hurry up and use a drying spell on your hair and change into a cute purple skirt and a black tank top with boots that went up to your knees. You run downstairs to meet Matt for your morning lessons. "Finally, Rayline. I don't have time to stand around and wait on you." he told you. "Yeah, I know you don't. You have too many other important things to do than teach me magic." you shot back at him. "Damn right I do. Now, let's get started before you waste any more of my time." He taught you on everything you would have learned if you went to a Wizardry School. Still, you would have loved to get away from Jodi and Matt. They hated you and you hated them. You have asked them time and time again why you couldn't go to one and each time they have said the same thing, "The closest and only Wizardry School in America is in California. We couldn't afford to send you." Each time you would also ask why they just couldn't apparate you there and they would either say that the schools wouldn't allow it or they just didn't have time.