Nothing.
Slowly her eyes fluttered open; Fallon looked carefully around and remembered she was at Padfoot's place. She also remembered the terrible night's sleep she had and couldn't really pull herself around to face the rest of the world, but the shouting downstairs said otherwise. Fallon swung her legs over her four poster bed; Sirius had been nice enough to give her own room (only after he and Remus had made it liveable). She brushed her long wavy hair, after she had came out of her bathroom; and she pulled on some grey jogging bottoms and a black top, her Pajamas were rather small; And if there was company, she should put something else on. Fallon slowly made her way downstairs, as her room was near the top of the house, just down the hall to Sirius' room. As she came down she saw four red heads sat on the stairs, grinning to herself she made her way down to Weasley's. They were almost huddled together, listening to the argument taking place in the kitchen.
"So what's Sirius done now?"
The four red heads jumped as she spoke, although so softly, but all got up to greet her. Even Ginny, even though Fallon and Ginny didn't get on so well. Ron, whom reached her first, hugged her tightly, crushing her arms to her sides; as did George. The three brothers watched as Fallon and Ginny awkwardly stood opposite each other then gave each other a very small and quick hug, before Fred pushed past his younger sister. And after muttering a sorry to her, he wasted no time in circling Fallon in a large hug. As they separated, George glanced at his twin whom bore a large grin which then mirrored on everyone else's face. Fallon then turned to Ron.
"So, what has he done?"
"He spoke back to mum."
"Ah, even I know not to do so! The wrath of one Molly Weasley, I believe is a scary one. What started it off?"
The four red heads looked at each other before Ginny turned to Fallon, a slight smirk dancing on her lips.
"You."
"She's not moving rooms Molly; she's staying where she is."
"No she's not Sirius, if these dreams are as bad as you say they are, she needs a bed fellow!"
"Molly we can hear her from down here when she screams, she'd deafen poor Ginny!"
"It's not up to you..."
"See!" Sirius turned to Dumbledore, whom had been sat at the table since this argument had rose. The old man looked at Sirius with a glint of amusement in his eyes. "This is why I wanted to speak to you alone, of course with Moony present though."
"She is not your responsibility!"
"But she is mine."
Sirius, Molly and dumbledore looked to the side, Remus stood to the side. Placing his cup of tea down; he moved around Arthur and looked at the two arguing adults.
"Molly, I understand that you think it is wise that she has someone near her when she has these nightmares. Both Sirius and I have rooms up there too, we are there and have been there in these past few weeks."
"But female company..."
"She and Ginny don't exactly see eye to eye, half the time you could cut the tension between them with a knife. It's not nice to say Molly, but the two just don't like each other. You place them in a room together, particularly when Fallon is like this and they'll be losing their temper with each other more often." Remus stopped for a moment, allowing Molly to think over what he had said. "Hermione will be coming in a week's time. She and Fallon get on well. Really its' not our decision to make, to move Fallon. We can ask her, when Hermione arrives, if she would like to move into the room with the two girls. Does that sound fair?"
Molly nodded, muttering about going to fetch the children. Once gone, Sirius and Arthur sat back done at the table as Remus went back to the tea he had been nursing. Albus looked between the men, before speaking.
"These dreams have become more frequent you say?"
"Yes Albus. It takes longer to calm her down as well."
"How so?"
Sirius looked down at his hands. He'd grown to love Fallon, not as a daughter but still like family. Fallon was a friend, and he got scared every time he heard her scream out. Of course Remus was more used to it then he was, looking after her since she was a small child, but Sirius saw the look on his friends face last night. Sirius had seen the swelling tears as Remus had cradled Fallon and rocked her back to sleep, it was all so scary and new to Sirius, and he never knew what to do. Sirius was thankful when Remus spoke up.
"She's older now Albus, when she was younger all she knew was that a bad man had hurt her mother. She spoke to me, the year I took up the job at Hogwarts; told me what happens in her nightmares." Remus sipped his tea, his brow scrunched up. "She's fifth teen this month Albus. She now understands these nightmares. She's no longer watching a bad man doing bad things to her mother."
"No?"
"No. Now she's watching a bastard...killing and raping her mother."
The four men sat in silence, all unsure of what to say. Sirius wouldn't believe...didn't want to believe. Remus and Sirius had both been fond of Hayley, Fallon's mother. They were all still in sat in silence as Molly came back in the kitchen with five teens in tow. The four men turned to look at them, Molly could feel it, that horrible tension and she was sure that the kids could too.
"Look who's finally awake! It's our own Sleeping Beauty."
Molly took Fallon by the hand and sat her down at the table, before she bombarded her with questions about what she would like to eat. Fallon smiled, allowing Molly to carry on. Fallon looked at Remus and Sirius.
"It's ok. I'm okay."
The four men, Remus & Sirius and Albus & Arthur, looked at her. Dumbledore smiled at her, he suspected it wasn't quite the truth, not yet; and she was mainly doing it to make them feel better. Under the elderly man's gaze, Fallon couldn't help but feel just a little better. Well he IS the most powerful wizard ever. With a full house, she hoped there would be more to do and hearing that Hermione was coming soon only made her feel even better. The aspect of seeing her best friend again always heightened her mood. The blonde teen turned back to Molly,
"Actually Mrs. Weasley I'm not very hungry at the moment. I'll have something in abit, promise."
In all truth, Fallon was abit hungry; but she had the horrible feeling that if she were to eat anything it would only find its way back up. She'd have to find some way to get out of Mr's Weasley's line of sight pretty soon to ensure that she wouldn't have anything to eat; she knew this wouldn't go unseen by many though. Now that the Weasley children were down, there was a lighter atmosphere, the twins joked at Ron's expense and the room filled with laughter.
"I hear, Miss Callis; that you haven't been feeling well?"
"No..." Fallon knew he was talking about the nightmares, but she hadn't told any of the Weasley's about them, and she preferred to keep it that way. "But it's alright Remus and Padfoot have been looking after me; I'm okay."
"Molly is rather worried; she thinks perhaps you should move into the room with Ginny? Of course it is up to you."
"I'd prefer to keep to my own room please Professor."
Fallon noticed how a smug smirk suddenly traced across Padfoot's face and Molly's face dropped. She wasn't ready to move into a shared room yet; that could wait till the start of term. Fallon could only hope that these dreams would go before then. Sure Hermione knew, she had told her bushy haired friend in third year; she had been told everything. Hermione had bombarded the poor blonde with a million questions after she had noticed the amount of time Fallon spent around Lupin. Fallon turned slightly facing Remus,
"I heard Hermione will be here, when?"
"Harry will be coming to..."
"Right, whatever. But when's Hermione coming?"
"Pup," Remus chuckled slightly, it wasn't much of a secret that Fallon didn't think much of neither Harry nor Ginny, and she wasn't at all subtle about it either. "Hermione will be here next Monday; you only have to wait a week."
Fallon had wasted no time, after hearing there would be yet another week without any decent female company, quickly snagged a piece of toast from the tower Molly had placed on the table and ran upstairs to get changed. Fallon almost always wore muggle clothes; it was very rare to see her in her robes. Pulling on some black jeans and an orange vest, she grabbed a jacket and made her way down the many, many stairs.
"Remus I'm going out!"
"What?"
Fallon tutted at the man, he heard her...she knows he did. If she could hear him then he could hear her. She shook her wavy hair and continued down the stairs, reaching the bottom she opened the kitchen door, where they were all still seated chatting and eating at leisure. Fallon stood in the doorway, keeping the heavy wooden door propped against her black combat boots.
"I'm going out Remus."
"Alright Fallon, have fun."
Sirius nodded up at the blonde, slightly jealous that the teen had more freedom then he. Fallon always had to look away from him when she said she was going out, she felt bad. Sirius never held anything against her, Merlin no! He was glad that she wasn't moping around this big, dusty, old house but he was jealous. When both Remus and Sirius showed little interest in her announcement, Molly Weasley took the wheel. It was alright in her mind that the teen wanted to see other friends, but these were dangerous times...she had to know what was happening in the girls day.
"Are you sure dear? I know the twins have been dying to see you, and Ron has missed you."
"I'm only going out for abit. I'll have the rest of the summer with them, I'm going out."
"Alright, if you're sure," Molly had her back turned to the end of the table, which was most likely a good thing as both Remus and Sirius sat shaking their heads at the motherly woman. "So who are you going out with? Are you going to be safe? And what..."
"Time am I coming home?" Fallon couldn't help but finish the sentence. Remus had been the same. "I'm going out to see Marlina and Lily, I don't know if we will be safe if we go out, but most likely we'll be in a house. As for the time I'll be back...don't wait up!"
Fallon wasted no time and quickly ran before Molly could bombard her if any more questions. She did hear the chuckles of several as she left and smiled to herself as she went to see her two friends.
Hey guys! I don't know if anyone has been reading this, but it's a story I've had in my head for ages! So I thought I'd write it! Reviews are welcome!
