Sleep crept over her quickly, setaling her into a dream. She was in a dark field, with only a candle in her hands for light. Looking around her, all she could see was the dark outline of some trees, and in the distance, a tower. As if by some driving force, she walked toward it, wanting to stay where she was.
A loud noise above her made her stop in her tracks. Tilting her head, she saw a figure, about as large as one of the dragons that her father brought home, soaring toward the tower, beating it's wings hard. It created a wind, which blew her hair around. She continued to the tower, drawn in by it again.
As she reached the door of the tower, she felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Alex. He was smiling, his silver eyes twinkling. She shook her head and looked harder at him. Something was different about him. Glancing at his forehead, she noticed a small, lightning bolt shaped scar.
"Alex, what happened?" she asked, placing a hand over the red mark. It was hot, and she drew her hand away quickly. His smile shrunk a little, but he still looked into her eyes.
"Nothing," he said, then pushed her to the side. She hit a wall by the door lightly, and turned to face him, but he had gone inside. Poking her head around the doorframe, she saw a light in the middle of the room, with Alex standing in it. She slinked in, staying out of the light.
"You have come, my Child of Time, protector of the past, defender of the future. You know what you must do," a woman dressed all in white said suddenly, stepping into the light. Alex nodded, and kissed the woman's out streached hand. Then Pernia placed her hand over her mouth.
A man with large dragon wings stepped into the light now, beside the woman. Alex looked at him and fell to the floor in a heap. Running out from her hiding place, Pernia went to Alex, lacing her hand on his shoulder. Looking up, the man stood over her, and then everything went black.
As her eyes flew open, Pernia felt at her head. It was burning up, and she quickly took her hand away. Jumping out of bed, she felt for a light. When she got one on, she ran to the mirror and peered in. She shut her eyes, feeling tears wheling up. There was a lighting bolt scar on her forehead.
*~*
"Alex, we need to talk," she said, flinging the boy's dormitory door open. They all blinked their eyes and looked at her, some of them pulling their blankets up around them in shock. She scanned the room for Alex, but didn't see him. She did see an empty bed however. "Who's is that?" she asked, pointing.
"Alex's. He seemes to have left, but this is still here," Ferlin Ethron said, holding out a necklace with a stone carving . She nodded her head and took it, closeing the door behind her, feeling her head again. The scar was still there. Running down the stairs and into the common room, she sank into one of the chairs, her face on fire. He wasn't anywhere, and he wouldn't have gone down to breakfast with out her, but just to be sure, she jumped up and ran the whole way to the Great Hall.
It was dotted with just a few people here and there, none with curly brown hair though. She squeezed her eyes shut and turned around, running into someone. She was flung to the tield floor.
"Here, let me help you," a voice said. She opened her eyes to see Professor Malfoy standing there, a worried look on his face. As his eyes traveled up her forehead, he gasped. He had seen the scar. "Child, what happened?"
"I… I don't know…" she said, taking his out streached hand and pulling herself up. He put his arm around her and started walking her out of the Hall, and up a flight of stairs. They walked for some time, Pernia looking around her confused. Where were they? Then it dawned on her.
As they walked through the door to the Head Office, Pernia saw Hermione sitting at her desk, leafing through a booklet. She looked up at them and smiled, but seeing the look on Malfoy's face, she jumped up and went to Pernia.
"What's wrong?" she asked in a hushed whisper. He let his eyes fall onto the scar, and Hermione's followed. She gasped, laying her hand over her mouth. Reaching blindly behind her, she felt for her chair, and then sat down, all the while not taking her eyes off of Pernia.
"She was in the Great Hall, and I ran into her," Malfoy said, sitting himself down. Pernia realized that she was the only one standing, and quickly found a seat.
"How did it happen?" Hermione asked. Pernia closed her eyes, ignoring the pain in her head. The necklace, which she had slipped around her neck, hung there heavily, as if it were a burden on her heart.
"He ahd been acting oddly, and we talked last night. He asked me how I would feel if he left. Then I had a dream. Oh, it was awful! I was in a dark field, and there was a big tower. As I walked toward it, this big thing flew overhead. It was almost as big as a dragon that dad would bring home. It landed on top of the tower, and when I reached the door, Alex was behind me. He had a scar like this on his forehead too, and he pushed me away and walked through the door. I followed, and saw a large room with Alex in a pillar of light with a lady who called him the Child of Time. Then a big man with Dragon wings came and Alex fell. I rushed out, and looked up at the man, then blacked out. I woke up, and it was there. And he's gone! Alex is gone!" she said quickly, barely stopping to catch her breath. Both the teachers were looking at her, and she sighed. She had neglected to tell them about the necklace, but she didn't think it was all that important.
"I see. Dreams never lie, I can tell you this. I think he has gone to find this tower, if he had the same dream. I think he has though," Hermione said, searching through a stack of papers on her clutered desk.
"What was this about a Child of Time?" Malfoy asked suddenly, making Hermione jump.
"Well, that's what the woman in white called him. He seemed to understand," Pernia said. The three of them were silent for some time, until a suddenly shrill noise erupted. Pernia clasped her hands over her ears, and the others did the same. Hermione turned and looked out the window behind her, the stood up and motioned for the others to do the same.
"Come with me," she shouted, barely audiable over the sound. Malfoy nodded and put a hand on Pernia's shoulder, making her move foreword.
The walk seemed to take forever with the echoing noise seeming to grow louder with every step, but as Pernia, Hermione and Draco made their way to the grounds, the Headmistress kept her head high. Students and teachers poked thier heads out of doorways to find the sorce of the ear-splitting noise, and Hermione whispered something into their ears and they moved on.
The grounds were empty except for a cloaked figure standing in the quiddich field in the distance. Hermione motioned for them to walk that way, and the noise stopped. An audible sigh came from Draco's lips and they moved on to the man with his back to them.
As they drew nearer, the man turned to them suddenly. Pernia gasped and fell to the grass when she saw his face. It was the man from her dream, except for the wings. He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he saw her laying on the ground.
"You! Where is he?" he shouted, pointing a long, twisted finger at her. Pernia shivered as his eyes bore through her and Draco stepped in front of her, blocking his view.
"I am Headmistress here, and I would like to know what the cause for this is sir," Hermione said. The man whipped his head to face her, a sneer on his face.
"That child has hidden what I came to take. You shall all pay!" he said and turned around. Pernia screamed as a pair of large wings sprouted from his back. Taking off, a small object fell from his pocket, unknown to him. The three people on the ground stood there for awhile, not sure what to do.
A loud noise above her made her stop in her tracks. Tilting her head, she saw a figure, about as large as one of the dragons that her father brought home, soaring toward the tower, beating it's wings hard. It created a wind, which blew her hair around. She continued to the tower, drawn in by it again.
As she reached the door of the tower, she felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Alex. He was smiling, his silver eyes twinkling. She shook her head and looked harder at him. Something was different about him. Glancing at his forehead, she noticed a small, lightning bolt shaped scar.
"Alex, what happened?" she asked, placing a hand over the red mark. It was hot, and she drew her hand away quickly. His smile shrunk a little, but he still looked into her eyes.
"Nothing," he said, then pushed her to the side. She hit a wall by the door lightly, and turned to face him, but he had gone inside. Poking her head around the doorframe, she saw a light in the middle of the room, with Alex standing in it. She slinked in, staying out of the light.
"You have come, my Child of Time, protector of the past, defender of the future. You know what you must do," a woman dressed all in white said suddenly, stepping into the light. Alex nodded, and kissed the woman's out streached hand. Then Pernia placed her hand over her mouth.
A man with large dragon wings stepped into the light now, beside the woman. Alex looked at him and fell to the floor in a heap. Running out from her hiding place, Pernia went to Alex, lacing her hand on his shoulder. Looking up, the man stood over her, and then everything went black.
As her eyes flew open, Pernia felt at her head. It was burning up, and she quickly took her hand away. Jumping out of bed, she felt for a light. When she got one on, she ran to the mirror and peered in. She shut her eyes, feeling tears wheling up. There was a lighting bolt scar on her forehead.
*~*
"Alex, we need to talk," she said, flinging the boy's dormitory door open. They all blinked their eyes and looked at her, some of them pulling their blankets up around them in shock. She scanned the room for Alex, but didn't see him. She did see an empty bed however. "Who's is that?" she asked, pointing.
"Alex's. He seemes to have left, but this is still here," Ferlin Ethron said, holding out a necklace with a stone carving . She nodded her head and took it, closeing the door behind her, feeling her head again. The scar was still there. Running down the stairs and into the common room, she sank into one of the chairs, her face on fire. He wasn't anywhere, and he wouldn't have gone down to breakfast with out her, but just to be sure, she jumped up and ran the whole way to the Great Hall.
It was dotted with just a few people here and there, none with curly brown hair though. She squeezed her eyes shut and turned around, running into someone. She was flung to the tield floor.
"Here, let me help you," a voice said. She opened her eyes to see Professor Malfoy standing there, a worried look on his face. As his eyes traveled up her forehead, he gasped. He had seen the scar. "Child, what happened?"
"I… I don't know…" she said, taking his out streached hand and pulling herself up. He put his arm around her and started walking her out of the Hall, and up a flight of stairs. They walked for some time, Pernia looking around her confused. Where were they? Then it dawned on her.
As they walked through the door to the Head Office, Pernia saw Hermione sitting at her desk, leafing through a booklet. She looked up at them and smiled, but seeing the look on Malfoy's face, she jumped up and went to Pernia.
"What's wrong?" she asked in a hushed whisper. He let his eyes fall onto the scar, and Hermione's followed. She gasped, laying her hand over her mouth. Reaching blindly behind her, she felt for her chair, and then sat down, all the while not taking her eyes off of Pernia.
"She was in the Great Hall, and I ran into her," Malfoy said, sitting himself down. Pernia realized that she was the only one standing, and quickly found a seat.
"How did it happen?" Hermione asked. Pernia closed her eyes, ignoring the pain in her head. The necklace, which she had slipped around her neck, hung there heavily, as if it were a burden on her heart.
"He ahd been acting oddly, and we talked last night. He asked me how I would feel if he left. Then I had a dream. Oh, it was awful! I was in a dark field, and there was a big tower. As I walked toward it, this big thing flew overhead. It was almost as big as a dragon that dad would bring home. It landed on top of the tower, and when I reached the door, Alex was behind me. He had a scar like this on his forehead too, and he pushed me away and walked through the door. I followed, and saw a large room with Alex in a pillar of light with a lady who called him the Child of Time. Then a big man with Dragon wings came and Alex fell. I rushed out, and looked up at the man, then blacked out. I woke up, and it was there. And he's gone! Alex is gone!" she said quickly, barely stopping to catch her breath. Both the teachers were looking at her, and she sighed. She had neglected to tell them about the necklace, but she didn't think it was all that important.
"I see. Dreams never lie, I can tell you this. I think he has gone to find this tower, if he had the same dream. I think he has though," Hermione said, searching through a stack of papers on her clutered desk.
"What was this about a Child of Time?" Malfoy asked suddenly, making Hermione jump.
"Well, that's what the woman in white called him. He seemed to understand," Pernia said. The three of them were silent for some time, until a suddenly shrill noise erupted. Pernia clasped her hands over her ears, and the others did the same. Hermione turned and looked out the window behind her, the stood up and motioned for the others to do the same.
"Come with me," she shouted, barely audiable over the sound. Malfoy nodded and put a hand on Pernia's shoulder, making her move foreword.
The walk seemed to take forever with the echoing noise seeming to grow louder with every step, but as Pernia, Hermione and Draco made their way to the grounds, the Headmistress kept her head high. Students and teachers poked thier heads out of doorways to find the sorce of the ear-splitting noise, and Hermione whispered something into their ears and they moved on.
The grounds were empty except for a cloaked figure standing in the quiddich field in the distance. Hermione motioned for them to walk that way, and the noise stopped. An audible sigh came from Draco's lips and they moved on to the man with his back to them.
As they drew nearer, the man turned to them suddenly. Pernia gasped and fell to the grass when she saw his face. It was the man from her dream, except for the wings. He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he saw her laying on the ground.
"You! Where is he?" he shouted, pointing a long, twisted finger at her. Pernia shivered as his eyes bore through her and Draco stepped in front of her, blocking his view.
"I am Headmistress here, and I would like to know what the cause for this is sir," Hermione said. The man whipped his head to face her, a sneer on his face.
"That child has hidden what I came to take. You shall all pay!" he said and turned around. Pernia screamed as a pair of large wings sprouted from his back. Taking off, a small object fell from his pocket, unknown to him. The three people on the ground stood there for awhile, not sure what to do.