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What Dreams may come

Chapter 2

Tel'anran'rhiod

  Ginny looked around her. One minute she was in bed, falling asleep, the next, she found herself here. Wherever 'here' is. All she could see was mist, curling and twisting round her. It was very bright, but Ginny could not find the source of the light. She looked down, and got a shock. She was standing, not on the ground, but on mist, endlessly moving about but remaining firm enough to stand on nonetheless. She lifted her eyes, but nothing changed. Mist was all she could see, forming different shapes that changed by the minute. Never ceasing, ever moving, the mist flowed out as far as the eye could see, an immensely varied, constantly shifting landscape of mist…

  "Amazing, isn't it?" a strangely familiar voice spoke up to Ginny's right. Surprised, Ginny turned to see who had spoken, loosing her balance as she did. A tinkering laugh reached her ears and a hand entered her vision.

  "Do be careful. A fall here would still hurt you, you know." The figure spoke again. Speechless, Ginny could only stare at the figure offering her hand, so great was her surprise. A tall girl stood there, dressed only in a simple blue garment that fell to her feet and left her arms bare. A circle of silver surrounded her head, and her silver hair hung down her back, reaching all the way to her knees. A soft glow surrounded the girl, blurring the contours of the girl, making her seems out of focus, like a picture badly taken. Even as Ginny looked on her, a strange feeling came over her, that this was a great lady, worthy of respect.

  "Where is this place? And who are you?" Ginny asked, using the hand offered to pull herself up to her feet. She looked around her at the landscape of mist, taking in the view that changed even as she looked on. The girl took a few steps to the side and spread her arms out wide, like a speaker on stage that was about to begin speaking.

  "This… is Tel'anran'rhiod, or, in the speech of your people, 'the world of dreams'."

  "The world of… dreams?" Ginny was shocked. Her mother had told her about Tel'anran'rhiod. It was suppose to be the place where you go to when you sleep. But she always thought it was nothing but a legend, told to children, like Santa Clause or the tooth fairy. Something not real, imaginary. And yet, here she was, standing in it.

  "Yes. The world of dreams. A world formed, not of water or air or earth, but of ideas, feelings, thoughts, and of course, dreams. A world without limit, without end, as long as there is someone left to dream on. A world where anything… is possible!" The girl's voice grew louder and louder as she spoke, ending almost in a shout. And when she said the last word, the landscape changed.

  The white mist begin to dissolve, swirling round and round to nothingness, leaving behind a dark emptiness, the soft velvety black of night, the emptiness of space, set all around with thousands of stars, all shining with a cold, fierce brilliance that only the muggle astronauts ever saw. Ginny was now suspended in that emptiness, standing on nothing, staring around at the magnificent view of deep space.

  "The place that I came from." The girl said, moving up to where Ginny stood, or would have, had there been a floor for her to stand on. The glow around the girl was more noticeable now, with the darker background. Ginny looked at the glow surrounding her, heard the voice that sounded so very familiar, and something clicked inside her head. It was impossible, absurd. And yet, it seems to make sense.

  "You sound like that voice I heard when I saw the shooting star earlier…" Ginny's voice trailed off when she saw the girl nod her head.

  "That was me." The girl said simply.

  "What?! But…but I thought that stars were suppose to be balls of flaming gas or something, not a…a person!" Ginny cried, surprise sharpening her voice.

  "That is only what I am made of, not what I am. Did I not say that this is a place where anything is possible? Here I can show my true self. Not that of a flaming ball, but what you see now. My soul, if you will." The girl answered.

  Ginny could not make any reply. She just stood there staring at the girl. Is this for real? I am actually standing in the legendary Tel'anran'rhiod talking with a shooting star! Wow!! This was so unbelievable. Something suddenly crossed her mind.

  "Do you have a name or something? I mean, I can't go around calling 'hey you' when I want to talk to you, right?" Ginny asked.

  "Stars have no real use for names. However, you can call me Star. It is rather appropriate, do you not think so?" The girl said smiling.

  "Yeah, I guess so…Ok then. Star it is. Ah, what are we doing here anyway, Star?" Ginny asked, looking around at the field of stars shining in the background.

  "Did you not wish to help a certain Harry Potter?" Star asked, waving her hands about, causing the starfield to waver and wane along the path of her wave. In its place, the mist begin to flow back in. Soon, the view of space had completely disappeared, leaving only the mist landscape.

  "Wow! How did you do it?" Ginny asked, amazed.

  "Tel'anran'rhiod is controlled by thought. What you think is what you get." Star answered. "Take this for example." Star concentrated for a moment, and her blue garment begin to dissolve. In its place, golden robes appeared on her, so bright that Ginny had to shut her eyes to keep from going blind. When she opened them again, Star's blue garment had returned.

  "Cool!"

  "Come on." Star said. "We haven't got all night." Star began walking, the mist parted before her, forming a path under her feet.

  "Where are we going?" Ginny asked, hurrying up to Star on her misty path.

  "To find Harry Potter." Star answered, her pace never slacking.

  They walked in silence for a while, Ginny lost in her thoughts. She really did not expect her wish to come true in such a fashion. Hack, she did not even expect her wish to be fulfilled at all. To think that a star would hear her wish. Ginny glanced at Star. She really did not look like a star, apart from her glow.

  "Star? Why did you want to help me? I mean, you must have gotten many wishes? Why did you choose mine?" Ginny asked.

  Star sighed, her face looked sad for a moment before the smile returned.

  "Most people have outgrown wishing on falling star. They just point at me and say 'how nice, a shooting star.' Not many would even make a wish any more. Yours is easily the most interesting. Besides, that boy Harry also made a wish. Since I can take care of both wishes, why not?" Star answered.

  "Oh? Harry made a wish too? What did he wish for?" Ginny wanted to know. Maybe…

  "That is not for me to tell. You must ask him yourself, if you really want to know." Star answered. They fell silence again.

  After a while, Ginny noticed that the mist seems to be darker than before. It seems to be moving more violently too, often sending out tendrils to bar their way. Star, however, just brush them away with a wave of her hand.

  "Star, why is the mist acting like that?" Ginny asked.

  "Tel'anran'rhiod is a reflection of the thoughts of people. The darker the mist, the more negative the feeling." Star answered.

  "And Harry is in this mess?" Ginny exclaimed

  "Yes. He felt guilty for the death of Cedric and the resurrection of the Dark Lord." Seeing Ginny's surprised look, Star continued. "You didn't think I knew all that? It gets boring after some time up in space, you know. Sometimes, we stars like to look down to earth to see what's going on. Your planet is such an interesting place. The Centaurs also tell us many things, you know."

  "You talk to Centaurs?"

  "Yes. How else do you think they get their information from?" Star replied with a smile.

  "Can you defeat You-Know-Who?" Ginny asked.

  "Thanks for the vote of confident, but no. My powers are limited to Tel'anran'rhiod, and only to showing the way. I can do nothing to Voldemort from here. Besides, Voldemort is your problem. I can't just come in like this. The powers to be will not be happy. Don't worry though. I don't think Voldemort will last much longer."  As Star was speaking, she was walking slower and slower, finally stopping in front of a huge dome of mist

  "What's wrong?" Ginny asked, a little worry now that they were in what seems to be the thickest part of the dark mist.

  "Harry is there." Star said, pointing to the dome just ahead of them.

  "What can we do?" Ginny asked.

  "Not we. You. You are the one who would help Harry. I can't do any more. Harry is too deeply caught in his nightmare. The best I can do is to send you into his nightmare and pray that you can bring him out." Star replied.

  "But how…?"Ginny was starting to get nervous, but also a little excited. Now is a chance for her to help Harry.

  Star lifted up her hands, and as she did, the black dome started to spin. She pressed her hands into the dome, and a rectangular opening appeared between her hands.

  "Go through here. Harry is on the other side. Find him and bring him out of his nightmare. Show him that he is not alone, that there are people who care for him and love him. But beware that in there, Harry controls the dream. Do not get caught up in it."

  Ginny nodded, her face growing determined. Here is the chance that she can help Harry. Ever since Harry rescued her from the Chambers of Secrets, she had been on the lookout for a chance to help Harry back. Now her chance had arrived. She stepped under Star's arms, took a deep breath, and prepared to jump in.

  "Hurry up. I can't hold it much longer." Star said, her voice showing the strain of holding the doorway open. Ginny nodded

  "Thanks Star," she said. With that, she jumped into the doorway and disappeared from view.