Chapter Three
"Once upon a time…"
Ginny was standing on what seemed to be a long road of light, with darkness all around her. She was both amazed and terrified. Looking down, she realized that she could still see her body and that she was wearing the same clothes that she had on before she left. The only difference was that she was letting off a strange silver glow. I look like Moaning Myrtle in color! She thought gleefully. Wait. Someone's supposed to be here too…HARRY! My hand! Since she couldn't feel anyone holding onto her hand she turned to look at her left in panic. But there he was, silver Harry! And he was still holding her hand even if she couldn't feel it. They smiled reassuringly at each other- both very relieved that the other was present.
After a couple of seconds Ginny started to notice glittery stars ricocheting around high above them. They were beautiful- swirling around in intricate patterns as if to some unheard music.
The road of white light seemed to taper off several feet ahead and it occurred to her that neither of them knew what they were supposed to do. "I was thinking of the dream I wanted to visit when we did the spell, do you think I messed up or something?" Anxiety began to gnaw away at Ginny. Please don't let us be trapped here! What's going on?!?
Harry didn't seem to be panicking at all; instead he was looking around carefully- like a detective searching for clues. He lifted his left hand and gestured to the end of the road. "I think we need to follow the road."
Ginny noticed that he had used his left hand, and as they both began to walk cautiously up the strange road, she asked him, "Can you feel your right hand at all? It feels like my left has just vanished or something."
"Yeah, it's completely numb… like permanent frostbite or something- but every once in a while I can feel… I don't know- the impression that I'm still holding your hand. It' s more like an old memory than anything."
"Exactly! You know I wonder if it's like that wherever we touch…" Ginny had said it because she was truly curious, and the implications of her question were just setting in when Harry stopped. She immediately stopped too, even though she couldn't have known that he was about to. It was like they were attached to the same body with different brains. Creepy.
These thoughts were promptly erased when she saw him raise his left hand and reach towards her face. He was still shining with that strange inner light, and Ginny's eyes shut automatically against the brightness. She felt the strangest sensation- like her right cheek was being caressed by sunbeams. Just a tiny bit of warmth if she held VERY still and concentrated on it. Once it stopped she opened her eyes a crack. Harry's hand was back at his side.
"Did you feel that?" He asked. His expression was puzzled, but the look in his eyes was one of warmth and trust.
"Kind of. Did you?"
"A little… Do you think our joined hands feel different because we're holding them in real life?"
"That makes sense…"
With that agreement, they began walking along the road again. Surprisingly the road continued- climbing upwards gradually until they were within feet of the things that Ginny had thought of as stars. The road doesn't taper off- it goes upwards… and those glittery things look strange…Not really like stars at all…
The 'stars' were tiny bubbles of color. Sometimes they would swirl by Ginny or Harry's head and voices could be heard. Each little sparkling bubble was a dream. Harry realized that if he noticed one bubble in particular it would float closer to him and begin to expand enough for pieces of the dream to be viewed. A flash of his own face, caught his attention, before he forced his eyes away. He wouldn't look at any of Ginny's dreams unless she invited him to. To do otherwise would not only be dishonorable, but a breach of trust.
"I'm pretty sure you have to think of the dream you want to go into now, those bubble things seem to be aware of our thoughts." Harry then noticed that Ginny was a little preoccupied with the fluttering orbs around her.
"Harry! These are amazing!" Her eyes were luminous as she drank in all of the shifting colors of her dreams.
Harry just nodded and watched her face. She looked so joyous and wondering with the brightness of her dreams casting fragments of colored light all around them. It was like being inside a rainbow.
He saw one bubble- a deep emerald green with gold patches that shined through at intervals- flying swiftly towards Ginny. She turned and looked at him, her brown-amber eyes wide with excitement. "This is it Harry. This is the dream I want you to see!"
Harry felt excitement course through him. Ginny looked as if she were concentrating all her attention on the bubble of green light, and he saw that it was getting steadily bigger. Realizing what she was trying to do, he added his own conviction to hers, and between the two of them, the bubble grew large enough for both Harry and Ginny to comfortably enter the large sphere. Taking a deep breath, as one, they stepped through the glistening emerald surface
A/N~ Thanks to my reviewers!
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