Tanks to Shadow Walker, Rad, Cateyes and Yank!!!

RISE, BASTET

Dinah woke up in the middle of the night sweating and breathing excitedly, her dreams disturbing her again. The past few nights, she's been having a recurring nightmare and she felt an enormous anguish in her heart. She shoved the sheets aside and went to the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator, and poured herslef a glass of water. She drank the whole thing, then poured some more and sat on the kitchen table, propping her head with her hands and covering her face.

"Something happen?" Bárbara's voice made her jump.

"No. "

"You are trembling" Barbara wheeled closer.

"It was only a nightmare..." the youth tried to appear calm and pushed her hair back.

"Dinah..." Barbara raised an eyebrow; she didn't believe a single word.

Dinah puckered her mouth, knowing it was wrong to lie. She stared Barbara in the eye and asked her: "How to know when it is a dream or a premonition?"

"Well, it's something that you will discover with time. Have patience." Barbara took her hand and pressed gently. "What happened?"

"It is a recurring dream. It really scares me. I am in a dark room, then suddenly I sink into the floor. I have Huntress in my arms. She is sweating and her eyes are morphed, but have a strange red color. her look, it's horrible, empty, and she tells me that she is dying. She asks me to help her and she grabs me with her hands. they have blood on them and... then I awake. It is so scary, her eyes..."

The girl is quiet for awhile, then she says, "Barbara... what if it's not just a dream?"

"We will know what to do when the time comes. " Barbara smiled at her. "Feel better?"

"Yes..."

"Well, now let's go to sleep; tomorrow we must to get up early."

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Dinah sometimes felt that the responsibility of her powers was so much, she didn't know how to manage it and the learning process was slow. Several times she had wanted to not have that ability to dream, the uncertainty of not knowing what is real or not; it makes her feel restless.

A few days later she was on the second floor in the Clocktower in the living room. She was writing her thoughts on paper and she drew a big sad face. She closed her eyes, trying to clear her mind.

"Hey, what is this?" she heard Helena's voice and searched for the paper. It wasn't on the table. She turned her head and saw Helena picking up the paper off the floor.

"Give me that!" She shouted, immediately grabbing Helena's hand. Dinah felt a strong electric shock and saw Helena's eyes, her eyes were red, the same red of her dreams. "No!" she screamed.

Helena was surprised and didn't know what to do. Dinah stared at her, feeling really scared. Barbara was working on the lab cleaning a keyboard. When she heard the scream, she looked up stairs and shouted, "Helena!"

"I didn't do anything!" she said, releasing Dinah's hand.

Dinah looked again at Huntress' eyes, and they were normal.

Helena saw the fright in her face and crouched down to her. "Are you okay?"

"Yes.I just need to sleep awhile." She took her papers and put them inside her bag.

"What happened?" Barbara asked from the lab.

"Nothing, I was distracted and I didn't hear Helena!" Dinah answered and walked to her room. Helena stood up and raised her elbows at Barbara. When Dinah closed the door, Helena walked down stairs toward Barbara.

"I didn't do anything." she said to her.

"I know, she has been really nervous the last weeks." Barbara took off her eyeglasses and turned her wheelchair to Helena.

"Why?" She put her hands in her pockets.

"Dreams. her power is growing and she is scared; she doesn't know when it's a premonition and when it's just a nightmare. I have been talking with her, but I don't understand her; she is too young. She lost her mother, she's in a new city and doesn't have many friends. Then there's school and our dangerous work that can be so stressful..."

"Can I help?"

"Just be patient with her. I know that it's difficult for you, but please try. You two get along very well, and Dinah feels so sensitive right now. Most of it is about you."

"About me?"

"She has been dreaming of you."

"Me?" Huntress asked surprised.

"You always are on the edge," Barbara explained "you are too impulsive, and love the danger. She really appreciates you and is afraid that something might happen to you, like to her mother. It's normal."

Huntress moved her head, didn't know what to say. Barbara turned her wheelchair to the desk where she was repairing the keyboard.

"The only thing that we can do is support her, and I ask for you to be patient."

"Ok." Helena looked her watch. "I need go to work."

"Ok, I see you tonight, have fun."

"Yeah, Leonard is very funny," she said sarcatically, walking toward the elevator. "See you gator."

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The next day, at New Gotham High School, Barbara was working. She was reviewing several of her students' exams in her classroom. The classes had let out an hour ago and those were the best moments to work. Somebody knocked on the door and broke her train of thought. She raised her head and looked at the smiling face of Dinah peeking in the door.

"Hello, what are you doing here?" Barbara smiled and continued working. "I need your permission" Dinah explained holding up a piece of paper among her hands, she could hide her enthusiasm.

"Permission?" Barbara stopped her work and raised her head up to pay attention. Dinah was really excited.

"There's an exhibition of ancient Egypt and my history teacher, the Director of the Museum of New Gotham, has requested volunteers to assist on opening day" she explained.

"And you want to go..."

"Yes, it would be great, the President will come. Please, please, I need you to sign this permission slip. You know I love this stuff, it's better than dissecting frogs..." she extended her arm and held the paper in front of Barbara.

"Okay, okay, give me that paper." Barbara read the document and signed it.

"Perfect!" Dinah took the slip with an enormous grin on her face, "Today is the last day. May I go to the cellars of the Museum to give it to him?"

"Sure, just remember, be home early for dinner."

Dinah hugged Barbara and gave her a kiss on the cheek before leaving, running out the classroom. Barbara shook her head, amused and resumed to her work. She was pleased to see that Dinah had begun to adapt to the school. It had been a difficult first months for her.

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