As Nina hopped out of bed, she looked at herself in her full- length
mirror. Always the same. Same pink-died hair, same not-so skinny body.
same thing as yesterday. And she had been hoping that her dream was real.
Her dream.
It started normally, as most of her dreams started, she was in a room. But it was a different type room. It was almost a stone dungeon. She stepped down from the chair she was in and directed her thoughts at what was around her. It happened to be a large office. As she walked in a circle she noticed an odd bird, red, almost like a few glowing coals with feathers. Then she snapped out of it. Well, at least it was good while it lasted.
She got dressed and hopped down her stairs in twos. "Mom! Dad!" she called. "Garret, Talon!" No one answered. "Hello, where is everyone?" she called a bit more quietly. Now she was getting nervous. A house with five people living in it, and no one answered? Not even a noise to be heard? Especially with her dog, Dax. Normally her house was super noisy. But today, the floors weren't creaking, either. As she took her second step, she was grabbed from behind and she heard a swish just before she blacked out.
"Urggg," Nina groaned as she pulled herself up. "cnshumbudyunomamoud?" she asked through a mouthful of dark material. She sat up and found herself in a dark area. She couldn't see any walls, but she guessed she was outside since there was a cool breeze blowing. Peering around in the darkness, she noticed that she wasn't alone. There were several other girls around her. She spat out the material. "Hello, I'm Nina, uh, where are we?" she asked loudly.
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"Uh, okay. Does anyone know who brought us here?" Still no answer. A rough shove in the back of her head sent her reeling. "Shut up while you are in the presence of the dark lord." Said a sharp voice. "Dark lord?" Nina asked. "Who's that?" "Shut it." Said another voice, a younger voice belonging to the young, pale boy who appeared out of the shadows. "If you don't I will be forced to use the crucatious curse.awe, heck, I think I'll use it anyways." The boy whipped out a twig, and Nina laughed. "What's so funny?" he asked. "A twig? You are going to curse me with a twig? What, is this a joke?" Nina asked, still chuckling. "Father, this one doesn't seem to know about our wands. Are you sure she's a witch that we're looking for?" "Who cares, as long as we're being rewarded." a male voice answered.
Nina looked around at all the people suddenly stepping out of the shadows. There were a few, twenty or thirty. And there were also a few children. The children were about the same age as her, fourteen, and all of them carried 'wands' as the boy had said. Then a frightful voice was heard out of the shadows. "Welcome, to my return," it said.
The thing stepped into a sudden shower of light. It seemed to be a man, a tall and cruel-looking man. He was dressed in a robe and cloak. He also had a twig and swished it around in front of Nina's face. She wasn't even close to being scared. "Please, say you aren't in this joke too. You are ugly, by the way, and if you think this job's gonna get you enough money to pay for a facelift, you are soooo wrong." Nina chuckled. The man smiled. "I don't know who you are, but you are going to end up dead. Imperio!" he said and pointed his wand at Nina and suddenly she felt blissfully ignorant of everything going on in the world. A voice echoed to her in her head. "Walk to me." It said. "Nope, I think I'll just sit here and enjoy this feeling." Nina replied. "Do it." "Nope." Several other voices joined in. "Go to him." "Okay, but why? I mean." She meant to keep talking, but she was wrenched from the blissful feeling and was now being stared at by several older men. That blonde boy was looking at her, too. Just then there was a pop and two more men carrying a boy with jet black hair and a scar on his forehead appeared. "Let me go! Albus Dumbledore knows that you kidnapped me and he'll come and rip you limb from limb! Let go!" The boy screamed at the men. He stopped squirming and looked around. He noticed Nina was the only person not petrified of fright. "Are you crazy? Run!" He said, looking at her and squirming some more. Now Nina was afraid. She was trying to figure it out. This was odd.She had a great feeling of hope.And then she knew this was no joke. She jumped up off the cold ground and shot off at the tall man. Knocking him to the ground she wrestled him for his wand and wrenched it out of his hand. She jumped up and to his surprise, held the wand in the perfect position for dueling. "Look out, or I'll kill you. Drop the boy and let the others go." She said, nodding at the black haired boy. The boy's jaw was open as he was dropped to the ground. There was a few more pops and several adults came in, all pointing their 'wands' at the tall, ugly man. "A stupid child again!" he yelled as the other wizards pulled him down. The deatheaters had left as soon as the first of the adults came in.
Nina collapsed for she felt rather safe right then for the first time in a while.
When she awoke she was in a large white room, on a bed. There was a curtain around it and she could see shadows moving outside of her shelter. "Ahhh, you are better, I see. Can you sit up?" asked a woman in a white dress. "Yes. May I ask who you are, where I am, and what happened before?" Nina replied politely. "I am Madame Pomfrey, and you are at Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry." The woman replied. "How is that boy? He seemed in a rather large amount of pain." Nina was amazed that she was worried about a boy. "He's fine, just fine. Actually, he's waiting to see you. If you would like he may talk for a little bit. Then the Headmaster, Professor Albus Dumbledore would like to see you. He is coming here in a half an hour." Madame Pomfrey said. "All right." Nina said, sitting up more straight. Madame Pomfrey left the little enclosed area and pulled the curtains open. Nina looked to see the boy walking towards her, blushing. "Uh, hullo, I. I am Harry Potter. I just wanted to say thanks, and ask you how you were." "I'm just fine thanks. My name is Nina Linberd. Can you help me? I don't know anything about what happened and since you were there." she trailed off and looked at Harry hopefully. "Okay, well."Harry said thoughtfully. "First of all I have to ask you this. Do you know anything about witchcraft or wizardry? Dumbledore said you are magical, and not a muggle, but I don't understand why you weren't at any of my classes or why I haven't seen you before."
It started normally, as most of her dreams started, she was in a room. But it was a different type room. It was almost a stone dungeon. She stepped down from the chair she was in and directed her thoughts at what was around her. It happened to be a large office. As she walked in a circle she noticed an odd bird, red, almost like a few glowing coals with feathers. Then she snapped out of it. Well, at least it was good while it lasted.
She got dressed and hopped down her stairs in twos. "Mom! Dad!" she called. "Garret, Talon!" No one answered. "Hello, where is everyone?" she called a bit more quietly. Now she was getting nervous. A house with five people living in it, and no one answered? Not even a noise to be heard? Especially with her dog, Dax. Normally her house was super noisy. But today, the floors weren't creaking, either. As she took her second step, she was grabbed from behind and she heard a swish just before she blacked out.
"Urggg," Nina groaned as she pulled herself up. "cnshumbudyunomamoud?" she asked through a mouthful of dark material. She sat up and found herself in a dark area. She couldn't see any walls, but she guessed she was outside since there was a cool breeze blowing. Peering around in the darkness, she noticed that she wasn't alone. There were several other girls around her. She spat out the material. "Hello, I'm Nina, uh, where are we?" she asked loudly.
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a n s w e r e d .
"Uh, okay. Does anyone know who brought us here?" Still no answer. A rough shove in the back of her head sent her reeling. "Shut up while you are in the presence of the dark lord." Said a sharp voice. "Dark lord?" Nina asked. "Who's that?" "Shut it." Said another voice, a younger voice belonging to the young, pale boy who appeared out of the shadows. "If you don't I will be forced to use the crucatious curse.awe, heck, I think I'll use it anyways." The boy whipped out a twig, and Nina laughed. "What's so funny?" he asked. "A twig? You are going to curse me with a twig? What, is this a joke?" Nina asked, still chuckling. "Father, this one doesn't seem to know about our wands. Are you sure she's a witch that we're looking for?" "Who cares, as long as we're being rewarded." a male voice answered.
Nina looked around at all the people suddenly stepping out of the shadows. There were a few, twenty or thirty. And there were also a few children. The children were about the same age as her, fourteen, and all of them carried 'wands' as the boy had said. Then a frightful voice was heard out of the shadows. "Welcome, to my return," it said.
The thing stepped into a sudden shower of light. It seemed to be a man, a tall and cruel-looking man. He was dressed in a robe and cloak. He also had a twig and swished it around in front of Nina's face. She wasn't even close to being scared. "Please, say you aren't in this joke too. You are ugly, by the way, and if you think this job's gonna get you enough money to pay for a facelift, you are soooo wrong." Nina chuckled. The man smiled. "I don't know who you are, but you are going to end up dead. Imperio!" he said and pointed his wand at Nina and suddenly she felt blissfully ignorant of everything going on in the world. A voice echoed to her in her head. "Walk to me." It said. "Nope, I think I'll just sit here and enjoy this feeling." Nina replied. "Do it." "Nope." Several other voices joined in. "Go to him." "Okay, but why? I mean." She meant to keep talking, but she was wrenched from the blissful feeling and was now being stared at by several older men. That blonde boy was looking at her, too. Just then there was a pop and two more men carrying a boy with jet black hair and a scar on his forehead appeared. "Let me go! Albus Dumbledore knows that you kidnapped me and he'll come and rip you limb from limb! Let go!" The boy screamed at the men. He stopped squirming and looked around. He noticed Nina was the only person not petrified of fright. "Are you crazy? Run!" He said, looking at her and squirming some more. Now Nina was afraid. She was trying to figure it out. This was odd.She had a great feeling of hope.And then she knew this was no joke. She jumped up off the cold ground and shot off at the tall man. Knocking him to the ground she wrestled him for his wand and wrenched it out of his hand. She jumped up and to his surprise, held the wand in the perfect position for dueling. "Look out, or I'll kill you. Drop the boy and let the others go." She said, nodding at the black haired boy. The boy's jaw was open as he was dropped to the ground. There was a few more pops and several adults came in, all pointing their 'wands' at the tall, ugly man. "A stupid child again!" he yelled as the other wizards pulled him down. The deatheaters had left as soon as the first of the adults came in.
Nina collapsed for she felt rather safe right then for the first time in a while.
When she awoke she was in a large white room, on a bed. There was a curtain around it and she could see shadows moving outside of her shelter. "Ahhh, you are better, I see. Can you sit up?" asked a woman in a white dress. "Yes. May I ask who you are, where I am, and what happened before?" Nina replied politely. "I am Madame Pomfrey, and you are at Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry." The woman replied. "How is that boy? He seemed in a rather large amount of pain." Nina was amazed that she was worried about a boy. "He's fine, just fine. Actually, he's waiting to see you. If you would like he may talk for a little bit. Then the Headmaster, Professor Albus Dumbledore would like to see you. He is coming here in a half an hour." Madame Pomfrey said. "All right." Nina said, sitting up more straight. Madame Pomfrey left the little enclosed area and pulled the curtains open. Nina looked to see the boy walking towards her, blushing. "Uh, hullo, I. I am Harry Potter. I just wanted to say thanks, and ask you how you were." "I'm just fine thanks. My name is Nina Linberd. Can you help me? I don't know anything about what happened and since you were there." she trailed off and looked at Harry hopefully. "Okay, well."Harry said thoughtfully. "First of all I have to ask you this. Do you know anything about witchcraft or wizardry? Dumbledore said you are magical, and not a muggle, but I don't understand why you weren't at any of my classes or why I haven't seen you before."