CHAPTER 2 - WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW
Sarah stared around the classroom as every face was turned on her.
"Are you alright?" Professor Binns asked. "You look rather peaky...do you need to go to the Hospital Wing?"
"No, I'm fine...really..." Sarah responded. Her whole body was warm and there was sweat dripping down her face.
"Professor, I'll take her. I need to see Madame Pomfrey anyway." Draco said standing up. Pansy looked at Draco with utmost revulsion.
"Ah yes, ok, go on Mr. Malfoy, yes, take her." Professor Binns said before droning on again.
Sarah picked up her things, put them in her bag and followed Draco out the door.
"What happened?" he asked, looking at her with a worried expression.
"Nothing, I just had a really bad dream..." she replied.
"Are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.
"No it's ok..."
They headed the rest of the way to the hospital wing in silence, the only noise being the echoing of their footsteps off the walls. When they reached the door, to her office, Draco knocked lightly.
"Yes, yes, come in." she said. Draco walked in, followed by Sarah.
"She had a bad dream. When she woke up, she was screaming...and she was saying some strange stuff in her dream too." Draco told her.
"I was...saying stuff...while I was sleeping?" Sarah asked
"Yeah...I...I was worried." Draco replied.
"You? You...were...worried? About me?" She said.
"Yeah...yeah I was." He said.
"Well, this is all very touching...but if you don't mind I think what this girl needs is, a bit of potion for a dreamless sleep. She will take a dose and then I shall monitor her sleep. When she wakes up, she will be free to go, if I feel that it did the trick. Follow me." Madame Pomfrey said. "Now, since you aren't staying the night, there will be no need to change you out of your school robes." Sarah followed her out of her office and over to a bed.
"Madame Pomfrey?" Draco began.
"Yes?" she replied
"Can...Can I stay here with her? Until you're sure that she's ok?" he asked.
"Well, I don't see why not. Just make sure you stay out of the way." She told him. Draco pulled a chair next to Sarah's bed and looked at her.
"Why are you doing this Draco? You're not yourself...I'm used to knowing you as the little git that laughs at Harry, and who insults the Weasley's all the time...what changed?" Sarah asked.
"I'm...I'm not who you think I am on the inside Sarah. I'm doing this because I care about you..." he said looking deep into her eyes.
"Draco...I..." she began, but was cut off by Madame Pomfrey coming over and holding a goblet full of blue liquid.
"Here, drink this." She said. "It'll put you to sleep almost immeadiatley for a dreamless sleep."
Sarah took the goblet and drank the blue liquid, which tasted like blueberries. She rested her head on the pillow behind her, and the goblet tilted out of her hand and smashed to the floor.
Once again Sarah entered her dream world, despite the potion she took. Except this time, she was in a dungeon. She looked around, taking in the site. Everything felt real...almost too real...she looked down on the floor next to her. Draco was lying there completely motionless.
"Draco..." she whispered.
"Back again?" Lucius said.
"Why do you keep hurting Draco? He doesn't deserve this." Sarah said, defending him.
"Stupid girl. Draco is not on the same path as me. He does not deserve to be a part of this family any longer." Lucius said.
"YOU ARE HORRIBLE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D TORTURE YOUR OWN SON! YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD!" Sarah shouted.
"SHUT UP!" Lucius shouted, and he muttered something that slammed her back against the stonewall. Her back was in serious pain and she swore she heard her arm snap.
"Sarah..." Draco whispered and lifted his head off the ground a little.
"Draco...Draco...we've got to get out of here...your father...he'll kill us both." Sarah told him, as she slid across the floor to him.
"I know...but, Sarah, you have no idea...the power he holds...I...ugh..."
Draco had passed out...there was a small puddle of blood on the floor.
Sarah looked up at Lucius. He was standing over her, wand in hand. "CRUCIO!" he shouted, and pointed the wand directly at her.
Sarah was screaming again. Madame Pomfrey came rushing over, and shook Sarah hard. Sarah's eyes snapped open. She was breathing heavily and couldn't feel anything for several seconds. When it had finally adjusted to her what had happened, she felt like she was going to pass out from the pain.
Draco was standing now and he looked more worried than ever as he stared at her.
"It seems that your dreams aren't dreams. They're real." Madame Pomfrey said coming over and sitting down next to Sarah. "Every time you sleep, you enter a different realm, one that you can't get rid of through potions. Tell me, how do you feel?"
"I feel...I feel...sick." she said, and Madame Pomfrey conjured a bucket on the side of the bed. Sarah leaned over and threw up.
"Don't worry that's natural...after having such a horribly vivid dream as that..." she told Draco as he looked at Sarah.
When Sarah stopped, she looked up at Madame Pomfrey.
"My arm...I think it's broken." She said.
"How could her arm be broken?" Draco asked.
Madame Pomfrey examined Sarah's arm and quietly left the room.
"My dream...it was so real...Draco...you were there, and...your father." Sarah said.
"My...my father?" Draco asked. "Did...did my father do this to you? In...in the dream I mean..."
"Yeah...yeah he did...and you were lying on the ground...I thought you'd –"She was cut off as Draco put his hand up.
"Listen, you can't go to sleep again until I sort this out. My father is controlling your dreams..." Draco whispered, leaning over her bed.
"My dreams? Why mine?" Sarah asked.
"Because...because my father senses something he doesn't like about you."
"How does Lucius even know me?" she asked.
"My father watches over me at all times...he knows where I am at exactly every hour of the day. He knows whom I keep in contact with. He's always watches me...no matter where I am or what I do." Draco said. "Tell me...are you a pureblood?"
Sarah stared at him for a minute. "No. I'm half." She said.
"That would be why my father is after you. He knows that you're not a pureblood. And I think...that my father will try to kill you in your dreams."
Sarah stared at him for a moment. "K-kill me? I-in my dreams?! But my dreams are the only place that I can escape from reality! I can't live with this...I'm sleep deprived enough already...I always fall asleep before about midnight...I can't stay up past then! Let alone for several days while you sort this out with your father!" Sarah said.
Madame Pomfrey came back into the room holding a goblet that was smoking. "Re-growing bones is a nasty business indeed. You're not the only one who had to have their bones re-grown you know..." she said.
"Who else did?" Sarah asked.
"Harry Potter...second year. Nasty Quidditch accident. Hmm...you seem to have the same arm broken as him too..." she said. "Come on, drink up. It'll be painful...you're in for a rough night..."
"Rough night? She'll be here all night?" Draco said.
"Of course, tomorrow she should have her arm back to normal but for now, she must say here."
"Madame Pomfrey, make sure that she doesn't go to sleep. My father is trying to hurt her through dreams...where she's most vulnerable."
Madame Pomfrey looked at Draco.
"Come with me, Draco. You're going to need some help."
Draco followed Madame Pomfrey into her office and closed the door. She threw some floo powder into the fireplace and green flames appeared. She said something and stuck her head in the fire. Draco could only see her back. When she was done, she pulled her body out and a tall dark haired girl.
"Draco, this is Beth. She is my niece. She has agreed to help you save Sarah from your father."
"Great!" Draco said. "I assume we'll travel by floo powder to get to my fathers mansion?"
"That would be correct...but before you go, I must warn both of you to exercise great caution. We know how powerful a man your father can be Draco. So here, I give you this to help defeat him." Madame Pomfrey turned around and opened up a cupboard above her desk. She pulled out a deep blue sword with green flames along the edges out and handed it to him.
"A...sword?" Draco asked taking it from her. It was fairly heavy.
"Yes, this sword holds a power so strong, it's unbelievable. One hit may take your father down."
Draco stared at her.
"I don't know if I can do this...It IS my father after all."
"Draco, I know this is tough, but, you have to do it." Madame Pomfrey walked to the fireplace and held some floo powder out. "You must go, it's getting late, and I have to keep Sarah awake. Hurry now, step into the fire."
Beth and Draco stepped into the fire.
"Here's your floo powder...go now!"
Draco took some and threw it down. "Malfoy Manor!" he said and the next thing he knew he was spinning in a whirl of green flames.
Sarah stared around the classroom as every face was turned on her.
"Are you alright?" Professor Binns asked. "You look rather peaky...do you need to go to the Hospital Wing?"
"No, I'm fine...really..." Sarah responded. Her whole body was warm and there was sweat dripping down her face.
"Professor, I'll take her. I need to see Madame Pomfrey anyway." Draco said standing up. Pansy looked at Draco with utmost revulsion.
"Ah yes, ok, go on Mr. Malfoy, yes, take her." Professor Binns said before droning on again.
Sarah picked up her things, put them in her bag and followed Draco out the door.
"What happened?" he asked, looking at her with a worried expression.
"Nothing, I just had a really bad dream..." she replied.
"Are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.
"No it's ok..."
They headed the rest of the way to the hospital wing in silence, the only noise being the echoing of their footsteps off the walls. When they reached the door, to her office, Draco knocked lightly.
"Yes, yes, come in." she said. Draco walked in, followed by Sarah.
"She had a bad dream. When she woke up, she was screaming...and she was saying some strange stuff in her dream too." Draco told her.
"I was...saying stuff...while I was sleeping?" Sarah asked
"Yeah...I...I was worried." Draco replied.
"You? You...were...worried? About me?" She said.
"Yeah...yeah I was." He said.
"Well, this is all very touching...but if you don't mind I think what this girl needs is, a bit of potion for a dreamless sleep. She will take a dose and then I shall monitor her sleep. When she wakes up, she will be free to go, if I feel that it did the trick. Follow me." Madame Pomfrey said. "Now, since you aren't staying the night, there will be no need to change you out of your school robes." Sarah followed her out of her office and over to a bed.
"Madame Pomfrey?" Draco began.
"Yes?" she replied
"Can...Can I stay here with her? Until you're sure that she's ok?" he asked.
"Well, I don't see why not. Just make sure you stay out of the way." She told him. Draco pulled a chair next to Sarah's bed and looked at her.
"Why are you doing this Draco? You're not yourself...I'm used to knowing you as the little git that laughs at Harry, and who insults the Weasley's all the time...what changed?" Sarah asked.
"I'm...I'm not who you think I am on the inside Sarah. I'm doing this because I care about you..." he said looking deep into her eyes.
"Draco...I..." she began, but was cut off by Madame Pomfrey coming over and holding a goblet full of blue liquid.
"Here, drink this." She said. "It'll put you to sleep almost immeadiatley for a dreamless sleep."
Sarah took the goblet and drank the blue liquid, which tasted like blueberries. She rested her head on the pillow behind her, and the goblet tilted out of her hand and smashed to the floor.
Once again Sarah entered her dream world, despite the potion she took. Except this time, she was in a dungeon. She looked around, taking in the site. Everything felt real...almost too real...she looked down on the floor next to her. Draco was lying there completely motionless.
"Draco..." she whispered.
"Back again?" Lucius said.
"Why do you keep hurting Draco? He doesn't deserve this." Sarah said, defending him.
"Stupid girl. Draco is not on the same path as me. He does not deserve to be a part of this family any longer." Lucius said.
"YOU ARE HORRIBLE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D TORTURE YOUR OWN SON! YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD!" Sarah shouted.
"SHUT UP!" Lucius shouted, and he muttered something that slammed her back against the stonewall. Her back was in serious pain and she swore she heard her arm snap.
"Sarah..." Draco whispered and lifted his head off the ground a little.
"Draco...Draco...we've got to get out of here...your father...he'll kill us both." Sarah told him, as she slid across the floor to him.
"I know...but, Sarah, you have no idea...the power he holds...I...ugh..."
Draco had passed out...there was a small puddle of blood on the floor.
Sarah looked up at Lucius. He was standing over her, wand in hand. "CRUCIO!" he shouted, and pointed the wand directly at her.
Sarah was screaming again. Madame Pomfrey came rushing over, and shook Sarah hard. Sarah's eyes snapped open. She was breathing heavily and couldn't feel anything for several seconds. When it had finally adjusted to her what had happened, she felt like she was going to pass out from the pain.
Draco was standing now and he looked more worried than ever as he stared at her.
"It seems that your dreams aren't dreams. They're real." Madame Pomfrey said coming over and sitting down next to Sarah. "Every time you sleep, you enter a different realm, one that you can't get rid of through potions. Tell me, how do you feel?"
"I feel...I feel...sick." she said, and Madame Pomfrey conjured a bucket on the side of the bed. Sarah leaned over and threw up.
"Don't worry that's natural...after having such a horribly vivid dream as that..." she told Draco as he looked at Sarah.
When Sarah stopped, she looked up at Madame Pomfrey.
"My arm...I think it's broken." She said.
"How could her arm be broken?" Draco asked.
Madame Pomfrey examined Sarah's arm and quietly left the room.
"My dream...it was so real...Draco...you were there, and...your father." Sarah said.
"My...my father?" Draco asked. "Did...did my father do this to you? In...in the dream I mean..."
"Yeah...yeah he did...and you were lying on the ground...I thought you'd –"She was cut off as Draco put his hand up.
"Listen, you can't go to sleep again until I sort this out. My father is controlling your dreams..." Draco whispered, leaning over her bed.
"My dreams? Why mine?" Sarah asked.
"Because...because my father senses something he doesn't like about you."
"How does Lucius even know me?" she asked.
"My father watches over me at all times...he knows where I am at exactly every hour of the day. He knows whom I keep in contact with. He's always watches me...no matter where I am or what I do." Draco said. "Tell me...are you a pureblood?"
Sarah stared at him for a minute. "No. I'm half." She said.
"That would be why my father is after you. He knows that you're not a pureblood. And I think...that my father will try to kill you in your dreams."
Sarah stared at him for a moment. "K-kill me? I-in my dreams?! But my dreams are the only place that I can escape from reality! I can't live with this...I'm sleep deprived enough already...I always fall asleep before about midnight...I can't stay up past then! Let alone for several days while you sort this out with your father!" Sarah said.
Madame Pomfrey came back into the room holding a goblet that was smoking. "Re-growing bones is a nasty business indeed. You're not the only one who had to have their bones re-grown you know..." she said.
"Who else did?" Sarah asked.
"Harry Potter...second year. Nasty Quidditch accident. Hmm...you seem to have the same arm broken as him too..." she said. "Come on, drink up. It'll be painful...you're in for a rough night..."
"Rough night? She'll be here all night?" Draco said.
"Of course, tomorrow she should have her arm back to normal but for now, she must say here."
"Madame Pomfrey, make sure that she doesn't go to sleep. My father is trying to hurt her through dreams...where she's most vulnerable."
Madame Pomfrey looked at Draco.
"Come with me, Draco. You're going to need some help."
Draco followed Madame Pomfrey into her office and closed the door. She threw some floo powder into the fireplace and green flames appeared. She said something and stuck her head in the fire. Draco could only see her back. When she was done, she pulled her body out and a tall dark haired girl.
"Draco, this is Beth. She is my niece. She has agreed to help you save Sarah from your father."
"Great!" Draco said. "I assume we'll travel by floo powder to get to my fathers mansion?"
"That would be correct...but before you go, I must warn both of you to exercise great caution. We know how powerful a man your father can be Draco. So here, I give you this to help defeat him." Madame Pomfrey turned around and opened up a cupboard above her desk. She pulled out a deep blue sword with green flames along the edges out and handed it to him.
"A...sword?" Draco asked taking it from her. It was fairly heavy.
"Yes, this sword holds a power so strong, it's unbelievable. One hit may take your father down."
Draco stared at her.
"I don't know if I can do this...It IS my father after all."
"Draco, I know this is tough, but, you have to do it." Madame Pomfrey walked to the fireplace and held some floo powder out. "You must go, it's getting late, and I have to keep Sarah awake. Hurry now, step into the fire."
Beth and Draco stepped into the fire.
"Here's your floo powder...go now!"
Draco took some and threw it down. "Malfoy Manor!" he said and the next thing he knew he was spinning in a whirl of green flames.