Joseph sat quietly in a chair at the back of the common room, staring out into the darkness, it was about midnight and being a Saturday no one was even thinking about bed yet. His sister was sitting near him talking to one of her friends. He couldn't be bothered what she was doing; he sat absentmindedly drawing the common room. He looked at his sister from time to time and put the muggle notebook and pencil down. He wasn't sure what he was going to do; however at this current time he didn't care. After a while of debating he gave up. He couldn't stand it anymore. He got to his feet, aching all over. The cold that he had was getting much worse, so bad that he thought he was going to be sick, however he managed not to be. "Beth I need to speak to you," he whispered quietly and walked to the head of a staircase that was clear from people. She followed him looking slightly curious. "What's up?" She asked looking with slightly nervous. "I need to talk to you about this dream I keep having..." he whispered to her, keeping his voice low. "Dream?" she asked curiously and sat down on the bottom step, he followed her sitting beside her. Marcus kept looking over at him and whispering something to a boy with short red hair and pale green eyes. "Well... its more of a nightmare, I know it sounds stupid but... it feels like I'm seeing into the future or something. Beth, I'm scared, really... really scared." He looked at the ground and sighed. She looked at him. "What happens? In this nightmare?" she asked slowly and curiously trying not to sound worried however he could tell that she herself was getting slightly nervous.
"I don't know who or why, all I know are the surroundings and what happens..." He stopped as a girl walked between them and headed up the stairs. "And?" she asked quickly. "Okay, well its like some kind of church or mosque... and I get... murdered by a cloaked figure... He is very powerful, infact I would say the most powerful wizard around." He looked at her, his face seemed more pale then before. "Well tell me something else. Please tell me" she said quickly her eyes flicking up and down him she always did this when she was scared. "All I know is that he is tall and has pale blue eyes." He said slowly "I'm scared, I know it stupid but I have never felt like this before, not about a nightmare anyway... I don't know what to do." She stared blankly at him for a moment, he could tell she was also worried. However she quickly stood up. "Don't be silly, if I were you I would go see Dumbledore and talk to him about getting something to cure you of these nerves. Its just that you are worried about the rumors... or something" she smiled and held out her hand to get him to his feet, he took her hand and stood staring at her. She put on a big smile trying to look realistic though he could tell it was all show. So he decided to play along. "Yeah I guess your right, nothing to worry about." He suddenly felt a lot better, maybe this was all it was, maybe she was actually right, even if she was just pretending. "Thanks Bethy, I just needed someone to talk to." He smiled and so did she, he hugged her gently. "Now I guess you should go see your... boyfriend as he seems to be getting jealous." Marcus had seen Joe hug Beth and looked ropable.
He walked back to where he was sitting and smiled, and continued to draw, once he had finished he got some coloured pencils and coloured it in. He was good at drawing, he was a pretty good student at whatever he did. He didn't know why he was, he just always had been. Looking at the picture for a while he smiled and tore it out of his page, dropping it on the table in front of Beth and headed up to bed. He lay down in he for poster and smiled, it was a nice comfortable bed. He was hoping to get a good sleep for once and by the way he was feeling he thought he might actually get one. As he drew the blinds on his for poster he felt a wave of relief. She was right it had to be that. Anyway none hated him THAT much. He thought to himself how lucky he was to have a sister like Beth. He always looked up to her, she was so kind to him. Even when he was having a huge fight with his family over his first ever girlfriend who was a pure muggle. He lay in bed for a while thinking then finally he fell asleep.