Chapter XXIV: Dreams
Light!
I opened my immediately after I heard his voice. But how could that be? I saw him fall. But did I see him die?
A gentle purr vibrated through the room attracting my attention. Sophia, in her Sphinx form, was lying at the foot of my bed. We were still weary from our mission and so far...
So far I had no recollection of what had happened after we had returned.
How long was I asleep?
"You're awake," a familiar sound echoed through my head. It took me a while to realize that it came from the doorway and a while after that to focus on the speaker.
"Ginny?" I called and true enough, my friend was leaning on the doorframe smiling at me.
"Hello sleepy head," she teased. She chuckled at the name. The only time she was called that was when she and her friends went off to defy the dark forces and ultimately ended up in the infirmary. Ginny only called me sleepy head when I slept more than the required time.
"Do I look like a mess?" I asked.
"Quite," Ginny smiled as she walked towards my bed. "You looked like the world ended but with you I thought you would expect it coming a galaxy away."
"Have you seen Sol?" I asked but knew what she would answer. I must have my usual glazed expression for she became wary with her response.
"Harry told he looked like he would rip him to shreds when he talked to you," I knew Ginny was stalling. But why? Unless it was something horrible.
"He thought he was going to lose me," I played along. She must have been preparing me for the worst. "Sol could be as strong as steel and as fragile as crystal."
"Do you like him?" like? As in present tense? So he was alive?
"Very much," I confessed. "Have the boys retrieved his body?" I dreaded for a response.
Ginny took a deep before continuing. It must have been bad.
"Among the remains, there were no indications that your Sol was among them," she said. Was the magical feedback that strong to disintegrate an entire body?
"What happened?" I asked.
"When the team arrived the thought they saw a dragon flying away from the ruins. They thought the immense magic attracted it to Stonehenge." Dragon? I have a sinking suspicion but I needed to know.
"What kind of a dragon was it?" I asked. Ginny game me a puzzled frown before she answered.
"It was a Night Seer," she said. "Because they are endangered, we need the permission from the Department of Magical Creatures before we could begin our inquiry."
"When you do get permission, ask Mad Eye Moody about a Night Seer. I have a hunch that's our dragon," I somehow knew that the Dragon was the one who visited the ruins. But for what reason it did what it did still confused me at that time.
"Okay," she sighed. She was about to ask me something but hesitated.
"Is there something wrong?" I asked.
"Everyone's abuzz, Luna. Especially the Ministry of Magic. They're quite miffed that a muggle knew more than them about the Eyes. And they refuse to believe that he's as powerful as Dumbledore said."
"And how powerful did Professor Dumbledore say he was?" I was hoping that he was still alive but I should not get my hopes up.
"He said that Sol had the power of life," enigmatic words appropriate for an enigmatic Sol.
I knew that was true and I knew that somehow, he is alive.
"How long was I asleep?" I asked but Ginny had a pained look upon her face. Was I asleep for so long?
"Two," she said softly.
"Two days," I sighed. I must be worn out to sleep that long.
"Not days," she said sheepishly.
"Weeks?" I cried out but she didn't reply. I was not possible...
"You were asleep for two months," the news surprised me. If I was asleep for two months... what happened to the world?