Chapter two: Courage of a Dreamer

Disclaimer: I Do not own any of JK's charries. (However hot Draco may be..) I Do however own Rhia Ashcroft. (Lucky me...) and my friends own Mere and Mel.

A/n: You might not understand this story unless you are one of the people I RP with regularly and/or a personal friend of mine. If you would like any background info or what not to help you understand the story better, feel-free to email me.

Later that night Rhia franticly tossed and turned as she tried to sleep. A restless slumber washed over her at about 1 a.m. and her nightmarish dreams came flooding back towards her...

An outcropping of rock stood over a roaring ocean below, the foam and sea-spray shooting up with the waves. She stood there, the girl, alone. The girls black hair hung in her face, skirts billowing around her. She wasn't supposed to be there, the servants would be coming for her soon. She had to get away, away from her life, her broken soul. Her dreams denied. Never would she brandish a sword whilst defending her godfather's kingdom. Why couldn't they see what she longed for? They just didn't understand. And then...there was Henry. How innocent and clueless he really was. A teenage boy afflicted with love for one who was forbidden to him. She didn't like him, she only wanted her dreams. She had to get what she wanted and she was willing to do anything for it. A force willed her to fall, to jump to the freedom that was denied to her. One jump, and she would end this life, and began the one she had always wanted. A boy came running. His eyes filled with worry and concern. "NO!" he cried. This urged the girl on; the boy was closing in on her last chance, one last chance. She spread her arms wide, the wind pushing her hair back, and gently raised her face towards the wind, taking a step towards her new life...

A shrill scream shattered the eerie silence of the Slytherin common room and dorms. Rhia sat bolt upright in bed, Panting heavily. "no, n-n-o no no" she said to herself. She pushed her hair out of her face, puling it back. "Not again, why'd the dream always end like that?" she mumbled, her breathing steadying itself.

Mel had woken up from the scream and was rubbing her eyes groggily as she look at Rhia. "Ashcroft, what's going on? Are you okay? Someone try to murder you or something...?" she said. Rhia nodded.

"I had that dream again," she said,

Mel raised her eyebrow, "The one about the girl?"

"Yeah, except...I felt the emotions more strongly, and it... it was like, like I wanted the girl to jump." She said quietly. Mel nodded, "Strange..." she muttered.

Clunk Clunk Clunk! Came the heavy knocking on the wood door that separated Mel and Rhia's dorm from the rest of them. "What's all the screaming about?" came the stern voice of Professor Snape, as Mel jumped up to answer the door. Snape stood there in a black cloak. Apparently, this man didn't know what Pajamas were. Draco, Mere, Pansy and a few other Slytherins stood behind him all in their pajamas watching curiously. A few girls kept blushing as they glanced at Draco in his black silk boxers and giggled madly.

"Nothings wrong professor...Rhia just isn't feeling well" Mel said quickly. Pansy snorted and turned on her heel, walking away. Her gaggle of other animal faced cronies followed after her. A few Slytherins, Mere and Draco remained. Snape raised a suspicious eyebrow.

"Why did miss. Ashcroft scream then?" He said looking at Rhia, who was shakily standing, running a hand through her messy hair. "I-I had a nightmare" she said coming up to stand next to Mel. The remaining Slytherins left. "Loony that one..." some muttered, "You'd think after her affair with Draco, she'd be begging him to take her back, but no...she goes and screams her insane head off" could be heard. Draco raised an eyebrow at them, but said nothing.

"A nightmare which involved screaming I presume?" Snape said. Rhia nodded.

"It was just a little overwhelming...I'm sorry it wont happen again" Rhia said.

Snape nodded, "If it does, Miss Ashcroft, I'm sure the headmaster would love to hear about it." He turned and left, his long cloak whirling as he turned. Mere took a step inside the dorm. "Rhia are you sure you're all right, we thought someone had died, and believe me, I could hear it over Pansy's snoring—it was loud." She said. Draco watched from the doorway, the magic prevented him from entering her room.

Rhia shrugged, "well, it was the same dream, its just weird that's all" she said.

"Rhia, if you keep getting the same dreams, have these...visions and almost drown yourself...there's something wrong" Mere said, Mel nodded her agreement.

"Well then, what's wrong with me?" Rhia snapped, getting frustrated.

Mere shrugged. "I'm not incredibly sure, I thought it might be a ghost, but they're usually friendly to us, and they don't...like possess people."

Draco leaned against the doorway, as far as he could go. "Girls, have any of you ever heard of reincarnation? "A puzzled look from Rhia and Mel were his answer. Mereadith smiled. "Yes, that was one of my theories...Rhia's re-living memories from her past life. But that usually doesn't make people possessed..." She said, furrowing her brows in thought.

Rhia raised an eyebrow. "Past life? No thank you, I've had enough with one life..." she rolled her eyes shooting Draco a look.

"Anyway, I think there's a book we can look at in the restricted section tomorrow...remember I'm a prefect" Draco smirked. "Night ladies" He said walking off. Rhia sighed, "well, I'm going back to bed..."

"NO!" the two shouted. Rhia shrugged, "if I scream, wake me up."