She haunts my dreams every night,
My lovely one,
Who are you?
I can´t remember if you exist,
But in my dreams you will always do.
Your eyes as green as emerald,
Your hair as brown as chocolate,
Who are you?
I would do anything to know.
I think we have met.
I only know it.
I have seen you before.
But where?
And when?
Is it only a dream?
Or is it true?
Who knows?
Maybe we will never find each other…….
Or maybe we will…...
One week later, Eric O´Milligan woke up from a deep sleep. It was only midnight. He had dreamed about her again. But who was her? This irritated him a little, but anyway he loved to dream about this lovely girl around his age with the most wonderful eyes he could ever imagine. He knew he had seen her before, but where had he seen her? He didn´t know any girl who looked like that he saw in his dreams.
What if it was only a pathetic feeling he had for one or another fictional girl who did not exist? That thought scared him…… He was the astronomy teacher at Hogwarts and he was only twenty-one years old. He had just come to Hogwarts and he was to start his first semester as a teacher this year. He had only been in the Hogwarts astronomy tower apartment in three days and he liked it. He had been interested in astronomy since the year of five when his aunt Shannon gave him his first telescope. He had been head boy and a smart Ravenclaw student with top marks in astronomy. The Irish, young boy looked very beautiful with raven-black hair and brown eyes.
Two hours later he walked down the stairs to the great hall and there were no one there except Sybill Trelawney (the divination teacher who many students called a flake). She didn´t usually use to be other places than in her own little apartment beside her classroom, but it was a special morning when she watched the roof which pretended to be the sky. Her face looked up and when she saw Eric, she said in a softly, sweet voice: "Hello, young man! Are you the new astronomy teacher here at Hogwarts?". "Yes I am, and you are the divination teacher?", Eric asked. "Yes, my name is Sybill Trelawney, and what is yours?", she asked. "Eric O´Milligan", Eric said and came with a smile. "Sounds lovely….. the sound of your name", she said in a deep voice. "Come up to my chamber, Eric O´Milligan, so I can know you better". She followed Eric to a place he had never been before. Eric didn´t really like astrology and future-telling. He had never taken divination as a subject and he thought most of it was bluff. Sybill was an old lady (maybe 70-75 years old) but she had been working with the subject of divination in over 40 years now. They walked up a ladder to the Professor´s chamber and the Professor used very long time to walk up because of her bad legs in her elderly days. When they came upstairs, Eric smelled a weak smell of perfume. Eric had heard that it used to smell so much perfume that the persons inside would fall asleep. The smell was probably not so strong because the Professor had left the room. Eric looked around. It was full of golden, shiny and mystical things and Eric had not expected it to be so different. "Sit down", professor Trelawny said and sat beside a crystal ball. Eric sat down too. Professor Trelawney reached out her hand and took Eric´s. She studied his hand. Eric didn´t really like that. But he thought tht he wouldn´tbelieve anything of what she said so he just let her come with prophecies. "That looks good!", Trelawney said. "Astronomy is a terrible subject which is astrology´s worst enemy, but you seem to be a clever astronomer and your future looks fine", she continued with her sharp, deep voice. "Let´s have a look into the crystal ball". Eric sat there and waited. Trelawney didn´t look into the crystal ball. "What are you waiting for, my child? Just look into the crystal ball", Trelawney said. "OK….. I thought it was you who should look into the ball?", Eric said and leaned his eye against the ball. He stared. Inside the ball, he saw a woman. Her body and face were unclear but he saw her very green eyes shine inside the crystal ball. Why am I seeing her all the time? Is she real? "Do you see something, my boy?", Trelawney asked. "Yes, a woman-", Eric began. "Let´s see!", Trelawney said. She stared into the ball and began to speak in a deep voice: "This woman will be your only love and you will stay together until the death is separating you. You will meet her any time and she will love you desperately by all of her heart". Eric didn´t know what to believe. He had never believed in any prophecy before and Trelawney sounded very silly when she tried to say what his future would be like. I hope that I meet her……., Eric thought.
Two hours later, Eric sat inside his room. He was thinking about what Sybill Trelawney said. Why did he take her so seriously? He knew that seers just bluffed and told stupid stories, and he wondered who this girl really was. But before he could think more about it, an owl came flying in the open window. It was Eric´s owl called Tricia. Tricia dropped a letter down at the floor. Eric picked it up. Tricia used to drop letters nearly everywhere inside a room. The envelope was pink and and it was written "to Eric" in red ink. Oh no….., he thought. He opened the letter and it was from no others than he had expected: Sam! Sam was a girl who had attended Hogwarts in the same year as him in Ravenclaw house and she had started to like him since seventh year. Eric thought that he liked her too in one period. He had dated her half a year ago, but it didn´t work out between them. Eric needed a girl with intelligens. Not a doll. Samantha Bridges was intelligent, yes. If she was not, she had never been sorted into Ravenclaw house. But Sam seemed too boring. She looked charming with her blonde, curly hair and blue eyes, but she was too interested in what people thought about her. They were very different but they had one of the same interests: Astronomy! Astronomy was the thing that had brought the two different souls together. They used to watch stars together at Hogwarts. Eric and Sam had broken up half a year ago and Eric had said to Sam that she was not the one in his life. Sam had been broken for a long time and Eric felt a little pity for her. They had been friends since fourth year and they still were some kind of friends. It was a very strange friendship. It was not love, but Sam tried to show how hard he wanted him back. Sam and Eric had studied astronomy at the same university. The only Magi-university in Britain laid south in Cornwall. They teached students in magical subjects. What was wrong about Sam, Eric thought. Eric opened the envelope and the first he saw was a letter written on pink paper with red ink. The letter sounded like this:
My dearest Eric
How are you? I am only fine, but I could have been better. I heard that you got the
job as the new astronomy teacher at Hogwarts. I will come and see you one day.
Maybe we can go out and eat in in Hogsmeade the same day, and we will watch the stars together. I went home to Plymouth for holiday. Mother seemed happy about my grade in astronomy but she said it was pity that we had broken up. She liked you so much, Eric. I miss you so much. My heart is burning for you. It is burning more than a red star.
Long sleep,
Deep
sleep.
Rise! Look down
Aldebaran.
Walk with me through
the red star.
The end, end of the journey.
Star, red star.
I hope you enjoy yourself!
Kisses from Sam
Eric looked down at the letter. Sam had written a poem too. Beautiful poem, Eric thought.
Codladh fada,
Codladh domhain.
Éirigh!
Amharc síos
Aldebaran.
Siúil liom tríd
an réalta dearg.
Deireadh, deireadh an turas.
Réaltóg,
réaltóg dearg.
He read the poem and said it five times in his head. It was wonderfully written but it didn´t make any sense. Sam was a good friend, but Eric didn´t like that she wasso obsessed with him. Couldn´t she find another one to love? I will not love her any longer……….. Not for being more than a friend………
