"I can bring things out of the Dreams!" Ria all but shouted, a small smile on her face.
Sirius took the hat from her, staring.
Madam P seemed to have heard the scream, and rushed into the room, "What is it?" She asked, hurriedly.
"My shoulder. He got my shoulder," Ria stated, motioning to her right. She was already forming a plan, but she had to do some research…
Sirius woke again, now in his own bed. Ria had walked with him to the Gryffindor Common room, and the parted towards their own dorms, both tired and neither noticing anyone else in the room… or lack their of.
Sirius was now dressed and headed for breakfast, where he ran into Rae and Remus, who were talking like old friends.
"Hey Rae, Ria still in bed?" He asked, noting her absence from the table.
"Nope!" was the unexpected response. "Haven't seen her, either!" she continued, thoughtfully. Though she had called a meeting of those remaining… curious.
After eating the search for Rianna began… and was short lived as she was found in the library, where James had said she'd be, with piles of books surrounding her. Books on dreams.
Ria looked to Rae, "I've got something!" She said, hurriedly. "We can bring Him out!" She then began to dig through her book-bag, "Look!" And she yanked out the dirty old hat. "I had it in the Dream, when I woke up it came out with me!" She waved the hat at Rae.
"And here!" She pointed at a phrase in one of the five or so books laying open on the table, "It says the you can make bad things in dreams go away, by not believing. Not being afraid. Not fueling it!"
Rae looked dumbfounded, as she stared at her best friend. She'd gone crazy! Then she realized Ria must have been in the Dream alone, to have that hat! It was all her fault, for she hadn't gone back to sleep last night, and she'd left Ria to fend for herself!
Ria began to frown. "What's wrong?" she asked, though her voice was quiet.
"Ria… Let's get outta here… go for a walk or something." Rae said, her tone somber. "Let's not think about the Dreams in our waking hours…"
"But we have to, if we want to defeat Him!" Ria shouted.
This, of course, got her kicked out of the Library.
Rae and Ria walked, near the edge of the forest.
"I have an idea!" Ria began suddenly, after almost ten minutes of complete silence. "Controlling the Dream, bringing Him here, into the forest… so he's on our playing field! I go in alone, and you wait out here. I nab him, and when I struggle, you wake me up! I think I can bring Him out!"
"We don't want Him out!" Rae exclaimed, slightly panicked, "It's too dangerous!"
"Please Rae... You hafta help me!"
"Fine! Tonight…" She said simply, though it was against her better judgement.
"Thanks"
"Yeah… You owe me"
That's it! Hope you enjoy! I have the rest of the story on hand, just not in the computer, and little time to add it all… I'll get as much down as I can today, but no promises!
Still wanting to know what YOU want to happen next!
Love Ria
