Harry and Draco strode into the library and when Harry went to grab a book, his hand passed right through it.
"Well, that didn't work" Draco said.
"Hmmm...maybe it was the wrong book," Harry said.
"What are you talking about Potter?" Draco asked.
"Well, maybe we can only touch the books we need" Harry said.
"It's worth a shot" Draco shrugged.
The both slid their hands along a bookshelf until they stopped when they hit a solid book "I got one" Harry said.
"Me too" Draco said, pulling the book off the shelf.
Harry read the title to his 'Dream dimensions, the theory behind the dreams'
Draco read the title to his 'Dream dimensions, the theory behind the Dreams'.
Harry showed Draco his book and Draco showed Harry his, Harry brow knotted in confusion and he ran his hand along another shelf and took a book out 'Dream Dimensions, the theory behind the Dreams'. Draco sighed, this was obviously the only book they were going to get to read.
They sat for what felt like hours. "Do you have anything!" Draco asked slamming his copy of the book shut.
"Oh loads" Harry muttered "I know that if you've ever dreamed of a Hippogriff turning into a pumpkin then you have Cinderella Syndrome."
"Yeah well how's that supposed to help us?" Draco asked.
"Dunno, just thought it was funny" Harry said shrugging and continued to read.
Draco growled and got to his feet and proceeded to storm out of the library. He ended up somewhere that looked vaguely familiar but he knew he had never been there before. Harry came out after him carrying the book "What's your-" his words and anger at having to do the research alone shriveled and died as his face lost all of it color and turned paler than Draco's in less than a second.
"What's wrong with you Potter?" Draco said snapping his fingers in front of Harry's unblinking eyes. And just as suddenly as the room had appeared to them empty, it was filled with a battle.
Curses flew everywhere and they soon found out that this was all very real when they each got hit with one and lifted off their feet and into the air.
Harry landed with a 'oof' and Draco landed right next to him with a groan. "Ow" came his response to being tossed fifty feet in the air by a dream curse. That somehow struck Harry as hilarious and he burst into laughter.
"I'm glad my pain amuses you Potter" Draco said, looking as if he were ready to spit nails.
Harry was going to retort when all thoughts escaped his mind as Sirius came barreling into the room and threw curses every which way. Harry had to get to him, had to warn him about what danger he was in. Had to get him away from that cow before she could curse him and leave him without a loving person, again.
Harry jumped to his feet and tried to race towards them, but Draco held him back.
"What are you doing get off me!" Harry said.
"You can't change what happened, this is just a dream" Draco said.
"No it all feels real, this is real. I can save him, I WILL save him" Harry said trying to free himself from the other boys grasp.
"Stop" Draco said, softly but firmly. Then his mind got confused, did I just take a softer tone with POTTER?
"No" Harry said, struggling more fiercely, the curse hit Sirius in the chest and both himself and his dream self screamed out. Harry broke free of Draco and rushed forward to try and get to Sirius before he fell.
"POTTER STOP" Draco said panicking, if this was all real the curses and everything, Potter would probably go through that Veil as well. "STOP!" Draco screeched...er... Yelled really loudly, Malfoy's don't screech. Harry did nothing of the sort and continued running, and without thinking, as if it was a second nature to do what he did, he threw out his hand and said "STOP!" one last time.
Harry froze where he was and he couldn't move. Draco was stunned, he didn't even HAVE his wand on him, or anywhere near him for that matter. Draco rushed to Harry's frozen form. "What did you do to me?" Harry asked, he teeth were clenched and his lips weren't moving, his throat was making all the noise and completely mucking up the words, but Draco could still understand him a little.
"I froze you Potter" Draco said, then turned just in time to see Sirius' graceful arch into the veil and the Dream Harry's struggle against Lupin to get to him.
Draco unfroze Harry with a wave of his hand and caught him before he hit the floor. "Don't touch me" Harry spat.
Draco saw the tears in the corner of his eyes and for once in his lifetime of knowing Harry, he didn't have a witty response or a harsh statement for him.
Harry had never really grieved from Sirius, he wouldn't really let himself believe that he was actually gone, but this repeating process of watching him fall was wearing thin on his nerves. "I suppose that's it then" Harry said, sitting with a sigh.
"What's that?" Draco asked.
"Why I'm here," Harry said "I never really grieved for Sirius cause I told myself he wasn't gone. So I was brought here to deal with it."
"Then why am I here?" Draco asked.
"Maybe you were brought here to deal with me," Harry said.
Everybody in the room disappeared with an almost silent 'pop' and two figures floated in front of the boys.
"Mom?" they both said.
Lily Evans Potter and Narcissa Black Malfoy where hovering in nearly transparent forms in front of their sons, only one of them was actually alive. "We've been borrowed" Lily said.
"By who?" Harry asked.
"What's going on?" Draco asked.
Narcissa and Lily joined hands and they both whispered at the same time "you think you know...what you are... What's to come... You haven't even begun" (A/N: hey look another Buffy line!)
"What?" Harry and Draco both said.
"There's going to be some high times ahead," Narcissa said.
"You'll have to choose" Lily added, looking at Draco.
"Choose wisely, I know you will" Narcissa said.
"What am I choosing?" Draco asked, staring at his mom.
"He does you know" Lily said looking at her son.
Harry looked at his mum "Who does what?"
"It's the only way to wake up, you just have to realize that" she continued on as if she hadn't heard him..
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked.
"Find the light that burns with in, it doesn't matter slight nor sin" Narcissa said.
"What?" Draco asked, he was confused as hell.
"It's not a sin," Lily said.
"What's not a sin?" Harry asked.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" she asked looking behind Harry, there was a sunset behind him and as he turned to look at it, Lily disappeared.
"Whatever happens, I'm always there Drake remember that" Narcissa said and followed Lily out.
"Ok what the hell was that?" Draco asked.
"Find the light that burns with in, it doesn't matter slight nor sin" Harry repeated. "What does that mean?"
"Do you have a light burning in you? Cause I don't think I do" Draco said.
"Light, burn...Sunlight, the sunset? That leaves a burn...but sunlight isn't in you" Harry muttered to himself.
"Maybe it's figurative sunlight," Draco said.
"MALFOY YOU' RE A GENIUS" Harry said practically launching himself to his feet.
"I know" he said then paused "What did I do?"
"Figurative burning" Harry said. Draco gave him a blank look "What is figurative burning associated with people?" Again he got a blank look again "Fire, Malfoy. Spirit, if a person is spirited, passionate. They have fire!"
"Oh, right" Draco said. "So Find the fire within, it doesn't matter Slight nor sin"
"Well a slight..." Harry said pondering " is to snub someone, like a deliberate discourtesy, kinda like Parkinson does" Harry said.
"And we both know what a sin is" Draco added.
"So how does it all fit?" Harry said "The fire, the discourtesy snubbing and the sinning?"
"Well...um...good question" Draco said.
(If anyone can guess what I have in mind I'll give you a cyber cookie)
