AN: You know how it goes; don't own it, just a few things. THANKS!

Just a Dream?

!Real World!

Nicole set up right; she was laying on her back in her best friend's bedroom with the 6th Harry Potter book lying beside her. "What the hell happened?" She looked around, seeing if she could see Snape and Voldemort. They were gone; she was safe in a room she knew.

"Hey Nyk-Nyk I'm home!" Her best friend called from the kitchen.

Nicole quickly closed the book and ran to her friend, she had to tell her what happened. "Shona, oh my God, you will not believe what just happened!" She stuttered as Shona entered the hallway leading to her room.

"Yeah, try me?" She smirked as she tossed her long brown hair out of her face, her hazel eyes shined. She just knew Niki was going to say something off the wall.

Niki sighed and drug Shona into her room and sat her on the bed. "Okay, I was reading my book, ya' know 'The Half Blood Prince'."

"Yeah, that Harry Potter book of yours." Shona sighed, she liked the movies okay but she would never read the books.

"Yeah that one, well I was reading it and all of the sudden this bright light flashed past the window, well I think it passed the window. Anyway one minute I'm reading it the next thing I know I'm laying in a dark room with this weirdo standing over me! I mean I was freaked out, so I punched him. It was Professor Snape!" Niki was breathing heavily, but she could tell Shona wasn't buying the story.

"Did you fall asleep or something? Did this dream come with theme music?" She laughed. She then saw the look in Niki's eyes.

Niki sighed dejectedly; her dark brown eyes flashing and her black hair getting in her face making her look a little crazy. "No! Look!" She said as she showed her knuckles on her right hand, they were red and there was blood on them.

"Nik, what did you do to yourself?" Shona gasped as she looked at her friend's knuckles.

"Tashona, look at my face, there is nothing wrong with me. I hit Snape, I broke his nose. I felt the damn bones crack for God's sake!" She then grabbed a nearby tissue from the box Tashona kept by the bed and cleaned the blood from her hand.

Tashona looked her friend over, checked her face and her jaw, she was right she hadn't hit herself. Where did the blood come from then? "No way man, it isn't possible."

Niki grabbed for her book and went to open it but first she looked at Shony. "Shona this is like the Universe of the Four Gods you know. I swear, there is something up with this book, I'll show you." She opened the book and sat it between herself and Shona and had Shona read out loud with her. There was another bright flash of light and she was back in the dark room, Snape was no longer there but Voldemort still stood in his corner.

!Harry Potter World!

"I knew you would come back, and look, you brought a friend." He laughed his evil laugh.

"No, fucking way!" Tashona cursed looking at the man and looking for something to pick up to defend herself with.

"Way Shona, definitely way." Niki said as she looked at Voldemort. "You know what is going on don't you? You have to, or you wouldn't have stayed around to see me come back thru. You are the Dark Lord, the one that people are not supposed to speak the name of, tell me what is going on here?" She stood face-to-face to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, or at least tried, he was a good four inches taller then her.

"Magic of course, I'd say coming from your end. You come from a world where all this is just a child's story. I tell you it isn't, you must have some power in you to be able to bridge the gap, so must your brave little friend." He cocked his head to one side staring, un-blinking, at Tashona.

"Don't you look at her! Look at me!" Nicole yelled calling his attention back to her.

"Ah, protective. Don't worry I wont harm your little friend, or you, I want to see what you do with this new gift of yours." He laughed and walked out of the room leaving the two girls alone.

"So, um, Nik if this is like Fushigi Yugi then is time different here?" Tashona asked nervously as she held tight to an iron bar as if it were a club.

Nicole shrugged. "I'm not sure, but if he is right about our magic then maybe we can get out of here. You remember in the HP movies, the Burrow? Can you picture that place in your mind?" Nicole was pacing now, thinking hard.

"Yeah, we just watched those movies yesterday." Shona said looking confused.

"Yeah, well while we are here pretend that we belong okay. But first I want you to think of that place okay, come here hold my hand I don't know how this is gonna work. Think the Burrow over and over again in your mind, maybe we can appear there." Nicole sighed as Tashona nodded weakly and took her hand.

"I hope you are right Nik." Shona whispered still holding her bar in one hand.

"Me to, but hey, you always said you wanted your life to be more adventurous." Nicole grinned as she felt a bizarre tingle run thru her fingers into her feet and head.