The rest of the night was spent in her own dream world, a simple place that she enjoyed a lot. It was a glittering moonlight beach; the only problem with it was all the animals. Every night there seemed to be more of them, tigers, rabbits, birds, fish that floated in the sky, you name it, and it was there. Even stranger, they all talked, often they just conversed among them selves and lived their 'lives' with in her dreams but they talked to her as well.
the sound of the waves crashing into the sand was very soothing and she buried her feet in wet sand as she walked she wore a fuzzy color changing white top and simple pair of jeans.
her crimson eyes stared out at the water, S was still on her mind she ran over what he looked like, how he seemed to be waiting for her, how worried he was when he had found her passed out.
The largest tiger padded through the sand and curled up next to her, wise deep eyes looking up at the girl
"Anya, what's wrong? You're so deep in thought... is everything ok in the living world?" she asked Anya nodded
"You haven't been here in a while, it's been years since that last time you weren't here are you jumping dreams again?" her deep eyes looked at Anya with concern
"I have discovered a strange dream world... I don't know whether I was called into the dream or whether it was an accident but I do know that the owner of the dream world is having a lot of difficulty in his life, the world is so dark, except for a disk of glowing grey were we sit and talk, he can't seem to escape that world though... I'm scared for him, if that darkness envelopes him it will affect him in the living world. As you well know I can not do anything to help him, I can only show him a way it's he who must chose to take it..." she said poking a hermit crab as it scuttled past
"Anya, you can not beat yourself up about such things. Your gifts are important. Your dreams give me and my children a home, as well as a home for so many others, you gifted dream seer, are the one who can lead that boy back in to the light... I know you can." She said warmly the girl smiled throwing her arms around the beasts neck and nuzzling into her fur
"Thank you Kala, You've made me feel better," she said softly she could feel the deep rumble of a purr escaping the beast
"You are our savior Anya I can not allow you to be in distress when you are needed by people." The beast reasoned she nodded a loud reaping filled the air but Kala seemed to not hear it nor did the other animals
"I must go My alarm demands attention." Anya said with a smile Kala nodded as she stood looking up at the moon she jumped in to the bright light of the waking world.
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Her hand waved through the offending noise maker, and alarm spell one of the few things the roused her from her dream seeing. Standing she dressed quickly and padded across the empty bedroom, she woke five minuets before the end of breakfast every morning.
It was well into October now, she was unsure of the date but she did know it was drawing close to a Halloween masked ball that had been requested by the seventh year students a way to liven up the castle because of the growing threat of Voldemort. Though no one said his name, she had said it once she had read it in a newspaper, Papa had smacked her when she said the name and told her
"never ever say that name again it is a bad name and bad things happen to those who say it." So she never said the bad name again, though people talked about him at school, in fearful whispering she never asked about him, only knew he was bad and the reason she were here at all.
"Anya over here!" She looked up, she had been so deep in thought she had wandered all the way to the great hall
"Hello Peter." She said warmly sitting next to him he blushed and returned her greeting with earnest
"It's rare that you come down for breakfast, are you ok? You seemed a little off when you walked in." he said she shook her head
"I'm fine just thinking." she said grabbing a slice of toast, she didn't like eating breakfast turning she headed for the door actually glad she was up a little earlier today
"They have quidditch practice today, he'll be there... I'm sure he's not S now but I have to find out why I thought he was in the first place, maybe he knows him." she muttered pulling her robes close to her, she headed out to the pitch, a few other people where out with free classes, she was skipping. She hated the charms professor, he kept asking her to show him the crystallization hex she had used on the upper class men the first night of the school year.
"I'm tall enough to pass off as an older student, I'll lie and say I'm fifth year who's short for my age." she muttered she always had an excuse incase anyone asked,
Climbing in to the stands she took a seat scanning each face till she found his, the dark hair whipped around his face and the quidditch robes fluttered in the wind as he flew settling back she smiled
"Much nore fun..." she muttered crimson eyes glittering with enjoyment as the dark haired Slytherin dived and pulled up in a wonderful fluid movement
"Severus Snape huh?" she muttered slipping into deep thought she didn't notice the object of her thoughts drawing closer till he spoke
"What are you doing here you annoying girl." He said pausing "Don't you have class?" he asked she smiled
"What never seen a person cut class before, the dark words are getting sick of the charms professor asking me to give him that spell, so I'm staying away from him, I hate that spell, it's bad he should learn the meaning of the word 'no'." she said smiling lightly as if it were just a passing conversation of little importance
"What are you talking about?" he asked now hovering before her his legs swung over one end of the broom
"The spell that crystallized that Gryffindor upperclassmen, that was my doing, she insulted Remus, and my eyes, she deserved it, and the pain attached." she said standing and brushing the seat of her robes
"Hey can I ask you something?" he smirked
"You just did but you can ask another question, doesn't mean I'll answer you though." she shook her head
"What an original line... anyway do you have a younger brother? Or an older brother with a childlike mentality?" he looked at her confused
"No I'm an only child, why does it matter to you?" he asked the thought that she had finally gotten his attention crossed her mind
"I said I've seen you before, when we first got here, and asked if you knew me, I mistook you for someone else, I had to forgive that person, their much nicer." she said with a smirk equivalent to his he frowned
"Little witch." He muttered seeming to have forgotten that she were skipping classes
"Get going before I tell the professor why you weren't in class today." she turned
"You wouldn't!" his smile told her quite plainly he wouldn't think twice about snitching on her
"Snitching on a lady, one who came out here just to watch you fly. What is this world coming to?" she said holding up defeated hands and shaking her head, but the words got the effect she wanted and he faltered
"Why would you say something so stupid? Came out to see me fly..." he said going over her words, almost like he would never hear anyone say such thing to him.
"Idiot girl." she smiled
"Only a little bit, I actually think through what I say, I'm an idiot because I don't think about what I do." He watched as she turned away
"Your name is Anya right?" he asked she paused a little surprised but nodded
"I'll be a phoenix next week, I hope to see you." she said simply before walking off hand waving back at him. It was nice that he had stopped to talk to her and the rest of the day found her smiling broadly
"Hey Anya why are you so happy?" Remus asked as they left their potions class he tapped her shoulder and she shook her head
"Nope it's a secret." she said with a laugh dancing off ahead to the great hall for dinner completely forgetting she had her books with her. Sitting at the table she were still smiling like an idiot
"I'm glad he doesn't hate me. He remembered my name even" she muttered
"Who doesn't hate you?" James asked sitting across from her, she jumped back almost falling from the bench if Remus hadn't caught her
"Oh you know the potions teacher I thought he hated me but it was just my imagination." she said thinking quickly. James nodded thoughtfully,
"I think he just prefers Slytherins, but they are his house after all." he said evenly she nodded and tucked into her food ending conversation a sudden heavy feeling in her chest made her look up, Professor Swift was watching her again and again looking in to his eyes she felt a pain and then sick to her stomach.