Chapter 46 - Past Dreams Give Future Help

Anna fell into a fretful sleep that night. She ignored the requests for her to come downstairs by Nicky. Saying she had a headache, which was true. She took the letters that Nicky passed on to her from Lupin and put them at the bottom of her trunk with all the others he had sent during the summer, she hadn't opened them yet. Alison just glared at her from time to time until Anna got fed up and shut her curtains. She could hear Alison making a lot of noise when she was trying to go to sleep, obviously on purpose.

A young woman walked down a cobbled road, bag in her hand. Her blonde hair flew out behind her making it more curly than usual. The woman also carried a small sleeping child, who had her mother's hair. She passed a shop looking briefly at the cricket equipment in the window. She stopped in front of the surf shop and read the sign "Snorkel or Dive the Great Barrier Reef Today Only $25." The woman carried on walking nodding to a slightly familiar face that just passed by her. The child stirred and opened her lids to reveal bright green gems of eyes. The little girl looked up to her mother and said:

"Daddy?"

"Daddy's not here darling, he had to work today you will see him when we go home."

"Daddy," the little girl cried. "Daddy got help mummy."

"What do you mean darling? How has daddy got to help mummy?"

But the little girl suddenly started crying, while the mother tried to quiet her. Through sobs the woman could hear the words, "Daddy help mummy." The woman looked around to see if anyone noticed her daughter was making a scene. Realizing with a sickening jolt, the cobbled road was practically empty. There had been people there seconds ago. She looked around panic rising like a volcanic eruption in her stomach. She started to run to a busier street but before she could get there someone grabbed her around the stomach. The little girl in her arms managed to be lowered to the floor before the young woman fell. The woman turned over to face her attacker. She looked at the dark man with dark, hooded eyes and a flat nose.

"What do you want?" the woman asked.

"I want you to come back… Katie," the man said saying the name as though it was vile.

"How did you find me?" She asked, he was still holding on to her.

"I've been tracking you ever since you left. We have decided that we want you back."

"I will never come back, your people threw me out, when you found out what I was. And it wasn't even because of that it was just an excuse for you to get rid of me because I was a half breed to begin with."

"That's not true," the man said. "You will always be one of us—"

"I wasn't one of you to begin with! You made sure of that," she shouted angrily.

"We were wrong, we need you back,"

"What finally realized that my mother was useful in predicting things for you, well here's some news for you, I can't do that."

"We know you can, I have been tracking you remember."

"No I can't," she defiantly argued.

"Come on Lee Cheu, I still love you," the man said.

"Don't even start with that, I am married I have a daughter to look after I don't need you or your people anymore. And it's Potter now! Not Lee Cheu."

"Please we need you," he said and now he sounded quiet sad.

"I'm sorry I can't. You did just fine before my mother, you will do just fine with out me now."

Katie started to pick Anna up, the man however had other ideas. He started to get up to go after her. She spun around and pulled out a thin piece of wood that stopped the big man in his tracks. Katie laughed.

"Afraid of a piece of wood? I would be more afraid of going out into the busy street out there you know what it's like for your kind out there."

The dark man backed off, Katie picked Anna up and walked back into the busy street. Anna looked over her mother's shoulder at the man who stood, looking downcast at them. He scowled at her. Anna let out a sob.

"Daddy need help mummy,"

"It's ok baby, it will be alright now," her mother soothed.

"Daddy help mummy, daddy help mummy, daddy help mummy… daddy help mummy… Daddy help mummy, daddy help Ginny, help Ginny, Ginny!"

Anna woke up with a start at the sound of her own voice. She got up quickly and opened her hangings, she peered out to see if anyone was awake. Luckily it was 4am and no one was. She sat back on her bed, leaning against the headboard. As she remembered why she was awake she wondered at the dream. Why had she been saying Ginny's name? And why had she been dreaming about that day? That day was of no importance. She decided that she would write to her dad to ask him what her mother said happened that day, and if Ginny was alright. She had a bad feeling she wasn't.