Dreams Part 3

By: Deep Shadows

Author's Notes: This Fic is a pet project of mine and has been being worked on for a long time... It was hard to write something when somebody predicted exactly what i was going to do.. so i had to switch it up... Expect the next chapter in a week or so...


Artimis awoke in the morning, truly enjoying the memory of the dream she had had the night before. She felt an arm around her waist and she got up, sleepily grabbing her clothing and dressing. She sleepily walked out of the room and headed downstairs to wake the house elves to get them to help her with breakfast. She woke them up and she went back upstairs to her room, walking to the bathroom and taking a shower. Artimis took a shower and got out looking in the mirror. She noticed some rather new hickeys on her neck and shoulders, she sighed, figuring that her mind was just making true her fantasy. She dressed and headed downstairs. Artimis was sore all over as well, like she had indeed lived her dream. She shrugged off he notion, knowing that Severus Snape would never sleep with her. She went downstairs and went to cooking breakfast, trying to ignore her aching body. She sighed and set the dining room up for breakfast. Artimis smiled sweetly as Alexis walked in the dining room. Alexis looked at Artimis and smirked, asking. "Where'd you get the new ones?" Alexis spoke as she pointed to Artimis's neck. Artimis covered her neck with her hand and shrugged.

"I really don't know. Woke up with them." Artimis spoke and Alexis rolled her eyes.

"Just tell me when it's none of my business, ok." Alexis asked sitting down. Artimis rolled her eyes and sat in her seat and looked longingly toward Draco's empty seat. She couldn't wait till he got home, but that wouldn't be for almost another six months. He was under cover and he wouldn't be allowed to contact her for the whole mission. She sighed as everyone else walked in. Aaron, Crabbe and Goyle were also on the mission with Draco. The house seemed empty. Artimis dwelled on the thoughts of Draco and what he must be doing as Severus walked in and sat near her in his seat. He looked at her oddly and went to eating. Artimis sighed and ate very little. She recalled her dream and smirked at Severus and then looked at Alexis.

"So chica. What can we do today to take my mind off of Draco?" Artimis asked and Alexis laughed.

"Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" Alexis asked and Artimis giggled. Severus looked at them like they were nuts and Artimis replied to her kooky companion.

"Yes Brain, but how do we get the monkeys to hold the car up?" Artimis spoke and Alexis smacked her forehead.

"What are we going to do now Brain?" Artimis asked in a childish voice and Alexis laughed.

"Same thing we do everyday pinky, try to take over the world." Alexis spoke, holding her spoon dramatically in the air. Artimis laughed really hard, falling back out of her chair and Alexis chuckled at her. Artimis put her arm up on the table and pulled herself up laughing and Severus glimpsed her neck. He looked at her oddly and his hand instinctively went up to his own, normally covered neck. Alexis looked at him oddly as Artimis pulled herself up. She sat at the table and stretched her arms up above her head. She curled in on herself and yelped.

"Damn am I sore." Artimis spoke and Alexis and Severus looked at her oddly. Everyone else had left the table when Alexis announced her plans to take over the world once again, for fear of being attacked with food.

"Why are you sore?" Alexis asked and Artimis shrugged.

"I have no idea. I had a very vivid dream and then i woke up sore like the dream had been real. It's weird." Artimis spoke, stretching again.

"What was the dream about?" Alexis asked and Artimis looked at her.

"Now that is none of your business." Artimis spoke and Alexis laughed, sighing.

"Ah, another Artimis and the faceless Adonis dream?" Alexis asked and Artimis blushed.

"No, Adonis had a face. A nice one." Artimis spoke, getting up and walking away from the table. Artimis flashed a look at Alexis and then Severus, but there was something odd in his eyes that was very different. She shrugged and went upstairs to read her current romance novel.

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Severus felt someone move out of the bed beside him and he opened his eyes partially to see Miranda dressing. She had some bruises on her neck and shoulders and he smiled, because according to his former dream, they were his handy work. Severus assumed it was another dream and he closed his eyes as Miranda walked out of the door.

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Severus awoke to the smell of fresh waffles and sausage. He got out of bed and went to take a shower. His dreams obviously had an adolescent affect on his body. He took a shower and noticed a bruise on his neck.

"Odd." He spoke as he got dressed and headed downstairs, following his nose to the food. He stalked over to his seat and saw Artimis staring off into space. He looked at her oddly and went to eating some food. Artimis sighed at him and he saw that she ate very little. He saw her smirk at Severus and then she looked at Alexis. Severus looked at Artimis oddly as she spoke to Alexis.

"So chica. What can we do today to take my mind off of Draco?" Artimis asked and Alexis laughed. Severus sighed, he had been hearing about Draco being gone since he left two months ago. He was sick of hearing about Draco.

"Are you pondering what i'm pondering Pinky?" Alexis asked and Artimis giggled. Severus looked at them like they were nuts, because he didn't get the joke. He swore that Artimis and Alexis had lost it. Artimis's next comment proved it.

"Yes Brain, but how do we get the monkeys to hold the car up?" Artimis spoke and Alexis smacked her forehead. Severus shook his head and went back to his food, rather hungry. His back was sore among other things and he just wanted to eat and go back to bed.

"What are we going to do now Brain?" Artimis asked in a childish voice and Alexis laughed. Severus rolled his eyes at their antics.

"Same thing we do everyday pinky, try to take over the world." Alexis spoke, holding her spoon dramatically in the air. Severus looked at Artimis and her smiled evoked a memory of his dream. Artimis laughed really hard, falling back out of her chair and Alexis chuckled at her. Artimis put her arm up on the table and pulled herself up laughing and Severus glimpsed her neck. He saw bruises on her neck ands shoulders, bruises that looked similar to the ones he had dreamed on Miranda's neck this morning. He looked at her oddly, wondering what the hell was going on, and his hand instinctively went up to his own, normally covered neck and he ran his finger over the hidden hickey on his own neck. Alexis looked at him oddly and he put his hand back down at his side as Artimis pulled herself up. He watched as she sat at the table and stretched her arms up above her head. He moved back as she curled in on herself and yelped in pain.

"Damn am i sore." Artimis spoke and Alexis and Severus looked at her oddly for he to could make the same complaint. Everyone else had left the table when Alexis announced her plans to take over the world once again, for fear of being attacked with food. Severus questioned his hunger as being the reason he stayed and did not run in fear of another Alexis food fight.

"Why are you sore?" Alexis asked and Artimis shrugged. Severus paid attention, wondering what Artimis's reason for soreness was.

"I have no idea. I had a very vivid dream and them i woke up sore like the dream had been real. It's weird." Artimis spoke, stretching again. Severus looked at her curiously and pondered on the situation around him He too had had a vivid dream, he too was sore, he too had a hickey. He only wondered what Artimis's dream was about.

"What was the dream about?" Alexis asked and Artimis looked at her. Severus snapped from reverie as Alexis asked the question that he wanted to know.

"Now that is none of your business." Artimis spoke and Alexis laughed, sighing. Severus rolled his eyes, sighing, because that always meant it was an erotic dream.

"Ah, another Artimis and the faceless Adonis dream?" Alexis asked and Artimis blushed. Severus had never heard of a faceless Adonis, but he got the jest of what Alexis meant. So Artimis had a dream about a faceless man and herself... that is good for her i guess... He thought to himself.

"No, Adonis had a face. A nice one." Artimis spoke, getting up and walking away from the table. Severus's jaw quivered a little as she said that and got up. There were too many oddities to this day and it had only just begun. Severus looked at Artimis as she looked over her shoulder and she pulled back to forefront of his mind, the dream he had the night before. Miranda and Artimis looked strikingly alike, something everybody said. Severus questioned his sanity for a moment and convinced himself it was only a dream. He went to the library to finish the book he had been reading.

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Both Artimis and Severus had convinced themselves that their dreams were nothing but dreams, nothing more, nothing less.