A/N: Well, third update. Enjoy, and please, don't forget to review!
Chapter Three:
"BLOODY HELL!" Kaye screamed, jumping up from the couch. It was that time of night when everything was silent. Tears were flowing swiftly down her cheeks. Her heart was beating frantically, and she couldn't make the image go away.
"NO, NO, NO!" Kaye screamed again. She fell to the floor and put her head on her knees, covering her head with her arms.
The tears wouldn't stop. She couldn't breathe. Her temples were throbbing.
Each time the pain started to ease off, she thought of the image again, and the whole sequence started all over again.
"Please… please. Go away." She pleaded, begging for the pain to stop.
He was there again, conquering her mind. Contaminating her thoughts and dreams, like a poison.
'Why won't you leave me alone! Get out of my head!' she thought, angrily.
The cycle of pain didn't cease until 7 am. She had endured four hours of torture, enough to make her puke up everything she had eaten in the past two days.
She didn't even have enough time to wipe her face before she passed out on the cold, tile floor of her bathroom from sheer exhaustion.
Peace, Happiness, and Freedom: the three best words to describe exactly how she felt as she slept in her unconscious state. She never wanted to leave. She could just stay, exactly like this. No one would miss her…
"Wake up, dearie! Come on, now, time to wake up!" said a voice.
"Mmmmmmmmmph," Kaye groaned.
A soft, worn hand tapped her face. "Get up, get up." The voice was sweet, like a mother's.
Kaye's eyes slowly opened. "Whaa?" she said, without entirely meaning to.
Gathering up her composure, she sat up. "Who are you?" she said in a clear, firm, yet somehow confused voice.
The woman smiled, and replied, "I'm that woman. Oh, you know, the one that was supposed to meet you at your house? I was waiting for hours, dear. It's 11:45! Good thing I had the sense to barge in, hmm? Anyway, my name is Molly Weasley. The headmaster at your new school requested that I helped you out. Come now, let's get you some food in that stomach of yours."
Kaye winced as she attempted to stand. Sleeping on a hard tile floor was definitely not good for her back. She yawned, stretched, and then made her way into the kitchen.
"Mmmm… that smells delicious," Kaye said as she eyed the food on the table laid out before her. "How'd you make it so fast?" she asked.
"Oh, well… erm. I'll talk about it to you later, dearie. Go on, eat up! You'll need your strength today." Molly replied.
Kaye nodded and began to feast on the meal before her, which consisted of eggs, toast, pancakes, waffles, orange juice, milk, bacon, biscuits, and muffins. 'Pure heaven,' she thought.
Kaye ate till her stomach insisted her to stop. Most of the meal was left untouched, but Molly didn't mind.
"Okay, um, when are we leaving?" Kaye asked. Even after all of this, she wasn't certain that a wizarding community truly existed.
"I suppose we should leave now, so we can get a head start on everything."
"Oh… alright. My stuff's already packed… I just need to change." Kaye replied, and ran off to her room. She came back into the kitchen with some fresh jeans and a t-shirt, and said, "Um, okay, I'm ready."
"Wonderful!" Molly said, "Off we go." She grabbed a suitcase and made her way towards the door.
Kaye stood awkwardly, looking at the woman with an uncertain look.
"Come on! We haven't got all day! I've already sent an owl for you saying that you will be attending. Wouldn't want to disappoint the teachers, hmm?" Molly said.
Kaye nodded and followed, grabbing a second suitcase on her way out the door. She locked it, and silently said her goodbyes.
Molly led her to a nearby alley way, and whispered, "Can't have anyone seeing us. This might feel a bit weird, but it won't last long."
'What the hell is she going to do to me!' Kaye thought, and cast a frightened glance at the woman. Before she had a chance to back out, Molly grabbed her arm. Suddenly, she heard a loud "POP". Her surroundings faded, swirling around her, and finally turned black.
Molly was right. It didn't last long. What felt like milliseconds later, the world around her started to come back into focus.
When she regained her balance and took a good look around, she wasn't in the alley any more. Instead, she found herself in a quiet neighborhood in what she guessed was London.
"Whaa! But -- we were -- and now…!" Kaye stuttered, becoming helplessly confused.
"Hush. I know, this is strange, but I promise, everything will be explained to you soon."
Kaye forced herself not to ask questions, though the urge was killing her.
Molly led her into a musty, dirty bar. 'This must be The Leaky Cauldron,' she thought silently. The atmosphere was dark and gloomy. Strange people wearing odd robes of every color would look at her, wondering who she was. Kaye shuddered. The place gave her the creeps.
Kaye sat down at a table, and waited for Molly to come back with the drinks. She arrived carrying two pints of a yellowish drink that reminded her of beer. Though, when she sniffed it, it had no smell of alcohol. As she gave it a taste, the drink instantly warmed her up.
"Now then," Molly started, "shall I begin with your explanation?" Kaye nodded in reply. "Alright. Do your best to take it all in – it's a lot of things to learn at one time. Oh, how to start. Well, Kaye, there are two types of people in our world…"
