Disclaimer: *riding on a unicorn* I DO NOT OWN PJATO OR DUMBLEDORE!
I'm standing on a bunch of creamy-yellow clouds and they're the only scenery for as far as I can see. The edges of my vision are blurry, but I can see a woman, with rusty-brown hair in ringlets, sea-green eyes shining, clothed in a white lacy dress.
She's holding her hand out to me, as if she's wanting me to take it and join her.
I look at her hand and reach out to take it. But once my hand is a millimeter away, I hear a voice.
"If you go with Mommy, you can't go back to the nice horsey-man and the nice big kids."
I turn around and see a little girl. She has blue-black hair pulled into pigtail-braids and her gold eyes are shining. "You… you're me, aren't you? Me from the past?" I ask.
The little girl - me - nods. "Are you going to go with Mommy, or stay with the nice people?" She asks innocently.
I look at my past self for a moment. I think about what Past-Me said.
Going with Mom, it means I'm going to die.
Staying with the people, it means I'm going to live.
Stay or go.
Life or death.
"I've made my decision. I'm going to…"
And then my phone rings. Past-Me looks at my pocket. "Do you need to get that?" She asks.
I shrug and pull the offending device out of my pocket. 'Unknown Number', it reads. I pick up the call. "Hello?"
"Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right." A voice tells me.
"Who is this?" I ask, very confused.
"Why, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, of course. I do not see how my speech managed to get through your Muggle device, but it has and it applies to your situations ahead. Good day." And with that, Dumbledore hangs up.
I stare at my phone in shock and amazement.
"So? Who was it?" Past-Me asks.
"Apparently, it was Dumbledore." I reply.
An awkward silence hangs in the air for a moment.
"So what do you choose?" Past-Me asks.
"I'm going to stay at camp. I have a premonition that something bad is going to happen, and I'm going to have to be there when it happens. Tell Mom… I love her and I miss her." I turn back to face my mom, but she's gone.
"Excellent choice." I turn to face Past-Me, and she's gone too. All that's left is a set of wooden double doors.
I walk towards them. I place my hands on the doors and push them. They swing silently open. I step through into a burst of brilliant, golden, dazzling radiance. I feel my heartbeat, again and again.
So I was dead during that… encounter.
I was actually dead.
My second chance starts now.
And that's all I got... for now.
If any one can spot the reference in chappie two, they get a dedication!
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