As his senses slowly came back to him, Manny's head was fuzzy and he could feel himself laying on something soft, his vision was blurry but he could just make out a tall figure standing over him, speaking to him but he could not understand what they were saying as his mind was foggy and his head was pounding, the last thing he remembered was falling from the kitchen counter and hitting his head after Tony caught him before hiding under his bed and passing out and the figure leaned closer to the boy before his vision faded again and he passed out for a second time.
With a small groan, the boy slowly opened his eyes, his vision still blurry but as it slowly came into focus, he realized that he was no longer under his bed but instead laying on top, his head hurt and it felt like everything was spinning.
"Well, it's about time" a voice said from nearby and with a small whimper, Manny slowly turned his head to see Tony sitting on one of the other beds in the room looking rather bored and annoyed "I was begining to get bored of waiting for you to regain consciousness."
"What happened?" Manny asked, he felt groggy and his body felt too weak to even sit up.
"Well to put it simply, I found you passed out under your bed" Tony replied "you've been out for at least four hours, well, now that you've finally regained consciousness I think it's time to talk about your disobedience, don't you?" Manny eyed him with a confused expression "oh don't you remember, you went downstairs without permission and after I found you standing on the kitchen counter you fell and hit your head then I found you laying unconscious under your bed so I simply pulled you out and put you to bed then waited for you to wake up so I can discuss what punishment is appropriate."
"I'm sorry" Manny replied groggily.
"Sorry isn't going to cut it young man" Tony replied sternly, watching as the small child drifted in and out "you disobeyed the rules so now you must be punished and by that you will not venture this house alone unless me or any of the other teachers are with you and you will no longer have permission to do so even if you ask, do I make my self clear?" with a small whimper, Manny nodded "good, now I've put some pain killers and glass of water on your bedside table, take them and you'll feel better." Using all his strength, Manny slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position and took the two pain killers that were on his bedside table and washed them down with the glass of water before laying back down on the bed.
"What time is it?" Manny asked, rubbing the spot on his head where he had hit it.
"It's ten minutes past Eleven o Clock" Tony replied "you were unconscious for about four hours, you're possibly concussed also and why on earth where you standing on the kitchen counter in the first place?"
"I was hungry" Manny replied innocently "I would have asked you first but I was scared you would be angry with me for waking you up so early."
"Yes you do have a point there, you should have waited until I woke up instead of disobeying the rules" Tony replied sternly "and seeing as you cannot abide by the rules, you will spend your whole time in your room, you will not leave this room until either me or any of the other teachers come to let you out and I will be the one who will decide whether you can come downstairs or not, do I make myself clear?"
"I already said I was sorry" Manny replied, still feeling a little groggy from the bump to his head.
"Yes well sometimes, sorry isn't good enough" Tony replied in the same stern manner "and if you dare to disobey the rules again, you will be getting a much far worse punishment, understand?" Manny nodded "good, now get some rest, I'll send one of the other teachers up to check on you later." He then got up and left the room, locking the door behind him so that Manny couldn't get out and he laid on his side, curling up in a ball and wishing that he had never gone downstairs in the first place. He stayed in the same position until he fell asleep and that was when the constant dream he had been having started again, he was once again standing in the middle of a dark room only this time, instead of a ringing phone, there was a voice calling out to him, calling his name.
"Who's there?" he asked, the voice sounded so familiar but he couldn't remember who the voice belonged to.
"Manny, I'm over here" the voice replied and curiously tilting his head to the side, the child began to follow where the voice was coming from and as he walked further and further through the dark void, he saw a tall figure in the distance and as he got closer, he saw that the person had long red hair and was wearing red clothes.
"Who, who are you?" Manny asked with pure confusion on his face.
"It's me, Harry" the stranger spoke as Manny still had a look of confusion on his face "don't you remember me?" Manny looked at the stranger, growing more and more confused, shaking his head.
"I don't know you, I'm sorry" he replied, slowly backing away as the stranger that called itself Harry began walking towards the confused child.
"Manny, what's wrong, why don't you remember me?" he asked as Manny continued to back away further "have they done something to you, is that why you don't remember me" Manny continued to back away, his expression still nervous "listen to me Manny, whatever they've been telling you, it's not true, they're not your friends, me and Robin, we're you're real friends." Growing more and more scared, Manny turned around and broke into a run, running further and further until the dark void began to fade and he found himself back in his room, back in his bed and realized it was another one of those dreams he had been having.
"Having a nightmare?" Manny sat up and saw Paige sitting at the end of his bed "you feeling better dear, Tony said you fell of the kitchen counter and hit your head when he caught you in there this morning, he said that he found you hiding under your bed and that you were passed out and didn't wake up for another four hours."
"My head still hurts a little but I'm ok" the child replied "why are you here?"
"Well Tony asked me to come check on you and that if you're feeling up to it, you can come downstairs, he thinks that you've been couped in in here long enough" Paige replied.
"I want to go downstairs" he replied.
"Okay then you can come down with me, but you know the rules, don't go wondering alone anywhere unless someone is with you" Paige told him firmly but gently before offering her hand and with a little hesitation, Manny took it and she helped him off the bed and as they left the room, he began to wonder who the stranger was from his dream, how did he know Manny and what exactly did he want with him?
