Chapter Four: The Dream

The Sorting ceremony was over, and everyone was eating the magnificent feast prepared for them. Maddy was sitting at the absolute end of the table next to James, and was feeling dizzy from being so close to him. So she didn't dare talk to him, that would only make things worse. She just listened in on His, Teddy, and Albus's conversation.

"D'reckon she's going demand to be moved?" Teddy said laughing and glancing over at a miserable Rose, who was playing with her food.
"No they can't do that! Once the Sorting Hat has told you what your house is, it's final. It's in the History Of Hogwarts!" Albus shoved a chicken leg in his mouth. James looked at him like he had three heads. "I think the last person to read that was Aunt Hermione." James said, and Teddy laughed.
"No but serious she's not going to really stay in Slytherin is she?" James turned to Maddy.
"What do you think Madeline? You reckon she'll stay?" Maddy gulped.
"Well I think she'd have to, I mean if those are the rules." Teddy rolled his eyes.
"Rules are meant to be broken princess." He smirked down at her, and she shrugged.
"Maybe"
"It doesn't matter. All that matters is that I'm writing to Ron, the second I get upstairs!" Teddy said, and James laughed.
"I can just picture his reaction! Be sure to mention that Scorpius is in Slytherin too!"
"Of course I will!" Just then the two Gryffindor prefects, Victoire Weasley, and George Matthews, stood up and called out to the first years to line up. Teddy of course was staring over at Victorie as if she was some sort of Angel.
"I'd reckon that be the veela in her, that makes her so attractive Teddy boy." Albus almost spit out his water, when James said that. Teddy's hair went bright red along with his eyes. This made Maddy jump back, James smirked and turned to her yet again.
"Don't worry he does that all the time. Now I suggest you better go on ahead with the other first years," He pulled Albus up by his collar and shoved him out of his seat. "Go on!" Albus rolled his eyes and headed over. Maddy got up from her seat took a quick look at James, and then stepped in line. Her heart was racing, she could feel his eyes on her. Her nervousness must of have been rather noticeable, because Albus caught it.
"Are you still nervous?" He asked with the same amount of worry in his voice. as there was curiosity.
"N-noo I'm fine, but thanks." He raised an eyebrow at her and she sighed. "I'm fine really, but thanks for now, and before. I mean I probably hurt your hand a lot!" She faked laughed and he did the same.
"Actually you didn't hurt me at all. It's actually kind of pathetic." Her mouth fell open and she smacked him playfully.
"Pathetic! I'm not pathetic, it did so hurt you're just trying to act macho!" He laughed at her.
"Macho? Is that some type of American phrase?"
"Actually it is. It means you're trying to act manly, and like a total guy!" He rolled his eyes at her.
"I don't get you Americans." Now it was her turn to roll her eyes.
"Yea well we Americans, don't get you Brits either!" The entire line then came to a stop in front of a very large door. On the door was a painting of a huge woman.
"Mischief Manage!" The prefect Victoire, said and the woman glared.
"Just give me a minute dear, I need to see if these-" Victoire cut her off.
"MISCHIEF MANAGE!" and the lady rolled her eyes.
"Alright you impatient little twit, come on in." She said and the door flung up, so that everyone could squeeze inside.
"Mischief Manage" Maddy whispered to herself.
"Don't worry you'll remember it." James said from behind, and she jumped. "Sorry Madeline did I scare you?" She breathed deeply and put a hand over her heart.
"Well yeah, as a matter of fact you did! How the hell did you get up here so fast?" He shrugged.
" I followed yo-...the first years. T-teddy kept saying he knew the password but, one look at my cousin and I think he forgot it. So I thought it'd be best to follow... to get the password of course." He nervous laughed, and she raised an eyebrow. "Plus I wanted to scare you." She rolled her eyes at him. "What it's not like I'm bad at it. Every time I talk to you, you jump." She blushed furiously. "And my dad always said, if you're good at something always do it. Sooooo-" She frowned.
"You're going to be scaring me, basically until I graduate."
"And maybe a little after that." He winked before turning away from her to plop down on the couch. Her face was such a bright red, that it practically glowed. Just then Teddy Lupin came storming in, with some other kids.
"Uh good for nothing, woman. Who does that fat ass think she is?" He muttered to himself.
"What's the matter Teddy couldn't remember the password?" James joked from across the room. Teddy's hair and eyes matched Maddy's face, and glared before walking over to a friend of his. Kayla Longbottom happily skipped into the room from the girl's dorm.
"Hey girls all of our stuff is upstairs." Maddy clapped her hands, and followed Kayla upstairs to the girls dorm. She had dark black hair, and big brown eyes. She also had a very tiny, sort of pig nose, with abnormally large cheeks. She wasn't chubby, but she wasn't to thin either. Then there was the girl to Maddy's left who was Ally Finnigan. She had chestnut, golden hair, and green eyes. Maddy thought that she was a pretty girl, but she always looked angry. There was no other emotion plastered on her face. Maddy could tell she wasn't going to be the best of friends with her. When they got to the girl's dormitory, it was stacked piled with tons of the girls things. But if you looked past that you could see, five queen sized beds, with sheets of the Gryffindor colors. Then there hung red curtains from the bed, to contain yourself if you wanted to. There was a dark brown bedside table in between each bed, and matching dressers for each person. Two other girls already started unpacking before they had gotten there. One girl that's bed was next to Maddy's was named Lexy. Her mother worked for the ministry. She had Black hair, blue eyes, and a relatively long face. Then there was another muggle born girl named Cali, Who had this deep tan, blonde hair, and brown eyes. She was probably the prettiest girl in their dorm. The next two hours the girls spent their time, chatting and unpacking all of their stuff. They showed each other their wands. Maddy's was an eleven inch, Hippogriff feathered wand, with a dented pattern on the left. After wands they showed off animals, and other things like that. Finally they all hit the sack, and Maddy's dream began:

She was being flung upside by a tree branch. It was swishing her back and forth and she was starting to get sick. She didn't know why but, she knew that she had to get to someone. She felt the tree branch tighten around her waist, and it started to suffocate her. She was trying to breathe but couldn't. The constant swinging just made it worse, it made it as if the wind was being knocked out of her, over, and over, and over again. She tried reaching for her wand in her boot, but couldn't manage it. Finally something made the tree stop, and she breathed in deeply, savoring it. The branch started to loosen it's hold around her waist, and she thought she would be fine. But instead it catapulted her into a deep whole in the ground. She landed with a thud. It hurt like hell,but she realized she had to keep going so she ran through it. Ran until she was in an unfamiliar was too dark to make it out. A green light shined brightly, and once it faded she saw James, Albus, and Rose unconscious lying on the ground, with blood spilling down their throats. She opened her mouth and...
woke up screaming.

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Hey guys! Just thought in this chapter you'd want to see her dream and why it was so scary. Please tell me what you thought of this chapter! If it was bad? good? I'd love to hear your comments! Tell me if you ship any two characters together, it will help decide where I want to go with it. I have an idea but, I would love to see what you guys prefer. Hope you enjoyed the chapter :)