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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 14, 2005 21:19:02 GMT -5
As the night went on and the dreamless sleep wore off, Lily's nightmares began to creep back. She was so close, so close to grasping that hand, so close to saving them. She began to mutter quietly in her sleep. "No . . .No . . .Don't take them . . . No . . . Leave them alone . . ." Her voice got more frightened and more afriad the longer she muttered. "No . . .Don't leave me . . .Don't go . . . I need you . . .No . . .No . . ."
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 14, 2005 22:08:48 GMT -5
Drew had been dozing... lightly, but still... when he heard Lily's mumblings. He sat upa nd rubbed his face before leaning over to her. He gently took her hand in his. "I'm here, Lily... I'm here. I'm not going anywhere," he said softly.
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 14, 2005 22:14:36 GMT -5
Lily was so close. So close it hurt. She was reaching, reaching as far as she could. And then for a split second she grasped Drew's hand. She couldn't hold on though, her grip was slipping, they were pulling from both sides. She tried, so hard to hang onto the grip, but she couldn't fight it. She lost it, she lost his hand, she didn't have it anymore. "No . . ." she said, sounding more pained this time than anything. "They took you . . .They took you away . . .I had you . . .You were there . . . .Why are they taking you away? Why are you torturing me?"
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 14, 2005 22:19:31 GMT -5
Drew slipped off the bed and got closeer to Lily, whispering in her ear and squeezing her hand. "No one's got me. I'm here. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere," he told her.
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 14, 2005 22:24:02 GMT -5
And hearing Drew's voice so close seemed to frighten the voices inside Lily's head. Hearing him reassuring her that he was not there victim, they became afraid. They could terrorize the mind of Lily, but they could not terrorize the mind of Drew. He was to much for them. Quickly, they left Lily and she awoke with a start, her breathing choppy and fast.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 14, 2005 22:59:51 GMT -5
Drew jumped when she woke up, but smiled at her in the darkness. "You okay?" he asked quietly, knowing all to well how it felt to wake up from a nightmare like that.
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 15, 2005 7:15:58 GMT -5
"I was so close," Lily said, nearly in tears but not quite being able to cry. She waited a bit for her breathing to steady itself before she could talk. "I was so close. I had your hand and it slipped away. They were stronger than me. I couldn't hold on and they took you right from my very hand. They took all of you."
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 16, 2005 0:46:40 GMT -5
"I told you a long time ago. They can't get me," Drew answered quietly, smiling over at her. "You're stuck with me no matter what."
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 16, 2005 7:11:16 GMT -5
"They're afraid of you Drew," Lily said quietly. "It's when I remember that you're always there, or I hear your voice, or anything else, they get scared. Really, really scared. They're afraid of you and I don't know why. They run away as fast as they can. I wish they were afraid of me. Then they could run right out of my brain."
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 16, 2005 20:22:21 GMT -5
"We'll get you there," Drew told her softly. "They're afraid of me because I'm not afraid of them. You just have to remember you're stronger than they are and they'll be scared of you too."
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 16, 2005 20:28:03 GMT -5
"But I feel so small when they're around," Lily said. "So very small. And I am afraid of them. Afraid of me. Afraid of so many things. I don't want to go back to sleep." She insited very firmly. "Nothing ever waits in my dreams except bad. I'm never sleeping again in my whole life. And you can't make me." Lily knew she was acting a bit like a foolish two year old but she truely was afraid to sleep.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 16, 2005 21:00:20 GMT -5
Drew frowned at her. "You know how silly you sound?" he asked. "How do you expect to beat them unless you practice at it? And then on those days where you jsut can't take it anymore, you take some of this stuff again." Drew held up the bottle of potion that the nurse had left.
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 16, 2005 21:08:09 GMT -5
"I don't want to be dependent on that for the rest of my life. I was dependant on muggle sleeping drugs for nearly a year after my dad left. I can't do that again Drew. It's only a temporary solution to a permanent probelm. It only lets me sleep peacefully for a while what happens when I stop? I go back to this living torture? Or sleeping should I really say." She turned her face away from Drew.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 16, 2005 21:11:02 GMT -5
"You aren't listening to me," Drew said, frowning again. "Didn't you hear me? How are you supposed to beat them forever unless you practice fighting them? Yeah, it's going to be hard, but if you don't, then they win. Is that what you want?"
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Dec 16, 2005 21:18:07 GMT -5
"It's too hard," Lily said. "Every night the same nightmare over and over again. I can't fight it anymore. I'm sick of fighting them. I'm sick of being afraid of myself at night. I'm sick of being scared of the dark because in the dark I'm so vulnerable. So vulnerable and scared and alone and that's the most awful feeling worse than anything else. Worse than the dreams and everything else they've done is the feeling that I'm so alone."
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