To The Moon And Back

Chapter 12

"Sage, the dark lord is waiting for you." I heard my dad say.

"Please, don't make me go." I pleaded, wiping a tear away from my eye.

"Cormac, knock some sense into her, will you? This foolish child is ungrateful for everything we've done for her." My father spat.

"Certainly," Cormac replied with a smirk plastered across his face.

"No. Don't come anywhere near me. Not again." I shouted. Yet it didn't stop him. He came closer and closer. Suddenly I was as small as an ant and he was as tall as the sky. He struck me across the face and grabbed me by the wrist.

"Get off me!" I found myself repeating this so many times that soon enough my body gave up and gave into his control he had over me. I guess this is what happens when somebody has hurt you so many times.

I woke up from my nightmare, sweating and breathing heavily. I looked to my right and saw Thalia sleeping then I turned to my left and saw Fred resting his head on his arm sleeping. I needed some fresh air as I began to feel claustrophobic. It was as though the walls were closing in.

I got out of bed and suddenly wanted to change out of my clothes so I went to the bathroom to wash my face and slip into something comfy. The sight of my clothes made me feel sick to my stomach.

Making my way out of the dorm, I heard Fred stir in his sleep, changing his position on the sofa chair next to my bed. I grabbed a blanket and placed it on top of him and left.

Arriving at the quiet spot in the castle, I heard the wind howling and rain pouring heavily. It's times like this where I miss my music player that broke. I didn't ever tell Albus, scared he'd think I'm careless. I grabbed a cigarette out of the pack in my packet and my lighter. I took a few puffs while playing with my lighter. It used to be my mothers. It had a snake engraved into it, it was a gift an old friend gave her when they were at Hogwarts. She was a Slytherin, just like me. I played around with the lighter, turning it on and off. Pretty soon, my cigarette burnt out and I stared at the rain outside.

"Sage?" I heard a voice call out to me from my right.

I turned and saw Fred standing above me, a look of concern on his face.

"I thought you were sleeping," I mumbled.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I had a bad dream." I said, looking back at the rain.

He sat himself down by the wall next to me and looked at the rain and then back at me.

"I'm sorry that happened to you." He said. He was referring to the Cormac situation.

"Not your fault." I said bluntly.

"No one should have to go through what you went through, Sage."

I didn't give a reply for a solid two minutes until I finally broke the silence, "How did you know I was there?"

"I heard you cry out for help so of course I'm going to break the door down."

I looked at him to see his brown eyes already burning into mine, "Why did you come back to the cafe? I thought you hated me."

"I don't hate you. I came back because I wanted to see you again and I knew it would look weird if I came in their by myself so I dragged George with me."

I leaned my head on his shoulder and looked back outside. The rain had calmed down a little but the wind was still pretty hectic. He leaned his head on top of mine and moved in closer.