𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐋𝐄 || 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗸

𝟐.𝟏𝟐 - 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚

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— 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝟐 | 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏𝟐 —
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(Third Person POV)

After the unfortunate events caused by Parker with Ruby and Harry, Ben had guards escort Parker to the informatory after Harry had called him about the incident. There, he had his injuries healed before he was promptly taken off school property. After telling Ben what had happened in full, Ben said that they would discuss things further in the morning with Fairy godmother.

It was now the middle of the night, and Harry and Ruby were finally sleeping together in her dorm. Having took hours for the girl to shake her state of shock and calm down enough to fall asleep. Ruby was tucked by Harry's chest with one of his arms draped over her waist to keep her close. He started to toss and turn lightly as he mumbled softly to himself, his brows beginning to furrow tightly. He had a pained look on his face as his breath started to quicken and he fidgeted more around the bed.

"N-No..." the boy had uttered quietly and groaned in distress. At this point, Ruby has been woken up by his grief and lifted herself slowly to sit up.

"Harry? Are you okay?" she mumbled, half asleep still as she rubbed her eyes. He continued to groan and mumble, visibly more distraught as he grabbed Ruby's hand on his chest. Ruby was startled as her eyes widened and she tried to shake him awake with a frown "Harry, you need to wake up." she whispered, not wanting to wake Lonnie whose bed was on the other side of the room. It was then that Harry gasped and sat up with a start, his eyes blown wide as he tried to catch his breath. It took him a moment as he closed his eyes and swallowed thickly before he started to relax, looking at the girl whilst he brought his hand up to rest on her head.

"I'm sorry love," he said and slowly laid back down, bringing her with him. Ruby laid on her side and watched as he thought to himself quietly, rubbing his hand against his chest firmly as he winced every so often.

"Did you have a nightmare?" she whispered, hugging a pillow to her chest as she watched him roll over slowly to face her."

"Yeah, I'm sorry if I scared ye..." he said and sighed. They both watched each other in the low light of the moon shining through the girl's open windows, both able to see one another clearly in the dark.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" she asked with a yawn, pulling the blanket back over the both of them. Harry thought for a moment and let out a slow breath, nodding a little.

"I used ta have it every night, back on the Isle. It was the same exact dream, nothing ever changed." his voice was a little fearful as the dream kept replaying in his mind, causing goosebumps to form on every inch of his skin "It would start with you and me walking through the woods, always to the enchanted lake. The sun was setting and you could hear the air go quiet. And I mean dead, quiet... The birds would stop chipping, the crickets would stop singing, and even the wind would come to a stop. As soon as the light was gone you would ask ta go back to the dorm, saying you had a really bad feeling but I would never listen, and I would always urge that we continue walking to the lake. As soon as we arrived there was always a shadow there, like it was waitin' for us, its eyes glowed bright green and once we turned around, we'd be surrounded. Uma's entire crew, my father, all being led by Parker. Before I could register what was happenin' you were ripped away from me, and I'd be laying in the ground being beaten to death by tens of people I all knew as I watched Parker defile you right in front of my eyes, just like he had sworn he would. And I couldn't do a thing about it as I was pummeled closer and closer to death..." he looked into the girl's eyes and frowned at how sad they looked, shaking his head as he took her hands in his "Eh I shoulda kept it to myself, I'm sorry." he said yet again. He suddenly flinched at the sharp pain he felt in his forehead, retracting one of his hands to hold the spot he was flicked by Ruby in.