Sarah Beth~
I fell asleep in the living room in the living room in the chair and Ellie, after taking some kind of light blue potion, on the sofa with her two dogs. But at about two o'clock, I was awakened by the sound of screaming and crying. It took me a couple of minutes in my groggy haze to figure out that it was Eleanor. She was most definatly having a nightmare. I flew out of the chair and got by her side.
"Ellie!" I poked her, hoping it would wake her, but it didn't. Tears continued to snake down ehr face as she kept screaming. "Elle! Eleanor!" I finally resorted to shaking her. "Ellie! Wake up! You're having a nightmare!" Finally, she woke up, taking hard, frightened breaths.
"Scabior!" She cried out, sitting up, but then doubling over in sobs. "Scabi..."
"It's okay, Ellie..." I hugged her and rubbed her back. "It's all okay. It was just a nightmare, see?"
"Scabior..." She said again, her shoulders shaking. "I miss him so much."
"I know you do...shh...Do you want to talk about it?" I asked. She shook her head yes, but very weakily. I never let go of her as she tried to explain.
"I miss him. and it keeps happening over and over. Everytime, he dies like he did on the bridge. Just...falling. but it always starts out so normal. Like it used to be....then he...it..." She broke down again, unable to speak. I was rubbing her back again when I noticed that Virgo and Orion was across the room at her suitcase, looking from it ot me and wimpering.
"I'll be right back..." i told Elllie before getting up and walking to the dogs. True, I was terrified by them, but you hav eto put thoes kind of htings aside sometimes. Orion ran back over to his master and started to lick her hand in comfort. Virgo started nudging the latch with her nose. "Do you want me toopen it?" I softly asked. It nudged it again. I flipped it opned and the dog jumped in and then jumped back out. It carried a bigger vial then the potion she before of dark lavender liquid to Elle and dropped it in her lap. She looked down at it. "What is that?" I asked. She shook her head no.
"It's one of the potions the stupid healers want me to take." She wiped away some tears.
"It's not hte same as the last one." I noted.
"It's stronger. It's so I can get back to deep, dreamless sleep." she said, dryly.
"Are you going to take it?"
"I...really don't want to." She scooped up Virgo and held him close.
"Ellle, it will help you." i picked up the potion adn took the stopper out. She looked away. "It will make you better."
"Nothing will make me better. No one understands that..."
"But it will help for the moment. If you aren't goign to do it for yourself, do it for your kids. They deserve a happy mummy."
"Okay." She wipped her eyes with her sleeve. "For Scorpy adn Vincent." She took the vial from me and downed it all in one gulp. For a moment or two, she just groggily blinked, looking off into one direction.
"Ellie?" I questioned right before she fell backwards, her head hitting the back of the couch. Her eyes were cloesd and she wasn't moving, but her beathing was rythmical and calm. It seemed odd to hear such peace afdter that breakdown. so that's exactly what that potion did.
I lugged her up and repositioned her that she was laying down. I softly put her head on the pillow and covered her back up with the blanket. A smile crept over my face as I saw how peaceful she accually looked. No wonder Mr. Malfoy wanted her to take it. Her dogs jumped up and layed beside her, one at her head and the other at her feet. I yawned and shrugged, making my way to mine and Ashley's bed room.
