Chapter 9

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The days seemed to be zooming by as June turned into July rather quickly. Every day was always exciting with the Weasley's because they wanted me to have fun and enjoy myself while I was staying with them. At times it was hard to enjoy myself because of my nightmares and flashbacks. Not to mention my jitters and the need to always look behind me because I think the death eaters are going to sneak up and take me away from the world again.

As the days go by my nightmares only seem to get worse but they change everytime. Sometimes it's of Bellatrix torturing me whilst others times I watch the life being taken from my mum over and over as Harry's cries can be heard in the background.

Right now I was having one of my nightmares only this time it was different. I was aware that it was only a dream but that didn't stop it from feeling realistic.

Lying at my feet were the lifeless bodies of Mum, Dad, Harry, Remus and Sirius.

Tears poured down my faces as the cackles of the death eaters rang within my ears. The more I cried, the more their laughter increased. My suffering brought them joy, these people where horrible and I hate them so much for it. The dark Lord and his stupid followers have taken everything I love away from me. All because of what? Some stupid prophecy, that's what.

As the laughter died down and a silence took over, it made me look up from the devastation at my feet. Standing at the head of the people I hate the most, was Bellatrix. Her wand pointed straight at me ready for one last kill. Words didn't even leave her mouth as a shot of green light came hurtling towards me.

As it was about to hit me I sat bolt up in my bed. Tears streams down my face and onto the sheets. Fred was kneeling beside the bed, my restlessness probably woke him up again, as it did most nights.

"Ssh it's alright Shay it was just a dream," he reassures gently placing his hand on top of mine then slowly rubbed his thumb across the top of my hand.

Taking in my surroundings I tried to calm my breathing. The last thing I needed was to take a anxiety attack this late at night.

"It felt so real Freddie. I watched the death eaters kill my family all over again, then as they were about to kill me, I woke up," I say explaining in very little detail about what I saw.

"You'll get through this Shay. We all believe in you. Now you should get back to sleep," he says tucking a strand of hair behind my ear before getting up to leave but before he did I grabbed his hand.

"Can you stay just until I fall back asleep," I asked my voice pleading and he nodded his head.

"Sure," he says before sitting down beside me at the edge of the bed. I laid back down resting my head against the pillow gently closing my eyes and drifting back to sleep....

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I'm grateful for everyone and all that they've down for me to make my time here as comfortable as possible. The Weasley's were very lovely people and I'm glad they are doing everything to make me fit better into the world again. They're always trying to make me laugh and eager to enjoy life.

Fred and George would often pull pranks on Ron, much to Molly's  disliking, but they were funny none the less. Once they turned his hair blue by replacing his shampoo with some instant magical hair dye. It was a struggle to get his natural hair color back but he actually thought the joke was funny.

Charlie was always telling me things about dragons and how he was able to actually ride one of them at the sanctuary he works at. He says each one is really unique and quite beautiful to see. I could've listened to him talk for hours about the fascinating creatures.

Since I was memorized by all the magical creatures, he gave me a copy of fantastic beasts and where to find them, so that I could read more into some of the amazing creatures that lived among us. Which is what I was doing at the moment.

There are so many different animals and creatures that walked this Earth but nothing more beautiful than the unicorn. I really wanted to see one up close. My dad says that they are amazing and they usually prefer the presence of women but he got to view them up close when he was in his animagus form.

"Are you ever going to put that book down," two voices said as I turned the page to read about 'the demiguise'.

Not wanting to lose my spot, I dog eared the page before looking up at the twins "Its really fascinating and I haven't been able to read a book for 11 years so I'll read as much books at I want. I like learning new things," I tell them with a stern look.

"You look like Professor McGonagall when you do that," George states raising an eyebrow.

"Come outside, we want to show you something that we think you'd like," Fred says trying to gently take the book from me.

I was hesitant because you never know when these guys were going to pull a prank "Is said thing going to scare me or embarrass me?" I questioned as I stood up.

"Neither," Fred says as he began walking towards the door.

"But it might..." George begins following behind his brother.

"Render you speechless," Fred finishes as he ushers me outside.

It was dark outside, the sun setting about an hour ago. The sky was clear as stars could be seen twinkling in the distance. The sight alone was remarkably beautiful and something I hadn't seen in a long time but then suddenly things changed.

Hundreds of meteors began shooting across the sky making cool patterns as they swam across the void up above. It was so amazing and I couldn't help but smile and laugh as I watched the meteor shower. This was definitely something that I hadn't seen before but I'm so glad that I did.

"I knew you'd like it," Fred says as the twins were positioned on either side of me.

"It's amazing Freddie, I've never seen one before," I exclaimed still gazing up at the sky.

Forget all the magical things I have seen and were amazed by, this natural mundane thing had to be one of the best things I've ever laid my eyes upon.

After hearing about and seeing all those wonderful things, it makes me even more excited to attend Hogwarts in September. I really want to learn all I can about magic, well things that I don't already know. I can't wait to learn spells, make potions and study magical creatures.

I wish September would get here sooner, but first we got to get through July which means Harry's birthday is coming up. He'll get his Hogwarts letter and then we can finally be reunited after all these years.

I can't wait........

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