He shows up in her dreams time and time again, the pretty boy with scars on his face and sparkling eyes one could never forget... but he was never supposed to be real. He was supposed to be a fragment of her imagination. Well that's what Jaya Levine...
The first of my senses to wake up is my hearing, smell and touch. My eyes refuse to open, but I feel my arms and legs wrapped in chains, I hear the sound of them shaking as I try to move, and I smell the dampness of the cell that I'm confined in. The cold breeze sends goosebumps all over me and when I try to move, my skin stings.
I blink my eyes open, and I first find cuts all over my body. My heart begins to race. I take a look around me and my senses were right, I've been captured. But that was the goal. It was either me or Mattheo.
Tears begin to pour out of my eyes, the warmth of the liquid being somewhat comforting as it floods down my cheeks.
"Why are you crying Miss?" A child's voice asks and I push myself further back into the corner, in fear. "It's okay."
I look around me to find the voice, when I realise that in the cell next to me, through the barred wall, I find a skinny little boy, looking more weak than I am, sat there staring at me.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"Ryan. What's your name?" He asks sweetly, and the sound of his voice brings a little comfort to fill the loneliness but it also makes me more upset to see him in this condition also.
"Jaya. W-why are you in here?"
"The same reason all of us are in here. Voldemort captured us." He states and I look around the prison to find more and more people chained up in their individual cells. "I've heard about you. You've come from Hogwarts right?"
I slowly nod.
"My brother goes there, or so I've heard. He went there just recently to fulfil a task for the Dark Lord." He explains to me and my eyes slowly widen.
"W-what is your brother's name?" I ask and he begins to look sad.
"Rio."
My heart falls out of my chest.
Oh my god, what have I done!?
"Does he know you're in here?"
He nods. "But he'll get me out. Once he's done his mission, I'll be out of here in no time!"
More and more tears flood out of my eyes and I hide my face from the little boy, as an immense feeling of guilt takes over me.
He'll die because of me. Because Rio won't be able to capture Mattheo on his own.
Minutes, which feel like hours, pass by and I soon enter a deep sleep, in hopes to wake up and all of this is just a nightmare.
***
10:23 pm
Mattheo's POV
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She's been gone since yesterday, and no one knows where she is. I have a slight idea, but I force myself not to believe it. It can't be true. Draco's death was enough to break me, but losing her will be the end of it all.
But then I remember, dreaming. That's how we're connected. I need to see her, and the only way to do that now is to sleep.
***
I wake up instantly from my dream, my heart racing and breathing unsteady as I come to the realisation of where she is.
I recognise that place. Dungeons underneath the Malfoy Manor, that's where she's being held.
I quickly make my way to the Slytherin common room where all the boys are sat miserably, everyone being confined to their common rooms whilst the Professors figure out Draco's cause of death. Deep down though, everyone knows.
Voldemort is back.
"Boys, we have a situation." I say to them and they all sit up straighter in their seats.
I look around to find students loitering in the room so I gather the boys into my dorm and explain the situation.
"Jaya has been taken by my father." I tell them and they're all startled at my words.
"What? What the fuck do you mean?" Theodore questions.
"She was assigned with the task to take me to him, but she refused. And now, after seeing Draco... I'm assuming she turned herself in, instead of carrying out the task."
"Oh my-" Enzo slaps his hands over his mouth.
"We need to save her." I say to them and they all nod in agreement. "Before it's too late."
"How did you find this out?" Blaise asks and I explain the whole situation about the dreaming thing to them and reassure them that it's real and actually works but they don't seem so sure.
"Listen boys, that Rio guy even told me himself that this shit is real. I took a look into his mind and it's true. They have his brother, and now they have Jaya."
"They have his brother?" Nott asks and I nod.
"Rio was supposed to work with Jaya to retrieve me and if he didn't, his brother would die." I explain.
"Is he trustworthy? We should take him with us." Enzo suggests.
"I'm assuming he is. He's got no other options. If he comes with us, there's a chance of freeing his brother too." I reply and they nod.
***
11:15 pm
We manage to sneak Rio into the Slytherin common room and then my dorm, and explain to him the situation. We spend a while planning our attack, but we also know that we can't bring the school into this.
They wouldn't prioritise the safety of Jaya, since her parents are involved with Voldemort anyway, and they'd take too long to make any action.
This was something I needed to do myself, and I need to do it fast.
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author's note
thought I'd bless you guys with 2 chapters, eventhough they are miserable as hell 🥲 I guess that's why I procrastinated so much to write them...
