HP-Hogwarts
Story So Far
Transcript
Three
Dreams and Visions
Marvo's eyes flicker open and he sees Morticia
standing in front of him, anger on her face
'I HATE you Wart Boy! Time you got what your
deserve!'
She shouts a spell and Lightning flashes from
her wand!
Marvo leaps off the chair just before the lightning
hit and the chair explodes into flames.
He rolls along the floor ending face up looking
into Nimue's face.
'I've never liked you Marvo. I only pretended
when we were little because I felt so sorry for you'
Fire leaps from Nimue's wand and again Marvo only
just has time to avoid the onslaught.
'And I would NEVER want to go to the ball with
a Slythin born scum!' Shouts Kat and another spell shoots towards
Marvo knocking him across the floor.
Everyone in the room is laughing at him and pointing,
then from the crowd Joss walks forward.
'J..Joss? But your D..Dead??'
'Yes Marvo. I am, and it's all your fault! You
failed me Marvo... Just like you failed before. You can't get
anything right, not now, not then, not ever!'
She points a bony finger at him, her skin taught
and pure white.
'NOOOOOooooo!'
Marvo's eyes flicker open and he feels his heart
pounding.
He looks around the room.
'A dream' he whispers to himself. 'Just a dream'
He closes his eyes again and tries to calm his
heart, slightly squeezing Kats hand.
Kat wasn't dreaming. Her sleep had been too deep
for that, but she had been woken by something. She felt a lot
better for the sleep, but there was something wrong. She was
not quite sure what. She looked around to see Marvo with Kit
still on his lap. That's what it was. She couldn't tell what,
but Marvo wasn't happy about something.
She squeezed his hand and he opened his eyes
again. "What's up, you don't, um, feel very happy. I don't know
how I know that, but it's true isn't it? Are you alright?" Kat
looks worriedly at Marvo
Marvo was silent for a moment 'It was nothing.
Just a bad dream. Nothing to worry about.'
He strains a smile but keeps his eyes closed 'I'm
not a seer so nothing to worry about. sorry I disturbed you'
Kat knew he'd say that. She had not yet got him
to admit anything straight out. She got up, carefully moving
Scully, and took both Marvo's hands as she knelt at his feet
on the floor in front of him. "Marvo look at me." She said in
a voice that while commanding was also pleading and almost a
whisper.
"It's no good trying to brush it off like that.
If for no other reason, my emotional senses are heightened from
having shared thoughts with Mulder, and I could feel that dream
right through your hand. It woke me up from quite a deep sleep.
I know it wasn't just any dream. It really worried you. And
I never said you were a seer, I just said that I knew you felt
unhappy. Will you tell me? I'll not judge you by who you are
or what you do in a dream, it's what you make of yourself out
here that matters." Kat took the stab at what she suspected
from his emotions, and hoped it would be enough. She looked
at him, hoping he would open up to her.
Marvo looks into Kats eyes and is silent for
a moment. considering whether to 'open up'
He seems to make his mind up... 'I......'
Then Nimue sits blot upright staring about wildly
Marvo jumps up, leaving Kat sitting there and
sending Kit to the floor.
'Lizzy! Are you okay? what happened??'
Nimue had found herself standing upon a grey and
lonely moor. In the distance she could hear the sound of waves
and knew she was near the sea .. but where? The sky was growing
ever darker as a storm gathered on the horizon. Suddenly a sharp
noise pierced the air, a raven's call, and she saw it wheeling
high in the air above her.
It dropped suddenly from the sky like a stone
and she followed its path. As she did, her eyes came to rest
upon a stone bier on which lay a tall girl attired in a simple
of robe of neutral colour. Her fair hair streamed down over
the stone bringing the memory of sunlight and beauty to this
barren place. Nimue found herself walking closer and saw that
it was Josslin, her skin pale, her eyes closed. Nimue could
see no life within her.
She seemed to be drawing ever nearer and noticed
a flat but unusually shaped object lay on Joss' chest and her
hands were clasped over it. She started at a sudden noise and
she was aware that she was no longer alone.
Looking up, she saw an ancient woman standing
by the bier, in one hand holding a torch, her face hidden by
a hooded robe. The woman's claw like hand pointed towards Joss'
and Nimue gaze followed. The crone uttered a word but it was
swallowed by the wind. Nimue moved closer seeking to understand
the word and gesture and saw suddenly a red stain spreading
over Joss' chest. She recoiled at the thought that this was
Joss' blood, but then other colours appeared: blue, yellow,
and green washing over the robe. Nimue realised the object clasped
to Joss' chest was a painter's pallet.
At this, the raven screeched again..and the sound
became louder and louder filling her head and she bolts awake,
staring about her wildly.
Nimue comes back to herself - for a second she
had been totally dis-oriented finding herself back in the hall.
She notes Marvo's concern and also sees Kat sitting somewhat
awkwardly by the chair where she had seen them together a while
before. She feels somewhat embarrassed that she has caused any
fuss.
"I must have dropped off ...I guess I was dreaming..dreaming
about Joss and...". She stopped. "Its kind of fading away but
I think I need to tell someone now before it does and also write
it down because while it might be nothing but it also might
mean something."
When Marvo rushed over to help Nimue Kat watched
with a regretful, yet patient look on her face. He wouldn't
get away with not talking all the time, but Marvo just seemed
to be one of those people who took a while to trust anyone else.
There was time, she hoped. She'd wait for the moment.
Nimue takes a scrap of paper and pencil from her
robe and writes furiously for a minute - just anchoring some
key images so that they don't vanish. She then relates the dream
to Marvo and Kat including in as much detail as she can.
Kat listened as Nimue told them about her dream.
"It may just be a dream about Joss because of the shock of loosing
her." Interestingly you can see that Kat is no longer outwardly
showing signs of grief, or any other emotion for that matter.
Nimue continued: "I do remember on a number of
occasions when I was walking in the grounds I saw Josslin in
the distance drawing things and sometimes painting. I never
intruded on her though because I know that artists like to work
without people peering at them - it's a private thing like my
walks were. I guess I must have remembered that and it got woven
into the dream."
Suddenly as if no one had seen Peesey he said
"So," as he walks over to Nimue and the others "you saw her
in the grounds, a lot." He stands and think a minute.
"Well" said Nimue in reply, "it wasn't quite that
often. Not 'a lot' just every now and then. I mean I tend to
walk outside at least once a day if not more. I expect Kat will
know more as they were in the same House and dormitory."
She now seemed a little unsure whether the dream
had meant anything at all except as Kat had observed about losing
Joss though they hadn't been particularly close. It had been
remarkably vivid though.
Marvo Listens intently. 'Interesting. But you
okay?'
Nimue answers him:
"Oh yes, I'm fine. I mean I feel a little odd
as though part of me is still there with them - as if it's an
actual place that I'm sure it isn't. I was definitely asleep
wasn't I, I wasn't 'elsewhere'."
Nimue wasn't quite sure what she meant by this
remark and looked at Marvo with some embarrassment as she though
she was talking nonsense and somewhat losing her usual reserve.
She was also aware that given the looks passing
between Kat and Marvo and the general atmosphere that maybe
she had disturbed something that had nothing to with her. She
felt a little strange about this.
She'd realised she taken Marvo's buffoonery somewhat
at face value, all those memories of their fights and arguments,
his teasing, her general bratty behaviour. Memories of pulled
hair and bugs in her food and magical torments they'd inflicted
on each other had crowded out the good memories. She remembered
now how they had both been very upset when the announcement
was made of her family moving overseas.
This new Marvo was confusing her as obviously
he had changed or something had happened to him over the last
few years. The clown was still there but now seemed to be more
of a mask he wore to disarm people.
Marvo looks over to Kat, feeling slightly guilty,
'Perhaps someone should look through Joss' belonging before
they are taken away. Perhaps there is a clue.'
Peesey turns to Marvo and says "That's a good
idea," then adds "for you!"
Kat remarked: "I don't know about Joss' things.
Won't they have been taken for her parents? I can have a look
though. She used to sleep in the same dorm. If I go now then
her belongings might still be there..."
Kat wanders out and back towards the Ravenclaw
common room.
Marvo looks towards Kat as she leaves, contemplating
saying something to her.
Kat returned to the hall and wandered over to
Marvo, Nimue and Peesey.
"Well, most of her things were still there, but
I think someone had carefully searched before I got there. There
was very little of interest. I found her pastilles and some
letters from home. Clothes. Books. Not much really."
Kat looks at them. Marvo is looking at Kat's
coat as if wondering why she has it on. "I'm going out for a
bit of air." She turns to look purposefully at Marvo. "I'll
be down near the lake should anyone decide they might like to
stop making excuses and actually to talk to me." There was no
emotion in her voice. It was just a fact.
She smiled at Nimue, and gave her a folded piece
of paper that she had found in the drawing book. "Here. I think
you might like this."
Kat turned and looked at Marvo. The expression
was very difficult to read, and Marvo could not quite make it
out. She left the way she had come.
When Nimue unfolded the piece of paper Kat had
handed her she found her own eyes staring straight back at her.
The picture was a striking portrait of Nimue.
Kat wandered down to the lake and sat down to
watch the water. She pulled out a book from under her jumper,
and turned to a page she had found earlier. The she just sat
and stared at it for a while, trying to make out the character
behind the face she could see.
Marvo turns to Nimue
'Look. I better go after her. It isn't safe for
her to be out there alone'. He turns to Peesemould
'Later 'Peesy'. He starts walking towards the
door. Thinking about what he will say to Kat.
Nimue crossed the room and stopped Marvo, placing
her hand on his arm: "I agree you should talk with her but I
think I should go to her first.
I think she really likes you but understand your
ways. Maybe I can smooth things a little, make it a little less
awkward for the two of you. If you want me to leave when you
get there I will."
Marvo just nods his head in ascent to this. Nimue
leaves the room heading in the direction that Kat took.
(The interlude that occurred here at Lakeside
first between Nimue and Kat, then joined by Marvo did not form
part of the archives of the main group. However, it has since been added to the transcript as the 'secrets' about Marvo are now known to other students apart from Kat and Nimue. It also does serve to cement
the friendship between the three. 'At the Lakeside' has been added to this transcript as Part 13,