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Post by Melody Bang-Bala G6 on Apr 5, 2005 18:44:02 GMT
Melody screamed and jumped out of her bed. This was certainly not usual for her, by no means was it usual at all. Crawling across her bed was a huge - 3 ft long - rat. It was horrible! Melody didn't usually lose her cool, but honestly, this was pushing it a bit. She sincerely hoped it wasn't a prank. If it was... well... the wrath of the thirteen year old girl would not go unnoticed. It simply wasn't fair! Why should Melody have to put up with this thing in her bed? Shaking, she wrapped her dressing gown around her and withdrew her wand, pointing it at the rat, which had stopped, its whiskers quivering. It was probably a magical rat as well. In which case Melody would no doubt not be able to get rid of it.
Melody heard a pitiful meow as Boris brushed around her legs. She picked him up, and of course he went crazy when he saw what he had smelt. She quietened him down. That... thing... was almost as big as he was! She hoped someone else would wake up and come to investigate what one of their fellow dorm-mates was screaming about in the middle of the night. She looked around. Most of them seemed still to be asleep, so she evidently hadn't screamed very loudly. However, one bed was stirring. Melody breathed a sigh of relief, her knees still quaking and knocking together, preparing herself for the second scream that would probably be imminent.
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Post by dracorocks on Apr 6, 2005 10:21:57 GMT
Katrina was having a hard time trying to get to sleep. She always had nightmares the moment she went to dreamland. She was trying very hard to stay awake but her eyelids closed and she didn't even noticed they were closed until she went to the graveyard in dreamland.
Why? Why must I have a nightmare every single night? It's not like I haven't been here. I come here every single night!! Argh! Wake up Katrina!! But she couldn't wake up however hard she tried.
She kept on twisting and turning, feeling sick of the nightmare she had. But then someone screamed, taking her back to her bed in the Gryffindor dormitory.
Katrina opened her eyes to find herself back in her bed.
Did someone just screamed? Well, I have to thank her anyway for waking me up. I wonder who she is? Sitting up, she poured herself some water and took a drink from it. Wiping away the sweat she had on her forhead, she opened the curtain to her bed and looked around.
She found Melody shaking and holding a cat.
"Melody! Are you alright? What happened?" she asked with concern.
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Post by Melody Bang-Bala G6 on Apr 7, 2005 19:11:02 GMT
It was Katrina Thompsam who had been awoken by Melody's scream. She wanted to know what had happened. Melody simply shook her head and pointed to the rat. It was now busy chewing a hole in her sheets. She looked at Katrina with horror in her eyes, disconcerted and very different from her usual self. But usually she didn't have to endure being woken up by a huge rat being in her bed. Still shaking, she edged slowly away from it and put Boris down. He stayed by her side, his hackles raised.
"Can yer do a thing 'bout it, Kat?" Melody asked, her voice wavering slightly. It was a horrible thought that that thing was in her bed. "Any idea... 'ow t'thing got there?" She was feeling slightly chilly as well now. She wanted to crawl back into the warmth under her covers, but she couldn't, because that thing was there. Eating a hole through them. She looked back to Katrina with sleep-blurred eyes, panic also showing in them. Sleepiness and panic. Probably not a good combination. She just needed a sit down though, and later a good night's sleep, and she would be fine. Once this rat had gone away.
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Post by dracorocks on May 9, 2005 7:19:14 GMT
((I'M BACK!!!HAHAHA!!!))
Katrina just sat there while she finished her glass of water. It wasn't hard before she thought of a plan.
"Melody, you have a cat don't you? Could I use him?" Without even waiting for a reply, she took Boris from Melody's hand and slowly lowered her down somewhere that was near the rat. It did not take long before the rat sensed there was something near it. She walked over to Melody and put a comforting arm round her. "It's alright now Melody. Boris can catch a rat easily. Now why don't you go to my bed and have a good night's sleep there?" Katrina asked Melody with worriness in her eyes.
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Post by Melody Bang-Bala G6 on May 24, 2005 15:24:19 GMT
Melody yielded Boris to Kat easily because she was so frightened that her arms were weak anyway - it didn't require a thought to give the cat up. Melody watched worriedly as Kat sent Boris after the rat. She wasn't sure which was better matched. The rat took flight though, whisking out of the dormitory and into the corridor. Melody slammed the door after it, thankfully not waking anyone else up. They must be sound sleepers. Melody took a red blanket with gold trimmings from her trunk and put it over her shoulders, sitting down shakily on the chair next to her bed and trying to smile as Kat put an arm round her.
"I've allus been a wee bit scared by 'em big things, yer follow me drift?" she said, feeling a bit silly now that the thing was gone. Although while it was there she had been perfectly justified to be frightened. Melody looked up at the other second year. "Thanks fer t'offer, and fer yer 'elp. But it's near quarter ter six now so I can manage. Make do." Melody gave her fellow second year a shaky smile. "I 'ope I 'aven't disturbed yer too much." She drew the blanket further around herself and reached under her bed to draw out a pair of dark purple mocassins. "These'll do me fine," she said, feeling much better now than she had been only about five minutes ago. She sat there on the chair for a bit longer, gathering her wits, before getting up quietly and making her way down to the common room, hoping that she hadn't disturbed Kat too much.
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Post by dracorocks on May 31, 2005 15:13:00 GMT
Katrina watched as a wild race between a cat and a rat began. The zigzagged under the beds and between them, and finally out the dormitory to the corridor. She sighed as Melody closed the door and walked back to wards her. She put a comforting arm around her and asked her to sleep in her bed. She watched as Melody gave her a weak smile and said she could manage it. "No, you haven't disturbed me. I was going to thank you for disturbing from my nightmare!" Katrina shook at that thought. "Well Melody, get a good night's sleep and don't think about it anymore, OK? Well, I'd better get back Boris before he goes out of the common room. Night."
Katrina walked out of the dormitory and closed the door silently behind her. She was tired, but wasn't going to sleep just yet. She was afraid of going back to the graveyard haunted her. "Here kitty kitty kitty, where are you?" She found him beside the fire, clawing at what looked like a bloody piece of a rat. "Boris! Bad kitty! Stop doing that! Come on. Melody will be worried sick about you." She picked him up and cradled him in her arms, with out realizing that she had fell asleep in the armchair while still holding Boris.
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