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"I can get you back?"

"No A, I'm dead, you need to accept that" she replied, crushing my hopes in simple words.

"But listen to me before she is here" she continued, the urgency in her voice scared me, Zara has always been the 'chill' girl, she maintained her cool in every situation.

"You need to find the reasons for your dreams, they are a significant part of your past li-" she laid out.

"-But how? I'm trying so hard to find about the..." I cut in.

A thunderous boom echoed through the dark hallways, reaping closer every passing second. Zara lifted my cheeks and forced me to look at her in the eyes and continued,

"Every question leads to another question, only when the strongest you are, you may find the answers-" she chanted the words as reading a line from the book.

"-What do you mean by that?" I cut in the midway of her chant.

"Will you please stop doing that?" She scowled.

"Doing what?-"

"-butting in when I'm talking?" She raised her sculpted eyebrows in annoyance. She knew she had me there.

"Alright, I'll keep my mouth shut," I pouted, did a zipping of my lips gesture, and stayed quiet.

Zara looked at me for a moment, sighed, and continued, "search for the meaning of your dreams A, that's the only way you can find a solution to your visions."

"What solution? What's the use of finding anything if I can't get you back?" I complained, I was baffled, hurt and broken.

Mostly, I'm angry, angry at Zara for not trying to redeem herself, she wanted to end my visions? What was she even talking about?

"Aini, I'm always with you-"

"-Then why can I only see you in my dreams?"

"That's because you are not acknowledging me. You should let me in A, that's the only way," she pressed, staring in the direction of the door.

"How do I do that?" I questioned.

Her attention was caught between the blinding light pouring through the opened door and me, I wondered what she was looking at, most importantly why she was in a rush?

"Zara, what's the stampede about?" That caught her attention.

"Listen, I'm dead! The sooner you come to terms with it, the sooner you can see me in reality, I'm helpless when you are weak, please stay strong and most importantly search for the reasons for your dream, don't get scared of anything that's happening in your dream-

"-but it was hauntin-"

"- No Aini, everything you see or seem is only a dream within a dream, she can't hurt you, your fear is her strength, stay strong! Look for the little details in the dream, stop panicking and search inside your dreams, you have the power to contro-"

Another wave of thunder echoed through the room, emitting light throughout the dark area, Zara's features faded to the light, with a resigned sigh, she mouthed 'I'm dead!" And vanished from my sight.

I tried to grasp hold of her fading image, only to be drawn into the reality of the hospital room and Dr. Maya screaming incoherent words in my direction.

I adjusted to the blinding light, my head swarmed with the sudden change of occurrences, the dream was real, it felt real but Zara's voice echoed in my ears,

'everything you see or seem is only a dream within a dream.'

What did she mean, was someone controlling my dreams? Showing me something that they wanted me to see?

'I'm dead A, Come to terms with it!' Her messages hit me hard.

I noticed Dr. Maya rushing in my direction, probably noticing that I'm awake. She left a relieved sigh and offered me a glass of water.

"Are you okay?" She asked, grabbed my hands, and checked for my pulse.

The realization of the dream felt as if I was poured by a bucket of ice into my body.

"Miss. Malcolm, do you hear me? Are you okay?" Maya asked, panicked at my stilled posture, I wanted to answer her, reassure her I was fine but my mind wandered to the details of Zara's voice and her advice.

I was pulled out of thoughts when Dr. Maya shook my shoulders, vehemently trying to gain my attention, poor doctor might have thought I'm a mental!

"Yes Dr. Maya, I'm fine. Just a little drowsy but I'm okay," I said blindly, still contemplating over the dream.

She nodded and grabbed her stethoscope, probably trying to check my heartbeat.

"No, I'm fine. You don't have to check me," I dismissed her treatment.

"How often does this happen? Guessing from your lack of concern, this is not new to you." She came to terms, it was like she was saying them out loud for a better understanding of the situation, for me and her.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" She continued, beckoning me to confess.

I nodded at her, deciding on telling her about the nightmares, the sooner I come to terms with this, the sooner I will be able to unveil the mystery, and I most definitely could use some moral support but I wondered if the doctor was a reliable one.

She was skeptical when I told her about my vision, I couldn't even imagine what she would do if I told her about my dead friend appearing in my dreams to urge me into a mission.

The word 'dead friend' hit me like a punch, it was like finally, I'm admitting it to myself but the sooner I concede the truth, then I might have a chance to see her in my real life.

Maya was peering at me expectantly, waiting for me to start confessing, "after my friends d-death, I started to experience nightmares-

"-about the accident?" She inquired.

"No, it was different, this dream was about something else, it was-

"It's only a dream, search for the meaning."

I wondered where those words came from.

"What was it about?" Maya urged I was about to say about the mysterious girl when we heard the door click.

Maya turned her attention to the door while I felt relieved, the break from the cross-question made me release my breath and clear my thoughts until I heard the voice,

"How is she?"

The voice was familiar, it sent a jolt through my system, I whipped my head in the direction and uttered in shock,

"Harry!"

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Word count - (1074 excluding A/N)

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Hey guys, how are you all?

Yes, I'm bored without Harry in the picture so I decided to scoop him up although my original plan was to re-enter him only at the end of the book, I hope this sudden move doesn't affect my plot! Oh and let me know what you think about his sudden entry.

Oh, and yes, I'm going to keep editing throughout my writing journey and yes, I will most likely keep unpublishing and publishing it after I edit the chapter and yes, it's called spamming your inboxes, your welcome! :)