Dreamers Dreaming [It Begins]

Mattie smiles and looks up at Lili. "Thank you." She says softly and then she looks up at her father who stands and says the dreamers and then looks to the other Matilda.

"I think dreamers are good also, I would hate to have a dream that turned into something else and then suddenly family and friends can't even find you because you are lost or killed here. That would really suck." She says as she stands up. She wants to take Lili's hand for reassurance but isn't sure how she felt about touch after everything, so she refrains.

Dristan appears to be thoughtful about something; suddenly he just vanishes into thin air. Dristan is no longer in the dream lands.

Lili looked up, and suddenly Dristan was gone. "Dristan!?" She called looking around. "What the hell is happening?" She stands for a moment before seeing another figure bolt up.

"Dmitry!? What the hell is happening." She looked around. "Maybe Dristan was pulled for a reason." But she sighed heavily He was one of the more experienced wizards in the group. But at least it was Dmitry who joined them an not another youngin.

"Over here! We're just trying to figure everything out, and i'm pretty sure we've agreed to go save the dreamers."

"Daddy!?!" she screams out as he disappeared. "What's going on?" she looked to Lili for an answer didn't know what was going on, then Dmitry popped up on the shore.

"Dmitry? What are you doing here? Where did dad go?" she looks to Lili again and then to Jillian. Their only adult they knew was gone. She wasn't afraid as much with him there but now he was gone.

"Um, what are we going to do? He was the only adult I trusted. I don't know them, are they even magical? What are we going to do?!" she seems to have tears building in her eyes.

"We need to pick a path and get out of here. We need to make sure Dad wasn't attacked by whatever is after Dreamers. What if he was?" tears start to fall as she looks between the other students, she was scared and nervous something bad might have happened.

Jillian made her way to Mattie, she had promised the professor she would look after the girls and now more than ever she had to keep that promise. She dropped to one knee next to the girl, laying a hand on her shoulder as comforting as she dared. "I am sure he is safe, maybe he just woke up? He is probably rushing to check on you where you sleep right now." she hoped she sounded reassuring, that was after all the only explanation that made sense. "I think they are muggles, Matilda there works in a university after all. You have your wand though and you have us."

She smiled at Mattie, gently attempting to pull her into a hug. "Lets take the path than your dad suggested and get moving. We can do this and I'm sure he'll be so proud to hear of it afterwards!"

Kiami had stood quietly aside, not in the group, but not far away either. She felt uncomfortable and a little bit lost, not really knowing anyone in the group other than Mattie. She kept quiet watching the events of the morning unfold in front of her like the pages of a book she seemed to be lost in. Part of her wanted to keep believing that all of this was some weird dream that she would wake up from soon, but some how she knew that wasn't true. She knew she was awake, and for some unknown reason had been chosen along with this mixed group of adults, teens, and children to combat some silent threat against the world she knew and loved.

Still silent through out the morning Kiami took in what Dristan and Mattie seemed to be saying, something about dreamers and earthers. It didn't all make sense to Kiami, one was described as the dream realm, another as reality. Someone said something about two paths, the group had to choose which path to take, it seemed to Kiami everyone around her looked to be deciding on the path of the dreamers. Not wanting to be the odd ball out, Kiami agrees to take the path to save the dreamers.

With all the commotion and conversation going on around her, Kiami could feel her determination to not be afraid slipping, she felt lost in her thoughts, lost in this weird situation. She couldn't figure out why she of all the people that could have been, would be pulled into this. There was a reason, she just needed time to figure it all out, time to process what was going on around her. That time though was cut short, and so where her thoughts when a scream cut through the air. Kiami jumped, not prepared for the scream.

Shaking her head of the fog she looks up in just enough time to see Dristan vanish into thin air. The skin on her arms crawled with goosebumps, why had he vanished so suddenly, where had he gone? And, worse yet, what if something had happened to him outside of whatever this place was? Kiami didn't have time to digest the scene or her thoughts before another body popped up, someone Mattie seemed to know, that helped calm Kiami down, after all Mattie didn't need another melt down.

Running to her friend as tears began to run down her cheeks Kiami grabs her and wraps her in a hug, soothing her with whispers of comfort, holding her the way Kiami's mother would hold her after a bad dream, after all it was all Kiami felt she could do at this moment, until this rag tag group of muggles and magic could unravel more of the mystery surrounding them.

Petting Mattie's hair as she cried Kiami whispers softly, "Shh, don't cry Mattie. It's okay, I'm sure your dad is alright. Don't worry. Be strong, I know that is what Dristan would want. Besides, you aren't alone, you have all these people here, and you have me. We'll find your dad I promise." Giving her a gentle hug to try and comfort and stop her tears, Kiami whispers low enough that only her friend can hear "Plus, if you don't stop crying you are going to force me to call you Tilly, and we both know how you hate that." She giggles hoping the teasing will calm Mattie down.

Kiami blinks unsure of how to take Mattie's response and than laughs before saying. "First, I'll pet you weather you like it or not. Secondly, who says "K?" No one says that anymore, you weirdo. Thirdly, I made you laugh, so my job is complete."

Kiami looks from Mattie to the other girl Jillian as Mattie turns her attention to her, and says something about her wand.

It was a bit odd to Kiami that out of all the magical people here none of them had their wands, save for Mattie of course. Kiami wondered if there were a way she could find her own wand in this realm.

After all she would feel much better about this situation if they had more than one wand at their disposal.

Turning to Mattie, Kiami smiles seeing the fierce look of determination steady on her friends face. Grabbing Mattie by the hand, she nods in agreement, the determination steeling her own features.

"Right. Let's go than. Mattie, exactly where are we going?"

Matilda is still asking herself what is going on whilst looking out to the horizon. She is still thinking about what Hypnos said to her and that she is still certain that this was a test by her God.

She hears Mattie ask if her and Jermey are coming and she looks at her before saying to her "I'm coming with you all. I mean if you want me to that is"

Lili happily hugged Dmitry and looked to the group. "Dristan was here for a ltitle while. We were all trying to figure out what was going on." She looks down at the fact she is still wearing Dristan's button up shirt. She blushed just slightly and sighed. Not like this was was something new for Dmitry...but still it was a group setting.

"We dont know where he went, but now your here. We can only assume that maybe you traded places?"

Jillian gave a firm nod, thankful that he had not made mention of the peculiar state of dress that she and Liliana was in. "That about sums it up.. I think Professor Adamson said that this was Hynos' realm and that the river there is the Lethe, if that means anything to you? Wish I could tell you why we were all chosen, but there must be a reason."

Matilda looks at Hypnos as he looks very impatient. “I'm sorry. We're getting our heads round this” before she sees him motion his hand. Then her mind feel different.

A few moments later she feels different. She looks down at her hands and they're not her own. She then looks at her arms and sees that she is possibly wearing a suit. “Hypnos. What have you done. Have I changed?” without waiting for an answer she looks at what she assumed were the others and says “I don't know about you guys but I choose the right path” and moves towards it.

The moment Hypnos appears, Jillian spins around having no idea who he is. She opens her mouth as if to say something and feels her body change, almost stumbling and falling over with how different it felt. One hand goes to her head and she notices the first differences, she was taller and now blonde.. she looks down at herself and her eyes bulge, causing her to laugh a little crazily. She had never tried polyjuice but she rationalised that this is what it must feel like.

The blonde bombshell looks around at the others, taking a moment to figure out who is who from where they are standing. It is a relief to see that Mattie isn't thrown by the change, which thankfully is not too drastic. The ones that surprise her most is Matilda, Kiami and Liliana, which causes her to stare for a moment before the conversation catches up with her. "I'm with Mattie, lets head right."

Eyeing Hypnos suspiciously she takes a couple of steps in that direction, but waits to make sure the others are following.

Lili looked down at herself and looked up at everyone. "What the hell just happened" She shakes her head looking to Dmitry. She walks over to Dmitry whispers to him everything that had been happening. She needed to look at the group and watched the group head off to the path.

She grabs Dmitry's hand and pulls him. "Common. We can't let Mattie go off on her own. We have to watch her for Dristans sake"