Common Room Dreams
Harry sat up in his four-poster. He had just woken up from a very pleasant dream and now he was thinking. He was thinking of her. She was all that was on his mind. He knew that she had liked him for a while but he had never liked her like that. But what had happened? Yesterday he had been with Ron and Hermione going to classes, doing homework, and doing all their usual things. And now he had had a wonderful dream about her, Ginny Weasley. Ginny, with her fiery red hair, fair skin and freckles.
He had dreamed that he was in the Gryffindor common room on one of the armchairs by the fire. He had been thinking of Ginny and poof, she was there. She walked over to Harry and sat down next to him, letting her fiery red hair go over his face. He looked into her eyes. Then suddenly he had woken up. He wished that the dream could've gone longer. He had a sudden urge to go down to the common room. He sat in one of the armchairs near the fire. He liked being away from Neville's snores at night. He suddenly heard a noise coming from the stairs to the girl's dormitories. He suddenly pretended to be asleep. He opened his eyes a bit and saw Ginny Weasley, the same girl he had just been thinking of. She came down, saw Harry asleep and ran back to her dormitory. Harry was confused, is that the same Ginny? She had just run away from him. He felt a pang in his heart.
Finally Harry had fallen to sleep. He had the dream that caused many uncomfortable nights for almost a year. He had a dream that he was petrified and he was looking into a graveyard where Voldemort had been resurrected almost a year before now. He could see himself screaming with pain from the Cruciatus curse. He wanted to change this. He wanted to break free and attack Voldemort from behind. He couldn't move at all. The dream seemed to exaggerate the pain. In the dream Harry was screaming most of the time. When Voldemort started the duel that saved Harry's life he always woke up. He always woke up screaming and with his scar burning. Ron, Neville, Dean and Seamus had been worried about him for a long time. All of them seemed to wake up in the middle of the night, every night because of Harry's screaming. He had told Dumbledore about these dreams and decided that he would be moved into a separate, more private room where no one could hear his screams. Harry knew Dumbledore had been reluctant to do this but he had to because of Harry's dorm-mates.
Harry opened his eyes and felt his scar. He liked his scar except when it hurt of course. It was burning dully on his brow. He started to look around the common room. He saw little specks of light come through the shade. He figured that he must have spent the night in the common room. He gathered himself and he headed toward his dormitory. He was dreading the end of the day. That day he was getting his own dormitory. There was only one pro for this new dormitory. It was much larger than the other dormitory. He could have all of the fifth years in there for a party one night if he wanted to.
It was Saturday morning and he was lying in his bed. He started thinking of her again. He just couldn't stop. He was glad she was now on his (Harry had become a captain at the beginning of the year) Gryffindor quidditch team. He had scheduled a practice today since tomorrow was going to be his second final game of the quidditch season. His team was going to play Slytherin to see who was going to play Ravenclaw in the championship game.
"Team! Time for practice!" Harry yelled over the crowd mulling around in the common room. Ginny, Fred, George, Katie, Angelina and Alicia ran toward their dormitories to get their brooms. Fred and George of course went in the girl's dormitories by "accident" and some screaming followed. They finally went out with large grins on their faces to go retrieve their cleansweeps. After all of the team were assembled in the common room Harry led them down to the pitch. They went into the locker room for a quick discussion about tactics. After that they went out onto the field. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and it was a bit warm. He suddenly noticed how the sun reflected of Ginny's hair. He shook his head. He had to concentrate on quidditch now. He had to beat Malfoy. Malfoy was getting unbearable. (Harry thought that it had to do with his father's success as a death eater Harry shuddered at the thought).
They started their quidditch practice. "Slytherin wasn't going to stand a chance!", Harry thought. Their practice had gone great. Harry had tried the Wronski Feint and the ????? ?????? and he had managed them easier than he had thought. The Wronski feint was a good move to use against Malfoy. Maybe Malfoy would get injured from hitting the ground after the dive. Harry brightened up at the thought. Anyway, he had been able to release the snitch and bludgers. The quaffle of course was handled by hand and didn't need to be let out. Ginny who was their new keeper hadn't let any quaffles get past her. Harry was very proud of her. Hogwarts, over the summer had devised a set of dummies (with a bit of magic in them of course) that sat upon brooms in the field. They were made so they pretended to be players from another team. They were there to hit bludgers at and to avoid on the field. They couldn't handle the balls. Fred and George had given them a hard beating and their "bodies" were a bit dented from the bludgers.
The Gryffindor team headed back to their common room. "Moresmodre" said Harry as he led his team through the portrait hole. They all sat down on cushy armchairs away from each other. Harry sat down next to Ron and Hermione. They started discussing Gryffindor's chances to beat Slytherin.
Soon after they started talking they realized it was getting late. Dumbledore came into the common room. He followed Harry into his old dormitory and used magic to pack up Harry's things. He floated them back into the common room. Dumbledore flicked his wand and a new staircase appeared. Harry went up the staircase and saw an awesome room. It had a huge window on the wall. There were giant curtains next to it. There was a big four poster against the wall. There was a little hall toward the right of the door leading toward his own bathroom. The bathroom looked a bit like the prefects bathroom he had seen the year before. There was a swimming pool size bath with little taps on the sides. There were marble sinks, floors, toilets, walls and the bottom of the bath (pool) was marble too. He went back into his bedroom and found his trunk on the other side of the room with a bureau. The bureau had a mirror on it (it was a magical mirror that spoke to you). His pajamas were already set on his open four-poster. He said goodbye to Dumbledore and went over to his four-poster.
Harry was so tired that night he just got comfy in his new sheets and closed his eyes. He started to think about her again. It was all she could think about. He wanted to get together with her. He just didn't have the courage. He knew she liked him but she wasn't expecting him to like her back. Would it startle her if he asked? Would she say no automatically? He hoped not. He started to nod off to sleep.
"Kill the spare!" said a cold voice. Harry was having his nightmare again. He saw Wormtail kill Cedric for the millionth time now. He saw Cedric lying on the ground. He screamed. He woke up. He didn't know where he was for a moment. He then realized that he was in his new dormitory, his new, exquisite and lonely dormitory. He would have to tell Ron about this. Maybe Ron could sleep over sometime. Maybe.
Harry rolled over in bed, got up and went to the bathroom. He looked around. He liked it in here. No ghosts could come here and it was much larger than the bathroom he shared. Instead of taking his usual shower in the morning (he couldn't go back to sleep no matter what) he decided to fill this bath and swim a bit. He filled it and slipped in. It brought back memories about the bath he had taken last year with his golden egg. It brought back memories of Cedric.
Cedric.
He was dead.
Harry stayed in the bath awhile then got out, dried himself and got dressed. He decided to do a bit of studying for his O.W.L.s. They were coming up in a few weeks. He got out his book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. He looked up Jarvey. He knew it was going to come up in the O.W.L. for Care of Magical Creatures. Hagrid had hinted (only the Gryffindors of course). He got tired of reading and started to explore every nook and cranny of his new dormitory. He found that there was a loft right near his bed. He climbed upon it. What met his eyes was spectacular. There were many artifacts and papers neatly piled on top of each other.
He saw a note pinned on the wall in Dumbledore's loopy writing. It read...
Dear Harry,
I know you must be wondering what all these artifacts are. I'll tell you. These papers and objects all belonged to your parents. Your parents knew Voldemort was after them so they gave me these things to give to their son when he is at Hogwarts. I have decided you are now ready to possess your parent's things. Some things can be very useful and some are just plain charming. You must remember your parents picked these things because of a purpose. Some things they didn't want you to have you have gotten by mistake (the marauder's map). Anyway, I thought this explanation would be necessary to your understanding on why these are here. I think you will find these artifacts fascinating. I will now leave you to your exploring.
Sincerely,
Professor Dumbledore
Harry read this note and looked around at the objects littering the loft. His eye fell upon an interesting object. It looked like a crystal ball/marauders map. It had the structure of a crystal ball but there was a map inside. It showed all of Hogwarts but it was more detailed. It was larger and showed what people were doing. He looked at Dumbledore's dot. It read:
Albus Dumbledore: Using his pensive
He looked at Snape's dot:
Severus Snape: Thinking of ways to take points off Harry Potter
"Great" thought Harry. This ball was very informative Harry thought. "I better be careful around Snape".
He liked this gadget. He knew it would be another mischief-maker tool. He would put it next to his invisibility cloak and Marauder's Map. He looked around once more. His eyes fell upon another interesting looking object, very interesting.
Harry sat up in his four-poster. He had just woken up from a very pleasant dream and now he was thinking. He was thinking of her. She was all that was on his mind. He knew that she had liked him for a while but he had never liked her like that. But what had happened? Yesterday he had been with Ron and Hermione going to classes, doing homework, and doing all their usual things. And now he had had a wonderful dream about her, Ginny Weasley. Ginny, with her fiery red hair, fair skin and freckles.
He had dreamed that he was in the Gryffindor common room on one of the armchairs by the fire. He had been thinking of Ginny and poof, she was there. She walked over to Harry and sat down next to him, letting her fiery red hair go over his face. He looked into her eyes. Then suddenly he had woken up. He wished that the dream could've gone longer. He had a sudden urge to go down to the common room. He sat in one of the armchairs near the fire. He liked being away from Neville's snores at night. He suddenly heard a noise coming from the stairs to the girl's dormitories. He suddenly pretended to be asleep. He opened his eyes a bit and saw Ginny Weasley, the same girl he had just been thinking of. She came down, saw Harry asleep and ran back to her dormitory. Harry was confused, is that the same Ginny? She had just run away from him. He felt a pang in his heart.
Finally Harry had fallen to sleep. He had the dream that caused many uncomfortable nights for almost a year. He had a dream that he was petrified and he was looking into a graveyard where Voldemort had been resurrected almost a year before now. He could see himself screaming with pain from the Cruciatus curse. He wanted to change this. He wanted to break free and attack Voldemort from behind. He couldn't move at all. The dream seemed to exaggerate the pain. In the dream Harry was screaming most of the time. When Voldemort started the duel that saved Harry's life he always woke up. He always woke up screaming and with his scar burning. Ron, Neville, Dean and Seamus had been worried about him for a long time. All of them seemed to wake up in the middle of the night, every night because of Harry's screaming. He had told Dumbledore about these dreams and decided that he would be moved into a separate, more private room where no one could hear his screams. Harry knew Dumbledore had been reluctant to do this but he had to because of Harry's dorm-mates.
Harry opened his eyes and felt his scar. He liked his scar except when it hurt of course. It was burning dully on his brow. He started to look around the common room. He saw little specks of light come through the shade. He figured that he must have spent the night in the common room. He gathered himself and he headed toward his dormitory. He was dreading the end of the day. That day he was getting his own dormitory. There was only one pro for this new dormitory. It was much larger than the other dormitory. He could have all of the fifth years in there for a party one night if he wanted to.
It was Saturday morning and he was lying in his bed. He started thinking of her again. He just couldn't stop. He was glad she was now on his (Harry had become a captain at the beginning of the year) Gryffindor quidditch team. He had scheduled a practice today since tomorrow was going to be his second final game of the quidditch season. His team was going to play Slytherin to see who was going to play Ravenclaw in the championship game.
"Team! Time for practice!" Harry yelled over the crowd mulling around in the common room. Ginny, Fred, George, Katie, Angelina and Alicia ran toward their dormitories to get their brooms. Fred and George of course went in the girl's dormitories by "accident" and some screaming followed. They finally went out with large grins on their faces to go retrieve their cleansweeps. After all of the team were assembled in the common room Harry led them down to the pitch. They went into the locker room for a quick discussion about tactics. After that they went out onto the field. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and it was a bit warm. He suddenly noticed how the sun reflected of Ginny's hair. He shook his head. He had to concentrate on quidditch now. He had to beat Malfoy. Malfoy was getting unbearable. (Harry thought that it had to do with his father's success as a death eater Harry shuddered at the thought).
They started their quidditch practice. "Slytherin wasn't going to stand a chance!", Harry thought. Their practice had gone great. Harry had tried the Wronski Feint and the ????? ?????? and he had managed them easier than he had thought. The Wronski feint was a good move to use against Malfoy. Maybe Malfoy would get injured from hitting the ground after the dive. Harry brightened up at the thought. Anyway, he had been able to release the snitch and bludgers. The quaffle of course was handled by hand and didn't need to be let out. Ginny who was their new keeper hadn't let any quaffles get past her. Harry was very proud of her. Hogwarts, over the summer had devised a set of dummies (with a bit of magic in them of course) that sat upon brooms in the field. They were made so they pretended to be players from another team. They were there to hit bludgers at and to avoid on the field. They couldn't handle the balls. Fred and George had given them a hard beating and their "bodies" were a bit dented from the bludgers.
The Gryffindor team headed back to their common room. "Moresmodre" said Harry as he led his team through the portrait hole. They all sat down on cushy armchairs away from each other. Harry sat down next to Ron and Hermione. They started discussing Gryffindor's chances to beat Slytherin.
Soon after they started talking they realized it was getting late. Dumbledore came into the common room. He followed Harry into his old dormitory and used magic to pack up Harry's things. He floated them back into the common room. Dumbledore flicked his wand and a new staircase appeared. Harry went up the staircase and saw an awesome room. It had a huge window on the wall. There were giant curtains next to it. There was a big four poster against the wall. There was a little hall toward the right of the door leading toward his own bathroom. The bathroom looked a bit like the prefects bathroom he had seen the year before. There was a swimming pool size bath with little taps on the sides. There were marble sinks, floors, toilets, walls and the bottom of the bath (pool) was marble too. He went back into his bedroom and found his trunk on the other side of the room with a bureau. The bureau had a mirror on it (it was a magical mirror that spoke to you). His pajamas were already set on his open four-poster. He said goodbye to Dumbledore and went over to his four-poster.
Harry was so tired that night he just got comfy in his new sheets and closed his eyes. He started to think about her again. It was all she could think about. He wanted to get together with her. He just didn't have the courage. He knew she liked him but she wasn't expecting him to like her back. Would it startle her if he asked? Would she say no automatically? He hoped not. He started to nod off to sleep.
"Kill the spare!" said a cold voice. Harry was having his nightmare again. He saw Wormtail kill Cedric for the millionth time now. He saw Cedric lying on the ground. He screamed. He woke up. He didn't know where he was for a moment. He then realized that he was in his new dormitory, his new, exquisite and lonely dormitory. He would have to tell Ron about this. Maybe Ron could sleep over sometime. Maybe.
Harry rolled over in bed, got up and went to the bathroom. He looked around. He liked it in here. No ghosts could come here and it was much larger than the bathroom he shared. Instead of taking his usual shower in the morning (he couldn't go back to sleep no matter what) he decided to fill this bath and swim a bit. He filled it and slipped in. It brought back memories about the bath he had taken last year with his golden egg. It brought back memories of Cedric.
Cedric.
He was dead.
Harry stayed in the bath awhile then got out, dried himself and got dressed. He decided to do a bit of studying for his O.W.L.s. They were coming up in a few weeks. He got out his book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. He looked up Jarvey. He knew it was going to come up in the O.W.L. for Care of Magical Creatures. Hagrid had hinted (only the Gryffindors of course). He got tired of reading and started to explore every nook and cranny of his new dormitory. He found that there was a loft right near his bed. He climbed upon it. What met his eyes was spectacular. There were many artifacts and papers neatly piled on top of each other.
He saw a note pinned on the wall in Dumbledore's loopy writing. It read...
Dear Harry,
I know you must be wondering what all these artifacts are. I'll tell you. These papers and objects all belonged to your parents. Your parents knew Voldemort was after them so they gave me these things to give to their son when he is at Hogwarts. I have decided you are now ready to possess your parent's things. Some things can be very useful and some are just plain charming. You must remember your parents picked these things because of a purpose. Some things they didn't want you to have you have gotten by mistake (the marauder's map). Anyway, I thought this explanation would be necessary to your understanding on why these are here. I think you will find these artifacts fascinating. I will now leave you to your exploring.
Sincerely,
Professor Dumbledore
Harry read this note and looked around at the objects littering the loft. His eye fell upon an interesting object. It looked like a crystal ball/marauders map. It had the structure of a crystal ball but there was a map inside. It showed all of Hogwarts but it was more detailed. It was larger and showed what people were doing. He looked at Dumbledore's dot. It read:
Albus Dumbledore: Using his pensive
He looked at Snape's dot:
Severus Snape: Thinking of ways to take points off Harry Potter
"Great" thought Harry. This ball was very informative Harry thought. "I better be careful around Snape".
He liked this gadget. He knew it would be another mischief-maker tool. He would put it next to his invisibility cloak and Marauder's Map. He looked around once more. His eyes fell upon another interesting looking object, very interesting.