A/N: I was pleased to find that I had a few reviews now thanks to EcoWarriorX, GothGirl3030, rubina and Laura Beth loves Jesus. Rubina you are right, this is set after the second war and how he survived will be explored later on. I won't tell you on my A/N how, in case it is accidently read by others, but if you have an account I could message it to you. Or else you could just wait and see what happens . I noticed that people were adding this story to their favorites and/or subscribing and I thank them for it but I would also appreciate reviews from these people, so that I know whether I am heading in the right direction with this story. Thanks everyone for reading this far!
When Severus had finished explaining the situation to the lady, whose name was Jane, she nodded her head quietly. Jane focused her attention on Nelly and asked her a few questions about her visions. Nelly ended up telling Jane almost all she knew about her nightmares, and even about the couple of years she had spent in the mental asylum.
Jane took some notes and then looked at both Snape and Nelly. Severus waited for her to speak, but she remained silent. "Well, what is to be done about it?" he asked impatiently.
"I guess we will have to wipe her memory of today, and implement false memories of today's activities, so tomorrow when she wakes up, Nelly won't realize she is missing a day of her life." Jane paused, sighing "That's the easy part. Her visions also need to be addressed. I don't understand what causes these dreams, but we not only need to erase her memories of these dreams, but also need to find a way to prevent them from occurring in the future."
"What?" demanded Nelly, who had been listening anxiously. "Wait, I don't want you to remove my memories at all! I mean losing today would be bad enough, but how can you take away my dreams? They have caused me a lot of difficulties in the past, but they're part of who I am, and it's not like they confirm that magic is real! My dreams are none of the Ministry's business!"
"Nelly dear, your dreams are dangerous they –"
"NO! I don't care what you people want, and if you think I'm hanging around here for one more minute while you deliberate over my personal affairs, then you are MISTAKEN!" Nelly turned from the woman and ran as fast as she could to the door she had just come through. In her panic she had forgotten that she was in a room full of people with magic, who could easily stop her if they wanted to.
Jane flicked her wand at the door, and just as Nelly reached for the handle she heard the lock click. Nelly tried to open it even though she knew it was pointless. Frustrated, she banged her fist on the door before sliding onto the floor and bursting into tears. Was she ever going to have control over her own life?
The woman walked over to where Nelly sobbing. She knelt down beside her and patted Nelly's back, "There, there. It isn't so bad. Look on the bright side. Tomorrow you won't remember that you were upset."
Nelly shoved Jane's hand away from her "DON'T TOUCH ME!"
"Look, Nelly. I'm very sorry that we have to do this, but if your dreams are what led you to Godric's Hollow in the first place, how can we be sure that this won't happen again? You don't have normal dreams Nelly. Even muggles who know nothing about magic can work that out. That's why you were put in an asylum. Please dear don't sit on the floor. Why don't you sit in one of those waiting chairs over there while I speak with Professor Snape?"
After a few moments Nelly managed to compose herself enough to stand up, and make her way over to the waiting chairs. Jane and Snape were whispering about her in one of the corners of the room. Nelly strained her ears to hear what they were saying.
"I have never seen any muggle behave like this before." Jane told Professor Snape, "Usually muggles want to forget our world. To most the idea of magic is scary and they would rather live in ignorance, than have to acknowledge its existence."
He brushed off her comment, "Is that all the Ministry of Magic requires of me? I have my own affairs to attend to."
"I suppose. But wouldn't you like to stay for a while, so that you can see for yourself how Miss Rodgers goes?"
"No. I have better things to do than worry about the wellbeing of strangers." and with that Severus left, unlocking the door with his wand, and relocking it on the other side.
For someone who was supposed to have been such a great hero in the war, Jane found Severus Snape to be rather unkind. She looked over at Nelly who was now sitting in one of the waiting chairs to the side of the room. Silent tears ran down her face. Jane was not looking forward to completing this task.
A/N: Sorry this chapter took ages to post up, I was away for the weekend. I know it's a bit short, but I needed to separate this from the next part.. Now that I'm back I'll be posting up a new chapter nearly every day, unless the dreaded writers block comes along. I have already started the next chapter, and things are about to get interesting. Please review if you read this, even if you thought it was crap, in fact especially if you thought it was crap, so that I can improve. I would appreciate suggestions as well. Thanks a lot!