Chapter Ten; The Meeting

Sorry it's been like a week since I've posted anything but I've been extremely busy with family during the Christmas season. So anyway, here's the next chapter and I really hope you enjoy it!

Harry started tossing and turning inside his bed. This time he was having another nightmare. This time it was about Voldemort taking control of his body and making him do horrible things to his friends and family just by thinking about it. That's when suddenly Harry woke up to his scar burning and throbbing in pain. He felt cold sweat running down his forehead and his heart pounding against his chest.

That's when he caught sight of Ron and Hermione standing at the foot of his bed glancing down at him with very concerned and worried looks on their faces. "Harry what happened?" Hermione asked him anxiously.

"It's getting worse, I dreamt that Voldemort possessed me." He told her while rubbing his eyes.

"I hate saying this but we should get his father." Ron said. "After all, we did promise him that we would look after him and let him know if anything happened to him." He told Hermione as she nodded silently in agreement.

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"What are you two doing down here," Snape began as Ron and Hermione entered his office. "is Harry alright?" he wondered.

"No. He was having another nightmare about Voldemort. He said that he was taking control of his mind and making him hurt us." Ron told him.

"Listen Professor these dreams that Harry keeps having, they're not really dreams are they?" Hermione questioned.

"What do you mean? Of course they are. They're not really happening, I mean Harry would never actually hurt us would he?" Ron wondered.

"Actually, surprisingly enough you're both right. Harry might not really be controlling you with his mind, but that doesn't mean that the dark lord isn't trying to get him too. Your friend Ms. Granger is right, these aren't dreams that Harry is having, they're visions given to him by the dark lord himself. Ever since he was a little boy I knew that they could see into each other's minds." He explained.

"I knew it, he's using the Legilimency spell." Hermione said as Snape silently nodded.

"So what are we going to do about it?" Ron wondered. "I mean, is there any way to stop it?"

"Yes, there is." Snape began. "I've got to teach him Occulumency. I was hoping that I would be able to avoid it since it's such a difficult talent to learn, but I'm afraid that now I'll have to. And since Harry is already learned the proper way to perform a patronus and how to become an animagus, I have faith that he'll be able to do it." He finished as Ron and Hermione nodded.

"Now I want you two to go off to bed. I'll start teaching Harry how to do it tomorrow after his Qudditch practice and first DA meeting. I'll also have to send his mother and godfather an owl to let them know about it. And I just wanted to thank you both for coming to let me know about it first. I've said it once and I'll say it again, Harry is very lucky to have friends like you looking out for him." He said.

"He's not the only one." Hermione told him and he wasn't sure whether or not she meant that he was looking out for her too, or they were his friends as well. Either way surprisingly enough her comment made him feel very good. "Well thank you very much Ms. Granger, I appreciate that." He told her before he watched them turn around and leave the room.

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The next morning at breakfast Ron and Hermione told Harry about what his father had said and that's when suddenly Hedwig went to go visit him with a letter from Sirius. He had written that as far as he was aware, (since he claimed to know everything about James although Harry believed that he couldn't possibly know as much as God did) James was never a prince and didn't have any royal blood, and that he should be very careful not to take things like that so seriously when Voldemort was already trying to control him.

"I guess that means that he already got my father's letter." Harry said before he finished his breakfast. All that Harry could think about that day was his first DA meeting. Not even Qudditch was distracting him from his studies as much as Dumbledore's Army was. Later on that afternoon during their free period, (Harry, Ron, and Hermione were really starting to wonder about Hagrid right now) a bunch of people met inside the room of requirement.

Of course there was Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, but there was also Neville, Luna, Cho, Fred, George, Kiara, the Patil twins, and Colin Creevey which had really surprised Harry. "Uh hullo everyone, I just have to say thank you all for coming." He began. "And I'm not really good at this so I'm going to turn things over to my dad now since this was really his idea." He finished.

"On the contrary this was our idea and you're really the only one who knows what you're doing." Snape told him.

"No, I don't." Harry told him.

"Don't worry, he's just being modest." Hermione said.

"No I'm not, really I'm not! I mean you can call luck or destiny but I never knew what I was doing. I just took a chance and I nearly always had help." He began before he took a deep breath and sighed heavily. "Look, I just don't think that I'm the man for the job. It's not like what happens in school. If you make a mistake, you can always try again tomorrow, but when you're out there facing this stuff for real, or seeing a friend being murdered right before your eyes, one wrong move and you're dead." He explained.

"Listen Harry, I know how you must feel." Hermione began as she placed a comforting hand on top of his shoulder. "But you've had more experience than us and you're our only chance of defeating Voldemort." She told him.

"Is it true then? Is he really back?" Colin questioned as Harry simply just nodded along with Ron and Hermione. "Well then, I guess we better get started." He said as Ron and Hermione grinned before turning to look up at Snape who grinned back down at them and winked.