Chapter 6: The Alptraum Curse
"Harry!!!!" Diana screamed. Diana started to wiggle, and the Dementor let go of her and she fell onto her bed. She rolled over onto the floor, and backed herself up into the corner.
"Diana, it's okay!" Harry yelled over to her.
"How can this be okay? There's a Dementor trying to steal my soul! I don't think this is 'ok'!" Diana yelled at him.
"Just don't over react. It will be okay, I promise." He said.
"Harry, you have to tell my uncle that I love him. Please do that for me." Diana had her knees up to her chin. She put her head into her legs, and began to cry.
Harry pulled out his wand. The Dementor reached down, grabbed Diana, and pulled her up. "Expecto Patronum!" Harry yelled.
Diana fell to the ground, and the Dementor had disappeared. Diana curled up into the corner, and continued to cry.
Harry ran over, and put his arm around Diana. "Are you going to be all right?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I hope." Diana sniffed.
Harry helped her up, and they walked down to the common room. By that time people were sitting in the common room wondering what all the commotion had been about.
Harry sat down with Diana in a big comfortable chair. She was now crying
so hard that she was having trouble breathing. Harry put his arm around her, and he felt her shaking. " Diana, your shaking." He pulled her in closer to him. She put her head into his chest, and continued to cry. "Shhh! It's all over, It's going to be okay." He ran his fingers threw her long hair.
Ron ran over to see what was going on, Hermione was following behide him. "What happened? What's going on?" Ron asked, staring at Diana.
"She was attacked by a Dementor. She won't stop shaking." Harry said anxiously.
"That's awful. I hope she's going to be okay." Hermione said. "I heard her scream, but I never thought... that's just horrible."
"Can someone please explain what's going on here." By the portrait hole stood Professor McGonnagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Dumbledore.
Diana stood up, and ran over to her uncle. Then, she did something that one had ever seen her do before... She rapped her arms his waist, and cried. Then, Snape put his hand on her back and began to rub her back. "What happened?" He asked in a cold voice. He stared pointedly at Harry.
Diana pulled away from her uncle, and began to explain. " He saved me, Harry, he saved me. I heard Harry yell, I woke up, and I saw this Dementor holding on to me, about to kiss me. And he saved me." She had stopped crying.
"Well Severus, aren't you going to thank the boy?" Dunbledore beamed at Harry.
Snape eyed Harry. "Thank you Harry, for saving my precious niece... Diana." He gave Harry an evil grin.
"Yes, and 50 points to Gryffindor!" Dumbledore said. With that came a horrible scream. "Oh, what now?"Dumbledore said running his hand though his beard.
All the teachers ran out into the hall, Diana followed close behind. But to their surprise, in the middle of the hallway, was a girl laying on the floor. Diana looked at her uncle, who was now right down next to the girl.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione came running out of the portrait hole, followed by everyone else in the common room. Everyone was dead silent. "Is she...dead?" Diana asked breaking the silence.
"No, she's not," Professor Snape said quietly. "She's asleep."
"Asleep? What? Why is she asleep on the floor?" Diana said anxiously. Dumbledore and Snape looked at each other. McGonnagall was just as clueless as everyone else.
"It's a curse. She was put under a curse." Snape looked up at a terrified Diana.
"Do you think?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't think, I know." Snape whispered. Diana continued to listen. "It's the Alptraum curse."
Diana's eyes got really wide. "Alptraum... That's German for nightmare." She fell to the floor.
***
Diana wasn't at breakfast or in any of her classes that next day. Snape and Dumbledore had brought her up to the hospital wing, along with the girl they had found, the night before. When Ron, Hermione, and Harry did see her that day, it was after dinner that night in the common room.
Diana was sitting by the fire reading when all three of them walked in. "Diana, where have you been all day?" Hermione asked.
"I've been in the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let me leave." She looked very annoyed.
"Did you find anything out about the curse?" Ron wondered.
"They wouldn't tell me anything about it. But I did listen in on the conversation my uncle was having with Dumbledore about the curse." Diana grin.
"So you spied?" Hermione thought out loud.
"No, I found out information by listening in on their conversation when they thought I was asleep." All three of them stared at her. "Okay, so I spied. Big smelly deal." Ron hit his head.
"Well, what did you find out?" Harry asked.
"Well, your put into this dream state, you're basically sleeping, and you have these horrible nightmares. You don't wake up until your given the antidote. But it's really hard to make the antidote, it takes a few months to make." Diana looked around at all of them.
"Is that it?" Hermione asked anxiously. " Is that all?"
"I'm getting to the important part!" Diana said, very irritated. "Well, the curse came around about a year before Voldemort fell, but it was invented before we were all born..."
"But out of all the books I've read, I have never seen anything on the Alptraum curse." Hermione told Diana.
Diana rolled her eyes. "When are you going to learn that not everything is in books? It was only preformed twice. One time on a death eater that they tested the curse on, and the other time on a muggle. The Ministry of Magic kept it a secret. It's very powerful dark magic."
"Is that it, Is that all you heard?" Ron's eyes screamed with fear.
"No, well, the curse is so powerful that it if you put it on a muggle it kills them. If it's put on a witch or wizard, Voldemort draws power out off your suffering. So the more powerful the person has, the more power he gets." Diana looked at Harry.
They all seemed to know what she was thinking, he was after Harry. They were all in silence. "Well, who was put under the curse?" Ron broke their silence.
"Susan Bones... I feel bad for her. Being in a nightmare you can't get out of. That's just horrible." Diana stared into the fire.
"Voldemort couldn't have been the one who put the curse on her." Hermione said to Diana.
"A death eater you think?"
"Yeah, but who?"She said, looking at Diana.
"I don't know, but if it is a death eater it can't be a student. It's a way to powerful curse. Unless, the student who's doing it, if it is a student, is really powerful. I mean really, really, really powerful." Diana replied.
" I can pretty much you guarantee that this is not the last attack." Hermione looked over at Ron.
Diana's mouth dropped. "What?" Ron asked.
"What if last night was a set up? If Harry won't have saved me, the Dementor would have gotten me..."
"Yeah...?" Ron thought out loud.
"So, Harry woke up, he must have sensed trouble. So he came to my room, and say the Dementor got me. He would have run out of the Gryffindor tower to find Dumbledore. So he turned the corner, and there standing there is someone ready to put him under the curse. They would have gotten Harry, and slowly Voldemort would gain power. My uncle makes the antidote, he wakes up, and everything is okay, right? Wrong, Voldemort slowly gained power to be able to bring Harry down once and for all. It's a brilliant plan. He needed me to get to Harry." Diana stopped, and looked at all three of them. They all stared at her in horror. But Harry knew she was right, it was a brilliant plan.
A/n: Thank you everyone who has read and reviewed my story.(keep it comin') I would like to dedicate this chapter to Mr. Grumpy-face!(a.k.a my boyfriend)*Smile*
Love ya all
~Diana Snape~
"Harry!!!!" Diana screamed. Diana started to wiggle, and the Dementor let go of her and she fell onto her bed. She rolled over onto the floor, and backed herself up into the corner.
"Diana, it's okay!" Harry yelled over to her.
"How can this be okay? There's a Dementor trying to steal my soul! I don't think this is 'ok'!" Diana yelled at him.
"Just don't over react. It will be okay, I promise." He said.
"Harry, you have to tell my uncle that I love him. Please do that for me." Diana had her knees up to her chin. She put her head into her legs, and began to cry.
Harry pulled out his wand. The Dementor reached down, grabbed Diana, and pulled her up. "Expecto Patronum!" Harry yelled.
Diana fell to the ground, and the Dementor had disappeared. Diana curled up into the corner, and continued to cry.
Harry ran over, and put his arm around Diana. "Are you going to be all right?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I hope." Diana sniffed.
Harry helped her up, and they walked down to the common room. By that time people were sitting in the common room wondering what all the commotion had been about.
Harry sat down with Diana in a big comfortable chair. She was now crying
so hard that she was having trouble breathing. Harry put his arm around her, and he felt her shaking. " Diana, your shaking." He pulled her in closer to him. She put her head into his chest, and continued to cry. "Shhh! It's all over, It's going to be okay." He ran his fingers threw her long hair.
Ron ran over to see what was going on, Hermione was following behide him. "What happened? What's going on?" Ron asked, staring at Diana.
"She was attacked by a Dementor. She won't stop shaking." Harry said anxiously.
"That's awful. I hope she's going to be okay." Hermione said. "I heard her scream, but I never thought... that's just horrible."
"Can someone please explain what's going on here." By the portrait hole stood Professor McGonnagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Dumbledore.
Diana stood up, and ran over to her uncle. Then, she did something that one had ever seen her do before... She rapped her arms his waist, and cried. Then, Snape put his hand on her back and began to rub her back. "What happened?" He asked in a cold voice. He stared pointedly at Harry.
Diana pulled away from her uncle, and began to explain. " He saved me, Harry, he saved me. I heard Harry yell, I woke up, and I saw this Dementor holding on to me, about to kiss me. And he saved me." She had stopped crying.
"Well Severus, aren't you going to thank the boy?" Dunbledore beamed at Harry.
Snape eyed Harry. "Thank you Harry, for saving my precious niece... Diana." He gave Harry an evil grin.
"Yes, and 50 points to Gryffindor!" Dumbledore said. With that came a horrible scream. "Oh, what now?"Dumbledore said running his hand though his beard.
All the teachers ran out into the hall, Diana followed close behind. But to their surprise, in the middle of the hallway, was a girl laying on the floor. Diana looked at her uncle, who was now right down next to the girl.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione came running out of the portrait hole, followed by everyone else in the common room. Everyone was dead silent. "Is she...dead?" Diana asked breaking the silence.
"No, she's not," Professor Snape said quietly. "She's asleep."
"Asleep? What? Why is she asleep on the floor?" Diana said anxiously. Dumbledore and Snape looked at each other. McGonnagall was just as clueless as everyone else.
"It's a curse. She was put under a curse." Snape looked up at a terrified Diana.
"Do you think?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't think, I know." Snape whispered. Diana continued to listen. "It's the Alptraum curse."
Diana's eyes got really wide. "Alptraum... That's German for nightmare." She fell to the floor.
***
Diana wasn't at breakfast or in any of her classes that next day. Snape and Dumbledore had brought her up to the hospital wing, along with the girl they had found, the night before. When Ron, Hermione, and Harry did see her that day, it was after dinner that night in the common room.
Diana was sitting by the fire reading when all three of them walked in. "Diana, where have you been all day?" Hermione asked.
"I've been in the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let me leave." She looked very annoyed.
"Did you find anything out about the curse?" Ron wondered.
"They wouldn't tell me anything about it. But I did listen in on the conversation my uncle was having with Dumbledore about the curse." Diana grin.
"So you spied?" Hermione thought out loud.
"No, I found out information by listening in on their conversation when they thought I was asleep." All three of them stared at her. "Okay, so I spied. Big smelly deal." Ron hit his head.
"Well, what did you find out?" Harry asked.
"Well, your put into this dream state, you're basically sleeping, and you have these horrible nightmares. You don't wake up until your given the antidote. But it's really hard to make the antidote, it takes a few months to make." Diana looked around at all of them.
"Is that it?" Hermione asked anxiously. " Is that all?"
"I'm getting to the important part!" Diana said, very irritated. "Well, the curse came around about a year before Voldemort fell, but it was invented before we were all born..."
"But out of all the books I've read, I have never seen anything on the Alptraum curse." Hermione told Diana.
Diana rolled her eyes. "When are you going to learn that not everything is in books? It was only preformed twice. One time on a death eater that they tested the curse on, and the other time on a muggle. The Ministry of Magic kept it a secret. It's very powerful dark magic."
"Is that it, Is that all you heard?" Ron's eyes screamed with fear.
"No, well, the curse is so powerful that it if you put it on a muggle it kills them. If it's put on a witch or wizard, Voldemort draws power out off your suffering. So the more powerful the person has, the more power he gets." Diana looked at Harry.
They all seemed to know what she was thinking, he was after Harry. They were all in silence. "Well, who was put under the curse?" Ron broke their silence.
"Susan Bones... I feel bad for her. Being in a nightmare you can't get out of. That's just horrible." Diana stared into the fire.
"Voldemort couldn't have been the one who put the curse on her." Hermione said to Diana.
"A death eater you think?"
"Yeah, but who?"She said, looking at Diana.
"I don't know, but if it is a death eater it can't be a student. It's a way to powerful curse. Unless, the student who's doing it, if it is a student, is really powerful. I mean really, really, really powerful." Diana replied.
" I can pretty much you guarantee that this is not the last attack." Hermione looked over at Ron.
Diana's mouth dropped. "What?" Ron asked.
"What if last night was a set up? If Harry won't have saved me, the Dementor would have gotten me..."
"Yeah...?" Ron thought out loud.
"So, Harry woke up, he must have sensed trouble. So he came to my room, and say the Dementor got me. He would have run out of the Gryffindor tower to find Dumbledore. So he turned the corner, and there standing there is someone ready to put him under the curse. They would have gotten Harry, and slowly Voldemort would gain power. My uncle makes the antidote, he wakes up, and everything is okay, right? Wrong, Voldemort slowly gained power to be able to bring Harry down once and for all. It's a brilliant plan. He needed me to get to Harry." Diana stopped, and looked at all three of them. They all stared at her in horror. But Harry knew she was right, it was a brilliant plan.
A/n: Thank you everyone who has read and reviewed my story.(keep it comin') I would like to dedicate this chapter to Mr. Grumpy-face!(a.k.a my boyfriend)*Smile*
Love ya all
~Diana Snape~