Chapter 2
Dreams and Nightmares
Harry and Ron raced down the stair cases. In their hurry, they both forgot about the trick step and crashed through, up to their armpits. Ron swore loudly. Peeves floated overhead right then with two water balloons and yelled "BOMBS AWAY!"
Harry swore at Peeves, who was flying away singing "Potter and Weasley are wet, Potter and Weasley are wet, they got caught in a trick step, and I got 'em wet!"
While waiting for help, Ron talked with Harry about what they saw. They both vowed never to tell Hermione.
"Do you think that what we saw will come true?" asked Ron.
"Dunno...hope it doesn't." Harry replied, but somehow Harry knew he secretly wanted it to come true.
"Potter, Weasley! What are you doing?" Came the sharp voice of Professor McGonagall.
"Please help us Professor, we got stuck" pleaded Ron.
McGonagall pulled them out, and with a "thanks" Harry and Ron rushed to lunch.
"Where have you two been?" Asked Hermione when they arrived at the table.
"Got stuck in a stair" whispered Harry, because Malfoy skulked nearby.
All through lunch, neither Harry nor Ron looked at Hermione much. When they looked around, they saw the S.P.E.W. box in front of them. Ron looked like he was going to hurl.
"We have three new members today, all first years. That make the count 539, oh wait, that was the number of badges. The count is 103." Hermione announced excitedly.
Harry looked at Ron in horror. "We need to go to the bathroom, hold on." And they both dashed out of the great hall.
Later that night, Harry had Quidditch practice while Ron did his Divination homework. Harry had his mind on the orb so
much that he was nearly hit by a bludger four times in a row. He even missed the Snitch when it hovered right in front of
him as he rode his Firebolt. After practice, Harry changed and looked at his Quidditch robes. He had just been appointed
Quidditch captain. How could he be a good captain if he couldn't keep his mind on the game? He'd have to not think about
what he'd seen in the orb.
Later that night, Harry and Ron talked about their homework in their dormitory, along with the other 5th year Gryffindors. He didn't even think about the future until he got into bed.
In his dream, he was at the convention and he was up on stage in front of thousands of people. Hermione introduced him and Ron and Padma. Hermione then went on to say that they had reached their 1,000,000th member. Then she started a speech on how S.P.E.W. was started during her 4th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her goals then were to get house elves fair wages and working conditions, and to get an elf into the ministry.
"Today we have achieved our goals!' Hermione announced in the dream.
Harry woke up in a cold sweat, then he saw Ron. He had woken up sweating from the same dream.