"Severus? Severus? Severus?"

Snape opened his eyes and tried to get the room into focus.

A blurry vision of Dumbledore met his eyes. Madame Pomfrey was standing close by.

"Wh… what h…happened?" Snape managed to choke out.

"You fainted Severus." Dumbledore said. "You cried out in pain and just crumpled to the floor.

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Snape stayed in the medical wing with Madame Pomfrey for the next few days. He had no visitors except Dumbledore, who visited twice a day. Snape would never admit it but he was glad to have one friend.

Snape moved back to his room in the dungeon a week later but each night he woke up sweating from the same horrible dream. Sirius, who also had a room in the dungeon, deliberately made a scene about moving out of the dungeon.

Snape tried every sleeping potion he knew of but each night the dreams became more and more gruesome. Snape couldn't take it anymore, term would be starting soon and they had new teachers coming, he had to find out what was going on.

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