Harry Potter and the Test of Time
Chapter four – The Reality of Dreams
Harry rolled over and his eyes quickly fluttered open, as he lay there he looked at the nice weather outside not quite ready to get up yet. After laying there for a few seconds the events of the past few days caught up with him
"How could I have fallen asleep during Remus' explanation!?" Harry thought frantically as he searched for the rest of the group not really paying attention to where he was.
Harry grabbed his glasses off the bedside table and finally looked around the sterile looking room.
"This isn't Olivia's room."
"Oh Thank Merlin your awake."
Harry turned toward the voice and saw Madame Pomfrey hurrying toward him.
"How'd I get here?" Harry inquired now totally lost. He was just in Olivia's bedroom for crying out loud!
"Sirius and Professor Lupin brought you in with the Weasley's. You wouldn't wake up."
"But I did get up!"
"Mr. Potter you've been out for three days straight."
"I what?"
"We haven't been able to wake you for three days. You've had everyone quite worried. No here take this it'll help strengthen you up."
Harry quickly gulped the potion down, trying not to taste it. When he was done Madame Pomfrey bustled away and few minutes later a mob of people burst through the Hospital wing doors. Mrs. Weasley was the first to reach Harry and engulfed him in a gigantic hug.
"Oh Harry I'm so glad you're ok." Mrs. Weasley sobbed into Harry's shoulder.
Just then a big shaggy black dog came bounding into the Hospital Wing and jumped up onto Harry's bed before transforming into Sirius Black.
"Harry don't ever do that again." Sirius scolded as Harry was yet again embraced in a bone crushing hug. "Losing you once was bad enough."
After a few more minutes of scolding and hugs everyone calmed down enough to hear what exactly had happened to Harry.
"So Harry you say that you did wake up during those three days?" Remus inquired.
"Yea I did."
"Are you sure it wasn't just a dream?" Sirius added.
"No it couldn't have been a dream I was moving around."
"Where were you Harry/" Hermione asked.
"I was back at Olivia's house."
At this everyone in the room let out a small gasp and donned a sad look almost instantly.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Oh Harry." Hermione began before chocking back a sob.
"What?" Harry demanded.
"Harry…Olivia and Constanza are…dead." Remus choked out.
Harry just stared at everyone in the room as his brain went into full speed trying to process everything that had happened and everything that he was hearing.
"No…They can't be…I just saw them yesterday…" As Harry said that all of the events of the previous day and the revelation from the day before came back to him.
Harry looked up and stared directly at Remus and saw the tears twinkling in his eyes.
"I…I'm sorry Harry…it was all a dream…they found-they found bodies."
"Noooo…."
That was it. That was all Harry would say. He resorted to just sitting silently in his bed string forward in shock. He HAD seen the girls yesterday. He knew that it wasn't a dream but how could he convince the others.
Sirius and Remus sat in the Hospital wing next to Harry's bed conversing quietly as Harry continued to stare off into space.
"I didn't expect him to take it this hard." Sirius commented.
"I know…he must be really convinced that he saw them yesterday." Remus added.
"How are you doing Remmy?"
"I refuse to accept it until I have all the proof. I just got them back Sirius how can I lose them so quickly again." Remus' voice sounded strained and defeated.
Sirius was about to comment when he noticed Harry move out of the corner of his eye.
"Harry?"
"Don't you two remember anything from yesterday?"
"What do you mean Harry?"
"Going with Olivia to Constanza's and following the two around for the day and then Remus telling us later that night that they were his twin daughters. Don't you remember?"
Sirius and Remus stared at Harry speechless.
"All of you were there. You should remember…I do."
"Harry what do you mean by all of us?" Sirius asked.
"You, Remus, Hermione, and Ron. We were all transported to Olivia's house in America like last time. We were there for three days and had to follow her around."
"Harry…it was all a dream." Sirius softly explained.
"No it wasn't. We were really there…or at least I was!"
"Harry…Olivia and Constanza…"
"You can use there real names around me Sirius. I know who they are."
"What do you mean?"
"I know that their real names are Eve and Elizabeth and they're Remus' twin daughters. Didn't I already explain this to you?"
"How do you know they're my daughters?" Remus blurted out for the first time since Harry moved.
"You told us."
Madame Pomfrey kept Harry in the hospital wing for two more days, where he insisted to anyone who would listen that Olivia and Constanza were alive. Remus hadn't been back to the hospital wing since that night. He didn't want to believe that his girls were dead either but he had to accept it and sitting around Harry hearing his protests for their lives was only getting his hopes up.
Harry's talking was also getting Sirius' hopes up but he couldn't avoid his godson as easily as Remus could. At first Sirius thought that Harry was just in shock and that this was how he was dealing with it. Now however Sirius was beginning to worry for Harry's mental health, if he didn't accept the girl's deaths soon he would go insane. Sirius was sure of it.
"Alright Potter you may leave the hospital wing but I want you to stay here at the castle for a few days so that I can keep a close eye on you." Madame Pomfrey commanded before turning on her heels and heading back to her office.
Harry hopped off his bed and practically skipped out of the hospital wing only to run into Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, and Ginny.
"Harry what are you doing out here?" Hermione screeched in surprise at practically being bowled over by Harry.
"Madame Pomfrey released me but I need to stay at the castle for a few days. You guys wanna play a game of Quidditch? I'm tired of just sitting around."
"Fine but we all have one request of you Harry." Rom stated.
"Ok what's that?"
"Please stop talking about the girls being alive. You may not believe it but the rest of us have accepted it and are trying to move on. All you're doing is getting the rest of our hopes up." Hermione explained sounding like she had been rehearsing it all day.
"Ok…but we'll see who's right come September first. So how about that game of Quidditch?"
The others stared at Harry in shock for a few seconds before following him out the front doors and down to the Quidditch pitch.
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"Nott!"
"Yes my lord?"
"Find me those blasted twins!"
"Which twins my lord?"
"The ones that will make me invincible once they join me"
"W-We've been unable to fins them my Lord. They've just disappeared."
"I'm surrounded by incompetent idiots Nangini."
Two seconds later Nott was withering on the floor screaming at the top of his lungs.
"That'll teach you about my tolerance for failure."
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Megan Fireoza slumped down in the chair of her hotel room in a defeated manner. She had searched every place possible and she still hadn't found anything.
"I guess I have to face the truth like everyone else…they're really gone." She muttered to herself as she closed her eyes and relaxed.
She was just about to drift into sleep when an idea popped into her head and made her bolt upright.
"That's it! Why didn't I think of that before…"
Before her thought was even complete she was out the door to continue her search with new found encouragement.
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I know it's been awhile but here it is! Chapter 4! I'm sorry it took so long but I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to get to the computer and this chapter gave me a little bit of trouble because I didn't exactly know what to do with it. Of course it didn't help that I got inspiration for like three other stories. But oh well it's finally here ad the next on shouldn't be that much longer. Oh yea sorry 'bout the cliffy, but hey it happens.
ENJOY
~Autumn