Chapter Four
The Warning
"It is time. It is time. It is time." He said as He paced around the circle of men covered in dark hoods, on bent knees, around a roaring fire. "I have been shut down in this place for nineteen years now and I think it is time for me to come out and kill that grandson of mine, once and for all."
"How sire? How will thou kill Harry Potter, sire?" One of the hooded men asked. He stopped pacing and stood directly behind him and looked down upon the hooded man's back.
"I know you wonder to how your Dark Lord will actually defeat Harry Potter once and for all. I know you wonder to how your Dark Lord's plan will go foolproof this time around. But I will tell you this, I know to four people who Potter will die for if the time came for it. All four of which are my great-grandchildren. But the one great-grandchild of mine that came out more like Potter than of any of the four happens to be the eldest. Tom Marvolo Potter. Somehow, I also have this bond between the boy which places me in the lead." He said as he began to pace the bent over men again.
"My Lord, how will the boy be of any help?" Another hooded man asked. He stopped pacing once again behind the man who had asked the most recent question.
"Well, during the nineteen years I have been away, I have also grown stronger, physically and mentally. And something that I have developed for this occasion is being able to possess people. Tomorrow, chaos will come upon Hogwarts but it will only be a taster. I will give enough to scare young Harry the first time around and then I will come again with another taster that will make the hair on Harry's back stand on end. The third time, though, will the ultimate time. The third time I will bring the war and kill Harry Potter once and for all. And when Potter is gone, my name will be in the air. I will arise and I will shout 'I AM LORD VOLDEMORT'!"
I had awoken abruptly to find sweat dripping down my face. It was the dream. No... that was no dream. That was just happening. That was an actual meeting of Lord Voldemort with his Death Eaters. He was planning to come back and tomorrow of all days. I have to tell someone.
I quickly jump out of my bed and ran to Hermes's side to tell him about the vision. "Hermes... Hermes... wake up! I got to tell you something. Wake up!" I was shaking Hermes in every which direction to get him awake and when I finally did, he looked real angry.
"What Tom!" He shouted.
"I just had a vision about Lord Voldemort returning." I watched as Hermes processed my words in his head.
"That had to have been just a bad dream, Tom. Lord Voldemort is gone. Go back to sleep." Hermes said as began to pull the covers over his body to go back to sleep.
"Hermes I am not joking! I saw Lord Voldemort and I heard him say that he was coming back tomorrow to stir chaos here at Hogwarts. Hermes are you getting this? The bad feelings I have been getting are about Lord Voldemort returning!" I shouted, almost waking the other boys in his room. Hermes sat up straight and then looked me directly in the eye. "You are telling the truth, aren't you?" "Would I have woken you up in the middle of the night just to tell you this if I was lying?" I asked him. "You need to tell your father." Hermes said as he jumped out of his bed and reached for his robe and slippers. "I know I am, but where are you going?" I asked as I pulled my robes and slippers on. "With you. Bestfriends stick together, no matter what." Hermes said as he now waited for me at the door. "Thanks." And with that, we were off to see the headmaster.
Harry awoken to find two hazed figures standing above him and shaking him to wake up. "Who's there?" "Father, it's me, Tom. I have something to tell you." Harry sat up straight and then clapped his hands together. Instantly, the dark bedchamber became light. Harry looked around at Tom and Hermes before comprehending what Tom had said. "Tom... Hermes... what are you doing here?" Harry asked, half-drowsily. "Father, I just had a vision that you need to here about. It was about Lord Voldemort." Tom said. Harry's eyes open wide in shock then closed back to their half-drowsily state. "It can't be. I killed Lord Voldemort nineteen years ago. I watched him die so he can't be alive." "Father! Listen to me! Lord Voldemort is alive and well. I had a vision that, at first, I thought was a dream. Lord Voldemort plans to kill you by using me because he knows that you will give your life for your kids." Tom said without taking one breath. As soon as he finished, he began to slightly pant. "Professor Potter, you have to believe Tom. He's telling the truth. You know that he would never bust into your room, at three o'clock in the morning, to tell you something about the Dark Lord returning if it wasn't true. Tom is too serious to kid around like that." Hermes said, defending his bestfriend. Harry looked to Tom and then back to Hermes. "Like I have said, I killed Lord Voldemort nineteen years ago here at Hogwarts and I watch him die in my very hands. I should take house points away from you for waking me up so early in the morning for nothing." Tom threw his hands in the air to say he gave up and Hermes just blew out air in frustration. "Father, why are you not getting what I am trying to warn you about? I am standing here, telling you that Lord Voldemort is planning his return and somehow he is going to use me!" Tom shouted. "Tom, what part of I killed Lord Voldemort nineteen years ago do you not understand?" "Father, what part of Lord Voldemort is still alive and is trying to kill you once and for all do you not understand?" As Tom asked his father this, he was also yelling in frustration. "Tom, I do not think that your fellow Gryffindors would appreciate you losing points for foolishness. Please do not drive me to do that. Now go back to bed, the both of you." Harry demanded this time but Tom was leaving until he felt like he did his best to convince his father. "Father, in my vision I saw Lord Voldemort meeting with his Death Eaters. In his meeting, he was explaining to how he was going to kill you using me because the Lord Voldemort and I share some type of bond, it is probably why I saw this particular meeting. Anyway, he is coming, somehow, back twice with some turmoil and he is bringing them as 'tasters'. But he said that the third time he comes back, it will be the time he plans to kill you, once and for all." Tom watched as his father began to process the information he just told him, hoping he would believe him. "I am sorry but ten points from Gryffindor. Now go back to bed you two before I take away more points from you." Harry said sternly. "How can you not-" Tom started. "Tom." Hermes said calmly. "-Believe what I am trying to-" "Tom." "-Warn you about! When you were a-" "Tom." Hermes was beginning to get aggravated now. "-Fifth year you had this same problem! I can't believe that you won't listen to your own son who is trying to save your life by-" "Tom!" Hermes yelled as he placed his hands on Tom's shoulders. Tom stopped yelling at his father at looked at Hermes like he was about to throttle him. "Tom, Professor Potter said for us to go back to sleep. It is wise that we do that." Hermes said, now with a lighter tone. Tom jerked his shoulders from under Hermes grasp and then began to walk out of his father's bedchambers. "If you die father, then good. You deserve it if you are not heeding my warning." Tom said as he completely walked out of his father's bedchambers with Hermes running behind to catch up. Harry just stared at the entryway, in shock, that his son would actually say a thing like that to him.
The Warning
"It is time. It is time. It is time." He said as He paced around the circle of men covered in dark hoods, on bent knees, around a roaring fire. "I have been shut down in this place for nineteen years now and I think it is time for me to come out and kill that grandson of mine, once and for all."
"How sire? How will thou kill Harry Potter, sire?" One of the hooded men asked. He stopped pacing and stood directly behind him and looked down upon the hooded man's back.
"I know you wonder to how your Dark Lord will actually defeat Harry Potter once and for all. I know you wonder to how your Dark Lord's plan will go foolproof this time around. But I will tell you this, I know to four people who Potter will die for if the time came for it. All four of which are my great-grandchildren. But the one great-grandchild of mine that came out more like Potter than of any of the four happens to be the eldest. Tom Marvolo Potter. Somehow, I also have this bond between the boy which places me in the lead." He said as he began to pace the bent over men again.
"My Lord, how will the boy be of any help?" Another hooded man asked. He stopped pacing once again behind the man who had asked the most recent question.
"Well, during the nineteen years I have been away, I have also grown stronger, physically and mentally. And something that I have developed for this occasion is being able to possess people. Tomorrow, chaos will come upon Hogwarts but it will only be a taster. I will give enough to scare young Harry the first time around and then I will come again with another taster that will make the hair on Harry's back stand on end. The third time, though, will the ultimate time. The third time I will bring the war and kill Harry Potter once and for all. And when Potter is gone, my name will be in the air. I will arise and I will shout 'I AM LORD VOLDEMORT'!"
I had awoken abruptly to find sweat dripping down my face. It was the dream. No... that was no dream. That was just happening. That was an actual meeting of Lord Voldemort with his Death Eaters. He was planning to come back and tomorrow of all days. I have to tell someone.
I quickly jump out of my bed and ran to Hermes's side to tell him about the vision. "Hermes... Hermes... wake up! I got to tell you something. Wake up!" I was shaking Hermes in every which direction to get him awake and when I finally did, he looked real angry.
"What Tom!" He shouted.
"I just had a vision about Lord Voldemort returning." I watched as Hermes processed my words in his head.
"That had to have been just a bad dream, Tom. Lord Voldemort is gone. Go back to sleep." Hermes said as began to pull the covers over his body to go back to sleep.
"Hermes I am not joking! I saw Lord Voldemort and I heard him say that he was coming back tomorrow to stir chaos here at Hogwarts. Hermes are you getting this? The bad feelings I have been getting are about Lord Voldemort returning!" I shouted, almost waking the other boys in his room. Hermes sat up straight and then looked me directly in the eye. "You are telling the truth, aren't you?" "Would I have woken you up in the middle of the night just to tell you this if I was lying?" I asked him. "You need to tell your father." Hermes said as he jumped out of his bed and reached for his robe and slippers. "I know I am, but where are you going?" I asked as I pulled my robes and slippers on. "With you. Bestfriends stick together, no matter what." Hermes said as he now waited for me at the door. "Thanks." And with that, we were off to see the headmaster.
Harry awoken to find two hazed figures standing above him and shaking him to wake up. "Who's there?" "Father, it's me, Tom. I have something to tell you." Harry sat up straight and then clapped his hands together. Instantly, the dark bedchamber became light. Harry looked around at Tom and Hermes before comprehending what Tom had said. "Tom... Hermes... what are you doing here?" Harry asked, half-drowsily. "Father, I just had a vision that you need to here about. It was about Lord Voldemort." Tom said. Harry's eyes open wide in shock then closed back to their half-drowsily state. "It can't be. I killed Lord Voldemort nineteen years ago. I watched him die so he can't be alive." "Father! Listen to me! Lord Voldemort is alive and well. I had a vision that, at first, I thought was a dream. Lord Voldemort plans to kill you by using me because he knows that you will give your life for your kids." Tom said without taking one breath. As soon as he finished, he began to slightly pant. "Professor Potter, you have to believe Tom. He's telling the truth. You know that he would never bust into your room, at three o'clock in the morning, to tell you something about the Dark Lord returning if it wasn't true. Tom is too serious to kid around like that." Hermes said, defending his bestfriend. Harry looked to Tom and then back to Hermes. "Like I have said, I killed Lord Voldemort nineteen years ago here at Hogwarts and I watch him die in my very hands. I should take house points away from you for waking me up so early in the morning for nothing." Tom threw his hands in the air to say he gave up and Hermes just blew out air in frustration. "Father, why are you not getting what I am trying to warn you about? I am standing here, telling you that Lord Voldemort is planning his return and somehow he is going to use me!" Tom shouted. "Tom, what part of I killed Lord Voldemort nineteen years ago do you not understand?" "Father, what part of Lord Voldemort is still alive and is trying to kill you once and for all do you not understand?" As Tom asked his father this, he was also yelling in frustration. "Tom, I do not think that your fellow Gryffindors would appreciate you losing points for foolishness. Please do not drive me to do that. Now go back to bed, the both of you." Harry demanded this time but Tom was leaving until he felt like he did his best to convince his father. "Father, in my vision I saw Lord Voldemort meeting with his Death Eaters. In his meeting, he was explaining to how he was going to kill you using me because the Lord Voldemort and I share some type of bond, it is probably why I saw this particular meeting. Anyway, he is coming, somehow, back twice with some turmoil and he is bringing them as 'tasters'. But he said that the third time he comes back, it will be the time he plans to kill you, once and for all." Tom watched as his father began to process the information he just told him, hoping he would believe him. "I am sorry but ten points from Gryffindor. Now go back to bed you two before I take away more points from you." Harry said sternly. "How can you not-" Tom started. "Tom." Hermes said calmly. "-Believe what I am trying to-" "Tom." "-Warn you about! When you were a-" "Tom." Hermes was beginning to get aggravated now. "-Fifth year you had this same problem! I can't believe that you won't listen to your own son who is trying to save your life by-" "Tom!" Hermes yelled as he placed his hands on Tom's shoulders. Tom stopped yelling at his father at looked at Hermes like he was about to throttle him. "Tom, Professor Potter said for us to go back to sleep. It is wise that we do that." Hermes said, now with a lighter tone. Tom jerked his shoulders from under Hermes grasp and then began to walk out of his father's bedchambers. "If you die father, then good. You deserve it if you are not heeding my warning." Tom said as he completely walked out of his father's bedchambers with Hermes running behind to catch up. Harry just stared at the entryway, in shock, that his son would actually say a thing like that to him.