Harry
was pleased to see Ron and Hermione had been waiting to see him; it still
surprised him that his friends were so loyal to him. He persuaded Madame Pomfrey to let them in and the three of them
talked, first Harry had to let Ron tell him a bout Snape taking points from
Slytherin, A Major Event! And then
Hermione gave him her notes so that he could do the homework, finally Harry managed
to tell them all that they didn't already know about the last few days, but
when he finished speaking he realised that there was something nagging at him,
as if he'd forgotten to tell them something, but he couldn't understand what it
might be.
Ron
laughed when Harry said he wasn't allowed to do Quidditch practice and offered
to tell Alicia to save Harry from injury. Finally Madame Pomfrey came in looking extremely ruffled, "Out, now! I've just spent half an hour trying to fend
of Peeves, I don't need to add looking after you lot to my list of chores, and
you're obviously feeling better Mr Potter." Harry who had been thumping Ron (for suggesting that Alicia could
pulverise Harry any day) grinned sheepishly and left with Ron and Hermione to
go to dinner.
Harry realised that the feeling that he'd forgotten
something hadn't gone away, it was an unsettling feeling so he tried to ignore
it. After eating, Harry Ron and
Hermione went to the library, Harry decided he'd better write another letter to
Sirius bringing him up to date with events, there seemed to be so much
happening, Harry was just thinking about his Godfather and it made the strange
feeling grow, he felt a bit apprehensive, maybe two owls in a week would be too
many, might draw attention to Sirius. Harry didn't understand why the thought of his godfather made him
shiver, but Hermione noticed and seemed worried, "Harry maybe you should go
back to Gryffindor Tower and get some more rest." Harry nodded, he did feel a bit tired, Ron offered to go with him
but Harry thought it might be a good idea to be alone and besides he thought it
might do Ron and Hermione some good to have some time alone together, he'd seen
the looks they'd been giving each other.
So Harry headed back to the tower alone, he couldn't shake
that chilling feeling and as soon as he got there he flopped into bed. Harry couldn't rest though his head still
felt sore and he thought that maybe he needed a pensieve more than ever! He finally seemed to doze off but he soon
wished he hadn't he realised that it was a dream he hadn't been able to
remember, a dream from Voldemort, and it was repeating. Those evil red eyes seemed to mock him as he
watched in horror when the death eaters started to hurl curse after curse at
his godfather, then he heard Voldemort scream the curse at him, saw the green
light rush towards him, and he woke up screaming, but in the deserted dormitory
no one heard him. He sat shivering in
disbelief at what he'd seen, but he was so tired that exhaustion was overpowering
him into sleep once more. It was sleep
that would once again prevent him from remembering the vision of Sirius that he
was too scared to recall.
Harry slept throughout the evening and only awoke when a very
excited Ron barged into the dormitory and shook him. "What is it Ron?" he asked drowsily, "Harry! You'll never believe it! I went to trials and I got picked as
Gryffindor keeper!" Harry was still
drowsy and couldn't quite understand him, "Keeper?" Ron was beside him self, "Quidditch Harry! Gryffindor Keeper!" Harry slowly understood and grinned at Ron,
"Ron! That's brilliant!" Hermione came dashing into the room
grinning, "Ron! Alicia just told
me! Congratulations!" She ran over to them and grabbed Ron and
then to everyone's surprise she kissed him!
"Hermione!" yelled Ron but he was blushing furiously and
Harry noticed the pleased smile on his face, Hermione giggled and punched him
playfully, Harry was trying to sort things out in his head, which was jumbled
once more, "I thought you were going to the library…" Ron grinned, "I was going
to but then Fred and George came running past and dragged me off to the trials,
and I was chosen!"
Harry smiled, "That's great Ron! We've got the match against Ravenclaw next week!"
Hermione was still grinning at Ron and Harry had the
feeling that the kiss she'd given Ron had meant something to her. Harry decided to bring up something that
he'd had suspicions about since Kings Cross, "So, what did you two get up to
during the summer then?"
Ron and Hermione glanced at each other and then at the
floor and Harry laughed, "Oh come on you guys! I know you spent time together, was that the first kiss?" Hermione was blushing as much as Ron and
they both smiled, "I'll take that as a no then shall I!" Hermione looked at Harry questioningly,
"Does this mean that you don't mind?"
Harry grinned "If it means there are a few less fights
around here then I'm all for it!"
Ron punched his arm "Don't count on it mate." The three of them laughed and Harry felt
happy for the first time that day and he had completely forgotten about his
vision of Sirius. Ron started
describing how well he'd done in trials and Hermione rolled her eyes giving
Harry a look which said 'he wasn't really THAT good!' Ron stopped in
mid-sentence noticing this and laughed, "Well okay, maybe I didn't save all
of them, but I got on the team didn't I?" Hermione laughed, "I bet that all the training with Viktor helped." Harry raised an eyebrow, "Viktor?" Hermione blushed again, "He stayed with the
Weasleys and me at the Burrow for a few days before going to Bulgaria so that
he could see me for a while, my parents wouldn't let me go to Bulgaria with
him" she smiled and when she saw Ron's face added "I don't know if I would have
done anyway". Harry wondered for a
moment if they had deliberately wanted to keep him out of the way at the
Dursleys for the summer so that they could be alone, but he brushed that
thought away quickly.
"So are you two 'official' then, or do I have to tell
Lavender and Parvati to wait a while before they predict how your lives
together will pan out?" joked Harry, Ron screwed up his face but Hermione just
laughed,
"Well I don't know about that!"
The three of them sat together on Harry's bed until the
other 5th year Gryffindor boys started to come in to go to sleep and
Dean Thomas laughed at them and told Hermione to get lost so that they could
get changed, Hermione laughed and gave Ron a cheeky grin, "I don't know I might
just stick around…" Eventually Dean and Seamus managed to convince her to leave
and the boys' dormitory fell quiet as they fell asleep, all of them except
Harry, he felt wide awake due to his earlier sleep and couldn't drop off, also
he had felt his scar twinge a few times and added to the headache that he'd
been able to ignore whilst with Ron and Hermione he couldn't relax. The unsettled feeling had returned but once
again he couldn't work it out, he knew it was late but he really needed to talk
to someone, in the end he took out the marauders map from his trunk and saw to
his relief that Dumbledore was awake and pacing his office.
Harry crept through the deserted corridors in his
invisibility cloak and it took him ten minutes before he reached the gargoyle
that lead to Dumbledore's office, he whispered "Canary Creams" and made his way
up to the door smiling about Fred and George's brilliant pranks. When he knocked Dumbledore's surprised voice
calmed him straight away, after all if anyone could help him it would be Dumbledore. He took off the cloak and walked in,
Dumbledore smiled at him and sat down, "Oh, it's you Mr. Potter, do come in and
sit down, it's a little late to be out and about isn't it? Especially after the day you've had."
Harry smiled and sat down, "I slept earlier, and I can't
sleep now."
Dumbledore's eyes were shining brightly and he was smiling
at him but Harry noticed the strain showing in the lines on the headmaster's
face.
"Might I ask the reason for your visit Harry?" probed
Dumbledore,
Harry frowned, he didn't know exactly what was wrong, but
there was definitely something. "I'm
not sure exactly, you remember earlier in the hospital wing you asked me if I'd
had any visions, well, I think it has something to do with that. But I don't really know."
Dumbledore ran a hand through his hair as he thought, a
habit that he seemed to have acquired lately.
"Well, Harry, I'm almost sure that you did indeed have a
vision whilst you were unconscious, and I think that being unable to remember
it is causing your unease."
Harry nodded, "So what can I do professor?"
"I think I have an idea, I know of a spell which is similar
to a memory charm which helps you to remember something you are blocking
out. I would warn you though that
whatever it is you've seen, it will probably be upsetting."
Harry nodded and sighed, "I understand, when should we do
it?"
Dumbledore smiled at him, "Are you going to get any sleep
tonight if we wait until tomorrow?"
Harry smiled back at the headmaster, "I guess not."
Dumbledore stood up and went to the bookshelves taking down
a large dusty volume from the top shelf.
"Harry, this wont take long, but I think it's best to do
this at the hospital wing."
Seeing Harry's shocked face Dumbledore tried not to laugh,
"Don't worry Harry! You'll be tired
when we're finished, that's all I promise! It's not dangerous, just strenuous, you'll need a day's rest afterwards
I should think."
Harry smiled and nodded but mentally kicked himself for
believing that Dumbledore would encourage him in anything dangerous.
The two of them went swiftly to the Hospital Wing, Harry
was surprised to find that he still had trouble keeping up with the elderly
headmaster even though he'd grown over the summer and that Dumbledore was
carrying the heavy book. Harry also felt
a bit strange, after all he was hurrying through the deserted corridors of the
school with Dumbledore whilst everyone else was asleep!
They entered the room and Harry sat down on the bed he'd
laid in earlier, Dumbledore was leafing through the book to find the right
incantation, he kept looking up at Harry and smiling reassuringly but Harry
noticed the way his hands were shaking and the glint of determination in his
blue eyes. Dumbledore eventually found
the page and brought the book over to where Harry was sitting,
"Harry, all you have to do is repeat the words on the page
here whilst I perform the charm. Are
you ready?"
Harry glanced over the words 'reminisia reverium' and said,
"Yes."
Dumbledore afforded him one last smile, "Let's get started
then."
Harry started speaking, "reminisia reverium, reminisia
reverium…"
He felt the spell from Dumbledore's wand rush over him like
a shower of water. He almost lost
concentration but kept repeating the words, "…reminisia reverium, reminisia
reverium…"
He felt as though he were falling asleep whilst still
awake, he was completely relaxed but soon the dream that he'd forgotten twice
was returning to his mind, he saw again the death eaters torturing Sirius and
Voldemort laughing at him and he started to scream as the curse hit him again.
It was then that he heard Dumbledore's voice, "HARRY! WAKE UP!"
Hope that the confusion about Ch. 4 wasn't too annoying for
everyone and thanks for the reviews.
I'll try my best to keep updating this thing quickly but
I've got exams coming up so sorry in advance!
And quidditch is coming, I promise!
Jo
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