Harry was torn from his thoughts by the arrival of Hermione
Ron and Neville. He smiled as he looked
up at their worried faces, "Hi guys," he said.
"Harry, we're concerned, you haven't seemed yourself
recently." Said Hermione,
"Yeah, what's going on?" Added Ron nervously
Harry considered them for a moment and then gave in to the
urge to tell them at least some of what was bothering him.
"Well, I didn't want you guys to worry too much but it
seems you're determined to anyway so I'll tell you."
Neville smiled encouragingly as the three sat down next to
Harry who was flicking at the surface of the lake with a twig.
"Well, you all know that I've been worried about Sirius
since the dream,"
They all nodded,
"Well I had another one."
Hermione and Ron glanced nervously at each other and
Neville looked worriedly at Harry, who sighed and continued
"It was Voldemort, he spoke to me."
Hermione buried her face in Ron's robes not wanting to
believe it was true.
"What did he say to you?" Asked Neville caught up by the horrific wonder of the idea.
"He said that I would regret not doing enough to protect
Sirius and that I would…"
Harry paused,
"He said that I would be 'hearing from him' soon."
Harry's three friends were silent as the horrible truth
sunk in.
"You don't think that he'll come to Hogwarts do you?" Said Hermione pensively, she was about to
say something else when Harry held out a hand to silence her, he'd spotted
Draco Malfoy heading towards them with Crabbe and Goyle either side of him.
"So, I guess dweebs anonymous is meeting by the lake these
days." Snarled Draco fixing Harry with
a contemptuous glare.
"Why? Are you
interested in joining Malfoy?" Shot
back Neville to the surprise of Hermione and Ron who were yet to really get to
know his more outgoing side.
"Shut up Longbottom." Was the best that Malfoy could come up with in return.
"Is there a reason for your unwelcome presence Malfoy or
are you just so lonely and bored in your own narrow little world that you have
to intrude on ours?" Said Harry who
felt the anger building inside him.
"That's hilarious Potter, I hope you don't die from
laughing at your own joke, I wouldn't want the Dark Lord to miss his chance of
punishing you." Snarled Draco sneering
at them.
Hermione was incensed
"Don't you dare talk like that Malfoy, if you want to
pledge your allegiance to that slime ball then do it in your own time. Leave us alone."
Malfoy started to laugh, it was a cold cruel laugh that
strongly reminded Harry of Voldemort's. Suppressing a shudder he forced himself to look Draco in the eye,
"You don't know what you're talking about Malfoy." He said through gritted teeth.
"Don't I Potter? Well I just hope those dreams don't rob you of too much beauty
sleep, because you sure need as much as you can get."
All Harry could think of was Malfoy's scornful laughter and he felt a strange sensation building up inside him. Before he could react a beam of white light shot from his right hand towards Malfoy, Harry felt all of the hurt and rage that had been building up being channelled out through the beam, he watched in astonishment as Draco Malfoy was thrown through the air and landed with a splash in the icy lake.
There were a few seconds of silence before Malfoy came back
to the surface of the water and started splashing about frantically trying to
get back to the shore. Crabbe and Goyle
who had been staring dumbly at him suddenly snapped into action and bounded into
the lake arms and legs floundering to 'rescue' him.
Harry still numb from disbelief turned to look at Hermione, Ron and Neville who looked just as shocked,
"H-Harry, how on Earth did you do that?" Shrieked Hermione
"You didn't even use your wand!" Whispered Neville
"Cool!" Yelled Ron
turning to watch Crabbe and Goyle as they heaved a drenched Draco Malfoy out of
the lake.
"You'll pay for that
Potter!" Screamed Draco
"Don't think that your
precious friends will be able to help you either, no-one can protect you
forever. Lord Voldemort will find a
way."
And with that he stormed
off leaving a wet trail on the grass and wringing out his sodden clothes as he
went.
Ron wasn't trying to
prevent the tears of mirth that were running down his cheeks.
"Priceless Harry! How did you ever manage it?"
Hermione was staring
earnestly at him waiting for an answer and Neville was fingering his robes
looking slightly worried,
"Magic without a wand
Harry, it was pretty amazing. But
how?" Said Hermione looking as though
she needed an answer or she would burst.
"I-I don't really know to
tell the truth." Stammered Harry, "can
we just leave it for a while. I need
some rest. Whatever just happened, it
was pretty tiring."
Hermione sighed
disappointed but nodded, Neville grabbed Ron's arm and helped him back to the
castle still in fits of laughter,
"Better than the ferret
thing! The way he flew! And then
splash!"
Back at the castle Harry
noticed Albus Dumbledore talking to Professor Snape. He decided that he needed to tell the headmaster everything, but
more than that he needed answers,
"I'm going to talk to
Professor Dumbledore, I'll see you guys later." Said Harry to the others, Hermione led the other two back to
Gryffindor Tower whilst Harry, seeing Snape turn and walk away, strode over to
the headmaster.
"Harry, I get the feeling
you would like a chat, come up to my office, we can talk there." Said Dumbledore his eyes flashing brightly
behind his glasses. Harry nodded and
followed the professor up to the familiar, circular room.
Fawkes the phoenix flew
over to Harry and sang a note of greeting before moving on to Dumbledore's
shoulder where he settled happily, Dumbledore stroked his phoenix fondly before
turning to Harry and smiling,
"So, I suppose I should
let you ask me what it is you need to know, perhaps it is finally time for me
to tell you everything. But I do warn
you Harry that you might not like everything I have to tell you."
Harry nodded
"Why did Voldemort want to kill me 15 years ago?"
Hee hee hee! Evil
cackle
Malfoy in the lake… *sigh* I amaze even myself with the
brilliance of the imagery.
Sorry, I think I'm getting a big head, But I just really
love the idea of throwing Draco into the lake and boy did he deserve it. I am not (as you may have guessed!) one of
those people who see Draco as one who can turn to the 'good side' but rather as
the evil being that he is.
Throw him in! Throw
him in!
Sorry about that… I'm tired, stayed up late to finish this.
If you appreciate my efforts… write a review!!!
I'm loosing my mind… I need advice/suggestions/comments!
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especially thanks to these wonderful people who seem to
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