Harry woke up early the next morning with an uneasy feeling, as if he were being watched. As he went to grab his glasses off the floating nightstand he noticed there was someone standing near him and then quickly reached for his glasses and wand. He practically threw the glasses onto his face to notice it was none other than Snape standing er...floating there. Snape quickly said, "Potter, I see that you are awake, did you have any dreams at all last night?"

Harry, still tired said while rubbing his eyes, "a, um huh?"

Snape, very annoyed repeated, "I said Potter, DID—YOU—HAVE—ANY—DREAMS—LAST—NIGHT? IS—THAT—CLEAR—ENOUGH? And 10 points from Gryffindor for making me repeat myself."

Harry, still tired out of his mind, barely understood the professor who was practically yelling. Harry just mumbled a response, which thoroughly ticked the professor off. Snape took more house points off for this knowing so many lives were at stake depending on if and what dreams Harry had had. Again the angered professor repeated himself, "POTTER, I REPEAT, and mind you, I don't like to repeat myself, unless deducting points from Gryffindor...DID—YOU—HAVE—ANY—DREAMS—LAST—NIGHT?"

Harry, finally awake and thoroughly pissed off himself at the growling beast in front of him answers, "Uh huh."

Snape seemed as if his anger had been suddenly replaced with extreme terror, but he had a façade that he must keep in place, so he quickly corrected, "Yes, sir, and five points from Gryffindor for being disrespectful to a teacher."

Spape walked briskly out of the room, his robes billowing behind him. Harry new that this discussion was far from over, but gladly accepted the break from it and proceeded in getting ready for the day ahead of him.

After Harry finished his morning rituals he headed out into the kitchen portion of the room. The Hogwarts house elves had prepared a grand breakfast that had everything imaginable. Dudley was amazed by this but a rule was made for him and his father: for every plate full of food you take you must walk two miles. Dudley and Vernon were outraged by this, but obliged since there was a built in television on the treadmill and it was the only one in all of Hogwarts.

As soon as breakfast was over Dumbledore asked to see Professor Snape and Harry in the meeting room (a.k.a. the mini room of requirement). Upon everyone's arrival, Dumbledore said gravely, "Harry, Severus here has informed me that you did have a dream last night, but said that you did not go into details about it, nor seem to be at all disturbed about it. I'm sorry if it seems that we are invading your privacy, but we really need to know what it was about to help keep everyone safe."

Harry, who was used to nightmares didn't really think anything odd of his dream, but agreed to share any dreams he had and may have in the future. Harry told them that his dreams were about past things that have happened. Snape asked him to elaborate on this and so Harry did. He said that they were about like in his first year, when Voldemort nearly had gotten the Sorcerer's stone. Then in his second year, like when Ginny was captured and it looked as though he was going to die and Ginny too. Then in his third year, when he found himself and his friends in a room with Sirius Black, who still seemed to be guilty. Then in his fourth year, when Cedric was killed and it looked as if he might too. Then in his fifth year, when Sirius was killed. To top it all off he was woken by a green flash of light, and in the back of his head he could hear his mother's cries.

Snape and Dumbledore both seemed to be processing this information when alas Dumbledore spoke, "It seems here that Harry dreamt of events when Voldemort was most or when Harry seemed to be low in moral or very depressed."

Harry, listening to Dumbledore's reasoning, seemed to piece things together for himself. Snape found himself relieved to know that Harry did not dream about what he had seen the previous night. He supposed that what saw really wasn't that bad, but it just made him a little uneasy to know that Harry knows about all of that information about so many people.

Dumbledore summed things up, "I think that Harry is having these dreams because Voldemort is about to do something to put himself and Harry in another one of these situations. I think it would be wise that not only Harry practice occlumency but to also practice spellwork and dueling. Now, Severus, I know that teaching Harry occlumency is already a lot on your part, but would you please help harry with his dueling skills? You can also teach him defense against the dark arts privately since I know that is the position you long after."

Snape, considering all this, decided to help. He really wanted to put an end to the dark lord, and besides, it would give him more opportunities to deduct points from Gryffindor.

Upon Snape's agreement Harry and Snape got right to work and they began dueling. Although Dumbledore did not tell Snape to practice the unforgivables Snape took it upon himself to make sure that harry could fight his way through Crutio and Imperius. It pleased them that he could and each time he did it, he was able to fight it off quicker.

Dumbledore knew something was going on within the wizarding world, and had all the students come to the castle before break was over, and he had their families all come too. He expanded the school to fit all of them, and had security made very tight. It was more strict than when they had thought Sirius Black was guilty and headed for Hogwarts. They had a very strict curfew that did not all allow them out of their common rooms past 6 or before 8, and no one was allowed out of the castle without written permission from Dumbledore himself.

Since Snape had to continue his teaching with other students and Harry was not allowed out of the Room of Requirement he was stuck doing make up work for his other classes. He and Snape had their lessons each night, right after dinner and late into the night trying to get everything covered.

A few weeks later was when things turned for the worse. It was right after dinner, and Dudley had gotten seven platefuls of food, so therefor he was on the treadmill walking his fourteen miles for that night. Although Dudley was walking usually some thirty miles each day, he did not seem to be losing any weight at all. Dudley was the first to notice what was happening when the television on the treadmill shut off. Then the treadmill shut off. Then the lights shut off and all the candles blew out. As all the wizards in the room tried to light their wands, none of them would work. None except for Harry's. The fire in the fireplace quickly died down, and it was pitch black except for the small light emitted by Harry's wand.

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