Chapter 8- The Dream
Harry woke up three days later on a bed in the hospital wing. When he opened his eyes, he was surprised to find Dumbledore, Lupin, Moody, and Sirius standing near his bed. Madam Pomfrey was also there, holding a small, empty flask. A little thread of gray smoke was still coming out of it. As soon as Harry opened his eyes, Sirius jumped and hugged him. - Harry, I've been so worried! - Wha'... what happened... Harry asked weakly. - It's ok, we got them... Dumbledore answered. Harry got up. He was still weak and madam Pomfrey gave him a small cup with something that tasted like chocolate but it strengthened him a little. - Harry...Dumbledore started. - It's ok, professor, I can tell you what happened. And then he did. Soon he finished. Sirius was holding his hand vigorously and the others just stared at him, shocked. - What? Harry asked. - Harry... Dumbledore started and then was interrupted by Moody. - Potter, you know Longbottom's parents? - Yes... - The Dark Lord tortured them for about an hour each before they gave up... You resisted twice as much and are still sane... Harry couldn't think of anything else to say. Sirius looked at Moody as if to say: "You shouldn't have said that!" but Moody just looked at him coolly and said: - He has to know these things, Sirius. - Um... and after that? asked Harry awkwardly. - Mrs. Toda shot a great amount of red sparks into the air. It was like the 4th of July, truth be told. So two divisions of Aurors under the command of Alastor and Remus arrived soon at the place, just in time as Crouch was getting up. Crouch and the other two were stunned and are now imprisoned in a safe place. answered Dumbledore. - Really? And the minister? - The minister was allowed to question the whiteness. Under the influence of Verita Serum, they said everything. At this Sirius grinned widely towards Harry. - What? Harry asked. - Crouch... He knew the story with me and Pettigrew! His testimony was accepted by the ministry and I was declared not guilty! The news hit Harry like a great hammer in the face. He felt the strange urge of jumping out of bed and dancing around the room. It was the best news he could receive! He wasn't going to live with the Dursley's anymore! He almost choked as he congratulated Sirius and then he gave him a big hug.
- I'm so happy for you, Sirius! Can I come and live with you now? - Sure! Dumbledore smiled and then said: - Ok, if there's nothing else left to say, we'll leave you to rest. - No, professor, wait! - Yes Harry? - I just wanted to ask you about the High Priest...Who is he? Dumbledore thought for a moment and then said: - Harry, the first thing you have to know is that there are two types of magic. One is the magic we use... It's complicated and it requires a wand. The other is much simpler and it doesn't require a wand. The one's using it are known as Ki masters. Mrs. Toda is one of them... - So that's why she doesn't need a wand... - Indeed. Unfortunately, she can not perform any complicated spells. Yet. - Aha... And where does the High Priest fit into this? - Well, he belongs to an extremist group within the Ki masters. The purpose of this extremist group is to eliminate wizards... - And...Mariko-San? - Did Miss Toda ever tell you how she arrived to this school? - No... - She was invited here. And so was Mrs. Murasama. It was like an...unilateral exchange of students and teachers. - Unilateral? - Yes, they didn't let us send any of our teachers there. It's hard to explain and it's not the time now. Anyway, it seems that Mariko was part of the extremist group since the beginning but...she forgot to mention that on her resume. - Oh... One more question, professor... I had a dream some time ago. Voldemort was in it and so was the High Priest. He said that he had...removed the conditioning... or something like that. Does that have anything to do with Mariko-San? - Yes... It's hard to explain... when she came here, Mariko didn't belong to the extremist group. But it seems that during her childhood, she was...programmed to share the beliefs of the group at some point. This... belief was probably triggered by something that the High Priest did... Harry felt tired. As soon as Dumbledore and the others left, he went back to sleep. A few hours passed and the evening came. Harry woke up with a start. He had had a dream about Voldemort but couldn't remember anything except that it was scary... He looked around and smiled. Helena, Hermione and Ron were gathered around him, holding boxes with presents. - Hello Harry! they said. - Oh... Hi guys! They all hugged him and then gave him the presents. Then Harry said: - How are you all? - Oh...groaned Ron... Trelawny had us write an essay about the different types of Tarot decks in history... - Oh my god... - Yeah, well... we've been spending the last few hours in the library... - ...Looking at me.... Hermione continued. Ron blushed and then stuttered: - Yes, well...actually, you know.....umm.... I mean.... Everybody laughed. Then Helena asked: - Do you know what happened Saturday night? - Yeah, well, Dumbledore told me.... Harry explained them about Crouch and then about the High Priest. Suddenly he remembered something and said to Helena: - Hey, you know the High Priest's name... - Haruna Yoshimoto-Sama. He was my master while I still lived in Japan. I was living at his Dojo. One night I went out to get some air and I heard him talking to someone... He was saying that all the students are conditioned and that the Invasion is in its final stage... Don't ask me what the Invasion is... All students except one, whom he was going to kill in the morning during practice... The one student... It was me. Harry, Ron and Hermione were looking horrified at her. - And what did you do? Harry asked. - I don't really remember. It was probably a burst of anger... And I got a little carried away. Somehow, I found myself in front of my uncle's house in London... - Oh... But you said you lived in England... you said you received the letter from Hogwarts... - Well...Sorry, but I lied... Professor Dumbledore has told me to keep this to myself... Harry looked at her. Now that she had revealed this secret he loved her even more than before... - Oh, Helena, by the way...Harry said... can you explain exactly why you don't need a wand? - Oh, that's simple. A wand concentrates one's energy into a spell. I can concentrate my energy without a wand...but only for basic spells. - So that's the whole secret? - Yep... That's it... - Ok, you've had enough for one night, let Potter go back to sleep! said Mrs. Pomfrey coming towards them with a small cup. Hermione, Helena and Ron all said goodbye and, after drinking his potion, Harry fell back on his pillow in a profound sleep... ...And he was again on his broom heading towards Azkhaban. Soon, he entered the great hall and approached Voldemort's throne. He seemed very nervous. 5 Death-Eaters were kneeling in front of him. - Crouch was caught. This is going to make everything worse. - My Lord, does that mean we switch to the back-up plan? - Unfortunately yes. Lucius, I want you to go and rally our main attack force at the Dark Fortress in the Carpatian mountains. They will be put under your command. - Yes, My Lord! - Anthony Helwig! The special team is ready? - Yes, My Lord... - Good, I want you to transport them as soon as possible to the Secondary Camp. Be ready to move at any moment! - Of course! - Avery! You will command the Cyclops! Go to the Sky Fortress. Explain the plan to the King. Tell him to rally his forces. Then make the necessary arrangements for the transportation. - Right away! Two Death-Eaters remained in front of Voldemort. To Harry's surprise, he smiled: - My dear, Nagini is waiting for you in the Primary Camp. You will command her forces. Go. - Yes, father... Harry's face went white and cold as the marble covering the floor. He felt a wave of cold down his spine. Voldemort had a son.... - And you, Alber Lestrange...You will command our surprise attack. You know what to do...Go. - Yes, My Lord... Albert Lestrange disapparated. Harry remained alone with Voldemort. Wormtail appeared soon through the back door. - Your darkness.... - What is it, Wormtail? - The generals have left... - I know that... You get ready... We will attack Hogwarts, and you know what that means....... Suddenly, Harry woke up. He looked around. He was in the hospital wing, safe within Hogwarts... Safe? Not anymore. Voldemort was going to attack soon... He had to tell someone. He somehow knew that his time had come. What time, he didn't know...but it was his time.
Harry woke up three days later on a bed in the hospital wing. When he opened his eyes, he was surprised to find Dumbledore, Lupin, Moody, and Sirius standing near his bed. Madam Pomfrey was also there, holding a small, empty flask. A little thread of gray smoke was still coming out of it. As soon as Harry opened his eyes, Sirius jumped and hugged him. - Harry, I've been so worried! - Wha'... what happened... Harry asked weakly. - It's ok, we got them... Dumbledore answered. Harry got up. He was still weak and madam Pomfrey gave him a small cup with something that tasted like chocolate but it strengthened him a little. - Harry...Dumbledore started. - It's ok, professor, I can tell you what happened. And then he did. Soon he finished. Sirius was holding his hand vigorously and the others just stared at him, shocked. - What? Harry asked. - Harry... Dumbledore started and then was interrupted by Moody. - Potter, you know Longbottom's parents? - Yes... - The Dark Lord tortured them for about an hour each before they gave up... You resisted twice as much and are still sane... Harry couldn't think of anything else to say. Sirius looked at Moody as if to say: "You shouldn't have said that!" but Moody just looked at him coolly and said: - He has to know these things, Sirius. - Um... and after that? asked Harry awkwardly. - Mrs. Toda shot a great amount of red sparks into the air. It was like the 4th of July, truth be told. So two divisions of Aurors under the command of Alastor and Remus arrived soon at the place, just in time as Crouch was getting up. Crouch and the other two were stunned and are now imprisoned in a safe place. answered Dumbledore. - Really? And the minister? - The minister was allowed to question the whiteness. Under the influence of Verita Serum, they said everything. At this Sirius grinned widely towards Harry. - What? Harry asked. - Crouch... He knew the story with me and Pettigrew! His testimony was accepted by the ministry and I was declared not guilty! The news hit Harry like a great hammer in the face. He felt the strange urge of jumping out of bed and dancing around the room. It was the best news he could receive! He wasn't going to live with the Dursley's anymore! He almost choked as he congratulated Sirius and then he gave him a big hug.
- I'm so happy for you, Sirius! Can I come and live with you now? - Sure! Dumbledore smiled and then said: - Ok, if there's nothing else left to say, we'll leave you to rest. - No, professor, wait! - Yes Harry? - I just wanted to ask you about the High Priest...Who is he? Dumbledore thought for a moment and then said: - Harry, the first thing you have to know is that there are two types of magic. One is the magic we use... It's complicated and it requires a wand. The other is much simpler and it doesn't require a wand. The one's using it are known as Ki masters. Mrs. Toda is one of them... - So that's why she doesn't need a wand... - Indeed. Unfortunately, she can not perform any complicated spells. Yet. - Aha... And where does the High Priest fit into this? - Well, he belongs to an extremist group within the Ki masters. The purpose of this extremist group is to eliminate wizards... - And...Mariko-San? - Did Miss Toda ever tell you how she arrived to this school? - No... - She was invited here. And so was Mrs. Murasama. It was like an...unilateral exchange of students and teachers. - Unilateral? - Yes, they didn't let us send any of our teachers there. It's hard to explain and it's not the time now. Anyway, it seems that Mariko was part of the extremist group since the beginning but...she forgot to mention that on her resume. - Oh... One more question, professor... I had a dream some time ago. Voldemort was in it and so was the High Priest. He said that he had...removed the conditioning... or something like that. Does that have anything to do with Mariko-San? - Yes... It's hard to explain... when she came here, Mariko didn't belong to the extremist group. But it seems that during her childhood, she was...programmed to share the beliefs of the group at some point. This... belief was probably triggered by something that the High Priest did... Harry felt tired. As soon as Dumbledore and the others left, he went back to sleep. A few hours passed and the evening came. Harry woke up with a start. He had had a dream about Voldemort but couldn't remember anything except that it was scary... He looked around and smiled. Helena, Hermione and Ron were gathered around him, holding boxes with presents. - Hello Harry! they said. - Oh... Hi guys! They all hugged him and then gave him the presents. Then Harry said: - How are you all? - Oh...groaned Ron... Trelawny had us write an essay about the different types of Tarot decks in history... - Oh my god... - Yeah, well... we've been spending the last few hours in the library... - ...Looking at me.... Hermione continued. Ron blushed and then stuttered: - Yes, well...actually, you know.....umm.... I mean.... Everybody laughed. Then Helena asked: - Do you know what happened Saturday night? - Yeah, well, Dumbledore told me.... Harry explained them about Crouch and then about the High Priest. Suddenly he remembered something and said to Helena: - Hey, you know the High Priest's name... - Haruna Yoshimoto-Sama. He was my master while I still lived in Japan. I was living at his Dojo. One night I went out to get some air and I heard him talking to someone... He was saying that all the students are conditioned and that the Invasion is in its final stage... Don't ask me what the Invasion is... All students except one, whom he was going to kill in the morning during practice... The one student... It was me. Harry, Ron and Hermione were looking horrified at her. - And what did you do? Harry asked. - I don't really remember. It was probably a burst of anger... And I got a little carried away. Somehow, I found myself in front of my uncle's house in London... - Oh... But you said you lived in England... you said you received the letter from Hogwarts... - Well...Sorry, but I lied... Professor Dumbledore has told me to keep this to myself... Harry looked at her. Now that she had revealed this secret he loved her even more than before... - Oh, Helena, by the way...Harry said... can you explain exactly why you don't need a wand? - Oh, that's simple. A wand concentrates one's energy into a spell. I can concentrate my energy without a wand...but only for basic spells. - So that's the whole secret? - Yep... That's it... - Ok, you've had enough for one night, let Potter go back to sleep! said Mrs. Pomfrey coming towards them with a small cup. Hermione, Helena and Ron all said goodbye and, after drinking his potion, Harry fell back on his pillow in a profound sleep... ...And he was again on his broom heading towards Azkhaban. Soon, he entered the great hall and approached Voldemort's throne. He seemed very nervous. 5 Death-Eaters were kneeling in front of him. - Crouch was caught. This is going to make everything worse. - My Lord, does that mean we switch to the back-up plan? - Unfortunately yes. Lucius, I want you to go and rally our main attack force at the Dark Fortress in the Carpatian mountains. They will be put under your command. - Yes, My Lord! - Anthony Helwig! The special team is ready? - Yes, My Lord... - Good, I want you to transport them as soon as possible to the Secondary Camp. Be ready to move at any moment! - Of course! - Avery! You will command the Cyclops! Go to the Sky Fortress. Explain the plan to the King. Tell him to rally his forces. Then make the necessary arrangements for the transportation. - Right away! Two Death-Eaters remained in front of Voldemort. To Harry's surprise, he smiled: - My dear, Nagini is waiting for you in the Primary Camp. You will command her forces. Go. - Yes, father... Harry's face went white and cold as the marble covering the floor. He felt a wave of cold down his spine. Voldemort had a son.... - And you, Alber Lestrange...You will command our surprise attack. You know what to do...Go. - Yes, My Lord... Albert Lestrange disapparated. Harry remained alone with Voldemort. Wormtail appeared soon through the back door. - Your darkness.... - What is it, Wormtail? - The generals have left... - I know that... You get ready... We will attack Hogwarts, and you know what that means....... Suddenly, Harry woke up. He looked around. He was in the hospital wing, safe within Hogwarts... Safe? Not anymore. Voldemort was going to attack soon... He had to tell someone. He somehow knew that his time had come. What time, he didn't know...but it was his time.