Chapter 9: What's There To Do?
After a while of silence Professor McGonagall realized the sun was rising and that the morning feast was taking place. This also means that classes should be starting in about an hour or so! "Oh my goodness! I need to pass out schedules! And none of you slept last night!" said McGonagall who was panicking under all of the stress. "Maybe you should hold off on starting classes until tomorrow, because by then the news about Dumbledore would have sunk in and all of us can get some rest," suggested Nicollette gently.
"And it might help you if you elected all of us to be your assistant, to help you with all of the chaos, you know?" continued Nicollette.
"And Harry is now the owner of Hogwarts and he will be headmaster in a few years…so maybe you should start training him to be as good of a leader as you or Dumbledore." Said Nicollette soothingly.
"Well, I suppose so…and I think I'll have you all as personal assistance especially you Harry, oh and I know you wanted to become an Auror Harry and you basically will be because when you exit Hogwarts I'll hand the Order down to you so you can continue to fight. And Harry, this is now your office so you may come here on your time," Said McGonagall. Harry stood there shocked; he was going to be Headmaster at his favorite place…Hogwarts. With that McGonagall got up, conjured up a stretch, placed Dumbledore on it, and left the office tears still going down her face. The kids left Dumbledore's, or should I say Harry's office, sadly. They went straight to Gryffindor Tower not uttering a word.
When they reached the tower Ron said the password so quietly that the fat lady said, "Hello!!! I can't read your mind so what's the password?"
"I SAID, BRAVERY!!!" yelled Ron at the top of his lungs. The fat lady quivered under Ron's glare. Scared he might have another outburst; she swung the portrait hole open scowling at him. "No respect!" Harry heard her say but luckily Ron didn't.
They all went to their dorms quietly. Harry went straight to his bed without even getting dressed in pajamas and fell into a deep uneasy sleep.
He was in a dark room, the room was horribly familiar, and everywhere he looked he saw snakes. The snakes were hissing back and forth, talking about the up coming adventure they would encounter at Hogwarts. "Settle down, settle down," he said in a voice that clearly wasn't his own, but Lord Voldemort's. "Alright, I know that you all are excited about eating all of the students at Hogwarts so I have decided that when I kill Dumbledore I'll give his body to all of you so that you can eat him!" yelled Harry in Pasaltoungue. "You will obey all orders given to you, so that means only people you can talk to will have control over you." Added Harry. But of course, now that Potters gone I'm the only one that can really talk to them, he thought. "We will attack Hogwarts later then I told you, I want Dumbledore to think it won't happen so until then have fun! Oh and I've prepared a little feast for you so there you go!" finished Harry as he stepped aside allowing the giant snakes to slither over to the motionless bodies of Dudley and Vernon Dursley.
"NO," yelled Harry as he jerked awake. He was drenched in sweat and shaking violently.
"What happened mate?" asked Ron, who was standing over him with Dean and Seamus at his sides.
"Uncle Vernon and D-Dudley are d-d-dead!" Harry stuttered.
"Voldemort is going to attack H-Hogwarts but he's going to wait a while to do that!" Harry continued shakily.
"I've got to tell Dumbledore!" was Harry's conclusion.
"Um…Harry? You…can't really tell Dumbledore 'cause he's dead remember?" said Ron sadly.
"What?!" yelled Dean and Seamus together. As Ron began explaining the night's events, leaving out the part about the anamagi, all the horrible memories about Dumbledore came flooding back into his mind.
So what's this about V-Voldemort attacking Hogwarts?" asked Ron turning back to Harry.
"He's sending snakes to eat all of the students!" said Harry. All of the color in the boys faces left.
"It's okay though, 'cause Voldemort was an idiot and told them to obey anyone who can speak Pasaltongue. And as you know, that's exactly the thing that he shouldn't have done for I can speak it." Added Harry. The other boys visibly relaxed but not completely.
"We have to tell McGonagall so she can tell the order." Suggested Ron. "What order?" asked the Dean and Seamus.
"Nothing," said Harry and Ron quickly.
Then McGonagall entered the room, her eyes big and red, which meant she had been crying for quiet a while.
"What is going on here, Potter?" she asked.
"Oh, well I had another dream and in it Voldemort said he is going to attack Hogwarts," said Harry quickly. McGonagall stood there open mouthed. Her whole world was falling right in front of her. First, Dumbledore dies then her home Hogwarts is going to be attacked by Voldemort. Her only hope of survival is standing in front of her, for he was to defeat Voldemort. She and the rest of the Order were informed about the prophecy during the summer. So now she new why Dumbledore went out of his way just to save this boy, Harry Potter.
Snapping out of her trance, McGonagall said, "I'll sort this out, but while I do that I want you all to focus on school and not worry about what we're doing. Clear?"
"Clear," they all said gloomily.
"Good, no get back to bed, all of you," said McGonagall as she left. Harry, still being in bed, laid back as the others slumped over to their beds. Surprisingly, Harry fell asleep moments after his head hit the pillows, this time he had no tormenting dreams, just normal ones.
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