Chapter 5: Holidays with Enemies
"What!?!" Harry felt the anger rise inside his mind and body. He had a terrible wish to hit Snape in his ugly face with something very hard. ´So that´s the real reason Snape´s so friendly! He just played a game!´ thought Harry. "We could´ve travelled here by Portkey? You´ve risked my life! I could´ve been killed!" "Oh Potter! You´re so selfish! Don´t you think I was in danger too? But mark my words, the most dangerous road can be the safest sometimes."
Snape was very pleased with himself and seemed to be very happy. They both entered into the hall and Harry followed Ron upstairs into his room. "By the way Ron. what the hell are you doing here?" "Dad thinks it might be better for you to have some company for the last two weeks of the holidays. I hope you´re not angry with me anymore."
Harry hadn´t thought about Ron´s and his disagreement any more. But he was so glad to be with Ron again, that his anger vanished. "How were your holidays, Ron? What did you do all the time?" "Oh. well. I - I was just helping Hermione to do some things for S.P.E.W., doing homework and practising Quidditch. Guess what Harry! I´ve been made Quidditch captain! I don´t know yet what to do, but I am sure I´ll manage it." "WOW! That´s great!" "Yeah, remember the Mirror of Erised? He showed me as Quidditch captain and as Head Boy! I think my dream will come tru. Maybe that´ll impress her." "Who do you want to impress?", but Harry didn´t need asking, he was neither stupid nor blind. "Are you talking about Hermione?"
"Em. no of course not." answered Ron and his ears and face became very red.
"You know, Ginny´s been behaving very oddly for the last couple of weeks. Always borrowing Hermes to send letters to someone. I think she´s got herself a boyfriend." "Yeah, maybe." said Harry, trying hard to look innocent.
"SILENCE!" With a loud BANG the door opened and Severus Snape stood in front of them. "Go to sleep now, both of you!! Tomorrow is a busy day. Ah Potter. before I forget it, there´s a letter from your pen-pale." He threw the letter on one of the beds and closed the door.
Harry wanted to take the letter and hide it from Ron, but before he had made an attempt to take the letter, Ron had grapped it. He opened and read it.
"You´re the one Ginny´s writing to." Ron looked from the top of the letter to Harry. He had a puzzled look upon his face and after a long embarassing moment of silence, he asked: "But why?"
It was Harry´s turn to blush. "Because. she helped me to get along with Sirius´ death. I didn´t know how to tell anyone and she just offered me her help. She tried to understand me and she did. I just wanted someone to talk to." "Oh, fine. If you prefer talking to my sister about your problems, she would better have come here instead of me." "But you were busy with Hermione! I thought you wouldn´t understand!" "Yeah Harry, you´re right. I don´t understand why you don´t trust me and Hermione with your feelings and problems. Good night!!"
Without speaking, Ron pulled on his pyjamas, lay down on his bed and tried hard to ignore Harry´s attempts to apology. Harry felt very sad and guilty. He too went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately.
There were cries in the dark. The sound of many voices speaking was heard, from out of nowhere. What was happening? Ther were men, wearing dark cloaks and masks covered their faces. Muggles were running on the street and they were screaming hysterically. After several moments, wizards apparated to help, but they were too late. It was over. The sudden silence which filled the air was very scary. The Death Eaters had all disapparated but they had destroyed a very large Muggle town. The dead bodys of children and their parents were lying on the streets. The members from the Order had come too late.
Harry woke up and noticed that he was sweaty. Now he knew what it was Voldemort had planned. They were attacking the Muggles first. This was surely meant to scare the wizarding world. As it was still dark, Harry closed his eyes again and dozed off to sleep.
Voldemort was speaking one more time to his Death Eaters. "Now, that we have seen our weapon is working, we are ready to attack Hogwarts and kill Harry Potter! I want to see the boy dead, but remember I am the one who´ll have the honour to kill our young friend!" With a nasty laugh, Voldemort left the room.
Harry awoke once again and heard someone scream. He only noticed that it was him who was screaming, when Ron was pushing him to open his eyes.
"Harry what´s up?" "Oh.Ron. I´ve been dreaming. I saw. I had a kind of vision again. Voldemort destroyed a muggle town and said there was a plan to kill somebody. to kill me." "Harry ! Go to Snape and tell him about it. This is very important."
Harry went downstairs, as Ron had told him to, and found Snape in the kitchen. Harry told him a very short version of this dream. Snape didn´t seem surprised at all about this piece of information. He just said:
"Potter, what you´ve seen is true. As you know, I´m a spy for Dumbledore and I act as Death Eater for the Dark Lord. I knew this was going to happen. But believe me, at Hogwarts and under Dumbledore´s protection you will be safe."
"Thank you, Sir " added Harry and left the room very quickly.
"What!?!" Harry felt the anger rise inside his mind and body. He had a terrible wish to hit Snape in his ugly face with something very hard. ´So that´s the real reason Snape´s so friendly! He just played a game!´ thought Harry. "We could´ve travelled here by Portkey? You´ve risked my life! I could´ve been killed!" "Oh Potter! You´re so selfish! Don´t you think I was in danger too? But mark my words, the most dangerous road can be the safest sometimes."
Snape was very pleased with himself and seemed to be very happy. They both entered into the hall and Harry followed Ron upstairs into his room. "By the way Ron. what the hell are you doing here?" "Dad thinks it might be better for you to have some company for the last two weeks of the holidays. I hope you´re not angry with me anymore."
Harry hadn´t thought about Ron´s and his disagreement any more. But he was so glad to be with Ron again, that his anger vanished. "How were your holidays, Ron? What did you do all the time?" "Oh. well. I - I was just helping Hermione to do some things for S.P.E.W., doing homework and practising Quidditch. Guess what Harry! I´ve been made Quidditch captain! I don´t know yet what to do, but I am sure I´ll manage it." "WOW! That´s great!" "Yeah, remember the Mirror of Erised? He showed me as Quidditch captain and as Head Boy! I think my dream will come tru. Maybe that´ll impress her." "Who do you want to impress?", but Harry didn´t need asking, he was neither stupid nor blind. "Are you talking about Hermione?"
"Em. no of course not." answered Ron and his ears and face became very red.
"You know, Ginny´s been behaving very oddly for the last couple of weeks. Always borrowing Hermes to send letters to someone. I think she´s got herself a boyfriend." "Yeah, maybe." said Harry, trying hard to look innocent.
"SILENCE!" With a loud BANG the door opened and Severus Snape stood in front of them. "Go to sleep now, both of you!! Tomorrow is a busy day. Ah Potter. before I forget it, there´s a letter from your pen-pale." He threw the letter on one of the beds and closed the door.
Harry wanted to take the letter and hide it from Ron, but before he had made an attempt to take the letter, Ron had grapped it. He opened and read it.
"You´re the one Ginny´s writing to." Ron looked from the top of the letter to Harry. He had a puzzled look upon his face and after a long embarassing moment of silence, he asked: "But why?"
It was Harry´s turn to blush. "Because. she helped me to get along with Sirius´ death. I didn´t know how to tell anyone and she just offered me her help. She tried to understand me and she did. I just wanted someone to talk to." "Oh, fine. If you prefer talking to my sister about your problems, she would better have come here instead of me." "But you were busy with Hermione! I thought you wouldn´t understand!" "Yeah Harry, you´re right. I don´t understand why you don´t trust me and Hermione with your feelings and problems. Good night!!"
Without speaking, Ron pulled on his pyjamas, lay down on his bed and tried hard to ignore Harry´s attempts to apology. Harry felt very sad and guilty. He too went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately.
There were cries in the dark. The sound of many voices speaking was heard, from out of nowhere. What was happening? Ther were men, wearing dark cloaks and masks covered their faces. Muggles were running on the street and they were screaming hysterically. After several moments, wizards apparated to help, but they were too late. It was over. The sudden silence which filled the air was very scary. The Death Eaters had all disapparated but they had destroyed a very large Muggle town. The dead bodys of children and their parents were lying on the streets. The members from the Order had come too late.
Harry woke up and noticed that he was sweaty. Now he knew what it was Voldemort had planned. They were attacking the Muggles first. This was surely meant to scare the wizarding world. As it was still dark, Harry closed his eyes again and dozed off to sleep.
Voldemort was speaking one more time to his Death Eaters. "Now, that we have seen our weapon is working, we are ready to attack Hogwarts and kill Harry Potter! I want to see the boy dead, but remember I am the one who´ll have the honour to kill our young friend!" With a nasty laugh, Voldemort left the room.
Harry awoke once again and heard someone scream. He only noticed that it was him who was screaming, when Ron was pushing him to open his eyes.
"Harry what´s up?" "Oh.Ron. I´ve been dreaming. I saw. I had a kind of vision again. Voldemort destroyed a muggle town and said there was a plan to kill somebody. to kill me." "Harry ! Go to Snape and tell him about it. This is very important."
Harry went downstairs, as Ron had told him to, and found Snape in the kitchen. Harry told him a very short version of this dream. Snape didn´t seem surprised at all about this piece of information. He just said:
"Potter, what you´ve seen is true. As you know, I´m a spy for Dumbledore and I act as Death Eater for the Dark Lord. I knew this was going to happen. But believe me, at Hogwarts and under Dumbledore´s protection you will be safe."
"Thank you, Sir " added Harry and left the room very quickly.