Hi again. I hope you all liked chapter 1. If you didn't maybe this is better. I'm still trying to find my groove, so bare with me. Anywho, here it is, so enjoy.
Usual disclaimers apply. Unless of course I decide to write an unsual one, then that's a whole different story...
Chapter 2: Dreams and screams.
Harry quickly fell into a deep and uneasy sleep. At first, he was simply sleeping, but then he started to dream…..
He'd been reading Lord of the Rings when he fell asleep and he was dreaming he was Frodo. The Ringwraiths were chasing him andhe knew he had to get away. Dream Harry kept running and running. They chased him onto a large grassy meadow when the screaming started. The screaming that Harry always heard in his weird dreams. Harry kept running on through the meadow, but he was Harry now and no longer Frodo. There was a lake coming into view and behind it a large stone castle. He was still running, but no longer from the ringwraiths. They had changed into more human like creatures, wearing thick black robes and masks. They were shooting spells at him and he ducked and swerved, trying to avoid them. "OK fine, I give up… I'll fight you now," Harry yelled at them. And they dueled, four Death Eaters against one Harry. He'd just gotten one knocked out and was trying to keep the others at bay when he felt pain shoot across his chest. He faltered and staggered back and felt the blood running down his shirt. He knew now who he was fighting and what he'd been hit with. "SNAPE! I"LL GET YOU!" Harry bellowed. He'd been hit with Sectusempra, and he knew that most likely he and Snape were the only two people who knew that curse. "Well, well, Mr. Potter, perhaps you are smarter than you look. Pity, you have figured me out. But you are not smart enough, or you would have taken us all out already," sneered Snape. He directed another 'Sectusempra' at Harry, who ducked out of the way, but not fast enough because it grazed his left cheek. Harry felt the blood flow again and he realized he had to do something. That had made him angry and he easily took out the other two Death Eaters next to Snape. Snape, however, was another story. He just wouldn't go down. "Why, Potter, are you tired already? The fun is just beginning," he cackled at Harry. And again, the two dueled, locked in their own battle as the bigger one raged on around them. And then it happened. Someone screamed. A very loud scream. A scream of pain. Harry realized what was going on. Snape was distracting him while Voldemort tortured everyone who tried to get to him. And if Snape could distract Harry long enough, then Voldemort could kill or torture everyone so that they would have to fight alone. They knew that Harry would try to play hero and save who ever it was. But if he did that, Snape would get him. So that Harry would have no help and no one to rescue him. "Very good Potter. You are a clever boy after all! I never thought you would figure out the Dark Lord's plan. You always seemed to stupid." said Snape, knowing that he was deliberately provoking Harry. Harry looked shocked for a millisecond then put his mind to the task at hand. "Snape, get out of my head, you bloody git! You're not one to play fair I know, but that really isn't fair," Harry commented, shooting a few spells of his own at Snape. Snape, flicking his wand and effortlessly dodging all of Harry's spells, responded with "Awww, poor little Potter complains about playing unfairly. Next he's going to go cry to his mommy! Too bad his mommy isn't here to save him! But maybe he'd like to save the little screaming Weasel over there?" In their fighting, Snape and Harry had inched closer to Voldemort and the screaming person he was torturing. They were only a few yards away and Harry could begin to make out the person screaming. It was a young woman, writhing in pain with her red hair flailing behind her. 'Oh my God it's Ginny!' Harry thought. "GINNY" Harry screamed. "Gin, GINNY!" He tried to run to her but found himself being pulled magically back. Snape was magically restraining him. He sneered at Harry and cackled evilly. "Oh no, Potter. You're not going anywhere. My orders were to let you watch. To not kill you and to let you watch as your little girlfriend is tortured into insanity." Harry was trying his hardest to break the magical bonds, but they couldn't be broken by physical force alone. He had to do something. He could turn in a circle as long as he stayed rooted to the spot, but could go no further. Harry didn't know the counter curse so the only logical way to get loose would be to disable Snape and hope the spell broke with him. "I will give Snape credit for one thing," Harry thought. "He made us learn silent spells." Harry never thought they'd be of much use, but now they were important. He could easily stun Snape if he just did the spell silently. Snape would never know. So, in a mere second, he had simple thought 'Stupefy' and had watched Snape fall to the ground, stunned and unable to harm Harry. Harry started running the few yards to Ginny and Voldemort when he heard another voice, a young women's, say "Harry look out! Behind you!" The girl was running towards him and Ginny and she could see the cloaked figure sneaking up behind Harry. He turned to face what ever it was he was supposed to be looking out for and found not a hooded figure but a burst of red light and then he blacked out. Harry hit the ground with a small thud.
The impact was enough to shake Harry out of his dream. He sat straight up in bed, panting and looking frantically around in his room. It was just his room and no one else was there. His eyes did another quick sweep of the room and then he tried to go back to sleep after that odd dream. "It just felt too real, too much like I was there," he thought as he drifted back into a hesitant sleep.
Thank you all for sticking with me through this chap. I'm sorry if that dream sequence wasa little too long, but it is important to the story line. next time I'll try to avoid long dream sequences...
To my one reviewer, ravenfett... thank you soo much and I love you for being first. Kudos for that! I'll try to do like you ask and make the chapters longer, but I can't guarntee anything. In the words of JKR, "It'll be as long as it has to be." and that is all I can promise you for each chapter. Aufwierderhoren and keep reading.
To those of you who read and don't review.. I know you're out there and now's your chance. So go for it and have fun reviewing.
