Nightmare at Hogwarts

by: LoveSeth

Only a couple of reviews? That's kinda sad. I think I should edit my old chapters. I think I've gotten better in my writing and those first chapters that I wrote a year ago aren't as good as I can write. Anyway, I would like more reviews! But thanks to those who did review. I appreciate it!

"Don't look at me like that. We had to try again," Lily said. She was sitting in James's office desk when James came in after his chat with Harry.

"We'd better think of something else or let him go back to Hogwarts. He's too stubborn," James said, frustrated that his conversation had ended like it had, but he really hadn't expected Harry to talk.

"Kind of like someone else I know," Lily stated, crossing her arms and focusing on a picture of her three kids on James's desk.

"Yeah, well for once I wish he wasn't like me and more like you. Seth would tell us if he was Harry,"

"Well Seth isn't Harry. Besides you can't really say that because a few months ago Harry came to you all the time with his dilemmas. Or Sirius," Lily said.

James looked out the window at his backyard. The trees were turning a wide range of colors as it was getting later in the month. His spirts low, " He's just giving me the cold shoulder. Makes me feel like he doesn't want me around,"

Lily came to the back of James and put her arms around him, "Harry loves you. Maybe we should let him go back and hopefully he will start to feel better and we'll find out what's been going on,"

"You mean you want to cave?" James asked.

"I guess that is what I am trying to say," Lily said, going over to the door.

James thought about it. Keeping Harry home would bring him to his limits and he might come to James in the end because he felt like he was being forced to- James didn't want that. He wanted Harry to come to him.

"Alright. Do you want to break the news to him?" James asked.

Lily sighed and nodded. Putting her hands up in the air as she left. Mumbling something on her way out, James wasn't sure what it was.

Going back to Hogwarts was both a dream come true and a bad dream all at the same time. Everything was fine that first evening. Harry managed to be with Ron and Hermione and not speak to Seth. Hermione watched as Harry and Ron played one on one Quidditch out on the field.

"Harry, what's going on with you and Seth?" Hermione asked when Harry and Ron took a break from playing as it was reaching dusk.

Hermione kept glancing behind her at Seth, who was within sight with his friends Garret and Mark. They were sitting under a tree, reading what looked to be the same book, laughing and joking at whatever it was about.

"No, not you to!" Harry shouted, sitting down beside Hermione.

"I just thought I'd ask. You haven't said one word to him since you got here," Hermione said.

"Have you been talking to my dad?" Harry asked, beginning to wonder if James had put Hermione and Ron up to find out what was going on with him and Seth.

"No, I haven't talked to your Mum and Dad for awhile now. Or Sirius as a matter of fact. But a few days ago I did talk to Seth and he seems really upset,"

"Upset about what? I haven't done nothing to him," Harry said, looking up at Ron who was standing leaning against his broom.

Ron shrugged and he looked over at Seth quickly before looking back at Harry.

"Has Seth said something to you, too?" Harry asked.

"Not really," Ron said.

They were silent for a few minutes, Harry stole a quick glance of Seth before getting up from the bench, "I think I am going to head to bed. I don't really feel like playing anymore."

"HARRY!" Seth shouted, "HARRY!"

Harry was in the middle of the dark forest, it was almost completely dark outside except for the moon. He could hardly get through the trees because they were so thick.

"I'm coming! Hold on!" Harry shouted, panting, "Hold on, Seth!"

"HARRY! HELP ME! PLEASE!" Seth yelled, terror in his voice. Harry could hear him scream off the top of his lungs, yelling as if he were in such pain he couldn't stand it anymore.

Harry pushed his way towards the sounds of Seth's voice. Until he saw a glimpse of light from ahead. He rushed towards it, cutting himself on the branches that stuck out.

"HARRY!" Seth repeated for the hundredth time.

"Hold on! I'm coming!" Harry shouted, just as he saw Seth's body in the middle of a huge circular opening. He was rolling around like mad on the ground. Someone was standing not to far from him with their arm outstretched, pointing their wand at Seth.

Every time the bright red light came from the wand Seth yelled louder.

Harry pulled his wand out of his back pocket and pointed it at the cloaked figure.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Harry yelled. Just as he was going to enter the opening he hit the invisible wall. "NO!" Harry yelled, banging on it with all his might.

Panicking, Harry watched in horror as Seth's cries grew less and less. He was being cursed nonstop with the Cruciatus. Seth body grew limper and limper every time, till eventually he wasn't moving at all and his eyes were closed.

"SETH!" Harry yelled. His fists were bleeding and he thought his foot may of been broken from trying to break the clear wall.

"HARRY!"

Harry shot up in bed so fast his vision burned and his head felt light for a second. He covered his mouth with his hand, fighting the urge to throw up the dinner he had eaten.

"Are you alright?" Ron asked frantically. It seemed Ron wasn't the only one awake. The boys in Harry's dorm were all up and looking at him.

Without looking at any of them Harry rose from his bed and quickly left the room. Rushing to the bathroom before vomiting. His whole body was shaking and covered in a sweat. He couldn't hold himself steady so he just laid there, waiting.

"I'm f-fine Ron!" Harry yelled as he looked up to see Ron looking in on him.

"Are you sure?" Ron asked.

Harry nodded, covering his face. This was a nightly thing for Harry. His nightmares had gotten to the point where he was getting sick and thinking he couldn't handle it anymore. Maybe coming to Hogwarts wasn't such a great idea. At least at his house he had his own room and never woke any one up.

"Don't tell my parents," Harry said after ten minutes. Ron was still watching him with a look of shock on his face.

"But Harry-"

"Don't, Ron!" Harry yelled, crawling a few feet before pulling himself up.

"Harry- that was... bad. Really bad. You should tell someone," Ron said, he looked serious as Harry passed him and laid face down on his bed.

Harry ignored Ron and the other guys as they tried to talk to him. He kept his eyes and mouth closed as he pretended to go back to sleep, having worse trouble getting the vision of Seth rolling around in pain out of his head then when Seth actually seemed to be dead.

The next day Harry accidently over slept. He missed breakfast and his first class. He didn't want to run in McGonagall's class late so he just didn't go. Figuring his parents would find out about it Harry pretended that he over slept for no reason and not because he was up half the night.

"Why didn't you wake me if I wasn't up?" Harry asked Ron as they piled into the dungeons for Snape's class.

"I did try but you wanted to sleep so I let you," Ron said, sitting down beside Harry.

"You never let me before." Harry stated under his breath.

Ron opened his mouth to say something but caught himself and pretended not to hear Harry.