At the end of their lessons, Harry, Ron and Hermione went to the Common Room, and discuss about the new DADA teacher, when suddenly they saw Ginny running across the Common Room, and exit through the Fat Lady's Portret.
"THAT'S IT!" Said Ron exaspered!" I am going to force to tell me what's going on!"
"No! You won't rezolve anything with that!" Response irritated Hermione.
Without thinking of what he was doing Harry said:
"I'll go talk to her," and with that he left his chair, and his two friends speachless.
"Well, that was quickly"…..said Hermione, looking at the Fat Lady's Portrait, somehow uncredibly, as if like it hadn't been there before.
Harry, watched at the direction that Ginny took, and saw her standing and looking at the window in front of her. He approached her, and saw the same hypnotised face when he saw this summer, in her room. She knew he was standing next to her, she shocked looked at him.
"Harry! What are you doing here?" She said, dramatizing.
"I need to know want's going on to you, Ginny", he said sinceer. "Lupin and Dumbledore said that we could talk to them if it's about those ….signs….And you can always talk to me, if not to them."
"Oh, Harry, how could you help me?" She said annoyed.
"It's better to talk to someone than keep inside yourself", he said with a trembling voice , not sure if he should be there with her.
"You're right", she response, leaning her head down. Tears were dropping from her eyes.She weaped her eyes, took a deep breath and start talking.
"I am not well Harry; I have nightmares, I still remember of what happened at the Department of Mysteries….memories just haunt me….and,….and…I, uhm….dream you …..dying", then tears blust again in her eyes, now she couldn't stop them." Everywhere I walk I see you dead, and …Oh, my! I am so selfish…! I miss Sirius too, but I must of known how you can feel, and I am amazed of how you can manage to live through all this…."she said hopeless with trembling voice, looking again at the window. Harry felt so bad for her, he needed to confort her, so he folded his right arm around her shoulders, looking at her nostalgic. Ginny rose her head, and looked into his eyes, she felt so good, when he touched her. Shivers were passing through their body, making her fell weeker and stronger in the same time. She gave him a little smile, that just made Harry to smile back at her.
"It will be allright, Ginny," he said with a lower voice,"I'll protect you". He knew how hard this was for her, even though he mis Sirius more than anyone else…He felt great knowing that she made her feel much better. They sat there in silence, Ginny's head was settled on his shoulder, and felt so safe……She wish that this could last forever.
"Thank you, Harry", she said finally with a soft voice, smiling inside of her.
"Anytime, you know that"….he said, holding her even more tight into his arm.
They went back at the Common Room; Ginny went up to the girls dormitory, smiling pacefully. Harry sit down on his chair next to his two mates. Their faces were so amazed, they couldn't said anything , just waited with mouth open , for details. This made Harry giggled a bit.
"WELL?" said finally Ron, anxious.
"Well, what? She is allright now……she was having some nightmares, but now she is better." He said so calmly, writing on his homework.
"But,…uhm…did anything else happened?" Said Hermione, indiscreet.
"What ? NO! Why would you say something like that?" Response Harry with indignation.
" 'Cause you seemed so….satisfied, I don't know….just like the time when you were arround Cho but not so tense," replied Hermy.
"Uhm, no, look, she is my friend, that's it…"he said then gave a look to Ron, who looked at Harry with an eyebrown raised. Maybe it was like Hermione said but he just didn't see it, he just felt so secure on himself, when she was around him, maybe because Ginny isn't a girl who giggles permanently with a bunch of girls, wich intimidates him. But still, he thought and care more about her than usually…….
The next day he had hours with their new Professor of DADA.,later in the afternoon. As soon as Hermione , Ron, Harry, and the rest of the class, entered the classroom, they became anxious, and curios, whispering, who might their professor could be. Hermione somehow felt that he may not come, since Dumbledore haven't introduce him to the school yet. But suddenly, a door opened , producing a noise, that usually Snape remarcably used to do it, and an old, short silluette came in in silence, walking to the desk, without looking at the stundents, who were so speachless. He had a small hump, about 60 years old, with light brown and bushy, rare hair, thick eyebrowns, that covered, his small and suspicious eyes, his skin was covered with wrinkles, that just made him hardly to sketch a smile. Breaking the tension he put on his face a liitle smile, saluting the class with a very lower and expresive voice.
The rest of the kids, answered his salute, but then his smile deassepeared immediately as it appeared.
- "I am your Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, I am so sorry I haven't been introduct properly, but unfortunatley I was delained with some…..eer….business at the Minister". He said flustered, then gave a look to each and every one of the student, including Harry, who felt somehow frozen when their eyes met. "I do not wish to strain your from your others activities, so if you think you are bored, or have something else to do, you may live now, but since you are a 6th year old students, I should probably imagine that evil is surrounding us, and that you are aware that you need to know how to protect yourselfs." He stopped, giving the same freezing look to them, but nobody mooved.
"Now then, let's begin shall we? We will cast first a spell on a Boggart, too see your abilities of concentration, and your sense of fear. How shall go first? Aaah, you are?" He asked looking wondering at Harry.
"Harry, sir, Harry Potter."
"Oh, well well, Mr Potte"r…..he said thoughtfully.Now Harry could read a bit of fear and anger in the same time in his theacher eyes….He frowned, but then his look was upon the closet wich produed a ''bum''.
Harry step forward with his wand ready, he anxiously waited to show him how good he was at this. The door just opened slowly with a creak, and from there at Harry's view, his body was shivering, melting him.Anger was blendet with fear , and courage in the same time. Voldemort's silluette became more bigger and bigger, stoped in front of Harry, looking at him with such evil eyes. He then cast a spell and from Voldemort's want came out his mother and father's face, Ginny's death body, the same as his best mates. Harry couldn't bear to see this, when Voldemort's face was filled with satisfaction. Allthough it wasn't real, he noticed the teacher's and the rest of the students where horryfied, anticipating. Harry knew he could defeat it and shouder quicly ''RIDDICULUS!'' Immediately the Boggart turned into his cousin fat body, amazed and emmbaresed that made everyone laugh ! Frowning however remained stunned. Harry looked at him and went to silence, he watched him walking towards him slowly with his eyes looking deeply into Harry's. You could have noticed the hidden proud and wonder hiding behind those bushy eyebrowns. He held a hand onto Harry's shoulder, and gave him a grinn.
"Well done Potter! Good job!" He said finally, making Harry felt releaved, and the rest of the class burst into aplauses. Harry couldn't understood that look on his teachers face, somehow, he flet like he was about to attack him, but he thought that maybe he was overeacting. The rest of the kids cast their ''riddiculus'' charms, Hermione, who saw herself failing at some exam, ( this thing actually frightened her so bad) the image turned into Umbridge's face at the time when she was attacked by the centaurs. Harry and Ron amused themselves at this, reminding them of last year, and how that bitch made their lives so ….unbarable. Proffesor Frowning, didn't gave them anything as a homework, wich made everybody glad. They went back to the Common Room, th three of them, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, discussing about their new teacher, along with Parvati, Lavender, Neville, Seamus, and Dean.
"So, what do you think about our new Professor?" Asked Hermy
"He is quite nice, I couldn't tell that much," we barely now him.
"I saw something strange in his eyes, a look that gave me the shivers"…said promptly Harry,starring at the floor.
"You did too? Said Parvati amazed…The same as my sister!"
"Uh? Said Harry",; in the same time everybody was looking at Parvati with interest.
"She had hours with him yesterday, she continued, and she told me that she had a vision of some sort…..I don't know… she saw him talking to a tall man with a cloak, she couldn't saw his face, but fragments of scenes, came into her head, screamings, green lights, curses, she saw Frowning running……all this during the class, everythime she looked at him…"
Silence spread out the room, everybody looking at eachother stunned.
- "Weird…," said Hermione with a shivering voice……
- "Now she is acting very strange……especially when is arround you Harry….she thinks that man with cloak is …she lained her head to Harry and said in a whisper….is Voldemort!"
Hermione took a hand to her mouth, while Lavender squeeck.
- " So that's why she looked at you so weird at Charms, that day.", said Ron dezinvolty.
Harry remained , a bit worried, still gazing the floor. He said in a breath that he was going to bed, and went to the dormitory leaving behind the strange looks of theirs friends….
"What ? Do you think he knows something?" Said Ron.
"I doubt it……but don't you think you will act the same….?" Said Hermione.
"I don't know…..it is crucial….."said Ron, as soon as Neville and Seamus nodded their heads."I mean, why Padma? Whay does she has to do with all the things are going on with Harry and Ginny?" He said , but then realised he shouln't said that, he rose from the chair and excuse himself to the dormitory.
"What did he meaned ''Harry and Ginny?'' "asked surprised Dean.
"Uhm, nothing, just bluffering…."said Hermione, avoiding Dean's look, then she rose and went to the girls dormitory leaving the rest of them puzzled.
That night seemed to be so long to Harry…..he sat on the edge of his bed, thinking, about his visions., professor Frowning, Padma, Ginny, and …Voldemort…..all of this, didnn't seeemed to match in his head so he finnaly decided to give up, and closed his eyes. He didn't manage to sleep much , two hours later he found himself in the Great Hall, eating sleepy his breakfast, in front of Ginny and Hermione, who were looking at him puzzled.
"Harry?" Said Ginny woith a raised eyebrown. "Are you allright?"
"Hum?" He said eating his last bite of toast." Uhm, I'm just sleepy"….that was partially true. He gave a friendly look to Ginny, that made her smile, soon her face brightened , and kept it like that all day. She felt conforting arround Harry, so did he. Ron came enthusyasthick, in the Hall, and announced Ginny that Quidditch practise, is about to start an hour later; she smilled brightly, after all she was a seeker, so she and his brother went to the pitch, and announced the rest of the team. Harry tried to gave a smile, but Hermione saw that he barely sketch a joyfull expresion on his face. She knew why.
"Don't worry Harry, maybe somehow you will get back in the team," she said smiling, trying to cheer him up.
"How can I? I mean, Ginny is the new seeker now, and Ron , is well Ron…..it's just no place for me , and it wouldn't be fair to Ginny to leave the team just because I have to go back.",he said with sadness in his eyes and voice, gazing his fork. Hermione looked at her watch, gave a last look to Harry, and said what she usually sais.''Come, Harry, let's go to classes, we are going to be late'' she didn't seemed to care about him, but it wasn't like that , she just, didn't know what to say anything else.
"What about Ron?" He asked narrowed, giving a look to the Entrance Hall.
"Don't worry, he knows where Hystory of Magic classroom is",she said calmly.
''Oh no!'', thought Harry….An hour with Profesor Binns, and he could fallen asleep on his desk…it was so boring….Harry gave a sigh,. But Hermione completely ignored it. At the end of the hour he and Ron, were amazed of how she can be so concentrated even at the most boring longlasting hours….
"So" , said Harry, " are you going to Quiddich practise now? What about Care after magical creatures?"
"Oh, well," we talked to Hagrid and agreed to skip his class this time.
"Sure, is there something that Hagrid wouldn't agree?" Said Harry, laughing a bit.
"Wright…look, I'll see you an hour later, bye!" Said Ron in a rush.
An hour later Harry saw Ron exhausted in the Common Room, basking on the armchair , sighing.
"Hey! How did go?" asked cheerful Harry
"Oh….as usual…I barely blocked a goal….Ginny was great though.!" He said dissapointed but joyfull in the same time.
"Really?" Asked Harry turning his look to Ginny, who was writing an essay. She rose her head when she heared her name mentioned.
"Oh, well….I am not better than you Harry", she said blushing, then returning to her essay. While Harry kept talking to Ron ,she gave Harry a sly look, but he didn't catch it..It was somehow good, she didn't want to be caught in an embarassing moment, especially when her borther was next to her.He would probably staring and putting her awkward questions that may haunt her forever.
"So, when is the first match?" Asked Harry, as if Quiddictch didn't ment anything to him.
"Soon," response Ron, falling asleep into his chair.
"That means in October….the 5th" . continued Ginny, giving the asleeped Ron a criticizing look, like her mother. Harry giggled and nodded. Their eyes met for a minute but then Harry said nervously, "Good night'', and went to the dormitory carrying Ron, who was nagging something , sleepy.
Harry finally felt asleep tired, wondering how it will be the following day. He closed his eyes, and saw nothing but darkness. He suddenly saw fragments of some events, that he couldn't unravel…a scream…. A female voice screaming through Harry's ears……a man with a cloak, a tall man…….Frowning………running….another scream….more screeches……Harry couldn't resist no more, he felt that he was about to explode, he wanted to escape….
"AAAHH!" He opened his yes, he felt from his bed, with a shake, he could now feel the pain, thanks to his fall, and him sweating……He breath hard as he put himself back into the bed, and lained slowly against the edge of the bed. Luckily he didn't woke anybody up…..
His scar was burning, throbing, aching him…….he knew…..he knew that Voldemort was preparing something, was near at least…..it wasn't a good sign. The he meditated over his dream, he thought himself that it might be just a nightmare but in his mind came Parvati's words ''My sister heard voices, she saw fragments of scenes, green lights, Frowning running…all this when she was arround the teacher''…. It was weird,…this conection, but Padma, saw all this, Harry dreamed……but what if Voldemort was trying to control his mind again! ''Oh no!'' he said to himself..''Not again'' he continued.
He wanted to close his eyes again, wanting to know what else was about to reveal……but ..nothing happened later that night. He felt asleep , and woke up that morning at the same hour, in the same condition, with a qualm, that made him feel a little confuze. Harry was wondering if he should tell this to Dumbledore or Lupin, but he decided that he should wait a little longer. But what if that little longer was too late? "Too late for what?'' asked reluctantly the Harry from his mind. But he didn't gave a reply……
"HAAARRYY!"
A voice yelled into the dormitory, awaking Dean, Seamus, and Neville, together. It was Ron who yelled from his bed. His eyes were wide open, was sweating, struggeling with his sheats. He finally got of his bed, and looked at Harry amazed.
"What the Hell is wrong with you?" Asked Harry the same amazed as Ron.
"I saw…..you……and …Ginny, and then…..you………
"What? What? What is with me and Ginny?" He said approaching Ron.
"You…were…. I don't remember!" He yelled and pull his head down with his hands.
"You've got to remember! "Said Harry exhaspereted
"Maybe it was just a nightmare," said Seamus trying to calm down the atmoshpere.
"NO! It seamed so real.!" Shouted Ron again, giving Seamus a hard , threathening look. "Harry….you died……..then Ginny, was lying unconscious on the floor, and somebody laugh………why is this happening?" Then asked Harry as if like he had all the answers.
"Why are you asking him?" Said Neville perplexed
"Because Voldemort is alive……and he is planning a new war". Said Harry promptly, directly to Ron., ignoring Neville.
"WHAT? How did you know that?" Asked again Neville.
"Because I dreamed exaclty what Parvati's sister felt at the DADA lessons….and it is obvious…I mean….what did you expect?" Said Harry frustrated., but not searching for anybody's face, and look. He leaved the dormitory in a hurry, didn't salute Hermione or Ginny, skipped breakfast and went straight to his first lessons, half-an hour early.
He felt anger mixed with concern, fear, confuse……. He didn't know what to do…..he wanted Lupin to be here….so he decided that after classes to write a letter to him, asking his opinion, but he still was unsure about Ron nightmare, vision, or what it was……who was next? Padma, Ron, Ginny, him…….how many? Did Ron entered in contact with Voldemort, or was just a nightmare? He needed to find out.
Dear Lupin,
The first week at Hogwarts didn't turn to work out that well, it was quite unpleasant especially when Ginny is having nightmares ans do did I….sord off…. Last night I dreamed something bad, I couldn't figure it out, but it was somebody that I know, somebody who is my teacher.Professor Frowning. He seems to be a little odd,;Dubledore didn't introduse us to him, he has something evil in his eyes, I saw itt and so did Parvati , a student here. She said that felt very awkward around him, she heard voices, and had seen the same thing I dreamed last night. So did Ron….. I do not know if these are normal dreams, so as Ron sais, it felt so real.
I hope this doesn't haven't anything to do with Voldemort, but I am having some suspicions.
Anyway, I hope that everybody is allright, and you can give some straight answers soon.
Harry.
Harry read his letter again, and then attached it to Hedwig's leg, sending her to the Order. He went at the Great Hall, to eat his lunch, he was starving. When he got there, sat next to Hermione, Ginny, across from Ron, far away from the other students, who seemed to be unfrightened, and happy as ever.
Harry saw Hermione's and Ginny's faces, concerned, but Ron was eating quietly, playing with his fork into the spaghetti.
- "Harry, we know…..Ron told us….that you and him…had the same dream," said Hermione.
"IT WAS NOT A DREAM!" Yelled the both of them, looking agitated at Hermione. Then they realised that the whole Great Hall, was watching them, and an awkard silence was floating around them. They put their heads down, continued eating, and start to talk like civilized people
"I wrote to Lupin this morning," said Harry without any expresion on his face."Maybe he could tell us about that weird teacher….Frowning….".then he gave a look to his professor who was talking to Snape.He was concentrated. Their eyes met and Harry felt his stomach rowling in his body, he felt anger, then he heard something in his ears, a female voice getting lowder and lowder , he knew now what she was saying….''NOOO! Pleaasaeeeee, aaaaahhhhh!'' yelled the voice….. it was awfull… Harry broke the eye contact and returned frozen with his mouth open to his friends.
"Harry? What is it?" Asked Hermione, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"She died…..she was asking for mercy, but she was murrdered…"said Harry as if he predicted something.
"What? Who is ….she? "said Ginny concerned.
"I heard it……just like Padma…..he said suporting his head in his hands….I heard female voices screeching in my head…..just now….when I looked at Frowning. He gave me a hypnotising gaze and now this….."
"Oh my……"said Hermione, looking helpless at Ron, Ginny, and then back at Harry." Is something wrong with this Frowning……and I think it's got to do with Dumbledore, we have to talk to the headmaster , he must of known something about this, or at least have a hunch….he wouldn't be so distant to him ….."she said firmly.
"Why do you think he is distant with him?" Asked Ron in a whisper.
"Well, firs of all, I have never seen the two of them talking, and once en I came from McGonagall's class, I was going to the library, when I saw them arguing on something. Hate is what I felt between them, they talked about the Minister, and about Fudge's crises, and I hear then Dumbledore said:''I won't let you interfear in my bussiness , jst like you did at the Minister, severals years ago, you know I didn't agreed in the first place to bring you here and teach my students to protect themselves against the dark arts, wich you practicked long time ago……evil plans, you with you're little Death Eaters''
''I am threw with that and you know it!'' He said ''Some people never change'' and that's it….that's what Dumbledore said……and it seemed like he ment every word.
Hermione saw their surprised faces, and staring at the big, wood table.
"You mean, started Ron, he was a Death Eater?"
"I am not sure, I don't realy think so…..It would be so dangerous," and Dumbledore is much more smarter than that.
"But look at Snape! He was a DE. too. ," continued Ginny, looking at Hermy with indignation.
"Yes, but he was, and now he is not….. with Frowning is different……besides we don't know that for sure…" she replied calming down the situation.
"Like I said….if this is really big, I am sure that Lupin will write to me ang give me answers. He must have known something about this," said again Harry.