A/N: Harry Potter is not mine. this is a story of a fan.
A/N: I want to thank everyone for their reviews
(BSC 1) C10 Night rest, teachers, and tea time.
It was two o'clock in the morning when Bella began to toss and turn in her bed. "I told you that You must kill Harry Potter. you are so close to him now, and you can now do it so easily". Bella was dreaming again of that bald man with the red eyes. with those red eyes that were filled with pure hatred "When are you going to do it, you have to kill him, and kill him now".
"No, I do not want to do it. I will not kill Harry Potter".
Hermione, Susan and Daphne were awakened by the unnerving screams of Bella. "I will not kill Harry Potter, not for you or anyone else".
"You have to kill him, I demand it of you. Listen to your lord and master" the man screamed in her dream. The orders of the man were becoming more penetrating and more demanding. Bella could not help it but the fear increased, and she could feel it deep inside her soul. She wanted to fight, but she knew that she did not really have the strength for that fight. "Kill Harry Potter NOW" screamed the man with the red eyes again. Bella continued to contradict him and wanted to resist even more. The man, however, had a different idea about that. He raised his wand and shouted "Crucio". Bella did not know who or what was happening, but all of a sudden she screamed in pain. Her body was tensed and leaned into the oddest angles.
Daphne and Hermione only heard Bella screaming That She did not wanted to kill Harry Potter. They did not hear the other man in her dream. They knew that Bella had a nightmare and They were feeling quite anxious. Especially when they heard her scream out in pain. How her body would bend over backwards, they them self's would be dreaming of it for months to come. "Bella wake up you have a nightmare they yelled at her."
"No, let me go I do not want to kill Harry" Bella yelled.
Susan grabbed the hand of Bella who immediately became wild at her touch. She was waving her arms around and was hitting the people that were around her bed. "Kill him, kill Harry Potter now," cried the man in her nightmare.
"No, NO, I'm not doing it. HARRY HELP ME HE IS HERE AGAIN, HE IS HURTING ME, HELP ME PLEASE HELP ME HARRY" Bella screamed out in fear. Bella was now swinging faster and unintentionally around her. She hit Hermione full in the face, something she did not know herself. Hermione looked anxiously at Daphne and stood straight up. She sat down next to Bella, and hoped to get her to calm down again. Harry who was in a boys dormitory did not hear, Bella calling his name.
It was now half five in the morning. Bella was still stuck in her nightmare. they tried Everything, but they could not get her out off her nightmare. In the doorway of the first year's dormitory, stood two other girls. These two third year, students named Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson, looked at Bella with a questioning look. They were awakened by the screams they had heard. They went into the dormitory and searched for what they could do. They also tried to get Bella out of her nightmare, but their attempt was in vain. Whatever they tried it did not help. Katie and Angelina had the greatest difficulty to hold on to the arm or Bella. They did not want Bella to injured herself, by waving her arms uncontrollably around. "Go to professor McGonagall and get her here right now." Katie Shouted at Angelina. Bella, who was now very wild, was kicking her legs in every direction. Without even knowing it Bella was often hitting and injuring her fellow students. Katie who had the greatest difficulty to keep her hands at her side.
She tried to make sure that Bella did not hurt herself. By swinging her arms and legs around, it seemed that that was the only thing they could do for Bella at the moment. Meanwhile, Bella did nothing but scream that she did not wanted to kill Harry Potter and that Harry Potter had to come and help her. Angelina Johnson ran across the aisle and stood gasping for air at the door of Professor, McGonagall. Banging on the door she exclaimed "Professor, Professor Come quick, Bella is stuck in a night mare and we cannot get her out of there".
McGonagall came to the door in a Scottish checkered dressing gown. "What's all this why are you here miss Johnson".
"It's Bella Professor she has a nightmare and we cannot get her out of it". The frightened look by Angelina Johnson told Minerva McGonagall enough.
Professor McGonagall knew exactly what was going on, because it was Something That Arabella had Told her already. "Dora" Professor McGonagall exclaimed. With a plop, there was a small house elf that now stood beside the professor.
"Yes mistress McGonagall" the house elf said.
"Dora, bring us to Miss Bellatrix smith in her dormitory" McGonagall asked the house elf. With a small plop she had took all three of them to the girl's dormitory. McGonagall Walked to the bed and sat down beside Bella. She tried to grab the arms of Bella, but she to could not get a grip on her.
"HARRY help me he's hurting me".
"Kill Harry Potter now," came the voice of the man in the nightmare of Bella.
"I'm not going to kill Harry. Harry, help me, Harry, Harry" Bella's voice was almost pleading now. The pain, Bella was in, was clearly readable, on her face. Professor McGonagall did not know what was going on; sure she had heard it from Arabella. But this was worse than her imagination. Something in the nightmare of Bella was really hurting her. and it gave her a lot of pain when she looked at her face. With everything she had heard from Arabella was this the last thing she expected to see.
"Dora" professor, McGonagall almost shouted.
"Yes mistress McGonagall".
"Dora, Fetch, Harry Potter and get him here RIGHT NOW." Professor McGonagall exclaimed snappy. Something that was not her intention to do. But she could not help it now.
With a plop Dora appeared with Harry Potter at her side. Harry stood there in his over sized and worn out pajamas. Something that made Minerva swallow hard. she could now really see that the family of Harry Potter had never really done anything for him. again the red book came into her thoughts. "Whaahht iisss errr" he asked sleepily.
"Harry, he wants me to kill you, help me please help me" Bella yelled again.
Harry was instantly awake when he heard Bella's voice. Immediately he rushed toward her. "I'm here Bella. I am with you," he said. Harry told her that he was with her, he grabbed her hands and she was right away slightly quieter. She did not swing her arms and legs all around as she had done before, Harry was by her side.
"Harry is that you. He's mean, Harry, he's hurting me, he's hurting me a lot".
"Yes Bella, I'm with you, I help you, and you know that right." Harry slowly crawled beside her. He took Bella's head on his chest and was stroking her hair gently. Slowly she woke up and quickly looked at Harry. Small tears flowed down her cheeks. Professor McGonagall saw that Bella was awake but that she kept her eyes closed.
"Harry, I had to kill you again, he told me again and again. Why does he want it from me? I'm not doing it though. You're my friend. You are my friend." Slowly, Bella fell asleep again. The love that Harry was radiating, to Bella, was admirable. Professor McGonagall was looking at it with a glow in her eyes. Harry had a soft spot for Bella, and you could see it in everything he did for her.
Professor McGonagall looked at the other three first years. "Would you mind if Harry sleeps here tonight" she asked them. The three young ladies glanced at McGonagall and told her that they did not mind that Harry slept there. Professor McGonagall nodded and left the room with the two third years. Hermione looked a little anxious to Harry just like Daphne and Susan.
"What is it with you" Harry asked them, a bit shy. All the girls looked at each other and then at Harry, They did not know what to say.
Daphne was the first to speak. "Harry we spent about two hours to get Bella to relax and you did it in five minutes. We just did not know what to do with her. The only thing she called out was that she did not wanted to kill you, and that you had to help her".
Harry knew that Bella did not want anyone to know about her dreams, but he could not withhold this from his and Bella's new friends. He took another look at Bella and began telling. "Bella, has as long as she can remember a dream where a man tell her that she must kill me. And I'm the only one who can help her in her dreams. Do not ask me how. But it's like I'm in front of her, in her dream that is, and then he disappears into nothingness".
Professor McGonagall came back again and walked into the dorm and immediately called to Dora. "Yes mistress McGonagall".
"Dora I want You to hear this too McGonagall said. Against the students who were in the dormitory. As Bella has another nightmare like this again, then you may call Dora here. Dora, only Daphne, Susan and Hermione May call you, if that happens then you can bring Harry and Neville here, okay".
"Okay mistress McGonagall" the house elf said.
Bella woke up early in the morning and had firmly clamped herself on the arm of Harry. When Harry woke up, he saw that she had been crying again. "What is it Bella, I'm still here with you, am I not".
"Harry, he was here again last night, he was worse than ever, he was really hurting me this time. And Harry, he's just like you, he is also a wizard. Out of nowhere he called a spell on me and it was really hurting me Harry, it was like there were knives stabbing me all over my body. He wants me to kill you and I do not want that. Why does he want that from me, why is it he wants you dead". Her words were pleading.
"I do not know Bella. But Daphne, Susan and Hermione are allowed to call me directly the next time it happens, if you have another nightmare again". Bella looked a little sad to her three new friends. But she also noticed that her new friends were there for her. Harry went back to his own room and to Neville. There he would tell everything to Neville, about what had happened that night. Bella looked at her new friends. She felt a little guilty and did not know what to do.
Hermione seemed to see through the look from Bella. She slowly walked to Bella and gave her a loving hug. "It's okay Bella; we will make sure that Harry will be here as soon as we can get him here. And that we will always do it if you have another nightmare like this." Bella glanced at Hermione and felt two other arms around her.
Now it was Daphne that took her into a loving hug. "Yes Bella, we will always help you if you need us. We are here for you and for Harry "Daphne told her honestly. Susan stood before her canopy bed, and nodded in agreement, with the others. Bella could only smile at those words. She had real friends now. Together with Harry she was no longer alone, they had real friends now. And it was a wonderful feeling to have such friends. But the dream was still bothering her in the back of her mind. It was the first time she had felt this much pain. Her arms and back were the most painful, and even now she could still feel the pain. She could not remember just how that had happened. But the pain she remembered was almost too much. She had almost given in to it. She was almost at the point to say that she was going to kill Harry for the man. The dream itself she could remember when she woke up. But that dream was now completely gone.
At breakfast they got their time tables from professor McGonagall. The first lesson was that of Potions, then charms and transfiguration. Quickly they took their books and went to the basement for their first potion lesson. Neville and Harry sat in the first bench and the girls were seated behind them. The door flew open and a man came in, with greasy hair that fell past his face. His robes were flapping behind him as if it was blown up by the wind. He walked through the classroom with a big fake smile on his face. His gaze went straight to Harry, with a look of pure hatred in his eyes. Bella was behind Harry and had seen how the professor had looked at Harry. She put a hand on Harry's shoulder to tell him that she had seen it to.
Before anyone realized what Severus Snape did, he fired all kinds of questions at Harry. And yes that was the name of the professor, a professor they immediately did not like. Hermione threw her finger in the air to answer the question. She knew every answer. Bella also stuck her finger in the air, and gave a glance at Harry. Harry was supposed to know the answer, because he had read it in the book together with her. Harry told him that he did not know the answer. Maybe he had to ask Bella or Hermione, they knew the answer after all he had said. It was something that he should not have said at all. Ten points were immediately taken away from Gryffindor. Bella and Daphne immediately went on the rampage that it was not fair. "Ten points for you meddling" screamed Snape. Now it was the turn for Hermione, Susan and Neville to shout that it was unfair. "It does not matter what you think of me, you all have detention with Professor McGonagall this evening," Snape yelled again. The remainder of the class was going on quietly. Professor Snape was throwing nasty comments at Harry every time he looked at him. And each time there were six students who threw six nasty glances back at him.
After the lesson, the six friends went red faced with anger to their next charms lesson. The first lesson they've got was Wingardium Leviosa, the levitation of a feather. That was the best lesson they had all day. Hermione and Bella had been floating the feather, at their first attempt. Daphne and Harry had their feather floating at their fourth attempt. Neville and Susan had more difficulty with the feather. But by the end of the lesson they were also successful. At lunchtime that afternoon everything was passed on, with the Wingardium Leviosa charm. Things collapsed and goblets spill empty all over the table. After that professor McGonagall had taught them the cleanup spell, they were allowed to go back to the Leviosa charm. Professor McGonagall liked it when students immediately brought the spells they had learned into practice. It was her opinion that if you do everything that you've learned in a day to day basis. You not only learn better but it's fun too. It gives you more control over your own magic
The last class of the day was their transfiguration lesson. This was given to them by professor McGonagall. As they walked into the classroom they saw that professor McGonagall was not there yet. However, there was a cat sitting on top of the desk. Bella sat down in front with Harry and Daphne on each side of her. They had their book already out, and were waiting patiently.
"Where do you think auntie Mini is" Bella whispered softly to Harry.
"Who is auntie mini" Daphne asked.
"That would be me" Miss Greengrass, professor McGonagall said, from out of nowhere. Daphne shrieked and saw that professor McGonagall was sitting on the spot on the desk, where just a cat had been sitting. "Hello class, I like to welcome you all in your first Transfiguration lesson. In this class we are going to do everything from changing matchsticks to pins and humans into animals. Today we are going to transfigure a matchstick into a pin.
Professor McGonagall explained the spell and everyone started to work. Bella and Hermione were again the first who succeeded in transfiguring the matchstick into a pin. Harry was not much later than Hermione and he was followed by Susan. At the end of the lesson, Neville and Daphne preformed the spell, this was also due to the help they had from their friends. Bella and Hermione had earned twenty points for Gryffindor. While everyone left the classroom, professor McGonagall walked over to the six friends. "Your punishment will take place tonight at eight o'clock in my office," she said sternly. The friends had to swallow hard when they heard her saying those words, and also by how severe she said them. They had completely forgotten that they had to do their detention that evening. But fortunately they had little to no homework. They had done all their homework in the afternoon and after their final lesson. They had even worked a ahead in some lessons. At six o'clock they left the common room and went to the great hall to eat. Together, they quickly found the shortest way to the main hall.
It was a wonderful meal and they were thoroughly enjoying it and their friendship. The idea that they still had to do detention was not the ideal night for them. They pretty much agreed that Professor Snape had some hatred towards Harry; They All could see the hatred he had directed at Harry. They only needed to convince professor McGonagall of those thoughts. That they had to do their detention with professor McGonagall was the only thing that was not nice. They were expecting that professor McGonagall was stricter than Snape. At eight o'clock they were standing at the door at the office of Professor, McGonagall. With a stern look they were let in. The first thing that professor McGonagall asked was, what has happened in Merlin's name. The five friends immediately began to shout what Professor Snape had done. And also how unfair he was against Harry. The hatred he had for them and all they could think of. Harry just kept quiet and listened to his friends.
McGonagall told that Professor Snape would give someone a list of questions; he would do that every year. And every year it would be a Gryffindor. Which always ended in a detention for that student. Anyway, this was the first time she had six students at once that had to do detention with her. But she also said she believed the students in the first class. Professor Snape only did it because he could then show that he was strict, and in this way the students were afraid of him. Her second question was whether they wanted tea, with, sugar or milk. Professor McGonagall was learning a lot from the friends that Harry had gathered around him in a short time. It was so strange to her. The way Harry was in the red book, and now here at school. It seemed that he was the leader of this group. And yet, it also seemed as if the group was one unit. It was something she still had to think about.
The rest of the evening they were chatting and gossiping. Professor McGonagall kept them a little longer than was necessary, she was just having too much fun with the students. Something she did not have much of after the death of her daughter and husband. She wanted to learn as much as possible about the six friends. Later that evening she brought them back to their own common room. They had to look sad, she had told them. Just in case they would come across Professor Snape in one of the corridors. At their common room, They All went inside, only Bella paused a bit. Before Bella knew it tears were already flowing down her cheeks. Minerva sat down on one knee and held Bella in a hug. The hug was something she had never done otherwise, but Bella was something special to her. And yet the hug was also something special even for her. "What is it Bella" she asked kindly. "Tell me about it" she said.
"Auntie Mini I'm afraid to go to sleep here, I'm afraid he will come again in my dreams. He is much stronger here in this castle. What if I do not make it, without Harry. What if I want to kill Harry, just because I'm not strong enough to resist him". Bella was now slowly starting to cry. "I do not want to lose Harry auntie mini. I feel safe when Harry is with me. That guy scares me. But with Harry there, I'm not afraid. It's worse here in the castle. I think I must kill Harry here and I do not want to". Bella could not hold it any longer. The tears came faster than she wanted. She did everything to be strong, but now she was crumbling before the eyes of Minerva.
Minerva took Bella into a hug and kissed her forehead. She waited patiently until Bella came back to herself. Then she walked into the common room with Bella at her hand. Inside the common room, she took the six friends up to the boys' dormitory. There she sit down upon Harry's bed and looked sternly at everyone. "Dora" she called. Within a second the house elf stood beside her. "Dora I want you to keep an extra eye on Bella here. If she calls for Harry, even if she only calls for him ones. I want you to bring Mr. Potter and Mr. Longbottom directly to Bella and the other girls here". She glanced at the boys and she looked even stricter. "There are two empty beds in the girls' dormitory. If you are there, you can sleep in the empty beds and not with the girls". Now she glanced at everyone. "I hope you will not abuse it, otherwise I'll come back on my decision. Now all of you go to sleep and I'll see you tomorrow".
Professor McGonagall left the common room and went her own way. She knew that Bella would try to call Harry that night. It was something that she would not mind for once. The fear she had seen in the eyes of Bella had been unbearable for her. She would have never believed it if she had not seen it herself. She knew that Arabella had told her all about it. And that it was what she could expect. Yet in her mind she did not believe Arabella at first thought. And last night she had lived it and experienced it all. Bella had been lying in her bed and was screaming for more than two hours. And Harry had her quiet within five minutes. In her own office she took the little red book yet again in her hands. For the hundredth time she was reading it and she now knew that it was all true, and everything about Harry was true. The tears began to flow again with every word that Minerva McGonagall was reading.
What professor McGonagall had imagined about what could have happened that night, was something that happened. It was just before midnight when Bella cried out for Harry. Dora the house elf had brought Harry and Neville to the side of Bella within a minute. Dora the house elf had pop in and out before they could blink. But before she had left them, she had said that Harry and Neville had to call her in the morning. Then she could bring them back to their own dormitory. Neville went into one of the empty beds and was snoring before his head had reached his pillow. Bella saw Harry and flew him around his neck. Harry went into the other empty bed and lay down quietly. Bella briefly crawled into his bed just like Daphne did, and after a little hug, they all went to sleep. Hermione also crawled into the bed with Neville even it was just for a moment, but in his sleep he had hug her briefly, then they also went to sleep in their own bed. When professor McGonagall walked into the girls' dormitory at twelve thirty in the night. Just to see if they were all in their own beds. She saw the boys and girls lying in separate beds. She obviously knew that this was going to happen more often. But it was something that she actually did not mind at all. She knew that the kids could behave them self when needed.
A/N: later I will go deeper into the dreams but not yet