Title: Harry Potter and the Summer From Hell

Author: Ladye Black

Warning: Language

Disclaimer: Minemineminemine...okay, okay, not mine...-sigh-

Notes: SORRY! I'M REALLY SORRY! College sucks away all my writing time. I'm being a very bad girl right now and not doing my assigned reading, but writing...I just hope my roommate doesn't find out

Chapter 22

Harry's eyes shot open. Drenched in sweat, the green-eyed boy sat up in his four-poster bed, red sheets sliding down his torso. He reached for his glasses that were on the bedside table. Putting them on, he quickly got out of the bed, and slipped on his robe over his pyjamas. He moved as quickly as possible out of his temporary room to the gargoyle that guarded the Headmaster's office.

"Tic Tacs," he whispered to it, then entered through the opening that appeared. He went into Dumbledore's office and sat down to wait. Ten minutes later, his waiting paid off.

"Harry, my boy, is there something I can help you with?" Dumbledore, in an outrageously colored nightrobe sat down in the plush seat behind his desk.

"Perhaps." Dumbledore waited for Harry to continue. When it was seemed as if the boy wasn't going to he spoke.

"Harry?"

"Oh, well, I think I had a vision."

"Ah."

"Of Professor Snape." He looked up into Dumbledore's eyes. "I think I know where he is."

Severus tiredly lifted his head as he registered the opening of the cell door and a pair of shiny, black boots in front of face. Shit...

"Well, Severus, your looking rather well today."

"Ugh..." Fuck you.

"Time to get up! It's the start of a new day. And not only that, there's someone here to see you. Someone important." I'm going to kill you, Lucius, as soon as I can stand, I'm going to kill you.

"Avery! Nott!" Two more sets of feet entered the cell. "Pick him up. Our Lord wishes to see him." Snape was lifted up in time to see the sadistic smile on Lucius' face. "I hope you've enjoyed our time together, Severus, because it's soon coming to an end."

"However will I cope," muttered Severus as they dragged him away. "Aaahhh!"

Malfoy laughed as he lowered his wand. "Goodbye, Severus."

Dumbledore stared at him for a few moments. "Are you sure?"

Harry nodded. "I'm almost positive. I've seen the place before, it is near Gravlin. We passed it the few times we went to the town."

Dumbledore was silent for a few moments, obviously contemplating what Harry had just told him. "Describe you vision to me again, Harry."

Harry just kept himself from sighing in frustration. This was the third time Dumbledore had asked him to detail his vision. If they didn't do something soon, Harry was going to run out of here and save Severus himself. "Alright."

He thought back to the details of his dream-vision. "I think that this time I was in Nagini. I was pretty low on the ground. Anyway, it's kinda dark, barely any light, but I can just make out stone walls. I stop at one particular door and I kinda...slither up it to some metal bars and look through. I see a dark lump on the floor, and taste blood in the air. I'm satisfied because my Master's...slave is still here. So, I keep going after I've checked on him. I have other things to do tonight.

"I go outside and find one of the patrols. My Master wishes to know if the others are still loyal. I find them walking the perimeter, as they should be." Here, he looked apologetically at Dumbledore. "I'm sorry, sir, I don't know who they are. I don't think I've ever encountered them before."

"It's alright, Harry, just continue."

"Okay, so I listen to them for awhile. It sounds as if they're pretty loyal, nothing dissenting, so I go on to find the second patrol. And this is where I see the house as I turn around. It's big, and I can't make out the color, but the shape is really familiar. Not just as Nagini, but as me too. It's this house that can only be seen at one point from the road into town. It's mostly surrounded by trees, but it's on kind of a hill, too."

"Go on."

"Well, there isn't much more. Once I realized what I was looking at, I woke up."

"I see." Dumbledore folded his hands onto his desk and contemplated Harry's words.

"Alright, Harry, I'll call the Order here for a meeting at 1:00 pm today. We will discuss our options then. Hopefully, we'll have a plan of action by tonight."

"That's not soon enough."

"Harry?"

"It's not soon enough. I remembered some of what those men were talking about. Voldemort's coming tonight. They're going to kill him. Tonight."

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"Yes."

"Then I shall send Fawkes now." Dumbledore turned to the resplendently feathered phoenix. "Fawkes, I need you to take a message to the members of the Order of the Phoenix, our true members." Quickly, Dumbledore began writing with quill and parchment. "Be as quick as you can. Bring the far ones with you when you come back.. Alright?"

The phoenix nodded and took the message that Dumbledore had rolled up and tied with a red ribbon. A few seconds later, the phoenix was gone. Harry stared into the dark after him for a few moments. "Will he reach them in time?"

"Trust in Fawkes, Harry. He is, perhaps, the most loyal follower to this cause. He will get to them on time. A phoenix is never late."

"So, what do we do now, Headmaster?"

Dumbledore frowned, the usual twinkle in his eyes dying out. "We will wait, Harry. We will wait for the appropriate time, and then..."

Harry looked at Dumbledore, green eyes curious. "And then?"

The twinkle returned. "We rescue Severus. Although, I should think that by the time we get there, he will mot need much rescuing."

The boy shot the older man a questioning look. "Ah, that's right, you don't know."

"Know what, sir?"

Dumbledore smiled kindly. "That Severus is not Human."

TBC...

Heh heh heh...sorry, again. Hopefully this'll at least appease you all alittle bit. I'm going to be stuck at my dorm for awhile...so maybe this weekend...next? I'll write more. We'll see.