KATIE'S PERSPECTIVE
I feel like I just freaked everyone out. I mean, saying we're all going to die isn't much… Is it? Fred looked the most horrified though. Wait, why is Fred here? Why isn't Harry… Oh.
"What was in that potion?" I ask drearily.
"It's meant to wake you." Snape replies.
"Is there anything for memory?"
"No. I don't think you want to forget anything though." He replies.
"No. I forgot Fred was here and I thought Harry wasn't mad at me." I rest my head on the floor. It lands with a thunk.
"Don't hurt yourself, Katie." Ron says as he places my head on his knees. They're bony.
"Are there any details to your dream?" Snape asks. I turn my head away. "I get it. But it's important for us to know."
Okay. This is weird. The first dream I had wasn't real, I made it up. Now it's real! There really was a dream were everybody dies. It was full of fire and blood.
"Katie." Snape says again, breaking up my thoughts. "I need you to tell me."
"Yes sir." I reply sadly. I slowly share the dream I had moments earlier.
DREAM
(Yes, it's really that long.)
What? Where am I? I was on Fred's shoulder, now I'm here.
"Katie was trying to warn you, you didn't listen."
"No! She didn't tell me anything about her! Why should I listen?"
"Now you're in my grasp."
"No!"
Harry? Quirrell? What? Where are Hermione and Ron?
"Harry?" I yell.
"Katie? Get out of here! You're not safe!"
"Why would I leave?"
"Ha ha ha! The girl is here to! What a deal! Oh dear key, come to me!"
"Don't Katie!"
"What? What key?"
"You my dear. You are my key, dear Katie."
"Katie, stay away! You're the only one who has what he wants!"
What? Why would I have what he wants? Why am I a key? And to what? What's going on?
"Katie! Run!"
"Why? You might be trying to lead me into a trap."
"Katie! Please!"
"Oh, no you don't Mr. Potter! It's not fair to help her." A strangled sound follows.
"Harry!" I try to run forward but something is blocking me.
"R-ru-ru-run, Katie, run." His voice comes out muffled.
"No, Katie dear, come to me. That's it. That's a good girl." My feet slowly walk towards him. This pleasurable feeling comes to me. I'm happy.
NO! I won't fall for it. My feet stop.
"Now, don't be like that. Come here." I'm walking towards him. I feel happy…
NO!
"Run…" Harry's voice comes out raspy.
"Harry!" Someone calls in the distance. It's Ron.
"So you got friends? Maybe you'll be more eager to join me if all your friends are gone."
"No!" Harry and I both yell at the same time. A loud explosion fills our ears.
My body is thrown into the air. A scream escapes me. White light surrounds me. Wait… white light? I land just moments later, my body hitting the ground hard. Something in me cracks and intense pain waves through me.
"Wonderful! The key and the lock are still alive. All the unnecessary junk is gone. This must be my lucky day."
"No!" Harry says. I see him stand out of the corner of my eye.
So I'm a key, and Harry's a lock? No sense… this makes no sense. I'm a key to Harry? Then what does he have locked?
My body shudders violently and I am forced awake.
REAL WORLD, KATIE'S PERSPECTIVE
"That's my dream." I say. Everybody looks horrified.
"Interesting." Snape says. "Do you think that that's the future?"
"Yes, unless we change it." I reply.
"I don't want to die!" Ron cries.
"You won't die Ickle-Ronniekins," Fred says. "Katie is going to save us."
"Who ever said anything like that?" I reply glumly.
"You will, you have to!" Fred says standing up.
"I can't."
"You will." Snape says now.
"You too!" I yell. "How do you guys know? How do you know that I will save you all and save myself?! How?"
"We don't." Ron says quietly. I'm quiet.
"Fred, carry her back to the dormitory." Snape says. Fred nods and picks me up. He carries me bridal stile though, not the way he usually does by throwing me over his shoulder.
"Alright." Fred says. "Let's get you to bed."
I groan. "What if people see?"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure they get the wrong idea." Ron says glaring at his brother's back.
"Good idea!" Fred says excitedly. "This can be the favor Katie owes us!" I groan.
"What favor?" Ron asks.
"The invisible inc on our foreheads."
"Oh."
We were silent until we entered the common room. Only Neville, Harry and Hermione were in the common room. George was walking down the stairs.
"What happened?" Hermione says, obviously worried.
"She passed out a couple of times." Ron says. Harry turns away and heads upstairs.
Fred places me on the couch that has now been repaired. "Has Harry said anything?"
"No." Hermione looks at me sadly.
"Is something going on with you and Harry?" Neville asks.
"I don't think she wants to talk about it." Ron says seeing my head drop.
"I just want to go to sleep." I say.
"You sure? You might…" Fred starts.
"No. No I won't. Keep it silent." I say to him. Both Fred and Ron nod.
My feet choppily carry my body up the stairs to my bed when Neville calls me. "Professor McGonagall wanted to talk to you when you could. 'As fast as she can' she said."
"Okay. I will visit her in the morning." I finish heading up the stairs and fall into bed. I'm asleep before my head hits the pillow.
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