Fire... screams... blood.. dead bodies of his friends or classmates... that's all Harry could see in his nightmare that night when he and the others slept at the 3 Broomsticks.
He would toss and turn where even Ginny had awoken him a few times. Even when awakened that same nightmare came back where Harry walked out of the room and down to the bar to get something to drink.
"You alright Harry?" Madam Rosmerta the barkeep asked as she stood behind the bar and handed him a glass of water.
"Just another nightmare I've been having. I'm sorry if I'm keeping you up."
Rosmerta chuckled and put her hand on Harry's
"You and your friends are heroes Harry, we owe you a great debt. You are my number one customer anyways recently.. have you gone to see your son at the school?" She asked and Barry smiled nodded.
"He's almost done with his second year, he's gotten stronger with his magic.. the skies are darker than normal though to be honest.. are you prepared for war if it comes to it?" He asked and she raised a brow
"BAH! You think a little of blood and death scares me? My husband and I have fought your last war and we thankfully got the elves and children out before they came sniffing around." She smirked and uncovered her arm. "The only true scar I have is decades ago when I fought a wolf from hurting a unicorn.."she laughed and looked up the stairs to see Hermione walking down and hugged a blanket over Harry's shoulders
"Hey.." Harry smiled looking back at her, a smile in return.
"Can I get a water too, Rosmerta?" Hermione asked and the barkeep nodded "Couldn't sleep either Hermione? You four have been awfully quiet last night ." Rosmerta asked and Hermione shook her head
"More worried about Harry to be honest. Apparently there's a lot going on at Hogwarts now days.. any news or gossip?"
Rosmerta sighed and bit her lip looking around.
"The wolf man has been sniffing around for what looks like hidden magic.. don't know what that means, but it just be bad news if he's around Hogsmeade." She shrugged and took Harry's glass and refilled it.
"Fenrir.." Harry growled and slammed the table on accident but angry at the fact the bastard was moving quicker than usual.
"What is this dark magic they're talking shout Harry? It's not bad is it?" Hermione asked and Harry sighed bringing out the dark magic book from his bag
"Albus has been looking into it and he wants to use it for good.. hopefully never dark acts."
Hermione turned the pages and it came upon a page that Albus marked
"Ancient magic? That's not possible. If Albus is having these nightmares and visions, you don't think... he's the one with the ancient magical powers and why he's the so called heir to the dark lord's throne? Where would he even find that magic?" she asked and Harry didn't know.
"If it's in the books in the Restricted Section, there's a reason for it.. I don't know where to start though, it's been years since Snape told me about it."
Hermione tilted her head "Snape knew of this magic? No wonder Voldemort killed him. It wasn't about the wand. It was the magic the elder wand had inside of it."
Harry chuckled and put his face against the cold counter top. "No wonder I could easily summon it after Neville killed Nagini .. she was the last link to this dark power inside of him having the wand. But I broke it in half. Where's this dark magic now?"
Rosmerta cleared her throat "Sorry to keep you two from talking but it's early and my customers come in three hours from now.."
"Oh right, sorry. We'll let you head to bed if you need it. Have a good night Rosmerta"
Harry and Hermione walked back upstairs and she handed him back the book.
"You don't think Albus is in trouble do you? If he's the only one for now who can see this magic.. someone's after him or trying to get him alone. Having these nightmares might be a trick to tempt him into going alone."
Harry stopped Hermione and sighed "Even if that's true, we need to get rid of this book or any dark book that can tempt him. I've already tried burning it and setting lightning to it.. it didn't flinch."
Hermione turned the book over and looked at everything from the cover to the back.
"It's a snake skin cover so it's most likely going to be destroyed by extreme heat or ice frost in the coldest part of scales. But are you sure you want to do it now? Albus will be furious and go after this person or whatever is going after him regardless of what you tell him."
Harry chuckled and took the book and groaned "you're right.. I don't know what to do then. We need to talk to Hagrid since he's good at getting rid of these kinds of things. Especially with extreme heat." He made a cringe face remembering the terrible smell of when he and Hagrid putting Aragog the huge spider to rest after he passed away and they used "INCENDIO" to burn him to ashes in his somewhat of a grave.
Hermione nodded and kissed his cheek. "Get some sleep, I'll talk to Ron when he's up and we'll come up with a plan."
Harry blushed and smiled heading back into the room, cuddling close to Ginny and kissing her cheek.
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The Dark Lord Is Not Dead: The After Effect Of Loyalty
FantasyIt has been a long time since the battle of the Wizarding world at Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy may have been freed from the job of killing Dumbledore but he still has the dark mark on his arm which is a reminder that he is still a part of the Dark Lord's...
