Eleanor Snape- Book 2

Seeing the Future WITH OUT the Sight

I was running down the stairs in my house. Not the one in Spinner's End, but my real home. The one I would bed my father to take me to, but only got to go to once or twice a year. I wasn't sure why I was running, but I knew where. Something was becoming me to the basement.

I ran across the house to the door to the basement. Pushing it open, I jumped in and slide down the banisters, falling into the darkness.

When my feet hit the moist floor, a light arose from the middle of the room, along with a familiar figure. That's when I realized where I was. All the nightmares I had had didn't take place in a dark void of nothingness, but my own, dimly light basement.

"Eleanor," My father turned around to face me. "Come here," I cautiously took a step forward. When he was alive, anytime he told me to com near him that nicely it meant a sharp slap to the face or a hit with the Cruciatus Curse... or both "I said come here!"

"Y-yes father," I forced myself to go forward and didn't stop until I was directly in front of my father.

"You finally figured it out." He sneered. "It took you long enough." I didn't have to ask him what.

"You-Know-Who..."

"The Dark Lord. Call him by his correct name."

"He's coming back."

"You told me."

"Tomorrow night."

"What!?"

"Tomorrow night."

"He's coming back tomorrow night. During the Third Task."

My thoughts went back to the visit with Trawlawny and the prophesy she had foretold... That was it! Unfortunately, Trawlawny some how knew what she was talking about. You-Know-Who is the "wizard that will be reborn"... My eyes widened.

"He's coming tomorrow!"

"How dense are you? Yes!  He's coming back! I've been telling you that!...Stupid girl..."

"I'm sorry, Father... I'm just... shocked." Suddenly, the light flickered. My father looked up.

"We don't have much time left tonight... Listen, you will join Him, understand?"

"That's what I wanted to do." I confessed.

"Don't make the mistakes I had..." He started to back away. "Be cautious, and do everything He tells you." He was barley visible.

"Yes, father..." And, finally, he was gone.

My eyes fluttered open as I drew a sharp breath. The dormitory was dead silent and dark. That meant it was sometime in the middle of the night. Good; I wouldn't have any attention drawn to myself since everyone was asleep.

I quickly got out of bed and grabbed my house coat. After slipping on my shoes, I quietly made my way into the Common Room. From there, I slipped into the hallway. Once I was there, I broke into a sprint towards my Uncle's office.

"What are you doing in the corridors?!" A gruff voice sounded as a hand grabbed my collar and whipped me around. Filtch put his hands on my shoulders.

"I-"

"That's no excuse!" He shook me a bit. "You're Snape's, aren't you?"

"Ye-"

"I'm taking you to him!" He grabbed my upper arm and pulled me around the corner to the door to my Uncle's office. Darn: I had been so close. "Severus!" He loudly pounded on the door. "Sever-"

"WHAT- do you want?!" The door opened. Uncle Severus stood before us angrily, also in his house coat. Filch had been in mid-pound so he accidentally his Uncle Severus in the chest.

"I believe this is yours." Filch pulled me forward.

"Eleanor? What are you doing?"

"She was wondering the hallways."

"I was not!"

"Get in here!" Uncle Severus grabbed me from Filch and pulled me into the room behind him. "Thank you, Argus." He rudely slammed the door in the caretaker's face. He turned to me. "I do not appreciate being woken up at this time of night."

"But this is important! I was coming to get you!"

"I'm sure it could have waited until morning."

"No! You-Know-Who is returning tomorrow!"

"Eleanor! What makes you think-"

"I don't think, I know! I had another nightmare- well, this one was more of a dream..." He frowned a moment, but caught himself and put his lips back into a straight line.

"And?"

"My father told me-"

"Your father told you nothing! He's dead, Eleanor! He can't tell you anything!"

"Yes he can. He was the one that told me You-Know-Who was coming back in the first place! How do you explain that?"

"I-" He hesitated, and then flicked his wand. My eyelids suddenly got heavy, until, finally, I was knocked out completely.