An:/ are you surprised? You should be I've been away a long time. I'm not making any promises this will get finished. But I have a thing for dramatic scenes and I couldn't get this one out of my head. Hope you enjoy this short little preview. I think I'll write the second installment today. I don't know if I'll wait to upload it or not. We'll see enjoy!
The Anniversary
The Halloween feast was buzzing and Harry was trying to enjoy his treacle tart, however his last lesson with Dumbledore had been running through his head lately.
"Harry," Hermione started, "Are you feeling alright, you've been off for a couple of weeks now."
He looked around to make sure no one was paying any attention. "I'm fine, it's just these lessons with Dumbledore are starting to mess with my head. I can't stop thinking about how that very disturbed twelve year old boy became Voldemort. I mean Professor Dumbledore is the smartest man I know, and he didn't have a clue as to what he'd turn out to be."
"Mate, don't worry, disturbed children become disturbed people, don't think about it too much."
"Really Ron, I would think Voldemort is a little more than disturbed. Maybe it's because you're seeing Tom through Dumbledore's memories. He wouldn't exactly show Dumbledore just how… horrid he really was. Voldemort may be evil, but he's always been clever enough to hide it from everyone else."
"I suppose" Harry sighed.
"Come on Harry, forget about that for now and have another slice of tart." Ron passed him the dish, "Well there's no use worrying about it now, I'm sure Dumbledore will show you everything you need to know. It's not like he can leave you in the dark forever." He said when Harry shook his head. Harry didn't say anything, but absent mindedly brushed his fingers over his scar.
"Is it your scar?" Hermione's voice dropped "Is that's what's bugging you?"
"No, it doesn't hurt. It just feels… off tonight." He shrugged.
"Like burning or tingling?" Ron prompted.
"No, nothing like that… It's almost like it's not mine… like it's not a part of my body anymore." Ron and Hermione exchanged confused glances. "Never mind, let's just enjoy dessert."
Thunder shook the castle windows. The sky above had turned dark grey and bleak. The wind howled and rain poured down in sheets.
"It was clear just a minute ago." Hermione muttered. Harry's scar began to grow stranger and stranger. Something wasn't right, something about tonight was off.
"Trouble always finds me." Harry muttered to himself. Lightning flashed through the hall, eerily illuminating the staff and student tables. The crowd was begging to panic, and Harry heard the echo of his father's voice inside his head.
Lily, take the baby! Lily, take Harry and run. I hold him off!
"Harry!" Hermione shouted
"Everyone remain seated! Everyone remain calm!" Dumbledore's voice boomed through the hall. Thunder and lightning struck again, only causing more panic. Students began standing up, looking for direction.
Please not Harry, please not my son. I'll do anything, take me instead I beg you! A woman's voice. His mother's.
I'll fight him; run Lily, run!
Kill me instead!
"You-know-who is here! He's coming for him!" Someone from the Ravenclaw table shouted.
Be a man and fight me!
Not my son! Please not Harry!
"SILENCE! Voldemort will not be coming here tonight. There is no dark presence here." Dumbledore had risen and moved to the podium. The room held its breath. "Now everyone please calmly return to your – another flash of lighting and boom of thunder echoed through the hall.
A tall dark figure with his wand outstretched appeared behind the staff table. "I will kill you myself!" his wand was pointed directly at Harry.
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An:/ Please review if you enjoyed it, or didn't and feel like reviewing anyway the more I get the more motivated I get to write more. This was just a short chapter (only 2 pages) so I think I'll get started on the second one right away. Not quite sure where I'm going with this yet we'll see :)