The Death Knell

What is Harry doing?

In fact, he was looking at the photos in a daze. Throughout the summer vacation, he suffered from a strange dream.

At first, he possessed his father like a soul and was the perpetrator.

But within a few days, it became possessed by Snape and became a victim.

Every night, he would see the Predators in his dreams using various jinxes on him with ferocious smiles on their faces. Although the pain only occurred in dreams, and when he woke up, Harry still had all his hair and tail, but the pain in his heart Increasing day by day.

Was this what Snape saw when he was tortured? So this is what it feels like to be beaten? After falling to the ground and being hung upside down by magic, the world he saw was upside down...

Everything in the dream was too real, the smell, the touch, the pain.

There are also people's ridicule, James's cruelty, Sirius's foolish loyalty, Lupin's indifference, and Pettigrew's insidiousness.

The world seemed to be against Snape, and Harry felt like he could still feel his emotions, his anger and helplessness.

If anyone in the dream was still kind to Snape, it was Dumbledore and Harry's own mother Lily. I don't know why, but when these two people appeared, the dream seemed to glow.

Dumbledore always stopped the predators from playing pranks on Snape, severely criticized several bad guys, helped Snape treat his injuries and gave him candy, and patiently taught him what love is and not to be controlled by hatred.

But the biggest problem that caused Harry to keep thinking was his mother.

Because in these dreams, Lily Evans was Snape's girlfriend, at least at that time, and the two were inseparable, often strolling and rendezvous in some romantic places.

And often at this time, Harry could see from a ghostly perspective that his father James would always follow them when they were dating, hiding in a dark corner or bush not far away, staring with a sinister look on his face. Looking at the two people's backs, they were playing with wands or daggers in their hands.

It made the eyed boy shudder...

What's even more outrageous is that this dream is like a TV series, and the next day will always continue where the first day ended. Harry has never had such a dream, but his curiosity about the past overwhelms his fear. .

He wanted to know what happened next.

However, even if the harm suffered by Snape in the dream would not be reflected back to Harry in reality, he would always enter a state of philosophical thinking with a belly of anger after waking up every day.

who I am? where am I? what do I do?

The confusion of time and space, dreams and reality drove him crazy. Sometimes he even felt that he was Snape and wanted to seek revenge on the predators.

But it was only when he saw the moth-eaten ceiling of the Leaky Cauldron that he woke up.

Oh, I'm Harry, by the way, this is my real life, it's summer vacation, and I'm in Diagon Alley.

He then continued to be depressed and fell asleep again at night.

He knew something was wrong, but he couldn't find anyone to advise him during the summer vacation.

Sirius must not be able to do it. His godfather still thinks that James is right. He is the kind of person who 'does everything right for his friends'. Although he is very good to Harry, he is really wrong about this matter. .

Harry wrote to Ron again and said a little bit, but Ron replied: 'You are sick, I will contact the professional team for you now. I learned to use the phone this year. ’

Hehe, this isn’t the time to tell jokes at all, is it? ! ! !

Then Harry wrote to Neville again.

Of course, nothing happened, Neville forgot to reply...

So the boy who survived could only endure it until yesterday after school started, when he secretly went to find the principal alone at night.

At that time, they were busy in a meeting with the professors, but they still took the time to look at the photos that Harry asked to examine. Looking back now, they were probably discussing the Top Ten Tournament.

Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick, Sprout, and several professors present were certain that this was a pure photo, without any curse, and that the two people in the photo were Harry's parents.

Snape, who was leaning against the fireplace and warming himself, said nothing. He just stared at Lily in the photo.

Harry felt so guilty that he didn't even dare to look him in the eyes, let alone ask Dumbledore about the dream in front of him.

What if the principal asks, "What did you dream about?" How did Harry answer? Are you saying that every night you dream about the torture Snape suffered?

There is no way to say this!

Professor Wilson, who was sitting on the principal's desk eating candy, looked at the photo and then at Harry, as if he wanted to say something, but he smiled strangely and didn't answer.

The boy noticed that when he looked at him, he was not looking at his face, but at his hair. Is there anything wrong with this?

He returned to the dormitory full of questions, followed by another night of strange dreams. When Harry woke up in the morning, he was so exhausted that he couldn't even hear clearly what the principal announced at breakfast.

Later, Ron took him to read the announcement and found out about the Top Ten Tournament, but he had no intention of signing up at all. He just wanted to be alone.

When he came to the Black Lake, looking at the lake as calm as a mirror, he took the photo and thought about many questions, but he couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and snatched the photo away.

"Let me see, what is Mr. Potter looking at so intently?" Draco's artificial voice came. He looked at the photo, but found that it was not what he originally thought, it was a photo of Harry and a girl. .

These two people are very strange, and their clothes are also outrageous. I don’t know what era they are from.

"Give it back to me, Draco." Harry was already in a low mood, and he didn't want to get entangled with his old enemy.

"Oh? Don't you know how to say 'please' when asking others to do something? As expected of a child who grew up in a Muggle family, he doesn't have any cultivation."

Draco smiled evilly and took a few steps back, hiding the photo behind him.

'In the past, Harry would have gotten angry and taken out his wand to fight me. 'Draco had a plan, and he quickly reviewed it in his mind: 'But I just saw Professor Snape in the corridor not far away. If Harry attacks me, Gryffindor will deduct points again, haha ! ’

However, Harry's performance today was completely different from last semester. He sighed and said with a sad face:

"Please return the photo to me, Mr. Malfoy."

"..."

Draco tilted his head, feeling that the sun was as fresh as rising from the west. How could Harry Potter have such a good attitude?

What should I do next? This guy doesn't play by the rules?

Thinking that he didn't hear clearly, Harry spoke a little louder and repeated the request. Draco panicked a little. He waved his hand and turned sideways:

"Tell me first who is in this photo?"

"It's my parents."

Harry had no intention of getting up to snatch the photo. He just sat on the tree stump with a dejected look on his face, looking at the lake with dull eyes like a living corpse.