Confusion in Green

Ch. 5: It Was Only a Dream

The last thing Harry remembered was laughing with Malfoy and laying down in his bed in his new room deep in the dungeons. Now as he looked around him he saw that he was sitting on a fallen log in a clearing. Through the trees that surrounded him on all sides he could see the forest. This was not the forbidden forest, he had never seen this place before. Harry was not scared. He had gotten used to this sort of thing years ago. And anyway, old snake-face was dead, so what could be worse than that?
He heard a rustle in the forest behind him and reached for his wand. It was not there. He was still wearing nothing but his black sleep pants. Well, that’s ok, he thought. I’ve been doing wandless magic since this summer. So he settled himself down on the log to wait for whatever it was he was here for. He waited for a long time shivering slightly in the cool night air of the forest. He was starting to wander whether he out to get up and try to find out just where he was when he heard the leaves rustle again. He stood up and called out “I’m very tired, and I would like to get back, so could we get on with this please?”
A small child walked out of the trees to his right smiling brightly. She was no more than five and had a shock of extremely pale bond curls falling just past her waist. She grinned up into Harry’s face and said “Hello Daddy”. Harry was shocked to say the least. He had no children. He was a virgin. And besides that, he was pretty sure he was gay. “You must be mistaken,” said Harry kindly, “I don’t have any children.”
She giggled and started skipping around the clearing. “What’s your name?” Harry asked her.
“I don’t know yet,” she replied, “I haven’t been born.”
“How can you be here skipping around in the dark if you haven’t been born?”
“Your mother sent me here just for tonight to send you a message. She says to tell you that you need to straighten up and find your soul-mate.”
Harry simply gawked at the little girl. “How could you have spoken to my mother? She is dead, and if you’re not lying then you haven’t even been born yet.”
“That’s right. Before people are born they’re all on the same plane with the people who have passed on. Then we will all be born again. Reincarnation Daddy. It’s simple.”
“Ok, lets say you’re actually telling the truth…Will you stand still for a minute so I can think!”
“Sorry Daddy”
“Did my mother tell you anything else?”
“Yes she said that you have done only half of what you were sent to earth to do. The hard part. The second half is your reward. She said that you have been given a soul mate and that that person is right under your nose. And that she would like to have some grandchildren to look down on.”
“This is just to much to handle this late at night,” Harry said rubbing his eyes with the palms of his hands. “Anything else?”
“Nope, that’s it, night Daddy.” and with that she leaped into the forest and disappeared. Well that was certainly strange he thought as he resumed his place on the log. I was expecting a giant spider, or a troll or something, maybe one of Hagrid’s Blast-ended skrewts! How the heck do I know who my soul-mate is? I’ve never even had sex!
This must be some kind of crazy dream. He sat still and listened to the sounds around him. It was strange because there were no sounds. The forest was completely silent. He could hear nothing but his own breath, and the beating of his lonely heart in his chest. Harry sat still for so long that his arse was numb and he had a cramp in his leg. He was beginning to wonder whether or not this was some kind of trick. Maybe it was some deranged death-eater that didn’t know about Voldemort’s demise. He stood up and saw a shadowy figure stepping out of the trees to his left. Harry didn’t flinch. Nothing would ever scare him again. He merely waited for the figure to approach.
A tall man with dark unruly hair and glasses stepped out into the clearing. Harry thought for a moment that it was his father. “Hello Harry, I am Harold James Potter, your grandfather.” Harry held his breath for a moment then rushed forward, wrapped his arms around the man’s neck and sobbed into his shoulder. His grandfather hugged him and held him while he cried. Harry didn’t know how long he cried. Years of anger, hurt, and loneliness flooded out of him onto the man’s shoulder. Harry was not ashamed.
Finally Harry stepped away from the man and looked into his face. “You look just like my father, I mean my father looks just like you, I guess”
“We all have similarities Harry. I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. All your life really. You have defeated Voldemort using only a fraction of your power. I have come to tell you how to tap into your true self. And a few things you might not know about your family.”
“I already know my mother wasn’t muggle-born if that’s what you mean” said Harry.
“There’s more, I don’t have much time so I must ask you to listen carefully. You are a descendant of Salazar Slytherin and Godric Griffindor. Both of whom were not Pure-blood wizards. They were both half-wizards. Salazar was the son of a witch and a basilisk. He could transform into the snake at an time he so chose. Godric was of course part lion. His father was a wizard and his mother was a lioness. This is where it gets confusing Harry, so listen closely. Godric and Salazar had a love affair. They created a potion that allowed them to have an heir. They then bore two children. A girl and a boy. The girl was born already in the form of a lion and the boy was born as a wizard with the power to turn into the great snake whensoever he chose. The gift to transform was passed on from generation to generation and is now embedded in your very blood. We are from the Son’s line and can transform whenever we choose. Don’t look at me like that Harry, all you have to do is concentrate.”
Harry was getting ready to tell him how all of this was very nice and all but he’d much rather be warm in his bed when the man standing before him seemed to melt into a puddle that quickly formed into a snake. Harry stepped back quickly from the huge snake.
“Sssssseeee,” the snake hissed, “I told you. Now listen closely for I must go soon. You have a soul mate on this earth. It is someone you would never suspect. Your soul mate will be the only person who can cause you to transform. You will know him by his mark. Good luck my boy. James sends his love”

Harry sat bolt up-right in his bed and gasped. He quickly looked around and saw that he was back in his dorm. He hissed as a pillow flew across the room and whacked him in the face.
“Dream quietly scar-head,” Draco murmured sleepily. “And throw me back my pillow.”