Curiousity Killed the Cat

I could see it all. Every single moment. The pain, the tears, the death. Flashes, no longer than a second, repeating in my mind, rapidly. I couldn’t control it, I wasn’t sure why I was seeing this. I was asleep, right? I wasn’t myself. Something was wrong. Something was wrong with me.

I saw curses being thrown at each other, some dodging them while others got hit, landing on the ground with a thud. People were yelling somewhere in the distance. I saw a forest. Someone was walking in the forest but I couldn’t see them. This was the future, I could tell but somewhere far off. I didn’t recognize any of the voices. I saw Death Eaters, tons of them, fighting students.

I had no idea what was happening. I was having a nightmare of some sort but I could feel the pain. It felt like my head was being torn apart, memory by memory. I saw a flash of green and a flash of red as they collided with each other, holding each other. I saw a graveyard, the same one I’ve seen Harry in. I saw a cauldron and someone emerging from it. Red, snake like eyes staring back at me. Death Eaters arrived, at least two dozen.

Cedric was off to the side, dead. He was killed. Cedric was going to die? Why was this happening? How was this happening? I wasn’t near anyone who would go though this vision.

Someone was in my head, someone was accidentally showing me these images. I could feel them try and make me forget, trying to make me lose my memory. Each more painful than the last. Who was doing this? Who was stuck in my head? What was happening to me?

Then I saw it but before I could do anything, another shot of pain ran though me, more painful than all of the others combined.

“Professor! What’s happening to her?!”

“She’s having a nightmare!”

“I’ve tried waking her, she won’t!”

“She has been screaming and holding her head!”

“Oh my God, Elyse!”

“Someone get Professor Dumbledore!”