"Beasts! Filth! Sinful spawn of dirt and depravity! Mongrels, freaks, ugly creatures, get out of here at once! How dare you defile my ancestors' home—"
"All right, you go inside first!"
Sirius looked rather helplessly at Tonks, who kept apologizing, and reached out to pull the curtain shut with difficulty, cutting off the old woman's shrieks.
"What exactly happened?"
Kingsley appeared at the entrance hall doorway and looked questioningly at Sirius at the far end of the corridor.
"I spoke with Harry yesterday. I think some things... Anyway, get inside first. Most of them are already here!" Sirius nodded toward the entrance to the hall.
After they entered, he cast a spell on the wooden door to prevent anyone from overhearing the conversation that followed.
"Didn't you notify Severus?"
Professor McGonagall looked at the closed wooden door and raised an eyebrow slightly. Most of the Order of the Phoenix members had arrived, with Snape being the only one absent.
"I don't think he's trustworthy. It would be best if he didn't know about this either." Sirius shrugged after sitting down. "All right, forget Sniv—Snape for now. Let's discuss why I urgently called you all here today. It concerns Harry!"
The Order of the Phoenix members all fell silent and looked at Sirius, waiting for him to continue.
Sirius took out a bottle of medicine, popped a pill into his mouth, and swallowed it before slowly speaking to them. "Harry contacted me yesterday. He told me he's still having the same recurring dream, and he thinks it's a conspiracy."
"A dream? A conspiracy?"
Everyone looked bewildered. Only a few of them knew about the nightmares.
"Harry has been having the same dream since last summer vacation. He dreams of a corridor, and he also dreamed of Arthur being bitten by a