Harry had no way to find Dumbledore directly, since he could not simply walk into the Headmaster's Office. So he went to Professor McGonagall first about his strange dreams.
After Gryffindor and Ravenclaw's practice match on Saturday morning, Harry went alone to the Transfiguration Office.
Professor McGonagall was alone in the office; the other Transfiguration professor, Miss Kaimir, was not there. This was usually the case. Miss Kaimir seemed to be away from school on weekends.
"Is something the matter, Harry?" Professor McGonagall opened the door and looked somewhat surprised to see him.
"Um, yes, Professor. There are some things I think I might need to tell you and Dumbledore," Harry said truthfully.
Professor McGonagall frowned, but nodded. "Come in and tell me."
After letting Harry in, Professor McGonagall poured him a cup of tea. "Go on, then. I trust you have something important to tell me."
"Yes, Professor." Harry nodded and told Professor McGonagall about his strange dreams.
Professor McGonagall's expression visibly changed after she heard him out. "Harry, when did you start having these dreams?"
Seeing her expression, Harry grew a little alarmed too and answered honestly, "Around this time last year. But the dreams were very brief back then, almost always just one or two fragments..."
"Why didn't you say something sooner?" A trace of reproach flashed in Professor McGonagall's eyes.
"Well..." Harry felt a little embarrassed. He had thought they were just ordinary nightmares. He was a boy, after all; going to adults for comfort over a few nightmares would have been rather hard to justify.
But seeing Professor McGonagall's expression, he realized things might not be as simple as he had imagined.
"Um... they were all just scattered images back then, and there weren't many of them. Peter appeared a few times. I didn't think