UnaEXE – A Week in Each Others Shoes
Chapter 9 – Predictions
Time Traveller: I'm not stopping, it's just this is a difficult fic to write and security where I work doesn't like me taking my notebook as they keep thinking I'm trying to steal stuff.
A grey haired Miyu opened the door to Hub, she smiled when she saw him.
"Yes I was expecting you," she replied to Hub's unsaid greeting.
"I need help," replied Hub, "Una's sick, will she come through, or will she…"
"Come in." Miyu's smile faded as she stood back to allow Hub in. Hub stepped into Miyu's house and stared, she had stopped running the antiques shop a few years back, but she still had her passion for them and the hall was littered with clocks, statues and paintings that Miyu had collected over the years.
"The future is always a tricky thing to predict," started Miyu as she guided Hub to a small room with nothing but a small table and a bookcase littered with books and tools Miyu used in her predictions. She pulled a deck of cards off the shelf and placed them on the table. "This deck was given to me by my grandmother, it's never given me a false prediction yet."
Hub instinctively cut the deck and handed it to Miyu who dealt six cards face down on the table.
"She made it with her own hands," stated Miyu proudly, "And put some cards in there that have deeper meaning than the standard Tarot cards. Now for your far past."
She flipped the first card to reveal the Tower card.
"You felt trapped although you were free to leave, you were only too weak to leave," she started referring to Hub's years of HBD, "Your near past now."
She flipped the second card to reveal one labelled "The Trials".
"You have faced great challenges recently," she continued referring to Hub's battles with Wily and Scyler, "And although you feel weak from them, you are in fact stronger because of them. Now for the present."
She flipped the card to reveal the Wheel card.
"Things are uncertain, doubts cloud your mind, and the challenge you face now could have any outcome."
Out of habit she flipped the fifth card, it was labelled "The Sun."
"This card represents you Hub, you shine bright although at times you may never realise it. The next card is for your love life."
She flipped it to reveal "The Lovers", although it was upside down.
"Lovers Inverted, you have found a love but it has been taken from you for reasons you cannot understand," commented Miyu referring to Blu, "The next card is the one you wanted to see Hub, this shows your future."
She went to flip it but Hub placed his hand on it.
"I'd rather face the future as it comes now," he smiled, "I just wanted to know if there was hope." He pointed to the Wheel card. "That card has shown me there is." He stood and left the room, Miyu followed him offering her condolences over Hub's situation before she went to tidy up the cards. She went to pick up the last one but her curiosity got the better of her. She flipped it to reveal Death Inverted.
"You face many challenges ahead Hub," she whispered, "But you will always succeed so long as you shine brightly."
Disclaimer: I have no formal training in use of Tarot cards although experience has shown me that most of the above are reasonably close to what they mean, also understand that a reading is based upon the actual person and no two people will read the exact same results from a particular spread.
