Chapter 63: Lost
Phoenix sat quietly, staring out the window. Hermione was across from her, her nose in a book.
"You can stop pretending to read and ask me."
Hermione looked up, "What are you talking about?"
"I know you want to ask me something." Phoenix responded, not taking her eyes off the landscape.
"And what makes you say that?"
Phoenix tore her eyes away to answer her friend. "A few things: you are to quite, you have been watching me, and your book is upside down. Isn't that hard to read?"
Hermione sighed, and a little b embarrassed for being caught. "Have you found anything on Flamel?"
"Flamel?"
"Yes, Nicolas Flamel". Hermione answered as she rushed to close the door, peeking out to make sure no one had heard.
"What about him?"
Hermione looked at her friend in confusion. "You do not know what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Am I supposed to?"
"We talked about this before the holidays!"
Phoenix blinked, clearly puzzled. 'Talked about what?' "We have?" She questioned, turning her attention back to the window. "Now that you said something, it feels like something is missing. It feels as if I have this odd lank or made up spot in my memories."
"What do you mean?"
Phoenix took her thoughts to her friend. "When you mentioned Flamel, what popped into my mind was 'He is just a myth. He is not real. My professor gave this assignment for nothing. ' But then it feels like something is pushing its way up, wanting me to know it's not true. I'm confused."
Hermione looked at her friend with sadness. She never heard from her friend during the holidays, so she didn't know what was going on. But something hit her. 'Phoenix said she felt like something was pushing its way to the surface. I wonder.'
"Phoenix, I may know what is wrong with you."
Phoenix excitedly turned to look at her friend. "Really? What did you rack up in that brain of yours?"
"You may not like the idea."
"Just tell me and let me decide."
"I read about it in both of the Book of Shadows."
"And?"
"I think maybe someone has memory wiped you." She answered, waiting for her friend's temper to surface.