Chapter 19
"Memory…is the diary that we all carry about with us."
- Oscar Wilde
"Do you think I will ever get my memories back?" Kyra blurted out.
Dominic's eyes widen, "she doesn't know who she is? He hasn't told her?"
"Yeah, I know you will. And when you do, I will be right beside you."
Dominic smirked, "We will see about that, old friend once she realizes the truth. And if you or your brother can't bother to do it, then I will."
Dominic stood up; the smirk still placed on his lips, and disappeared from his spot.
Tristan whirled his head around, sensing a presence has left the area. A presence that was spying on him and Kyra. A presence he was familiar with. Kyra felt Tristan's body stiffen like a rock and she didn't like the look on his beautiful, pale face. "Tristan, what's wrong?" Kyra asked him, noticing his behavior changed very quickly.
But he just smiled and shook his head, "Nothing's wrong." At the corner of his eye, he noticed Harry and Ron stepping outside of Hagrid's cabin saying their goodbye to the half giant. He took hold of Kyra's hand and said, "Come on, we have Divination." But he noticed Kyra rolling her eyes. "What's wrong?"
Kyra sighed, "Nothing. It's just…that woman is fake and vulgar."
"That's what you believe."
"So you believe that woman? You believe she is a Seer?" Kyra questioned.
Tristan chuckled, "I've been roaming the earth for a long time Kyra and I have come across many and powerful Seers. And I assure you Professor Trelawney is one. She inherits the Inner Eye from her ancestor."
"But she's…a fraud."
"I admit she can't see the future…clearly but she has come by prophecies before about Harry." Tristan reminded her. "Why do you dislike this woman so much?"
Kyra shrugged as they reached to their school bags and put it over her shoulder. "I'm not sure why exactly. It's just…the moment I stepped inside her classroom and saw her there was something about that woman that makes me want to hate her. Whatever she sees in the future doesn't come true and yet she claims it does. It bothers me that people rely on her too much."
"May I remind you that you believed that I will attack a redhead girl and drink her blood?" Tristan reminded her.
Kyra sighed and was about to speak but the two boys called out their names to hurry up for class. "I still don't like her though." She commented to her boyfriend before running towards Harry and Ron.
"What were you two doing out there?" Ron asked.
Kyra shrugged and smiled, "Nothing important, just having a normal conservation."
"It's better if we don't know, mate." Harry commented to his best friend.
As the four got inside the classroom, Kyra noticed Adam speaking with Professor Trelawney in low whispers at her desk. As she sat down next to Tristan, she gave him a questioning look but he just shrugged. He didn't know why his brother was in their class either. Kyra put a strand of her hair away behind her ear as she decided to listen in on the conservation.
"I just need you to see something –anything! Please Professor Trelawney." Adam begged.
"You can't force visions, my dear boy." She responded in a dreamy state.
Adam sighed angrily, "I need to know if he's coming to Hogwarts or not. Please this is an emergency."
"What is?"
Adam groaned as he put his hands in his hair, trying to control his anger. When he turned around, his eyes widen seeing Tristan and Kyra sitting at their table staring at him. He didn't even hear them or sense them in the classroom. Before the eldest vampire could leave, Tristan appeared in front of him lucky enough that the students in the classroom weren't paying attention to him.
"What was that about, Adam?" Tristan asked him. "Why are you visiting Professor Trelawney?"
"I just need her to foresee my future if it involves with an attractive female." Adam smirked.
Tristan however was no smiling. "Don't lie, that's my specialty."
Adam sighed and turned his head, watching Kyra talk with Harry and Ron. "Not here. Later."
"Adam –"
"I will tell you later, I promise but alone."
Tristan nodded his head and watched his older brother leave the classroom in a hurry.
"What was that about?" Kyra whispered to Tristan when he sat down next to her.
Tristan shrugged, "Nothing important I guess."
Kyra didn't question him further, knowing she has to trust her boyfriend. "Boyfriend," Kyra smiled at that thought. She wondered if they would be more than boyfriend and girlfriend. After all, they are immortal vampires that can live forever and ever. If she was human, she would be blushing at those thoughts and Tristan will probably tease her about it.
"What are we doing today, Professor?" Lavender asked.
"Now, a few weeks ago we saw our partners' future in the crystal ball. As you see today, there is a stack of cards on the table and –"
"Oh bloody hell," Kyra murmured, knowing where this is going.
"Is there something you like to add, Miss. Kyra?" Professor Trelawney asked her.
"You want us to read these tarot cards that chosen us or something along that matter?"
The Seer nodded her head and gave the vampire a goofy smile, "Yes. Now pick a card!"
Tristan chuckled softly when the professor walked away and Kyra mumbled something rudely about her. "Alright, do you want to go first or shall I?"
Kyra sighed and quickly took a card from the pile and read, "It's the Lovers card. It means the beginning of a romance." Kyra smiled.
Tristan returned that smile as he picked his own card and read, "The Tower." His smile suddenly turned into a frown.
"What's wrong?" Kyra whispered as she took his hand but knew that his stiff position would not change.
"Harry?" Kyra said as she turned her body around to face Ron and Harry. "Do you know what the Tower card means?"
"Uh," Harry grabbed his book and went through the pages. "Ah! Found it. The upright of the Tower card is a sudden and drastic change, abandonment of the past, ending a friendship, unexpected events, and downfalls, loss of money or security. The Reverse of the card is following old ways, caught in a bad situation, and imprisonment." Harry raised his eyebrows and looked up at the book. "Are you –"
Kyra shook her head, "No, it's Tristan."
"But what bad event is going to happen that caused him to freeze?" Kyra thought. "Does it have something to do with Adam being in here earlier?"
"Can vampires go into shock?" Ron asked, waving his hand at him. But Tristan made no sudden movements.
"Apparently so," Kyra mumbled and picked up another card.
It was the Hanged Man. She knew what the card means: abandonment, rebirth, sacrificing one thing to obtain another, and transformation. She was confused why this card appeared in front of her. She was already reborn two years ago and no longer feared being abandoned by Tristan or Adam. But there has to be a reason why this card is in her hand.
"Tristan, do you want to pick another card?" Kyra asked him and shook his hand a little.
Moments later, Tristan finally moved and put the card on the desk. "I'm sorry, spaced out a little." Tristan apologized and picked another card from the deck. But he did not look at it; instead, he showed it to Kyra. He did not want to know if it was going to be a bad card like The Tower card.
Kyra chuckled, "Relax. You have the Fool card. It just means new beginnings, new adventures, passion, and possibilities."
Tristan smiled, "I like the sound of that."
"Tristan, why did you look so scared because of that card?"
"Because I'm afraid that it has something to do with you." He admitted.
"Me? But Tristan, the card came to you not me. Nothing is going to happen to me." Kyra reassured him.
"You were right, this class is awful." Tristan muffled, putting his hands over his face.
Kyra nodded her head and gasped feeling a sense of hatred and angry enter her body as she felt herself go into another flashback and could hear arguments in her head. Kyra closed her eyes, trying to see what is happening but the flashback was all blurry and could only make one sound –"Kyra? Are you alright?" Tristan asked her.
Kyra nodded her head at him, not sure, if she could find her voice at the moment. She couldn't even concentrated on the old coot's lesson because she was so focused on her blurry flashback and wished she could see it more fully. The rest of the hour went by fast but Kyra did not notice, as she read the Divination book, not bothering to listening to the Professor. She was so concentrated on the meaning of the tarot cards that she did not notice everyone leaving or Tristan calling her name. She jumped at the touch of his hand on her shoulder, "Kyra it's time to leave."
Kyra nodded her head and gathered her belongings, following Harry, Ron, and Tristan out of the classroom. As she descended down on the stairs, she saw Neville walking down with Seamus chattering about some plant and suddenly, she saw Neville leaning against the wall, staring at a glass window with a ghostly expression on his face. Mad Eye Moody was walking towards him –Kyra shook her head, having no idea where that came from. If she went to Hogwarts, she could not have possibly known Neville. If she did, then she would have known Harry, Ron, and Ginny. But she could not have known them at all. But the sense of familiarity when she met them…does that mean she knew Hermione Granger?
All of those people –"Let's just hope if I put you in the same house, your memory will come back. Even if it isn't the happiest ones." Was the hat right? Was putting her Gryffindor giving her back all of her human memories unexpectedly than it had for the past two years?
She needed answers and she needs them now.
A/n: So I am finally 18 years old! I turned 18 on February 9th :D. I'm legal, just four months till I am no longer a high student.
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