Rupert looked at the blond boy in front of him. Draco. That was his name. The name actually sounded familiar to him, which was not surprising, because they were best friends. Maybe he can tell me something.
Just before Rupert could say a word, the door went open and a young boy with brown hair came in.
"Amy, Allison needs you. Azrak needs to be fixed again." he said.
Amy groaned. Rupert had no idea what Azrak was, but it seemed to be that it was already been fixed by Amy a lot of times.
Amy turned around to Rupert. "I'm going to fix this damn machine, meanwhile you can talk to Draco about your past." And with that she followed the boy out of the room.
Rupert shortly stared at the door, then quickly turned to Draco. The blond boy was looking at him curiously as if he was expecting something from him.
Rupert got uncomfortable at his look. Although he was apparently his best friend. He couldn't remember anything of his old life. But this was probably his only real chance to get his real self to know.
"So you are my best friend?" he asked.
Draco nodded. "We've been befriended since kindergarten and have been best friends since then." he said. He still looked at Rupert like he was a curiosity or something like that which made Rupert nervous. Maybe he was just shocked to see him here or it was something else.
"So as my best friend you can hopefully tell me about my past." he said to him. Draco didn't looked surprised at his question, more like he was expecting it. He sighed.
"Of course, I can, but this is gonna be a long story." he explained.
"That doesn't matter. I just want to know about my past." Rupert said.
Draco nodded. His expression looked painfully, like he didn't wanted to tell about his past. Rupert wondered what could have happened, that would made him look like he had bitten into a sour citron.
"Alright, you already know that we both knew each other since kindergarten. We quickly became best friends and became inseparable and we would always visit each other. Everything was alright, until it happened…" Draco told him in a grave voice. Rupert feared the worst.
"What did happen, Draco?" he asked.
Draco sighed. "It's probably the best if you don't know about it, but you deserve to know the truth. When you were 11 years old, your whole family were killed in a massacre by wizards. They had attacked the town and your family were one of the victims. You were the only survivor." he said while avoiding Rupert's eyes.
Rupert just sat there in shock. His family, his own family has been killed by wizards. He was a orphan, his family was dead. Several feelings were flowing through Rupert's mind now: sadness, fear, confusion, but especially anger. Anger at the wizards who had killed his family. Anger at the world for letting his family die. Draco was right. Maybe it was better for him for not knowing about his past, but he was too curious.
"My family…" he breathed. It felt like a dream, like it wasn't real, but it was. His family was dead, he had lost his memories and now he was in some strange place, whom he had no idea where he was. At least he had his best friend.
"Yes…your family. It was a great tragedy. You've cried for days, mate. I've never seen you so mentally destroyed. It was terrible. You had three siblings: one older sister, a younger sister and a younger brother. I tried to help you, but you wouldn't let me come near you. For weeks you have shut yourself out off the world." Draco continued to tell the story. Rupert didn't look at him. It was just too much for him. Too much information to process. He just felt numb.
"This was just the beginning. After you became an orphan, you got into a foster home. During the past four years, you had five different families, but you never familiar with them nor you could get over the death of your family, so you fled. You always fled and the last time you fled, I couldn't find you anymore. You didn't contact me, you were just gone. I was so afraid. Damn it Matt, I thought I lost you. I'm just so glad that you are here again." he said with painful expression. Tears were threatening to fall down his cheeks.
Rupert had already tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe how fucked up his past was. His whole life was like a bad movie, but it was real.
"Bloody hell…" he said. He didn't know how to response to the story.
Draco laughed. "That was what you always would say if you heard something unbelievable. It's your catchphrase." he said with a sad smile.
Rupert didn't respond. He was still processing his past. Why did had to be him? Why? He had headache, the whole world around him was spinning around him. He put his hand onto his head and sat onto the bed. He fist needed to calm down.
Draco seemed to notice his pain. He bend over to him and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, mate. I'm sorry that you had to hear it again. I know your past was terrible, but you shouldn't let your past influence your future. You're a great person Matt and you don't deserve all this pain. I'm always there for you, if you want me." Draco said to him in his most comforting voice.
Rupert looked at the blond boy. He was giving him a warm smile. He smiled back, feeling now a little bit better, knowing that he had someone that he could always count on.
"Thanks, Draco." he said to him.
"No worries, Matt. Thats what friends are for, right?" he asked.
Rupert just nodded numbly. He didn't know what to say to him. It was just too much for him to process. He looked at Draco again and suddenly noticed, that he didn't know anything at all about his best friend, which scared him although he had amnesia.
"Tell me about your past." he said to Draco in a friendly way. He didn't expect Draco's expression to look painful again. Draco was rubbing his neck nervously as if he was considering if Ron should hear about his past or not.
"Well…alright. I guess, you deserve to know it. Following things: I had very strict parents that would allow me almost nothing to do. You must see I came from a very rich family and was expected to behave like a gentleman. That is the reason why my parents hated you and always forbid me to see you, because you came from a poor family. I didn't listen to them and stayed friends with you, but it was hard living with my parents." he explained.
Rupert couldn't believe his ears. Not only his life was fucked up, but Draco's too. He had to live with psychopathic parents, while his was dead. How fucked up was this world?
Draco laughed nervously. "Guess, that is something, you and I have in common. We both have a pretty fucked up past." He looked down. His parents were apparently a hard topic for him.
"That's not even the worst. A few years ago, I've learned that my parents were related to a wizard family. That's why I have an Latin name. My aunt and uncles are wizards." he said.
Those words almost took Rupert the breath. His best friend was related to the folk that had killed his family. For a second he was disgusted at Draco, then he was disgusted at himself for thinking about it. Just because Draco was related to them didn't mean he was like them.
Rupert cleared his throat. "But just because they are wizards doesn't necessarily mean that they are evil right?" Rupert asked hopefully.
Draco sighed. "No, but most of them are. We don't know who is evil or not, but till then we treat every wizard and witch as our enemy. At least most of them hate us, the non-magical folk or how they call us, the muggles."
"Muggles?" Rupert asked.
Draco shrugged his shoulders. "Don't ask me. I didn't invent this stupid name."
Rupert nodded. He decided to ask something else. "So does that mean you are a wizard?" he asked.
Draco shook his head. "No, apparently my father was a squib."
Ron looked at him confused. "A squib?"
Draco nodded. "Yes, that's a person born from a magical family, but doesn't possess any magical abilities. I guess that trait was inherited to me."
Rupert nodded. He decided not to question Draco more about his family. He was almost more uncomfortable with them than he was with his own. On thing was bothering Rupert. How did Draco got here? Did he searched for them? Was he attacked like him? He decided to ask him.
"Say, Draco, how did you get here?"
He immediately answered. Apparently this wasn't the first time somebody asked him this. "I was already waiting for you to ask me this. To be frankly, I don't really remember much. All I know was that some wizards were hunting me down, because I was a squib's child. The people from the MHC have saved me. Now I'm already for three months here and a member of the organization. I'm still a rookie, but I will soon be a soldier." he explained.
At the confused look of Rupert he quickly added. "These are ranks in our organization. Rookie is the lowest rank, followed by soldier, ninja, master and ranger. If you are a ranger, you are among the highest ranked people in this association." Rupert nodded. There were so many things that he wanted to know, like when was this organization founded, why does is it exist, what does it do. Before Rupert could further think about this topic his eyes went back to the poster in front of him. On the poster there was still the two teenagers pictured, but somehow they now seemed more creepy to him than earlier. Must be because he now know about the existence of wizards and witches and about their nature, at least most of them.
"Say, who are those two teenagers on the posters?" he asked Draco. Draco turned around. As soon as he saw the poster his expression turned dark.
"Those are Harry Potter and Hermione Granger." he said with venom in his voice. "They are two bastards and one reason why your life turned so tragic.
Rupert looked at him confused. "Why? Have they killed my family?" Ron suddenly felt a great hatred against the poster in his room.
Draco sighed. "No, but…look, I'm going to explain it from the beginning."
Rupert nodded. He finally wanted to know what those two had done to them.
Draco took a deep breath. It was clearly to see that he didn't really wanted to tell Rupert the story.
"Alright, it all started in the primary school. You befriended their with Hermione. At first you didn't liked each other, but you became friends after you put away your differences. We three were inseparably. We would do anything together. Everything was great until Potter came." he told him.
Rupert just sat there and listened to the story without saying anything. He couldn't believe that the girl on the poster had been his best friend. How was he friends with a wizard? And how did that Potter played a role in all of this.
"On Hermione's 11th birthday, Potter came over to her house and told her that she was a wizard, a muggleborn. That means you possess magical abilities, but came from a muggle family. Anyway, at first she didn't believe him, but after he performed a spell, she was convinced by him. You must know that Potter is very famous in his world, because he killed a dark wizard when he was baby. Apparently the killing curse reflected from his body and killed the dark lord. That's why he has a scar." he pointed at the lightning scar on his head on the poster. Rupert listened to the story in awe. He couldn't believe what he heard. A baby killed a dark wizard. This was just to surreal, but on the other hand wizards do exist, so…
"How do you know all of this?" Rupert asked Draco.
Draco grinned. "Our organization have ways to find about their world. Anyway, because Potter convinced Hermione to join his magic school. Because of that, you didn't saw her that much anymore. You must know that the fame got into Potter's head. He's very arrogant. I only met him a few times, but that was enough to already make me barf at the look of his smug face. As far as we know, Potter is a very dangerous threat to us. He never attacked us personally, but he has his minions to do his work, because he is so famous. The wizard world is getting back to their dark times. They want to start a war with us muggles. But back to the story. During the past few years, you've developed feelings for Hermione. You tried to convince her that Potter was evil, but she didn't listened to you, because she was at the spell of Potter. When you confessed your feelings for her last year, she just laughed at you in the face and sad that you could never compare to the mighty Harry Potter. You were a wrack after that for weeks. Soon after that you disappeared and that was the last time I've saw you. I would be not surprised, if Potter was the who wiped your memories out. I'm so glad that you are not dead or something."
Rupert just looked at him in shock. He couldn't believe the whole story. That Hermione was his girlfriend, that she was hypnotized by Potter. As he looked at the poster again, he noticed how pretty the girl looked. He could understand how his past self had an crush on her. He felt so strange. It all just felt like a nightmare, but it wasn't. She was his first crush and he lost her to Potter. Suddenly his hatred against Potter and the wizards rose into a new level. They'd killed his family, wiped out his memory and stole his best friend and crush. He was practically fuming inside.
"Bloody hell, we must do something against Potter. We can't just stand here and do nothing!" he roared. He was breathing heavily, his mind was confused and he had headache. He didn't knew if he could survive another horrible message.
Draco laid a shoulder on his left shoulder. "Calm down Rup, breath. We are already working on this. This organization is not called Magic Hunting Center for nothing."
Rupert wanted to reply something, but then the door went open and Amy stormed in.
"Guys, you need to come with me." she said.
Rupert looked at her confused. "Where are we going?"
Amy gave him an earnest expression. "We are going to Richard, our boss. He wants to talk with you."
Yeah, chapter two finished. So many questions. Why is Draco lying to Ron? How did he really get here? Did he lost his memory too and got replaced by some other? What does this organization do? Don't worry, it will be revealed, but later in the story. Maybe I'm even going to write two parts or a trilogy, because the story could get very long. The next two, three chapters, I stay on Ron/Rupert's POV, then I will change it to someone of the wizard world (I tend to Hermione). I hope you liked this chapter. Please review it. Next chapter will be posted soon (hopefully).