A Wizard in my Room (Book One of The Wizard series)

Chapter 9

Allyson's POV

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I had a very good conversation with Myrtle. We mostly talked about why I'm here, how I got here, and what a TV is. Then we talked a little about death... how she died, what it's like to be a ghost.

I left her promising to visit her again soon.

I made my way down to Severus's quarters feeling very satisfied. I'm finally where I belong. 

When I walked in the door, Severus was laying half asleep on the sofa. 

He's so cute... 

Allyson, my dear, he is not cute. He's HOT. A thought drifted into her head.

What the fuck whose thoughts are those?

Mine. I'm your conscious... whoooooooo.

Seriously though, whose thoughts am I hearing?

I don't have a name. I'm your new best friend, inseparable from your mind. 

What? So, like, you live in my mind or something now?

Yeah, I guess, and let me tell ya, it's really strange in here. There definitely needs to be some redecorating up in here. What do you think?

Suddenly I got a picture in my mind of a room. A very plain room, with white walls, and a metal framed bed with a scratchy looking brown blanket tucked neatly on it. Two circular windows lined the left wall. Out of them, I could see Severus's sleeping form. 

"That's what my mind looks like?" I said aloud.

Yeah. The last guy had awful decorating skills, man. Seriously.

"What do you mean "the last guy?""

Well, you see, your soul is very old. Like, one of the oldest out there. Every few centuries, you'll get a new version of me. My job is to help you concentrate your knowledge and help you make good decisions. That was what the last guy did. It's weird that I wasn't sent until now, usually, we trade out on the day you're reborn. Oh, by the way, you're cursed.

"Cursed? Like, what kind of curse? Who cursed me?" I asked, a little frantically.

You're cursed with immortality. You live, you die, and you're reborn. Forever. You can never move on to whatever it is that comes after. I have no idea who cursed you, and you don't remember anything yet. See, when you're reborn, you don't remember it until you hit sixteen, but you're late this time. It'll be fine though, you've been late before. 

So, basically, I'm cursed to live forever and never pass on, and I won't remember my past lives until I turn eighteen. I think to... What do I call you?

Uhm... how about Lacie Baugher? That's what you called me last time I was your Informant. You named me after your sister. 

"Sister." the word is foreign on my tongue. I had a sister?  

Many. And brothers too. I remember, in 1548, you had ten brothers and six sisters. It was insane.