Hogwarts School Years: Year 3

Flying Chairs, Screams and Flipped Beds

Tamara’s POV

I watch as Natalie relaxes and falls in Brian’s grasp. Man this is getting intense. I walk over to Michelle, “You okay?”

She nods in response. Her left cheek looked slightly bruised. Man, who knew Natalie could throw such a hard punch. “I was actually planning to stun her to calm her down. It would be easier to drag her to the Hospital Wing that way.” She shrugs her shoulders, talking as if we’re talking about the weather. I give her a disturbed look. She would actually do that to Natalie?

“Hey, only if she gave me another punch. Self defense you know. And if she tries to run again.” She defends herself. I raise my eyebrow at her, giving her a disapproving look. “I didn’t do it okay? That’s what matters and that she’s calmed down. I knew those two would make a cute couple...” She trails off.

I shift my gaze at Natalie then back at Michelle, reminding her she is still there. “Yeah, I know. We need to get her back to the Hospital Wing. She needs to take her medication.” She says.

“Yeah. Hey Nattie, we need to get you back to the Hospital Wing. We promise that we won’t do anything bad to you.” I try to convince and make her feel safe.

She glances nervously at Michelle. “Do you want me to leave or something? It’s clear she’s giving me weird looks.” She asks. Natalie still looks like she wants to bolt out of here, but Brian kept her there.

“Brian, let go of her.” I ask him, hoping Natalie wouldn’t try to run away. He releases her and Natalie just stands there frozen. She glances between each of us, other than Brian, with the biggest question mark in her eyes.

Lewis nudges me. I jump a little, forgetting he’s there. “The medicine won’t work on her case.”

“What?”

“It won’t work. She lost her memories a couple years ago right? Now, she will only remember what she forgot that year. Everything else is history.”

My heart sinks. “So she won’t remember anything?”

He shrugs. “It’s a fifty-fifty chance. Only time will tell, you can’t do anything to stop it from happening or speed it up.”

“How do you know?” Michelle demands, clearly not believing him.

“I did research on it before.” He says simply, his voice dull and flat. “The same thing actually happened to my sister. She wasn’t so lucky though.” He checks his watch. “I better get going. Tell me if I can do anything else.” He tells me before walking away. Michelle looks at him suspiciously as he left.

“Alright, Nata--- Nattie. Come on, let’s go.” Michelle offers in a soft voice. Natalie stands there crossing her arm over her chest. Not in a mean way, more like a vulnerable way.

“Come, on.” Brian urges calmly. “Everything will be alright.”

Natalie obediently follows like a little puppy dog, she only listens to Brian seeing he’s the only one she really remembers. Michelle just stares at them leaving. “Okay, that was...I’m going to pretend not to be offended.” I give out a small laugh and give her a pat on the back.

“But why do you think she lost her memories though?”

I shrug. “I honestly don’t know. It’s not like she bumped her head or anything. Brian said she just fainted.”

“This is weird.” She remarks.

“Our years so far have been weird; currently we haven’t had a single normal one.” I tell her.