lover over family • draco malfoy

03 | a lion's memories

WHERE AM I? I looked around and saw that I was in my old room, back in the burrow. Why am I here?

"Ahahaha" Laughter, It sounded familiar. I looked around and saw a younger version of me? What? "Fred! George! Stop it." The said people rushed passed me and tackled the young me. They both looked young as well.

"Fred and George Weasley! Get off your sister!" I heard a scream and looked towards the door of my bedroom and saw mum holding a spatula. My eyes widened as I remember what had happened.

I had stolen some cookies and blamed it on the twins. I smiled as I saw the twins force me to tell the truth. I did, however, mum didn't believe me and thought it was the twins. Let's just say they never forgave me until after a month when I bought them a box of Bertie Bott's every flavoured beans. The room soon started fading, and a new memory appeared.

I was outside in the field. Was I...floating? A blur of red, ginger and brown passed me, and I quickly snapped my head into its direction. My eyes widened when I saw that it was me on a broom, screaming happily. I couldn't help the grin that formed on my face.

It was the first time I learnt how to ride a broom. The twins were teaching me how to. Ginny was upset because mum said no, but I managed to convince her to allow me to try. I was on Fred's broom; he was sitting behind my younger self. I smiled as we flew across the sky. The memory soon started fading, and another then appeared.

We were at King's Cross station. I remembered this. The twins were helping me go through the barrier. It was a year before I was allowed to go to Hogwarts. I laughed at how I started crying when they boarded the ship and stuck their head out of the window. I laughed, even more, when they said they'd mail me a Hogwarts toilet. I could see my crying younger self-smile at that and nod. Mum was, of course, shouting as they laughed. The train departed, and I was running until the end. They were still waving until I couldn't see them.

Again, the memory soon started fading and was replaced by another one, one that I cherished just as much as those. This was the first time I met Nymphadora; of course, she preferred me calling her Tonks. We were at the burrow when mum and dad called everyone into the living room. The twins and I sighed sadly because we were busy setting up a prank and we knew that if we left, Percy would see it. We were going to stay, but when mum yelled for us, we jumped up and ran to the living room where we saw a lot of people standing there, and Tonks was among them. Mum introduced everyone, starting with Madeye Moody and ending with Tonks. Mum also announced that Tonks was my Godmother.

My eyes watered as a sad yet happy smile appeared on my lips as my younger self-ran up to Tonks, giving her a big bear hug. Thankfully, she returned the hug, saying she was so happy she met her goddaughter.

It soon faded, and I was now in Sirius's house. It was my fourth year, and we had to hide, so we came and lived here. I walked over to the kitchen and saw everyone sitting down on the chairs around the large table. Tonks was trying to lift the mood up, so she began to use her gift and was turning her nose into a pig's snout.

I laughed, and so did the others. I saw myself sitting next to her with my head on the plate, dying of laughter. The others were talking about the ministry and whatnot, but at that time, I didn't care. I was too busy laughing to care.

Memories after memories formed and took place all around me. Ones that had either the twins or Nymphadora in them. It didn't stop until the last one, where I wished Nymphadora and the twins good luck before joining the battle. Suddenly, the whole place went dark, my heartbeat picking up as I couldn't see anything. I turned on my heels, looking around for anything.

Nothing.

It was all black. Up, down. Left, right. I gulped, fear travelling through my veins, but the other emotion overpowered it.

Sadness

My eyes began to water as the memories stopped, the happiness all wiped away as I'll be brought back to reality, a reality where Fred nor Tonks is here. I mean, I still have George, but he's mourning, and I know he isn't going to happy any time soon.

"No, please! Don't let me go back!" I yelled out as a white light was glowing at the far end of the black. I let out a gulp but ran to it, hoping that it was another happy memory, one that I cherished.

Once I was a few feet away, I raised my hand and jumped to touch it when I was suddenly in the great hall. I looked around in confusion; however, my eyes widened as I saw people who were either dead or injured luring around with people mourning for them. A gasp bubbles out of my throat once I saw my family all crying, either hugging or sitting around someone.

I walked towards them, my tears finally flowing, the dam breaking as I remembered what happened. To my left, I saw both Fred and Nymphadora dead, their hands interlocked together.

A blur of red passed me, and I saw myself falling to my knees. This was the day my true powers unlocked, a power that was locked away for the safety of the others and of myself.

My love for Fred and Tonks was and is strong, so seeing them dead brought me a lot of pain, one that shattered my heart into a million pieces. This emotion and pain triggered my gift, one that would be too powerful and destructive for me to control.

This was my gift, my curse. The curse of the red sun