Half Blood Prince (Completed) - Chapter 13：Memory

Ahhhh…” Dara cried

Maria heard Dara’s voice which brought her more in tears.

Then a baby cries can be heard all over Khisfiro

Everyone in the kingdom of Khisfiro heard the cries, that’s why Maria hid herself in the bushes around the kingdom.

She bit her lips when she felt her baby is about to come out,

And another cry can be heard.

Good thing the first born is still crying, it covered the scent and cries of Maria’s baby.

Maria look at the moon which is about to be in its fullness.

Until she felt her wings came out, for the first time. The pain increased as she felt her wings being burned.

She was tring to hide her baby in the grass when she accidentally saw the three birds surrounding her.

“Please save the baby, take her to the queen, I beg you,” she said crying.

The three birds seems to understand what Maria ask of them, the three of them went beside the baby and so the baby stopped crying.

Maria look at her daughter, she noticed her wings.

She smiled “You have your father’s wings,” she said.

The wings are pure white, those are angel’s wings.

“I love you honey,” she said

When she suddenly felt some presence around her. She tried her best to move out from the place where she hid the baby.

She has to, or she will endangered them both.

“Where do you think you’re going your highness?” a voice

Maria saw that it was Argos.

“Please, let me go,” she begged

Then she noticed someone is coming towards her,

“Israfel, please, let me go,”

Its wings are burning in flame, she can sense anger in his eyes.

“Come here,” he said as he purposely dragged Maria near him.

Maria felt her wings are already in flame because of Israfel’s flaming wings.

“What kind of creature are you to just leave your child behind?” Israfel said in fuming voice

Maria felt a little strange on what Israfel is leading to, but she chose keep her silence. Afraid for her daughter.

“It hurts Israfel, please,” she begged

“I don’t give mercy to creatures like you?”

Israfel is angry and all he feels right now is hatred towards the woman in front of her.

Angry of what he believes that Maria left their child in the palace and tried to sneak out on her own.

He believed that the child on Dara’s hands is his.

He pushed Maria away from him, which makes her bleed as she fall on the floor.

Israfel can’t explain his feeling towards Maria, his heart is also in pain as he watch the woman cry in front of him.

His heart is being tormented too.

“Who are you? Why are you making me feel this way?” Israfel asked Maria

Meanwhile

In the bushes, someone took the baby where Maria hid her child.

That someone sees how Maria suffered from the hands of Israfel.

The creature didn’t leave, waits.

“Let’s leave her… sooner or later she’ll die anyway” Israfel said, as she looks at Maria lying on the ground, not moving.

He went back to the palace where he left his believed child that he got from Dara.

He look for Dara fighting for her life.

Israfel is about to leave when Dara grab his hands.

Israfel look at him and saw her whispering something.

Israfel sit beside her to hear what she is saying.

Dara moved her hand to touch her head, and something shiny came out.

She immediately put it to Israfel’s head and took her last breath.

Israfel wants to say something to Dara, when he suddenly saw episodes in his brain.

It was his memory, Dara gave his memory back.

Israfel sits on the floor as he watch every episodes playing in his brain.

His tears fell.

He look at Dara and crawld towards her.

“Dara, Dara,” he calls

His wings fades, his red eyes are back into normal.

His burning hands are now back into usual.

“Dara,” he said and hugged her body.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he said while crying.

“DARA,” he shouted, though his friend is not moving anymore.

Then he remembered something.

“M- Maria… Maria… MARIA!!!” He shouted and run towards the place where she left her.

“Maria!” he call out her name.

Israfel almost lost his mind, looking for her.

He remembers everything, his heart is shattered.

He is fuming, his wings came out. His body is now burning in flame,

“MARIA!” he shouted

The rain starts to fall again,

Lightning’s strike,

Thunders can be heard all over the place.

His anger can be felt and seen all over the kingdom of Khisfiro.

He picks up Maria’s wings and held it tight.

Everything is coming back to him.

Everything including his last words to Maria

“My head may not be able to remember you but my heart will… your heart and mine will beat as one and we’ll use that to find each other again”

Just before Dara took his memory and keep it for him.

The rain start to stop,

No more lightnings,

No more thunders.

All he can feel now is his heart beatings.

He’s trying to look for something familiar in his heart.

Until he found it, soft heartbeats.

He wipe his tears,

He smiles and say.

“I will come and find you, wait for me,”