Learn From the History

Chapter 2: An Unformed Link

Alex was in a small room; it was dirty and untidy, with four small bad in it. He turned and went out of the room hastily but stopped when a tall figure appeared in front of him. The next moment, he was lifted up by collar and forced to face the man in front of him directly.

The man was tall with black hair and grey eyes. He glared at Alex and said in a low threatening voice, "What took you so long, boy? We have lots of work to be done today."

"I'm sorry sir," Alex heard himself said, "but I'm not feeling quite well..."

"Don't give me excuses," growled the man.

Alex fell onto the floor heavily. He looked back at the man in front of him and horrified.

"Now, Riddle, you do know what your punishment will be, don't you?" the man said as he pulled out his belt.

The man raised his hand and...

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Alex screamed. He covered his forehead with his hand and felt that it was burning.

Nicolas rushed into the room as he heard the sound.

"Are you alright? What happened?"

Alex rubbed his forehead and tried to remember his dream.

"I had a nightmare. But... but it was so real," said Alex. "My head was in pain when I woke up."

Nicolas moved closer to the bed. He gently pushed away Alex' hand and examined the boy's forehead carefully. His eyes widened as he saw something he didn't notice the day before, a scar with lightning shape. He knew very well what that meant. A curse scar, he thought, but how did the boy get this? Only the darkest form of magic will left a scar in this shape. But there was something strange about the scar, except for its shape. He touched the scar and felt a power running though it to his hand. Nicolas' eyes moved down from the scar to the boy's eyes. A pair of emerald green eyes looked at him with nervousness and confusion. But there was more, another pair of eyes was hiding behind the emerald green one. It was very vague, and it was fading. Soon, the other pair of eyes disappeared and the emerald green eyes returned to its normal state. Suddenly, Nicolas realized what this meant.

Nicolas sat down on the chair besides the bed. He looked at Alex again. "It's a connection, Alex," he said.

"Connection?"

"Yes." Nicolas pulled out his wand from his belt and muttered a spell. A mirror appeared before Alex instantly.

Alex looked into the mirror. He hadn't really looked at his appearance after his arrival. He had messy black hair and green eyes. But something caught his eyes.

He frowned. "This scar..."

"It's a curse scar," said Nicolas. "Someone gave you this scar, or should we say, someone will give you this scar. The scar created a kind of connection between you and the caster."

Alex stared at Nicolas. "So what I saw in the dream is true? The boy..." He paused, remembering what happened in the "dream". "Did he know? Did he know I was there?"

"Probably not," said the older wizard. "His part of the link in not formed yet, as he hasn't cast the spell on you. But as you've already received the curse, so you are able to feel his emotion and even read his mind."

Alex stared at the floor and said nothing.

"I will teach you how to control the link," said Nicolas. "Although it may be considered a kind of dark art, you need to know how to control it, especially how to close the link, otherwise it would be harmful to both side of the connection."

Alex looked up and slowly he nodded.

Nicolas looked at the young wizard and sighed. It was rare to have a connection like that. Perhaps that was the reason the stone chose the boy. "Then we will start the Occlumency lesson once you recover."