Meredith had a lover, both suffering a horrible fate due to their same sex relationship ans difference in species. Centuries later, the lover was reincarnated into you but had lost all memory. Although, ever since you turned 5, you had a strong and deep liking to dragons and even dreamed about petting one.
13 years later, you were visiting the art museum for a senior field trip. You and your classmates looked at various paintings and sculptures, some taking pictures to post online. As most of your class was following the teacher, something caught your eye and made you stop following. It was a statue of a massive dragon, and you couldn't help but want to look at it, approaching the statue and reading its label with interest.
"Meredith" was the name of the dragon and was apparently the King of Dragons thousands of years ago. You looked back at the statue, amazed that dragons even existed. You then snapped a picture to keep in your room before leaving to find the others.