Snakes and Shadows | Sebastian Sallow x Reader | Hogwarts Legacy Fanfiction

Chapter 12: First Trial

Your POV

What happened back there?! My hands reached up and covered my cheeks, they were still warm to the touch, burning warm like a heater. I turned the corner from the secret enclave the Undercroft entrance was in, careful to check if anyone had caught me leaving.

Noticing the coast was clear, I made a mad dash out and away from there. My heart was still pounding disturbingly loud in my ears, my feet's loud footsteps rushing in beat alongside it. I breathed heavily, trying to blur out my thoughts of Sebastian plaguing me

"Y/N" His voice was low, his face materializing again in the forefront of my mind

I ran faster

"Y/N" his voice was rich, baring an emotion so raw I was afraid to give in.

My feet pounded against the dirt road I found myself on, running further and further away. Only to stop by a large boulder off the side of the road.

"Y/N..." Sebastian's voice echoed in my mind again and again, pushing and prodding at my inner thoughts.

"We nearly kissed"

And it was like everything in me collapsed. I braced my body against the boulder, holding my face in my hands, my face still burned at the touch. It was like an out of body experience, I couldn't recognize my body at all.

"Sebastian... nearly KISSED me" I whispered, my knees gave out, slamming myself to the dirt ground. I could feel the faint echo of his hand on my cheek, his breath on my lips-

"Merlin's beard, Sebastian nearly KISSED ME!" I said louder like a deranged lunatic. Unable to process all that had happened in the last 10 minutes of my life.

"It nearly happened, Merlin's beard, it nearly happened!" I repeated over and over, staring at the palms of my hands. The small realization only happened later, my heart's fluttering dropped and an empty dull pang replaced it.

"But I stopped it..." I clenched my fists, burying my face into my knees "Why is my life so complicated right now..." I muttered. It wasn't my intention to stop it, Merlin knows how much I wanted that kiss. How much my every being vibrated alive when the magnetic lure of Sebastian Sallow took over me. But I couldn't allow myself to get too distracted with my feelings again. My heart broke at the notion. I couldn't be so selfish and allow such a happy feeling when Anne was suffering alone on the outskirts of a hamlet.

My thoughts were filled with images of how hurt Sebastian had looked. I couldn't deny that I was the source of that sadness this time. The tears were a welcomed solace, in my emptiness. Perhaps shedding a few would help me shed this heavy emotion.

So I sat there, emptying my heart of thoughts of him, and thoughts of any hurt I had inflicted on him.

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The next day was the day of the first trial. The entire school had met up at the outskirts of the property, a proper stadium had been conjured or crafted to fit the many students and staff who had come to watch. The band was playing a merry tune, almost being drowned out by the cheers of the crowd.

I stood in the champions tent with Leander, Charlotte, and Andrew. Each of us wore a special uniform showing off our house colors and mascot. Leander Prewitt, stood in front of a mirror, adjusting his arm guards as he admired his reflection. Adorning a red shirt, almost like the Quidditch uniform, his shoulder pads had images of a lion head on each.

"I look fantastic!" Leander beamed, "I always thought the lion was the most majestic of the houses" he smirked, turning and admiring the massive lion head graphic on his back