Light in the Dark // Sebastian Sallow

Holidays

(Athena)

Being back home is so lovely for the holidays! Especially with all the extra Company. Anne and I are in one room, Andrew, Felix, Sebastian and Ominis in the other. It's definitely crowded but my mother is over the moon to have so many people here!

I could tell my mother had been baking all night and morning, we all arrived at the house, and we had muggle and wizard treats of all kinds! Chocolate chip cookies, Queens cakes, orange pudding, raspberry tart, gingerbread, Bramley apple pies, oatcakes, plum bread and Bakewell tarts! The smell in the house was Devine.

Sebastian immediately locked eyes with he is sister Anne, who had been looking so much better these days. The dark circles under her eyes were not as visible, and she looked like she had been eating!

Sebastian lifted his sister in the air and gave her a bear hug "your going to crush me Sebastian, Merlin I love you too."

He lets go of her. At the moment she finds Ominis, who was putting his stuff down. "Ominis.." Anne says rushing over to him tackling him to the ground.

I pull Sebastian away, "come on leave them be, let's go get some food I'm starving." Sebastian says harshly "she hasn't seen her brother in two months and give me two words but tackles that git." I roll my eyes at him as we make our way to the kitchen. "

"Mother!" I say excitedly!

"Athena! My darling I've been worried sick about you! How are you feeling? You look to skinny, come now eat up." She pulls me into a warm hug.

"Sebastian My Dear! Hello, honey!" She pulls him into a big hug she whispers something to him and then says loudly "now go eat, Merlin you all look way to skinny! Is that school not feeding you?? I need to send an owl to that head master if yours.." she says strolling out of the room finding Andrew and Felix who just put there stuff in the other room.

I look over at Sebastian "come help me grab some of these and we'll take some to Ominis and Anne, we'll go to my room."

We make our way up the stair into my room where we interrupted a make out session between Anne and Ominis. "Oi! Mate, not in front of her brother you git!" Sebastian says dropping what was in his hand covering his eyes.

Anne grabs her wand and quickly grabs the food before it hits the floor. "Shove it, Sebastian."

She says rolling her eyes. Ominis blushes and laughs.

We spend the afternoon talking with Anne, I love seeing Ominis, Anne, and Sebastian together. I feel like this is what it was like before I got Hogwarts, the three of them getting up to no good with each other.  I hope I can cure Anne this summer... I'd love to have her at Hogwarts. Especially her last year.

"How have you been feeling my love?" Ominis takes her hand.

Anne turns to me "I really think your mothers meals have healing powers or something.. I mean I still feel the curse in me I know from the pain, but it's livable! I've been getting sleep, and your mother had been making me potions to help. She really is such a angel for helping me..." she smiles at me.

"She loves having you here Anne, she wouldn't have it any other way. She probably considers you like another daughter to her, which I don't mind, I always wanted a sister." I smile at her.

She laughs "Merlin, having a sister would of been so fun!" She says giggling.

"Alas, I would be upset too, if I had an extremely handsome, and genius twin brother like you." Sebastian says cockily to
Anne who shoots him a glare says

"More like a smartarse, prat." Sebastian acts silly and says

"Me? Why never!" Dramatically. Making everyone laugh.

- - - - - -

The past week has been delightful. There is never a dull moment in the Johnson house, as Christmas grows closer we start to see many relatives. My cousin Cristina has stopped  by from Sweden! She is beautiful, long blonde hair, gray eyes, tall and slender.

"Hallå! Athena! Min vackra kusin!" She says very excited

"Hello, Cristina! You are looking more beautiful by the day!" I say giving her a big hug.

I introduced her to Anne, Ominis, and Sebastian. "What did she say to you? Also you speak Swedish?" Sebastian whispers to me surprised.

"She just said hello my beautiful cousin. And I do speak a little. Cris has taught me a lot of it. She does speak English as well." I say to Sebastian in a hushed tone.

I continue to tell Sebastian that my mother has four other siblings, her family was pure blood at one point. Her siblings are spread out all over the world, she's the only one that stayed here. My grandfather was not please that my mom was breaking many laws marrying a muggle. However, my grandmother told my mother to follow her heart. So that's exactly what she did. My mother has two older brothers and one sister. "My mother is a twin as well..." I say to Sebastian not looking him in the eye.

"Wait, really?" He says excitedly.

"Cristina's mother, And my mom, yes there twins."

Sebastian is shocked, and Anne chimes in "your mother didn't tell me she had a twin! That is so interesting!"

We bid farewell to Cristina that night.

However my nightmares started as soon as my head hit the pillow. I haven't been having any at all since I got home.

I head down stairs and see Sebastian reading a book he must of grabbed from the Room of Requirement. He is sitting by a lit fire on the floor with a blanket. As I make my way over to him he looks up and smiles as I sit down, I get under his blanket and cuddle next to him

"Your up?" I say curiously.

"My brain never shuts off. Seeing Anne a little better has given me so much hope, I just itch to find the answer." He says passionately.

"Why are you up? The nightmares again?" Sebastian says putting his arm around me.

"This one was about Professor Fig, how I couldn't save him again. Nothing new." I shake my head. I continue "before you broke me out of the room with Poppys parents, they wanted me to retrieve a beast for them. I am curious as to what the beast was.."

Sebastian looks at me "no, Athena, we're not going to look for it. Professor Black and Sharp will take care of it. Remember what I said, you don't need to fight every battle. You've done enough for the wizarding world. Let's focus on Anne and your magic. Okay?"

I look at him surprised "your not even slightly curious?"

He takes my hand and puts my head on his shoulder, putting his head ontop of mine. "If it keeps you safe, then no." We sit in silence for quiet awhile just listening to the fire crackle. We accidentally fell asleep.

Anne was the first one up to find us and she whispers "you two have a nice night?"

With 'you've been caught' eyes. "We were just sleeping Anne, relax." Sebastian says groggily.

I kiss his cheek and head back upstairs to shower and change.