A Troubled Time / Sebastian Sallow

Chapter 19

Lucy smiled watching as the castle began to diminish as the train moved onwards. This was her very first time on the Hogwarts express and it was beautiful. There were dozens of train compartments, making enough room to fit at least four to six students comfortably, though it was mostly empty seeing as the students that rode this train back left a while ago.

"Seems like someone is enjoying the view," Lucy broke from her thoughts, turning to see Sebastian reading a book in his hand. His eyes didn't leave the book, but some dark circles had been forming underneath tham. This was the first time in a while she hadn't seen him with that spellbook in his hand, instead it was a history book.

"It is quite remarkable. The castle is so big up close but now it seems as nothing more than a speck in the distance." Lucy returned her eyes to the window, watching as snowflakes stuck to the window and slowly melted. She lulled her head back towards the man sitting next to her, "What are you reading?"

"Just a history book. It isn't too long of a ride, but I wanted to see if I could learn something." Sebastian gently closed the book and handed it to her. Lucy looked at the cover, carefully turning it over in her hands. She noticed it was a book of the history of magical artifacts and their attributes.

Lucy nodded at it, handing it back towards him, "Interesting." Even on a trip, he couldn't stop trying to find more about the artifact he had found.

"Sebastian, I am genuinely surprised by the amount of books you read, yet you still don't seem to learn anything from them." Ominis crossed his arms and shook his head. He was laid across the seat in front of the two, a hand resting under his head.

"Come on, Ominis. You know I only really learn things that could be useful to me." Sebastian rolled his eyes as he put the book on the seat beside him.

"Yes. How unfortunate that is." Ominis held a smirk on his face as he spoke.

Lucy couldn't stop her own smile from forming as she stared down at her lap. She adjusted the small pocket strap that wrapped around her thigh, the brown piece accenting the green pants she wore. The blue bodice on top tied the whole look together. This was one of her favorite outfits, though she rarely wore it.

Lucy chewed on her lip, attempting to keep the laugh from surfacing as the two kept going back and forth. She missed the bickering between the two. Things started to get stiff but, luckily, after Sebastian brought the trip up to Ominis, they began again as if nothing happened.

"Stop it." Ominis turned his head slightly towards Lucy.

"What did I do?" Lucy couldn't help the laugh that slightly slipped from her lips as she spoke.

"I can tell you're laughing, even before you spoke." Ominis shook his head before closing his eyes.

"Quit making this so entertaining and I won't laugh." Lucy rested her head against the window, the cold from outside eased the heat in her cheeks, looking between Ominis and Sebastian.

She perked up as the door opened on its own. A nice looking old lady was in the doorway with a large trolley cart in front of her, "Anything off the trolley, dears?" Her hair was grey and curly and she wore a pink shirt with a red sweater vest.

Lucy quickly rose to her feet, looking at the array of sweets on the cart. It was as if Honeydukes had put a little of their shop on this car, "Do you boys want anything? My treat."

"Oh come on, you don't have to." Sebastian rose to his feet, joining her at the cart.

"I don't care who pays but I wouldn't mind some chocolate frogs." Ominis didn't move an inch as he spoke.