Astray, book 2

Chapter Eleven

"Sara," Ava knocked on my door a few days later, "your Mother wanted me to tell you she made lunch. It's more food I've never seen before." She sounded really excited as I opened the door. I almost forgot she's a mum of four.

"What did she make?" I asked pulling open the door.

Ava eyed the small overnight bag I was kicking under my bed. "A dish called Paella?"

"Oo she always makes it with seafood!"

"Where are your kids?" I asked following her downstairs.

"Mateo said he wanted to show them something and he suckered both my kids and Andre to go with them."

"Oh, he's just showing them where some Nifflers have a hideout. He shows everyone."

Before we walked into the kitchen Ava stopped me and eyed me suspiciously, "where are you going?"

"To eat?"

"You know that's not what I meant."

I looked around embarrassed, "Poppy asked if I'd go with her to pick out dresses for the dance." I lied.

"Are you sure?" She asked, not believing me.

"I am,"

"Sara... I don't want you to get hurt. And with this cold I've been having im not sure how much protection I could be. So just promise me you won't get hurt."

I smiled at her, "I promise. I'll be safe."

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I waited at the edge of the forbidden forest with my overnight bag a bit impatiently. I kept my arms crossed to hug my winter coat tighter to me to keep warm. The snow on the ground went up to my ankles.

I did not like snow.

I had already been waiting for Sebastian for at least ten minutes. I started getting worried when I finally heard him call my name.

I looked over as I saw him hurrying down the road towards me. "Sorry I'm late! I accidentally landed at the wrong spot when I used the floo powder. Did you wait long?" He asked smiling.

He didn't even look cold. His dark grey winter coat fitted perfectly on him.

"I didn't wait long," I lied.

"Come on! I want to show you something." He grabbed my hand with his mitten covered hand and pulled me into the the forest. "You are going to love this!"

"We aren't supposed to go in here."

"That didn't stop you last year," he teased.

He walked for around 20 minutes before finally hiding behind a tree and motioning for me to sit by him.

I bent down next to him as he pointed towards a small open glade. Soon a unicorn walked into view. I eyes Sebastian since he knew I already had a unicorn. "Sebastian... you wanted to show me a unicorn?"

"Pssh no, even better keep watching."

I looked again and suddenly two little baby unicorns hopped out from a bush and danced around their mother ash she drank from a pond.

I covered my mouth so they wouldn't hear my gasp at the sight of them. Both were so shiny! Almost iridescent looking. "They are so beautiful," i whispered.

"You are beautiful," Sebastian said to me softly. It seemed familiar, like I'd heard him say it before. But was it my memory or Ava's? I looked at him as he smiled warmly at me. Thank goodness for the cold so he couldn't see how much I was blushing. "I missed you. A week away from you is too long."