A Troubled Time / Sebastian Sallow

Chapter 37

"Now!" A voice shouted and Lucy felt something hold onto her arm. She squeezed her eyes shut as everything moved so quickly it made her dizzy. She groaned, falling to the ground, feeling nauseous. She scanned her surroundings, seeing the same shop she had gotten the time turner from still intact.

Lucy slowly rose to her feet, spinning around. Instead of the undercroft, she found herself on the sidewalk she disappeared in.

"Are you alright?" Someone asked her. Lucy looked up to see a random woman right beside her.

"Yes, thank you." Lucy placed a hand on her chest, sighing in relief as she still felt Reko by her side.

"It also seemed you dropped this?" The woman picked something up from the ground and handed it to her, "Neat prop." She said again before walking away.

Lucy frowned, looking at the wand that sat in her hand. Hers had been in her bag, the one that held much of her belongings, including the field guide Professor Weasley had given her. She twirled the wand in her hand. It seemed vaguely familiar.

It was a very light wood, almost white in color. It was a medium size and the handle was checkered green and black. Her face dropped in realization. The hand that grabbed her as she left.

"Sebastian!?" Lucy shouted out, searching frantically. Cars sped by on the road, beeping at the haywire drivers, "Sebastian where are you!?" Lucy shouted, earning a few stares from people passing bye.

Lucy jumped, hearing her phone ring from her pocket, quickly answering it, "Hello!?" Lucy was frantic as she searched around. She couldn't help but wonder if Sebastian found a way to contact her.

"You're taking forever to get here. I'm starving!" The voice spoke from the other line. Lucy felt her eyes water at the distantly familiar voice.

"Jess? Is that you?" Lucy's tears stung her eyes once again.

"Lucy? Are you okay? What happened? Did someone do something to you?" Jess's once lighthearted tone became urgent and full of worry.

"A lot happened Jess, but I need you to get here as soon as you can. I'm outside that old, run-down shop I always go to." Lucy swallowed softly, searching around once again, "Sebastian where are you!?"

"Sebastian? Who the hell is that? Lucy, what is going on?" Jess asked. Lucy could hear the movement on the other side of the phone as well as multiple doors shutting.

"It is a long story and you won't believe a single word of it, but I can tell you when you get here." Lucy hung up the phone, looking around the shop, but making sure to stay close so Jess could arrive.

Thirty minutes passed before she saw a familiar head of blonde hair walking quickly towards her. Lucy couldn't stop herself as she ran towards her, engulfing the shorter girl in a hug, "You're here!"

""It's good to see you too." Jess chuckled, hugging the girl gently, "Now what the hell is going on?"

"It's a rather long story but I lost someone. His name is Sebatian. He's taller than us with light brown curly hair and brown eyes, probably wearing robes and a grey suit." Lucy let go of Jess, beginning to search again.

"How in the world did you manage to meet someone and lose them?" Jess raised an eyebrow. Lucy gave her a look and Jess rolled her eyes in response, "Long story got it. Though, not sure what you managed to do in an hour but I'm excited to hear."

Lucy let a bittersweet laugh escape her lips as the two walked down the sidewalk, "Sebastian!" Lucy shouted again.

"Sebastian!" Jess called out as well, helping her friend search for this mystery person, "Can you explain as we look?"