Hogwarts Legacy: The Price of Power

The One-Eyed Witch 🌶️

Dracaena led Sebastian and Ominis down to the third-floor corridor, pausing before the statue of the One-Eyed Witch.

"Here?" Sebastian said. "It's a little close to the faculty tower for my liking."

"It's this or the window," Dracaena said, pulling them both behind the statue. It was a bit of a tight fit, and Ominis went very still as they all pressed up together, her chest against his back, Sebastian's against hers. She wriggled, and both men took in a tiny, sharp breath as she extracted her wand.

"Dissendium," she muttered, tapping the stone hump. An opening appeared.

"Damn," Sebastian said. "That's amazing! Where did you learn about this?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter," she said hurriedly, feeling that any further mention of Garreth Weasley would fray his temper. "Come on."

She guided Ominis' hands to the opening, and Sebastian gave him a leg up. He disappeared down the sharply descending tunnel with a bit of a yelp, and Dracaena dove in head first after him. She giggled as she sped up, the wind whipping through her braid, and then she was spat out into a dim passageway, right into Ominis' lap, knocking him back.

"Merlin!" he gasped as she collapsed on top of him. "Are you alright?"

"Yep," she said, propping herself up, her hands to either side of his face, grinning, her body atop his. "You?"

He blinked a little, then smirked, his hands rising to her sides. "Oh, yes... I really am."

She chuckled, softly. "Forgive me. I can't help myself."

She stole a swift and heated kiss from him, and he rose to meet her, his hands finding her face, his hips tucking up, just as Sebastian came skidding out of the opening, landing on top of them with a thump, smashing Dracaena's and Ominis' heads together. All three cried out in varying degrees of pain as their limbs tangled.

"Shit, sorry!" Sebastian said, rolling to his feet and catching Dracaena around the middle, lifting her up. "You alright?"

"Fine," she said, rubbing her forehead.

"You okay mate?" he reached down and hauled Ominis up as he massaged his cheek.

"Perfectly," he muttered, his skin flushed. "Dracaena, how's your head?"

"I'm okay." She straightened her robes, hoping Sebastian hadn't seen anything in the gloom.

Sebastian looked around, seemingly oblivious to their flushed faces. "Well, we're down. Where now?"

Dracaena tidied her hair and led them down the long, narrow path.

"It'll take about twenty minutes or so, if we're quick," she said. "It's a fairly straight shot."

"Where does it lead?" Ominis asked, and she took his hand, squeezing gently.

"Hogsmeade," she replied, reaching out for Sebastian as well.

"Really?" Sebastian said. "Where?"

"Honeydukes' basement," she said. "In case either of you fancy a little grand sweet larceny."

Sebastian chuckled. "Don't tempt me, I still feel bad about the one time I stole a little bit of fudge."

"What if it's closed?" Ominis said. "How will we get out, or back in?"

"Uh, magic?" Dracaena said, and Ominis rolled his eyes and hissed something under his breath.

They hurried the rest of the way in silence, until the path began to slope upwards.