He's Back || Sebastian Sallow

CHAPTER 1 - First Day Back

3rd Person POV

It was the start of her seventh year at Hogwarts, and y/n was just starting to really feel settled in at school. Her fifth year had been really bizarre – starting school much later than the others, being the 'new kid', learning about her special ancient magic and how to control it, and somehow finding herself in all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, she had managed to bond well with the other fifth year students, and had built many friendships that carried through to her sixth year, and now her seventh.

But there was one friendship she was really missing... Sebastian Sallow.

After killing his uncle, although he was not sent away to Azkaban (thanks largely in part to y/n), he left school at the end of the year without a word to his closest friends, Ominis and y/n. While they understood he was battling his own demons – struggling with the murder of his uncle, and failing to cure his sister, Anne – it still hurt them both a great deal, and that was something they hadn't come to terms with yet.

At the start of the sixth year, Ominis and y/n had resigned to the fact that Sebastian wasn't going to come back, after looking for him all summer and getting nowhere. The two friends had become even closer during the summer break, having been joined at the hip on many missions, false leads, and dead ends, to find their friend – who was on a mission of his own.

They did their best to move on and enjoy their time at Hogwarts. There were many ups and downs during their sixth year at school, it had been filled with menacing missions, humming hormones, pulsing parties, dabbling in drinking, and a little learning here and there. Things were only going to intensify now, in their last year, as they entered young adulthood.

Before the welcome feast, y/n caught up with all of her Slytherin friends in the familiar Common Room – although it was in the cold dungeons, somehow, it was always cozy.

"Ominis! Care to escort me to dinner?" y/n says in her fanciest Gaunt accent.

"Of course, my dear. Come." and with that, Ominis holds out his arm to y/n, his wand ahead of him with its pulsing red light to guide the way. Y/n takes hold of his arm, and they walk together to the Great Feast.

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Y/n's eyes searched around the Great Hall as the feast came to a close, hoping with all of her heart that maybe, just maybe, Sebastian had decided to resume his education and join them back at Hogwarts. She just had this feeling like he was close, and she hadn't felt that in over a year.

"It's useless, y/n, I doubt he's coming back. We need to move on. Come," Ominis says dryly, sensing her longing feelings, and in an attempt to cheer her up, holding out his arm once again, he continues, "Let's go get fucked up at the 'Welcome Back' senior's party!"

Y/n giggled at this playful statement coming out of his fancy mouth, and grabbing his arm in agreement, she joined him enthusiastically.