Moths to a Flame

21. Gone Again

Aria pov

March rolled in with nicer weather as the month went on. The professors are buckling down on lessons and homework because the NEWTs being taken at the end of June. Sebastian and Ominis have both kept their word and now distanced from the new girl. We're all going really well. Sometimes it feels a little too well, like something it's about to happen to jeopardize the peace.

Sebastian has been practicing his quidditch a lot and I've been watching each practice from the stands with Omi. He's got a game coming up against Gryffindor in two days. And they need to win or they will be finishing last for the cup cause the winning team will be facing Ravenclaw for the championship game to see who wins the cup. If Slytherin wins they face Ravenclaw.

Poor Hufflepuff wasn't in the running anymore. We badgers don't really put much stock into the sport like the other houses. That may change in the future, but as of now the current team doesn't. I'm not even sure I see them practicing all that much. During the Slytherin team practice I saw Imelda have to smack the back of Sebastian's head. She seems to be yelling at him. But I don't know what they're saying. Then she flies off and he swings his bat around and looks for bludgers to hit.

When practice was done she dismounted and locked up his broom and changed from his quidditch robes to his uniform. We greeted him out side and he took my hand and Ominis wrapped an arm around mine we all walked to the castle chatting. Sebastian was telling about Imelda and how he was being reprimanded for being distracted. And when I asked he said me. So Imelda was saying that I shouldn't be at practice if I'm going to be a distraction to him.

When it was game time two days later, I sat with Omi so I could explain the game to him even with the commentators he still rather have me do it. I saw Sebastian mount his broom and shoulder his bat and fly off. Circling around the pitch and beating off bludgers. I was whispering all the plays to Ominis, I had my hand on his that rested on his leg. Poppy was on my other side she was watching Magnus play. He's on the Gryffindor team; he's a chaser.

It was a Slytherin vs Gryffindor game. Garrett, Leander, Nellie and Natty were on the team as well. Then I saw Imelda yelling at Septimus Malfoy for not paying attention he's the other Slytherin beater. Then she was yelling at Corvus Lestrange for not going after the snitch, to which a new ginger headed student named Albus was pursuing at the moment. Imelda knocked the quaffle out of Garrett's arms and took it to score getting it past the keeper. The Slytherin keeper was blocking most of the shots as perfect as possible. She was really good, but I forgot her name.

Sebastian smacked the bludger across the field and it ended up hitting Leander Prewett in the back. I saw Sebastian give a satisfied look when he noticed. I know he and Leander don't get along and are always trying to out do the other in everything. I was concerned but he didn't even falter on his broom or wobble at all. He shook it off and kept playing. Sebastian was swinging his bat around looking for another bludger to hit. I was not watching him at the moment because I was distracted, the small ginger Gryffindor Albus and Corvus were now chasing after the snitch. Corvus was knocking himself into him to try and rattle him or knock him off. He's a lot smaller than Corvus, but that also allows him to be faster on the broom.

There was a bludger heading towards Corvus and it knocked right into his right arm and the young Albus had stretched his arm out and caught the snitch. The commentators were cheering and announcing that Gryffindor had won the game with 160 points to Slytherins 120 points. It's disappointing for sure. Especially for my boyfriends, specifically Sebastian. He'll take it harder than Ominis would. I went with Ominis to the locker room entrance and we waited for Sebastian. But he didn't show himself, and after twenty minutes I left and sent him an owl to meet me in the Room. I went right there. Ominis came with me. We waited for Sebastian there. He eventually shows up and I was running a bath in the large tub that I had thought up for us all. I was in my silk robes waiting for him and the water to be warm enough. Ominis was already in the water.

"What's going on here?" Sebastian asked.

"We're here to cheer you up" I say trying to be as sexy as I could. I walked up to him, tugging off the quidditch jumper, and I ran my fingers across his broad chest and fiddled with the hairs.

"Now you're going to get into that steamy water with Omi and I'm going to please you both. I know the game ended in a disappointing loss for you so I want to help" I whispered seductively into his ear. He did as I asked didn't need to be told twice.

It was a couple days later, since the quidditch match classes were in full swing this morning and I was walking down the defense corridor alone with my textbooks in hand, when I felt a hand slip in to mine and pull me away from my path. I was now in a dark closet.

"Hello?" I say.

"Hello love" I heard Omi's voice.

"Oh Omi, hi" I said excitedly. "Whats wrong?" I ask.

"Oh nothing I just wanted to see you"

"Omi you always see me" I joke. Then Omi places a gentle hand on my face and kisses me.

"What I can't have a little alone time with my girl" he asks rhetorically.

"Of course you can" I say and I reciprocate the kiss. I enjoy the one-on-one time I have with the boys individually. This is one of those moments.

"Where are you off too love" he asks me. When he was done kissing me.

"Oh I was meeting up with Poppy. There was something she was going to show me" I tell him.

"Sounds lovely love, will I see you at dinner?

"Hopefully" I say.

"Have a good time" he said giving me a forehead kiss.

"Thank you Omi" I say sweetly. Give him a sweet kiss on the cheek and leave the closet. I met up with Poppy after that in the clock tower courtyard.

I was pacing the courtyard when Poppy showed up and was very excited to see me. She grabbed my hand and pulled out across the lawn and passed the quidditch pitch and off towards the southern Hogwarts Valley region by Keenbridge Hamlet. I haven't really been in this area much since fifth year. But it's nice to see the hamlet thriving once again. Just off the skirts of the town, is when Poppy stopped abruptly.

"See that building over there the one in ruins, that's where my father's been hiding out now." She says.

"How is it you know?" I ask.

"I got a letter from gran, not long ago maybe only a few days back, telling that father's been having troubles and he reached out to her. She's contacted me about this to be aware that he's still in the area. So I went scouting him out and this is where my research is taking us now." She explained to me.

"Wow I'm surprised Poppy, but shouldn't we have back up, I mean what if he tried to kidnap me again or you for that matter.?" I ask.

"I did bring back up. Right here." She says holding up a brown briefcase.

"And what's in there?" I ask.

"Everything we need, it's like your nabsack, I have beasts in here and some chomping cabbages cause we will no doubt need them to distract the poachers this time." She tells me.

"Alright let's do this." I say to her. She gave me determined smile and nod. We both cast a disillusionment charm on ourselves and Poppy throws out a few cabbages first. We raise our wands ready to jump in when the time was right.

Poppy was first, she headed into the camp while they were distracted with the cabbages. I followed her. But it wasn't good enough we were caught and now we had to fight. I cast numerous expelliarmus, bombardas and confringos at them. The fight is on.

"Leviosa!" I shouted. "Depulso" "Glacius"
"Confringo!" "Stupify" I hear Poppy shouting spells too.

"Patrificus Totallus" I hear from behind me and I froze in the spot. It's Randell Sweeting. Poppy swung around and all I saw was the look of horror on her face before I was disapperated away. When we landed he took me into a room and I passed out.

I woke up to the sun piercing my eyes. I woke up to see a concrete room with a small barred window near the ceiling opposite where I am. This time I'm chained into a cage like section of the room. There's a tattered old blanket on the floor next to me but that's about it and a water dish as if I were some animal. Other than the chains around my wrists and ankles I was otherwise unharmed it seemed.