Emerald Dreams- Sebastian Sallow x Ominis Gaunt x FemRavenclaw Mc (my oc used)

TTT-Chapter 2

Returning to the common room, I flopped onto my bed happily. I loved being at home, but I had also desperately missed Hogwarts. "Looks like someone's happy to be back!" Sam said from the doorway. I sighed happily. "You have no idea. So! How was your summer?" 

As we chatted, I could feel a sense of calm that I didn't know I had been missing. It was nice to have Sam. She, like I was, was fascinated with herbology. "Hey you two, are we talking about summer?" Sabrina cut in. 

Sabrina was another girl in our dorm room, but one I regretfully didn't know very well. Her skin was a little more tan and her hair reminded me of the fairy floss at honeydukes, as she walked in and flopped onto her bed.

Come to think of it, I hadn't spoken to her much at all last year. "Hey, we were just talking about the things we got up to, yes. How was your summer?" We started to chat, discussing our families and the books we had read, before noticing the time. "We'd better get to bed, classes tomorrow after all," Sabrina remarked, with Sam and I nodding in agreement. 

"I have potions first, do you?" Sam asked me, to which I looked at my timetable and squealed with excitement. "Me too!" I loved potions more than I loved herbology, so starting the year with my favourite subject was surely a good sign. 

"I start with transfiguration, looks like I'll miss you two. I guess I'll see you in the great hall tomorrow?" Sabrina asked, before changing into her pyjamas and slipping into bed. I followed her example, pulling my comfortable blue nightclothes on. However as I slipped into bed, and the lights grew dim, I found that I couldn't sleep. 

I was excited to be back at Hogwarts and keen to start with my studies, but something felt off. I didn't have anyone after me this time, which was nice, so why was I so antsy? I tossed and turned for a while, before pulling open my curtains and looking out into the world.

 I sighed, noting the time. It was definitely going to be difficult to wake up. As I looked up to the stars and started to make notes of the constellations, A roar I didn't recognise shook the windows. My eyes went wide as I tried to scan the sky, next to the lake. 

What in the name of Merlin had made that roar?? After a few moments though, everything returned to silence, I wondered if I had even heard it to begin with. I yawned, pulling my blanket higher over my chest. I wasn't sure.

Perhaps it was something for the Triwizard tournament? As those thoughts slipped through my mind, the events of today finally caught up to me as I drifted off to sleep.

A couple of days passed quickly, as the mundane events of going to classes and chatting with friends became the new norm. I sat in the undercroft, my forgotten book in hand as Sebastian and Ominis sat discussing something I had long lost interest in, my mind drifting to the yule ball.

 I wondered how we were going to do this? I knew both Sebastian and Ominis wanted to go with me, but there was no way we could attend together without causing ridicule. Then there was the topic of what to wear. I had never been to something so formal, so I was unsure of the dress code, perhaps I could get - 

"Emmy, are you hearing this??" Ominis' urgent tone brought me back to reality. "What? Oh...sorry my love, I was miles away, what's going on?" "Sebastian entered his name into the tournament!" I blinked a few times in surprise. "Um...ok?" 

"See Ominis? Emmy is completely fine with it!" Ominis huffed. "That's because she doesn't fully understand the events! Honey, people can die in this tournament!" "What?!" I exclaimed, glaring daggers at Sebastian's lack of forethought. 

"They CAN, but that doesn't mean they do! There hasn't been a death in over 50 years!" "But someone almost always gets injured! Honestly Sebastian I cannot understand the appeal." Ominis crossed his arms, slumping back against the wall.