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

TTT-Chapter 31

As I looked around at the mirrors, I started to panic. Nothing was out of the ordinary, it was just a regular funhouse! Feeling a panic attack coming on, I slid down one of the mirrors and crumpled to the floor. This was too much! 

I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary! Was I just going to forfeit this task?? I could feel myself start to cry, and the world around me started to go dark. What did Ominis say when I was having a panic attack? How was I supposed to calm down?!

'Try to slow your breathing down, we don't need to go anywhere fast alright?' The memory of Ominis and Sebastian guiding me through a panic attack popped into my mind like a saving grace.

 'We've got you, you're safe...' Sebastian's words caused me to slow down, breathing deeply for a few moments. That's right. I was in no rush. And no matter what happened, my loves would welcome me with open arms. Things were ok, this was just another obstacle. 

I let out a long deep sigh. Things were going to be ok. As my little ball of light dwindled, I could see the ground below me starting to glow. It was faint, but the tile I was sitting on looked as though it could move! A trap door! Of course! 

I shuffled off it, using my hand to bang on the surface. Hollow. Just by the mirror, there was a small button. I pressed it, the tile dissolving. How clever! "Everyone! Turn off your lights!" I called, hoping that was enough of a hint. 

I slipped down the tunnel, entering the second floor. This floor was lit with eerie green lighting, and I could see small spiders racing around on the floor. Why of all things did it have to be spiders? 

A couple started to crawl up my leg, to which I yelped and stamped them away. I hated spiders with a burning passion, and this was not helping. I stepped quickly, keeping my knees high as to avoid more spiders crawling on my leg. 

As I turned, I saw larger acromantulas coming my way. Oh HELL no! I cast incendio, racing past them as they scurried around me. Slipping, my foot fell through the next tunnel as I slid down at an awkward angle, screaming as landed on the next floor. 

The room was much darker, with almost no light at all except from the tunnel of which I had just fallen, icy air creating a faint mist at the bottom of the room. Something about this floor seemed different, but then again, they all were different from the last.

 I cast lumos once again, stepping carefully. In here, the mirrors were cracked, beginning to break away like the whole floor was transforming into something else. The floor below me cracked away as well, as I came to an opening. It looked like I was walking out into a forest at night? 

But I could have sworn we had entered the fun house in the afternoon? This didn't look like it was a part of the maze...? As I walked into the clearing, the icy air enveloped me as I looked around. Scattered throughout the grass were...graves? 

I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck prickle. Something told me I wasn't just taking part in the task anymore... "Well well well, looks like my little brother's girl has finally found the time to join us." I raised my wand higher, keeping my breathing steady.

"Who are you?" I asked cautiously. A lone young man walked out from the shadows, his smile a little too wide. "I'm Morfin Gaunt, the pleasure is all yours of course." He raised his arms wide, extending a bow. 

He looked similar to Ominis, but instead of pale blue clouded eyes, he had dark brown ones. He looked a tad more refined as well, donning a suit and vest. "Why did you bring me here?" "Mother said she needed you removed so that she can take my little Ominis for some...re-education." 

I could feel my anger beginning to boil. "You know as well as I do that he wants to leave you behind. Why can't you just let him go?" Morfin chuckled, stepping around me casually. "See, we were going to. But then we heard he had found a new love, so we of course needed to make sure she was of proper quality to carry the gaunt name. And of course, she turned out to be you, a filthy mudblood. We couldn't have that."

 "You put Ominis' name in the goblet..." I concluded, a harrowing chill running down my spine. "You wanted to punish him! Just because he and I are Involved!" "They told me you were clever. It's truly funny where you can get with the right disguise and the right favours. Of course, we needed to get Sebastian out of the way, once our plans had changed, so we concocted a plan, and encouraged the headmaster to change the task."

I glared at him. "You made it so that others were brought into the challenge. Had I not saved Sebastian, you would have had ample opportunity to take Ominis back due to my distraction." He laughed, clapping slowly. 

"You know it's almost a shame I have to do away with you, you really are clever. But we cannot have my little brother's reputation being destroyed by a peppy little schoolgirl who doesn't belong." He kept circling me, like a wild beast that had found its prey.

 "Bet you were really annoyed every time I foiled your little plan." I smirked as he frowned, stopping his pacing. "Mother and Father were most displeased. I'll give you one chance, give Ominis to us and we will let you go without a fight." 

I gritted my teeth, nearly blinded by my anger. "Ominis should be free to live his life as he sees fit. If I am a part of that, then it's not up to you to force him to change." He shrugged, his smile returning. "I had a feeling you'd say that. AVADA KADAVRA!" 

I was quick to leap away from his deathly spell, rolling and getting to my feet. I knew he intended to hurt me, but kill me? It seemed a little extreme. He and I started to circle again, his eyes never leaving mine. "Y'know what your problem is 'Honey'? You're far too nice."

 I glared at him, shuddering at his use of my nickname. "Why, because I don't use curses on people?" He chuckled. "No, because you think that fighting fair is the best way to do this." I stumbled, a tree root circling around my leg and pulled me to the ground with a scream. 

Both my wand and my glasses went flying, the world becoming blurry. I could feel tendrils wrapping around me more, gluing me in place.