Prince In Darkness Sebastian Sallow

Chapter 14: A Snakes Hope

*Ominis POV*

Penelope lunged forward in her seat, hearing her slash around as the curse tortured her body. I raised my wand slightly, watching as the flicker of the curse red lights danced around her. This had been her second time...... watching her scream in agony as she refused to give up the information.

"PLEASE!- OMINIS PLEASE!" She screamed.

I pinched my eyes shut, looking away from her as I felt myself drowning down further into this darkness. Hating myself as this would be the third time and not knowing how much more she could take before her body would give out.

"CRUCIO!"

The spell left my wand, her scream echoing in my ears as she pushed back in her chair. It had been strong enough to cause it to fall over, the hard wood splintering against the cold floor.

Tears filled deep within her eyes as she gasped for air.

"Please................... please no more!!!! NO MORE!" She begged.

I walked over to her, feeling the tears wanting to escape my eyes. The direct light from above her nearly shielding her face as she tried hiding in the shadows.

"Tell me Penelope. Please! And I'll stop." I begged, coming to her side.

The door on the other side flew open, revealing Marvolo with a cigarette in his mouth, puffing the smoke into the room.

My veins and every part of myself froze as if ice had coated me whole. I had failed and now he was here to witness it.

"Marvolo-"

He laughed. "No luck I see." He said, coming inside the room as he kicked the door shut with his foot.

He looked down at her smiling, seeing the smoke rise from her clothes from the curse. Her body still slightly convulsing.

"Tsk... Tsk....Tsk... what a shame." He said.

Penelope looked up at him, fear ridding her eyes as she watched him pull out his wand.

"Wait Marvolo! Just give me more time! I can convince her! Just wait please!" I yelled, coming over to his side. Grabbing his arm as he shot me a death glare.

"YOU FAILED! NOW SHE DIES!" He yelled.

"PLEASE! GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE!"

He threw his head back laughing, looking back down at her with sick eyes. "Too late, little brother."

He raised his wand higher, ready to strike her down. I turned away, not being able to watch as my stomach turned. Waiting to hear the death, her last breath being taken.

"AVADA-"

"STOP!!!!" She screamed, pointing her hand up to him.

I turned quickly, seeing the small fragments of her flash before my eyes. Her scared emotionless face starred me down, tears dripping as her lips quivered.

"SPEAK!" Marvolo yelled impatiently.

"I'll tell you, just please......... let me go home."

Marvolo turned to me, an evil grin upon his face.

"Well, well Ominis. Looks like you're going to get what you wanted after all."

***

One day later

Apparition always scared the living shit out of me. Every time I was forced to do it, I always felt like I would end up somewhere else. That my mind wouldn't actually take me where I wanted to go because I was blind. Even with only being able to see small fragments, things were still ever so unclear. And weirdly enough, I thought sometimes if I did it, I would end up between a wall. Screaming till my lungs were sore and the air being taken away from me. I had only did it once before, the time I took Alora and Anne to the beach near Feldcroft.

The water was always cool, the sand was soft, and the breeze coming off the water felt like being renewed as the sun shined always so brightly. But today wasn't the day I'd go to the ocean. Today was the day I'd return back to the Sallow home.

But this time, I wouldn't be empty handed. I had returned with what was promised.

It was very early in the morning. Dawn was just upon us as I could feel the breeze coming off the ocean, the smell of the salt air, the morning dew on the ground as the fog was just starting to lift. The birds in the trees were just starting to wake up as the chirping was low.

I breathed deeply, reaching for the door handle. Inching myself through.

I raised my wand steadily, feeling the immediate heat from the fireplace melt my skin. The crackle of the fire illuminating the room.

I closed the door behind me gently, hearing the click of the lock.

When I turned, I noticed Anne behind the curtain where the bed would be. Her body still as she slept, hearing her soft snores as she was peacefully still asleep.

I raised my wand more to the right, seeing another figure sleeping on the table. Alora's face head deep into a blanket or sweater as she laid her head on top of it. A cup of tea or coffee sitting in front of her with a book slightly still open off to the side.

I smiled slightly, she had never changed, and her sleeping schedule was still terrible. As always.

I put my things down, going off to the corner and grabbing a blanket that laid over the couches.

I froze when she started to stir in her sleep, watching her grip the fabric harder. Draping the blanket over her shoulders, hoping to give her extra warmth.

My heart stopped when I reached down, feeling the fabric in which she laid on. Noticing and remembering the feel of Sebastians green sweater. I had worn it a few times in school when he would loan it to me when I never had brought anything warm to wear to Hogsmeade. I sighed heavily, my heart heavy at the thought of him.

I sat across from her gently, trying to not wake her as I settled myself in.

She flinched in her sleep quite often, groaning and mumbling to herself. Her hands occasionally going into fist. Her shoulders, her breath, moving in and out in an uneven pace before she finally calmed herself.

I wish there was something more I could do for her at times like this. She always had talked to me about her dreams, how most nights she would wake up screaming. Some nights it was about being underneath the imperious curse while others it was watching herself kill Doran but actually seeing it through her eyes and having no control over herself. Other times it was about me, watching me die and seeing the regretful face that fell upon Sebastian and Anne. It was something we had all in common, the consistent nightmares but in truth.... we helped each other through them and now with Sebastian no longer present, I started to wonder how worse her night terrors would progress.

I pulled out the piece of parchment from the Ministry that Marvolo gave me. My eyes weary searching it over. I wanted this to be the answer and I prayed when she woke from her slumber, she would take this for what it was.

I needed her, just like she needed him. But maybe this one time........ she will need me.