The Portal Key. Friends | Enemies

Summer curse | y. 1889

"Finally! Summer and no school!"
Ominis had already packed his suitcase and was sitting in the common room with Lucinda as they were waiting for Sebastian and Anne to be done.

"I'm sure it will be a great summer, I will be staying here so if you guys get bored just send an owl."
Lucinda was slowly eating her breakfast, doing her best as she hadn't yet really got herself to eat that well, but she was getting there with time.

"Here?... Your wound is healed now and you have got stronger, why not see your family?"

All Lucinda really wanted was to go home, but she had been unsure to ask her brother if it was okay.

"Well my father woke up two months ago and is sent to Azkaban now for all his dirty work and he took the fall for my step-mother's crimes too." — She looked down at her hands, sure she was glad all that was over, but she hoped they could have fixed everything that was between her and her father, kinda clear everything between them, because she really hoped that the father she loved was still there.

"I'm sorry Lucy, I know you still love your father for the man he once was." — Ominis placed a comforting hand on her arm. "But don't let all this take you down now. Btw we will have so much to look forward to next year." —He tried to cheer her up by reminding her that there is so much to look forward to and he was right, for once she maybe will have a normal year in Hogwarts.

"Yeah and that's why I wanna stay and study everything that I missed."
she looked at him as she had a cheerful expression on her tone, letting him know that it worked.

"Hahaha, that's the spirit." — Sebastian's cheerful tone was filling the room as he was on his way down now from the room with his suitcase in a firm grip.
"Well thank you Sallow, always a pleasure to make you agree for once on something I say."

Lucinda had become more bold when it came to Sebastian; the two of them always teased each other as Ominis and her were in a more understanding and supportive relationship.

"Oh, Merlin! Come on you two or we will miss the train!" — and Anne had a more overprotective sister relationship with her, making sure that she did take care of her.

All three of them laughed at the stressed Anne who had her suitcase too in her hands but was also running up the stairs, forgetting to say goodbye to Lucinda, not that she got hurt by that, she knew that Anne always wanted to make sure that everyone was fine.

"Hey boys, don't tell her that I will be here all alone, she will be worried the whole summer." — Lucinda whispered to Ominis and Sebastian as she walked with the two of them on each side of her to the Bell Tower.

"No promise Lucy." — Ominis smiled as he held back a laugh.

"I agree with Ominis this time, my dear sister is a very clever witch, if she will not get any letters from you or that we will see you in Hogsmeade, so will she know right that second that you must still be here, and all of us know that your family is busy with the Festival you talked about." — Sebastian bumped his shoulder gently into hers, as he smiled down at her.

"Okay, well I'll tell her then." — Lucinda rolled her eyes as she ran up to Anne.

"You will visit her too, right?" — Ominis took the opportunity to ask Sebastian. None of them had talked about it but one could see from the other that it was almost of course.

"Yep, she is still so thin, almost scared to break her when I bumped into her shoulder a moment ago."

"And she will need help with the study, I asked the house elf and he told me that he has no clue how to help her with that part."