All The Magic We Made (Sebastian Sallow x Fem!OC)

Mission Impossible (Walmart Version, Buy One Get One 15% Off)

"Sebastian! There you are!" I say when I finally find him in one of the alcoves, reading a book.

"There you are," he counters. I double over and put my hands on my knees, panting. "Are you alright? You look like you just ran up ten flights of stairs."

I hold up my hand, signaling for him to give me a moment. "Eleven and a half, actually."

I straighten, letting out a loud huff of air, and put my hands on my hips, grinning before he can ask any more questions. "I need your help."

"Hold on, not so fast," he says, shutting his book and crossing his arms. "You promised me an explanation for what happened in The Three Broomsticks."

"Come on, now?" I groan.

"Let's see...we were attacked by a troll. You're somehow involved with Ranrok. And, oh, bloody Victor Rookwood happens to have it out for you," he lists on his fingers "So yeah. Now."

I sigh, looking up and turning on storytelling mode. This is gonna be a tough one to explain. "Okay, okay," I say. "Well, it turns out Rookwood is working with Ranrok, which has to be freaking collab of the century. Besides Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift and Bon Iver, Taylor Swift and Florence + The Machine, so on. You get it. Anyway—"

"Who's Taylor Swift?" Sebastian murmurs under his breath.

"We seriously need to address that later, dude. Anyway, he's working with Ranrok, and Ranrok is after something I found at Gringotts—"

"Hold on, when were you at Gringotts?" he interrupts.

"Oh yeah, Professor Fig and I ended up there after the dragon attack on our carriage—you know about that, right? Yeah? Okay, good, it's kind of important in order to understand my lore. Sorry, where was I?" I say, taking a breath.

"Dragon attack."

"Right! Yeah so, we ended up at Gringotts after the attack because Professor Fig had this ...what's it called...Portkey?"

"A Portkey to Gringotts?" he asks, brows furrowed in bewilderment. "I'm not sure I follow."

"Bestie, same. Anyway, we ended up in this ancient vault where we found a locket, except it wasn't a locket, it was a map. And that map is a map of Hogwarts. And it leads right to the Restricted Section. In the library." I gasp for air, then clasp my hands behind my back with a smile. "What a coincidence, right?"

"Wait, wait, wait." Sebastian runs a hand through his hair, fisting it as he squeezes his eyes shut. "Okay, let's walk through this. Ranrok is working with Rookwood."

"Yup!"

"Ranrock wants a locket you found at Gringotts."

"Mhm!"

"But the locket isn't a locket, as the name suggests, but a map of this school, leading to our library's Restricted Section."

"Bingo!"

Sebastian nods slowly. "And somewhere around there, someone named...who?"

"Taylor Swift."

"Someone named Taylor Swift is relevant."

"Taylor Swift is always relevant," I confirm solemnly.

"Wow," he says after a long pause. "Holy shit."

"Holy shit, indeed," I say. "Could you maybe keep this all under wraps, though? Professor Fig insisted that I don't tell a soul about any of this, and seeing as you, well, hopefully have a soul..."

"Yeah, no, of course," he quickly assures me. "Your secret's safe with me. Whatever the hell it is."

"Aw, thanks." I beam. "Anyways, here's the point: you mentioned that you frequent the Restricted Section that's such a core element of the story I just threw in your face?"