■ Unfortunate Soul ■ Fred Weasley ■

Diagon Alley

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"Come on, Gwen! Hurry up!" The shouting was coming from Sebastian Hamilton, a handsome twenty-one-year-old with fawn hair and beautiful green eyes.

Gwen was trying her best to keep up with her older brother but with all the people and Sebastian's very long strides, it was kind of impossible. There was no way Gwen could free herself from the crowd without stepping on someone's foot or accidentally elbowing them. It was even more difficult since Gwen was holding her pet owl's cage in her hands.

"Gwendolyn!" Sebastian yelled once again, this time more frustrated and annoyed. He impatiently stood at the side waiting for his sister, tapping his finger furiously on the handle of her school trunk.

"Shut up, would you?! I heard you the first time!" Gwen finally snapped. "Then hurry up!" He snapped back.

Gwen finally pushed herself out of the crowd of muggles. She blew a strand of her long dark brown hair that had escaped of its usual plait.

"Come on now. I was supposed to get you to the Leaky Cauldron twenty minutes ago." Sebastian replied as he ran a hand through his hair. Gwen rolled her eyes.

"Oh don't worry. Everyone has gotten used to the fact that I'm almost always late." The young girl admitted what no one could deny.

It was a fact that Gwendolyn Magnolia Hamilton, age fifteen, was always late.

"I'm sure they are," Sebastian replied as he continued to walk towards their destination. Gwen didn't even have to look at him to tell that there was a smirk on his thin lips.

After ten minutes the brother and sister finally arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. Before Sebastian entered the old building, he abruptly stopped, causing his sister to collide into his back.

Sebastian didn't say anything, he was used to Gwen bumping into stuff, falling or accidentally hurting herself and others. Gwen had her fair share of accidents.

Her other brother Laurence used to say that she was focusing on something so much more important, that she would ignore something else. It just so happened that something else was usually a wall.

"Do you have everything with you? Owl, wand, band-aids for when you'll inevitably hurt yourself..." Sebastian rolled his eyes at the last part.

"Check, check and double-check," Gwen replied as she single-handedly checked her pockets for her wand and the packet of band-aids that she carried around with her.

"Good, good, good," Sebastian said as he clapped his hands together. "One more thing. I want you to be careful. Sirius Black could be anywhere and he wouldn't have any problem trying to kill you." Sebastian warned as he started whispering to Gwen.

The two were around muggles so they had to be extra careful. During that Summer, a murderer by the name of Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban. The act of escaping was quite impossible and he was the first to do so.

"Still have no idea where he is?" Gwen couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"No, not at all. Everyone has been worried, the Auror department has never been so busy." Sebastian replied. Sebastian had been working as an Auror for the past year, something that Gwen often envied.

"Well, I'm sure you'll catch him in no time. Now, can we go in because we're already late as it is." Gwen claimed to look at the time on her watch. Sebastian nodded. "Yes, yes. No need to get worried and by the way, it is not my fault. You're the one who walks as if your legs are made of jelly."

"Very funny," Gwen said dryly while playfully glaring at him. Sebastian loved to tease her at any given moment, Gwen didn't mind it since she made it a mission to make fun of him at any given opportunity.