In The Middle Of The Night

Shatter Me

Ominis screamed; hunched on the floor, the screams filling his ears, all but them screams. He was right he had taken an unforgivable, he had clawed at his chest from pain. His cries had filled the hall in heart wrenching agony, over and over his pleading to stop replayed
"NO! PLEASE! MAKE IT STOP!"
Eva bolted up to check he was still there next to her. The month had passed by with a few questions directed at her here and there from those who had seen that day, why had they fallen out? When did she start dating Ominis? How did Ominis recover so quickly? Poppy had been her rock, telling people to beat it before she threw chomping cabbages at them. Samantha had decided to stay more with Amit but Eva would go out of her way to say hello at least, she was entitled to be angry and Eva didn't blame her one bit.
"Oh Merlin's beard..." flopping back to hit the pillow, whilst she had stopped dreaming of Ranrok and fire it got replaced by Sebastian's rage, Ominis shoving her out the way, his screams. It haunted her deeply. She never expected Sebastian to go that far, she expected a burn or slice, he was meant to have left unforgivable spells behind him.
The rage had shown when he was let out from Headmaster Blacks office, the first thing to hear that Eva had openly aligned with Ominis in romance had only made him he had done what was right. But for Ominis to use it to his advantage pissed him off further.

"Imperio" her body was no longer hers to control, her head swimming in a mist of greens, Sebastian's voice echoed through "You will go to Ominis as he eats, publicly announce its over and that you want nothing to do with him. Walk away and go to the boathouse dock where you will wait until nightfall"
"I will" nodding in agreement; her feet moved to the hall, Poppy waved to run over, stopping in her tracks
"Eva? You don't look good..." she pushed past Poppy to where Ominis sat
"Ominis, I no longer wish to be associated with you. It's over, please don't contact me again" his fork clattering on his plate, turning to leave Poppy pulled on her arm
"Eva? Eva don't ignore me! Ominis do something!"
"Let her leave Poppy, you heard her" his voice shook, his face remained smooth and steely. Just that morning he had kissed her from neck to chest, marking her porcelain skin.
"Ominis something weird is going on with her. She acted like I wasn't even there. She wasn't even shedding a tear!" Poppy was frantic, desperate to chase after her, but chose to sit next to Ominis, tugging his sleeve like an impatient child
"I know Poppy. See what she's like in lesson please. I'm going to Headmaster Black to enquire into something, I'll meet you in Potions" his walk less confident, he slouched ever so slightly. Broken, how coldly she had told him it was over. He had his suspicions but knew not to cast stones without getting the full facts around him.

"I understand Mr Gaunt but I can't keep him here forever just because of what he did to you, he has to study somehow" fist slamming on the desk, Ominis felt it slightly crack underneath
"PROFESSOR BLACK! EVA'S NOT SHOWN FOR HALF THE DAY! PLEASE IM WORRIED" Poppy burst in, floods of tears and hiccups
"Have you checked the common room? Or checked places she would usually go?" Professor Black rolled his eyes at the nonsense he had to deal with these days
"Yes Sir, please, can I be excused from lessons to look for her? None of the ghosts have seen her wandering around the corridors or in any rooms. I want to look outside on Highwing or even my broom. Please" groaning he held up his hands in a surrender
"Fine. All this over a student ending it with another. I bet she's hidden away in a toilet stall feeling embarrassed or a little upset but fine. Mr Gaunt you can stay here and we shall wait for Poppy's return"

Poppy searched and searched; from the astronomy tower to the dungeons. Ghosts shook their head when questioned, students when pulled to be asked said they hadn't seen her either. It was closer to sunset and she had forgotten to ask Peeves. She could see him joyfully floating around some 1st years, telling stories of the mermaids being ugly and that they grab new students for nutrition
"Peeves! I have been searching for you!"
"Oooo, little Poppy searching for me!" Chucking him a parchment he joyfully dived for it to go through his head
"Peeves have you seen Eva? Red hair, likes to throw balls of parchment with me at you to see who can get closest to your eyes"
"Eva, Eva, she was being naughty, she was leaving school to go to the boathouse! Skipping lessons! Even Sebastian was there! Naughty Sebastian casting spells he shouldn't beeeeeeeee"