endgame // sebastian sallow

PT: nine

PT: NINE
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Third Person Perspective

June

Eleazar Fig let out a pained gasp between the rumbles of the repository.

"Professor!" Y/n screeched.

Y/n lowered to the floor, fighting off the tears after risking her entire life to defeat Ranrok. Now she struggled to keep her only guardian figure alive at the very moment.

Eleazar Fig held the wand tightly, struggling to breathe, "—Miriam would have loved you, my young friend,"

Y/n let the tears escape her, taking in the words from Professor Fig's mouth.

"Professor..."

"The wizarding world could not be in more capable hands," He exhaled.

Y/n witnessed as Eleazar took his final breaths, not expecting for it to be the very last time seeing him alive.

"Y/n,"

"Hey, Y/n..."

"Y/n, wake up!"

Y/n rose up from the small bed in the pitch-black room. Sweat ran through her forehead while tears ran down her cheeks from the reoccurring memory she dreamt of every other night.

Y/n breathed heavily at the voice of Poppy Sweeting, "I can't stop dreaming of it, Poppy." She cried.

Poppy sat at the edge of Y/n's bed, tiredly.

It wasn't the first time, nor the last. After the last day of the sixth year, Poppy offered Y/n to spend the summer with her at her grandma's house again. Due to the loss of her grandma, Poppy didn't want to be alone, so it was convenient for both parties; plus, Poppy Sweeting avoided reconciling with her parents. The least she kept Y/n away from her step-brother — the better.

"I know...Garreth has been working on a recipe for a Calming Draught, but he can't seem to get it right. He promised once he gets it, he'll come by. He wants to help." Poppy hugged.

Poppy felt guilty. There was a positivity that after Y/n lost the memory of Sebastian Sallow, she will be fine. Y/n was fine, temporarily, but her friends forgot that without the Slytherin man, there was also trauma from everything she fought all fifth year. The old memories became fresh to Y/n Y/l/n, again.

"I don't get it...it's been a year now. Why is it still haunting me? I could've sworn I stopped dreaming of it." Y/n whispered to herself, confused.

Poppy was lost for words at the moment. Of course, she couldn't be straightforward with her best friend and tell her it was because Sebastian Sallow distracted her. It was a hard thing to take in, but the reminder of Y/n's state after the breakup made them reconsider those memories.

"It's alright. It's normal...as you said, it's been a year now. I assume around this time you fought Ranrok. It's a normal response." Poppy encouraged.

Y/n nodded, her head aching a bit from the memory.

July

"How did we meet again?" Y/n let out one summer day to Ominis Gaunt.

Ominis Gaunt did occasional visits on Poppy and Y/n's stay near Lower Hogsfield. Although he despise being with his own family, he still spent a few summers with them and without Sebastian — Ominis had nowhere to go at the moment. Visiting Y/n was a relief.