After All This Time// Sebastian Sallow x Reader Hogwarts Legacy Fanfiction

Chapter 69 *nice*

I gripped the armrests of my chair as Professor Weasley spoke to me. 

She knew. She knew it was me who used the charm. I pursed my lips and waited for what she'd have to say next.

Would I be expelled? Or at least a detention?

Merlin knows I deserve it for all that I've put Sebastian through. 

"I know what you're thinking, and no, we aren't going to punish you," she stated plainly. My face quickly contorted into one of surprise at her words. 

"You're not?" I asked. 

"No," she said. She pushed her glasses up off the tip of her nose and pulled a letter from the papers on her desk, looking it over carefully. I assumed it was the letter from Charles Bellemonte. "I think the repercussions of the action itself have punished you enough already. Though I wish we didn't have to have this conversation again at all, I need you to understand that we have very capable witches and wizards looking for Charles Bellemonte at the moment. You need to be focusing on your studies and worry less about what he's up to. And if you receive any more letters like this one in the future, I trust that you'll hand them over?"

She looked at me expecting an answer. "I will," I said. My words didn't seem to put her any more at ease. 

"I'm only glad that your friends intercepted this one before you were able to act on it. Again, I stress the importance of keeping yourself out of this and letting the proper people handle it. Merlin knows you've had your fair share of danger in the past here at Hogwarts, and the least we can do is keep you out of it to the best of our abilities. I know you're a capable young witch, but that doesn't mean you have to go out and take on the world alone. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Professor," I replied. I let out a breath at her words. I wasn't in trouble. Though every part of me felt that I should be. There needed to be repercussions for what I let happen. 

After leaving her office, I unclenched my hands and wiped the sweat off my palms and onto my robe. My first instinct was to go and see Sebastian, but seeing as I couldn't do that, I had no idea what to do with myself. I decided to head to the Undercroft to let off a little bit of stress. 

When I entered, it was empty, thankfully. I took to the practicing dummy and started blasting every spell known to wizardkind at the poor thing. It felt good to let out some of the emotions that have been boiling inside me over the last few days. I really wasn't sure what to do. 

Whenever things went wrong, it was Sebastian that I went to. Whenever I needed a hug, or just someone to listen to me talk about my problems, it was Sebastian. I knew I had other friends, but none that understood me as well as he did- though I don't know if he would understand me anymore. 

All of the memories that we formed together, are gone. I don't know to what effect the spell affected him, but I'd assume that he'd still have the memories of what happened in our fifth year, just without me being there. At least, that was my intention. I'm not sure how well my intentions came across, seeing as I can't exactly go and ask him about it, and I don't have that much experience using that charm in the first place. 

"What are you doing down here?" said a familiar voice behind me. I turned around to see Sebastian. "How did you find this place?"

"Oh, um- Ominis showed it to me some time ago," I lied. 

"Hmm, seems unlikely. He's very against us sharing this place with anyone," Sebastian said. "As far as I'm concerned, only him, my sister and I were the only ones that knew about the Undercroft."

I wasn't quite sure how to respond. I wanted to avoid him, but he was still fixed in front of the exit, blocking my escape; I didn't want it to look obvious that I was avoiding him.