A Few Realizations

Night shadowed the Ravenclaw tower with only the lamps to illuminate the wide common room. Basil sat, notes in hand, with her back to Anna who was doodling in one of her notebooks; Anna made a humming noise while turning her pencil back and forth. Basil read books after books about the Locket of Triton and the other objects that could resurrect any person, yet nothing made sense. Her head pounded against her skull making it very difficult to concentrate. Nothing connected, not even her Grandfather, the Locket, and Lord Voldermort. All she knew was that it was happening and she needed to stop it.

"Anna, could you help me with this?" Basil sighed.

"You know what Mr. Potter said. We shouldn't interfere with the Locket of Triton." Anna argued. Her face turned to Basil. Anna's refusals were getting on Basil's nerve.

"He also said Sebastian would be a pleasant surprise, but look at him now. He's taking my best friend away." Basil whined with a pout. She knew the blonde would fall for this.

Anna turned, slightly red in the face, with eyes widening and watering. Basil knew it was a horrible thing to do, but she needed help. Besides, maybe it would snap her out of her loving state. Anna joined Basil at the small desk; the blonde analyzed the books and notes for about a minute.

"Oh Basil, don't you remember Albus and James's story? About the horcruxes?" Anna questioned.

"They destroyed the horcruxes, also destroying Voldermort's soul." Basil said slowly.

"Exactly! In this passage it says you need the deceased person's soul to be intact, but it's destroyed-"

"So what will happen if my Grandfather tries to do the ritual?" Basil gaped.

Before Anna could add on, there was a smash then thud behind the door to the Ravenclaw common room. Both girls sprinted towards the door and pressed their ears to listen; there was a whining moan. Anna threw open the door to find none other than Sebastian Dixon lying on the staircase. Anna gasped then drug the older boy into the common room couch.

"Sebastian, what happened?" Anna shrieked. Sebastian groaned then tossed around on the couch.

"It…it was…it was the lake." Sebastian groaned.

Anna rolled him back on the couch, coddling him like a baby. Sebastian had deep cuts in his arms and dark bruises on his forehead. Basil cleaned him up and ran to the boys' room to find some fitting clothes for him. Basil sat in the chair next to Sebastian to watch him, but she felt something was off about him.

"What happened Seb?" Basil asked sweetly.

"Merpeople attacked me." He replied stiffly.

"Why were you out so late at night?" Basil placed her papers back in her bag as she waited for a reply.

"I snuck out because I couldn't get work done. Your little friend Malfoy was going off on that boy Peter." His deep foreign voice wavered as each word was slow.

"Oh right, well why come to the tower?" Basil remarked.

"Now I understand why you're in Ravenclaw. I always thought it was a mistake as you seemed a bit…dumb I would say. But I see you have some brain power." Sebastian remarked with a dry laugh.

Offense was surely taken as redness appeared on her face and her fist clenched into balls. Before Basil could come up with a defense, Anna returned with bright smiles and warm clothes. She informed him that the Prefects will allow him to sleep in their room till morning. Basil felt uneasy, but bit her tongue from making any comments. Basil went to put her book away when the same deep voice rang back to her.

"What's that?" Sebastian asked. Anna helped him upwards.

"A book of artifacts and other magical objects." Basil replied.

"Did I see a page of Reincarnation?" Sebastian questioned with a lifted eyebrow.

Basil didn't respond. She saw the foreign boy watch her as she placed all her things in her bag then back to Anna who sat next to the boy. Basil could see suspicion in Sebastian's glare, but she left for her bedroom. Oh Scorpius and Albus will love this.

The next morning was chaotic as the night before; Anna was rushing to help Sebastian, Persephone and Meg were squealing about dances and dates, and Basil kept being pushed out of the way by her friends. Basil finally made herself to the common room where Victoire sat with her cousins Molly and Lucy.

"What's wrong Basil?" Victoire asked sweetly. Basil sighed heavily.

"Anna, Persephone, and Meg are all obsessed with Sebastian. It's just so much right now." Basil expressed. The three girls gave her a sympathetic expression.

"Don't worry Basil, he'll be gone soon enough." Lucy replied, tucking her red hair behind her ear.

"Yeah, only a few more months! To be honest, I really don't know what they see in him; he's like any other guy in the school." Victoire added with a sigh.

"Really? I always thought he reminded me of Donovan Finnegan." Molly said.

Basil turned her head slightly as she tried to remember what he looked like. Donovan was Irish with freckles and sandy hair. Donovan looked nothing like Sebastian! Basil thought he had blonde hair and piercing blue eyes like Scorpius.

"Are you sure?" Basil asked in an astonished tone.

"Yes, sandy hair and brown eyes." Lucy, Victoire, and Basil looked at her funny.

Victoire began telling her cousin that he had dyed hair while Lucy said he had black hair. Basil threw her bag over her shoulder and scurried down the stairs to look for her friends. The water level had gotten worse so everyone was evacuated to the second floor for their classes and special arrangements. As she rushed through the halls, the sight of blond and messy hair appeared in front of her. It was almost too easy to find them now. Basil thought with an internal laugh.

"Scor! Albus! Anna and I figured something out last night." Basil called as she entered the duo.

"Hello to you too." Scorpius snickered with wet hair slicked back. Albus rolled his eyes.

"What is it?"

"To reincarnate," Basil hushed her tone and huddled against them. "You need their soul intact, but Voldermort's soul isn't intact. Your father destroyed it." Basil whispered.

"That's right! So what will happen if they go along with the ritual?" Albus asked with a gleam in his eyes.

"Anything could happen. We haven't figured it out yet." Basil replied.

"Well that doesn't really help right now, we still need to figure out where the Locket is." Scorpius reminded. His voice showed irritation yet he kept a straight face.

"Speaking of that, Sebastian was in Ravenclaw tower last night and he saw that I was reading about reincarnation. I think he may know something. "Basil informed. Albus turned slightly red.

"Why was he there? Did Anna bring him there?" Basil could see the anger building up in his voice.

"No, he said he was attacked by the Merpeople and came straight to the tower. I think that's bull though, he would've collapsed before getting all the way to the top." Basil groaned. Scorpius nodded his head in agreement.

"What did Anna say about it?" Albus almost shouted, face reddening.

"She helped him get cleaned up. They're probably still together."

Before anyone else said anything, Albus clenched his bag and stomped off to wherever. Basil heard him say something about Meg and Persephone, but he kept hurrying off somewhere. Scorpius stepped closer to Basil, sympathy in his piercing eyes. Basil felt all her frustrations wash away once Scorpius looked at her.

"Everything is crashing down around me." Basil sighed with a frown degrading her face.

"I know Basil. I've been with you this whole time. Your grandfather, Sebastian, passing out, everything Basil." Scorpius agreed.

"What do we do now?" Basil stared back up into Scorpius's eyes. They had a weird familiarity but couldn't quite remember.

"We do what you did last year. Figure out the target, our suspect, and then where it's coming from." Scorpius assured. A smile graced his face and a little bit of hope returned to Basil.

"Our target is the school and students. Suspect-"

"Sebastian."

"Yes, Sebastian."

Basil connected eyes with Scorpius and something happened that Basil didn't even see coming. The connection was made. Basil noticed the color of his eyes and everything seemed to fall into place. Any theories from before was now sold facts and the familiarity soon turned to absolute memories. It was from a class a few weeks ago, it now made sense.

"Scorpius, I think Sebastian is using the Metamorphous Mixture."