POV ADA MARROW
I collapsed to the dirt, gasping for breath. I don't think I'll ever be used to traveling like that.
"Now that your little friend is gone, hand over the wand." I felt his hand grip onto my hair, yanking me to my feet. He growled in my ear.
"Over my dead body." I hissed out, he laughed, throwing me back down to the ground.
"Show this girl that we mean business!" He was gone, a trail of smoke then his cronies arrived. I pushed myself onto my knee, eyes affixed to them. I had to be quick, I couldn't let them overwhelm or over power me.
One stepped toward me, I whipped my wand around. The man flung back and forth in the air before being smacked down into the ground.
"I'm not going down without a fight!" I bit out, the smart ones hesitated but they weren't smart enough. The first spell towards me was blocked and they delved into me. The fight was chaotic and brutal. I threw them into pillars and walls. Chucked rocks at them, one by one I took them out.
"She's a child! Kill her already!"
Rookwood entered the battle again, magic flowed out of either of our wands. His green and mine blue. The streams clashed, magic spitting out over the ground. I was not dying here today and that man greatly underestimated this 'child'. I put my will into my wand. My will to over power his magic and my want to finish this to get to that final repository. My magic overpowered him, hitting him dead on. He gripped his chest and was gone again into that trail of black smoke.
"Coward!"
More of his men came, attempting to surround and overpower me.
"Depulso!" The men launched back, "Levioso!" They lurched, "Difindo!" They slammed down onto the ground. Rookwood attempted to attack from behind. I twisted, our magics clashing yet again.
"It's over Rookwood!"
"I will not be defeated by a child!" His words spat at me, face twisting in anger.
"You already have!" My magic overpowered him yet again, this time when it struck him he stumbled. Hand grabbing at his chest, body flaking away to nothing but bits of ash to the wind.
Victor Rookwood was finally dead.
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"Thank Godrics' heart you're alright! I was worried when Mr. Sallow came running in here."
"Where's Sebastian?" I asked, he wasn't in the map chamber.
"He and the rest of the students have been ordered to stay in their common rooms. I've informed Professor Weasley of what's been going on. I'm regretful that I didn't involve her sooner but it doesn't matter we must go before Ranrok gets to the last Repository."
The Keepers opened the way and down Professor Fig and I went.
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I stared at the Goblin Silver containing such volatile magic, thoughts went through my head, the last pensive showed me what this power had done to Isadora. How it warped her mind, corrupted her.
"What will you do my dear?" Professor Fig asked, "Your face says your thinking."
"I intend to open and harness this power." I murmured.
"Even after you saw what happened to Isadora?" He sounded surprised, though not angry with my choice.
"I will learn from her mistakes, I will shape it to my will and continue her work. This power is too dangerous to let stay under here... I will claim it and when it's my time it will die with me."
"Ada..."
"Professor." I smiled to Fig, "With you as my mentor I'm sure that I will not deviate."
Professor Fig smiled, kindness reached his eyes, "You're a wonderful girl and I cannot wait to watch you blossom into a powerful witch."
"How touching..." Ranroks graved voice echoed, we faced him and I watched him fiddle with a wand, "You know I've been itching to try this out." Ranrok aimed Miriam's wand at us, Professor fig took a step forward.
"Miriam's wand..." He murmured, eyes widening.
"If she had just handed over the container, none of this would have happened... Foolish, self-important, witch."
Professor fig attacked and Ranrok blocked it. He aimed and shot a blast of magic out, hitting the Repository. A pulse of magic over flowed the cavern, destroying the bridge. Ranroks magic flared, sending himself to the repository. Taking the magic in for himself. Turning into a hellish dragon. The inferno unleashed separated Professor Fig and I. I watched Fig helplessly as a boulder fell down onto him.
"No!" I cried out, then the rocks under me collapsed as I tumbled down to a cliff side. It couldn't be, he couldn't be dead. He'd be fine! I can't let this distract me, I had a Dragon to slay and power to claim.
Ranrok was dead and I stood there, bruised and beaten up as I stared down at Fig's body. I had given him his late wife's wand at his request... He was dead, the man that killed him was also dead but I felt hollow. The closest person I could relate to as a father figure was dead. My mentor, my guide, was gone. My lips pressed together, looking up to see the tendrils of wild magic float along free and helpless. I sucked in a deep breath, wand up. I could do this, I can take this power as my own.
I let my arm move on its own, calling the power to me. Gathering up the strands of pain and suffering. Then I let it delve into me, I let it surround and consume me for only a second and then I dampened it. I controlled it. I became its jailer, this power will lie within me to my death.
POV SEBASTIAN SALLOW
I paced in the Undercroft, waiting for Ada to come. It was late at night and I wasn't looking forward to this conversation. I had worried about her, I felt I had lost her and the thought of losing her gave me time to reflect on all of my actions. I still had more reflecting to do, but I needed to do this alone. I needed to be alone. My head snapped up, looking to the gate that had opened, I saw my sweet Ada's face then her eyes landed onto mine. Her smile spread across her lips and she walked with me at a brisk pace.
"Sebastian." Before she could hug me I stopped her, hands holding onto her arms. I couldn't look her in the eyes, I couldn't stand to see her reaction.
"Ada..." My hands rubbed her arms then slid down to gently hold her hands, "So much has happened..."
"Are you alright?" Her voice was laced with concern, "You look awful..."
"I know... I'm not at my best... I'm... Ada I can't be with you while I'm like this." I murmured.
"What... Do you mean Sebastian." I could feel her tense up, her lip quivered. I couldn't look her in the eyes.
"All I'll do to you if we're together is hurt you... I need time to fix what's happened to me."
"What happened to doing this together?"
"I would normally agree but Ada, I can't stand to hurt you anymore." My voice tightened, straining to get the words out.
"You're hurting... Me now Sebastian." She was crying,
"Please Ada. Give me the rest of the school year and summer to reflect and fix the mess I made."
I saw her bite her lip, mouth set in a frown. "Alright..."
"Thank you..." I was quiet, I let go of her and left her standing in the Undercroft.
POV ADA MARROW
I watched Sebastian leave without looking me once in the eyes. Once he was gone, the silence of the Undercroft surrounded my very being. I collapsed against a column, legs pulled up and I wept.
Fig was dead, Sebastian had thrown me out. I don't know how long I cried for, but the memories of the last few months washed over me. I had to do things no normal teenager would have to do. I witnessed death, madness and heartbreak. I cried until my eyes dried out and my voice was hoarse from the strain. I hadn't even noticed Ominis when he arrived in the Undercroft.
"Ada?" His voice was soft, quiet. I wanted to shrink in on myself, I wanted to vanish and stay tucked in so many he would think i wasn't here. "Ada... I heard you crying, I know you're here." I watched him stand there staring off to the other side of the room, his hands fiddled with his wand waiting patiently for me to answer.
"I'm... Here Ominis... I'm sorry..." I sounded horrible, his head moved slightly in my direction, then he walked holding his hand out. I watched his hand and reached up to take it. He didn't force me up, he didn't do anything but sit himself down beside me.
"It's okay to cry Ada..." His arm pulled me to him and I broke. The crying started again. I wasn't truly alone, I had Ominis. He would not abandon me. His hand petted my hair, holding me to him.
"It's okay... Let it out."
"I feel used... I feel like he's just been using me this entire time." His grip tightened on me. He didn't comment, only listened. "I don't know what I'm going to do, Ominis... I was supposed to live with Professor Fig after the year finished but he's gone." I sucked in a sharp breath, using my sleeve to rub the tears from my eyes.
His hand moved, rubbing circles along my back. "It's okay, we'll figure it out." He murmured.
POV OMINIS GAUNT
Ada had fallen asleep against me, I could have sat there for hours and I wouldn't have cared. She needed support. Sebastian had done something I didn't think he would have ever done. I let my thumb rub along her back and my hand pet at her hair. She had cried her heart to pieces. I felt her shiver and I adjusted her; taking off my school robes to wrap them around her so she could stay warm. Bringing her back into me.
I rested my head on top of hers, eyes closing. I took in and appreciated the soft breathing. How still she was when she slept and how easily I could hold her to me. I fell asleep with her in my arms, she deserved better but I wouldn't act on anything just yet. She was in pain and she didn't need me to make her life more complicated.
I woke up, hearing a soft whimper and the murmurs of begging and pleading. My Eyes opened, just seeing the blurred light and feeling Ada shake against me.
"Ada..." I murmured, trying to wake her gently. My hand pet over her head and her body jerked.
"No!" She cried out, I held onto her. Hands gripping onto her arms.
"Ada?! Ada, wake up!" I shook her shoulders a bit, then I heard her suck in a breath. Gasping for air, her shoulders were tensed up and her back straightened. "Ada? Ada are you alright, you were having a nightmare." I sat up straighter, thumb rubbing circles into her arm.
"Yes... It was just a nightmare." She murmured, shifting to lean back against me. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep against you."
"I don't mind Ada. You know you snore a little bit." I grinned when I felt her lightly smack my shoulder.
"I do not."
"Yes you do, it's the most darling thing I've heard come from your mouth."
"Oh you're awful." She groaned softly then chuckled.
"Oh you wound me..." I rested my chin in my hand, elbow on my leg. My hand rubbed over her back while she rested herself against my chest and shoulder. I sighed, "Now that you're calm... Anne asked me to tell you that she wants to see you." She was silent for a time.
"Alright... Should i meet her in Feldcroft?"
"Yes at her home..." She rested her head back on my shoulder.
"Will you be coming with me?"
"Yes she wants to see me as well." My thumb rubbed along her back, "It's the weekend so we shouldn't have any issues traveling down to Feldcroft via Floo."
POV ADA MARROW
Ominis was insistent on using the Floo flames, refusing to get on a broom or to try and introduce himself to Highwing. Not that I could blame him, he preferred his feet firmly planted on the ground and held little trust for an animal or enchanted objects. It was instantaneous, one second we were at the great hall Floo flame and the next we were in Feldcroft. Now we sat in the Sallows' home, Anne staring at her hands. She had her chests stacked by the front entrance. Some papers and items on the table beside her.
"I'm leaving Feldcroft." She murmured.
"What?" I was floored, "Why?!" She couldn't leave, who would care for her?
"I can't bear to see Sebastian again and I know when school lets out he'll come here to see me. So I'm leaving." She murmured.
"Anne... Think a bit more rationally then this, what... What if he tries to go and find you? What if something happens to you and we aren't aware?" Ominis countered, his brows were pressed together.
"It doesn't matter-"
"It does!" I reached forward and took her hands, "Anne I couldn't bear to think of something happening to you."
"I know, you'll both worry but it's for the best. Where I'm going he won't find me." She wasn't looking at us, her eyes were puffy and cheeks red. More than likely she had been grieving. She was in pain and the cause of it was her brother. I chewed at my lip, eyes closing.
"Anne, you know how you said you wish you could return to Hogwarts?"
"Yes, but what does that..."
"What if there was somewhere hidden that Sebastian didn't know about, that only a few select people can find only by happenstance."
"But there's no place Sebastian hasn't searched." Anne murmured, "He's gone to the tallest tower down to the deepest cellar in the castle."
"There's one... I can take you there. There's a Floo located in the room. It's spacious and I have a friend named Deek who would happily watch over you but most of all you'll be safe and I can care for you during the summer."
"I..." She looked hesitant, "What if we get caught? The Ghosts could find us and peeves would rat us out in a flat second."
"Ghosts can't access it, the room is like a being of its own; it shapes to the needs of the occupants." Ominis was silent only listening, his legs crossed, hands holding his knee. I saw a brow twitch up. Even he wasn't aware of the place I had in mind.
"Please Anne, we would all feel better if you were to stay close.." I kept my voice soft, thumb rubbing over the back of her hands.
"You promise my brother won't beable to find me?" She murmured, eyes looking up to me.
"I can promise you he won't. I plan to stay there myself over the Summer."
"You have to promise me not to tell him where I'm at." her hands squeezed mine tighter.
"I promise Anne."
Authors' Note: Not going to lie writing this one made me cry a bit.