The Undercroft. Reader x Sebastiansallow

Charper Seventeen, bones of the father

Y/N POV

The weather became colder as autumn leafs lay on frosted covered grass and the sun was barely visible in the grey skies above, revealing the first signs of snow falling from it, Christmas was approaching and students were seen rugged up in woolies scarfs and jumpers as the snow fell on their red faces, the town of hogsmeade looked enchanted in the silver puffs of snow as I wondered from shop window to shop window looking for something "step up right up right up folks and be amazed by my newest invention" a loud voice called out to the crowd of people surrounding a small stall in front of Honeydukes "recently recreated and tested for our tasters delight our new and improved cockroach clusters now in three different flavours from fudge to dark chocolate now who would like to be our first taster" the crowd dispersed in sounds of discussed, I snorted with laughter and walked away "how disgusting" "what a waste of time" "oh I don't know I'd been lying if I said I wasn't slightly interested" I heard the townsfolk muttered to one another as I approached a small alleyway down the street towards the entrance to the hogshead, I had received a letter that morning from my father to met him as soon as possible in the hogshead inn and I was nervous, not because he himself was slightly intimidating but that Sebastian might suddenly appear out of now where to intervene, I had told both he and Ominis about my father's sudden arrival with the reaction of both surprise and fear Ominis and choked on his eggs at the Slytherin table and Sebastian had smashed dropped his goblet spilling pumpkin juice all over his robes "What?" He exclaimed "he said he wants me to met him in Hogsmeade this afternoon" "but but you said you were going to leave school you promised" I looked at Sebastian with a grim smile "I did but I don't think my father would want me to-"I'm coming with you" Sebastian said firmly "i don't think that's a good idea" Ominis said taking a sip out of his pumpkin juice "why not?" He said scowling "you do release he works as a unspeakable and that he has had many years of experience in manipulating and if I'm not mistaken has the uncanny ability to see right through people" I snorted "you can that's again it's like he knows your intentions and desires before you can even make up your own mind about them" I stared at the little it was very short and rushed, Timothy looked quite petrified when he had flown down onto the table as if he knew what was to come he had flown off quite abruptly as soon as I had take the letter of out his mouth, I could feel Sebastian's body tensed up and I grabbed his hand from under the table "it'll be alright dad doesn't scare me well he does when he's furious but I don't think he will be, just stay here we can met in the undercroft later" he squeezed my hand from under table not looking at me then nodded in agreement.

I reflected on this for a moment and looked around, no one was in sight so breathing deeply I entered the Inn, it was dark except for a few candles that sat on the small tables around the filthy little room, the bar man eyed me as I entered making my way around the room towards the only man who was sitting in the corner who was reading a piece of continent his quill between his teeth, I clearly my throat as I approached the table, and the man looked up, "ah good your here and alone I presume?" "Yes father no one followed me here" "good, good been hearing some unsettling rumours from the townsfolk you seem to be the talk of the town" he indicated the booth in front of him and I sat down looking at the man in front of me, his face was pale like my own his dark brown hair now flicked with grey and his eyes were tired looking and wrinkled his you can see the resemblance in the eyes that you could tell we were father and daughter even if our faces didn't match, his beard had traces of sliver as well he looked slightly scruffy like a badly shaved bear, he scratched his chin with the edge of his quill still scanning the piece of punishment, then sit down on the table and looked up "your spelling needs improving" I rolled my eyes "yeah well I was in a hurry to write to you" he looked annoyed "yes I can see that, but that's not an excuse for poor grammar" I clicked my tongue impatiently and folded my arms "well I'll keep that in mind the next time I write" he sniffed then leaned back in his chair "so what is it you wanted to see me so urgently about, I'm assuming by your words of pled you didn't simple want to grab a pint with your old man" he smiled and I couldn't resist smiling back, despite the fact my fathers over protective Guard on me I had to take in the fact that I was all he had and that he believed it was his soul duty to keep me out of danger and that being frustrated with the events from last year had made him slightly more irritable but he still kept his normal fatherly behaviour towards the whole thing, "I need to talk to you about... about" I took a deep breath "about your mother" he said finishing my sentence "how did you-" your holding yourself back again also your paler and thinner then the last time I saw you, and your eyes look brighter then normal" he folded his arms as if he had just won a game of chess "eh fine yes your right as always you know you don't have to use your abilities on me you know I'm your kid why can't we just talk" he sniffed again "honey I'm your father of course I know what's going I don't need magic to tell me" he leaned forward and put his arms on the table "so you've experienced a few of your mothers how you say traces" I nodded and looked down at my boots "I'd thought this might happen" i quickly looked back up and was surprised to see he was still smiling "you did but how" "it was inevitable I was actually kind of surprised you were open to talking about it" "I.. well I was kinda debating on it" I looked slightly guilty "eh well I'm glad your told me that way I can explain it to you without you finding the wrong answers in a library with eh what's his name" he clicked his fingers triggering his memory "Sebastian?" I said "Ah yes him the sallow boy how is he is anyone staying out of trouble" I folded my arms and raised an eye "why are you suddenly interested in him dad" he struggled "well due sudden changes I might of thought the two of you" "eh dad no I" he chuckled "oh stop it it's only natural well some of it is" "dad please stop I don't want to have this conversation" He lift his hands in the air in surrender and leaned back into his chair again "all right I won't say any more just know if I hear any news on an aggressive activity" "please stop talking about it and focus" he chuckled then sighed "your not cursed sweetheart" I looked up I surprise "but I been having nightmares and not eating and-" you have some traces of the blood curse yes but not like your mother, she was able to control it for for a short amount of time before the curse took over mainly during spats if angry and some times desire but in the end it did consume her just before she had you, I do believe that was the last time I saw her in human form, hold your small body in her arms before she died" a tear fell from his face and he sniffed again, then he pulled himself together and straightened up "you will notice when your become agitated or frustrated or even slightly intimidated that your body will form a protective shield around you" "like a barrier of flames" "hm so that's already happened as it" I nodded "on my birthday actually" a shadowy figure passes the grimy window next to us and I looked, or perhaps it was a trick if the light, I looked back and put my hands together on the table and twisted my thumbs around each "so if I'm not cured then?" "You have developed a few of your mothers abilities through birth not all of them but a few, I can not say much of what they will be but you should be prospered for what might happen" I looked up, he had leaned forward on the table again "listen to me very carefully" another figure flicked passed the window but I ignored it "it is crucial that you do not allow this power to consume you there is no telling if you will be able to control it or turn back" My heart started to race now, consume me, turning back?, my throat felt very dry "So will I become like mother or do you think it'll have a mind of its own" "there's not telling at this point" it was starting to become difficult to swallow "but if I can't control I'll hurt my friends I'll have to leave" a noise from outside made me jumped as something from out the window had crashed, my father pulled out his wand and flick it at the window and it disappeared then a bang a short and I lipped to my feet as two clocked figures rolled out onto the table and onto the floor, "I thought one of your companions would join us sooner of later" he put his wand back into his jacket and sat there as if nothing had happened, the two boys stood up brushing dust and dirt of themselves looking slightly abashed at being deceived, "YOU" I shove Sebastian into Ominis and Ominis stumbled into a table behind him "it was all his idea he dragging me into it" ominis said defensively "did not you volunteered" "if volunteering you mean I tried to stop you" I looked angrily at the pair of them "I wouldn't intimidate her at present unless you want to see this place up in flames" Sebastian looked behind me "eh no sir sorry sir we were just" "I have no problems with those who are concerned about my daughter's safety, however I do suggest that in the future when you are ears dropping on a private conversation that you be less noticeable" Ominis punched Sebastian's shoulder "I told you he would hear us" "indeed I did from what I gather from the two of you, you must be Mr Gaunt Mr Sallow and I correct" I folded my arms smirking at the pair of them who looked studded "ah yes sir we're apologises for the intrusion but my friend here insisted we follow Y/N to perhaps learn a little more on what's going on" Ominis was facing the ceiling listening "Hm well if my daughter trusts you to know the truth then I suggest you sit down" I looked around at my father who had pulled out his wand and conjured to wooden chair right underneath the boys who sat down, he raised an eyebrow at me the same way I did and I rolled my eyes and sat back down.

"Well I'm not quite sure how much you have been informed of Y/N past but her mother is not with us she died giving birth, she was a very powerful very gifted witch however she had a blood curse during her own birth and when people found out what she was, captured and forced her to entertain a large number of people from all over the world, I came across her once before during a Ministry operation, we had been tipped of that an illegal gathering was taken place and that a very rare creature was being held captive and was being tormented, nothing could of prepared me for what I saw that day, my wife was being chain to floor and whipped to the point of near death when she finally had enough and transform into a terrifying beast, she had killed her tormentor and others who had come to watch, I did my best to protect the on lookers and get them out before she was able to do anymore damage once everyone had fled I freed my wife from her chins" "Bloody hell" Sebastian said in or "but wouldn't she had tried to kill his" asked Ominis "she did but I think she knew my intentions were not to harm her and she trusted me once I removed her bounds and she transformed back into her human form I knew it wasn't safe to leave her so I took her with me" "blimey so facing danger really does run in the family" Sebastian said smirking at me, I flipped him off and looked out the window not listening for I had heard this story be told many times "you could say that but I believe Y/N is more like her mother, does like to follow the rules do you my dear" I sniffed in agreement and smiled "Ah yes my wife to into massive amounts of trouble that nearly to us both killed but in the end she always end up saving us or pulling up some heroic plan made herself quite the good curse backer I must say, ah I remember it like it was yesterday she had just finished defending herself against a dark witch and were surrounded by massive spiders she had engulf them all in flame while using a protective shield in me so I couldn't get hurt, her eyes flicking in the flames as they surrounded us and I just could help myself getting down on one knee and asking her to me mine forever" I groaned at this point and covered my face with my hands hiding my embarrassment "how eh romantic" I heard Ominis say and he nudged Sebastian who was in fits of laughter "sorry but I can see how a near death experience and make one feel the need to make a romantic gesture" "Oh shit up" I spat at him now removing my hands as he sniggered "so within six months we were wed and in two we we're expecting and then on she became distant and depressed she had started to believe our children wouldn't be human and that she would become a monster but after many arguments and persuasion she decided to keep the child" "wait she was going to get rid of her" Sebastian now shocked "but-" Y/N was born one month earlier then we suspected my wife had fled to Australia in her transform stage I knew that it was become hard and hard for her to return to her human form the more she continued to use her abilities but I followed we all the same and we encountered a number of dark wizards who had been looking for her, I had found her in a small village on the coast and protected the house she was in once the village was quite the most beautiful noise rang out inside, a little baby girl" I slammed my head on the table and started making very loud groaning noises trying to drown out these words "naw little baby Y/N" Sebastian chuckled "I watched my wife drained from her magic but she had enough strength to feed our child then she " he took a great sigh and folded his arms as I looked up at both Ominis and Sebastian who were listening to every word "Oh shit" Ominis said finally the room became very quiet except for the sounds of empty glasses being put away under the counter at the bar, then "and now *sniff* i believe you have questions but I will only answer them one concern" Ominis and Sebastian gripped the edge of their chairs slightly as he pulled out his wand pointing it at the pair of them Ominis could sense the tension while Sebastian eyed the wand the colour in his face drained, "which one of you is courting my daughter" "DAD" I said thumbing the dusty table, he smiled and put his wand away "I'm kidding well not really however I do need to know If I can trust the pair of you to look after my daughter, she is everything and all I have left" Sebastian and Ominis didn't answer but nodded "good now" he clapped his hands together which made us all jump "Questions" as Sebastian opened his mouth to speak I interrupted him "eh wait there was something else I needed to talk to you about".