Chapter Text
text in bold are time skips e.g- At the Hogwarts Express
text in quotation marks and italics are thoughts e.g.- 'what the hell'
Adrian’s fathers POV:
It happened when Sebastian was 5 years old. He was playing with his brothers in the garden, playing whatever game they decided on. After a couple of rounds of the game they were playing they decided to play hide and seek in the forest that was near our manor. Once they asked permission to play in the forest and were told to be careful by their mother and to be back by lunch, they ran off in excitement when given permission to play and shouted back ‘we will’ to their mother’s previous comment.
It had been an hour since they went into the forest to play hide and seek, Adrian came running back in a worried state. Before we got to ask what was wrong, he shouted that they couldn't find Sebastian; they had been looking for him during hide and seek when Luke found them all except Sebastian was nowhere to be found.
After hearing that Sebastian wasn’t with them, we rushed into the forest where the boys were playing and started to shout his name to see if he was still in the forest and the boys had just missed him. But no answer. We took out our wands trying to find him muttering a spell tracking him to see where he could have gone. We looked for Sebastian for hours trying to find a trace of him anywhere; nothing... he was nowhere to be found. Alyria started to tear up, I reassured her that I was going to find Sebastian if it was the last thing I do. I asked the boys to stay with their mother and to stay close to her, they all nodded and reassured her that I was going to find him.
It had been a week since the aurors were looking for Sebastian. A week then turned into a month and a month then turned into a year, still nothing. Alyria cried that night when he was presumed dead when the aurors had found his jacket miles away from our manor. The next day I broke the news to Adrian and his brothers that Sebastian was never going to come back. It broke their heart to learn that Sebastian was never coming back.
6 years later
It was Adrian's 11th birthday when he got his Hogwarts letter. When he got his Hogwarts letter, he was ecstatic showing off the letter to his friends and their fathers and mothers and everyone congratulated him on getting his letter but then his expression changed when he was done showing everyone. We couldn't figure out what his expression was, it was a mixture of sadness and grief.
“What's wrong Hun.” Alyria asked him.
“Nothing mum.” Adrian then looked at her and smiled. We both could tell something was wrong, but we decided not to push him.
“How about you go play for a bit then we’ll call you in for lunch and tomorrow we will go to Diagon alley to get your stuff you need for Hogwarts.” I had told him. Distracting him from whatever he was thinking about.
“Okay dad!” He then smiled at the thought of getting his stuff for Hogwarts and ran off with his friends to go play.
Later that night
Knock, knock, knock.... knock, knock, knock. ‘Who on earth is knocking on the door at this time of night. What time is it?’ I looked at the clock on our wall and it read 23:30pm. Knock, knock, knock I sighed, getting up and walking to the door opening it up. I opened it to see Adrian standing at our door, he looked like he was in deep thought.
“Adrian, what's wrong?” I said, breaking his train of thought. He looked at me for a couple of seconds figuring out what he was doing here and then realizing what he was doing here. He opened and closed his mouth figuring out what he wanted to say. I waited patiently for his reply.
“Sebastian was supposed to get his Hogwarts letter last year and I was supposed to go with him on the train.” He stated. Sigh ‘he was supposed to go with him on the train to Hogwarts’
“I know... but look on the bright side you’ll have your friends to go on the train with.”
“Yeah, I have my friends to go with, but it won't be the same.”
“I know but-”
“It won't be the same dad.”
Sigh “I know I know it won't be the same but at least you’ll have your older brothers with you.”
“They’ve got their own friends to go on the train with and Sebastian promised me.”
I sighed, deciding to change the subject as the original conversation was hitting a dead end “How about we go down to the kitchen and get some warm cocoa with marshmallows and whipped cream”
“.... That would be nice.” We then walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to get some warm drinks, our house elf Mimsy insisting she makes them. Adrian and I got our drinks and thanked Mimsy. Next heading to the parlor room to drink them. When we finished our drinks, we both headed off to bed because we had a busy day ahead of us.
The next morning
Adrian’s POV
The next morning, I woke up sweating and panting looking frantically around my room for Sebastian shouting my name and after a while of looking around my room I realized that none of it was real, that it was all in my head and just another of the many nightmares I wake up from. I reassured myself that I was in my bedroom and not in the forest, while taking deep breaths counting to 10 and exhaling, calming myself further. After that, I grabbed my diary and started writing about the nightmare I just had and what had happened last night. The therapist me and my brothers saw said it helps writing down everything that had happened during the incident, she also said it helps to refer it to ‘the incident’ instead of ‘Sebastians demise’ reminding us that he’s dead and never coming back to us. Said it helps the mind heal, well I think it's a load of crap. It's just a load of therapist talk trying to make us feel better about what happened, but it never works forever blaming ourselves.
When I finished what I was writing I grabbed another book opening it up and writing to Sebastian in hope he’s reading it in death and smiling down upon us. Finishing up what I was writing I got ready for the day. Midway through of getting changed I realized that I was going to Diagon alley getting my stuff ready for Hogwarts, now excited I rushed to get changed not realizing the time too excited to get my wand and start learning spells, before I rushed out the door I glanced at the time and once I read it I realized that it was 4:33 am ‘well that's way too early to go to Diagon alley’ sighing I got out of my clothes and back into my sleepwear and try to get some more shut eye before the day actually starts.
At Diagon alley
We arrived at Diagon alley at midday (when I actually woke up at a reasonable time instead of half four in the morning), I would not stop pestering dad asking him what time we would go to Diagon alley. Instead of leaving at 1 in the afternoon like dad planned he ultimately decided to go at midday since we won't get lost in the afternoon crowd of parents and children trying to get their Hogwarts supplies ready on time to go to Hogwarts ‘totally not me bugging him until he got a migraine, no I would never do that’ .
The first shop we went to was Olivander's wand shop to get my wand, when we walked in I saw shelves upon shelves stocked up with all types of wands with different types of woods and cores. The smell of the shop mainly smelled of wood and an earthy smell that I can't quite explain. Behind the desk there was even more shelves filled with wands there must be at least hundreds of different types of wands, I could also see an elderly looking man scurrying down each isle searching for something he probably misplaced or lost. ‘That must be Mr. Ollivander he kind of looks like he lost his mind some point in his life and he’s trying to find it again’.
He looked towards the front of the shop in the corner of his eye and seemed to realise that we were standing there waiting to be served because he started to head towards us.
“And what is your name young one?” he looked at me waiting for the answer to his question
“Adrian, Adrian Pucey.”
“Ahh Pucey you say, if I remember correctly, you have three older brothers?” he said, looking at me like he already knew the answer.
“Yes that is correct.”
“Are there names by any chance Luke, Caspian and Demetrius?” ‘Why is he asking me if he already knows the answer’
“Yes, that is also correct.”
“Ah, yes, I remember them such a mischievous trio, tried to confuse me seeing to see if I could tell them apart obviously I couldn't. Anyway, today isn't about your brothers today is about you getting your wand shall we get on with it.”
“Yes please!”
10 minutes later
After what it felt like forever, I had finally found the right wand it was made from cedar wood and dragon heartstring. Mr. Olivander had also said that people that have cedar wood means strength of character and unusual loyalty ‘Whatever that means’.
After I got my wand we then when to Madam Malkin’s Robes to get my robes, then to Flourish and Blotts Bookseller to get my books and the rest of my stuff that I needed
Back at pucey manor
“How was your shopping trip, did you get all your stuff Adrian?”
“Yes I did mum I got my wand, robes, books, cauldron and everything else!!” I had excitedly listed off the stuff I had got from Diagon Alley
“Really, what type of wand did you get?” mum had questioned curiosity in her voice
“Cedar wood and dragon heart string.”
“That's nice. How about you put all your supplies away and get ready for dinner okay.”
“Okay mum!” I had scurried off to my bedroom to put away my Hogwarts supplies and to get ready for dinner.