Night before Departing

Jonathan Holland

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"It was nice seeing you again" he said this before he let the door shut behind him. Its been to long, probably years since he last saw Mrs.Violet, a old little woman who lived off the bay near the Harbors. Jon used to come here often since the old woman husband died a year ago around that time. Jon used to do many chores for the woman when he came around for vacation. And now, he hardly was able to see Mrs.Violet anymore. His new home was back in Alaska, but when he apparated away from Mrs. Violet home, he ended up in the main streets of the Harbors.
Jon had booked a night stay at the leak. He wasn't in no rush to go back to Alaska. No one was waiting for him except his students when his brief vacation was done. He was just here for a while, catching up on the politics happening recently at the ministry and of course his family. He thought of catching someone else, someone he thought about since he last seen her face. Jon just couldn't do this to himself, as addictive she could be, he would let Zuka go on her own. Maybe when she was done with school, maybe than he would see her again. On good terms, maybe who knows, Jon couldn't predict his future anymore since it basically broke into nothing.
The man wonder the streets, recovering his thoughts but banishing the emotions filling his heart. Zehava was gone, not that he didn't miss her. He thought it was the best that could happen, since she ignore the fact he had feelings for someone else. It was a little to late to regret his past, Jon just had to deal with it. He walked up the streets passing by a few pubs, he sighed. No drink can make him forget what happen so he continued to walk till he was completely spaced out.


 
Selwin was walking through the harbour again like old times, refreshing some of his memories. After getting the job as a Doctor Assistant, and then getting his admission in the Medical school of Harvard, he had been away for a while and forgot the feeling of being away from those filthy muggles. Being in the magical realm gave Selwin some comfort at heart, and was a home to him. Selwin even thought about moving some where near the Harbour area after he would get done with Med school and become a doctor.

Selwin was walking down the road, hands in his pocket when he bumped shoulder to shoulder with another guy. Selwin instantly looked straight in the eyes of the guy with his eyes that had just changed color from being black to bloody red. Selwin hated it when someone disrespected him, and those types of people who didn't know where they were going and randomly bumping into people. "Watch where your going." said Selwin in a deep tone. "I should make you fall on your knees and say sorry to me, but I don't have the time to deal with idiots today." said Selwin walking up the guy and standing on his face. "You got something to say to me?" said Selwin all up in the guy's face.
 
Jonathan felt someone collide to him unexpectedly. Jon had turn to apologize for bumping into the man, when he got a negative attitude. Jon didn't like how the man was coming off. "Hey man what the hecks your deal!" Jon barked back with just as much ambitious to punch the guys lights out. He got even more heated when he saw the guy eyes turn red and the man insulted him, calling Jon an idiot. "You better watch how you flaps your gums my way! Or else someone gonna be needing a visit to the dentist soon" he stepped up, amping himself for a showdown. Jon never been the to fight but he wasn't a little b!tsh who would stepped down if someone tryna get in his face. No he wouldn't let that fly, he felt his fist clutch up, ready to knock this man senseless if he had too.

 
Selwin smirked when he saw the boy trying to defend himself. It was amusing for Selwin as a boy younger than him was trying to stand up for himself, but he didn't know what he was getting himself into. "Boy, you don't what your're getting yourself into." said Selwin all up in the boy's face. Selwin saw the boy clenching his fist to hit him, but Selwin wasn't in the mood for a fist fight today, but rather a duel. Selwin backed off a few steps, reached into his coat pocket and took out his wand. "How about a duel to settle this? I'm not interested in kicking some punk's a$$ who is younger than me. I'll just knock you out cold with 2 hits of my fist." said Selwin with his wand in his hand. "I'll start." said Selwin as he positioned himself to cast a spell. Selwin so far hadn't learned all of the unforgivable curses, only 2, but his intention wasn't to try it on this boy. Selwin pointed his wand at the boy and said, "Deprimo!"
 
"Protego Duo!" Jon said without his wand, the shield rebounded the spell directed to him. Merlin beard thank goodness for wandless magic. Jon stepped a few back, somewhat apparating to appear a few feets back. "You call this a duel? More like an attack for running to you. But if that's the way you want to play it.." Jon took out his wand from his dark robes. "Immobulus!" Jon cast from his wand. A few witness stop to watch this ongoing fued between two young man. Jon hated causing a scene, what he hated most was making his father name tainted because of someone like this guy. "Immobulus!" he called out again, only this time it hit someone walking by and the person froze without being able to move. "Dammit, finette" Jon muttered.


 
As soon as Selwin casted his Deprimo spell, he heard the boy using the Protega spell without his wand, which obviously was wandless magic. Selwin wasn't all surprised because he himself could do wandless magic with ease as well. "I'll make you sorry you ever ran into me fool." said Selwin with a smirk. Selwin then heard the boy using the spell Immobulus, and instantly, Selwin jumped out of the way to dodge it with ease. He then saw the boy hit another person and Selwin started to laugh. "You call that dueling skills? Pathetic.." said Selwin with a laugh. "Watch this." Selwin raised up his right hand, black and white sparks started to appear all over Selwin's body and he started to concentrate the sparks into a ball in front of his right hand. There was a lot that the boy didn't know about Selwin and it would cost him in the end. Selwin shot a large shadow ball towards the boy. Instantly, Selwin took his wand into his right hand and said, "Reducto!" The point of the shadow ball was to destroy the boy's shield and then reducto would come in to cause damage to the boy. Selwin smirked and barked, "Let's see you dodge this!"
 
The shield broke but the spell bounce by the angle Jon was standing. He had to step a few feets back, and warn those around them. They stop staring, some actually ran to get help? But Jon was left alone with this mad man. "Look if we keep at it one of us will end up dead, do you not undertake that?!?" he replied with his wand pointing towards the man. He never seen this guy before, what the hell was his deal? "Let's just forget about this incident and go on with our lives?" he tried to comprise with the crazy person in front of him. He wanted to arrive at his room safety tonigt. If it came right down to it Jon will not be the one getting hard tonight. As much as he cared about others, Jon did just the same to protect his skin. He would fight this guy off, maybe give to him once and he probably wouldn't have to hussle to get away. Freaking great, night before I leave, he thought. Had to run into Mr.Insomnia.


 
Selwin laughed as he heard the boy saying that if they continued, one of them was going to end up dead. Selwin could finish off the boy right now with one of the unforgivable curses, but he wanted to have some fun with this boy and decided to let it carry on. "Yes, one of us will die tonight, and it will be you, unless you say sorry." said Selwin in a very deep voice. Selwin didn't care about who he killed, he would remove the stain in front of him with ease and intended to do so. He wasn't in the mood tonight to kill anyone, so he decided to let the boy live. "Your're lucky I'm not in the mood today, otherwise, today would have been your last night." said Selwin. Selwin still wanted to have some fun with this fella, keep the duel going to have some fun. "Let's keep going on with this duel of ours. First one to fall says sorry to the other. Agreed?" said Selwin. Selwin stepped back a few feet and said, "Deprimo!"
 
"Are you seriously kidding me?" Jon couldn't take no more of this, whatever this guy was up to, he was sure a hell of a guy to make Jon angry. Angry enough to almost feel the next spell be thrown at him, by the nick of time he conjure "Protego Duo!" he shouted at the top of his lung. He came back though, a lot harder than his previous spells. This one was something he would've used on an object, not human. "Diffindo!" Jon shouted, he wanted to rip this guy head of it was possible. He took a few steps back since his shield had disappeared from the last spell. He wanted to be ready which meant Jon nearly crouching as the spells continue to drive harshly at his direction. "What are we boys? Last time I checked I was a grown man, sorry my arse!" with that he didn't say any other words except reckless spells thrown at the man. Jon was ready for the damage, sure enough the damages will be targeted at this guy.


 
Selwin saw the boy defending himself again with Protega. Selwin thought it was pretty pathetic for the boy to use only be using defensive spells, rather than using any offensive spells. He thought that using defensive spells all the time was the mark of a true weak person and so the reason why Selwin most of the time used offensive spells, so he could show how powerful he was. As Selwin saw the boy using an offensive spell, a pretty basic one at that too. It would have been easy for Selwin to dodge this spell if he had moved in time. Selwin move quickly, but the spell had gotten a piece of his cost and a portion of his coat was slices in half. He proceeded to taking off his coat and throwing it away. "Your going to pay for that one." Selwin said staring straight at the boy.

All of sudden, Selwin started to hear thoughts in his mind that he shouldn't be dueling right now. The fact of the matter was, Selwin wasn't in the mood to kill anyone today, so he would take pity on the boy and let him live. Selwin took his hands down, put his wand in his back pocket and said, "It's your lucky day. I don't have the mood for a duel anymore." Selwin was however interesting in learning about this boy. Selwin had never seen a boy who wasn't an Auror that would stand up to a death eater like that. Selwin walked closer to the boy and said with a more clam voice, "Let's call it day. What's your name boy?"
 
Jon saw the man curse because of the spell had split his jacket. He would've been more satisfied if the spell split his fingers instead but Jon wasn't cruel. Or at least he thought he wasn't, he couldn't put himself to harm anyone. Still, he would've cause more injuries despite of it all. He shook his head when the man stop attacking and put his wand away. Either Jon was drunk right now or was he seeing a mad man step down? Or he must've heard what he meant by the part where someone could die seriously.
Whatever it was he was greatful for it somehow he wouldn't be killing someone tonight. Jon could never be that type anyways. "Well it isn't boy" Jon look down at the man hand. He swear up and down they could've been the same age yet someone was actually calling a boy? "You first, what's your name?" he asked, his wand slide down his robe sleeves. It was nicely tuck away but it was easy for Jon to reach and attack again just in case the man was bluffing.Besides that, he had verbal magic to worry about. "And where you from? I hadn't seen you around here before" Jon asked some more a bit suspicious.

 
Selwin heard the boy responding that his name wasn't boy. Selwin found it a little funny that this kid actually had something that he liked about him, but Selwin just couldn't put his finger on it. He saw the boy putting his wand away, but sensed that the boy was still on alert that if Selwin decided to do something, he would be ready. It was only fair that the boy asked what Selwin's name was, but Selwin wouldn't open up to anyone very quickly, it took quite a while. "You can call me Snape." said Selwin. Selwin found it to be fair that he ask the same question, he really didn't care about what the boy's name was, but it didn't hurt to know. "What is your name boy?" said Selwin.

Selwin smirked as the boy asked him if he was from around here. Then again, Selwin wasn't too fond of the boy asking him too many questions so far, and not answering any questions either. "For a young lad, you are annoying and you ask too many questions." said Selwin as he started to walk towards picking up his coat. "I suppose your gonna pay for my coat right? Since you sliced it in half." said Selwin. Selwin didn't really care about money, he had plenty of it, he just wanted to see how the boy's attitude was. "I'm from everywhere. I use to live here." said Selwin. "Now mind telling me a bit about yourself if your done asking too many questions?"
 
"Is that right Snape?" boy was this guy really getting irritating. Irritating enough that Jon wanted to end his life right there. Maybe kill him and dispose of the guys body, there wasn't enough cruel bones to act that out, luckily for him at least. "You can call me Johnny" he spoke, giving 'Snape' his old nickname back at Orion's Academy. "And yeah I'm gonna pay for your coat, when swine flies? Can you figure out when that will happen?" Jon said amusingly as he spoke. This guy was something first attack and getting to know part? That's how he played, well Jon was starting to like him little by the minute. He reminded him so much of his old roommates back at Drummy, it put a smirk on his face he couldn't wash off.
He stepped back putting himself together as a few others individual walk by than. A few stared at both men, Jon wonder what happen to the ones that went to get for help? Maybe got struck by lightening. "How much for that coat? Maybe you can borrow one from my aunts, house" he chuckle a little, his comment bringing more amusement to their little discussion. "I'm sure you can fit one of her models clothing just fine" he added with a glint.
 
Selwin could feel more negative energy around the boy, which told him that the boy was getting more irritated and more temperamental. Selwin thought it was a pretty funny and an interesting name to call the boy Johnny. He though of Johnny as a little kids name. "Johnny? Are we back in second grade now or something?" Selwin took a small pause and said, "Nevermind Johnny, I'll refer to you as John." Selwin looked with his vicious eyes towards John as he made a small joke about him buying Selwin a new coat. Truth be told, Selwin was only testing to see if John would offer to pay for it, of course Selwin would deny since he didn't take money from anybody. "Good one. I was only testing you mate. I don't take freebies from anybody." said Selwin as he threw his coat up in the air and used his black and white ball to burn it. "That outta take care of it."

Selwin looked back at John to only notice a smirk on his face. It was weird for Selwin to see a smirk on John's face, since Selwin didn't do anything that was funny. "Something funny?" said Selwin looking death in the eyes of John. Selwin heard John talking about him getting a coat for Selwin from his aunt, and quite frankly, Selwin could have just taken out his wand and used an unforgivable curse to kill him right now. "Keep it up and you'll wish you weren't alive." Selwin took a small pause and said, "Now, let's move from this area as too many people are suspicious of us." Selwin started to walk towards out of town area.
 
"No I prefer the name Johnny more than John" Jon made a puzzle expression seeing that Snape had completely destroyed his coat. "What's funny? I would say about everything but I agree being here to crowded" Jon stepped to walk pushing his robes around him. He made sure his robes went slender down his form and not loose fitted since he was the one walking with the man. They barricade away from the crowd and into a quiet street alone. It had been a long day for Jon, right about now he wanted a good drink of something new. Firewhisky was getting old even at his age. He rather drink something with flavor anyways. Its about time they make something new anyways. "Want to join me for a drink? Be needing something to wake me up" he added walking ygr cobbler stones walkways, the heat making him a little hot even at night.


 
Selwin looked at John when he said he preferred to be called Johnny, not John. "I could care less of what you want to be called. Suck it up." said Selwin in a mild tone. Selwin didn't really care for what others wanted from him. Whatever Selwin would give is what he will give, no if's, and's or but's. "At least you've got a few cells in that brain of yours that are smart." said Selwin referring to Johnny saying that they should move away from the crowd. Selwin started to walk with his hands in his pants pockets, and then noticed Johnny offering him to join him for a drink. Selwin didn't join anyone who was a stranger to him for anything, let alone drinking. But Selwin had nothing on his schedule for a while, so thought it might be a good idea to get a drink or two. "I suppose. I'm a bit eager for a drink as well." said Selwin. "And I suppose you have a place in mind as well or should I do the thinking?" said Selwin.
 
"You think your tryna be funny?" Jon narrowed his gaze at the man who seem to sound more sarcastic each time he talk. "I don't see anyone laughing, if you don't wanna drink than up yours. I'm out of here, have better things to take care of" he hated idiots who think they were better than anyone else. He dealt with a lot of guys like Snape back at the Drumstrang. "Besides I have an early class to teach the next morning. See you around mate" he half way saluted and walk away. It had been a weird night with this guy already, one can take enough rude comments before someone snap again. Its not Jon nature to be rude or moronic but this guy was asking for another fight it seems. Jon wasn't giving into his pity mind games. It wasn't worth dealing with him now, if he did he would have to explain unwanted wounds the next morning.

 

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