Sebastian stood silently in the now empty hallway of the Hogwarts Express as he looked into the compartment that held the woman he would be protecting, he had watched her enter the train even though she had been unaware of him. Harry had warned him specifically not to tell her who he was or who he worked for, they could not risk being exposed before the enemy made a move.

[i]"How are we so sure the enemy doesn't already know me?"

Sebastian sat silently as he held one of the current books for the last year, it seemed to be the same material from his school year but it had been slightly revised for newer material. He silently scanned the pages as he quickly read the book to make sure he was more then adequately prepared for the classes he would once again be taking.

"We don't but we are going to have to assume for now that the enemy has not been paying as close attention specifically to you. We have to maintain complete secrecy on this Sebastian, she can not under any circumstances know who you really are or that you work for the Ministry. With the Tri-Wizard cup taking place this year we can't be sure who the enemy is or if they will have eye's or ears in Hogwarts. Thats why for the duration of your stay you will be taking the identity Roland Fleur, that should if anything else throw off any possible.

Sebastian finished reading the book as he set it down and pick up another one flipping it over scanning the pages of the book like the last one, his eye's moving quickly from page to page as he turned them.

"So I am just to keep an eye on here? Make sure she stays out of trouble?"

"Unfortunately its going to take more then that, she is not stupid nor is she blind to not notice someone is following her, especially now given the current situation. From the interview with her parents she is a loner very much like you, so we are going to use that to our advantage. I want you to befriend her and get close to her so that you can keep a close eye on her during the day, for surveillance purposes, we have placed magical devices in the Ravenclaw dorm to alert you to possible attacks."

Sebastian slowly lowered the book and then closed it with a snap, he had to be... her friend? How the hell was he supposed to do that!? He wasn't exactly the friend type to begin with. Hell he had no bloody friends now on the exception of maybe Harry but that was awry at best.

"I know that look Sebastian I have seen it enough in my life time from you. To tell you the truth your youthful appearance and skills as an Auror were only half the reason I chose you for this mission. The other reason was that I believe this will be a good experience for you, to get you out of the box you keep yourself in, a chance to experience the things you have never experienced. Your a great boy, and I am sure in time you will be an even greater man, but you need to open yourself or I fear that you will not make it far in this life."

Sebastian pulled out his fingers, a noticeable gesture when he felt that his character was being attacked, he knew Harry meant well and that he thought of him as a surrogate son but the truth simply was that he didn't understand how he felt, not completely. 

"You don't understand Sir with all due respect, you knew those connections and even until this day you still know them. I have never known that, I have never had one friend in my entire life that I could trust. Your the only one who ever gave me a chance to be something more, and looked after me like a father. Smiles in a room full of coworker simply is just that, smiles in a passing moment."

Harry got up from his chair silently and walked across the room, putting his hand on Sebastian's shoulder he looked him in the eye and spoke lowly so Sebastian could hear only:

"I do know what it feels like to live life alone wishing there was something more in it. You hide it well but I see it in your eye's that your current life makes you unhappy. You love your work but you wish just for once in your life you could have something more solid, something meant to last. You fear relationships with people because you fear they will someday end, but everyone has that fear Sebastian, but the difference is we form those relationships anyways, because living alone is not anyway to live."

Sebastian watched Harry smile at him and cross the room to the door out of his office, Sebastian swallowed hard never realizing just how intuitive Harry really was and that he had read him like a book. Before Harry opened the door he turned one last time and spoke:

"Change is a good thing Sebastian, you have all the good things that make a fine man, now you just need to open the door and let them flow out and show everyone your warm individual."

Harry nodded saying Good luck on his assignment and left the room.[/i]

Sebastian reached his hand out and grabbed the handle to the compartment as the train jerked lightly, pulling the door back he took a deep breath and let himself into the compartment where Lystra was sitting, poking his head in he gave a charming smile and spoke in a lightly accented french voice:

"Hello all these other compartments are full up would you mind if I sat with you?"