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#1
January 10th, 1891 — Prefects' Bathroom

In the past two days, the scandalous photograph had been hunting Seneca's mind. Much as she tried, she couldn't erase the picture from her mind. Whenever she closed her mind, the naked couple flashed in front of her eyes. It was particularly bad when she tried to focus on her studies and when she went to bed. Particularly at night. She was alone with her thoughts, in the dark and quiet and the picture took life in her mind. She even continued the scene somewhat. She imagined the couple kissing, an act Seneca was familiar with and, up to two days ago, was the most scandalous one she was aware of.

The worst part? The more the scene remained in her mind, the more it changed. The faces in the picture morphed. The woman's features slowly started to morph into Seneca's. As for the man, Seneca began to ponder about any man she'd like to have in such proximity. Sometimes Tiberius came to mind, other times Germander. I know how that looks to the reader, given that they were both her cousins, but we should take into consideration that Seneca had little to no relationships with males outside her family. And Cadwallader Selwyn was anything but desirable!

Sometimes, in the night, her hand had travelled terribly close to the triangular region between her leg. It would rest upon her nightgown's cotton, and yet Seneca felt like she was committing a sin. However, just like the dark arts fascinated her, this did too. She knew that she couldn't do any explorations (or shall we say, sexplorations) in the girls' dorm, even if everyone else was asleep. It was too risky.

Luckily for her, she was in the privileged position to have an entire bathroom to herself.

Even though it wasn't her usual bathing day, Seneca headed to the bathroom that morning. It was early enough that nobody else would disturb her.

She removed her clothes and looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes immediately fell in the dark patch of hair between her legs. It took for it to turn red for her to acknowledge her embarassment.

No, she was going to do this.

She got inside the bathtub and made herself comfortable. Then, she slowly brought her hand towards her private parts. It was all hair, then there seemed to be an opening of sorts, as though the hairs were parted in two. A little downer and - ow!

Seneca flushed and turned on the tap in an erratic motion and then put the hand that had done the crime underneath the water.

It took some minutes to compose herself, before she stopped the running water. This was stupid. If she could read about illegal magic, she could do whatever it was that woman was doing with her body.

Seneca slid her fingers downwards once more. She located the protruding part which had caused her to flinch before. She run her finger on it once more, this time more carefully. It gave her a weird sort of sensation. It was pleasant.

She continued to do that and, seeing that she was untouched to this day, it didn't take long for her to really get into the sensation. That one small bit of soft flesh seemed to be controlling the rest of her body and Seneca began to feel a sort of electricity.

A muffled moan escaped her mouth just as she heard footsteps on the bathroom's marbled floors, stopping her activity like a guillotine falling on a sinner's head.


Frida Lestrange

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Unlike her cousin, Frida had done a fairly good job at keeping thoughts of the photograph at bay. She was not the sort of girl to obsess over boys or worry about her future husband apart from worries that he did not exist, so it was easier to avoid the temptation even as the sun went down and Frida found herself alone in bed. When thoughts of it did intrude her mind, she fretted over the content and whether or not she would one day be forced to perform such acts if it meant having children.

She was still so young and yet so close to debuting; it would only be a matter of time before she was expected to take a husband and make a life for herself. Though the picture was gone the woman's face had not left her mind, nor had the undeniable pleasure she was taking in whatever the act was called. She knew the Lord would think her a sinner for even thinking of such things, but she could not help it!

Perhaps she was having a harder time getting it out of her mind than she thought.

She continued her daily routine, not allowing the photograph to distract her from her responsibilites. Breakfast, classes, lunch classes, club activities, prefect responsibilities, dinner, and more responsibilities. Then, only when students began to settle in for the night and the opportunity presented itself, Frida finally decided it was time to bathe. The prefect bathroom allowed her in, and for a moment Frida thought herself alone—that was until the sound of a quiet moan caused Frida to freeze in place.

It was Seneca.

"What are you doing?" she asked, her voice strained and high-pitched.




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At least it was Frida. Or was it a good thing that it was Frida who caught her?

Frida would undoubtedly connect the dots and figure out what Seneca had been doing. That being said, it was better to be caught by her than any stranger. Even Gretchen. Seneca hadn't thought to tell Gretchen about the photograph these past few days. She was her dearest friend and yet she found the topic too scandalous to discuss it even with her most trusted confidante.

"I'm having a bath!" Seneca replied, her voice sounding panicked even if she was going for sarcasm. "Can't you knock before entering?"



#4
At first, Frida did not think much of Seneca's panicked tone considering that she'd just walked in unannounced, but she then quickly remembered the moan from a moment ago and she took a shaky breath.

"You don't usually take a bath at this time," she countered, crossing her arms across her chest—both an act of defiance and protectiveness. She felt awkward and embarrassed and a little curious. Her cheeks flushed and she stared intently at her submerged arm."What were you...?"




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"Frida!" Seneca exclaimed. "What do you think I was doing?" She asked as though Frida had just accused her of stealing something. She wasn't going to admit to Frida what she had been doing. Frida would be too embarrassed to accuse her of the deed. If nobody acknowledged it, it would be as though it never happened. Besides, Frida couldn't have seen anything. Seneca's body was hidden inside the bathtub and she had had her back to the door for good measure.



#6
Seneca seemed embarrassed, and rightfully so—yet Frida could not find the courage to make further accusations. Not beyond the factual. "You were being noisy," she said, which she knew to be true. Her eyes flickered between Seneca's face and her arm.




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"Was I?" Seneca countered. A sound had definitely escaped her lips but it hadn't occurred to her how loud it had been. "It was the water. I accidentally made it too hot and it burned me."



#8
Oh. The water was too hot. Frida flushed with embarrassment at having jumped to such conclusions in her mind, but quickly shook it off.

"Well, I suppose I ought to leave you then. When do you suppose you'll be finished?" she asked.


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Relief rushed through her entire body. She had dodged a bullet. Thank Merlin Frida was so gullible!

"I will try to be quick, say ten minutes?" Seneca replied. She wasn't one to waste copious amounts of time in the bath. She was a busy girl, she didn't have time to soak in a bathtub for hours.

That being said, she couldn't continue her previous activities now, both because she couldn't risk Frida suspecting anything and because she had to hurry. She had built up certain electricity up until Frida interrupted her. It would take time to reach that point again, time she didn't have.

She would have to plan her next adventure into her private parts better next time, because she wasn't ready to give up on the quest quite yet.



#10
Frida nodded and, still a little flustered, scurried out of the room. As she stood outside, her things slung over her arm, she knew in her heart that Seneca had been doing something so personal that she didn't want to tell Frida. If only she knew what.




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