Behind the Curtains At Malfoy Manor
Fred rolled his eyes as George rambled to the poor little 3rd years about why he fancies Orion. Stupid Granger asking stupid questions. As Fred closed his eyes, he heard George speak to him and Angelina,
“Where is he anyway?”
Fred opened his eyes and looked at George,
“Good question, Serinas here already, so where is he?”
Now both of the twins were looking at the two girls who were sitting on a couch near them. The trio of 3rd years backed away, with Hermione leading them saying something along the line of,
“It’s not our business to know where he is, cmon,”.
Angelina shrugged, but Serina actually looked away to think,
“Maybe Cygnus made him do something with him, it is his last year here,”.
“Cygnus?
Angelina raised an eyebrow at George who was looking puzzled at Serina,
“His brother? Did you not know Orion has a brother?”
Both twins stared at Angelina now, confusion settled in their faces. Angelina and Serina bursted out laughing, leaning on one another for support.
“You didn’t know he had a brother?!”
“He never talks about him!”
George put his arms out in defense, tensing his shoulders as Fred began to laugh too.
“I thought you were the Orion expert, George!?”
The group laughed together then and for a while. Once they’d settled down, wiping the tears from their eyes, and laying back down on the couches, actual questions started being asked,
“So, wait,”
Fred calmed down and looked to the two girls,
“If he’s got a brother, and his parents are in jail, where do they stay?”
Serina looked at Fred, a frown forming on her face,
“Well, he stays at his Uncle and Aunt’s house,”
George and Fred raised their eyebrows in unison,
“The Malfoy Manor.”
Smiles were gone throughout the group, and George sat upright in his place on the couch,
“He stays with the Malfoys? But- he hates Draco Malfoy,”
“Exactly,”
Angelina responded for Serina, who was still thinking on the matter.
“Okay, so, that makes sense, but he stays here for Christmas,”
George was now staring at Angelina, but the blonde next to her answered for her this time,
“He stays for Christmas because he hates that family, but he’s required to go back for summer holidays,”
Angelina glared at Serina, and made a motion with her hand to stop and to shut up which made her eyes widen and place a hand over her mouth.
“What? Why wouldn’t he want to- wouldn’t they love him? He’s family,”
George thought aloud, now being lost in his win thoughts for once. The girls screwed up.
“They- it’s- it’s complicated, the family basically hates him,”
Angelina stumbled over her words, looking over her shoulder constantly as if he was gonna pop up out of thin air.
“Why?”
“He hates being a Slytherin- he hates being a Black descendant!-“
She whisper shouted at Fred, who asked the question, throwing her hands out in defense, waving for them to stop asking. Just as she did this, Orion walked into the common room, frown displayed on his pale face. The group went silent as he drew closer, looking at one another.
“What’s up?”
Orion looked at all of them, confusion taking over his features. All of the group sheepishly smiled, aside from Fred, who leaned back, with a smirk on his face. Angelina glared at him, she knew what he was doing.
“Where were you? You’re usually here earlier,”
Fred asked, staring at Orion. The latter looked to Fred, then sat on an armchair between the two couches, sighing,
“My brother made me have tea with him,”
The group stared at Orion.
“Tea? That was it?”
Orion chuckled at Fred’s question, and placed his head in one of his hands,
“Tea with any family member of mine is hell, Fred,”
“Sorry mate”
“It’s fine, I’m used to it,”
Orion looked at Serina, and smiled lightly,
“Anymore drama you’ve heard?”
Serina light up and sat up in her place on the couch,
“Yes! So I heard that-“