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Blaise stared at the empty parchment “I’m all out of creative ways to kill people” he couldn’t believe it was possible but he did.
They were currently at the Slytherin common room, Theodore was looking up ways to withstand an Imperius Curse as Moody was in the mood of inflicting it on unsuspecting students as of the late. Artemis was doing his Charms homework while looking up merpeople.
“Did you try staring at Moody’s fake eye?” Theodore offered after closing a book entitled 75 Ways to Get out of Tricky Spells: The Death Volume.
“Tried that one last week” Blaise leaned back against the sofa “Hey Artemis could you ask that Butler of yours for ideas”
“You already used up the list he sent you about pencils?” Artemis raised a brow.
Blaise brought out a piece of paper “Well it lasted me for three assignments”
“Maybe this will help you clear your mind” Draco entered the room and placed a bottle of Berry Ocky Rot on the table Artemis was using.
“Where did you get this?” Artemis stared at the blond with an unimpressed expression on his face. “At least get one of finer quality”
“Oh made a little deal with one of the elves” Draco winked “Apparently they don’t mind me taking a bit off Dumbledore’s collection”
Theodore stood up “I’m going to get glasses then”
“Don’t you think they’ll notice us drinking?” Artemis looked around there were three first years and one-fifth year also in the room.
“Well the first years will be scared of us older people, and that one dude will be scared of unauthorized authority” Blaise patted Artemis’ back “Just one cold glance would do”
The boy rolled his eyes “I’m not going to partake in this” he pointed at Blaise “Him high on Butterbeer is quite enough”
“In my defense that one Gryffindor had it coming” Blaise crossed his arms.
“You were dueling a stool,” Artemis said “And you thought Hagrid was Cho Chang”
Draco snickered at that memory “You were quite dignified there”
“I’ve got the glasses!” Theodore said coming with four champagne flutes.
“Theodore!” Blaise jumped off the couch “New plan! Make Draco and Artemis as drunk as Dumbledore was on Christmas!”
“Blaise quiet down” Artemis hissed “Can’t you just drink in the rooms?”
“He’s got a point” Theodore turned around “Ok to the rooms”
“Hey, I think I have an even better idea” Draco suggested with a smirk “I mean you tend to wonder”
Artemis glared “Leave me out of this”
Both Blaise and Draco exchanged mischievous smiles “You grab his legs” Blaise said “I grab his arms”
Luna was roaming around classrooms after someone had yet again stolen her shoes while she was sleeping. She didn’t really mind having to go around the castle at night seeing as she liked the eerie feeling of empty hallways and dimly lit classrooms.
She had just finished inspecting another classroom when she saw someone running around the hallways doing the same thing she was doing. The girl got a bit curious and went behind the boy which she could tell was from Slytherin judging by his uniform “Can I help you?” she asked.
The dark-skinned boy jumped and almost tripped, he held his chest “Looney” he panted.
Despite being quite dark Luna could tell the boy was Blaise Zabini “Are you hunting for Killofangs?”
“Killo . . . no” Blaise shook his head “Have you seen Fowl?”
This perked the girl’s interest “Has something happened to him?”
At this Blaise seemed uncomfortable “Well . . . it’s kind of . . . well yes, he’s . . . well not himself”
“So he’s another person then?” Luna cocked her head.
Blaise snapped his fingers “Exactly he’s a completely different person . . . like he’s . . .”
“I FOUND ORION!” Theodore’s yell could be heard from down the hall.
Blaise quickly ran out the classroom “LOCK THE ROOM THEN!” he ran towards where Theodore was.
Luna followed the Slytherin wondering who this ‘Orion’ person was when she came to the classroom she saw the sight of Theodore Nott sitting on top of Artemis Fowl’s back.
“Ok that’s it no werewolf hunting,” Blaise said scolding Artemis.
‘Artemis’ replied with a pout and almost immediately Luna knew there was something amiss.
“Things always backfire whenever we mess with Artemis,” Theodore said struggling to keep whoever this person was.
Immediately ‘Artemis’ stopped struggling out of Theodore and replied with an almost soft and casual tone a far cry from Artemis’ usual Transylvanian aristocratic accent “Well he did tend to be right all the time”
Luna entered the room and bent over to look at Orion “Hello” she said.
At this Orion gave a warm smile which again was unsettling to see on Artemis’ face “Well good evening Miss Lovegood, my you do look quite enchanting with the reflection of the moon in your face quite like a little goddess”
Theodore and Blaise stared at Orion incredulously “Is . . . he flirting with her?” Blaise pointed.
Luna just blinked “Why . . . thank you?”
Orion continued “I don’t see why people label you as a freak if anything you are an angel sent from the heaven enlightening us with the beautiful sound of your voice”
Theodore’s jaw dropped “Is this Artemis? Are you sure this is just alcohol he’s under?”
The Artemis look-a-like sighed “For the last time I am not Artemis, I am Orion, we are completely different people you see I’m much more fun than that boring scientist who does nothing but banking and other dark spells in his spare time”
Luna turned to the two boys “When did Orion appear?”
“Well Draco and I wanted to see what would happen with Artemis drunk” Blaise explained “So we tied him up and made Theodore make him drink two bottles of Berry Ocky Rot”
“I now regret everything” Theodore sighed.
“Would you mind letting him stand up?” Luna asked “I would like to have a proper conversation with him”
“And risk him running off looking for werewolves?” Blaise deadpanned.
Orion raised his hand “Oh no I won’t be leaving this room, as long as I have the company of this young beauty I am quite satisfied”
“I’m starting to miss Artemis’ glares, they’re more comforting that this” Theodore shook his head.
Not wanting to witness anymore of Orion’s flirting the two Slytherins decided to wait outside of the classroom leaving Luna and the Fowl ‘twin’ alone.
“So . . . Orion” Luna said sitting on one of the desks “How do you know me?”
“Through Artemis” the boy twirled around in a pirouette “I see everything Artemis sees, I’m just this tiny person stuck in his head that wants to come out and take control because as you know Arty can be a bit of a control freak”
Luna nodded, she wondered how related were Orion and Artemis’ physical prowess “Well that’s interesting”
“Believe it or not he finds you quite interesting as well” Orion bent over in an arabesque penchée pose and grabbed her hand and pressed his lips on her fingers “Unlike me who’s quite enchanted by you”
“What do you plan to achieve from taking over Artemis?” she asked ignoring Orion’s attempts to flirt with her.
“Well several things really” he stood up straight but didn’t let go of her hand “I’m going to make the world forget about that boring old businessman and welcome the new and improved me” Orion the pulled her towards him “But first I must ask you out on an evening of dinner”
The blonde hummed trying to hide her discomfort “Well that would sound nice. . . ”
“Nothing beats the sound of your voice” Orion then tried to touch her face only for her to push away.
“Though I would rather have a debate with Artemis regarding Aquavirus Maggots and their therapeutic benefits” Luna was walking away trying to put a distance between him and her she turned her head slightly to face him “As nice as you are it just wouldn’t be the same wouldn’t it?”
Orion looked into her eyes and there was something off about his stare, while a few moments ago he was trying to put on a warm and friendly vibe his eyes gave off something very . . . dark “Artemis is a fool, letting go of a girl like you for science and gold.”
“He never had me” Luna turned around and readied her wand behind her “I never had him”
“Which is why I want you for myself” he smirked before charging for her
The girl raised her wand but before she could say a spell Orion had already knocked it out of her hand. He then grabbed both her arms, Luna tried to fight back but unlike before where his hold was gentle this was an iron grip.
“I may not be as smart as old Arty” he said backing her up against the wall “But I am stronger than him”
Luna looked at him and for the first time there was fear in her eyes “What do you want with me?”
“I want to take something” his face was now mere inches away from hers “Something Artemis would never have”
Luna closed her eyes, she should have done the ceremonial Letin dance before this.
“Orion!” the door opened and a large Eurasian man entered with a gun Draco right behind him.
“Stand back!” the bodyguard then fired what seemed to be a gun right at Orion but instead of killing him he had stunned him.
“Dammit, Butler” the boy writhed in pain.
Draco crossed his arms “You know we could have just stunned him if you said so”
The large man went over Orion “We don’t want to risk magic at this point, it might give power to Orion to take over Artemis, he had a hard time recovering from this last time”
Theodore noticed Luna’s almost pale face “Are you alright Lovegood?”
Luna looked at Butler stun Orion once again and despite what had happened to her earlier she couldn’t help but wince and turn away “I’m . . . mostly fine”
“Well, even I would be spooked at Orion showing affection to me” Blaise cringed.
Draco sighed “Let’s just stun him again for good measure, come on Fowl I know you’re still there”
The next morning during Care for Magical Creatures Pansy was as per usual screaming at the Blasted Skewts.
“It’s becoming annoying!” the girl yelled.
“Not so loud” Theodore tried to silence the girl, right after the whole fiasco the boys returned to their quarters only to realize that it was already morning.
“Well I ever . . .” she paused when she saw Artemis leaning over a tree wearing sunglasses and looking quite paler than usual “What’s going on with him?”
Hermione also noticed Artemis' weird state “Artemis, are you alright?” she asked.
The boy just raised a palm “I’m fine, just tell Parkinson to shut up”
“My, you’ve been quite rude all morning!” Pansy crossed her arms “You’ve hardly eaten breakfast, you hardly listen when we talk to you and you’re now telling me to shut up”
Draco groaned “Would you just zip your mouth, don’t make me hex you”
“Draco. . .” her mouth was then covered by Blaise’s palm.
“Pansy we’re tired and everyone now thinks you’re a pain” he yawned.
Harry noticed the exchange “Aren’t the Slytherins being a bit crankier today?”
“Hmm . . . Fowl” Hagrid went closer to the student and immediately noticed a familiar scent “Have you been drinking?”
Artemis lowered his glasses revealing bloodshot eyes “I don’t want to talk about it” he said his voice turning very dry and croaky as though he had become a Basilisk.
While normal people would have just stepped back and keep a 100 meter radius away from the Slytherin the professor found the predicament slightly amusing “Well you’re in luck boy” Hagrid gestured to “I happen to have a lil pick me up made of Aconite, Mandrakes and Coconut milk that would just do the trick”
Artemis gave a the professor a look before pushing back his sunglasses “We have a deal”