From the Stars to the Stars → Draco Malfoy

xxiv. Canis Minor

thank you isgeorgeweasleyhere 
for translating
some dialogues to Latin.

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     The night before the Second Task of the Triwizard Champion, Orion once again could not find Harry anywhere in the castle, although she did not have the urge to look at the Gryffindor Common Room. Even though she's friends with most of them, most of the time she did not feel very welcome there. They have a very tight group of friends, especially with the Weasleys, they had too much of an inside joke that Orion would not understand, and she did not have the mood to sit in the middle of them while smiling sheepishly–not understanding a word what they're saying.

     Instead, she arranged a study date with Cassiopeia at the library. They agreed to come right at seven after having their dinner early, Orion made sure to come to the Great Hall earlier than before for the last two months to prevent someone putting something on the Ravenclaw table. She hasn't had the chance to confront Sendy Kim about that, since Hadria has been with her and he asked her nicely not to do anything after he had told Sendy Kim to back off.

     Orion did not like someone telling her what to do, but since Hadria has been with her most of the time, she did not want to disappoint him.

     She would find a much better time to confront her.

     She was sitting at one of the tables in the middle of the library, waiting for Cassiopeia to come when she finally saw her, walking towards her with a silver-haired boy trailing behind her, a bored-looking expression on his face. Orion immediately rolled her eyes at the sight.

     "I thought it would be just us," Orion whined, looking at Cassiopeia with a disappointed look when they finally arrived at her table.

     "He was getting into another fight with Higgs–" Cassiopeia paused to point her finger to Draco who once again rolled his eyes. "–who need I remind you is still in recovery because you launched at him in the common room after the Yule Ball for no absolute reason!"

     Draco scoffed at Cassiopeia, taking a seat beside her as he slammed the book he has with him to the table. Orion bit the inside of her cheek as she looked at him, there was a silent agreement between the two not to tell anyone of what happened that night, especially Cassiopeia, especially Cepheus.

     "Where's your book?" Orion asked when she saw Cassiopeia sitting down in front of her and realised that she didn't bring anything with her.

     Cassiopeia let out a sheepish smile as she shrugged. "I didn't want to study, can we just talk?"

     "You literally dragged me out of the common room to study, Marcellous," Draco grunted from beside her, crossing his arm as he squeezed his eyes shut trying not to snap at the Marcellous girl sitting next to him.

     "No, I did not." Cassiopeia squinted her eyes at him. "I dragged you out of the common room in order to stop you from literally killing Terence Higgs."

     Orion bit the inside of her cheek one more time, opening the book in front of her to prevent herself from taking another look at the guy sitting at Cassiopeia's right.

     "Where's Shafiq?" Cassiopeia asked when she saw Orion begin to take interest in the Potion book in front of her.

     Orion shrugged at the question. "With his friends, at dinner, I think."

     "You guys are getting tight," Cassiopeia winked at Orion when she saw her looking up from her books. "Any chance you're inviting him over this break?"