From the Stars to the Stars → Draco Malfoy

xxv. Lepus

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     It took Professor Dumbledore more than a month to call Orion, Draco, and Theo to his office.

     Orion was just enjoying her peanut butter and jam toast at the Slytherin table when one of the Gryffindor's prefects called the three of them to his office. She saw Cepheus immediately rolling his eyes, demanding to also come to the office merely because he did not trust Draco and Theo to help and defend her, even though he wasn't at the scene where the fight happened.

     "Seriously, just go back," Orion said with irritation in her voice when Cepheus was still trailing them from behind.

     "What? No," he shook his head. "You're my cousin, I'm here to–"

     "You're not my legal guardian, Ceph. They're probably just going to give me detention and took points off from Ravenclaw," Orion sighed, shaking her head lightly at Cepheus' determination.

     She swore one of these days the Ravenclaw students are going to hex her off for the many points she took from them.

     The four of them walked inside the Headmaster Office, Theo and Draco walked in first with both Orion and Cepheus trailing them from behind. Orion could see Professor Flitwick giving her a faint smile as he shook his head in disappointment, and Orion couldn't help but squeezed her eyes shut before she stood in front of Professor Snape.

     "Here again, Mikaelson?" drawled Professor Snape, his tone was icy and he was staring at Orion as if he wasn't surprised to see her. "You're becoming a regular at this point."

     Orion did not say anything at his statement, but if looks could burn, rest assured the whole room would know what Professor Snape smells like if he was stuck in a toaster.

     "It has come to my attention that there was a fight between you and Sendy Kim," Professor Dumbledore prompted, he was looking at Orion with an unreadable expression. "And it ended up with her having to spend two days in the Hospital Wings because you broke her arm."

     Orion nodded, not feeling the need to correct any words out of his mouth because they were all true.

     "Would you like to elaborate on how it ends up like that?" Professor McGonagall asked her, she was the only one that looked at her like she usually would. No trace of disappointment and judgement.

     Orion bit her lip for a second, not quite understanding the question. "Are you asking me why I broke her hand or what spell did I use?"

     "Maybe you could elaborate on both," Professor Flitwick answered her in a second, his voice was hopeful that something could justify her action.

    "She was the one who attacked me," Orion looked at him as she spoke. "I would never try to harm someone if I wasn't provoked."

     "How did she attack you?" Professor Sprout asked her, her voice was soft and Orion felt a tad guilt coming through her.

     "Which one?" Orion tilted her head. "Because that wasn't the first time she attacked me. She attacked me by throwing me a couple of balloons with blood in them, you could ask Harry, he was there," she continued, looking at Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall this time.

     "Then, she tried to poison me before the Yule Ball so I couldn't attend, but instead of poisoning me, she ended up poisoning Cho. You could ask Padma about that, or even Leanne Moon because she was the one who put the potion," she added. This time she could hear a soft gasp coming out of Professor Sprout's mouth. "I made her nose bleed for that, using a spell that I shouldn't be using in Hogwarts."