The Black Brothers

Chapter 2

He set fire to the world around him but never let a flame touch her.

The Fawley twins stood on Platform 9 3/4, already having left their parents behind at the station as Isabella Brown came in their direction.

Quentin always described Isabella Brown as the perfect sidekick, and Joey always found that unfair. Quentin's reasoning was that Isa was pretty average, her dirty blonde hair and dull eyes not making her ugly but certainly not pretty either. Her grades were tolerable and her intelligence questionable.

But despite her brother's hatred towards the girl, Joey liked to think of her as her best friend. After all, they have been sharing a dorm since the age of eleven...

"Isa!"

"Josie."

The girls hugged, completely ignoring Quentin, whose eyes were transfixed on a certain blonde arguing with Lucius.

"I'll leave you two to it." He mumbled, making his way to the couple, but the girls didn't hear him already gushing to each other about their Christmas Holidays.

At the time Quentin reached Narcissa Lucius was long gone and silent tears were falling down her porcelain skin.
"C'mere," Quentin mumbled, pulling the girl into a hug.
"You shouldn't be here, he doesn't like me hanging with you."
"You aren't his property, Cissy."
"I don't want him to hurt you." Narcissa's deep blue eyes met his for the first time today.
"I'm not scared of Lucius." Quentin said his eyes subconsciously drifting to her lips, the lips he used to kiss so often...
He shook himself out of the trance taking Narcissa's trunk leading her into the train to find an empty compartment.
Silence engulfed the Teens while Quentin secured both their trunks and Narcissa fidled with her fingers nervously.
"You shouldn't let him treat you like that." Quentin said seating himself next to the beautiful girl.
"I will marry him."
"Cissy-"
"I will do what is right for my family Quentin."
"But what about what is right for you?"
"What are you saying I should do?" Narcissa asked something desperate in her voice as if she hoped he could show her a way out.
Quentin wanted to say a lot of things, run away with me, he wanted to say, I'll protect you, but he didn't have the chance to open his mouth as Lucius entered the compartment a cruel glint present in his eyes. "Fawley, thanks for taking care of my fiancée for me."
"Pleasure." the Ravenclaw answered dryly forcing himself to look into Lucius eyes who looked taken aback at the bold response.
"Cissy, Babe, why don't you tell your dear ex boyfriend what you told me?" Lucius asked a sardonic smile playing on his lips.
Narcissa's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at him but her boyfriend just quirked his brows, his stare cold and dominant giving her no other choice than to oblique.
Quentin's eyes darted back and forth between the couple trying to find out what was going on. Narcissa wasn't able to meet his eyes as she swallowed visibly a few times.
"I don't want my clingy ex boyfriend hanging around me all the time." she said looking at her hands, her voice barely above a whisper.
Quentin froze, his jaw clenched and he felt like he was about to cry but the devilish look in Lucius' eyes stopped him.
"Well," he stood up, clearing his throat "I should get going then."
"Oh no," Lucius faked kindness, "You don't have to leave."
Quentin pressed his lips together trying hard to swallow the lump in his throat, "no worries."
"No really," Lucius said, the sardonic smile reappearing, "everybody knows you don't have friends because nobody likes you, so we understand that you are so clingy."
That hit home.
Narcissa seemed to try to disappear in her seat not daring to look up from her hands.
"I'll go find my sister."
"Oh yes family, they have to at least try to like you don't they?" Lucius taunted but Quentin was already out the door.