From the Stars to the Stars → Draco Malfoy

xxxviii. Scutum

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     According to most mythology stories, the tale of Hades and Persephone started with the abduction of the goddess.

     Snatched away from her parent's grasp, Persephone was taken by the King of the Underworld and was kept within his realm as a prisoner with no say in her own decision. Orion Mikaelson was a firm believer that Persephone knew what she was doing, she's the daughter of two powerful deities, for goodness' sake, she's not dumb. Persephone knew what she was doing when she ate the pomegranate, knew that it meant she had sealed the deal with the God of the Dead that she had to become the Queen of the Underworld, sitting on a throne right beside him as an equal.

     Persephone sat on Hades' carriage after he took her away from her mother's garden with an evil smirk draped over her face and in that moment Hades knew that he was the one that fell into her trap and not the other way around. Fooled, he thought he was the one with the upper hand because who would've known that this captivating beauty in front of him could be so dangerous?

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     An hour.

     The distance between Winchester and Heckfield was approximately thirty-three miles, it should take them about an hour drive from the Malfoy Manor to the safe-house. Yet, it took them at least an hour and a half because a certain witch that had been sitting in Draco's passenger seat had been begging for him to stop at a bakery that they had just passed through.

     "Malfoy, please," Orion dragged her tone, pointing her fingers to the window, tapping them vigorously.

     "Did you just whine at me?" Draco couldn't help but roll his eyes, snapping his head to see the witch beside him as he dropped the fingers that were massaging his head with his elbow leaning on the window beside him while his other hand was gripping the steering wheel.

     "I did not," Orion furrowed her brows, lowering her voice to make a point. "Come on, just turn around the corner."

     "We have to turn around the block now, Mikaelson. Let's just eat when we arrive, it's not like we don't have food there," he clicked his tongue in annoyance, yet slowed down when he saw a turn a few metres in front of them.

     "I'm going to roll the window down and scream for help," Orion turned to him this time before she started poking his thigh to annoy him even more. "I'm going to tell everyone that you kidnapped me."

     "Kidnapped you?" Draco echoed, looking at her with furrowed brows, switching his hand on the steering wheel, before he grabbed her hand, stopping her from poking his thigh. Crazy, this witch was definitely crazy. "If anything you're the one who lured me into going to Heckfield, remember not even two hours ago you basically pleaded and even told me you would talk to my parents?"

     "God, I only asked you to make a stop for a croissant not to elope with me," Orion let out a dramatic sigh, huffing loudly as she tilted her body to face him even more. "Stop looking at me like I'm crazy, I'm not. I'm hungry."

     Draco let out a long sigh before he finally made a turn, turning around the block to go back from where they were on the road to the one particular bakery that Orion pointed out. Draco stopped just in front of the bakery, he knew that he couldn't stop for long or he would get a ticket, he was just about to leave the car when the girl stopped him.

     "Stay here, I'll be quick," Orion said before she left without looking back at him.

     She, in fact, was not quick at all. It was almost ten minutes that Draco waited in front of the bakery before he decided to go around the block again to avoid a ticket, he didn't mind paying, but he didn't have any muggle identification with him nor did he want to speak to a muggle. When he arrived back in front of the bakery, Orion was already standing outside, nose as red as a reindeer, with a paper bag full of pastries balanced between her arm and chest, and two cups of hot chocolate on both of her hands.