I've returned from the past

Chapter 6

Orion steps back from the body stiffly, wiping his hands with a cloth. Aiden just silently cleaned up, looking down at the bodies. 

Quietly, Aiden says, "Barty is a fool." Orion looks up at the man through the dark. It was lowlight in the house and most of the porcelain items were shattered.

The idiots hadn't gone quietly. 

"How so," he asks, wiping the knifes before sheathing them. 

"He's taken up Moriarty's name." Orion understands that Nicholas Moriarty should be dead by now- and that Moriarty had a lot of enemies that would foam at the mouth to get a chance to get back at him. 

"It was a foolish move, but Barty's not as stupid as everyone believes," Orion murmurs, pulling out his wand and murmuring spells underneath his breath that restored the house while Aiden burnt the bodies. 

"So he has a motive for doing that?" Orion hums. 

"Yes, I think so." They step outside, locking the house and gaze out at the muggle road. Then they begin walking side by side along the pathway. "I believe he has the same belief as everyone else does and is trying to find out." Aiden cocks his head and watches him before looking at the people passing by. 

"And what could that be?" Orion picks lint off from his sleeve. 

"That Potter is linked to my brother and if he is- then he'd know that somehow my brother was entangled with Nicholas and would perhaps seek him out to get a better understanding. Or show obvious signs that Barty is acting and if Hadrian is suspicious of him immediately- then perhaps Potter is my brother in some reincarnated form." Aiden is silent, probably thinking about the probability of that being true. 

"What did Sirius say when he went over?" Orion sighs deeply. 

"Hadrian got placed into Slytherin, obviously. He keeps mostly to himself according to Hayes but he's situated himself with Draco's friend group." Aiden raises a brow. 

"Fleamont's grandson, I wonder how well that went down." 

"Rather well actually, I think he's currently clashing a bit with Draco for leader- so they've settled into a balance. But they've all acknowledged to some degree- Potter is stronger." Aiden seems partially off put by that. 

"What on earth was that boy doing these past three years?" Orion chuckles. 

"That, is what I'm trying to find out." Orion stops outside a house and Aiden pauses too- turning to the three story building. 

Aiden swears. "This is Potters house isn't it?" 

"Since the boy got emancipated- yes, this is his house." 

"How the fuck did that even work anyway?" Aiden mutters. "Muggles are very sensitive about their law systems regarding emancipation." 

"Well if he was strong enough, a glamour could be enough to just appear fourteen years old- then he just has to prove he can manage and make money, his parents don't care if he moves out and since they're dead and Fleamont wasn't around- boom, emancipated." Aiden gives him a shrewd look. 

"You've looked into it." He rolls his eyes, looking at the people passing by. London was rather busy. 

"Of course I have. What I've also found is this." He reaches into his coat and pulls out a newspaper and Aiden narrows his eyes, using the lamplight to read. Then his brows shot up. 

"Where did you find this?" 

"The Underground when I dipped in for a bit. I barely made it out, the Vampires were pissed when I started looking into Hades."