IT'S MAGIC ❤︎ WHY DONT WE

eight

it's been a week since they first arrived at hogwarts. zach has managed to fit in, much to his surprise. people actually wanted to be his friend.

he spent majority of his time with christina and gabriela. he hung out with corbyn and jonah. daniel too when the boy wasn't hanging around with jack.

jack however, he's having a bit of a hard time adjusting. he couldn't stop thinking about what the sorting hat said to him.

"an avery. a male avery. interesting..."

why was that interesting? why was he in slytherin? his mothers a ravenclaw, his fathers gryffindor, sydnie made hufflepuff. why was jack in slytherin?

he should be in one of those houses, not slytherin.

finally he had enough of no answers, he had to ask sydnie.

"please! i want to understand, why was i put in slytherin? and why have you been acting so weird ever since then?"

jack was following his sister through the hallway, sydnie was refusing to tell him. she didn't want to crush him.

"alright fine! i'll tell you!" she looked around, seeing a quiet area, bringing him over there.

"look... mum and i had our suspicions we were just hoping they weren't true." sydnie started, worrying jack. "syd, please, what's going on?"

"it's because of our father." jack's face held a puzzled expression. "wha-what about dad? he's a gryffindor, what does he have to do with this?"

"no, jack, not darrin..." sydnie hated this, she didn't want to ruin this for jack. that was the last thing she wanted? "what? well who else?"

"his name is john." jack's eyes widened, "w-what? syd i-i don't understand."

"jack... darrin isn't our father, you, me, and mum left our real father when you were a few months old. we got out before it was too late for us."

"too late? syd what are you saying?" jack's heart was racing, he wanted this to stop but he wanted to know the truth. he needed to know.

"our real father is a slytherin. and worse, a follower of.. of you know who. he was very much his right hand man."

"jack... mum and i have been worried that you were connected with him..."

"connected? what do you mean?" the girl sighed, "he went dark jack. very dark. and it was said for the longest time that his first son would follow in his footsteps. you, jack."

"b-but... i-i can't. no, i was raised by mum, i can't go dark." tears began to prick his eyes, this can't be happening.

"we don't know that jack, you were placed in slytherin just like him. for all we know, this is the first step."

jack couldn't take it anymore, he ran. he had to find daniel.

he ran to the staircases, seeing his best friend walking up one with jonah, zach,
gabriela, kay, and corbyn.

"daniel! daniel!" he called as he raced up, "i figured it out, i know why i'm in slytherin! i need to talk to you!"

daniel stopped, turning around to him, "what's wrong?"

"i've been lied to my whole life. my real father was a slytherin."

"real father? what about darrin?" jack shook his head, "apparently he's not my real father. sydnie told me everything."

"i-i can't believe it! they've been lying to me daniel!"

the brunette felt bad, he wanted to help his friend but the groups been a bit preoccupied trying to help zach adjust.

"jack, do you think we could talk later? zach's kind of having a panic attack, i'll come find you later okay? i promise."

daniel rushed off to catch up with his friends, zach was breathing heavy as he sat on the floor against the wall. "zach, just breathe okay? you're okay? i know it's an adjustment but it's okay, you've got a family here. us. you're okay."

jack huffed, turning around and running to the slytherin common room. he dashed inside, feeling distraught.

"you alright there avery? you look rather... bad." draco pointed out.

jack took a seat on the couch across from him and started talking. "i just found out that i've been lied to my whole life and my best friend said he's too busy to talk."

"that seavey boy? hm, father says his family is scum." draco scoffed.

"hey! he's my best friend!" jack defended, "he's a half-blood! he's dirty!"

"honestly avery don't you know anything?" jack looked blankly at him, "my father's a death eater too."

"our fathers worked together. they were a part of ensuring purity of blood. we should be working together too."

jack thought for a moment, he never knew his real father but now he wanted him to be proud of him. "do you know him? i-i mean, have you met him?"

"yeah, i have. you want to make him proud? work with me. we can finish what our parents started. purity of blood."

jack smiled, draco was acting more like a friend to him than daniel was.