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The Origin of the Demon Sisters

Chapter Nine: Getting To Know You

A week had passed since Absolon saw Scarlet's true form. The other had been right. Absolon couldn't figure out who he was. Now for some odd reason the other wasn't talking to him. Absolon sighed as he walked to the Quidditch Pitch deciding that flying would clear his head.

When he was flying above the field on his broom he found the Slytherin bleachers where occupied by Slytherin's Head Boy; Temperance Archer. It was rare for him to be seen by himself. Temperance's family was extremely rich which was probably the reason why he had so many friends even though most of them where fake. The Archer Family was even richer than the Malfoys and they were pretty rich.

"Hey Temperance, what are you doing out here all alone?" Absolon asked flying over to the boy.

Temperance rose his head, his eyes widened as he ended up falling backwards almost out of the bleachers, but Absolon was able to save him in time. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." He said to the freckled face redhead.

"It's fine. I just wasn't expecting anybody to be out here tonight." Temperance said with a smile.

"Yeah, I didn't think so either. Guess we were both wrong." Absolon said with a laugh as he sat next to the other with his broom in his lap. "So, what are you doing out here anyways?"

"No reason, I just felt like coming outside, mostly to look at the stars though. I just love Astronomy." Temperance turned his head towards Absolon. "What about you?"

"Flying, it always helps me to clear my thoughts." The Blonde said gripping on to his broom.

"I agree. I just love feeling the wind through my hair when I fly." Temperance said with a smile on his face. Absolon heard the other mummer something, shortly afterwards it started to rain yet neither of the two was getting wet.

"Did you just do Wandless Magic?" Absolon said amazed. Temperance just blushed.

"Yeah, but I can only do a couple of spells without my wand. So, it isn't really anything big." The Ginger said with a shrug.

"Wait, how did you even know it was going to rain?"

"It's a gift I was born with. I can see things before they happen." He said looking at his lap as it continued to rain over them. "We should probably head inside now. I have some Perfect duties to do anyways." Temperance said standing up it. "It was nice talking to you, Absolon. Maybe we can hang out again another time." Smiling he waved goodbye to Absolon before they went their separate ways.

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Absolon woke up to the sound of his alarm going off. He quickly turned it off and found his Two Way Journal lying next to his wand. "That's weird." Looking around the room he saw that his dorm mates had already left for breakfast that morning.

The Blonde pulled off the covers, sat up and stretched before grabbing the journal from his nightstand to see that Scarlet had finally written him back.

The Scarlet Prince – Absolon, I am sorry that I have been ignoring your messages recently, but something has come up with my family. It has nothing to do with the fact that you saw me in my demon form. I also won't be able to write to you for a while because of what has come up with my family. I will how ever try to if I can.

Absolon stared at the message for a while before writing back with: Okay, you had me worried. I hope everything is okay. Also Ashton says thanks for saving him. When he didn't receive any reply after a couple of minutes Absolon put his Journal away in its hide away before getting dress.

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Temperance sat at the Slytherin Table that morning at breakfast eating fruit tart when he felt someone sit next to him. He looked to his right to see it was Absolon. He blinked for a moment, surprised that the other had wanted to sit next to him. Even though Temperance was Head Boy, he wasn't really much of a socializer and most students found him weird so he didn't have really any friends. The ones that he did have where mostly fake. He soon went back to eating his breakfast before Absolon started talking to him.

"Do you mind if I ask why your hair is purple?" Temperance was caught off guard by this. Usually no one paid much attention to his appearance. Not even today when he had changed his hair a different color.

"I felt like switching it up." He answered as he was suddenly pushed and his face fell into his Fruit Tart. Temperance sighed, grabbing a napkin to wipe his face off.

"What was that all about?" Absolon asked glaring at the boys that had pushed Temperance.

"It happens all the time. I've gotten used to it by…." Temperance's eyes turned to a glare as he saw some of the same boys that picked on him picking on Ashton. "Looks like they've found a new victim too." The confused blonde looked over to where Temperance was glaring at.

"How dare they pick on..." Temperance put a hand on Absolon's shoulder.

"Don't worry about it. I'll deal with it. You'll just end up getting in trouble if a teacher catches you." The Blonde raised an eyebrow before he saw Temperance's mouth moving as he stared at the boys that where picking on his little brother.

Ashton's eyes widened as two pitchers of Pumpkin juice suddenly rose in the air and where poured on the heads of the two boys next to him.

"You little Faggot how dare you.." The two boys' arms where then bound behind their backs.

"It's not nice to be picking on someone just because their different." Ashton turned around to see Jezebel Slytherin with her hand in the air, her eyes glittering in amusement. "Next time I see you picking on Ashton or anyone else." Jezebel's voice then turned pure evil. "I'll report you to my Grandfather." She said twisting their arms a little more. "Got it?" Her voice returned back to the way she normally talked. The two boys nodded their heads vigorously. "Good. Now why don't you go find yourselves a seat and eat?" The boys nodded again as Jezebel let go of their arms. She smiled at Ashton before heading to the head table where her Grandfather had placed a seat for her next to him while she was there with him.

Absolon stared at Temperance. "That was awesome. You got to teach me how to do that sometime." The Blonde said with a grin.

Temperance blushed at the compliment. "Well, it usually takes years of practice and as I said I can only do simple spells non-verbally and wandless." He said as he poured himself some Pumpkin juice.

"That's still pretty cool." Absolon said as he helped himself to some breakfast.

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"Hey, Temperance are you okay? You're shivering." Absolon asked him while they were outside waiting for Care of Magical Creatures to start. Temperance nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine just a little cold that's all. I knew it was going to be cold outside I just forgot to grab my robes." He said with his arms wrapped around him when felt Absolon pull him close and wrap his robes around him. Temperance let out a small squeak. "Y-you don't have to do that." He said blushing.

"It's fine. I don't mind. I wouldn't want one of my friends to become an Icicle." Absolon said with a smile.

"Hey Temperance, what did you do to get your hair that color?" Emerson asked as he and Kendal walked over to the two.

"It's just something I can do. I'm a Metamorphmagus." He said with a blush out of embarrassment. Emerson raised an eyebrow.

"A Metamorphmagus is a Witch or Wizard with the ability to change his or her physical appearance at will, rather than requiring Polyjuice Potion or a spell like the rest of the Wizarding population. It is extremely rare." Kendal informed Emerson.

"Whoa, that's wicked cool." Emerson said with a grin.

"Um, thanks." Temperance said blushing as class started up.

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"Hey Faggot, any reason why you're hanging out around, Absolon lately?" Temperance looked up from the book he was reading in the Library.

"That's really none of your business is it?" He said before going back to the book. One of the boys picked up the book and stared at it.

"What the hell is this? Wiccan Ways."

"Hey, give that back." Temperance said getting up from his chair trying to grab it.

"Nah, I don't think I will." The bully said with a chuckle as he felt a spell to his back drop him to his knees.

"I hate your kind, picking on him just because he's a homosexual. You make me sick." Temperance stared at the young woman. She was a First Year Slytherin with messy curly shoulder length auburn hair, bright blue eyes that where hidden behind a pair of glasses and was rather busty for an eleven year old. The girl grabbed the book and handed it to Temperance. "That's a good book." She said with a smile before turning to glare at the two boys. "What the bloody hell are you two still doing here? Skedaddle." Once the boys ran off the girl walked off after waving good bye to Temperance.

He was still in shock about what happened before he felt a hand on his shoulder and jumped. "Whoa, didn't mean to scare you." Temperance looked to see Absolon and smiled.

"Hm, yeah I'm okay. Nothing I couldn't have handled myself. Want to sit with me?" He asked patting the chair next to him as Absolon took the chair next to him.

"So, what are you reading?" The Blonde said trying to look at the title of the page.

"It's called Wiccan Ways. It's book on a Muggle Religion known as Wicca. Supposedly they cast spells and stuff. I find it interesting. Some of it is pretty silly though." Temperance said giggling.

"Wiccan? Oh, yeah a friend of mine told me about it before. He's into that stuff as well. He actually sent me a book on it. I forget what it was called." He said trying to remember the name of the book Scarlet had sent him.

"Well, there are many books about Wiccan. Most by Muggles, some by Wizards or Witches though. Wiccan Ways is written by a Witch named Paige Gasper. She's written several different books on Muggles Beliefs on Magic. I love her books. She's also written a few Romance novels. I only own a couple of those thought, but own all her works on Muggle Beliefs on Magic." Temperance said with a smile as he went back to reading his book.

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"I'm not taking your shit anymore." Temperance said with a flushed faced as he stared down the bullies that had been torturing him ever since he came out of the closet. "I'm bloody sick of it." He said after Advanced Potions one afternoon as he was cornered by the two bullies.

"Oh, so the little faggot half-blood's finally decided to stand up for himself. I can't…" He was silenced as Temperance waved his hand in the air throwing them backwards.

"Bet you assholes can't do that." Temperance said with a smirk as he felt eyes on his back. Pretty sure he knew who they belonged to, but ignored it for a moment before he rose the two in the air with his magic. "I'm going to teach you two a lesson you'll never forget." He said with a flick of his wrist the two were attached to the roof naked. "Have fun showing everyone your birthday suit." Temperance turned around to stare into grey eyes. "Hey Absolon." He said innocently like he had not just bullied the bullies that had been bullying him.

"That was pretty cool what you just did there, Temperance. I'm glad you finally decided to stand up for yourself." Absolon said with a grin making Temperance blush.

"Thanks."

"Although I think it would probably be a good idea to let them down." His grey eyes staring at the naked bodies of the two bullies.

"Yeah, perhaps you're right. They've been up there long enough now." He said flicking his hand as the two fell down from the ceiling before landing softly on the ground.

"So, you want to go to Hogsmade with me? I need to go shopping for the Ball coming up."

"Yeah, sure sounds like fun." Temperance said as the two walked off.

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Absolon found out that evening that bringing Temperance with him to go shopping in Hogsmade with him had been an excellent idea. Temperance was a big help when it came to shopping for clothes. Absolon was absolutely terrible at it and had no sense of fashion what so ever. Usually when he did go shopping for new robes or clothes he went with his Mother; Ophelia, his Sister or Ashton, but since he was at Hogwarts he couldn't take his mother while Clarissa and Ashton weren't allowed to go to Hogsmade yet.

After they figured out a budget, even though it wasn't really necessary to have one, but Temperance insisted that Absolon make one, the two started picking out suits for Absolon to try on. In the end they both decided on a black tunic with silver embroidery and a silver cloak.

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The next day in Mid-Afternoon, Absolon received word that Temperance had gotten in a fight and was bit battered.

Absolon, Emerson, and Kendal walked to the Hospital Wing. Over the past couple of weeks the three boys had become pretty close friends with Temperance, but Emerson and Kendal could tell that the two where a bit more than just friends although it was obvious that Absolon hadn't realized it yet.

When the boys entered the room they saw Temperance sitting on one of the beds shirtless while in the chair next to him was Jezebel who was happily chatting away with the Head Boy as the boys walked over to them. Absolon growled quietly seeing the condition Temperance was in.

Absolon took notice that several scars covered his chest, all different sizes, but the ones that stood out the most where the three large ones that was at an angle. Temperance also had several gashes on his chest although it still wasn't as bad as his face. His lip had been split open, his nose looked to be broken and there was a large gash from his hairline to his eyebrow that had dried blood on it. There was also some blood in his now teal colored hair that had dried up as well.

The Head Boy looked at his friends and smiled widely like he didn't even have them. "I guess you guys heard the news then, huh?" Temperance said as he sat there when Madame Patel came back.

"Excuse me Boys. I have to clean Mr. Archer's wounds." She said shooing them out of the way as she placed a first aid kit on the side table, dipping a cloth in some clean water before starting to wipe the blood off of Temperance's face.

Absolon just stood there feeling the rage consume is body, as his hands went into fists. If he had noticed the boy earlier at a younger age perhaps he would have been able to make sure this happened, but he hadn't. He realized this was as much as his fault as the people who did this to him. The ones that bullied Temperance just because he they thought he was weird and because he was homosexual.

When Madame Patel left the room, Absolon finally burst. "Why didn't you tell me they were still picking on you?" He said as his knuckles began to turn white.

Jezebel looked at Absolon for a moment before she got up. "I'll just leave you four to chat. I have to go check on Serenity anyways." She said before leaving the Hospital Wing.

Temperance stared at Absolon for a moment. "Because it's not that big of a deal, plus it wasn't even about that." He said talking about his sexuality.

"Oh really, then why do you look like that?" Absolon asked with his arms crossed.

Emerson and Kendal looked at each other, wondering if they should just leave the two alone for the moment.

Temperance was silent. "I didn't get in a fight. They were just making up things." He said finally. He really didn't want to tell him how he got his injuries, not that it was really all that bad he just didn't feel like discussing it.

Absolon went to open his mouth to speak when Madam Patel came back with young woman. She had long Strawberry Blonde hair that went down to her waist, hazel eyes and freckles all over her face. Her eyes widened when she saw Absolon before her eyes where hidden behind a mask. "I want you boys out now. I need to talk to my brother." The woman said as Madam Patel shooed the boys out of the Hospital Wing.

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The next morning Absolon discovered Temperance wasn't at Breakfast. Moments later an owl dropped a howler in front of him. "Bloody Hell, did you do something to upset Mom and Dad?"

"No, I don't think so." Absolon said and gulped before slowly opening the howler.

"Absolon Xavier Malfoy! You better stay the bloody hell away from my Brother! You hurt him once and I won't allow you to do it again, Malfoy! So, I want you to stay away from him or I'll tear you to shreds!" The Howler said in a young woman's voice before it teared itself up.

Absolon slowly lowered his head blushing.

"What was that all about?" Cayden said with a raised eyebrow. Everyone around them jumped when Dominic stood up and slammed his hands against the table.

"Sequoia!" He said suddenly. Absolon and his brothers looked at him funny.

"What on earth are you talking about?" Absolon said with a raised eyebrow.

"Temperance, he's Sequoia." Dominic said simply sitting back down.

"We haven't seen Sequoia in years. What on earth gave you the idea that Temperance is Sequoia?"

"Who's Sequoia?" Clarissa asked suddenly.

"Sequoia was this boy Absolon and I used to play with. He had a sister named Addison and that howler was from Addison." Absolon's eyes widened as he realized the howler did sound a lot like Addison whenever she got angry at the three.

"Temperance and Sequoia have to different last names though." He said still not believing Temperance was his childhood friend and secret crush for the longest time.

"Yeah, but remember when we asked Addison why she and Sequoia didn't have a mother."

"I remember."

"And that she told us Amos was their Mother, but when she tried to explain to us we got confused and forgot about it." Absolon nodded his head at his brother's words.

"Well, when I went over to give them the Pie Mom had baked one day another Man answered. He said he was Sequoia and Addison's father."

"Which mean Sequoia and Addison had two dads, how does that make you think Temperance is Sequoia?"

"Their father's name was Quinn Archer." Absolon's eyes widened as he began to realize the similarities between the two.

"Holy Shit, you're right? But why would Addison tell me to stay away from Temperance, I mean Sequoia?" It was then that the two boys noticed it had become silent. "Why is it so silent all of a sudden?" Absolon said turning around to see why when he saw Scarlett. His wings were out, but closed as his tail waved back in forth with his arms also closed. He was shocked.

"It's obvious now that you don't remember." He said with a sigh.

Absolon noticed the stitches on Scarlet's forehead and cut on his lip that was healing.

"So, it's not your fault that you ended up hurting me." Absolon continued to stare at the other for several seconds before he spoke.

"What are you talking about?" He asked as Scarlet grabbed his wrist.

"I'll explain to you in private." Absolon was then dragged out of the dining hall by the Scarlet eyed boy.

Author's Note: I was trying to figure a way to go about this several times. I reedit the end several times before I decided to end this chapter like this. Anyways, would you rather I go back to the Present or continue off from this chapter? Either is fine with me.

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