p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Stevos marched into the kitchen, leaving the door open in his wake./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Manners" chirped Narcissa who fell silent when her son ignored her, not even bothering to acknowledge her presence. He threw himself into an available chair and snatched the plate of hot food Dobby was just about to hand to Draco, "Coffee. Black"./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Y-Yes' stuttered the creature nervously whilst Narcissa shot Draco a warning glance which caused the young boy to frown but nevertheless, stop doing whatever he was thinking about doing to react to his brother./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'What's your problem anyway?' yawned Heredis as she appeared through the door Narcissa had just left through./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I got accepted for the Wizegamot. Father said no'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'so do it anyway, once you're sworn in-'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'not everyone can just prance about doing whatever they bloody well please' growled Stevos. 'Just shut your silly little mouth and eat your breakfast'. Heredis raised her eyebrows and swiped Stevos's coffee onto the floor as he reached for it, 'oops'./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'how dare you!'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'how dare I? How dare you!'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Grow up Heredis' sighed Stevos as he received a fresh cup of coffee from the house elf./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I'm not the one throwing a tantrum because they didn't get their own way. You pretend to be all mature but you're just a spoiled petulant little boy'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'but it's not fairrr' /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'oh be still my beating heart' replied a voice sarcastically, completely devoid of emotion./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"The children turned to see the shadow of their god father stood in the doorway with his arms folded across his chest. Severus strolled into the dining room and pulled out a chair, sitting on it backwards, he folded his arms across the head rest and took his time to scrutinise each of his godchildren individually./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'So, who's going to tell me why my breakfast was just interrupted by the dear Lady Malfoy?'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"All three voices started at once, throwing insults and accusations around until Severus raised his hand and the room fell deadly silent./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I have not had adequate caffeine for this. One at a time or you can explain this mess to Lucius'./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"The children exchanged nervous glances before Draco began to talk./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Um, well Stevos is in a shi- foul mood and decided to steal my breakfast and be a brat'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'A brat! I believe you're thinking of your darling god-sister'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I-'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Lilith' warned Severus flatly./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I didn't even do anything, if you aren't going to listen then what's even the point of me bothering to talk?!' tears pricked my eyes but I blinked them away and forced my face in to the hardest glare I could muster./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'If you feel there's no point in you contributing then I suggest you head your own advice and shut up. Secondly, stop pouting, you look ridiculous'. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"My nostrils flared but I didn't dignify Uncle Sev with a response. I wasn't sulking, I wasn't just some immature brat like everyone thought I was. They wanted me to shut up, nod and smile in all the right places, be a good little girl, perform for their stupid dinner parties like a dancing house elf, accept everything I was told like a mindless slave and just pretend I don't have feelings of thoughts or personality. "Just stay quiet until my entire being turns as bland as shrivelled figs just like perfect fucking Stevos". /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"I blanched as Uncle Sev jumped up to restrain Stevos as he lunged for me, I think I may have said the last part out loud, or all of it? /p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'You need to calm yourself the fuck down and remember yourself, boy. Don't rise to it, it's what she wants'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'How the hell do any of you know what I want?! A nice pedigree wizard to marry, huh? Meet him for the first time a couple of weeks before the big day, sold off to the highest bidder. Maybe a nice collection of children to ignore and resent'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Oh, because my ideal future includes marrying someone, something, I don't remotely find attractive. Oh, and let's not forget putting up with your shit until you get sold off to the highest bidder, emif /emanyone bids on that travesty of a witch. You're an embarrassment'/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Uncle Sev pushed Stevos against the table just in time to free his left arm to catch me, kicking and screaming. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I will tear you to shreds Malfoy, mark my words'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Or maybe you'll give me a nice pair of bunny ears, hmm?' laughed Stevos calmly, raking his fingers through his hear, seemingly having regained his cool. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'You arrog-'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Enough. Everybody needs to take a seat, no one is getting married anytime soon and if you don't start showing me the respect that I deserve the only person who will survive long enough to wed will be Draco'./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'I have potions brewing and a life outside of your senseless bickering, so I am going to leave you all to your day on the assumption I can trust you all to behave like a semblance of a respectable human beings. If you still feel like scrapping like common street urchins, then I suggest you do the only sensible thing and stay the fuck away from each other. Do I make myself perfectly clear?!'/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Yes Sir' came the collective mumble./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Uncle Sev took a deep breath and spat on the floor, face like thunder, giving each and every one of us a chilling death glare. I felt my core freeze, I had never seen him like that, this was not our god father, this was a highly skilled death eater and habitual murderer and he made sure we knew it with his eyes. 'Good because if I have to come back to the manor for even a second, I will take my belt to each of you and make the cruciatus curse look like a bed time kiss'. He continued his unwavering death glare before turning on his heel to leave./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'And apologise to your poor mother' he growled before slamming the door in his wake./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Do you think they have a potion for grumpy old men and their insane over reactions?' asked Draco with a smirk and just like that what had passed had been forgotten and we were laughing together. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"'Dobby, Weezley;' barked Stevos, 'clean this mess up and fetch us an edible breakfast'./p