"Morrigan" A voice jolted me out of my thoughts and Blaise Zabini drops into the open seat on the sofa I was sitting on, I looked up over my book with a raised eyebrow, I looked around the room but there was no sign of Malfoy. Why would Blaise Zabini willingly sit next to me with no one else around?
"Zabini, what can I do for you?" I asked and bookmarked my page before closing the book, might as well engage in the conversation.
"For the love of Salazar please don't call me that" Zabini grimaced, I smirked at him and he rolled his eyes "But you're going to do it anyway"
"Hey, if it annoys you then I'm all for it" I replied "I'm bored as fuck, but let's go back to why you sat down"
"Alright" Zabini sighed "Don't think I'm a creeper or anything but your name was familiar so I looked it up"
Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit.
"I asked my mother about the name Morrigan and it's kinda flipped everything on its head" Zabini continued and I frowned slightly.
"I don't think I'm going to like this" I stated and crossed my legs with my elbows on my knees.
"I didn't like it at first myself but I've had time to….adjust" Zabini paused as he examined my face, "My mother told me who my father was, she didn't want to tell me but I managed to get it out of her"
"Okay...why are you telling me this?" I asked still frowning and Zabini looked away for a second before turning back to me with a blank look on his face.
"Because my father was Luke Morrigan"
The world around me froze as I thought back to what Severus had told me about my father. He loved my mother but he did have an affair with a woman. "Fuck off" I blurted and Zabini just stared at me while I absorbed the information, "Snape did tell me my father had an affair but never told me who with"
"I didn't believe it at first but my mother told me the story, your father was going through a rough patch and my mother helped him and she fell for him. We all know my mother's reputation" Zabini explained and I nodded.
"Six-time widow" I deadpanned and Zabini nodded slowly, "Beautiful beyond belief and very wealthy"
"That's the one. Apparently, they had an affair for a few months until she fell pregnant with me and your father went back to your mother and left her alone. It was his darkest secret, I was the love child of a brief affair and he was determined to keep it quiet, according to my mother he bought her silence"
"This is insane," I said after a minute, "You're trying to tell me that you're my half-brother"
"I didn't believe it at first until my mother showed me my birth records, there was a paternal test in there. It stated Luke Morrigan was my father, so yeah, you're my half-sister" Zabini said, and eventually, I smiled.
"I think I'm okay with that"
"Wait, really?" Zabini sounded shocked "It's just that you're always so quiet and I've learned that you like to be left alone, but that seemed to have changed this year"
"I guess it has changed a bit" I admitted and my thoughts went to the blonde-haired boy who seems to take up 99% of my thoughts.
"You've spent a lot of time with Draco since the year started, Pansy hates it"
"Well Parkinson can suck my dick" I interrupted and Zabini howled with laughter and I couldn't help but laugh along, but the laughter came to an abrupt end when we were interrupted.
"Morrigan!" I turned my head quickly and Malfoy was striding across the common room and braced his hands on the back of the sofa, looking between Zabini and me. He looked almost jealous.
"Malfoy, I was wondering where you were" I replied and Malfoy pressed his lips together.
"Looks like it," He said in a dry tone and I narrowed my eyes at him. "You seem pretty happy sitting here with Blaise" I looked at Zabini and we both broke out in a fit of laughter but this just irritated Malfoy even more. "You don't know who he is, Morrigan"
"Actually, Malfoy, I have a good idea of who he is," I said and rose to my feet, I faced Malfoy with my back straight, "We all know he's a hit with the ladies, sorry Zabini"
"No worries, I'm just waiting for his reaction," Zabini said with a smile and I rolled my eyes.
"You're really okay with people knowing about it?" I asked him and Malfoy laughed dryly, he pushed himself off the sofa and came around the front of the sofa and stood in between Zabini and me.
"I'm not ashamed of it" Zabini shrugged and Malfoy's anger was obvious.
"Oh Malfoy, will you please calm down!" I said to him before turning my attention to him again.
"Are you kidding me? It takes me three years just to get a smile out of you, one conversation with him" Malfoy waved towards Zabini "And your laughing and having the time of your life!"
"Why? You jealous, Draco?" Zabini teased and I bit my lip to hide my smile.
"No!" Malfoy answered a bit too quickly and Zabini grinned.
"Draco you need to calm down, I'm not into incest" Zabini deadpanned and I watched as the anger disappeared from Malfoy's face replaced with confusion.
"Wait, what?" Malfoy said after a minute and I sighed while slinging an arm around his shoulders, I ignored the surge of electricity that shot up my arm when I touched him.
"Blaise is my brother, Malfoy" I confirmed and Malfoy shook his head.
"There's no way," Malfoy said and I rolled my eyes at Blaise as he tried to hide his laughter behind his hand.
"Half-brother, actually. We had the same father" Blaise said and then he turned to me "You just called me Blaise"
"I guess I did," I said with a smile, Malfoy scoffed and walked off towards the exit. "Someone's moody" I added under my breath.
"Astronomy Tower, he likes to go there when he needs to calm down" Blaise offered and I nodded my thanks before walking towards the exit but Blaise caught my arm quickly. "I'm going to get punched for this but Malfoy really has been trying to get you to talk to him for the past three years. You were all he would talk about, you know"
"Really?" I asked and looked over my shoulder, "Why?" Blaise rolled his eyes and stepped back.
"I think I'll wait for you to figure that one out for yourself" Blaise turned around and disappeared up to his room without another word. I mentally cursed the dark-skinned boy as I made my way through the halls of Hogwarts and making my way to the Astronomy Tower.
Blaise Zabini was my half-brother and we've been at the same school for three years. If I had known when I started school would I have been different?
I found Malfoy where Blaise said he would be, he was sitting at the top of the tower staring at the fading daylight. I silently sat beside him and looked at Malfoy carefully. He didn't look like a 13-year-old boy, he looked older. His eyes looked almost silver in the current light but his eyes screamed with hidden demons. "You're staring," Malfoy said after a few minutes and I looked away quickly with my cheeks burning.
"Sorry, I'm just trying to figure you out" I admitted and looked out towards the view in front of us, "I only found out about Blaise being my brother a few minutes before you came in, he had this document that listed my father as his"
"That's not what is bothering me," Malfoy said quietly and my head turned to him, "He made you laugh so easily, I didn't like it"
"Why?" I prompted him to continue and he looked at me, his eyes wandered over my face before meeting my eyes.
"I don't know" He finally admitted, "I just didn't like someone else making you laugh" I felt my face heat up at his confession and I shifted in my spot a little bit. "I grew up knowing Blaise and I've had to share a lot with him through the years, I guess I don't like the idea that now I have to share again"
"You are slightly possessive aren't you? Well, so am I" I commented and Malfoy looked at me as if he was seeing me for the first time and the look in his eyes gave me the confidence to carry on talking, "Malfoy, you were literally my first friend, my best friend at that. I know you better than I do Blaise. Just because he's my half-brother doesn't mean I'm going to just drop you and run off with him"
"You're not?" Malfoy asked hopefully, I shifted in my position and rested my head on his shoulder, he stayed tense for a few seconds before he relaxed and his arm went around my shoulder.
"No, I'm not. You're stuck with me, I'm afraid"
"I'm okay with that" I could hear the smile in his voice and a soft smile appeared on my own face. "But make me a promise? I'll make the same one" He had asked me so quietly I almost missed it, I lifted my head to look at him and I was surprised to see how vulnerable and scared he really was.
"What promise?" I asked and Malfoy sighed deeply before meeting my eyes, my breath caught in my throat when I realised how close we were.
"Somethings coming, we both know it and it's not going to be easy and I know things will get tough" Malfoy sighed again and his arm tightened around me slightly. "I don't want to be left on my own through it"
"I promise I'll stick with you through it all, Malfoy, you won't be alone as long as I'm around" I put my head back on his shoulder and wrapped my arms around his waist. "As long as you can promise the same"
"I promise"
Just like that, a bond between us was formed, an unbreakable bond that would help us through whatever we were faced with. In the back of my mind, I couldn't help but think something big was on its way and by something big I mean the Dark Lord might return and we'll spiral into war all over again and this time, we were smack bang in the middle of it. We were expected to honour our heritage and follow our families wherever they go. I was determined to make my mother proud just like Malfoy was determined to make his father proud.