Draco and his parents just rounded the corner while they were looking for Orion. The looked up and spotted Orion flying around the Quidditch Pitch. Draco sighed and called his broom to his hand. He jumped on his broom and started flying towards his little brother. As he got closer he could see the tears on Orion's face. Orion turned around and seeing Draco accidentally let go of his broom. Draco swooped down and caught his little brother, frowning as his light weight. As they neared the ground Orion jumped off the broom and ran to hide in a corner. He was shaking a lot.
"Orion" Lucius said gently, coming up to his son. "What's the matter?"
As a response he just started to shake his head more. "I can't do it dad. I can't do it. I'm scared of him..."
Lucius grabbed his son. "You can do this. He won't hurt you. We are all behind you son."
Orion nodded and the family slowly made their way to the study. Peering in Orion could see his godfather nervously pacing the room, having heard nothing from his godson. Orion slowly walked into the room and paused at the door. Tom looked up and let out a sigh of relief at seeing his godson again.
"Orion. It's wonderful seeing you again. I want to say I'm sorry for the past and I hope that you can get forgive me. Had I known it was you that never would have happened." Orion looked up at his godfather and saw the sincerity in his eyes. He slowly walked closer to Tom and wrapped his arms around him. Tom was stunned at first but he slowly leaned into the embrace.
"I forgive you" Orion said to his unsuspecting godfather. The rest of the Malfoys hung at the door until Orion beckoned for them to come in the room.
The rest of that afternoon was spent with Orion and his family getting to know each other. Before they knew it it was time for the children to go to bed.
"Lucius, how would you feel if I had Orion join our cause? He can spy on Dumbledore much better than Severus or Draco can. He is closer to the old fool. Or at least he was before this mess." Tom cautiously asked.
Lucius stared at Tom and immediately shot it down "Absolutely not. Orion has simply been through so much already and I am not putting him through that as well. It's simply foolish. Besides Dumbledore is not close and much father away that he ever thought he could be due to all of Dumbledore's stunts that he pulled. He simply is not ready and I don't feel he would agree. Not to mention the fact that he just met you and he was already freaking out about you before this ordeal happened."
"But Lucius, he can help. Why don't we ask him and see what he thinks. It can't be bad if he says it's ok?" Tom retorted.
"I forbid you to ask him Tom. You might be the supposed 'Dark Lord' but I am also his father."
Tom sighed in defeat.
"It's time we retire to bed, old friend. Goodnight". Lucius left the sitting room and headed to his own chambers. Tom followed after.
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Meanwhile Albus paced his room. He didn't know what to do about Orion. Umbridge didn't help or do anything and even Severus wasn't being as demeaning on Harry as he was supposed to be. He ate a lemon drop and started thinking. He needed Harry away from his family and back to the Dursley's so he would look up to him. How could things have gone so wrong. It seemed everything was perfect. He was getting the funds he needed and Harry was right where he wanted. Then Vernon had to go ruin everything by going to far with the abuse. He would try to get them out soon. How would he spin their abuse to a way to free them though, he wondered. It would be a great challenge for him but he could do it.
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Petunia was sitting a room with a psychiatrist.
"I am telling you that boy was a huge trouble and always misbehaving. He just needed a heavy hand to listen and I would never abuse my Dudley-bear. He is my light. I hope Aunt Marge is feeding him well. He needs to eat more so he doesn't get skinny. Dudders needs to have his heart desires too. He shouldn't be deprived of happiness after all..."
Jasmine Taylor listened to Petunia rant and was confused. How is the world could he help this woman. She was crazy. She was abusing one with a physical hand and another by spoiling him. She was in for a tough case of trying to show Petunia her ways and ideals were wrong.
"Mrs. Dursley! That is enough for now. A physical hand is nothing compared to what you did to that boy. A physical hand would be a light spanking or otherwise but what you did was abused. Dudley was also abused but not in the same way. You gave him everything he wanted and you let him get overweight. You did not teach him how to live on his own nor teach him he cannot get anything he wants..." Taylor was cut off before she could say anything else.
"It was a firmer physical hand Mrs Taylor. You won't understand because you don't have kids. I gave Dudley the food he needs to survive and I made him happy. That's not abuse. That's making a child happy and the best thing in the world. He was not overweight and he was just an eater. That isn't a bad thing, now is it? I didn't make him do chores because the frea...I mean the boy did them. He had to learn his lesson somehow and that helped him to learn his place in the world." Petunia shrieked.
"Mrs Dursley, this has been a great session. I'm afraid out time is up, so I will see you tomorrow. Have a great day" Ms Taylor promptly shut the door and slumped on the table. She took a deep breath and started driving home, while she pondered over her conundrum.
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The next morning Orion walked into the kitchen to hear his father and godfather arguing about something. The minute he was seen, they stopped. Draco then walked into the room and they all sat down to a leisurely breakfast.
"Orion today you will be having your first dancing lessons. You see the Malfoys hold and attends balls on Yule and New Years and around the holidays. You need to learn how to dance properly with girls of your age." Lucius brought up after they were all seated.
"Ooh I can't wait Ori. I get to teach you how to dance. It's fun I promise. Once you get the hang of it you'll be soaring accords the hall" Draco exclaimed after his father.
Orion just nodded and continued to eat. Through that afternoon they were dancing and dancing. As Draco said Orion got the hang of dancing and was a natural. He didn't much care for it but was willing to do it for his family. About halfway through their dancing practice Draco's friends showed to and danced with them. After that Orion retreated to his room to spend some time alone. In Orion's room he was sitting on his bed while he was staring up at the ceiling. He was just thinking and trying to work on his occlumency shields. After his blocks were lifted he found that he was a natural for occlumency and took to building up his shields and sorting his memory's for an hour each day.
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Minevera McGonagall sat at her desk thinking about the mystery that was Orion Malfoy. She wondered how things got so complex and most importantly, she vowed she would get to the bottom of all of this. Minevera wanted to believe her husband but was having trouble with it. She didn't see Orion as a chess peice and just wanted what was best for Orion. He already had been through so much stuff. She got up from her desk to go talk to her husband.
"Albus what happened. Why are you being so frustrating right now? What happened to the guy I married. You weren't like this. You weren't so manipulative and one-track minded. I want was is best for the students. What is best for Orion. You should want that too. You need to get your priorities straight and figure this all out. I am going to but on my own and away from you. I suggest you figure out what you want before you talk to me next. Either you want to be with me and think about what is best for the children or continue on with your schemes and lose me. Goodbye Albus" Minevera said at the doorway of the headmasters office before she gathered all her stuff and walked out of the office. She headed to her own quarters which she got in case of this happening and promptly started to rearrange her room.
— a/n. Sorry it's been such a long wait but in return you get a longer chapter. This chapter may seem like fillers and nonsense but in reality a lot of the random stuff and surprised is important. Please read and review. With love- lovetoright.