From the Stars to the Stars → Draco Malfoy

viii. Camelopardalis

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     The Slytherin table has never been so loud and cramped up before.

     The upcoming match between Slytherin and Gryffindor has changed the atmosphere at Hogwarts. Pranks and nasty incidents have been happening between the two houses, a few people ended up in the hospital wings with leeks sprouting out of their ears, slugs coming out of their nostrils, and hair changing into grass.

     The enmity between the trio, especially Harry, and Draco was at its highest point throughout the whole school years. Draco kept talking about how Harry has always gotten away with problems that he caused, and Harry didn't seem like he wanted to forget about Draco's attempt to sabotage him in his last match against Ravenclaw.

     "What the hell happened to your nose?" asked Blaise when he came to the Slytherin table and saw Draco with a handkerchief over his nose.

     "He got punched by Hermione Granger a few days ago, and the bleeding hasn't really stopped yet. It comes and goes," said Cepheus while trying to hold his laughter.

     Orion couldn't help but let out a chuckle. Someone finally got what they deserved, she thought.

     Draco sneered at Orion and Blaise who were laughing, while holding his handkerchief over his nose.

     "It's literally broken, Draco. Go to the infirmary or something," said Blaise while putting some fish and chips on his plate.

     "He got punched by Hermione Granger and was too embarrassed to go to the infirmary because he didn't want Madam Pomfery to ask him what happened," Cepheus laughed while patting Draco's back which he shrugged off immediately.

     "Scream it out, won't you? I don't think the whole hall heard you yet," Draco scoffed at him. "Yeah, go on, laugh all you want because after this you lot are going to have broken skulls," he mumbled while rolling his eyes and proceeding to eat his breakfast.

     Blaise was about to mock Draco when owls flew throughout the Great Hall and dropped packages in front of them.

     "Remember in first year when Draco's mother would send him sweets every day?" asked Cassiopeia when she caught her package, and their sides of the table immediately laughed, looking at Draco who was looking bored.

     "Well, at least I have a mother," sneered Draco while looking straight at Orion who was one of the people that were laughing at him.

     Everyone immediately went quiet and looked at Orion's direction with widened eyes when they heard what Draco had said, however, Orion didn't seem fazed at all.

     "Way to ruin the mood, mate," Blaise mumbled under his breath and rolled his eyes at Draco.

     "That's low, Malfoy," this time it was Theo who has been silent this whole time.

     "Well, it wasn't unexpected from him," Orion said lightly and let out a chuckle.

     "What did you get there?" Blaise asked Orion while pointing to a bouquet of flowers in front of Orion, trying to change the topic and atmosphere that was created by his housemate.

     "From my grandfather, a bouquet of narcissus flowers, every year for the same day," Orion said while taking a bite of her croque monsieur.

     "Shit," Cassiopeia muttered under her breath when she realized what day it was.

     "Narcissus? Isn't that a flower of–"

     "Death," Orion cut Blaise off with a shrug. "Also the symbol of Hades, it's funnily ironic according to my grandfather, the fact that his daughter was named after Persephone and she ended up marrying a Hades. Today is the only day he let himself mourn for the death of my mother, the only day mortals worshipped the God of the Underworld, again, ironically, how he sees my father."