From the Stars to the Stars → Draco Malfoy

xli. Corona Australis

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     Fléctere si néqueo súperos, Acheronta movebo.

     Ever since his Latin tutor made him read The Aeneid and every interpretation there was from it when he was ten, the quote had stuck with Cepheus Marcellous for as long as he could remember. If I cannot bend the heavens above, I will raise hell – that was the rough meaning of the line. There were a lot of different variations of translation out there regarding the said lines; If I cannot sway the heavens, I'll wake the power of hell; or If I am unable to make the Gods above relent, I shall move hell; and Cepheus' favourite might be the latter.

     Acheronta, the word that was used to describe hell did not necessarily mean hell in the literal sense, rather derived from the name of the river that flows through the realm that belonged to Hades, River Acheron. River of Woe, that was what people referred to that particular river from the Underworld. Cepheus resonated the poem's line with a determination that he had when it comes to family, growing up, he had always planted the idea of Always and Forever by his uncles. There's nothing that Cepheus would not do when it comes to his family, be it draining the River of Woe with his bare hands, he would do it.

     Although he did not carry the name Mikaelson, the blood still runs through his veins. Marcellous, even his father's name was given by a Mikaelson. Marcel Gerard was what Marcel used to go by before he decided that his own father did not deserve to have his surname passed down, so he went with Marcellous–he wanted his children to bear his name, not the name of the man that used to abuse him. Although he did not carry the name Mikaelson, still Cepheus loved Orion like she was his own sister.

     Growing up, Cepheus always had favoured Cassiopeia–which made sense to him, Cassiopeia was quite literally his other half. The day of Orion's parents' death, Cepheus and Cassiopeia were the only ones that could see how it changed her. Some people chose to never grow up, yet Orion's childhood ended the day she stepped foot into the Mikaelson Mausoleum to bury her parents–too early, but no one could stop it. Unbeknownst to the littlest Mikaelson, it wasn't only her childhood that ended that day, the twins made an oath from that moment on, they were no longer two, but three–every breath that they're going to take, not one could go without Orion Mikaelson.

     Cepheus swore to every Gods that ever existed out there, that if there would come a day where he had to choose between any other member of the family, those two were the only ones he was going to choose and if there would come a day where he had to choose between Cassiopeia or Orion, well, let's just say everyone would know what a dying sun look like.

     Sipping nectarine green tea might be Cepheus' favourite thing to do in the morning when he's at home. A Daily Prophet in his hand, looking out to the Mikaelson Garden view outside of his bedroom, while planning his schedule for the rest of the day. He had one important task to do that day before he had to go back to Hogwarts, talk to Elijah Mikaelson.

     If I am unable to make the Gods above relent, I shall move hell, yet, that day he would rather face the God of the Underworld himself rather than trying to knock some sense into his uncle regarding his fight with Orion. It had been almost a week and there was no sign of Orion coming home yet. Cassiopeia said that Orion needed some time alone, that she had been staying at her favourite hotel in London. Cepheus took his time to call the said hotel for some information, but there was no reservation under her name; he took the matter into his own hands after that, went to the Ritz himself and waited at the restaurant until he sees his cousin – nada.

     Which means, either Cassiopeia lied to him or Orion lied to them. But then again, maybe Orion did not leave her room and made a reservation under an alias, but whatever it was, it was Elijah's fault and Cepheus refused to let whatever fights between them stop his cousin from going back to school.