Orion after saving the biggest secret of all time in the magic world, just went to find Credence, strange both he and Elenora were together.
He was curious how they met but his sleep overtook his curiosity and thus he picked them both like puppies and brought them back to the Orphanage.
"Don't go anywhere, we will talk tomorrow, I am too tired to do it now." Yawning, Orion said as he teleported both of them back to the Orphanage.
For them. They didn't even notice what just happened before they were here, in the orphanage.
And then there was this man, who only said to them that he was too tired to talk to them so they will talk tomorrow?
Is that even supposed to make any sense?
Apparently no, but Orion can't help it, after learning what kind of backslash he can go through when he doesn't get at least minimum sleep, he was extremely cautious about his sleep cycle to the point that he was ready to let the city burn if that means that he can't catch up with his sleep.
With that much said, Orion was gone, vanishing again, leaving them alone in the Orphanage with nothing but doubts and confusion at just what happened.
Elenora wanted to ask about her Briecase but Orion was so fast to bring them here and then go away that she didn't get the chance to do so.
Credence on the other hand was even more surprised, the man who recently became one of his only friends, turned out to be a Wizard. He now no longer even knows what to think about.
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The next morning, Orion was sitting in front of a group of people, some of who wanted to ask questions to him, while some he sought answers from.
"I understand Credence and Elenora, but why you all are here ?" Orion asked with a troubled face.
All his irritation and mood swings were gone after a good night's rest. Even he sometimes doesn't realise that he slightly changes his personality when sleep takes over his general reasoning.
"Elenora asked us to come here, I presume you are the John Wick we were looking for." An American woman said, she had short hair and a fair face, she was in her twenties.
Orion knew her, she was Tina Goldstein.
"So you two know each other ?" Orion turn to Elenora, asking whether what he said was true.
"I was wrong, that wasn't my briefcase. Please give my briefcase back to me." But Elenora was just singing the same tune from earlier.
Sighing he turned to the other uninvited guess. Though this one was at least someone who he wanted to meet.
"Newt Scamander, Nice to meet you. I am a fan." Orion extended his hand to Newt which he naturally shook, ignoring the exclamination from Elenora as he ignored her.
" Mr Wick, Elenora here told, you claim that briefcase to be yours but…" Newt was saying, but Orion cut him off midway.
"I am aware, and no I never said that briefcase was mind, I said that briefcase wasn't hers. There is a difference." Orion immediately clarified, knowing what Newt was worried about, Orion decided to clear that misunderstanding first.
Hearing this Newts clearly felt relief.
"Then why do you want the briefcase ?" Elenora asked, with confusion mixed in her tone.
"It's a long story, let's come back to that before we address to the last two uninvited guesses I have." Orion said as he turned to a woman and man sitting in front of him.
"Oh don't mind me, I am here for the joy of it." Was a white hair old man who just recently Orion realized wasn't as old as he previously thought.
"Do you really think you can just come here and the Aurors won't do anything. For all the crimes you have committed, you are under arrest Grindelwald." Said another woman who was there.
"My my, madam president, I honestly wasn't expecting you of all people here. It's a pressure." Grindelwald smiled and bowed.
"Enough, if you want to quarrel then go outside, hell do whatever you wanna do outside. Not here.
And now start talking, why the hell the president of the American Ministry of Magic and one of the worst criminals of the magical world and a dark lord is here…" Orion snapped.
When he woke up, he was feeling fresh, a good night's sleep does that to anyone.
Now he just wanted to be done with Credence and all the shit regarding those darn Suitcases but noooo.
Life threw another curveball at him.
"Mr Wick, I must ask this of you. What relation you have with this man here…" Madam President called out before he was even done talking. He doesn't usually like people intruding when he is talking, strange because he does that all the time to others.
Sighing he was about to answer seriously before the said man opens his silver tongue once again.
"John is a dear friend of mine."
"We just met yesterday." Orion deadpan.
Grindelwald just shrugged, "What can I say, Men friendship is simple like that."
Orion was speechless about how shameless this guy was, but he ignored it for the time being.
"Anything else." He just turned to the older woman and asked.
"I am here to show my gratitude from the…"
"Yeah yeah, thank you thank you… meaning you have nothing important to say besides that highly political nonsense. Gratitude accept." Orion just waved her off.
"Why you are here." He turned back to Grindelwald, though his tone was a little more serious when dealing with him.
"For civil conversation, just as we decided last night," Grindelwald replied almost readily with a charming smile. Making Orion further irritated.
Orion wasn't a fool, he knew what this old man was doing, and he wanted to bring him into his little scheme.
Orion wasn't the only one, the president could also see it, and knowing what kind of horrors could come if the overly powerful yet rude wizard ended up joining Grindelwald fraction, she just couldn't let that happen.
Thus there is no way she is going anywhere.
'Troublesome…' Orion sighed.
Orion had a feeling that if he didn't clearly state his side right now, then they would keep on harassing him. Especially this old man here.
Even if he doesn't come here personally to distrust him, others will come looking for his help when Grindelwald start making trouble.
The same thing happened with Dumbledore. He's not gonna make the same mistake as he did.
"Now listen you two, I'll only say this once so you better hear it now. I will not take any sides in whatever you're thinking.
"You save the world or burn it, I have nothing to do with it, don't try to drag me into the politics of the world.
Whether it is for good or bad… I will not work with or against any of you. So give up on any thoughts you have about getting my help or bringing me into your schemes." Orion said, he was loud and clear to both, especially Grindelwald who was surely planning something.
" Even not for the greater good." After some time he asked, to which Orion almost immediately replied.
"There doesn't exist anything like greater good.
Only Lesser Evil." Orion replied while keeping his blue almost glowing eyes on Grindelwald. Making sure that he was making himself clear here to both of them.
After he said this, there was silence in the room, no one talked about anything.
Even Orion didn't realise that he was using the devil's tongue after quite a long time to make sure this message got across.
Besides Grindelwald, almost everyone was frozen due to how powerful his presence was right now.
Grindelwald too was stiff, even those last words were a struggle to say. The pressure Orion was putting on them was too much.
"Then why help us yesterday…" But the Madam President was not done, thought the mortal danger was screaming at her to stay shut and put as much distance from the man in front of her as possible.
But she asked nonetheless. Maybe it was her duty that pushed her or maybe she had shitty survival instincts.
Orion didn't directly answer, he rather looked her in the eyes for a second before sighing.
"The Obscurious. As you already know if you have researched that it's actually a Magical Child. I don't want it to be harm. That's why I took action." Orion signed and slightly glanced at Credence but that was only for a second.
"Wait you know who is the beast." Madam President didn't seem to know how to be subtle though, as she said, there was a clear reaction from Credence but as everyone was focused on the ongoing drama between some of the most famous and powerful people currently there, they just missed the flinch from Credence.
Grindelwald, Orion and Elenora though catch that but didn't say anything.
Credence also held himself back, he didn't even realize Grindelwald as he was right now in his real form and not as Percival Graves.
"Yes, I know the child. I will take full responsibility for what happened last night and thus I help out.
But that was the extent of it, I will no longer interfere with the magical world. So I will only appreciate it if you all too not try to make me a part of some of your political schemes." Orion said with a firm tone.
In some way, this was a mistake on his part. He long should have just looked into the matter of how Credence was coming into contact with a wizard from the ministry.
But he was too negligent. That came to bite him back. Sigh…
If only he knew that he was none other than Grindelwald then…
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