"It was a mistake, we admit it now," Theo said with a hint of bitterness. "And it backfired. Honestly, we weren’t aware of how bad it would get. Black and Zabini, they don’t play around." He shuddered. "The things they made us do, I still get nightmares. Unfortunately, we thought we could talk some sense into them, confront them. Get them to ease up on some of their schemes. Needless to say," he added, gesturing around him, "they didn’t take it well. To this day I’m surprised Black didn’t manage to get us thrown into Azkaban as well. On the other hand, she had less influence back then. They  only  stripped us of our fortunes following some unfounded accusations and a rigged trial and compelled us to leave, threatening us never to return."