Green and Black

Summary : This story follows the separate sortings of the five members of the Black family. Five-shot. In this story, Sirius is only nine months younger than Regulus, which would make Narcissa the youngest. The format of it is that the conversation between the Sorting Hat and the Black family member is in italics. The Sorting Hat speaks out loud and the family member speaks in their head, but the Hat hears it.

Disclaimer : All characters belong to JK Rowling. All plot-lines belong to me.

Bellatrix

The young girl jumped off the stool and bounded towards the Hufflepuff table. Professor McGonagall then read out the next name on the parchment.

"Bellatrix Black."

A young girl with wild black curls and a somewhat contemptuous manner walked slowly towards the stool, sat down and smirked as Professor McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on her head. As soon as the hat covered her mop of curls, it began to speak ;

Ah, a Black, eh? I haven't had to sort one of you for a good few decades. Well, here we go. Reasonably bright, but not exceptionally. Not Ravenclaw, then.

Good. I wouldn't want to be in that stupid house, anyway.

And definately not a Hufflepuff.

Not a chance.

You have a great deal of bravery. Gryffindor, perhaps?

I would rather die.

No, I know where to put you.

"SLYTHERIN!"

The girl jumped off the stool and began to walk smugly toward the Slytherin table, catching the eye of a dark haired boy, who's eyes had a slight hint of red to them.

Bellatrix Black's destiny was written.