I.
She nods and smiles, keeping quiet, just as she's always been taught. It is not Andromeda's place to question, nor is it her place to have an opinion.
She's a Black, and she's supposed to be a good daughter, following blindly, never doubting.
II.
She almost starts to believe. Almost.
She is entitled. She is pure.
But there's still that nagging doubt in her mind, that whisper of a voice forever present in her head, demanding to know what happens if she's wrong.
III.
She keeps quiet. She knows her place, she knows what's expected.
Andromeda has become such a good actress, always pretending, always being the good daughter.
But she's beginning to realize that the House of Black is a prison that keeps her caged.
IV.
He changes everything. Within one month of Ted Tonks, the doubtful whisper becomes a certain scream.
Her family has been wrong. She has been wrong.
Her blood means nothing. Her heritage entitles her to nothing.
And Ted opens the cage, showing her the way to freedom.
V.
She doesn't keep quiet. She endures the screams and the blows when the truth comes out, and she swears that her family has been mistaken.
As she leaves, her body is broken, but her wings are intact. Ted has promised her freedom, and, with him by her side, she soars