Bellatrix is my fav HP character, so this is my homage to her.
"Don't do that Bella" Andromeda scolded her older sister. Bellatrix took no notice and continued to glare at the spider she had pinned down.
The three black sisters were sitting on the rich carpet in front of the grand fire place with its roaring fire. The oldest sister Bellatrix was tormenting a spider she had caught while her younger sisters played with their fine china dolls. Their mother sat in the antique arm chair reading a book, keeping one eye on her girls.
10 year old Bellatrix gave up glaring and started to pull the legs of the spider. Andromeda was 8 and played dolls with her 6 year old Narcissa. Bellatrix let her spider limp away, she wiped her hands on her black silk dress and walked over to her sisters. She snatched the doll away from Narcissa and sat on the floor with it "Bella that's my doll" Narcissa complained.
"You have to share Cissy" Bellatrix sneered. Narcissa tugged the green silk ribbon at the end of her blonde plait "Here Cissy" Andromeda gave her sister her own doll. Narcissa smiled and stoked the doll's hair. Andromeda stood up accidently standing on the ribbon at the back of her dress, the emerald silk slipped out of it's knot and hung limp. Her mother tutted "Bellatrix help your sister" their mother instructed. Bellatrix got up and took the ribbons in her hands, she tied a tight knot. Andromeda gasped "Too tight" Bellatrix continued regardless and then stalked back to her spot on the carpet. Bellatrix took off her green silk headband and put it back in taming her wild black hair. "Bella you'd look so much prettier if you didn't frown all the time" Andromeda commented.
"And you would be so much better if you weren't a filthy squib" Bellatrix said coldly "You're no better than a muggle" Andromeda opened her mouth but then closed it again; her sister could be so cruel. Andromeda tried to ignore her sister glaring at her but she couldn't ignore the stabbing pain in her side. It was getting worse and worse. "Mummy Bella's hurting me!" she exclaimed.
"Bellatrix be kind" their mother scolded.
"There's nothing to gain by being kind" Bellatrix said wisely. Narcissa got up and started tugging on her mother's skirt wanting to sit on her lap, her mother swatted her away. "Where are my little madams?" called their father. He walked into the room; Bellatrix ran to her father, he smiled at her. The other girls ran to their father "Look at my girls, dressed in Slytherin green" The girl smiled all dressed in the black dresses with touches of emerald. The girls returned to their games while their father sat into the armchair next to his wife "So?" she pushed.
"I spoke with Malfoy and Lestrange today" Cygnus told his wife "Lestrange offered his oldest son Rudolphus for Bella"
"That's good; the Lestranges are a good family and pure blood. Bellatrix will do very well" Druella commented looking at her daughters.
"Well I accepted" Cygnus stated "And Abraxas wants Narcissa for his son Lucius"
"He was supposed to take Andromeda" Druella sniffed.
"No self-respecting pureblood family will take a girl who hasn't even shown any sign of magic, even if she is a Black" he sighed.
"There's still time" Druella insisted.
"Not much" Cygnus said "Girls, go upstairs and wash for dinner"
The sisters left the room, Bellatrix ran up the grand staircase knocking over a house elf on her way, she shrieked as her sisters ran after her.
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