DEDICATED TO MY AWESOME FRIEND LOUISE BLACKWEATHER! J

In this story, Sirius will be in his fifth year and Regulus in his third year, so Sirius is with Bella and Regulus with Andromeda.

Narcissa meets Hogwarts' resident Malfoy

"I'm going to Hogwarts! I'm going to Hogwarts! Bella, Andie, tell me more about it!" Cissa squealed, bouncing up and down on her bed, having packed everything hours ago. Bellatrix regarded her younger sister with amusement while Andromeda rolled her eyes dramatically. They were in their fifth and third years, respectively, and know a lot about the castle already.

"You'll just have to wait and see, Cissa." Bella smirked. "But you'll love it."

"Especially the Great Hall! It's so big and the ceiling is…amazing!" Andie gushed, eyes sparkling.

"I would have thought you'd say how the Library was so amazing. You practically fell in love with it." Bella smirked slyly. Andie flushed.

"Did not!" She protested.

"Did too!" Bella grinned smugly.

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"DID NOT!"

"DID TOO!"

"GIRLS! It's time to go!" Druella Rosier-Black, their mother, called from downstairs. Narcissa squealed and jumped up, rushing downstairs. Her sisters followed, still arguing. The House Elves apparated downstairs with their trunks just as Narcissa burst into the room, cheeks flushed, eyes laughing with delight. Cygnus looked at his youngest daughter with affection.

"Thank Merlin. Cissa's been nagging for hours!" Bella said, coming into the room after Andie.

"I did not!" Narcissa protested.

"Did." Bella retorted.

"Not!" Cissa scowled.

"Did!" Andie chirped. Cissa pouted.

"Come on, girls, no arguing." Druella ushered them into the fireplace. "Now, you all know where the train is?" She said.

"Mum, you've been asking that for the past five years." Bella sighed impatiently. "It's Platform 9¾." She said clearly.

"I just wanted to say it for Cissa's benefit." Druella chided. "Be more patient and lady-like, Bella." She said. Bella rolled her eyes and mumbled something rebelliously.

"Come come Ella she's just at that age." Cygnus said, looking at Bellatrix with pride. She was the son he never had, with her sharp tongue, fiery temper, and quick wand. Sometimes he thought that she was be even harder to raise and discipline than an actual son.

Bella stepped into the fireplace and winked at her sisters. "See ya there! Platform 9¾!" She said loudly, and disappeared in a roar of emerald flames. Andromeda went next.

"You sure you can do it, Narcissa?" Druella fretted. Cissa pouted.

"Of course mummy!" She said, stepping into the fireplace. "It's not like I haven't traveled by floo before." She said, rolling her eyes. Cygnus smiled. His daughters were all so much alike. Then again, maybe they learnt the rolling-eye thing from Bella, who seemed to have a knack for that, and snorting, and smirking…

"Platform 9¾!" Cissa shouted in her excitement. She spun out of one of the public fireplaces on the platform and stumbled slightly. Bella caught her with a knowing smirk. Cissa ignored her. She scanned the crowd and saw her cousins.

Moments later the elves popped in with the luggage and away. The fireplace flashed green and their parents stepped out casually, dusting their impeccable black robes.

"Come, girls. Walburga is waiting." Cygnus said, heading towards her sister and his cousin and her husband, Cygnus. Bella was eager to talk to Sirius again, but Blacks don't run, so she settled for a fast-paced walk. She reached her aunt and uncle and cousins before her parents. Andromeda and Narcissa hurried after her, grinning.

"Uncle Cygnus, Aunt Walburga." Bella greeted politely. They nodded.

"Bellatrix." They said curtly. Bella stifled a snort at their holier-than-thou behaviour and instead greeted her lively cousins.

"Siri! Reg! How's everything going? I still don't understand why we couldn't have come together." She said. Sirius hugged her, and Regulus followed his example, although his hug lacked Sirius' fierceness.

"It's mum and dad. That's all you need to know." Sirius whispered conspiratorially. Bella giggled. Andromeda and Narcissa came and hugged their cousins while their parents conversed.

"So Cissa!" Sirius ruffled Narcissa's hair, causing her to yelp and glare, fixing her hair frantically. Sirius only grinned. "Looking forward to Hogwarts?" He asked. Narcissa immediately stopped fussing over her hair and nodded happily.

"Yeah! It sounds so great! I can't wait to get there!" Cissa smiled. Her bubbly personality was infectious, and soon all five of the children were laughing and joking about Hogwarts.

"Come on, children. The train's about to go." Druella said. "Write to us, alright?" She called after the girls.

"Okay mum!" Bella and Andie yelled. Cissa nodded.

"I'll write everyday!" She promised. Bella snorted and pulled her younger sister onto the scarlet Hogwarts Express.

"Trust me, you'll either forget or you won't have time to." She said. Sirius' parents barely gave him a glance and instead waved Regulus goodbye. Sirius didn't seem to care, though, as he whistled cheerfully and found an empty compartment.

"Come on." He said. The five of them settled in and watched Cissa look around curiously. When the train started to move Cissa and Regulus poked their heads out of the window and waved. Their parents waved back, more subdued, smiling slightly.

When the train turned around the corner, the two settled back into their seats.

"So what house is our Cissa going to be in?" Sirius asked. "I swear Andie would have gotten into Ravenclaw with her wits and bookworm-ish attitude." He teased. Andie smirked smugly.

"Nearly did, too." She said.

"Better than Gryffindor." Bella teased Sirius, who pouted.

"There's nothing wrong with Gryffindor!" He proclaimed, holding a hand to his heart. "You wound me, cousin dearest."

"Oh really, Black?" A drawl came from the door. Narcissa looked to see a boy with long platinum blond hair and cold grey eyes, who was currently smirking. She wrinkled her nose a bit. He gave an aura of superiority and arrogance, which were okay if used and exhibited correctly (they were Blacks afterall), but this boy reeked of that, and frankly, she found it disgusting and stupid and vain.

"A Gryffindor like Sirius is better than a Slytherin like you." Bella sniped, violet eyes burning with contempt.

"Did you come to poke fun at me, Malfoy? I'm just dying to practise some of the darker curses I picked up from the family Library this summer." Sirius sneered, drawing his wand and pointing it at Lucius, who sneered back.

"Not at all." He said smoothly, wiping his expression blank. His eyes landed on Narcissa, and his lips curled. "Well well well, what do we have here? Another Black? At least this one's a proper lady." He leered, eyes roaming over Narcissa's body in a way that made her feel like she should really take a long shower after this was over. Bella's wand was out in a flash, and her eyes were full of loathing.

"Get out, Malfoy, before I hex your sorry pale arse to Hell! Nobody dares to speak to us like that, and STOP looking at my sister with that expression!" Bella spat angrily. Lucius leered once more and looked back at Bellatrix.

"I'm just voicing my observations." He said silkily. Cissa glared.

"Well, I certainly don't need your opinion, you albino peacock!" She snapped. Andie choked on her laughter and Regulus smirked. Sirius' lips twitched, although his grey eyes were still threatening Lucius, promising a painful and slow death.

"You heard her, now get out!" Bella demanded. When Lucius didn't move, she shot a spell at Lucius' private parts, and he finally took the hint. He turned to leave, and Sirius pushed him out before slamming the door shut. They stowed their wands away.

"On second thought, you might want to watch out for him. I'll tell you about him, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Lestrange, and Avery later. They're a bunch of horrid jerks. They're all in their fourth year." Bella grumbled.

"What was that spell you shot at him?" Sirius asked.

"Dunno, didn't work though. Just something I read about over the summer, from a gender book." Bella grinned slightly. Sirius snorted.

"Too bad it didn't work." Regulus mumbled.

"Seems like Hogwarts isn't as fun as I thought." Cissa said sadly. If she had to deal with those vile boys for three years…

"I think some pranks are in order, Sirius." Andie reminded the older boy with a sly smirk.

"I'll make sure to get him real good, public humiliation should do the trick." Sirius' eyes glinted mischievously.

"He's gonna get it, I swear, for messing up Cissa's first day." Bella growled.

Narcissa sat back and gazed out of the window thoughtfully.

Well, one thing's for sure—I don't think I'm going to like Lucius Malfoy very much…