Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Harry Potter series, which is sad.
A Black Family Tree
The Story of The Black Sisters
Bellatrix, Narcissa, and Andromeda
Bellatrix Lestrange walked through 12 Grimmauld Place, where she once resided, if only temporarily. No longer did it belong to that blood traitor of a cousin, Sirius Black, or the one her master hated most, Harry Potter. Well, maybe it still did, but Bella had full control of it, at the moment.
She looked all around, at everything she used to know. Bellatrix walked into the room where the family tree was so gloriously painted on the walls.
Herself, and her sisters were here, she traced her finger over her silhouette, painted onto the wall. Her sister Narcissa, was painted there as well. Her light blonde hair streaming down her back against her pale skin and light blue eyes, compared to Bellatrix's strong features and black, black hair, twisting ever-so-menacingly around her face, her eyes dark, and black yet with an ominous emerald gleam hiding in their depths.
And her sister, Andromeda, that once she used to dote upon, now blacked out of the Black family tree. Bella scoffed at the mere memory of the disgrace she caused, that smudged the Black family forever. Had Bella not tried to talk her out of the deed that lost her her sister, forever? If only she could go back in time and fix what's been done. But she can relive her memories, again and again.
Narcissa Malfoy flipped through an old family album, briefly glancing at photos from her youth. She stopped and carefully slipped one photo out of the album and brought it up to look at it.
It was a picture of Christmas time around her house. She was sitting on a couch next to her sister Bellatrix, and Andromeda was on the other side of Bella. Bellatrix was pulling her and Andy together in a sisterly hug. Narcissa was the youngest, and was about 11 in that picture. Andy was 12, and Bella 14.
Narcissa realized how much Andy looked like Bella, just softer. They both had strong features, and curly hair, although everything about Andromeda was a bit lighter, and softer. Narcissa sneered at the memory of times before her sister, Andy met that Mudblood. But her expression softened as she remembered better times, before her sister ruined her life.
And Bellatrix was still Bellatrix, still the same sister that Narcissa would always love. No matter how harsh she could be, this was the sister that dubbed her little sisters Andy and Cissy.
Narcissa glanced below the picture to see a caption that had been written by Andromeda, who was really the only one who could organize things. Bella, Andy, and Cissy, the trio of sisters that will always remember a time before any cruelty between them ever existed. Narcissa wished she could go back to that time and change all of this stupidity one event caused. But she could remember it through pictures, forever.
Andromeda carried down an old box from her attic and set it down on the floor. Her childhood memories were all in this box, carefully packed up. It was just a Muggle box, from Ted's parents. Andromeda labeled it Andy's Stuff. It was full of everything she kept from her childhood. SHe reached into the box and pulled out a doll.
Andromeda smiled at the memory of this doll, called Phoenix. She had dark black hair and shining black eyes. She'd always reminded Andromeda of her favorite sister, Bellatrix, whom the doll was a birthday gift from. Phoenix's (called Nixie, 'since all Black girls have nicknames' Bella said) elegant dress was a gorgeous purple velvet with a ruffly black petticoat peeking out from underneath.
Andy hugged the doll tightly and remembered a time before she was estranged from her family, she was happy now of course, but she'd always miss her sisters. If only she could go back in time and do it all over again, maybe in a way she could keep Ted, and her daughter, Nymphadora, and keep her sisters. There was no way she could really do that easily, Andromeda thought, but she'll always remember.
Sort of vague, but it's a prologue, and most of the story will be in flashback.
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