Bellatrix woke up first that morning and she slipped quietly into the backyard of her childhood home, her black curly hair and midnight blue night-dress blew slightly in the morning wind and her lurid-pale skin prickled in the morning mist. Sneaking along the fence, she stopped in front of a pile of leaves. She then reached down and pulled a small cage out of the leaves. A little black bunny cooed at the sight of her master. Bella smiled and opened the cage, pulling the small bunny into her arms. At first glance, you wouldn't think Bellatrix was the sort of girl to take a liking to small animals. That's because she wasn't. She hated anything cute and soft. But, the bunny was black, had dark eyes just like hers, and it bit her when she first captured it this summer, so Bella named it Jinx and hid it in the backyard. Her mom, Druella, thought rabbits were a bother, so Bella had to hide Jinx well as she snuck her off to Hogwarts today on the train. Bellatrix gave Jinx a carrot and petted her as she nibbled. Then, she kissed the bunny's ears, slid her back into her cage, wrapped the cage in her shawl, and snuck back into the house, hoping not to wake her sisters.
Andromeda woke up second. She had been dreaming about being head-girl in three years when she graduated and was awoken by the sound of someone tripping on the loose floorboard outside her door, a cage clattering, then a muffled round of profanity. "Well," Dromeda sighed, "Bellatrix is up." Andromeda sat up, stretched, and scratched her head. Then she went over to Kitty's bed and petted her Persian cat. When Kitty pawed her hand away, wishing for some more sleep, Andromeda went over to the mirror behind her behind door to examine herself. Her brown hair stuck up in odd directions and her pale skin was tinged pink at the cheeks. Her light brown eyes sparkled softly and her pink night-dress was wrinkled in several places. She smiled as she remembered last night, then she spun around and panicked. Rabastan Lestrange was still lying in her bed.
She sweared under her breathe and threw a sundress at him. He woke up with a snort and asked rather loudly, "Whaappend?"
Andromeda shushed him and said, "You got to get out of here. My sisters will be in here any minute and if they see you, I'm dead." She ran back to her closet and started pulling out her outfit for the day as Rabastan scrambled to get his affects together and snuck out the window. As soon as he was out of sight, Dromeda could breathe easy again. She took her clothes and went down the hall to her bathroom. The shower was running in Bella's bathroom, but not in Narcissa's, so Dromeda decided to see if her baby sister was up.
Narcissa had been in a deep sleep when Andromeda knocked on the door, reminding her of the time and that the train for school left today. So Narcissa sat up, picked up the jewel-encrusted hairbrush that Lucius Malfoy had given her last year, and ran it through her hair. That Lucius was a nice boy. He knew how much she loved hairbrushes, so he bought her the diamond, ruby, and emerald encrusted brush for Christmas last year. Too bad he didn't have a chance. Narcissa had no interest in getting a boyfriend, so she just let Lucius think she was slightly interested. She finished brushing her hair, so she stood and looked in her mirror. Her white blond hair cascaded down to her chest and ice pale skin radiated friendliness while her steely blue eyes portrayed a warning to all who dared cross her. Narcissa smiled at her reflection, tapped on the cage of her small, black and white owl, Cherish, smoothed her white night-dress, and went to take her shower.