Rich Truth

House: Slytherin

Prompt: Rich

To a homeless person the best thing in the world was rich chocolate cake. Something that would fill a stomach that never seemed to be filled. To a person who was extremely fortunate the thing they loved was riches. Narcissa Malfoy was one of those lucky enough to have riches, but no one ever asked her if she wanted them.

Growing up she was spoiled even more then her own sisters. She was different, there was something about her that just made her parents melt. She never asked for anything, she was just given what she wanted and she grew up to be somewhat of a snob. The day she entered Hogwarts though she realized that not everybody would just give in to her. It all started when she demanded that a girl in Ravenclaw give her a quill.

"No" the girl had shouted "get your own quill."

"I demand you give me your quill!" Narcissa said in a snooty voice.

"No!" Narcissa's eyes welled up in tears. This had worked on Andy and Bella, the only two people who had ever refused her anything, maybe it would work on this girl.

"Professor Slughorn she's crying." Narcissa continued to cry, and Professor Slughorn walked to her desk.

"Narcissa what is it?" He bent down so he was at Narcissa's level, and she stared with her big blue eyes right at him.

"She won't give me her quill." For a moment Professor Slughorn almost gave into her, but then remembered he couldn't give into his students it was simply unethical.

"Now Narcissa that is hers you have some in your bag just use one of your own." Narcissa grabbed one of her quills, but was unhappy for the rest of the day. She was realizing the sad truth that she would not always get what she wanted.

At first it was little items like books and trivial material items. Then it was more complex things like a boy not going out with her, or not making the quidditch team. Then there was the worst of all the day she caught Andy with that boy. She had been walking in the halls of Hogwarts because there was nothing better to do, and she happened upon a young couple making out. She didn't see who they were at first, but heard them. They were making out, and they were getting really into it. She turned the corner to see who it was, and jumped out at the sight of her sister kissing a mudblood.

"Andromeda Black what are you doing?" Andy turned quickly away from her boyfriend, and looked into her little sister's eyes.

"Nothing Cissy, now just leave and don't tell Bella." Andy turned back thinking she was going to get away with it that quick, but Narcissa wasn't as naïve as everyone thought.

"Andy please you know what this means right, mum and dad will never forgive you."

"Narcissa I don't care, just leave it alone!" Narcissa took a step back her sister had never gotten this angry at her.

"Andy, but what will I do without you?" Andy stared at her, her eyes seeming more like Bella's black soulless ones by the second.

"Narcissa you'll survive and you know you can't have everything." She turned back to the boy, and Narcissa just walked away tears flowing into her eyes. This was the first major thing that she couldn't have; her sister.

Andy moved out of the house, and Narcissa spend her last years at Hogwarts with her new love Lucius. He was everything she had ever wanted. He was rich, popular, good looking, and her parents approved. They were married in a big ceremony the day after they graduated Hogwarts. Narcissa couldn't be happier; her life seemed to be going so well except for the Andromeda incident. She was married, and didn't have to work. Instead she stayed home working on different things such as the color of the wallpaper in the living room or the design of the book shelves in the library.

One day though things began to change. Lucius came home from work with Bella, and they went into his study to talk. Narcissa, being a polite housewife, decided to bring them drinks. She opened the door of the study and saw Bella kissing Lucius right on the lips.

"Bella!" she shouted and her sister immediately detached herself from Lucius.

"Narcissa I'm sorry we we're just" but it was too late for Lucius to repent as Narcissa fled. The days wore on and Narcissa tried to push away the fact that her marriage wasn't working. Lucius was always going out with his friends, or at work. She felt like she was living alone in a big manor instead of with her husband. Then, Lucius came home one night very tired.

"Lucius what happened at work today?"

"Nothing" he replied coldly.

"Are you sure you look tired?" Lucius sighed and headed over to his wife.

"I'm going to show you something, but you can't touch it ok." Narcissa nodded, and Lucius pulled up the cuff on his left arm to reveal a tattoo of a skull with a snake flowing out of the mouth.

"Lucius what is it?"

"It's the dark mark I've joined the Dark Lord Narcissa, so I won't be home as much any more I will be serving him." Narcissa just looked down this was terrible absolutely terrible.

"How was your day?"

"Fine" she muttered, she couldn't really tell him now that she had just found out she was pregnant.

Lucius kept his promise and wasn't home as much. Narcissa eventually told him about the baby, and he was ecstatic at the thought of having an heir. The day the baby came Lucius was now where in sight. As she held her new son she realized that the husband she had wanted was all just a figment of her imagination.

Voldemort eventually fell, and Lucius escaped prison. Narcissa spent her days watching Draco while Lucius was off at work. She sent her son off to school, and again she was alone. She missed him dearly and when he came home she would slobber all over him.

"Mum please stop I'm not a baby anymore." She stepped back and took a look at her son. He was 14 now she couldn't baby him anymore he was beginning to drift away just as Lucius had. Months passed, and one night Lucius came running to her.

"The Dark Lord has risen again, I must go Narcissa." Narcissa just nodded and didn't speak her mind. In truth she wanted to ask him if he even cared about her any more, or if she was now just his trophy wife. She sat in the parlor and drank some firewhiskey as she realized that was all she had ever been. As the dark lord gained more power Narcissa grew furtherer away from Lucius. When Bella broke out of prison Narcissa was tempted to turn her back in after all she was the reason that her marriage had fallen apart. Bella and Lucius did countless missions, and when the department of mysteries was mentioned she just shook it off, another day another mission. Only this time Lucius didn't return, he went to prison and Bella was the one who came back.

"You bitch, you left him there." Narcissa let out some of the rage she had been holding in, but Bella didn't care. She was only a body now, a mindless soulless body that was a puppet of the Dark Lord doing what he pleased. When Draco was called to fulfill his father's place Narcissa couldn't contain herself.

"He's only a boy" she shouted at the men who had come to take him to the Dark Lord. Draco went willing though, trying to fulfill the family way. Narcissa wept at the loss of innocence in her son, the son she loved and wanted by her side. As Draco was in danger Narcissa went to the ends of the earth to save him. She tried helping him, but he refused. Soon enough Snape, her own backup plan, carried out the deed and her son was free for the meantime.

It was then that summer Narcissa made a choice. This wasn't the life she wanted. Riches didn't matter it was family and being happy that mattered. Both things she had lost long ago, and as the death eaters surrounded her filling her house with their nasty ideas and ways she decided she was done. If she got the chance she would go to the other side, because that was what she wanted. She didn't care what others thought because she knew; Narcissa Malfoy always got what she wanted.

Hope you guys enjoyed, and GO SLYTHERIN! :D