Summer had come and gone and the girls felt even more alone now than they did when it first started. They had been given back their trunks and were now in Cissa's room packing them with their many objects for school.

"I don't want to go back alone." Cissa said while folding her clothes to neat and tight that no wrinkle could even think about invading her wardrobe.

"None of us do." Andy on the other hand, just started throwing her clothes into her trunk, she didn't care what they looked like when they came out, all that mattered to her was that they made it to the same place as her.

Bella didn't say anything she just smiled and folded her clothes into the trunk, hers weren't over packed like Cissa's nor as messy as Andy's. She liked to be organized but not OCD like Cissa.

Once they got their clothes, books, potions and caldrons in they went in search for items that they might have forgotten. They each had tied the ribbon around each others wrists to make sure that it didn't get lost. Cissa walk into hers and held the yellow bag, she placed it carefully under the bed, she was twelve now and she didn't need it's comfort, she had lost the comfort when she realized that she was loosing her mother. Bella took the bell off of the table and rang it, it sounded different, like it was tired. She threw it and it clattered against the stone wall and like that she left it without looking back. Andy walked into her room and looked around, she had gotten used to Claudia not being here to greet her but the pain didn't go away, she loved Claudia and didn't understand why everything she loved had to leave her.

"Madam Black says that it's time to leave." A house elf said bowing low then disappearing.

"CISSA, BELLA! WE HAVE TO GO!" Andy yelled and her sisters followed her out of their hall way and down the marble stairs.

Druella had changed in the short time after Easter. Her face was pale and waxy and she no longer did her hair or her makeup. She was like a ghost and hollow tortured ghost. She waited for them then a small almost non-present smile formed on her lips. She got down on her wobbly knees and beckoned them forward.

"Behave my children, and get good grades." She said as she hugged each of them. "I'll see you again at Christmas holiday."

She stood back up and a glimpse of the old Druella flashed before she went back to her new self. She opened the door and outside three carriages were waiting.

"Mum, who will be going with us?" Andy asked the question that was on all of their minds.

"No one. You each are old enough to travel on your own now, well in your father's opinion. But in honesty your aunt and uncle is taking Sirius and Regulus and have no room and time to take you three this year." Druella said as she walked with them to the carriages. Then she handed them each a box "I packed snack's in these boxes, please do not eat them all in one setting. I love you my daughters."

They each climbed into their own carriage and watched as their manor, mother, and each other disappeared from view.

Kings Cross station was busy as always and Cissa soon found herself in a line of Hogwarts student's waiting to get threw the barrier. The line was long and slow moving and she felt like everyone was starring at her. As she neared the front she started to recognize kids from her classes or that were even in her house.

"Narci!"

Eli made her way to where Cissa was at despite all the glare from the people she had cut in line. Eli smiled and Cissa couldn't help not to smile.

"This is ridiculous how many people are here, Their must be at least a thousand first years. What did every one decide to have kids at the same time?" She said loudly, making even more parents glare.

"Eli, people are starting to stare" Cissa whispered nervous that her Aunt would hear or see them.

"Chill Narci, see here we are in no time what so ever." Eli said before running threw the barrier. Cissa smile then ran after her just missing hearing the people behind them rude comments.

Once inside Cissa felt less uncomfortable and waved to people that called her name. she saw her aunt, uncle, Sirius and Regulus standing in the corner. Walburga was gloating to all her friends about her sons and Sirius looked like he'd rather be a mile away.

"Who are you looking at?" Eli asked looking in the same direction. "Who are they?"

"Come on we have to say hi to them. The women and man with the boys are my aunt, uncle and cousin. The blonde lady is Lucius's mum, the dark hair lady is Pippa's mum and the lady with the red hair is Nora's." Cissa explained as they walked toward them.

"Narcissa dear I'm glad to see your all right. Ladies you remember my niece Narcissa." Walburga said with a fake smile.

"Hello dearie, and hello Eliavera. This is anther one of Lucius's friends." Mrs. Malfoy explained.

The whistle blew and instant relief fell over both Cissa and her cousin's faces. They practically ran to the train and found an empty compartment. Once the train began to move everyone smiled.

"Cissa you're a life savor, I thought Madam Lestrange and Mother were going to kill each other." Sirius said flashing a smile that could only be matched with Bella's.

Sirius looked a lot like Bella they both have violet eyes, same color hair and the same smile. While Regulus shared the same hair and eye color as Andy. Cissa knew she took after her mum and it'll always be that way. In a way she found it comforting being with her cousin's she could look in Sirius's eyes and almost see Bella's and she liked that feeling.

"Madam Lestrange would have won." Regulus said with a smile.

The giant carriage was parked and waiting for all it's passengers. Bella looked around as she got out, everyone had someone to greet and say 'I missed you' but not her. She had missed no one and she didn't know anyone. She had spent the last few months of school last year secretly watching Professor Lestrange pack up his belongings. A frown formed on her face as she realized that he would be no where near her now, she fought back tears.

Taking her stuff she made the long walk across the lawn and handed her things to a man that was placing them in the carriage, then she walked away. She didn't know why she walked away she had nothing to do out here.

"So you did return." Vivian stated from behind Bella.

"Yes I did, where else would've I gone?"

"Back to Hogwarts comes to mind."

Bellatrix just stared at her then walked away, she didn't feel like taking to this girl that hoped she wouldn't be returning. Bella then smiled and turn around, Vivian still stood there with a smirk on her face.

"Why did you want me to go back, are you jealous that your not the only outcast here anymore?"

And she then walked away, feeling good about having stood up for herself. When it was time to leave everyone push into the carriage, for how big it was on the outside, on the inside, with everyone in it, it was cramped. Bella found a corner and sat in it, from down on the floor it made everything seem a lot less cramped, and withed that it would hurry and get to France already.

Andy searched everywhere, but she could not find Mina nor her favorite teacher Professor Lenix after searching the ship entirely she went back to the girls dorm, on her bed was a perfectly folded piece of parchment.

Andy,

Sorry about not being here but Leonard and I will be taking the ship. I'm sorry and I miss you, can't wait to see you at school.

Love,

Mina

Andy set the paper down, now she was alone this whole trip with no one, she wished Claudia was with her but it wasn't possible. Girls in her year started to come into the room now and they all started to giggle the moment they saw her. Andy knew that they had been talking about her moments before just by the way they were avoiding looking at her to keep from laughing.

It was dinner time on the ship and Andy stayed in her bed, she wasn't hungry nor did she want to show her face just to have the rest of the school laugh at her as well. She wasn't sure why everyone hated her, it didn't make sense, they hated her since the moment she had arrived here. Just like her father had hated her from the moment she was born.

She pooled her legs up to her chest and felt the ships gentle rocking movement till it put her to sleep. She woke again as the dinner crowd came in, none of them laughed this time but Andy wouldn't have cared if they did. She gave up, she gave up on trying to make any of them like her, she gave up on her mother and father, she gave up on her life.