"Toujours Pur" (always pure)
A formal gathering was taking place in the ball room of the extravagant house of Black on the beautiful July night. Every room in the luxurious Manor was ornately decorated in silver and green colors. Durella and Cygnus Black were both Slytherins after all. The guests that filled the lavish ball were members of only the most elite pureblood families. Everything was running smoothly, and nothing could possibly ruin this lovely evening. Or so everyone thought.
Upstairs, the four Black children, five year old Regalus was sleeping, were absolutely restless. Andromeda was pacing, Bellatrix and Sirius were whining and pouting like three year olds, and Narcissa was actually bored of looking at her reflection in the mirror and getting complimented by it.
"I'm bored," Bella said huffily before crossing her arms over her chest. She was thirteen for Salazar's Sake! She was old enough to be down there and not locked in this stuffy room.
Andy sighed and sat down on the couch, "You said that five times already Bella."
Bellatrix glared at her younger sister haughtily. Who was her twelve year old sister to boss her around?
Sirius, sensing that his favorite cousin was about to explode, put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly and said excitedly, "You want to ruin mother and Auntie Durella's party, Bella?" Bella glared at Andy before turning her attention to Sirius. "What did you come up with so far?" Bella asked Sirius with a fond smile. Despite their four year difference, Bellatrix and Sirius were strikingly similar. They had the same jet black hair, the same creamy white complexion, and the same stormy grey eyes. Both Bellatrix and Sirius-despite his young age- were the cunning ones of the five Black children. They were the schemers, the trouble makers. Andromeda was too good to plot against people, Regalus was too young, and Narcissa only worked with them if there was something in it for her.
Cissy leaned in excitedly, "Ooh! Can I go too?" She asked. Sirius smiled warmly at his cousin and dragged her to the middle of the room where Bella was already sitting down. Sirius loved Narcissa when she was like this.
The three Blacks sat in the center of the room, and Sirius called out to Andromeda, "Andy, aren't you going to sit with us?" She looked at the three of them with their giddy expressions and nodded, before sitting between her two sisters. "Fine, but if we get in trouble, I'm blaming you!" She said, but she couldn't help smiling.
"Now where do we start?" Bella grinned nudging her Narcissa and ruffling Sirius's hair. Sirius beamed up at his cousins. He loved them so much. He would never give them up no matter what.
"Guys," he started hesitantly before mumbling, "never mind."
"What is it?" Andromeda said frowning slightly. "Is something wrong?" Sirius shook his head and tried to change the subject.
"Oh no you don't! Just say what you have to say so we can continue," Bella said impatiently.
"Promise me that…that we'll always be like this." He said looking at them with big eyes.
"Of course we will, and next year when you start Hogwarts, we'll be the Four Untouchables. The best Slytherins out there," Bella grinned slyly. Narcissa nodded reassuringly, her usually icy, emotionless blue eyes twinkling in the light.
"Promise?" He asked putting out his hand so his palm faced the floor.
"I promise," Andromeda said placing her hand on top of his.
"I promise," Narcissa said following her sister's example.
"I promise," Bella said smiling at her little cousin before putting her hand over Cissy's delicate pale one.
The four Black children pulled their hands away after a few minutes, and were smiling broadly. They put their heads together and devised an ingenious plan worthy of only the Blacks.
Tonight, they had nothing to fear, not even their parents, after they went through with the plan. For they had each other, and nothing could ever break them apart.
Nothing.
