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SUMMARY: They say you should never give up three things in life; family, love and your dignity. But what if you can't keep them all? Which one do you choose?
"Sisters are a little piece of childhood that can never be forgotten."
Narcissa Malfoy never cried, because crying showed weakness, and she had been weak only once in her life.
Andromeda Tonks convinced her husband to have only one child. She could never have lived watching two siblings growing up together. She let her daughter marry whomever she wanted, she never wanted to watch her choose.
Bellatrix Lestrange never cared for anyone. Not even her own husband. People said she was in love with the Dark Lord. They were wrong, she was in love with his power, she respected him, she idolized him, she was obsessed with him but she just couldn't care about him. She always feared that the ones she cared about would leave her, like she had.
"Only in the agony of partings do we look onto the depths of love."
The sky was golden, and children were playing outside despite the howling wind, but she could only hear her mother's words ringing in her ears again and again "If you choose to walk out that door, be warned, you will never be let back in."
She sobbed as she packed all her clothes and books and pictures into two trunks and lugged them to the balcony from where she would depart. She heard the door creak open; a slender girl with silky blonde hair stepped into the balcony with her.
The girl whispered "You're really going to leave?"
"I have to."
"No, you don't."
"You don't understand."
"You're leaving us for him?"
"I love him."
"And us?"
"I love you too...I just…"
The girl shook her head and her voice cracked as she said, "You love him more."
"I didn't want to have to choose."
The blond girl was on the verge of tears, "And yet you did. You chose him."
"You'll know how it is when you fall in love."
"Well, then I hope I never do."
"Don't say that."
"If you leave, you can't come back."
"I know. Mother made that quite clear."
"So, you'll never see us again?"
"This...this house...we have great memories here...but...but I need to escape. I can't pretend anymore. I have to break free. I'm sorry, but I have to. Please don't cry."
The girl spoke between sobs "Who'll braid my hair?"
"Winky can do it."
"And if...if a guy breaks my heart? Who will I tell?"
A loud voice shrieked from the adjacent balcony, "Cissy! Cissy! What have I told you about talking to her? She deserves no pity. Leave her be. Come along now. It's time for supper."
She spoke in a soft tone "Goodbye, sister."
The younger girl looked up showing her tear stained face "You…you have no right to call me that."
With that, the girl went down the stairs, her hair bouncing behind her, never once turning back. Bellatrix gave her one last vacant stare and turned away but she couldn't help but notice the tear Bella wiped away.
She looked at her house one last time and then with one pop she disappeared from their lives.
"It's not the goodbye that hurts, but the flashbacks that follow."
A/N: Lots of love to all my readers and reviewers. If you read it, can you please review it? Please. (: Refer to the timeline for any dates you need to know! Chapter 12.
