Hey everyone. Here is another one for Charms: Dark Charms on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I choose to write for Task #8 Titillando: Write about someone being tickled. I hope you all enjoy Little Moments.
"Bellatrix, Andromeda," Druella Black called to her two older daughter, "come welcome your younger sister home."
Andromeda smiled over at Bellatrix excitedly. She had been looking forward to the day that baby Narcissa came home from St. Mongos and was practically jumping up and down in her seated position.
"Come on, Bella," she whined excitedly. "The baby's home."
Bellatrix was excited too but she showed her excitement in a way more suited to that of an older sibling. Or at least in her mind she did. She stood up and motioned for Andromeda to lead the way out of Bellatrix's own room.
"Bella," whined Andromeda yet again as Bellatrix felt her hand being grabbed.
"Andy," she went to chide the younger girl to calm down but that was as far as she got before her sister was dragging her down the stairs. Before they could burst into the sitting room of the house Bellatrix reigned Andromeda in a bit. "You don't want to scare the baby," she chided. "It'll scare Cissa if we just go running in like that."
Andromeda pouted but waited until Bellatrix knocked on the door and was told to come in before entering the room. But upon seeing the baby in her mother's arms she couldn't control her excitement. She went flying the across the room cooing at the baby like a sweet tempered demented bird.
Baby Narcissa didn't seem to like how excited her older sister was to meet her for the first time. She opened her mouth and all that came out was a loud wailing sound.
"Mummy," Andromeda cried, "how do turn her off?"
Bellatrix watched as her mother tried everything to calm poor little Cissa down after her scare but to no avail. She walked over and gently began to tickle the baby's small feet. The crying stopped and an adorable little confused look crossed baby Cissa's face.
"Bella," Andromeda exclaimed jumping up and down in excitement, "you made her stop crying."
Bellatrix almost rolled her eyes at this pronouncement as the baby started to cry again. She began to tickle the baby's feet yet again stopping the crying in favor of confusion.
"Don't yell around the baby," Bellatrix whispered remembering that her parents had told her this exact same thing when they had brought Andromeda home. "The baby is used to things being quieter than they are out here with us. So you have to wait until, Cissa, is adjusted to being around loud noises. Okay?"
Andromeda started to pout but nodded all the same.
"Can I help keep her entertained too?"
"Yeah, Andy," Bellatrix told the pouting sister. "Just do what I'm doing."
In a few minutes they had a small smile on the baby's face and very relieved parents. Cygnus smiled down at his daughter as he watched the three of them interact with each other. Deep in his heart he hoped his girls would stay like this for the rest of their lives.
I hope you all enjoyed Little Moments. I enjoyed writing this because it showcases the writing style I love to use. I also enjoy writing about the younger lives of the Black sisters because they didn't start out hating each other. They were made to.
