You know I don't own Harry Potter. You know Jo does. Love ya, Jo.

Anyway, if you hadn't figured it out, the last one was Druella Black, the mother of Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa. And if you're curious, this one is Andromeda. Obviously. Again, please r/r. Your evil, evil criticism can only help me. Thinking about upping the chapter count to 6, so that's what I'll do, I think.

So, I now present… (fanfare) Musings of a Blood Traitor.

Shouldn't mothers be happy when their daughters find the perfect man? Shouldn't sisters fight each other for the coveted maid-of-honor position in the wedding? And I never got a father-daughter dance…

So narrow-minded. Just because he's a Muggle-born doesn't mean that he's bad. Not that I was always that open-minded as a child; I knew my place. Actually I still do; I knowingly crossed the line. Hopeful that maybe… maybe their love for me would allow them to overlook his birth. Am I too sentimental?

Mother always told me that what I do reflects on my family. I suppose that's why they did it – to keep the family name intact. But I wonder what abandoning your daughter would say about you as a parent…

I heard that Bella joined He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Didn't really surprise me, honestly, when I heard. It just seems like her. She always felt at least as strongly about her "birthright" as the rest of the family. It's all nonsense, of course. I mean, "we are of noble birth and we must respect our heritage"? I don't see how we could legitimately be held accountable for who our family is. I've never met anyone who could truly choose what family they are born into. Is that why I did it?

Did I only marry Ted as a protest against the beliefs I no longer upheld? I'm sure I loved him… I don't even know anymore. That sounds horrible, I know. Not even sure why you married the love of your life, the father of your child. Why did I marry him? Was it just my love for him and his for me that spurred this choice, or was it a protest? A combination of the two? If so, which was more prevalent?

I must have known that it would do this. That my marriage would start to rip apart my family. Not that we were terribly close before, even as children. I believe I was the only one who craved a more loving family, a more accepting family. Bella was always the apple of our mother's eye, excusing the Muggle saying, and Father always doted on Cissy. I was always left for last, and whenever I would say anything about it, I would be dismissed. I wonder if they regret it. Whether they think about it. About me.

Does Father wonder if I'm happy? Does Mother think about me? I'm sure someone must have mentioned, if only accidentally, that I've had a daughter. Do they wonder about her? And Bella and Cissy. What do they think? I bet Bella doesn't care, or if she does, she won't let herself show it. But Narcissa… I think she, at least, misses me. I wonder if maybe, in the dark of night, she cries for me. Maybe she whispers her thoughts and wishes her voice would carry to me. Because she told me she wouldn't forget me. She told me she'd always love me. No matter what. And that's how family should be.