Lestrange Manor, Decembar 5th, 1975

It was frigid outside and the leaf-less trees cast long shadows as Bellatrix awoke after a long night of torturing Mudbloods. She slowly crawled out of bed, leaving Rod asleep. She walked quietly on the wood floor and slipped into a black-silk robe, and walked out.

The house was quiet and still. Nothing moved as Bellatrix moved down the stairs. Only the chime of the clock telling her that it was 7:00 made her jump. The hollow ring flowed throughout the house. Bella sighed and continued walking.

Once she reached the parlor, she continued walking. Something grabbing her in the dark made her gasp and her heart about stop.

Bellas' POV

I would have screamed if I weren't some-what surprised. If only I had my wand... But; it felt as though, the thing was... hugging me. I had enough room to turn on the parlor light.

It was Cissy. "Nacrissa Black!" I breathed. "I about-" I stopped talking when I saw that her eyes had tears in them. Yet, a big grin was plastered on her face. Her clothes were crooked, as if rushed to get them on. Her hair was messed up too. "Cissa... What's wrong? Are you feeling alright?"

She smiled even wilder. "Bella... don't call me Nacrissa Black," She said solemnly. I looked at her curiously.

"Why not?" I responded to her vague comment.

"Because... in 3 months I won't be Nacrissa Black anymore. I'll be..." She paused and glowed.

"Will be what? What?" I asked in a whisper. It's almost as if she now had me playing a game.

"I'll be... Nacrissa Malfoy!" She suddenly yanked her hand up. I could see a large diamond sitting ina sea of emeralds ona gold band resting around her finger.

I gasped. "Cissy! You're getting married?" I asked incrediously.

She nodded. "Lucuis proposed last night when we were on a walk. I agreed and then I went home. I was excited I- I just couldn't wait to tell you! I rushed over here as quickly as I could. Can you beleive it?" She sounded like a little girl, she was so happy!

I nodded. But then, my smile dissolved off my face. "Wait. You two had an arranged marriage... Why are you so excited? You knew you would marry Lucuis."

"Because," Her smile faltered. "We had a year to spend time together, and it was so romantic that he praposed. Of course I had to say yes... but, you know. It's better when you know that he loves you. It's sweet, right? And then this ring! I love it so much! Isn't it perfect?" She asked, showing the ring again.

I nodded. "It's beautiful."

End of POV

Later That Day...

"I can't beleive that Cissy is getting married! Can you, Rod?" Bellatrix gushed.

She was sitting in the parlor, laying on the couch in her black slip, thinking over what present she should get her baby sister. It was raining outside of their house and Nacrissa had left to go tell her friend, Amacys Carrow. Rodolphus was reading the paper and smiled fondly at his wife.

"No, I can't," He said quietly. "Although, I am happy for Nacrissa. It seems like just yesterday that was happening to us, not two years ago."

Bellatrix nodded and looked at her empty cup on the coffee table. "Tippy!" She said loud enough for the elf to hear.

With a 'pop' the small elf appeared and walked over to Belatrix, bowing. "Does Mistress need anything from Tippy?"

"Yes. If I didn't need anything, why would I call you?" Bellatrix snapped. She looked over at her cup. "I wish for more to drink. Pumpkin Juice... with a bit of Firewhiskey. Go." The elf nodded, took the cup and dissapeared the way she came.

Bellatrix sighed again and looked at her hands. Rodolphus looked at his wife and folded the newspaper up. "Bella... What's wrong?" He asked slowly.

"I can't get something off my mind," Bellatrix replied.

"What? Nacrissa getting married?" Rodolphus continued.

Bellatrix shook her head. "No... Cissa said something about- about... about my other sister," She grimaced as she said the words. "She- she had a child... Two years ago... The same year as our marriage. And... today... is her daughter's birthday. It's just... I know I shouldn't care... but it's really hard not to."

"It's fine to care. She's you're neice and you're sister's daughter," Rodolphus paused, and saw no reaction from Bellatrix. "Just know that they're not in our lives anymore, and they never will be again. Alright? Now, why don't we go to Borgen-and-Burkes later?"

Bellatrix nodded sadly. "Perhaps," Then she smiled. "I'm being silly... aren't I?"

"Not at all. As I said, you have the right to care. I will have Tippy save you're drink, and you can go get dresses," Rodolphus said, standing up and smiling to Bella.

"Okay. I'll see you in a few minutes darling," Bellatrix said, and began making her way up to her room.


Ta-Da! Chapter 2! I told you that I update fast!

And, yay! 1 Comment! I'm so happy! So, I have to go, but first I'll tell you this. "The Next Chapter Is Very Important! Bella finds out something that will change her life! Excited? I am!"

Now, If you want to know, this story was inspired by bellastrange51's story, 'Little Stars'. The story that I reccomended in the first chapter was the sequal to that story. So, read the one I just told you first.

Book Reccomendation: Harry Potter, and the characters kids by SparklyBlueGerbil

Hey! You guys technically just got two book reccomnedations!

Well, thanks for reading, and REVEIW!

Bye, thanks again!

~Meghan