Raven Hair Chapter 2
Andromeda woke with a start. "NO IT'S NOT TRUE!" She yelled as she sat bolt upright. She looked down at her bed covers- drenched in sweat as she'd expected. She'd been having these odd dreams lately, they were always the same. Andromeda led back down and tried to remember as much as she could about the dream, she was seriously having thoughts about telling Professor Trelawney, they just seemed so real. She racked her brains for the images retained from the dream. Ah- that was it, the same one again. She was in a boat with her sisters in Venice. The sun was shining down on them and she felt so happy she could be floating. Bellatrix would be animatedly telling the story of how she bunked potions with Avery the other day or how she once managed to sneak into the Hogwarts kitchens and put chilli powder in the Gryffindor food. Narcissa would be watching her with awe in those piercing blue eyes. Andromeda would smile lovingly at her sisters and run one hand through the sparkling water. But then suddenly it would go dark, clouds would appear and she would gasp as the water below as it sloshed around turning a deep red colour. "Dirty blood" Bellatrix would remind her. Then she would find herself falling, she would scream for help from her sisters, but they would simply watch her being pulled deep down into the depths of the riverbed. And then she'd wake up. Screaming. Drenched in sweat. It used to wake her sisters up but they'd grown used to her frequent nightmares. Andromeda shivered a little and looked around to see it was early morning and the sun was just beginning to rise. She looked to her right to see little Narcissa sleeping with her blankets neatly tucked under her chin, silvery hair spread out around her head. She smiled and then looked to the left of her to see a bundle in the middle of the bed. She pulled the cover back gently to see Bellatrix completely cocooned in her duvet breathing softly, face barely visible due to the mass of dark curls covering a fair amount of it. This sight calmed her instantly; she loved her sisters more than anything and knew that they'd always be together no matter what. Andromeda sighed happily and snuggled back down into bed hoping for a little more sleep, without the nightmares.
Later on that day the three sisters were on their way to their next lessons. "See you at dinner Bella!" Andromeda and Narcissa called after Bellatrix and she made her way into her classroom. She had Potions with the Ravenclaws next. Ravenclaw was second best to Slytherin in her opinion, they weren't so bad. "Oi Bells!" called a deep voice from behind her, she turned around smiling to find Dolohov stood leaning against a pillar. Around him stood the usual gang, Avery, Malfoy, The Carrows, Yaxley, Rowle, Crabbe and Goyle. "That's no way to speak to a lady!" she shot back smirking. Dolohov mocked looking around "I don't see any lady!" Bella laughed and said "So we going into class then?" beginning to walk into the classroom. "Wait up Bells, I want you to meet someone," Dolohov pushed forwards a tall handsome man with olive skin and dark hair "This is Rodolphus Lestrange" Bellatrix held out her hand "Bella Black" "Bonjour, it's a pleasure madame" Rodolphus replied kissing her hand. Bella's eyes widened as he kissed her hand and grinned "Take note lads, I like his style!" With that they all took their seats in class.
