Short chapter, but only because you didn't meet review standards. In answer to a reviewer's question, Lucius knows that marrying Narcissa will do good for him in the future, bringing him both wealth and support and wants to get her to love him so she doesn't go extreme and refuse to marry him, which would be bad for them both. Please read and REVIEW!

"Gryffindor!" cried the hat. There was silence from all sides of the Hall. Then, it was broken by a loud, "I knew you could do it!" from Sirius and tremendous cheers from the other Marauders. Narcissa felt ice replace the blood in her veins and watched blankly as Andy took the hat of her head and walked slowly to the now wildly applauding Gryffindor table. The girl sat down next to Sirius, her hair now golden blond and her dark brown eyes were sparkling.

Narcissa felt the eyes of her peers fall upon her and heard a snicker from the end of the table. That was her snapping point. The Slytherin rose from her chair, leaving all her gifts lying on the table, and stalked over to where Andromeda sat with her back to her, shakily talking to her cousin. She tapped her on the shoulder with one long, silver-painted nail. As she turned, Narcissa hissed coldly, "Blood-traitor."

There was complete silence in the Hall now, not a word from anyone. McGonagall stood with the scroll of parchment held loosely in her hand and every eye was watching the two sisters. Andy turned around to face her elder sister completely, not flinching in the ice that seemed to shoot out of Narcissa's blue eyes. "Do you even realize what you just did?" she hissed quietly, not caring that everyone saw.

Sirius stood up from beside the traitor and looked down into Narcissa's eyes from his superior height. "All she did was act like herself. She couldn't hide her soul from the hat and it saw her to be Gryffindor. You accepted me as a Gryff, so why are you so-"

"We all knew you'd make Gryffindor. You, with all your 'save the muggles' talk and 'others are more important than I am'. But we thought I'd raised her right. Then you had to come along and convert her! You corrupted my little sister! And to think that I respected you." Narcissa scowled at Sirius.

"We didn't 'convert' her. She told us that she wanted to be in my House, not vice versa. So, leave her be," Sirius said furiously, voice near to a shout.

"What is this world coming to? Do neither of you have respect for traditions that have been in our family for hundreds of years? 'Blacks are always Slytherin.' That was Mother's Number One rule." She turned to Andy, who was still sitting in front of her, "and you just broke it."

Narcissa turned on her heel and swept out of the Hall in complete silence. "Coffey, John," called McGonagall, before her voice was cut off as the Great Hall doors slammed closed behind Narcissa.

Narcissa began running the second the doors pounded shut behind her, trying to escape the thoughts that nipped at her head like demon hounds. She took the Grand Staircase two steps at a time and continued climbing up and up and up.

Finally reaching her destination, Narcissa threw open the door and stalked into the empty Astronomy Tower. She went over to the balcony and transfigured one of the telescopes into a sleek, black retractable chair. She laid down on it and snuggled into the black material. Looking at the stars, Narcissa rolled her eyes. "There's Sirius and Andromeda. It's like I can't get away from them."

She moaned and closed her eyes. "What'll Bella say when she hears? I sense a Howler coming soon at breakfast. She didn't like when Sirius made it, and she will not like it that Andy did, too. I think my life is over. First Malfoy and now this? What else could go wrong?"

Before she could ponder more on the dreadful possibilities, there came the sound of nearly silent footsteps approaching from behind. "Oh, hello-"

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