20th December 1975

Bellatrix massaged her temples, that girl could cry. She spent two hours unsuccessfully trying to calm her down. Rodolphus didn't want to hire a nanny, claiming that he wanted Kali to have her parents there for her and didn't want to be like his parents. Bellatrix laughed at the irony of it. So, where the hell was that bastard? She only agreed on it because she hated having strange people in her house, plus her mother was coming home that night.

Bellatrix glared at the baby in a desperate attempt to calm her down. But was once again unsuccessful. Sighing loudly, she looked around the room, searching for a new idea. She tried giving her a teddy bear, a ballerina doll, a soft emerald green blanket, but nothing worked. She finally decided to take her wand out, with the aim of putting a silent spell on the girl, so she could think properly. But as soon as she lifted her wand, Kali immediately stopped crying. She stared at the black stick with admiration.

"Do you want this?" Bellatrix asked, a bit astonished. "Very well." She gave her daughter her wand. Kali took it and watched it, before putting the tip in her mouth. Bellatrix immediately took it away from her. "Yeah, you don't want to do that." Kali suddenly started crying again and Bellatrix rolled her eyes. She looked around the room again. All those gifts from pureblood wizards and no one had thought about giving her a wand toy. Then Bellatrix had an idea. She started making colourful sparks with her wand. Kali watched it amazed and tried to catch the sparks. She did it for about five minutes before finally giving in and closing her eyes. Bellatrix sighed exhausted.

She went to one of the living rooms and poured herself a drink. How did she get there? This wasn't the life she wanted. She never wanted to become a mother and now she was stuck with her baby and had no help. The noise of something falling on the floor broke her out of her thoughts. She quickly stood up from the armchair and pointed her wand at the intruder.

"Easy Bella, it's just me." Rodolphus said, grabbing the lamp from the floor. "Put this down!" He added when he saw that she was still pointing it in his direction.

"Have you any idea how hard it was to make Kali sleep?" She hissed. "And now, you come here, making all this noise!"

"Sorry Bella, I didn't do it on purpose." He said, half whispering.

"I swear to you that if she wakes up, you're going to regret it big time!"

"Give me a break. I had a long day." He said nonchalantly, giving his back to her. That was the last straw. A blue light streamed past, inches from his left ear. He turned to face her angry. "Are you insane?" He yelled.

The noise of a baby crying came from upstairs. Bellatrix scowled at him. "You woke her up!"

"What?" He asked incredulously. "I did not! You did!"

"I can't believe it! All I have done is take care of your child Kali! Remember her?" She lowered her wand, and pointed her finger upstairs. "Or perhaps, you have been too busy drinking and partying or whatever that you were doing, while I am here with her!"

"For your information, all I have been doing is for the Dark Lord!" He replied dangerously. "And don't you dare saying I don't care for Kali! She means the world to me!"

Bellatrix laughed sarcastically. "Really Rodolphus? Are you playing 'the Dark Lord card'? Does your mission consist in getting drunk? Cause I can smell the alcohol from here."

"Me and the lads went to celebrate after an accomplished mission." He said to her. "Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to see my daughter."

"You're not going near her like that!" She pointed her wand again at him and launched another spell. Rodolphus was now livid with anger.

"For the last time, stop it!" He went to her direction and grabbed her wand.

"Let go of my wand Rodolphus!"

"Only if you stop it!"

"Never!"

There were spells everywhere, making a big mess in the house. The paintings were falling away from the walls, the lamps were broken, the cushions were destroyed and the baby was still crying.

Ten minutes later, Druella Black entered the Lestrange mansion and frowned when she heard a baby crying. "Oh Bella, what have you done to this baby?" She whispered to herself. Then she went upstairs, grabbed the baby and went looking for her daughter. When she arrived in the living room she cried with horror at the sight of her daughter and son-in-law naked on the couch. Bellatrix quickly turned her head to her mother's direction.

"Oh." She said trying not to laugh. "Hello mother."