Beginnings

Hide (Bellatrix Black)

She should be putting on her best dress, doing her hair, finding the discreet jewellery her parents deem suitable; helping Andromeda and Narcissa get ready - combing their hair, tying their sashes, ensuring their best behaviour by her own example.

But she is hiding in the larder with The Prophet and chocolates, indulging her cravings for information, for sweetness. Sooner or later, someone will find her. She will be scolded, sent off to dress and paraded as the ideal daughter in front of her parents' guests.

But for now, and for once, she enjoys the self-indulgence of not being perfect.