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Cissy hated McGonagall's room. It was so…BIG and empty. Void of anything either fun or warm or comforting. The old professor must have liked teaching in Azkaban-like prison cells. The room, just as Andromeda had hypothesized, was covered in juice and crap, and it was beginning to smell like how it looked…BAD. It would take until dawn for just herself and Bella cleaning this up. And that wouldn't make things better, considering she'd fallen asleep several times yesterday. Cissy looked up from her feet as Bella walked into the room, beyond pissed off at the world. Bella, defying school rule, wasn't wearing school robes. She wore a tight black t-shirt saying "Purebloods Make the Best Lovers" and jeans. This was odd, because Cissy rarely saw her sister wear Muggle clothes. Even when not in her school robes, Bella had always worn some form of causal robe or sweeping black dress.
"Bella," Cissy hissed. "You should be in your robes!"
"This from the girl who cut class to visit Thor, the Freak Giant Wonder?" Bella rolled her eyes, taking a seat three desks away from Cissy. Cissy didn't speak, but rather stared at her big sister. She was jealous. Of both Bella and Andromeda. They had the traditional Black Family good looks. Dark hair, striking eyes, and beautiful womanly bodies. Andromeda even was tall, taller than most of the men in seventh year. Bella's hair was so dark and thick, curly and gorgeous. Meanwhile, Cissy had long, straight, pale blonde sticks falling down her back. She was frail and delicate compared to her sisters. Her eyes weren't as stand-out as her sisters. Often times, a teacher would take roll-call and wouldn't believe that she was, indeed a member of the Black family tree. It said so on the wall at 12 Grimmauld Place.
"Bella, you can't stay mad at me forever, you've done worse yourself," she assured.
"Try. Me." Said Bella, emphasizing both words to make a sentence of their own. "And while I may have done worse, I never got !" The last word, Bella screamed so loud, that the Owlery suddenly went crazy, and several windows coming from the nearby Hufflepuff dormitory lit up.
"Well, like it or not, we're here!" Cissy said. "So can we at least TRY not to kill each other?"
Bella didn't answer, for that was when Minerva McGonagall stepped into the room, wearing her usual emerald green robes. She took one look at Bella and frowned.
"I expected as much," McGonagall said, pursing her lips. "At least Narcissa had the decency to carry out her punishment in the correct attire."
"I'm not a slave. I will wear what I please after class," Bella hissed defiantly through her teeth.
"Ten points from Slytherin," McGonagall said. Bella rolled her eyes. So what? Ten points. What WERE points anyway? It wasn't like the House Cup prize was a million Galleons.
"As you can see, my room is a—where's October?"
"Who?" asked Cissy.
"October Yeager, a sixth year Ravenclaw. He was supposed to be here tonight too…" McGonagall said, looking around. Cissy looked behind her. No one was there.
"Well, I guess that leaves more work to you two, then. No spells, I want the room cleaned the Muggle way. Now, I won't be here for awhile. I have a meeting with some of the teachers. We'll see how far along you are by midnight. There are cleaning supplies behind my desk, and NO looking at the Gryffindor student files, is that understood, Bellatrix? Narcissa?"
"Yes," said Cissy obediently. Bella still didn't speak. McGonagall nodded at Cissy and left the room without another word. Cissy went to quickly get the cleaning supplies. She read the bottles and such, and immediately began working on the windows surrounding the room (there were a lot of them…and they were BIG). However, Bella sat down and put her feet up on McGonagall's desk with a pile of several folders.
"Score…" she muttered as she read the four file names: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew. Cissy looked over her shoulder at Bella and gasped.
"She said not to touch those!" Cissy warned. Bella shrugged.
"She's not going to be back until midnight. What, you expect me to CLEAN until then?" Bella asked. Cissy stared blankly at her sister and decided that it wasn't worth putting up a fight and went back to her window.
"Let's start with our ex-relative, Sirius Black, shall we?" Bella said pleasantly. Opening up the file. She began reading aloud, so Cissy couldn't help but overhear. "Academic records: A in Defense, P in History, E in Potions, what a crock! I thought he failed everything…"
"Bella…"
"Social/Behavioral Records: HERE we go! Sirius Orion Black, while popular with his peers, particularly of the female sex, had gotten into a fair amount of trouble with his best friend, see James Potter. Third year, he was given a total of 19 detentions, only 6 of which he attended. He nearly avoided explusion his fourth year after trying to set off a Dungbomb in Professor Flitwick's classroom in the middle of a lesson. Ya, ya, ya….it just goes on like that. Four freaking pages of problems! Heh, and Mum says I'm the hellraiser of the family. Well, I guess I AM now…"
Cissy moved on to another window. "Bella, I really don't think you should…"
"Let's move on to Remus Lupin, the one who doesn't know how to eat or get rid of the massive scars on his face…"
"I'm working, so could you please—"
"Academic records: O, O, O, O….no surprise there, the boy has no life other than in the library…" Bella read off systematically. "There's so many Os here, you'd think these were lyrics for a Muggle disco song."
Cissy laughed at this. Some of the Muggle-borns listened to that crap…and from what Cissy heard of it (a Muggle-born named Louise listened to it in their dormitory sometimes), it WAS crap. Bella continued.
"—Social/Behavioral Issues: Remus John Lupin is a well-mannered student who seems to get along fine with his fellow classmates. During a short and confident therapy session late fourth year (a session recommended due to the temporary drop of his grades), Remus admitted to falling in love with Slytherin student Andromeda Black—"
Bella stopped reading. Cissy dropped her bucket of water.
"Remus Lupin is in love with 'Dromeda?" asked Cissy. "How…how…"
"HILARIOUS! HA HA HA!!!" Bella laughed. "Wait'll she gets a load of this!"
"Bella, please, those files are private! Remus will die of embarrassment if…"
"Hold on, there's more: After admitting his fascination and romantic interest in Andromeda Aries Black, Remus was discouraged from pursuing the romance due to his lycanthropy…LYCANTHROPY?!" Bella shrieked.
Cissy gave Bella a look of horror. Bella stared blankly for a moment.
"What the hell is lycanthropy?" asked Bella after a moment of silence. Cissy shrugged.
"Maybe it's related to the word 'befiddle'?" she asked hopefully. Bella shrugged.
"Well, if Lupin isn't allowed to chase after our 'Dromeda, then there's no use in me telling her, is there? No fun for me. But maybe it says in the folder what lycanthropy is…" Bella began flipping through the folder. She paused a moment to flick some dark hair out of her face.
Cissy knew this was completely wrong, but she herself began finding herself interested in what the folders had to say. It was a curiosity she couldn't control…
"Maybe it's a kind of cancer? Or illness?" she suggested.
"Damned if I know," Bella muttered. "Here's something…" Bella muttered, reading allowed again. "Remus John Lupin suffers from lycanthropy and has been since early childhood. As a result—"
"—SORRY I'M LATE!" called a masculine voice from the doorway, making Bella slam the file shut in surprise. She lost her place. It was October Yeager.
"Damn," said Bella. "Fun's over, Cissy," she muttered. Cissy went back t washing her window.
"I was caught up in the ruckus on the first floor," October informed.
"Ruckus? We're missing RUCKUS?" asked Bella, moaning, as if in pain.
"The Slytherin prefect Hugo Mince just got knocked out by your sister! He was trying to make a move and there was a huge brawl because the Gryffindor prefect Lupin found them! Then Hugo started kicking the tar out of Lupin, and Andromeda got Hugo right in the face! It was awesome! So, where do you want me to start?"
Bella looked at Cissy, both of their mouths wide open.
"Bellatrix? Narcissa?" asked October, waiting for his answer.
Bella remained quiet. Cissy smiled. "Looks like Remus is up for the chase after all…"
"Even better, I think out 'Dromeda's going to be joining us in detention tomorrow night!"
"TOMORROW?!" asked Cissy. Bella got up from her seta and went to grab Cissy by the wrist.
"Let's go see!" Bella said excitedly, dragging Cissy out of the room, leaving poor October alone in the dark room, utterly confused.
