CHAPTER 7-ALONE

Lilah woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and ready to face all the problems that seemed to begin by her moving into the Malfoys. She stood up and got dressed and ready for the day before heading down into the kitchen wanting to get some breakfast.

"What does mistress need?" Dolly asked.

"I was just going to make me some breakfast," Lilah said.

"What does mistress want, Dolly will make it for mistress."

"It's fine I can do it, Dolly."

"This is Dolly's job, what can Dolly make for mistress?"

"Do you have bagels here?"

"Yes."

"Just a bagel then and a cup of chocolate milk."

"As mistress wishes."

Lilah walked into the dining room and sat down waiting for Dolly to finish preparing her food, as she waited Draco appeared in the dining room as well. He didn't speak to Lilah instead he sat down on the farthest seat from her and lay back in his chair. Dolly came into the dining room not long after and gave Lilah the bagel and the cup of milk.

"Thank you, Dolly," Lilah said.

"It is what Dolly does," Dolly said bowing, then she left and Lilah began to eat her bagel. Another house elf came out and laid a plate of pancakes in front of Draco along with a drink then left. While Draco ate Narcissa came into the dining room and Lilah only had a few bites of her bagel left.

"There are you are, Lilah," Narcissa said, she sat down on the chair next to Lilah and looked over at her. "We'll be having a party this Saturday, you must attend it, I've been told it would be better as a masquerade ball so you'll need to head into Diagon Alley again and find yourself an appropriate outfit. You hopefully know your way around and won't need our company to help you?"

"I'll be fine, I'm pretty sure I know how to get around," Lilah said.

"Wonderful, well, whenever you can get into Diagon Alley and get yourself an outfit." Narcissa pulled a pouch from her pocket and set it on the table. "Here is the money."

Narcissa then stood up and left, Lilah took the money pouch and slipped it into her pocket, there was no arguing with that woman over money. Lilah finished up her bagel then stood up leaving her dishes; it didn't seem she had to do anything in this house. She didn't mutter a word to Draco as she left and walked to the fireplace hoping she understood how it worked.

"Alright, I take this dust," Lilah said pulling some green dust out of a vase on the fireplace. "And throw it in the fireplace." she threw the dust into the fireplace. "Then say the name……ahem….Diagon Alley!"

The flamed erupted then and Lilah walked through the fireplace to the other side finding herself on her knees when she came through. She dusted herself off then walked towards the place her and Draco had gone to get a dress, she stepped inside and saw the same woman.

"Hello again, dearie, what can I do for you?" the woman asked.

"Do you sell masquerade outfits here?" Lilah asked.

"Yes I do, what color would you prefer?"

"Green, please."

"Give me one moment."

Lilah nodded and sat down in the waiting chair, she sat there for a few moments watching the people pass by through the window behind her. A few other people entered then exited the shop before the woman came back holding a green dress in her hands.

"Come see if you like this one, dearie," the woman said, Lilah stood up and walked over to the woman who held the dress out in front of her. It was jade green with off the shoulder straps and looked like it was long enough to cover her feet; Lilah reached out and felt the material. It was silky and she could tell it would fit to her body instead of hanging loosely.

"I really like it," Lilah said. "Is there a mask to go with it?"

"There is," the woman said, she pulled a large mask from behind the dress and handed it to Lilah, she took it and looked it over as well. It was the same color as the dress but was made of velvet material; it tied around the back of her head with a green ribbon and would cover everything but her mouth.

"I'll take them both."

"This dress is your size out of pure luck so I can ring it up for you right now, follow me."

Lilah followed the woman to the counter, she put the dress and mask in a long black bag then handed it to Lilah who in turn paid her. She thanked the woman then left the shop with the dress hanging over her shoulder, she went back to the fireplace but when she got there she realized there was no green sand. To be safe she checked all the fireplaces lining the wall but none of them had green sand on top, she began to panic and wonder how she was going to get back to the Malfoys.

"Ms. Leavers," a voice Lilah recognized said from behind her, Lilah turned around and saw it was Snape. "What are you doing?"

"I came here to get a dress for the ball Mrs. Malfoy is throwing but I forgot to get green sand to get back to the house with so now I'm stuck here and I don't know how to get back," Lilah ranted. Snape stepped forward and threw green sand into the fireplace before saying Malfoy Manor calmly, then the fire lit up brightly.

"Go through before it closes," Snape said.

"Thank you!" said Lilah relieved, Snape merely inclined his head then Lilah turned back to the fireplace and walked through. She managed to make it to the other side this time without being on her knees; she entered into the Malfoy's front room then headed to her room. After hanging up the dress she turned back to her room and saw Bellatrix lying across her bed.

"How was it being all alone in this world?" Bellatrix asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Confusing," answered Lilah.

"What kind of dress did you get?"

"Do you want to see it?"

"Why not."

Lilah pulled the dress out of the bag and held it out in front of her along with the mask.

"It's very nice, I don't know where you got good taste from Rudolphus had none," Bellatrix said standing up; she reached out and touched the material before walking back to the bed. Lilah replaced the dress then leaned against the closet doorframe looking out at Bellatrix.

"Are you keeping something from me?" Lilah asked.

"What makes you say that?" replied Bellatrix.

"I just…I feel like I'm missing something."

"You're not."

Bellatrix stood up and left and Lilah groaned in frustration, the only reason Bellatrix would be that touchy was because she was hiding something. She walked over to her bed and sprawled out on top of the blanket staring up at the bland ceiling. When she turned her head she saw someone pass by her room and it made her have the weirdest feeling like the person had been watching her. Lilah shook it off then continued to stare up at the boring ceiling.