Rudolphus dropped onto the floor. He threw of the heavy cloak covering Bellatrix's face and stared at her closed eyes with a feeling of dread.
"Bellatrix" he said shaking her by the shoulders. Bellatrix lay still unmoving. "Heal her" he said looking up at Clarissa. Clarissa stood still with a troubled expression on her face. "Why aren't you doing anything" Rudolphus shouted. Clarissa jumped and hugged the baby tightly against her chest.
"She's been poisoned by class 3 snake venom and--"
"I don't care about the class, just make her better" Rudolphus snapped.
I don't know how to cure class 3 poisons" Clarissa said in a tearful voice. "Normally a specialist deals with those. I'm just supposed to be a general healer."
"There must be something you can do" Olivander said in a high panicky voice. "What about the books" Olivander pointed towards Clarissa's healing books.
"None of them are on class 3 poisoning" Clarissa bit her lips and wondered if she should voice her opinion on Bellatrix's condition. In the end she gathered up her courage and decided to tell everyone. "Losing consciousness and the persons lips turning blue is supposed to be the last stage. We don't have much time. I'm afraid it's already too late." Clarissa said with a shaky voice. Rudolphus lifted Bellatrix of the floor and gently placed her on the bed. He bent down next to her.
"Too late" Rudolphus whispered touching Bellatrix's face. Warm flesh met his fingers. She's not dead. She's still warm but she's dying Rudolphus thought. It's all my fault. If she hadn't tried to save me she'd still be alive. No no, I can't think like that. She's still alive and I won't let her die. My Bellatrix isn't going to die. We've tolerated the dark lord and fooled him into thinking we're his most faithful. We've escaped countless aurors and deadly situations. We've been through Azkaban and still managed to remain alive. All of that couldn't have been for nothing, for it to end just like this.
Rudolphus suddenly stood up and pointed his wand at Clarissa. Clarissa felt her heart stop beating as she took in the frightening expression on Rudolphus's face. The face of a weak man she had seen earlier was gone. The face in front of her looked barely human, it appeared to her as if he had just become possessed by some demon. When Clarissa had first seen him, she didn't understand how a man that looked completely normal could be something evil like a death eater. But now as she stared at his face, she could easily see the death eater in him. The fury and anger in his eyes reflected the darkness and evil hidden within him. She knew that right now she was looking at a man that could slaughter thousands without a second thought. Clarissa was frozen with fear and without realising she let go of the baby. Olivander suddenly jumped forward and caught the baby. It started to cry and Olivander was trying his best to hush it up. But all thoughts of a baby we're gone from Clarissa's head. Although it cried loudly in the background, all Clarissa could hear was the beating of her own tiny heart.
"It's not too late." he whispered harshly glaring at her. Clarissa gulped and gingerly touched her wand pocket with her finger tips. But she decided not to take her chances as things with Bellatrix hadn't gone as planned when she had tried to fight with her wand. She was lucky to be alive and this time she might not be. She slowly moved her hand away from the wand pocket. But her movement wasn't missed by Rudolphus's sharp eyes. "Accio wand" Clarissa's wand flew from her pocket into Rudolphus's out stretched hand. "She's dying and all you can think about is escaping" he screamed. Rudolphus appeared even more terrifying than before as he stepped closer to Clarissa holding a wand in both hands. "I wasn't trying to escape" Clarissa said hurriedly as tears started to well up in her eyes. Rudolphus stepped more closer until his tall figure was towering above Clarissa. He poked his wand under her chin and lifted her face slightly upwards so he could face her without having to bend down. Clarissa wanted to shift her gaze away from his terrifying face but she was too scared to move. She stood still like a statue and the only thing moving were the tears flowing down her cheeks.
"Your young, you have your whole life ahead of you. I understand you want to live" Rudolphus said in a soft voice. It seemed unnatural to Clarissa that such a kind soft voice had come from the lips of a face that looked so deadly. "I promise you will be alive and free if you heal my Bellatrix" his voice now sounded almost pleading. Clarissa suddenly noticed his eyes appeared different. They were more soft and rounder and his face looked more human and less scary. The anger and evil in his eyes were almost fading and instead it was being replaced by fear. He was afraid of losing her Clarissa realised as she stared into his eyes. How can something that had appeared so inhuman a moment ago be capable of such a human emotion, like being afraid of losing someone they love? As she continued to stare into his eyes a feeling of guilt started to fill Clarissa. She really did want to help him but she really didn't know how. For the first time in her life she felt the burden of being a healer. She had wanted to be a healer to help people. To heal the sick and wounded, to make the world a better place but right now she was no good. Clarissa could see that people depended on her as a healer. Death eater or not they were still seeing her as a healer and she was nothing but a worthless healer. Right now she really wished she had listened to her healing professor's advice and read up more outside her syllabus.
"I swear I don't know how" Clarissa croaked out. Immediately Clarissa noticed the transformation of his eyes and Rudolphus's face reflected a deadly expression once again.
"I don't care. Just make her better" he shouted poking the wand almost into her throat. "I really have no idea h--"
"Ignis derma" he hissed pointing his wand. Clarissa screamed as an orange glowing light burned away a large amount of skin on her right hand. Clutching her hand Clarissa backed away. "Liar. Why won't you heal her?" The smell of burning skin filled the air.
"I'm sorry I really don't know" Clarissa wailed waving her burning hand as she tried reduce the burning sensation.
"I'm going to kill you" he screamed and pointed his wand towards her chest. Clarissa started to shake as she took his even angrier expression and the pointed wand at her chest. His going to kill me and there's nothing I can do to defend myself. Clarissa did the only thing she could think of at that moment.
"Olivander help me" Clarissa screamed loudly.
"Crucio" Rudolphus yelled. Clarissa screamed and dropped to the floor shaking but the pain only lasted a couple of seconds. Crucio not Avada Kedavra Clarissa thought relieved. Clarissa looked up and noticed Rudolphus swaying unsteadily and one of the wands dropped out of his hands. My wand Clarissa realised as she looked at the fallen wand more closely. It was within her arms reach, she could easily take it if she stretched out a little.
"How can you waste your energy on powerful spells when your ill" Olivander shouted at Rudolphus. Clarissa looked away from her wand and suddenly noticed Rudolphus dropping to the floor onto his knees. He grabbed his head with his other hand and moaned in pain. Clarissa felt intense pain but she still forced herself to get up. She stumbled over to Rudolphus and placed a hand on his shoulder. He jumped and looked wildly at the wand in his hand but she made no attempt to take it.
"If I wanted a wand I could of taken mine" Clarissa said pointing towards her own fallen wand. Rudolphus looked towards Clarissa's wand and suddenly remembered dropping it.
"She doesn't want to duel you any more than you do" Olivander said sounding exhausted as he placed the sleeping baby on top of a desk. "There's no point in getting angry and jumping to conclusions." Olivander knelt down next to Clarissa and Rudolphus. "Fighting never solves anything and murdering the only healer we have available will take away all hopes of ever healing madam" pocketing his wand Rudolphus buried his face into his hands defeated. Clarissa looked up startled as she realised her hand on Rudolphus's shoulder was moving. She had forgotten that her hand was still placed on his shoulder, she had meant to just tap him to get his attention. His shoulders were shaking and a strange sound was coming from him. His crying she suddenly realised. "Now, now" Olivander said patting Rudolphus on the back. "We have to think calmly and act fast. Time is running out and there's no point crying and wasting time"
"I agree" Clarissa said in a small voice and moved her hand away from his shoulder.
"Hope is something we have to hold onto. All is not lost if there is still a chance"
Rudolphus looked up and wiped away his tears with the sleeves of his torn robe.
"Clarissa, my child are you alright" Olivander suddenly shouted as he noticed Clarissa's hands and legs twitching. "What is wrong with you?"
"It's the after effects of the cruciatus curse" Rudolphus said looking at the floor.
"Repeated use damages the nerves in the body for a while and the pain is not so great" Clarissa squeaked trying to still her hands. "There's a lot of things that the Cruciatus curse can do. I read about it when I studied the full effects of unforgivable curses" Clarissa waited and after a while her hands and legs stopped twitching.
"Can you--" Rudolphus spoke up.
"I will try my best" Clarissa said in a low voice. Clarissa felt the wave of pain passing through her body again and she gritted her teeth in response. "Olivander can you get the books. Can't move pain"
"Off course" Olivander started to bring over Clarissa's book. Rudolphus got up and started to help bring over the rest of the books. Clarissa skimmed through her books and put each one down disappointed.
"There's no mention of snake poisoning in any of them" Clarissa said getting up. She checked Bellatrix's pulse and then the colour of her lips. Clarissa knew that when a persons lips turned blue after snake poisoning, that there was no hope. Blue lips meant seconds away from death. She was glad Bellatrix's lips were still pink. But for how long? Time was running out. Although Rudolphus was acting calm now to help with healing Bellatrix, Clarissa knew for certain Rudolphus would kill her if Bellatrix died. Clarissa noticed Rudolphus jump up.
"Her lips are they--" Rudolphus started in a strained voice.
"There still pink" Clarissa said quickly and rushed towards the pile of books. Rudolphus sat down and joined in skimming through the healing books. After a couple of minutes Rudolphus dropped his book with a thud making Clarissa and Olivander jump.
"This is useless. Time is running out. I'm going to Saint Mungo's to get a proper healer" Rudolphus said standing up.
"No" Olivander and Clarissa said at the same time.
"You will be captured" Olivander said with a high voice.
"They must of tightened the security after I went missing. In fact aurors must be investigating my disappearance right now. You will definitely get caught" Clarissa said picking up another book from the pile.
"Whose fault is that" Rudolphus snapped. "Why did you have to come along? Why wasn't a proper healer sent in your place. Then everything would of been fine"
"Well I didn't ask to be kidnapped" Clarissa said raising her voice. "How was I too know your death eater wife was on the lookout to grab the first thing in sight that looked like a healer"
"Don't you dare speak about Bellatrix like that" Rudolphus shouted pulling out his wand. "Cru--"
"Stop that" Olivander shouted and Rudolphus paused in the middle of crucioing Clarissa. "You are ill and you will weaken yourself further if you use such spells. Now put the wand away" Rudolphus continued to glare at Clarissa. "As I said earlier there is no point in injuring the only healer. We must focus on finding a cure and fast" Rudolphus put away his wand and went back to skimming through books. After a while Rudolphus or Clarissa would glance up from their books to look at colour of Bellatrix's lips and a feeling of relief went through each of them as they saw the colour pink.
"Of course it's so obvious, why didn't think of it before" Clarissa said suddenly shouted making Rudolphus and Olivander jump.
"What, will it cure her" Rudolphus said moving next to Clarissa.
"I was so focused on just snake venoms that I failed to look at a cure that would heal all kinds of poisons" Clarissa said in a cheerful tone.
"What is it" Olivander said moving closer next to Olivander.
"A bezor stone" Clarissa said pointing to its picture in the book.
"A bezor stone" Rudolphus and Olivander repeated together.
"Why didn't I think of that" Rudolphus almost shouted. "I should have known that, it's taught at basic potions" Rudolphus jumped up and started to concentrate on apparating to the potion making part of the cellar.
"Old age must of slipped my mind" Olivander muttered.
"Hurry up and get one" Clarissa shouted.
"What kind of a stupid healer doesn't know about a bezor stone?" Rudolphus mumbled as he apparated to the cellar.
"I'm a trainee healer" Clarissa shouted as Rudolphus dissaparated. Rudolphus apparated back within seconds holding the bezor stone in his hands. Everyone crowded around the bed and Rudolphus held the stone above Bellatrix with shaking hands. Rudolphus desperately wanted the bezor stone to work but a part of him was afraid that the bezor stone wouldn't work.
"How do we make her swallow it when she's unconscious" Olivander said in a worried voice.
"Oh that's not a problem. All we have to do is place it in the mouth and then I'm going to say an incantation and that will make her swallow it" Clarissa said moving away to pick up her fallen wand. As she picked up her wand she became aware of the burnt skin on her hand. Somehow she had managed to forget about the burning pain while trying to find a cure. "Curaastam" Clarissa whispered pointing her wand and the burnt skin began to heal immediately.
Clarissa returned with the wand and pointed it above Bellatrix.
"Are you sure you know what you doing" Rudolphus said looking at her wand uncomfortably.
"Yeah, I've made a lot of unconscious patients swallow their potions this way" Clarissa waved her wand and using her other hands she gently tugged and pulled open Bellatrix's mouth. "Now put in the stone"
Rudolphus placed the bezor stone into Bellatrix's mouth with trembling hands. Clarissa closed Bellatrix's mouth. "Peristalsma" Clarissa said pointing her wand above Bellatrix's lips. A white glow covered Bellatrix face and Clarissa moved her wand down Bellatrix's throat and the light followed. Clarissa stopped once she reached the stomach. "Okay she's swallowed the stone" Clarissa pocketed her wand.
Everyone stared at Bellatrix, waiting for her to show some signs of healing or any kind of affect. After a couple of minutes of fruitless waiting and just when everyone was starting to lose hope. Bellatrix suddenly sneezed and all eyes were on her once again.
"Bellatrix" Rudolphus said moving away Clarissa and Olivander out of the way. He sat down next to her. "Bellatrix can you hear me" Rudolphus said touching her face. "Bellatrix" he said his voice becoming tearful as her eyes remained closed. Suddenly Bellatrix blinked and opened her eyes and stared up at Rudolphus. A smile lit up Rudolphus's face as he looked down at Bellatrix. A smile that Clarissa thought a person like Rudolphus was completely incapable of managing.
"Rudolphus" Bellatrix whispered. "What happened?"
"Your awake. I thought you were--It doesn't matter. I love you" Rudolphus kissed Bellatrix on the forehead and then quickly on the lips.
"Thank heavens madam you are finally awake. He was going to go down to Saint Mungo's" Olivander said.
"You were going to risk your life for me" Bellatrix said weakly grasping Rudolphus's hand.
"My life is nothing when it comes to saving you" Bellatrix raised a hand to touch Rudolphus's face but she stopped halfway and gasped in pain.
Rudolphus noticed the wound that was steal unhealed. They had forgotten about the wound, they had been too busy dealing with the poisoning. "Don't move." He held the wounded hand down. "Can you fix this" Rudolphus said to Clarissa. Rudolphus moved away to let Clarissa heal the wound. Clarissa muttered a few incantations and waved her wand.
"Can you bring my bag over" Clarissa said pointing towards her bag. Olivander fetched the bag and Clarissa removed a tub and some bandages. She smeared the cream from the tub over the wound and wrapped it with fresh bandages. "All done" Clarissa said patting the newly bandaged hand. "Now all you have to do in a couple of hours is--"
"I know what to do" Bellatrix snapped. "I was there when you were healing that blond bitch" Clarissa immediately stood up and backed away clutching her bag.
"Calm down Bellatrix" Rudolphus said.
"Rudolphus don't you ever tell me what to do" Bellatrix said with a high voice.
"Your ill I just don't want you to--" Rudolphus suddenly clutched his head and gasped in pain.
"Rudolphus" Bellatrix sat up at once.
"Bellatrix lay back down, I'm fine" Rudolphus walked over and sat next to her. Bellatrix moved her hand onto his forehead. "Bellatrix it's nothing, just lay back down"
"Of course it's not nothing after what you've been through" Bellatrix hissed.
"Well you've been through a lot as well. Now lie down" Rudolphus gently pushed Bellatrix back and after a couple of seconds of glaring at him she lay back down. He stroked her forehead and then stopped abruptly and scrunched his face up.
"Rudolphus stop pretending your fine when your in pain" Bellatrix almost shouted.
Clarissa cleared her throat and attempted to say something. "What is it girl" Bellatrix shouted.
"I need to brew some potions for both of you to fully recover" Clarissa said in a fearful voice. "Blood forming potion for you husband is an urgent requirement.
Heavy blood loss is what's causing the headaches and dizziness. Nerve calming potion for the burns--"
"What burns" Bellatrix interrupted while looking at Rudolphus worriedly.
"A spell was used to make him feel the sensation of burning. Even though there was no actual burning, the nerves of the body were stimulated to feel the burn and mild burning pain can be felt even in the absence of the spell. That's why I'm also suggesting a nerve calming potion. Bellatrix looked at Rudolphus with more concern. She touched him lightly on the shoulder. There's more potions I need to make and without them--"
"That's enough. You can make all the potions. Just shut up" Bellatrix said cutting in.
"Girl come here"
"Why?"
"What have I told you about questioning me" Bellatrix screamed. "Come here" Clarissa walked towards Bellatrix slowly. Bellatrix pointed her wand at Clarissa's head and Clarissa looked at it fearfully. "Imperius curse, just so you don't brew anything dangerous"
"But I won't d--"
"Imperio" Bellatrix concentrated on sending the instructions into Clarissa's head as she performed an advance level of imperius curse compared to the one she had used on Luna. At the end Bellatrix seemed a bit drained and Clarissa looked a little unfocused.
"Olivander" Bellatrix called.
"Madam is it really necessary" Olivander shuffled his feet nervously. Bellatrix pointed her wand at Olivander's head and her hands shook a little.
"You don't have the strength. Let me do it instead" Rudolphus said picking up his wand.
"Very well" Bellatrix lowered her wand and watched while Rudolphus performed the imperius curse on Olivander. Rudolphus got up and grabbed hold of Clarissa and Olivander's hands. Rudolphus closed his eyes in concentration.
"I can apparate them if you can't manage" Bellatrix said.
"No I can do it" Rudolphus whispered and he dissaparated them to the potion making part of the cellar. Rudolphus locked and warded the door of the cellar room to stop anyone else from wandering in.
"I'll come back when your done and if anyone besides me comes in, just hide" Olivander and Clarissa nodded and started to make the potions. Rudolphus apparated back to his room and walked towards the bed. He sat down next to Bellatrix.
"Is it hurting badly?" she whispered.
"Worse than the broken bones. I feel this burning pain once in a while. It's gone down a little though" he whispered back avoiding her gaze.
"Rudolphus look at me" Bellatrix said. "Look at me" she repeated more sternly. Slowly Rudolphus looked down at Bellatrix. "I don't think your weak for admitting to feeling pain. Your really brave. I'm proud of you and the way you faced him back at the meeting. Only someone truly strong and brave can tolerate something like that. I love you and nothing is going to ever change that. You will always be the most strongest and bravest man in my eyes"
Rudolphus smiled but in an instant his expression became pained. "Rudolphus lie down. You need rest" Bellatrix said pulling him down next to her. Rudolphus lay on the bed beside Bellatrix staring at the ceiling for a couple of minutes. Then he turned around to face her. Her eyes were closed. It was obvious she was exhausted from staying up all night. He felt the need for sleep tugging at his eyes but he just couldn't help looking at her. Her hair was messy with a few leaves stuck in it. Blood was smeared on her face and on other parts of her body. Her dress was torn in some places. She was a complete mess but he still he thought she was just beautiful.
He tried to pick out some of the leaves from her hair and she opened her eyes startled.
"What in the name of Merlin are you doing" she said annoyed.
"I'm just picking leaves from your head"
"Leaves" Bellatrix said worried. "Rudolphus are you feeling okay" Bellatrix placed a hand on his head.
"Yeah I feel fine"
"Do you think I'm a tree" Bellatrix said in a seriously concerned voice. Rudolphus looked puzzled.
"Why would I think that?"
"You just said your going to pick leaves from my head"
"Bellatrix" Rudolphus said finally realising what she was talking about. "There are leaves stuck in your hair that I'm trying to pull out. I don't think your a tree and I'm not crazy."
"Thank Merlin" Bellatrix said sounding relived. "I thought you'd finally lost it"
"I'm perfectly sane" Rudolphus pulled out a leaf from her hair and waved in front of Bellatrix. "As you can see it's a real leaf, so I'm definitely not seeing things"
"What else have I got in my hair"
"Nothing else really. It's just a mess and your a complete mess"
"Your a mess as well" Bellatrix said ruffling his uncombed black hair. "Your no cleaner than I am"
"But you still look beautiful" he said caressing her cheek. Bellatrix moved her hand away from his head and placed it on his bare chest that was still exposed through the torn robes. It had been so long, he had missed her touch. Rudolphus closed his eyes savouring her touch as her hand moved lightly over his skin. "I've missed you" he whispered feeling sleepy. Suddenly Rudolphus felt Bellatrix's lips crash against his as she kissed him with urgent need. He kissed her back with the same intensity and sunk his hands into her hair. Suddenly a wave of burning pain rushed through Rudolphus and he shuddered. Bellatrix pulled away at once.
"Rudolphus we can't do this" Bellatrix whispered pushing his hands away.
"I need you" Rudolphus said leaning over her. "I want you" he started to kiss her neck. Bellatrix closed her eyes for a few seconds feeling his hot lips trailing kisses down her neck and then she pushed him away roughly.
"I said no" she said harshly. "Your not well" Bellatrix suddenly clutched her stomach and gasped.
"What's wrong" Rudolphus said sitting up. "I'll get the healer" he started to get up from the bed. Bellatrix grabbed his arm stopping him.
"There's no need" Bellatrix whispered rubbing her stomach. "It's just a dull stomach pain making me feel like being sick" Rudolphus lay back down and a feeling of guilt spread through him as he watched Bellatrix moving her hands over her stomach.
"I'm sorry" he said in a low voice.
"About what" Bellatrix shouted. "I can't deal with your nonsense talk with this pain"
"I shouldn't have done what I tried to do earlier. I should of realised you were ill as well"
"You don't have to apologise for that" Bellatrix said in a softer voice.
"I do. You cared about me being ill but I didn't think about you" Bellatrix placed her hand over his. "It was selfish of me. It's been so long, I just couldn't resist you"
"There's no need to feel guilty, I started it by kissing you." Bellatrix squeezed his hand. "It's been so long, I couldn't resist you in the first place, so we're both equally guilty"
"But I--"
"Just forget about it we're even" Bellatrix moved her hand onto his forehead. "You don't have to convince me that you care about me. I know you do" Bellatrix gently stroked his forehead. "Go to sleep" Rudolphus closed his eyes and frowned as he felt a wave of pain. "The pain will be gone soon" Bellatrix said sitting up.
"Where are you going" Rudolphus said in a sleepy voice with his eyes closed.
"No where, I'm just getting the blanket. It's freezing" Bellatrix tugged at the heavy blanket folded at the end of the bed.
"What time is it?" Bellatrix looked at the clock and focused her tired eyes.
"It's 8.30 am. Why?"
"I need to do something today at 11 am"
"Your not going anywhere in this condition" Bellatrix said in a raised voice. Rudolphus opened his eyes and gently grasped her arm.
"Listen to me Bellatrix, I have to do something very important"
"Your not well enough, What's so important?" Rudolphus removed his hand from her arm and rubbed his forehead as the burning pain moved through him once more.
"It's--I --not now Bellatrix"
"If your going somewhere when your close to death, I think I have a rig--"
"Just wake me up at 10.30" Rudolphus interrupted her loudly.
"Fine" Bellatrix said in a sulky voice. "Keep your secrets. Why would you tell me, I don't mean much to you even tho--"
"Bellatrix, you mean the world to me" Rudolphus gave her shoulder a small squeeze.
"I have a headache. I can't think properly right now but I promise I'll tell you later."
"Fine"
"Bellatrix can you set the alarm. I can't be late" Rudolphus said yawning and closed his eyes. Bellatrix pointed her wand towards the clock. Feeling heavily sleepy she tried to focus her watery eyes on numbers. Bellatrix moved the red dial and stopped when she thought she had reached 10.30. Bellatrix blinked a couple of times and squinted at the number. I'm sure that's 10.30 she thought staring at the outline of foggy numbers. Bellatrix waved her wand and a clicking sound followed as she set the alarm on the clock. Putting her wand away she grasped the heavy blanket and continued to pull it up. Her hands ached in pain and she felt incredibly drowsy as she finally managed to pull the blanket over her and Rudolphus.
"Much better" Rudolphus mumbled feeling the warmth of the blanket. Bellatrix snuggled up more closer to Rudolphus and rested a hand against his chest. "I love you" he whispered.
"I love you too" Bellatrix whispered back. In a few seconds they both lay fast asleep under the thick warm protective blanket.
My exams are over and I'm back. I have a feeling I've forgotten how to write stories properly and I just hope Bellatrix wasn't out of character.
Okay now I have to clear somthing up, people have been asking me why Bellatrix and Rudolphus are sneaking around when their married. Well I though it was
obvious but I'll explain. Everyone assumes since they were arranged into marriage and that they don't love each other or give a damn about whether the other
lives or dies. Well they actually do love each other, they just pretend so everyone thinks otherwise. The reason their pretending is to prevent Voldemort from
finding out, if voldie knew he would use it against them. He would also see them as being weak since he hates the emotion of love. If he knew there true
feelings he would have used Avada kedavra on Rudolphus instead of torturing him. You just have to look at the Malfoys to see how Voldemort uses love and
family against his deatheaters.
Okay now to clear up another thing, people asked me why Bellatrix has to hide it from Narcissa. Well like I mentioned earlier in the story, Narcissa is not very
good at occlumency and Bellatrix is afraid that if she told her the dark lord might extract the information from Narcisssa. Now as everyone know's Narcissa
becomes frozen and keeps staring blankly at a wall when she does occlumency compared to severus and Bellatrix that appear completely normal when they do
occlumeny in voldies presence. So its obvious Narcissa's not very good and if voldie decided to raid her mind, then I bet he would break past her barriers
and into her mind within minutes. Then voldie would know Bella's secret, Bellatrix knows Narcissa's crap at Occlumency cause Bellatrix taught her
occlumency herself.
Now just one more thing, Please please review. I really love reviews and I seriously look forward to them. They make me write, so the more reviews I get the
more faster I write up the next chapter.