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~*~*~Chapter Twenty-Six: The Second Memory and Discovery~*~*~

Larisa's eyes were fixed on the mistletoe. She felt her face turning pink, and she looked over at Draco, who was also slightly pink.

There's mistletoe... Larisa thought. She saw Draco was probably thinking the same thing out of the corner of her eye. Quickly, she stepped over to him and kissed him before stepping away.

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Larisa opened the door to her dorm and stepped inside. Pansy and Daphne looked up at her. Millicent was already passed out on her bed, sleeping soundly.

"You okay?" Daphne asked.

"Yeah, I'll live. Just the shock of my first kiss." Larisa explained before collapsing onto her bed. She soon fell asleep, a small smile crossing her face.

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Larisa sat in front of the fire early the next morning, when Snape and Draco came into the room.

"Larisa, get this box of memories." Snape said rapidly. Larisa hurried to her dorm and dragged the heavy wooden box out from under her bed, grabbed the key from the drawer in her nightstand, and picked her wand up from her nightstand.

"Locomotor Box" She murmured, pointing her wand at the box. It lifted a few inches off the ground, and she made it hover out the door. She hurried it out to the common room, where Snape looked at it with interest.

"Who gave this to you?" He asked, looking it over.

"I really have no clue, sir." Larisa explained. Snape looked it over.

"Come Miss Rei, Mr. Malfoy." Snape said, beckoning the m out the door of the common room. "We'll look this over in my office." Quickly, the three hurried out of the common room. It was a short walk to Snape's office, and he locked the door quickly. "Set the box here." He said, indicating to his desk. Larisa raised it up, and set it down gently onto the desktop. "What does this contain?" Snape asked as Larisa unlocked the box.

"Memories from my parents, I suspect. They're supposed to help me understand my past." She grunted while pushing the heavy lid up. The small table slid out of the lid with the stone basin on it, and the shelves with the flasks snapped open. "I've already looked at the first one. I wrote about it in this notebook." Larisa lifted up the muggle notebook and showed it to Snape. "I was going to look at the second memory today..."

"By all means, go ahead." Snape said, lifting up the second flask and handing it carefully to Larisa.

March 13th, 1977

Sophia Rei

Carefully, Larisa took the cap off and poured the silvery substance into the basin. She poked it with her wand, then took a breath.

"Want me to come with you?" Draco asked quietly. Larisa didn't answer, she just grabbed his hand, took another breath, and stuck her head into the basin.

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With a thud, she and Draco landed in front of a large iron fence. Right next to them, there was a loud crack, and a tall woman with sleek black hair appeared. Larisa recognized her as her mother, still much younger. Sophia had a angry look on her face as her eyes traveled up to the house, which Larisa didn't quite recognize. She got up slowly, staring at her mother, who's eyes were fixed on the large house.

"So that's your mum?" Draco asked her, also staring at Larisa's mother. Larisa nodded.

"I have a feeling that we're going to find out something important..." Larisa whispered as her mother pushed the fence open, and was storming up to the house. Larisa followed after her. Sophia reached out and banged on the door. It opened quietly, and a tiny house elf poked her head out.

"Sophie...Why are you here?" She asked in a squeaky voice.

"Fiona, I'm here to see Mrs. Lestrange." Sophia said scathingly.

"Of course, right this way..." The house elf said quickly, opening the door much wider. Sophia stamped inside, and Larisa and Draco followed. They walked down the hallway until they came to a door, which Fiona opened quickly.

"Ma'am? Sophie is here to see you..." She whispered. Bellatrix, who had been sitting on a couch in front of a fireplace, stood up and turned around.

"Sophie? What brings you here? It's nearly three in the morning." Bellatrix asked, arching her eyebrows as she came around the couch and leaned on the back of it. Sophia went stomping into the room, and Larisa and Draco slipped in before the door was closed. Bellatrix and Sophia glared at each other for a minute.

"I've come for answers, Bellatrix." Sophia snarled. Bellatrix rolled her eyes.

"Can't it wait until a better hour, S-" Bellatrix began.

"Shut it, Lestrange, I know you put the Cruciatus Curse on Borislav!" Sophia shouted. Bellatrix looked stunned for a minute, but then she hunched her shoulders and glared at Sophia.

"I did no such thing." She said flatly.

"Well, then who did?" Sophia spat. Larisa recoiled a little.

"The Dark Lord, himself, Sophia." Bellatrix said coldly. "Borislav is always slipping up."

"Well, you would to if the Dark Lord didn't keep putting you under the Imperius Curse!" Sophia snarled. Bellatrix looked as though she would have loved to give Sophia a good smack in the face. "Exactly, Bellatrix. You've just ad-"

"Shut up." Bellatrix spat, her eyes flashing.

"EXCUSE ME?!" Sophia roared. Larisa recoiled again, and Draco backed up several spaces.

"Just shut up, Sophia! I really don't care what you think!" Bellatrix snapped. Sophia froze, glaring at Bellatrix.

"Why exactly would the Dark Lord put the Cruciatus Curse on Borislav?" Sophia asked, trying to stay calm.

"You probably know very well why! Just look at your right hand!" Bellatrix snarled, trying to keep her tone level. Sophia looked extremely offended, and Larisa looked at her mother's right hand. There was a diamond ring on her ring finger.

"It's an arranged marriage, Bellatrix. Unl-" Sophia began, when Bellatrix cut across her.

"My marriage was arranged too, Sophia. And I was nineteen when I got married, too, so shut up. You're not better than me. We're equal." Bellatrix hissed. Larisa felt her hear rate quicken. There was going to be a fight, she knew it. Larisa's mother hunched her shoulders.

"I at least think things through before jumping in a cursing someone..." Sophia said angrily.

"I don't even GET to think!" Bellatrix cried, grabbing her head. "I'm put under the Imperius Curse before going in to fight!"

"That or you're mentally unstable..." Sophia said under her breath. Larisa felt anger bubbling up inside her, but she couldn't do anything. It was just a memory.

"Now Sophia, I'm going to bed, and I want you off my property." Bellatrix snapped, pointing at the door. Sophia folded her arms and glared.

"You can't order me around." She said in a deadly tone.

"Oh yes I can..." Bellatrix snarled. It all happened in a flash after that. Sophia pulled her wand out and sent a curse flying at Bellatrix, which knocked her over. Then, Sophia strode out the door, while Bellatrix got up, rubbing her head, a deadly snarl on her face.

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Larisa and Draco rose up out of the memory, and they reappeared in Snape's office. Larisa's knees gave way, and she sank down to the floor, clutching her head. Tears were in her eyes, and she felt a strange pain in her heart.

"They had a fight...My mum and Bellatrix..." Larisa choked out. Draco knelt down next to her and hugged her, and she started to cry into Draco's shoulder. "This is why they hate each other...Something Bellatrix didn't do, but got blamed for..." Snape slowly lifted the memory out of the basin and put it back into it's flask, then replaced it onto the shelf in the box.

"I remember the meeting that was held afterwards..." Snape said mournfully. "Bellatrix had a black eye, and Rodolphus and Borislav were refusing to even look at each other, they were so mad." Snape slipped the box shut, and Draco pulled Larisa up off the floor. Larisa dove for the notebook and pen.

Memory #2: March 13th, 1977, Sophia Rei

Memory of an argument with Bellatrix

Larisa then carefully opened the box, put the notebook and pen in, and closed the box. Then, something seemed to hit her. Quickly, she grabbed the notebook and pen back out of the box.

"Draco...Library, now..." She said quickly, grabbing his wrist and dragging him out the door.

"I'll keep this in my office!" Snape called as Larisa and Draco hurried out the door.

"Why are we going to the library?" Draco asked.

"There's old Daily Prophet articals, I remember in the first memory that my dad was supposed to put the Minister of Magic under the Imperius Curse..." Larisa panted.

"But Madam Pince won't let you cut the artical's out!" Draco said nervously as they hurried up the spiral steps.

"Duplication, Draco, duplication. I saw one of the seventh years practicing that charm, and I think I can get it down..."

"But it won't last forever, Larisa...Or will it?"

"That's why I'm going to find and duplicate the articals, then you can help me copy them down." She explained as they hurried up the Grand Staircase, fast approaching the library. Draco nodded. Soon, they entered the library, and stopped at the desk in the front of the library. Madam Pince looked up at them, looking live an angry, underfed vulture.

"Yes?" She asked.

"We need to see all the Daily Prophet articals from November, 1976, to the end of December, 1976." Larisa explained quickly. Madam Pince raised an eyebrow.

"Alright then. Follow me." She said, getting up. Larisa and Draco followed her to the back of the library, where she pulled open two drawers. "That's November, 1976..." She said, pointing to the drawer on the left. "And that is December, 1976." She added, pointing to the drawer on the right. Then, she left the room.

"Start looking!" Larisa barked, pointing to the November drawer. "Anything about an attack on the Minister of Magic at the time, whoever the heck he or she was." Larisa began to page through the December drawer.

"Found it!" Draco said happily, showing Larisa the paper. Larisa snatched it from his hand and looked it over.

"Draco you're wonderful!" She breathed, hugging the paper. Instantly, she opened it up and began to read.

Attack on Minister of Magic

On November 7th, 1976, (last night), around three in the morning, the Minister of Magic,

Millicent Bagnold, was found in her office in serious pain, quaking. She was rushed to

St. Mungo's, where she is recovering. Daily Prophet reporters went in to question her,

and she say's that around two in the morning, as she was packing up to head home, a figure

dressed in black robes entered her office and put the Cruciatus Curse on her.

This attack is suspected Death Eater activity, and the Ministry urges everyone to take

high level precautions. Any suspicious activity is to be reported to the Auror Office immediately.

Larisa stared at the article. It was short, but it contained every bit of information she needed. Quickly, she pointed her wand at it.

"Geminio..." She murmured. The paper duplicated, and Larisa slid the original paper back into it's drawer, then tucked the duplicate into her pocket.

Well now. That's a good find. And I KNOW that Millicent Bagnold wasn't appointed Minister of Magic until 1980, but there was a gap between 1968 and 1980 where there was no Minister on the site I looked up who the Minister was, so I chose the Minister that was closer to 1976. Thank you for your time. Read&Review!