Easter break was the sister's favorite time, it was warm enough to be outside and everything had started to get some color to it. When outside the sister's felt free and happy but inside it was like a storm, cold, dark, and angry. Bellatrix, Narcissa, and Andromeda were lying on their backs in a dry spot in the sun, they had gotten back last night and were sent straight to bed with a warning that their had better be no talking. Now in the open air everything was relaxed, they never strayed far from the house in fear of punishment but they always went far enough where their parents, house elves, and servants couldn't hear them.

"I missed this." Cissa said rolling over to her stomach and as the other two did.

"Me too, Durmstrang girls are sooo stuck up, I only know one and her name is Mina, I have no clue what the other's are like, but they seem mean."

"I like the girls in our year at Hogwarts, I've gotten to know them well, except Nora she whines a bit."

"Well they all are going to be in season with us when it's time so we best get used to them." Cissa said.

They sat up as footsteps approached. Druella was walking or rather limping towards them with a tray. They were used to her almost all the time limp, it had become normal like everything at Black manor was normal to them.

"Here I brought you out some lunch. You father is working I think it's best that we stay out her." She said while slowly sitting in the grass and putting the tray of food in the middle.

"Mum I made some friends, finally." Cissa said excitedly.

"And who are they my dear?"

"Ummm… Cecelia Malfoy, Pippa Lestrange, and Noralis Winshire." She said "They all have dolls too Andy."

"That's wonderful! Andy have you met any friends?" Druella loved her daughters to be together.

"Yeah 1, her name is Mina Lenix, I also get along with some teachers, they're quite nice." Andy said smiling.

Druella looked at Bella as she ate quietly, she knew she could talk, Rodolphus had written to her a week ago saying that Bella had spoken he also wrote telling her not to tell Bella that it was he who told or she wouldn't talk to him anymore and some talking was better than no talking.

She hadn't told Cygnus yet, she was waiting for the right time. A time where it was soon enough where she wasn't keeping secrets from him but a time where he wasn't in a bad mood. She decided that she would tell him tonight no matter what, because if she waited any longer then it would be a lot worse than a bad mood. Once done with their sandwiches She went back inside, she had to lay out some Easter dresses for the maids to iron, then move the girls school things into Cygnus's room.

"Cissa. Do you ever think that the three of us will ever be in the same school again?" Andy asked while she pulled apart strands of grass.

"Yeah eventually, at least I hope so."

Later that night after getting the girls to bed and saying all her good nights, Druella walked slowly to Cygnus's room. She was afraid and she knew that it was wrong, this should have been good news but instead she wished that Rodolphus had never told her.

She knocked on the heavy wooden door and waited, finally a grumble of 'come-in' could be heard and she silently prayed she hadn't woken him. She pushed the door slowly open and walked in to the large room the as she shut it made she didn't make a sound.

"Yes what is it?" He asked and she placed his mood in a busy rather than angry category.

"I got a letter from one of Bellatrix's teachers today." she knew she was lying about the date but it was a safer bet to lye when he was in a median mood then to say the truth and put him in a bad mood.

"Yeah and what has the little brat done this time?" He asked looking up from his work.

"Oh nothing bad, actually it's something good. She has spoken." Cygnus stood up abruptly and Druella jumped a little then he sat back down.

"Leave." He ordered and Druella moved swiftly out of the room.

Once out of the room she smiled a little, it had went better than she had thought. She walked to her own room and got changed and got into bed.

"Maybe tomorrow Easter will bring something good." She said quietly to herself, then she turned off her light.

Cygnus made his way up to the children's hallway. As he entered he could hear no noise which usually meant that they were asleep, or that they had heard him and are pretending to be asleep. He walked to the end and stepped into Bellatrix's room. He said a quick silencing charm before tuning on the light and shutting the door.

Bellatrix sat up immediately and stared at her father. Cygnus moved so fast that when Bella tried to get away he was already pinning her down.

"You listen here you little bitch, I know you can speak, you teachers have told me. So you listen and listen close you will not say a word of what goes on in this house. Do you understand you stupid child, because if you don't I will kill you mother and your sister's then I will make sure that you stay alive with me and I will make your life a living hell."

She nodded her head to prove she understood, he was hurting her arms he was gripping so tight.

"Say it!"

"I understand!" She cried out, her arms felt like they were going to break.

Satisfied he got up and left the room. Bella breathed a sigh of relief then got up and turned back out her light but once back in bed she couldn't sleep. She couldn't help but to wonder who had told on her, she silently prayed that is wasn't Rodolphus and instead someone had just overheard her. She didn't want to hate Rodolphus but she had a feeling that it was him who told whether it was for payback for her yelling at him or because he hadn't realized that he did it, but deep inside she knew it was him.