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Hello everyone. I'm worried at the moment about making the story dry and i'm hoping it's not dragging on for any of you, it should pick up. I hope i'm keeping your attention =) Review's at this point are almost important to me, and please tell me if your bored cause i can pick it up. Thank You, Jinx.
"Good morning Andy my darling." Druella said as the girl entered the dinning room, she always was last because she liked to sleep.
"Good morning mother, Cissa, Bella." she said as she took her seat.
"Good morning Andy." the other girls said in unison, Druella was shocked, it was the first time she had ever heard Bella speak but yet her other too daughters weren't fazed, like the girl had been speaking her whole life. Bella felt weird speaking to her family but she didn't see the point of not speaking anymore now that her father knew she could.
"So Ummm… Bella how do you like Beubaxtons?" Druella asked.
"I liked Hogwarts better."
"So do you have any friends?"
"Yes." Bella answered even though it was a lie, all she could think about was the initiation the other girls had planned for her after the holiday. "May we be excused?"
"Yes you three may, but if you go to the gardens please stay close. We might go to Diagon Alley." she said as all three of her daughters got up and left. Once by the door Andy stopped.
"Wait here, I'm going to get Elizabeth." she said as she turned around to go Cissa stopped her.
"Get Marilyn and…Bella's doll too while your up there."
Andy nodded her head and ran up the stairs, once in her hallway she went and picked up Elizabeth, she felt bad for Claudia but after telling the doll that it is Elizabeth's turn she thought her friend would understand, next time would be her turn and she new Claudia wouldn't be mad at her then. Next she went into Cissa's room, after searching for a bit finally she found the doll in the yellow bag. The sound of the door and heavy footsteps made her jump, she knew whose they were. Taking both of the dolls she crawled under the bed just in time for her father to enter the room. He paced the room once then went to the closet and pulled out the dresses that Cissa had and through them on the floor, then with a swipe of his arm he pushed everything that she owned glass and all off of the dresser.
Andy curled up as some of the objects and shards of glass slide under the bed. Cygnus often trashed is daughters rooms, either looking for something to black mail them with or just to make them clean it up. He tore down the curtains and pulled off her bedding Andy held her breath, he was on his knees about to look under the bed when he must have changed his mind. He left the room and walked toward the heavy doors that lead out of the hallway, soon Andy heard smashing as her father did the same to her room.
She walked slowly and quietly into Bella's room. The room was a mess like a tornado had gone through it and not a man. She quietly moved stuff around looking for the doll, till at last she found it under a pile of dresses that were wet from a broken vase that their mother had put in there the night before. She hugged the doll then quietly moved to the door and watched and listened. There was no more noise coming from her room, then she saw him emerge and leave the hallway altogether. Andy let out a slow breath then started to cautiously walk to the door, she was so afraid of her father walking back in and catching her she could hardly breath.
As she walked past her own room she couldn't help not to look at the damage, everything was on the floor including her heavy mattress, she stepped in and stepped on a piece of glass that made a small pop under her feet.
"Claudia?" She whispered afraid to be loud. Then she saw her friend sitting on top of the dresser, the only thing on top of the dresser.
She walked over and picked up the doll then she screamed, half of Claudia's face was missing, she touched the broken glass and it cut her finger making it bleed on the broken dolls face. Andy felt tears welled up in her eyes, she had promised Claudia she would play with her next, she had promised and now Claudia was dead. She fell on the wet floor and hugged Claudia close to her.
"ANDY?" Cissa yelled from the door.
"Andromeda did you scream?"
Druella walked into the trashed room and Bella and Cissa stayed by the door knowing their own rooms had met the same fate. Druella bent down and touched her daughter lightly, she knew she couldn't fix the doll, she had no wand and she wasn't going to go into Cygnus's room to get it. All she could do is hug her daughter as she cried about the loss of her friend.
The heavy doors opened and Cygnus walked in. He smirked at Bella and Cissa as the girls moved out of his way and into the room.
"Look at their rooms, are we raising pigs or daughters." He asked, making both Druella and Andy look up. " I want them clean within the next half hour, or no Diagon Alley. Do you understand."
The girls nodded even though they new it would be impossible. Druella bit her lip.
"But Cygnus they need new robes for school, and Cissa needs some supplies, they half to go." She said and Cygnus smirked.
"Then they better get started." He walked away but then turned around. "And Druella, you had better not help them, you come with me." Druella rose and as she walked out gave an apologetic look to her girls. The heavy door shut and locked behind them.
The other two went to their rooms while Andy picked up every piece she could find of Claudia's head and place them in a hat box with the doll, she then place the hat box deep in the back of her now empty wardrobe.
Five minutes later all three sisters were in one room trying to push a too heavy mattress back on the bed.
"This thing weighs a ton." Cissa said. "And he managed to wrinkle my robes and put a crack in my dresser." she added after telling her sister's of the damage.
"At least you have clothes to wrinkle, my are all soaked." Bella added, her sister's found nothing unusual about the new found voice to them it seem like she had been talking all along because they understood her. "Ready. One. Two. Three. Lift."
They lifted and pushed till finally the mattress was on then bed again. It was slightly wet from her flowers but they made the bed anyway, determined to win and get to go to Diagon Alley. By the time they got all the stuff up and in their places, their father was unlocking the door. Soon followed him was Druella.
"Everyone against the wall, your time is up." he said and all the girls left their rooms and stood with their back touching the wall. Cygnus entered and exited each room then when he came out of Bellatrix's her walked and stood in front of the girls. "You may go to Diagon Alley, but not because you did a good job but because I cannot have you disgracing the family at school. I expect better next time."
With that he left and the girls all wore the same smile, they had won. Druella smiled then told them to get their cloaks. Bella's was wet so she had to borrow one from Andy. Cissa wouldn't wear her's because it was wrinkled and she too ended up wearing on of Andy's. Andy didn't mind lending her things, she preferred not to but she knew she had too.
Diagon Alley was busy, now that the winter was over almost everyone had decided to go out and enjoy the weather. Druella walked next to her girl's as they walked down the busy streets, she was careful of them making sure they didn't get lost in the crowed.
"Mummy where are we going first?" Cissa asked.
"Too get you three new uniforms."
Cissa hated fittings. As they walked into the busy shop, she hated them even more counting half of Hogwart's was in their also and the last thing she wanted over the break was more school. They stayed by a rack of dresses and clothes while their mother went to the desk, moments later she returned and took them outside again.
"What's wrong Mum?"
"The store is not being fair to their pureblood customers, they said that we had to wait behind all the other customers, I swear what has the world come to." Druella said "Come lets go and get Bella's books she needs."
Bella grumbled, the books she needed were French books, normally they were normal literature books rewritten in French that she had no clue what they said. They walked into the bookstore and started glancing through the many stacks of books.
"Druella?" Druella turned around and smiled at China Winshire.
"Hello China, girls say hello to Mrs. Winshire."
"Hello Mrs. Winshire." They said in unison.
"Oh aren't they just dolls. We missed you on the platform, all we saw was Walburga with Narcissa." China said.
Druella smiled, China was always looking for the latest gossip among the pureblood society.
"Oh I had fallen ill." Druella said "nothing serious just a minor cold."
"Oh well I'm glad your alright" China was slightly disappointed with this news, she was hoping for a bigger story. "Are you going to the hunting party, everyone will be there?"
The sister's were bored with this conversation, all they wanted to do is to find what they needed then get ice cream.
"Mummy, can Cissy and Andy help me go and look for those books? We promise not to leave the store, or cause any problems." Bella asked.
Druella looked into her violet eyes and then agreed as long as they stayed close. With a smile the sisters moved away from their mother swiftly and climbed the stairs to the second floor. This part of the store always fascinated them. The books were older, bigger, and darker in color, and the people who were looking through these books were strange.
"What are you looking for young ladies, the books on unicorns are downstairs." Said a man with a raspy voice. "Little girls aren't allowed up here."
"We were just looking for someone." Andy said then she glanced around swiftly. "Nope not up here, well lets go back down."
And with that she grabbed her sister's hands and pulled them down the stairs. Once at the bottom she let go and they moved so the raspy voiced man couldn't see them anymore. Druella finally caught a glance at her daughters and told China who hadn't stopped talking, that she needed to get their things and make it to their dress appointment, and left the lady. Breathing a sigh of relief she walked behind her daughters.
"Did you find them?" Druella asked just as Bella grabbed a handful of random French books off of the table.
"Yes." Bella said even though she had no clue what she grabbed.
Druella bought the books without looking at them then hurried the girls back to the dress shop, they only barely made it to they appointment. After several fittings of each school uniform Druella had the lady fitting some fancy dresses for the hunting party.
"Are you sure you want the full dress, corsets and all Mrs. Black?" The seamstress asked, She didn't want to much heavy fabric put on such thin girls. She didn't understand the pureblood population, always getting new dresses for parties and sticking their kids in them.
"Yes, it is the latest fashion." Druella said flipping through a catalog.
The lady did what she was told and fitted all three girls into three white Easter dresses complete with ribbons and a hat. Once done and paid for, Druella took the girls for ice cream.
"Why is the hunt starting so early this year and we are going?" Cissa asked, their father had never let the children attend. He only took Druella.
"Yes your father said we all are going, and I don't know what it is starting early this year." Druella said taking a bite of her strawberry Sunday. "it will be fun and all the girls your age will be there, so you won't be bored."
Cissa smiled at the thought of getting to see her friends, but Bella and Andy weren't so happy, they knew none of the girls their age from England. When they finished Druella decided it was time to go back home, Andy also dreaded this she didn't want to have to face her empty room. Without Claudia in it, it didn't even seem like her room anymore.
" At least Elizabeth will be their waiting." Bella whispered as they walked silently back to the apparation spot. Andy nodded, it still wasn't the same.