And here comes the second chapter, revealing more interesting things about the fascinating life of Narcissa Black!  Wow... really.

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2. An unexpected couple

It was ten o'clock in the evening and the Slytherin common room was already almost empty. Narcissa sat on the corner, doing her homework. It had been a Hogsmeade visit that day but since she had been there so many times, she hadn't bothered to go this time. It was her sixth year at Hogwarts and she still didn't feel she was one of the group. Finally she had started to accepted that it would always be that way. She would always be different like Bellatrix had said all these years.

The sixth year had still been better than all the previous years in her life because Bellatrix wasn't around. She had gone to an exchange student to Durmstrang Academy and she had been away all year. It was a relief not to have Bellatrix teasing her and nagging to her every single moment. She felt a lot more self-confident now.

"Is this seat free?" said a calm voice next to her. She looked up, surprised that someone really came to talk to her, and saw stunning, cold blue eyes.

Because I could not stop for Death -

He kindly stopped for me -

The Carriage held just Ourselves -

And Immortality.

"No… I mean, uhm…, yeah, of course it is… free, sit down…" Narcissa staggered and blushed. Lucius Malfoy, a handsome boy, year older than her, sat next to her as though it was the most natural thing to do.

She didn't know what to think. Why had he come? She had always thought there was something going on with Bellatrix and Lucius. At least Bellatrix had always had a crush on him, and as Bellatrix usually got what she wanted, Narcissa was quite sure they had had some kind of relationship. So, it was quite obvious that Lucius had only come to hear news from Bellatrix.

Her heart sank. It was always Bellatrix. She had always been the best, the popular, the perfect Black. She had long, shiny, black hair and she was mean and sly, just as she was supposed to be. She was everything Narcissa wanted so desperately to be. Everything she wasn't. She took a deep breath and looked at Lucius. She forced a smile on her face.

"So I guess you want to hear how's my sister doing at Durmstrangs? Well, she is fine, she loves being there and she says she has learnt so many new things. She says that the quality of the teaching is much better in there than in here. We'd better be careful or she soon doesn't want to come back at all! And we wouldn't like that, would we?" she said in a to-be-cheerful way.

Lucius Malfoy smiled at her and looked straight into her eyes. "I don't give a damn about your sister, really. It is of course nice that she is doing well, but what I actually wanted to hear, is how you are doing."

Narcissa blinked, utterly perplexed. Lucius Malfoy, here, sitting in front of her, talking to her and wanting to hear how she was doing? She blinked again, didn't know what to say. Was this a joke? Some horrible trick? A bet? She was confused and didn't know what to believe.

Lucius raised his eyebrows, like wanting to know if she was ready to answer the question he was about to ask. Narcissa stared at him and he stared back.

"Narcissa Black, would you go out with me?"

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Lucius was always a true gentleman when they were together. He opened doors, asked her how she was feeling and what she wanted to do. For the first time in her life, she felt happy. Lucius had also blond hair and they were actually quite a couple; both slender and pale with almost white hair.

We slowly drove - He knew no haste

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For His Civility -

Narcissa adored Lucius. He was her whole life and soon she started to abandon everything to have more time to spend with him. She had always been a good student, and she had never really needed to work for school. Soon they spent every moment they were awake together. You never saw one without another.

We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess - in the Ring -

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -

We passed the Setting Sun -

They left the school and got married very soon. Narcissa still felt pride about marrying a Malfoy. Malfoys were at least as honoured wizarding family as Blacks were, and she felt that even this one time, she had beaten Bellatrix. Of course Bellatrix had fell in love with that Lestrange guy and never said a word about Narcissa and Lucius's marriage, but still… Being Narcissa Malfoy, that was truly something for a girl who thought that she would never even find a husband.

We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground -

The Roof was scarcely visible -

The Cornice - in the Ground -

Dark years were to come. The Dark Lord rose and Lucius had to be away from home very often. She was bound to stay in the Malfoy Manor, a huge house with echoing corridors and gloomy halls. Sitting alone on her throne and giving orders to the staff, she felt powerful. And yet, she was very lonely. She didn't feel herself at home in the Malfoy Manor. It became her prison, her cage.

The years passed and she understood that Lucius had married her because of her name and looks. After all, he wasn't truly interested in her feelings. He wanted her to give birth to a baby, a boy who would continue the history of the Malfoys. He was always kind and sweet to her, but also distant and cold. Narcissa felt separated of him. This wasn't the man she had fallen in love with. This was a stranger, pretending to be someone he really wasn't. He wanted the nightmare to end and her perfect Lucius to come back. It never happened.

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