"Bellatrix!" Mrs. Black shrieked. "Get down here this instant or you'll
miss the express!"
"Big deal," muttered Bella under her breath. Seriously, the only reason her mother wanted her middle daughter to go to Hogwarts was for her to get into Slytherin, keeping up the tradition.
"You're eleven now," her mother again. Bella could learn to despise her mother's voice. "You should be more responsible..."
"Okay!" Bella yelled. "Okay, I'm coming!"
They rode the bewitched car to the station in silence. Andromeda was there as well, and Mrs. Black never spoke in front of her eldest daughter, although Andromeda didn't seem to care. Bellatrix knew she would.
The sisters hopped off, tugging their trunks to platform nine. Mrs. Black nodded to them, then drove off.
"So," said Bellatrix after a pause. "Now what?"
Andromeda nodded to the wall. "Just run at it. Watch me." At top speed she ran towards the wall...and disappeared! Bella gasped. Did she have to do this as well?
Biting her lip, she realized she had to. Screwing up all her courage, she ran. Right in front of the wall, she stopped. I'm a coward, she realized.
The sound of Sirius's laughter behind her made her anger rise. She turned around so quickly Sirius looked taken aback.
"Can't get to the express, little baby Bella?" he taunted. A small, slightly chubby boy behind him laughed.
"Who's that?" he squeaked. Bella felt an immediate dislike for this boy, and she couldn't quite explain why.
"That's my cousin, Wormtail," Sirius told his friend. "Where are Prongs and Moony?"
"There's Prongs, I think..."
A tall boy with untidy black hair was walking towards Sirius, grinning. "All right, Padfoot?" he asked. "What you been up to?"
"Just tormenting my cousin," said Sirius, smirking.
Bella felt more than hatred for her cousin. She whipped out her wand, and then realized that she didn't quite know how to use it. Blushing, she returned the wand to her robes. The three boys laughed, none harder than Sirius.
Another boy walked towards them. He was tall as well, with brown hair. He studied Bella, and looked quizzically at Sirius. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "We're going to be late."
"I'm just playing with my baby cousin." Sirius laughed. The new boy didn't.
"Does she know how to get on?" he asked worriedly.
"Yeah, she's just too chicken..."
Before Bella knew what she was doing, she was hurtling top speed at her cousin. "Prongs" tried to stop her, but she could kill Sirius...suddenly she heard her name. "BELLA! BELLA!"
It was Andromeda. "Bella, get off!" she hissed. "Come with me, just run, all right?"
Bella nodded dumbly. She hurtled top speed at the wall, expecting to feel a rush of pain, but instead, was transported to a platform on which a train was. Andromeda tugged her sister up the steps. Bella looked behind her, and saw a Sirus and his friends boarding. Andromeda tugged her sister up the steps more firmly.
"Big deal," muttered Bella under her breath. Seriously, the only reason her mother wanted her middle daughter to go to Hogwarts was for her to get into Slytherin, keeping up the tradition.
"You're eleven now," her mother again. Bella could learn to despise her mother's voice. "You should be more responsible..."
"Okay!" Bella yelled. "Okay, I'm coming!"
They rode the bewitched car to the station in silence. Andromeda was there as well, and Mrs. Black never spoke in front of her eldest daughter, although Andromeda didn't seem to care. Bellatrix knew she would.
The sisters hopped off, tugging their trunks to platform nine. Mrs. Black nodded to them, then drove off.
"So," said Bellatrix after a pause. "Now what?"
Andromeda nodded to the wall. "Just run at it. Watch me." At top speed she ran towards the wall...and disappeared! Bella gasped. Did she have to do this as well?
Biting her lip, she realized she had to. Screwing up all her courage, she ran. Right in front of the wall, she stopped. I'm a coward, she realized.
The sound of Sirius's laughter behind her made her anger rise. She turned around so quickly Sirius looked taken aback.
"Can't get to the express, little baby Bella?" he taunted. A small, slightly chubby boy behind him laughed.
"Who's that?" he squeaked. Bella felt an immediate dislike for this boy, and she couldn't quite explain why.
"That's my cousin, Wormtail," Sirius told his friend. "Where are Prongs and Moony?"
"There's Prongs, I think..."
A tall boy with untidy black hair was walking towards Sirius, grinning. "All right, Padfoot?" he asked. "What you been up to?"
"Just tormenting my cousin," said Sirius, smirking.
Bella felt more than hatred for her cousin. She whipped out her wand, and then realized that she didn't quite know how to use it. Blushing, she returned the wand to her robes. The three boys laughed, none harder than Sirius.
Another boy walked towards them. He was tall as well, with brown hair. He studied Bella, and looked quizzically at Sirius. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "We're going to be late."
"I'm just playing with my baby cousin." Sirius laughed. The new boy didn't.
"Does she know how to get on?" he asked worriedly.
"Yeah, she's just too chicken..."
Before Bella knew what she was doing, she was hurtling top speed at her cousin. "Prongs" tried to stop her, but she could kill Sirius...suddenly she heard her name. "BELLA! BELLA!"
It was Andromeda. "Bella, get off!" she hissed. "Come with me, just run, all right?"
Bella nodded dumbly. She hurtled top speed at the wall, expecting to feel a rush of pain, but instead, was transported to a platform on which a train was. Andromeda tugged her sister up the steps. Bella looked behind her, and saw a Sirus and his friends boarding. Andromeda tugged her sister up the steps more firmly.