Narcissa crept warily through the front door and into the elaborate entrance hall of Malfoy Manor, aqua-marine eyes flicking around, sharp for any sign of danger, any sign of him…
"Where have you been?" Cissa jumped and spun around, her heart racing. But, luckily fir her, it wasn't her darling husband,
"Bella! What are you doing here? You scared the life out of me!" Bellatrix smirked at her sister,
"And what reason have you to be so jumpy?" She enquired sweetly, her dark eyes glinting, "Been doing something you shouldn't, have you? Or meeting someone you ought not to?" Narcissa flushed, fighting hard to keep her cool. Merlin, Bella knew exactly how to wind her up!
"I do not believe you've answered my question, yet." Came the icy retort, "What are you doing here?"
"Death-Eater business, my dear sister, nothing that would interest you in the slightest." Narcissa glowered as Bella smirked at her, she knew how much Cissy disapproved of Lucius' 'fascist' opinions, oh the idea was perfectly reasonable, but sometimes he just took it a tad too far…
"You're right," Narcissa snapped, turning away, "I don't want to know." But as she started to walk in the direction of the drawing room, Bellatrix grabbed her arm,
"No, Cissy, wait!" The blonde woman spun around irritably,
"What?"
"Lucius said that you sent Draco away. Is that…is that true?" Narcissa sighed and faced her sister properly,
"Yes, it's true. Why? What's it to you?" Bella shrugged, surprised at her sudden defensiveness,
"I was just surprised, that's all. I never expected you to go against Lucius in such away, he's absolutely furious about it. To be completely honest, I'm surprised you haven't suffered for it yet."
"So am " Narcissa admitted, "But he's determined to get him back." She looked down, "It's only a matter of time…"
"But why did you do it?" Bella persisted, determined to get a satisfactory answer from her sister, "You never thought about doing it before."
"Things were getting worse, much worse. I had to do something and when the opportunity came, I took it. Called it maternal instinct." Bellatrix snorted derisively,
"Since when did you have maternal instinct? You never gave a toss about that boy before, you just let Draco get hurt, and you let Lucius do those things. And if you're going to be completely truthful, Draco was weak, he's always been weak…" Cissa glared mutinously at her,
"He wasn't weak, Bella, he was unhappy and frightened. You know that. I knew that, I-I just didn't want to admit it." She burst into tears, "I've been such a bad mother, haven't I? Mothers are supposed to protect their children and I just let him get hurt, like you said! Oh, I need some coffee!" Bella shot her younger sister a disapproving look, but Narcissa didn't see it, as she was already heading off straight towards the kitchen,
"Cissy what's that?" Narcissa looked down to where Bellatrix was pointing and her stomach gave an unpleasant lurch.
The papers!
She bent down to pick them quickly up, but Bella got there first.
"Now lets see what my baby sister's been getting up to, shall we/" She sneered, holding them up and out of Cissa's reach. The blonde watched, helplessly, as Bella read the papers, her expression becoming increasingly surprised and astounded,
"Wh-what is this?" She managed to get out eventually, "Is this serious? You'd really do that?" Narcissa nodded,
"Yes. I want to do at least one good thing for my son and I thought that would be best." Bella's face lit up evilly,
"Oh you are so dead when he finds out!"
"No! You mustn't tell him! At least, not yet, anyway. Just wait until after tomorrow!" Bella glanced at the papers again and shook her head,
"I still can't believe you're gong to do that! Does Draco know?"
"Not yet. I thought it would make a good Christmas present." Bella laughed,
"It's certainly going to be a surprise. But seriously Cissy, don't expect him to be over joyed straight away." Narcissa shrugged,
"I don't have any expectations any more, surely you know that by know, Bella." She turned once more and, after retrieving her precious documents from her sister, walked in the direction of the kitchens for a well-earned coffee.
Bellatrix watched her go, a malicious smirk set on her lips,
"Lucius is so going to kill you for this!"
A/N; Sorry for the late update! I had it written ages ago, but the server wouldn't let me on so, yeah... hope you liked this one! Bella's great to write but i haven't doen her before so i hope she turned out okay. :) Oh yes, and i promise to try and get a really long christmas one done next.
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