Bellatrix had never slept so well in her entire life and by the time she woke up the sun was already high in the sky. She smiled sleepily as she laid in her bed, contently thinking about last night. She was not one for reading the paper but she was very curious what the Daily Prophet was going to say about the killing. Would it make the front page? Would there be pictures? She sure hoped so. She sighed contently to herself as she stretched her arms out before slipping out of bed. Part of her would have been happy to stay snuggled in the covers all day, but now she wanted to go see how the rest of the wizarding world was reacting to the death of poor Madame Bones.

In a matter of minutes, she was up and dressed, running her fingers through her thick hair as she looked in the mirror that hung over the dresser in her room. She was finally starting to look like herself again, these past months had been good to her. She was putting a little weight on and her bones were becoming less visible. She would always bear the scars from her imprisonment but, at least, she did not look like a ghost anymore. Maybe she just felt like herself today, she never paid this much attention to the mirror, either way, she liked it. When she had finally decided her hair looked acceptable she turned and left, headed down to the dining room. She was hoping she would be able to catch her sister and Lucius for lunch and get her hands on a copy of the paper.

There was an obvious skip in her step and she made her way through the manor and downstairs to the small dining room where the Malfoys usually ate. She swung open the doors to find her sister and her husband finishing up their lunches. Happy she had caught them she smiled.

"Good Afternoon!" She spoke as she made her way over to the chair next to Narcissa, sitting down a permanent grin plastered on her lips.

"Aren't you the happy one today," Lucius hissed, clearly aware of how full of herself she was.

Bella just smirked back at him as she turned her attention to her food. She had not realized how hungry she was until there was a plate of food sitting in front of her.

As she started eating her sister turned to her and said, "Someone was out late last night," as she sat that morning's Daily Prophet next to her.

Narcissa never understood her sister's bloodlust but never the less, she knew that however twisted, it made her sister happy. Bellatrix's eyes grew wide as she hastily swallowed her food and reached for the paper. There it was. Her heart skipped a beat as she saw the trashed home and dark mark gracing the front page of that morning's paper. She could hardly contain her excitement as she read through the article.

Madame Amelia Bones

Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement

Viciously Murdered by Death Eaters

The title alone made her giddy, the rest of the article did not say much else. It is not like she left any evidence or clues behind as to why she was murdered. Of course, she clearly posed some kind of threat but the Daily Prophet decided that she must have refused to join them. She wishes the Dark Lord would have asked such a privilege of her. As Bellatrix read the paper she completely forgot about her lunch and her family. As always the Daily Prophet was completely clueless, but she loved reading the description of how they found her and how she clearly put up a fight. That made her laugh the most, it was sick how easy it was to torture and kill her.

As she continued reading her sister finally spoke up, "So, I take it everything went alright last night."

Bella looked up quickly, a wild crazy look painted all over her face.

"Last night went perfectly! Really could not have asked for much more," she exclaimed excitedly.

Narcissa smiled back at her sweetly, "Well I'm glad you are okay."

Her sister would never admit that she was worried about her. They used to fight about it all of the time, but Narcissa knew to just leave it. Bellatrix finished scanning the paper, making sure she caught every mention of the killing last night. Finally satisfied by the report she turned back to her lunch, finishing it quickly.

There was nothing that could ruin her mood today. Though she knew at some point she would come down from her high and all she could do was to wait for the Dark Lord to give her another assignment. She hoped that it would be soon, after last night she was itching for more. Her thoughts carried her outside into the garden, where she wandered around slightly aimless. Just her and her thoughts; at least that is what she thought. She was not paying attention when a cold voice broke her train of thought.

"You did well last night Bellatrix."

Her heart stopped for a moment as she spun around looking for where the voice had come from. Standing in between rows of plants was the Dark Lord himself. Bellatrix smiled wickedly.

"Thank you, my Lord," she said proudly. She was pretty impressed with her work last night, especially after seeing today's paper.

"I am glad to see that you didn't lose your touch. I will have a lot more for you in the coming months, but we cannot move too fast or we risk endangering our plans," he spoke always thinking of the larger plan, something Bellatrix had a hard time with. "There will be a lot of people in and out of here as our plans begin to be put into motion and I would like them to train with you. I am hoping your passionate bloodlust might inspire them," he added with a sick grin.

She loved the way he complimented her. "Yes my Lord," she said bowing her head.

Then, just like that, he was gone and Bellatrix was once again in the garden alone. She knew that she better enjoy the alone time that she had right now because that was all about to change. She loved working for her master and was more than excited to begin training more. She needed something to keep her going while she waited for more assignments. She decided to fully enjoy the rest of her day, basking in the glory from her win last night. This also meant she was going to the kitchen for dessert, the Malfoys' house elves made some awesome chocolate cake. This was her day and nothing was going to change that, especially now.