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Author's Note: Narcissa gets into some trouble…but the tides turn in her favor. Please read and review.
Wide Awake: Chapter 10
Bellatrix arrived back at Malfoy Manor in a rage she couldn't believe that Narcissa had gone behind her back like that. And what was more, she had scared Hermione shitless.
"Cissy! Narcissa where the bloody hell are you?!" Bellatrix yelled as she walked from room to room looking for her sister.
Narcissa emerged from her room dressed in nothing but a bathrobe, her hair was wet and her skin lightly flushed.
"I am right here Bella for fuck's sake Stop yelling!" Narcissa said.
Bellatrix didn't answer she just pushed past Narcissa and entered her room, Narcissa closing the door behind them.
"What is so damned important that you have to go and yell at the top of your voice?" Narcissa asked crossing her arms across her chest.
"Why did you go to her?! What did you tell her about me?!" Bellatrix shouted.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Narcissa asked puzzled.
She knew to whom her sister was referring, but she wasn't ready to give in so easily. Bellatrix was starting to scare her; she hadn't seen her like this in years.
"Don't play stupid with me! You know who I am talking about. Hermione! You went to see her Hermione!" Bellatrix shouted advancing on her sister.
Narcissa backed away.
"Yes I went to see her." Narcissa said.
She wasn't sure what was going to happen but she didn't like the glint in her sister's dark eyes. But she stood her ground nevertheless.
"Why?! Cissy why in the name of Merlin would you do that?! For fuck's sake Cissy do you realize what you have done?!" Bellatrix asked
"What I have done? What I have done? I am not the one who scared the shit out of her in a fit of anger!" Narcissa shouted.
Bellatrix backed off; Narcissa was just as scary when she was angry.
"Andy told me. Nymphadora took Hermione home in tears and is staying with her. Is it true that you backed her against the wall?" Narcissa asked
"Well I was angry! And scared…shit Cissy." Bellatrix replied running her nails through her dark, raven curls.
"Yes well you set both of you back" Narcissa said.
Bellatrix drew her wand, pointing it at a defenseless Narcissa, who just looked at her sister, eyebrows raised.
"This is your fault. I had everything under control and you had to go and tell her shit like that! There are many secrets within the house of Black! Why for fuck's sake would you say that?!" Bellatrix said in a low and deadly voice, dark eyes narrowed.
Narcissa could feel the curse building, could feel the magical pull of her older sister, but she made no attempt to defend herself. Bellatrix lowered her wand and advanced on her. Narcissa looked into the cold, dark eyes of her sister and shivered. Bellatrix slapped her hard across the face, cutting open her cheek. Then Bellatrix raised her wand as she backed away from a shocked Narcissa. She still made no move to defend herself; she didn't want to fight her own sister. Bellatrix didn't need to say the curse out loud but decided that Narcissa should know what was coming for her.
"CRUCIO!" Bellatrix shrieked.
Narcissa fell to the floor, but she did not cry out, or did she open her eyes. The curse intensified and Narcissa continued to writhe and twitch in silent agony on the floor. Her breathing was labored and blood was seeping from the corners of her mouth. After a few minutes Narcissa broke free if the curse and staggered to her feet.
"You shouldn't…have done that." Narcissa said to a wide eyed and shocked Bellatrix.
And before Bellatrix could react Narcissa had thrown a curse at her. Bellatrix fell to the floor crying out in agony as Narcissa bore down on her, intensifying the curse. Bellatrix had never felt this much pain in her life and the worst part was, Narcissa was showing no sign of lifting the curse.
"I will no longer be your punching bag Bellatrix. It ends here and now." Narcissa said angrily.
The curse intensified again and Narcissa heard the sickening crack of bones breaking. Bellatrix cried out and spat blood out of her mouth. The sight of her sister's blood on her mahogany floor snapped her back. She lifted the curse and Bellatrix staggered to her feet.
The slap echoed across the room. Bellatrix clutched at her bloody nose and bruised cheek. Narcissa had never hit her before, but the rage was pulsing through her, making her lose herself for a moment.
"All I did was try to help. I never meant for things to get out of hand, Bellatrix you need to start learning how to control your temper or she will forever be out of your grasp." Narcissa said coldly.
Bellatrix knew that she was right, but that didn't stop her from being angry at her. She spat more blood out of her mouth and ran her hand across her face to wipe off some of the blood.
"Fuck you Cissy." Bellatrix hissed.
"Very mature Bellatrix." Narcissa sneered.
"Go to hell!" Bellatrix yelled.
"You go first!" Narcissa shouted back.
Bellatrix tried to throw another curse at the younger witch but Narcissa had deflected it with such speed that it sent Bellatrix staggering back wards.
"Get out! Get the fuck out! I don't ever want to see you again!" Narcissa said.
The defeat in Narcissa's voice broke her heart, but she knew that she deserved it. Bellatrix left the room slamming the heavy wooden door behind her. Narcissa walked over to the window and watched her sister stride up the drive way. Bellatrix turned back to look up at her angry sister then turned on the spot. Narcissa stood there looking at the spot where her sister had just vanished and wasn't surprised to find that her eyes were dry. She moved away from the window and began to heal her wounds. This time she wouldn't stop Lucius if he went after her. She got back in the tub and finished her bath, still angry that Bellatrix had dared to torture her again. But she felt that she hadn't done anything wrong, she only wanted to warn Hermione if things progressed any further beyond patient and counselor. She finished her bath and crawled into bed, wondering where her sister had disaparated to.