A Subtle Obsession
By: Twisted Mister
Chapter 8:
WARNING: This chapter will feature some adult themes, if you feel uncomfortable reading such material, please heed my warning. Thank you.
Emily let out a cry as Bellatrix drove a fist into her face, she fell into the snow blood pouring from her nose. "Nnooo! Stop!" She tried to get up but it was futile, Bellatrix grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled. "Aaahh let go!" Bellatrix slapped her hard, leaving a bright red hand print. "You.. fucking.. bitch.. how.. dare.. you!" She slapped the girl at every syllable. Tears and snot streamed down her face in rivulets. "Please stop it! I yield!"
Bellatrix dragged the howling girl by the hair to a mound of snow. "Cool off whore." The girl let out a muffled scream as Bellatrix forced her face into it. Holding her head down for several seconds as the girl scratched at her hands to release her. Finally letting go the girl wrenched her head free. Gasping for air she crawled backwards trying to put as much distance between them as she could, leaving a trail of dark yellow snow in her wake. Drawing her wand Bellatrix ran over and wrapped a hand around her throat. Emily looked horrible, blood, snot, and tears smudged her makeup, her hair stuck up at odd angles. "Listen bitch….. if try and put your filthy lips on him again, no if you ever so much as breath in his direction again I will fucking kill you!" Her terrified eyes was trained on the wand. "You got that!?" The girl looked back at her trembling in terror, nodding her head vigorously.
Before Bellatrix could say anything else a low growl came from directly behind her. But before she could turn, it lunged tackling her off the girl. Her vision spun as she somersaulted down the hill with the beast. The last thing she remembered seeing was the great black dog barreling down the hill after her as she flew head first into a tree trunk.
"Here she is." a muffled voice said. "Look!.. she's bleeding you shouldn't have hit her that hard Padfoot!" A different voice called out. "It's nothing compared to what my dear cousin did to that girl." She opened her eyes, and saw the silhouettes of three figures standing over her. "Pandor.. Quigl.. where.. what?" The one to her left let out a chuckle. "My poor little cousin, James lets pay back her back in kind for the girl." The middle figure pulled out his wand. But the rightmost stepped in front of him. "Padfoot, she isn't in her right mind.. It wouldn't be honorable to attack her while she's down. Lets bring her to Dumbledore, I'm sure he'll see to her punishment."
They finally came into focus… It was her cousin Sirius and his Griffindor friends. Sirius looked outraged. "Not honorable? What she did to that girl was not honorable, she deserves this at least." He pointed his wand at her. But before he could do anything the wand flew out of his hand, landing several feet away. "Get back!" A familiar voice said. Bellatrix turned her head and saw Pandora with her wand raised. "Who might you be?" James asked eyeing the girl up and down. "A friend of Bellatrix...I suggest that you keep your wands lowered or we'll have trouble." Sirius leered at her. "Really you're going to take on the three of us?" The girl lowered her wand. "If you force me to, listen what happened here?"
Sirius gave her a nasty look. "Your friend.." He gestured rudely to Bellatrix. "Beat the dragon dung out of a girl, we found her finishing up. So we stopped her." Sirius crossed his arms. Pandora gave her a look of disappointment. "How did you find her? I was looking everywhere, until I heard you three." James scratched his head. "Well the girl she beat up kind of wet herself, we were able to follow the scent here." James grimaced. Pandora looked disgusted.
"Never mind how we found her! The truth is she beat up the girl and are getting back at her, or she is going to the headmaster at the very least!" Pandora's face twisted in fury. "No you aren't going to hurt her not over my dead body, she is leaving with me!" She bellowed approaching the trio menacingly. "Listen, I know its hard. Bellatrix did something horrible, she has to pay for her actions." Remus Lupin finally spoke up. "What about you three? You need to pay for your actions as well. I've seen you stealing mandrake leaves from the greenhouses, a crucial ingredient for becoming an animagi! Roaming the grounds with your werewolf friend!" She pointed at Remus. "Do you know the punishment for being an unregistered animagus? A very long time in Azkaban."
The trio was speechless for a longtime as they looked at each other horrified. "What are you going on about? Unregistered animagus my arse." James was the first one to recover. Pandora laughed coldly. "Do you think I was born yesterday? I'm not as stupid as your fan girls Potter." Sirius looked at her guiltily, he knew they had been caught. "I admit it I am an animagus, James and Peter are too." Sirius's face turned pale. "I might as well be one…. As I have never even tried to stop you." Remus cut in. Pandora gave them a wicked smile. "You wouldn't rat us out would you?" James said his voice shaking slightly. "I Dunno…. It depends if you don't rat out Bella and if you make sure never to tell anyone else about this little….incident, then maybe we could work something out." She said slowly.
Their faces lit up like a Christmas trees. "You got a deal! Let me help you with my dear little cousin." Sirius said picking up Bellatrix from the snow. Bellatrix would have retorted, but her head felt as if someone had filled it full of razorblades. He swung her arm around his shoulder as Pandora grabbed a hold of the other one to help her walk. "Lets get back to the castle then." "Wait." Bellatrix groaned. "I need to grab a schoolbag someone left." She pointed up the hill. "That's fine comon." Pandora said taking the lead.
People gave them strange looks as they made their way through Hogsmeade. All Bellatrix wanted to do was get down to her soft feather bed and sleep away this terrible headache. They passed Lucius Malfoy sitting with a group of friends in front of a tea shop. He gave her a look that could have curdled milk, then he leaned over and whispered in somebodies ear. Rudolphus smiled at her creepily when he turned around to see her. 'Please Merlin let this be over.' She thought as they carried her down the icy street towards the castle.
Carwyn felt weird, he couldn't pinpoint it but he felt different somehow. Ever since he had ran from Emily that day, he'd spent that night and most of the next day hiding inside his dorm. Hoping to Merlin that she wasn't waiting outside the portrait hole to pounce on him again, like a hungry shark circling its next meal. He was surprised that she kissed him, but it wasn't like how he had always imagined it to be. He had seen couples all around the castle doing it, it looked smooth and graceful when he snuck quick glances at them. Unlike how she forced her mouth on his like a pig eating a buffet, he brushed his teeth and washed his mouth out after the encounter, Emily's breath made it even worse. He didn't even know if he could call it a kiss…
He had seen Emily the next day after supper, he braced himself for the confrontation. But it never came.. the moment the girl laid eyes on him she let out a little squeak of terror and hurried away as fast as she could. After that Carwyn felt relieved and really confused.
After breakfast the next day, he left the great hall with Regulus. "So Reg are you excited for the Christmas holiday?" Regulus frowned. "No it's probably going to suck. With Sirius gone I'll be the only one at Grimmauld Place, I'll be stuck there for two weeks with my parents. Merlin help me.." Carwyn raised an eyebrow. "Can't you just say that you want to stay at Hogwarts this Christmas?" Regulus shook his head. "No my parents would never let me, they always have a fancy Christmas party and invite over all the ancient and noble families. They "insist" that I be their because I am the only remaining heir to the Black family." Carwyn could never wrap his head around all the pureblood politics in the wizarding families. He felt bad that his friend had to be mixed up in it all.
Carwyn scratched his head trying to find a way to sooth his friend as they climbed the marble staircase. "We can write each other everyday if you would like, maybe that will help out." Regulus nodded. "Yeah its something to do. I'm worried Carwyn.." "What's wrong." Carwyn asked. "Everything…. The dark lords getting more powerful and soon he will start recruiting followers. I'm afraid he'll ask me." Carwyn looked shocked. "You have to say no! If he wants you to join you have to say no. The death eaters have done terrible things to loads muggles and even wizards...please don't." Regulus stopped and stared off into the distance. "You cannot say no to the dark lord, he sees rejection as a slight to his honor. He'll kill me if I refuse."
Carwyn placed a hand his shoulder. "I guess your right, Voldemort doesn't seem like a very forgiving master... I'll do whatever I can to help." Regulus flinched. "Don't say his name! It's jinxed you fool, death eaters apparate to anyone that speak the name." Regulus hissed. "Not inside of Hogwarts, he can't touch us here. We have Professor Dumbledore, he's the only person that You Know Who is afraid of." Carwyn said matter-a-factly. "I know! But please don't speak the name.. I feel like he's about to appear in front of us."
"What is little Reggie afraid of this time? As a matter a fact I remember when he used to crawl into my bed late at night, and tell me he was afraid of the "grumpkins." Sirius blocked the path in front of them, Regulus glared at his brother crossing his arms. "What do you want Sirius, come to make fun at us?" Sirius leaned up against the marble banister. "No I only reserve that for you Reggie, I've come to invite Carwyn up to our common room." Carwyn was shocked. "Why do you want me Sirius? Is their anything you need to tell me?" Sirius shrugged. "Well there's a few things, but aside from that everyone wants to wish you a happy Christmas before they leave tonight." He flushed. "Sure Sirius that sounds good." Sirius sighed. "Reggie can come too, I don't like the idea of a snake being alone in a den of lions."
Sirius led them up to the seventh floor to a large portrait of a fat lady. She eyed both of their robes suspiciously. "You are bringing Slytherin's into the common room boy. Are you mad or did they confund you?" Sirius stomped his foot angrily. "Do I look the sort? They are my guests hag! Just open the portrait. Waddle Bird!" The fat lady scowled as the portrait swung open. "Comon fellas, just remember to keep your wits about you. You don't want to be starting fights in there. Follow my lead." Carwyn crawled into the portrait hole after Sirius feeling a bit nervous.
When he reached the other side, the colors of red and gold clashed with his eyes severely. Everything was a shade of crimson, Quidditch posters hung from the walls surrounded by banners embroidered in gold lettering. Comfy furniture sat all around the room, people chatted and laughed animatedly. The place seemed like a giant clubhouse to Carwyn as he drank in the environment for the first few seconds.
The atmosphere grew colder when the other Griffindors noticed them, some cried out. "Slytherin's!" and others. "Snakes." But most gave them sour looks, as they whispered nastily amongst each other. "Calm down everyone they are my guests! They won't cause any trouble!" Sirius grabbed them by sleeve and led them through the crowd. "Merlin you'd think they were muggles, the way they act." Regulus murmured in passing.
Lily came into view, she was hard at work. Potions ingredients were arranged neatly over a large table as a cauldron bubbled merrily emitting sweet scents. "Lily!" Carwyn called out as he stepped beside her. "Hey Carwyn its nice to see you. Don't mind me I'm just making an antidote. Are you ready for the holidays?" Carwyn smiled. "Yes I am, I'm staying at school again this year. Its gonna be great!" Smiling as she stirred the cauldron. "I bet! My dad is taking us skiing this year I can't wait." "What's skiing some muggle sport?" Regulus interjected.
Lily looked at him confused. "Oh Lily let me introduce you to my friend Regulus Black, Sirius's younger brother." Regulus turned pink when Lily held out her hand. "Lily Potter nice to meet you." Regulus took her hand shyly. "I'm Regulus Black nice to meet you." Sirius let out a snort. "Don't worry Reggie.. a girl will take a liking to you someday day." Regulus punched his brothers arm. "Shut up Sirius." Lily continued to tell them about skiing, much to the brothers disbelief.
Carwyn saw Dirk playing gobstones with a few boys across the room, when Dirk noticed him he got up and ran over. "Hey Carwyn! I never thought I would see you here! Do you want to play some gobstones?" Carwyn shook his head. "Nah I'm good Dirk but thanks anyway." Dirk went back to his group and continued his game.
"So are you staying for Christmas Sirius?" Sirius shook his head. "Nah mate, I'm going to James's house, Remus is too. It's gonna be a blast, we're going to practice Quidditch everyday so we can stomp Slytherin in the next match." "Lucky." Regulus moaned. Sirius turned his attention to his brother. "Ah I feel bad for you Reggie.. being cooped up with our mother for two whole weeks is gonna suck." Regulus hung his head. "Yeah I know, Severus can't even come over for Christmas like he used to, since his mum died. He's staying here this year." Sirius laughed. "I bet you would like Snivelly to spend the holidays with you, maybe he can teach you a few secrets about talking to girls." Regulus bristled. "Don't talk about him his mother just died! He's really tore up about it..."
"Padfoot? Did you invite the Slytherin's to discuss tactics without me?" James said walking up the Sirius, Remus accompanying him. He looked like he just got done flying, his hair was especially messy. Regulus looked at him cooly. "Getting ready for the match Potter?" James sized him up for a moment. "Yeah, but I don't really need to, I think it will be an easy victory." Regulus rolled his eyes. "Yeah whatever Potter… I can't wait to see your face when we win the cup this year." James and Sirius burst out laughing. "Yeah real funny Reggie."
"So you guys wanted to talk about a few things?" Carwyn asked. "Yes we did, it has something to do with this antidote I'm brewing." Lily stopped her stirring and dipped a flask into the liquid. "It does... is someone trying to poison me?" Carwyn felt like they weren't telling him something. "Perhaps... we heard about the girl that's so interested in you. " Lily said slowly. Carwyn felt his face redden. "How do you know about her?" Lily smiled. "A little bird told me." He frowned. "Well I don't like her, she is totally obsessed, are you trying to say that she will poison me?" Lily shook her head. "No I think she will try to give you a love potion if anything, I brewed an antidote to Amortentia so it will be effective against even the strongest love potion."
He took a whiff of the sweet smelling fumes once more. It smelled like a woody oak barrel, fried bacon and pine needles. "What ever that antidote is Lily it smells heavenly..." Lily scoffed. "It's Amortentia, I had to make a little bit for the antidote. Do you ever pay attention in class?" Carwyn laughed. "I don't need to when I have you as a partner."
"There's one more thing we wanted to ask you." Remus said. "Yes Remus?" Remus put his hands in his pockets. "This question may be a difficult one Carwyn but it has to be asked, we want you to reveal the identity of the person that attacked you." Carwyn felt the eyes burrowing into him. "I told you I didn't-" "Please Carwyn we know that you seen them, its okay to be afraid." Lily put an arm around him. "Comon mate you can trust us we won't tell anyone." Sirius said. Regulus tried reaching an arm out and pulling him away but was cut off by James. "Yeah we can help you." Carwyn felt the walls closing in around him, he felt like a rat trapped in a maze. "Guys I don't want to talk about it!" The whole room went silent and everyone turned their head to stare at him. Lily burst into tears. "Were sorry Carwyn we didn't mean-." "I know." Carwyn said briskly. "Here take this." she handed him the antidote. Regulus tugged at his sleeve. "Lets get out of here." Carwyn slipped the vial into his pocket as Regulus led him through the silent crowd.
"Come on… try not to make any noise or someone will hear us." Bellatrix said in a whisper as she lead Pandora silently down a staircase, holding the invisible girls hand they went through a door revealing the circular dorm in which Bellatrix slept. "Here we are Pandora you can cancel the spell now, I think everyone's at lunch." Pandora faded back into view almost instantly. "Good thing I've been practicing the disillusionment charm. I almost tripped while going down the steps, I guess I'm just so used to looking at my feet." Bellatrix smiled. "Thank Merlin you didn't." She led Pandora to her four poster and drew back the curtains, the girls laid back on her bed lazily.
"I don't want you to leave Pandora it's going to be boring without you." Bellatrix groaned. "It'll only be two weeks Bella, the holiday's have always been hard on my dad ever since my mum died a few years ago. He needs me there… I'll make sure to write you everyday." Pandora said soothingly. Suddenly from across the room the door opened with a loud creak, standing in the doorway was Narcissa wearing a surprised expression. "Hey Bella.. I wanted to borrow your curling iron." Her eyes flickered from Bellatrix to Pandora. "What are you doing here Pandora?" Her eyes narrowed as she looked at her sister. "You know we aren't allowed to have guests..." Bellatrix rolled her eyes. "I know that Cissy, do you think I was born yesterday? I snuck her in." Narcissa looked affronted. "Whenever I tried to sneak my friends in you always told me off." "Yeah because your friends are obnoxious and loud they would give themselves away in a heartbeat." Bellatrix said as if stating the obvious.
"Narcissa come have a seat, we were just talking about a few things." Pandora patted the spot next to her. A red faced Narcissa strode over and took a seat beside her sister stiffly. "You know Narcissa, I've always been fond of your hair." Pandora ran a hand smoothly through her locks. "It's so soft and straight, I don't know why would want to change it… its really beautiful." Narcissa blushed. "I thought if I styled it, I could get more… attention." Pandora smiled shyly. "I know what you mean… doesn't that one boy like you? He's older.. whats his name?" Narcissa made a face. "Lucius Malfoy that pompous git.. he's been hitting on me all year. He's not bad looking or anything, but from what I hear he can be really violent. He left some pretty nasty bruises on a girl he dated a couple years ago and all the people he hangs out with are just as bad… I'd never go out with a monster like him." Narcissa said scornfully.
Bellatrix sat up. "I bet Malfoy talks all kinds of shit behind our backs, he is so jealous of our family. All because we are richer and more prestigious than his. When Andromeda ran away with Ted Tonks he jumped on it like a rabid dog and said that all of us love mudblo- I mean muggleborns." She had to stop herself at the end. Over the past couple months she had been trying to erase the word from her vocabulary, but it was proving quite difficult.
A little smile played on Pandora's lips as Narcissa gave her a toothy grin, Bellatrix had to try hard not to smile back at her. "What?" She asked feigning innocence. "Have you told your sister about what happened in Hogsmeade last Saturday?" Bellatrix felt embarrassed. "No-no not yet." Narcissa looked between them eagerly. "What happened?" Bellatrix took a deep breath. "This may take a long time Cissy." Her sister was simply astonished by her retelling of the events, she looked altogether shocked and excited when Bellatrix described the kiss between the girl and Quigley and the subsequent arse whooping she received. Conveniently leaving out the part about the marauders and their "special" abilities.
"Now I know to never get in between you and your man Bella, you might just kill me." Narcissa said when she finished the story. "Carwyn is not my man... I just felt disgusted as I watched that whore force her nasty lips onto his." Bellatrix said crossing her arms. "Whatever Bella you can't fool me or Pandora we know what you want…. You're just too afraid to admit it." Narcissa said jabbing her sister playfully in the side, Bellatrix didn't respond she just stared down at the mattress. "Bella are worried that you'll end up like Andromeda?" The air grew thicker the instant Pandora asked her question, it took a long time for Bellatrix to respond.
"Yeah I guess you could say that I'm worried, but that's not the thing…. It's weird, whenever I'm around him I feel really happy. Like nothing can go wrong…. What I'm afraid of the most is that I'll lose him or that he'll like someone else. That's why I felt so angry that day, I just couldn't stand seeing him with another girl. I want him to like me… kind of like how he is with that Lily Evans, but more than that." Her face burned with a heat, but it felt so good to finally say it. "That's it Bella, its good that you aren't ashamed of it… now you can work towards getting him." Pandora wrapped an arm around her waste. "But how?" Bellatrix said defeated. "Maybe you can ask Dromeda, our sister would know better than any."
Bellatrix shuddered at the thought of confronting her big sister. "I dunno Cissy what would I say to her? Sorry for abandoning you when you needed me most." Narcissa shook her head. "It's going to be hard for both of us but we can't go the rest of our lives not talking to her. I miss her." "I do too." Bellatrix said in agreement. "She's staying with Ted's family this Christmas I heard them talking about it, so you may have to wait on it…. You guys are staying here for the holidays right?" "Yeah.." They said in unison. Their father was still in St. Mungos and their mother was still crazy as ever, they didn't want to go home to all that drama.
"Daddy might allow Xeno to visit during the holiday, I really hope so… We need to finish this months edition of the Snorkack. Bella would you mind handing them out if I owled them to you?" "No I wouldn't mind." Bellatrix said sharing a glance with Narcissa. They kept their opinions about Pandora's weird boyfriend and his strange newspaper to themselves.
The bell rang signaling the end of the midday meal. "Looks like I need to get out of here." Pandora stood up and disillusioned herself. "I'll go with you." Bellatrix felt for the girls invisible hand and grabbed it. "Have a good holiday Pandora." Narcissa said reclining on her sisters bed. "You too." Bellatrix opened the door and led her up the spiral staircase.
Later that evening Bellatrix was making her way back to the Slytherin dungeons alone, after seeing Pandora off. Pandora traveled by the floo in Professor Sprout's office rather than the train, the school board decided that the Hogwarts Express wasn't safe enough for travel during the holidays with You-Know-Who still on the loose. "Maybe I can spend the holiday getting closer to Carwyn." She thought dreamily as she passed a statue of Boris the Bewildered.
A rough hand grabbed her by the back of the neck, as a low voice muttered. "Silencio." In her ear. She didn't have time to retaliate, a door burst open to her left revealing a dark room. The man threw her headlong into it soundlessly, she tripped and fell hitting a knee on the hard floor. "Damn it." Closing her eyes hoping the pain would stop, fearing what would come next.
The lights blinded her for a second when they first switched on, three people stood facing her from across the room. Her fear soon turned to hatred when she saw their smirking faces. Lucius Malfoy, Rudolphus Lestrange, and Augustus Rookwood. 'I'm in the prefects bathroom.' Recognizing the huge marble bathtub that sat in the rooms center. "Fancy meeting you here Bellatrix. You're just the person I was looking for. I wanted to see you before I left." Lucius said as he took a few steps towards her. "Look its daddies boy… tell me, how many galleons did he give you to buy those robes?" Bellatrix said in a falsely sweet voice.
Lucius scowled. "You had best watch your tongue when speaking to the likes of me whore or it will be all the more worse." Bellatrix reddened. "Is that a threat Malfoy? I'll curse you into oblivion for grabbing me like that and tossing me in here you snobby git!" She felt around for her wand.. but for the first time it wasn't there. 'Damn I must have dropped it when I landed on the floor.' The other two came up to stand on either side of Lucius. "That was me Bellatrix and I dare say that won't be the only manhandling you will receive tonight." Rudolphus said in a husky voice as he eyed her hungrily.
A feeling of disgust and horror spread through her as she realized what he meant. 'No, please no. Where is my wand!' She looked towards the bath and saw it lying few feet away on the marble floor. Throwing all caution to the wind she dove for it. "Oh no you don't! Crucio!" It felt as if every nerve in her body was exploding in pain all at once, she heard herself scream in agony. After what seemed like a lifetime it ended. "You want another taste bitch? If you submit and take it like a good girl, we won't have to do it again.."
Still recovering from the curse, lying there helpless she tried crawling towards her wand that sat only a few feet away. "Grab her arms Rookwood! I don't want her fighting back." Only a few inches away now her hand was about to reach it when. "CRACK." She screamed as felt her finger bones snap under the weight of Lucius's heavy boot. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she wrenched her broken hand back, cradling it close trying to soothe the horrible pain. "You fucking bastard... I'll kill all of you." Rookwood grabbed her by the wrists, and held her arms above her head.
"I go first Lucius you don't know how long I've waited for this." Rudolphus said running a finger up the milk white skin on her thigh, going up under her skirt. "Get off me!" She kicked Rudolphus right in the face, he grunted in pain as his lip split open. "Grab hold of her legs!" Lucius sat on top of them, fully restrained she could hardly move now. Rudolphus raised a fist and punched her hard in the face. The coppery taste of blood filled her mouth as stars flashed before her eyes. The side of her cheek throbbed in pain. "Do that again and I'll give you another one." Rudolphus spat with venom.
"Lets get this off." Rudolphus gripped her top with both hands and ripped. Both her sweater and under shirt tore in half, a pink bra was the last thing covering her. "No don't please." She pleaded tears streaming down her face. "Don't worry you can show me darling." He said grabbing the bra with a hand, tearing it off with ease. Her breasts spilled out ungraciously for the whole world to see. The boys let out a cruel laugh as they stared at her exposed tits, she screamed as Rudolphus pinched one of her little pink nipples. "Merlin they look so…. delicious." She felt his mouth close around a nipple; at first he suckled it almost like how a baby would, circling it with his tongue. Then he began biting it with more and more ferocity. "Stop it! Quit I don't want this!" All she could do was beg and cry, but to no avail. She was totally at their mercy.
Opening her eyes finally she saw Lucius staring at her, a manic expression twisting his face. "You see bitch, this is what you get for disrespecting me... We haven't even started yet... you're going to regret it tenfold by the time we are done with you." Lucius's smile was something cold and inhuman. 'Please someone help. Please.' Bellatrix thought as Lucius moved closer to her pushing Rudolphus to the side.
A bit of a dark ending... I hope you enjoyed it! The next chapter will be coming soon, so stick around! Leave a comment or favorite to get regular updates. Thanks ;) -Twisted Mister.