A Subtle Obsession
By: Twisted Mister
Chapter 9:
'What a day.' Carwyn thought as he walked down the marble staircase; the castle was silent, the only noise came from the portraits their occupants snoring as they slept. He had just got finished seeing Regulus and Sirius off, accompanying them to Professor McGonagall's office to leave for the holiday's . Sirius was really excited, after giving him and his brother a quick goodbye, he took a handful of floo powder and said. "Godric's Hollow!" and vanished in a roar of emerald green flames. Regulus was in a more somber mood. "Don't worry Reg I'll write to you often, try to enjoy your holiday. Maybe you can convince your parents to invite me to that party you have every Christmas." Regulus snorted. "No offense… But there's no chance of that happening mate. My mum would burn a hole right through my portrait on the family tree faster than you can say Quidditch…. Like she did with Sirius. I'll see ya in a few weeks Carwyn." After bidding his friend farewell, Carwyn watched as Regulus took a handful of powder and said. "Number Ten Grimmauld Place." He vanished in a whirl of green flames, just like Sirius had.
He was exhausted, socializing had always worn him out and he had done it nearly all day. Walking down the staircase slowly, stopping to tie his shoe on the fifth floor landing. 'Maybe I can go to the library, all the teachers are probably out drinking in Hogsmeade to celebrate the end of term… This would be a great time to have a look around the restricted section.' But his train of thought was soon interrupted when he heard a long high pitched wail that echoed down the fifth floor corridor. "What was that?" He heard himself say, a chill passing through him like a knife.
He stood up and began walking down the hall slowly towards the ghostly sound. 'Maybe it was the Bloody Baron? Sometimes he moans and wails.' But that was doubtful, the baron has a really deep voice what ever made that sound shrieked almost like a banshee…. Also he didn't hear any chains rattling, the sounds of rusty rattling chains always accompanied the baron. An eerie silence filled the hall as he made his way past a suit of armor, until he heard the noise again. This time it wasn't a wail, someone was sobbing loudly. "Please stop I'll do anything… Don't!" The voice was cut off by the sounds of roarchus laughter. It sounded like a girl…. Carwyn felt a lump tighten like a vice in his throat, as he realized what was probably happening to her.
Before he knew it he was running full speed down the hall, feeling for the handle of his wand.. he pulled it out and gripped it tightly. 'I have to help her, I cannot run.. This is no time to be a coward..' His heart was pounding madly against his rib-cage. He tried to take steadying breaths to prepare himself for whatever awaited him as he passed a statue of Boris the Bewildered. A great oaken door stood ajar a few paces in front of him. 'The Prefects Bathroom' He realized as he crept closer to peer through the doorway.
His stomach lurched when the scene was revealed before him. Bellatrix was on the floor of the bathroom, her top had been ripped off and her breasts were exposed. 'Lucius, Rudolphus, and Rookwood.' A fire lit inside of him when he recognized their faces. Rookwood was holding her arms above her head, as Rudolphus sat on her legs. Bellatrix squirmed feebly trying to break free from their grip, tears pouring down her cheeks. "You are going to take what we give you whore, trust me if you try and bite it. I'll knock every tooth out of your bushy little head." Lucius was standing over her unzipping his pants.
'What the fuck are they doing! They are going to rape her!' The fire inside of him was burning white hot now, he gripped his wand so tight that his knuckles turned white. As Lucius slipped out his manhood, Carwyn raised his wand. 'Impedimenta!' The incantation boomed like thunder through his mind. Lucius let out a surprised gasp as he flew through the air over Bellatrix and landed head first inside the great marble bath. Bellatrix was the first to look at him, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. Then the two boys, Rudolphus froze his mouth hung open stupidly like a child caught stealing out of the cookie jar. Rookwood recovered quickly and shot a red stunner in his direction. Carwyn dodged and let loose a spell of his own. 'Aqilliam!' The orange colored hex flew straight at Rookwood, who blocked it with a shield charm.
Rudolphus let out a loud cry and sprinted at him wand raised. The lumbering boy shot a violet bolt at him. "Protego!" Carwyn shouted as Rudolphus's hex deflected harmlessly away from him. Charging with reckless abandon Rudolphus covered the distance quickly and lunged. The boys beefy shoulder hit Carwyn right in the chest, knocking the wind out of him. He winced in pain as he felt the small of his back hit the marble floor, Rudolphus jumped on top of him like a hungry lion... his hand outstretched trying to grab his wand. "Relashio." Carwyn wheezed. The boy flew several feet backwards off of him, Carwyn trained his wand on him again. "Expulso." A blinding light shot out from the tip of his wand then. "BANG!" The spell collided with Rudolphus sending him flying across the room. His body made a sickening crunch as it hit a large mirror above a cluster of sinks, shards of glass rained down on top of him as he rolled down and landed on the floor un-moving.
Carwyn spun around to see Rookwood closing on him. "Cruci-" But Carwyn was faster. "Silencio!" The boy looked surprised, his mouth moved but no words came out. "Perifarge." The spell hit him right in the face, the boy keeled over grasping at his head madly screaming in silent pain. 'Brain freezing jinx… Well it was the first thing that came to mind.' He glanced over at Bellatrix who hadn't moved an inch, she just laid there in shock watching the scene unfold. Shuffling sounds came from the bath as Lucius stuck his head out to glare at him, a great big knot on his forehead. Lucius raised his wand and hissed. "Confringo!" Carwyn barely dodged the fireball, it whizzed past him and caught a painting of a mermaid on fire.
Lucius cast the spell again... horror filled him as he realized that if Bellatrix didn't move she would get hit. "Depulso!" Her body accelerated backwards, the edge of the fireball singeing her robes. Carwyn wasn't so lucky… the fireball hit his left arm and engulfed it in orange flames. Panicking he conjured a jet of water from the tip of his wand to extinguish it. "It's time I finish you off mudblood!" Lucius said howling, jumping out of the tub advancing towards him. Lucius gave him a flurry of hexes, jinxes, and curses. So many that Carwyn could barely keep up, all he could do was cast the shield charm... hoping that Lucius would present an opening.
The floor cracked and broke into rubble in a few places, a water pipe even burst flooding the bathroom. Lucius continued his onslaught…. as the minutes passed he began to tire, becoming more sluggish and out of breath. "Fight.. back... mudblood!" Lucius huffed out after sending another volley of curses. "I don't need too.. you are defeating yourself. I'm going to make you pay for what you did to her." Lucius chortled dryly. "Are you in love with th-" Carwyn took the opportunity to counter attack. "Glacius." Freezing the water beneath Lucius's feet, turning it into slippery ice.
Lucius lost balance immediately and slipped his arms flailing, his head made a resounding smack as it hit the ice. "Expelliarmus." The wand flew out of his hand, Carwyn caught it smirking triumphantly. Carwyn pointed his wand at Lucius's face. "Pungosus." Lucius screamed in agony as his face began to swell, angry red welts grew bleeding and nasty. "Fucking mudblood! My face its on fire!" Lucius screamed his voice echoing off the walls.
As he watched Lucius writhe in pain, the sounds of feet splashing on water came from behind. He spun around with his wand raised... It was Rookwood carrying a semiconscious Rudolphus, his arm slung around a shoulder, both of them were bloody and shaking. "Don't hurt us.. please." Rookwood squeaked out. "We aren't done here." He said feeling a vein throb in his temple. "No... let them go." Carwyn heard Bellatrix say softly, he looked over to see her sitting on the floor against a wall. "Fine." He raised his wand, Rookwood flinched. "Accio wands." The two remaining wands flew from the boys pockets to his hand, as well as another... it was Bellatrix's he guessed. "Take this scumbag with you." He kicked Lucius in the small of the back, he let out another gasp of pain. Lucius crawled onto unsteady legs.
"Be ready when you come back… If you do, I'll be waiting for you. As well as the headmaster and the Ministry." He took the boys wands in both of his hands and bent them until they couldn't bend anymore. "SNAP." All three broke in half, connected now only by the magical core. He reared back and threw them, they hit the retreating boys and landed ungraciously in a puddle of water.
Carwyn listened as their footfalls grew fainter and fainter; until he could not hear them at all, only the sobbing and ragged breathing of Bellatrix.
'He saved me..' Bellatrix repeated to herself over and over again. She still couldn't believe it, one minute she had thought all hope was lost and that they were going to rape her, possibly even kill her. Then the next moment Carwyn stormed in and fought her harassers, saving her. Bellatrix was so surprised that it didn't even occur to her to pick up a wand and fight. Partly because she was so drained from the cruciatus curse….But mostly because she had thought it a dream or hallucination. 'He would never… There's no way.. this is just a fantasy to disassociate myself from what is happening.' But the reality hit her like a ton of bricks when he had magicked her out of the way of Lucius's spell.
Bellatrix heard slow and steady footsteps splashing through the water towards her. She didn't look up... she kept her eyes on the floor trying vainly to cover up her breasts. The footsteps stopped a few feet in front of her. "Bellatrix." She could tell it was him; his voice was soft as silk.. full of pity. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that….. come here let me help you." She jumped when he reached out to touch her on the shoulder.
"Bellatrix look at me.." It took some courage but she did, slowly. Her eyes widened when she saw his face. Blood was running down the side of his head, some of it had dried black on his neck. His dirty blonde hair was disheveled like always, but it was noticeably more messy. But what caught her attention was his blue eyes; they weren't icy, fierce and full of rage like they were earlier, they were soft and full of sympathy. "I am not here to hurt you, I want to help.." His eyes wandered down to her torn robes, she clutched at her bare breasts tighter. "I think your gown needs some mending… Here I'll do it for you." He pulled out his wand and pointed it at her garb carefully. "Repairo." She felt her undershirt and sweater stitch themselves back together. Bellatrix kept a tight hold around herself until she was sure that her clothes were fully mended.
Bellatrix let out a gasp of pain as she lowered her arms. "You're injured…. I know a few healing spells, I learned them to help my scars heal. I think they will work on you, if you'd like me too." Carwyn asked her examining the large bruise on the side of her cheek, she nodded. Carwyn reached out and grabbed her wrist gently, she had to stop herself from gasping. "Merlin they broke your fingers...Those bastards, I'll kill them if I ever see them again I swear it." He said scornfully staring at her twisted bloody fingers.
He took her injured hand in his. "Alright Bellatrix this may feel a bit uncomfortable." He said looking at her worriedly. Pointing his wand at one of her fingers he said. "Episkey." Bellatrix felt her finger go cold as ice, then it throbbed with heat and just like that it was back to normal... no longer painful. "Did it work?" Carwyn asked hesitantly. She nodded and he began healing her injuries one by one. Bellatrix watched him mending her wounds, his face would screw up in concentration from time to time she thought it looked cute. 'He's so concerned about me.' It made her blush. Especially when he put a hand under her chin as he healed the nasty bruise on her face.
When he finished the last wound he sighed, his eyes were full of guilt. "I'm sorry Bellatrix I should have come sooner, I only heard you when I was coming down from the seventh floor. If I would have hurried maybe-" "No." Her voice sounded different. "Thank you…. If you wouldn't have come then I don't know what else they would have done to me…... I really want to… I really." Her vision became blurred with tears as she choked on the words. Bellatrix felt his arms wrap around her as he closed the distance between them. She was tired of putting on a facade, tired of holding in her pain. Tears spilled from her eyes leaking down onto Carwyn's frayed robes, burying her head into his shoulder. Carwyn lifted her up off the ground and lowered himself to the floor, she sat on his lap with her arms wrapped around his neck weeping silently.
Bellatrix felt her body shaking madly, Carwyn just gripped her tighter and whispered. "Don't worry Bella their gone… I'm here to protect you." She felt the warmth in his voice wash over her. "Thank you Carwyn..." It felt so good to be here with him like this, they sat there intertwined for a long time his body warming hers. He rubbed her back running his fingers through her hair trying to sooth her. He was so close that his familiar scent filled her nose. 'If I would have known we'd be doing this a few hours ago... This is heaven." Bellatrix let out a little sigh.
"Are you feeling better?" Carwyn asked still clutching her. She let go of him wiping her eyes. "Yes I'm feeling a lot better." She said trying to fight the blush creeping up her neck. "Well that's good…." Carwyn looked like he was struggling for what to say. "Listen Carwyn I have to make an apology to you." Carwyn looked shocked. "No, you don't have to you're-" Bellatrix cut in. "Yes, you deserve it more than anyone." She cleared her throat. "I'm sorry for attacking you and nearly killing you earlier this year. I feel so guilty about it, I was being a stupid bitch and I took out all my anger on you. Then when you saved us from that werewolf, I never thanked you for that. Merlin I've been so horrible to you ever since you've been here." Fresh tears streamed down her cheeks. "I've bullied you from day one, whenever I was bored or frustrated I would torment you. For years and years I never considered how you felt.. Me and my little gang, we did terrible things. As nasty as they were I had them, but you didn't even have a friend to turn too… you had to face us all alone… I'm a terrible person... I deserved what happened to me."
Carwyn's face darkened as he put both hands on her shoulders. "Never and I mean never say that again… No one deserves that not even Lord Voldemort." Bellatrix flinched at the name. "Those days are over now... I can say that those years of suffering and isolation have made me a better man in the end. My uncle used to say the only way a diamond is formed is through time and pressure. You know Bellatrix... I don't hold a grudge against you. I've been thinking about it a lot recently and I realize that we were just stupid kids. I forgive you for what you've done to me." He said looking into her eyes.
Bellatrix felt as if a weight had been lifted from her chest. "You forgive me?" She said as if she didn't understand. Carwyn smiled. "Yes I do." Tears of joy welled up in her eyes. "Whats wrong?" He asked concerned putting a hand on her elbow. She launched herself forward and wrapped her arms around his torso giving him a big hug. "Nothing I'm just really happy." Bellatrix said squeezing him tightly.
"I think it's time that we make it back to the dungeons." Quigley looked down at his watch. "It's past midnight." Bellatrix nodded. "Yeah we've been here for a long time let me-" She tried to stand up but her legs were too shaky, she fell forward into his arms. "Whoa!" "Sorry I'm really weak I can hardly stand." Bellatrix looked away embarrassed. "Do you want to go to the hospital wing?" "No! You healed all my injuries I just need some rest." She said quickly. "I'll have to carry you then." She let at a little squeal as he picked her up in both arms. "You really don't..." Carwyn smiled. "Would you prefer me to get on all fours so you can ride me like a dog?" Bellatrix laughed. "No this is fine.. thank you I hope I'm not too heavy." "I've carried sacks of flour heavier than you." He said carrying her towards the door treading on the broken wands.
The castle was so silent as he carried her through the halls and down the marble staircase. The only thing she heard was his quiet footsteps and rhythmic breathing. Vainly she tried to make herself light as possible as not to burden him, after some time they finally stopped in front of the portrait to the common room. "Morning Glory." Bellatrix whispered and the portrait slid open. "I'll let you go first." He carried her over to the hole and she crawled through. Carwyn followed close behind, once inside the common room he picked her up again and lead her towards the girls staircase.
"You'll have to go the rest of the way down." He said lowering her feet to the floor lightly. "If I tried carrying you down those steps, I'd be taking a dip in the black lake before the nights over." Bellatrix grabbed the handrail. "I can walk the rest of the way." She didn't know what to say next. "Bellatrix we are going to the headmaster tomorrow...To tell him about.. what happened." Bellatrix felt her gut clench, as all the consequences and outcomes flew through her mind. "I dunno Carwyn.. It wouldn't be pretty. Their families would retaliate and call me a liar. You see in pureblood society, when an individual does something wrong it doesn't just effect them. It brings dishonor and shame to the family. If I dishonor a family in league with the dark lord, he will see it as an attack on his 'organization'…. Bad things may happen." She finished meekly.
"Bellatrix… What they did was unforgivable! Your telling me that their families will protect them even if they are rapists? I don't care, I'll tell them I forced you to report it.. So that you won't take the blame." Carwyn said panting. She didn't know what to do, there were still unseen variables. "Carwyn please let me think about it... I'll tell you what I decide to do... when I'm ready." "Alright, here's your wand." Carwyn said huffing as he gave her the wand.
Throwing caution to the wind she stood up on her tippy toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She kept her lips pressed to his skin for a few seconds, savoring his taste. Pulling back she noticed that he was redder than she was, his face was scarlet as he avoided her eye. "Thank you… You don't know how much it means to me." She said beaming. "D-don't mention it… goodnight." Bellatrix smiled at him one last time. "Goodnight." As she made her way down the steps. Closing the door behind her, she walked across the empty dorm to her bed with a satisfied expression on her face. Drawing the curtains and getting under the sheets, she closed her eyes thinking. 'I done it.. I can't believe I done it.'
Carwyn got out of bed the next morning, deciding he wanted to go to the library early today. He didn't sleep well last night. He had dreamt of Bellatrix getting abused by those bastards, whenever he drew his wand to fight them they vanished. In their place a dark figure stood over her... cloaked in black with its head cowled. When it turned around to face him terror flooded in, he couldn't see its face…. only a pair red eyes that shone menacingly through the darkness of the cloak.
He woke up screaming drenched in sweat, the noise must have been so loud that it woke up Severus. "Quigley what is the matter? Can't you see I'm trying to sleep!" Carwyn took in a few deep breaths. "Sorry Severus it was just a nightmare..." He heard Severus tisk. "See to it that you don't wet yourself… Keep quiet, its five in the bloody morning." Hearing Severus close his curtains, Carwyn laid back and pulled out a book. He didn't want fall asleep and see those horrible eyes again. He read by wand light until day break.
Sitting at his usual table in a corner of the library, he looked over and saw Madam Pince busy putting books on a shelf. 'So much for going to the restricted section.' He thought glumly. Carwyn wanted to study up on defensive magic; it occurred to him that he may need a lot more practice after the events of the previous night, but he couldn't focus... His mind kept wandering to Bellatrix, the image of her being held down by those monsters crying filled him with rage. Then he remembered holding her tight while she cried... Bellatrix had never shown that kind of emotion in his presence. It felt like he was privy to some kind of secret that only they shared. In truth he had never been so intimate with anyone like that before…. especially a girl, well maybe his mother but he was a child then.
It would be a lie if he said that he didn't like it. Last night while Bellatrix clutched onto him desperately and wept he thought. 'I guess this what its like to have a girlfriend… I don't know why... but this feels good.' Running a hand through her curly black hair. 'I'm so close that I can smell her shampoo, it smells like cherries.' The little kiss she gave him came to the forefront of his mind, he shook his head trying to force it away. His skin crawled as he remembered the feel of her moist lips on his cheek. "Merlin I can't do this anymore." He said to himself pulling out a piece of parchment.
He had to write a letter to Regulus about what happened, deciding that he could trust his friend with the secret. Dipping his quill in a pot of ink he wrote. 'Hey Reg. I hope you're settling in nicely at your parents house. You may be wondering why I wrote you so soon as not even a day has passed. I have some very important news, that I must ask to remain secret. Just listen mate and I will explain. After you and Sirius left yesterday, I started making my way down the staircase towards the dungeons. I heard a really odd noise down a hallway, so I went to go investigate. As a got closer I noticed it sounded like a girl crying… It was. Something horrible awaited me, a group of boys were molesting a girl Lucius Malfoy, Rudolphus Lestrange, and Augustus Rookwood. Even worse it was your cousin Bellatrix they were defiling. I attacked them when they had their backs turned, thank Merlin I did. Somehow I was able to fight them off. I took care of Bellatrix and made sure that I saw her safely back to the common room. Nether one of us is physically injured, but I cannot say the same for either of our psyches.. I still can't believe it Regulus.. Please do not tell your parents or Sirius, I know that may be a great insult as they are of the same blood, but not until we get a few things straightened out. I need advice.. Personally I want to go to the headmaster and tell him about what happened, but Bellatrix is wary. She thinks their families will protect them, and call her a liar. It will most definitely cause a huge scandal. Also she mentioned that if we disgrace them, their families will be disgraced as well. Perhaps, it will get certain outside parties involved if you catch my drift... Please write back as soon as you can. Hope this letter finds you well.
Carwyn.'
Rolling up the letter after it dried Carwyn packed up his things and made for the owlery before breakfast. Climbing up several flights of stairs he reached the open air tower, it was chilly droppings were strewn all over the floor. "Freya! Come here girl." Moments later the golden owl landed on his shoulder giving him a warm hoot in welcome. "Good morning." He said stroking her feathery head. "I've got a little something for you to deliver…. it's for Regulus." The golden owl gave him a hoot in recognition. "He lives at Number Ten Grimmauld Place in London." The door to the owlery opened behind him, he turned his head to see Bellatrix and her sister walking in.
"Oh!" Bellatrix gasped when she saw him. Her sister looked surprised as well but not as much. "Hey… how are you? I came up to send a letter." Carwyn saw her face redden. "I-I'm doing good, I wanted to send out a letter too." Bellatrix spluttered. He looked down to see a large scroll of parchment in her hands. "She's sending it to her friend Pandora." Her sister chimed in giving him a look. What was her name? He wasn't as familiar with her as he was with her other two sisters. Narcissa! That's what her name is. "You can use my owl if you like, I haven't sent her out yet." Carwyn scratched the back of his head. 'She must have described it all in grisly detail… that's a whole roll of parchment.'
Carwyn cleared his throat. "How are you faring?" He said giving her a concerned look. "I'm doing better… Thanks for asking." Her sister made a move to say something. "I have to thank you for saving my sister." Narcissa wrapped an arm around her. "From what Bella tells me you were really brave… If you wouldn't have come when you did then I don't know if she would still be alive." Narcissa wiped her wet eyes on a sleeve. "Don't mention it… I should have come sooner maybe they wouldn't have done anything if I did." He looked away. "I told you last night that you couldn't have done anything else! Don't feel guilty." Carwyn jumped, he didn't expect her to raise her voice.
Narcissa smiled playfully. "Don't take it to hard..Carwyn may I call you that?" He nodded. "You should have heard her telling me about the knight in shining armor that saved her." Narcissa mocked in a high voice. "You'd think she'd gone ahead and soaked her knickers." Carwyn felt a twinge of heat behind his navel as they both flushed scarlet. "Shut up Cissy!" Bellatrix howled.
Carwyn accompanied them down to breakfast, they all sat together. The two sisters did most of the talking, Narcissa would ask him a question every now and then, he was surprised... people never really took an interest in his life. "Where do you live Carwyn? Do you live in a muggle neighborhood? Narcissa had asked him. "I live in Cornwall all the way to the west near Land's End. My family lives in the countryside we don't have many neighbors." The sisters looked fascinated. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" She asked. "Yeah…. I have two brothers, I'm the middle child but I don't talk to them much." Carwyn said quietly. "Do they live with your gran or something?" Carwyn shook his head. "No…. They aren't allowed to talk to me." The sisters looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces.
"They aren't allowed to talk to me because I'm a wizard. My parents treat me like some dangerous pet. They tell my brothers that I'll hurt them if they get too close. I came home to an empty house last summer… they were on holiday for two weeks before they came back. When I said that I'd missed them they just stared at me.." Carwyn felt his throat tighten as both sisters went pale. "My little brother Greg did say something to me though he said, "hey look its the freak." Carwyn stabbed a sausage with his fork. "During the last month of the summer, they went to my aunts house in Minorca leaving me to pack up my things and leave for another year at Hogwarts... alone. I guess they just cannot stand me." He finished feeling hollow.
"Those monsters... who would treat their son like that? Just because you're a wizard they are terrified of you for no reason." Bellatrix spoke up sounding outraged. "No… they hate me." Narcissa looked uncomfortable. "I'm sorry. Our family has always had problems… But my sisters were always there for me. I couldn't imagine dealing with that alone." Narcissa said softly. Bellatrix looked at him guilty. "It's ten times worse when you have someone bullying you at school constantly and calling you a mudblood. Saying that you don't deserve to be here…. You never had a home." Carwyn looked at her. "Maybe I didn't but I enjoy Hogwarts far more than I ever did my parents home. That's life I guess."
The bell rang signaling the end of breakfast. "Hey Carwyn do you want to practice the Patronus charm? You know Professor White said that there will be another test when we get back from the holidays." He was abet surprised. 'She really wants to practice with me.' "Sure, but I don't think I have improved any." Narcissa rounded on them. "Show me how please! Let me come!"
The trio found an old classroom suitable enough to practice in. "Okay Narcissa the incantation is Expecto Patronum. The trick is you have to focus on a happy memory." Carwyn told her. "Alright, lets try!" All three of them stood side by side trying to focus on a happy memory, Narcissa was the first. "Expecto Patronum." She said in a ringing voice, a faint silver mist came out of the tip of her wand. "Nice try Narcissa that's really good for your first attempt, keep it up and you'll master it before I do." He focused on a happy memory. It was the one when he and Lily got top marks for their Wiggenweld Potion, he held the image of Lily laughing with glee in his mind and said. "Expecto Patronum." A silvery figure shot out of his wand. For a heartbeat he thought that he had done it, but disappointment soon flooded in. A shapeless mass hovered a few feet away from him bobbing uselessly. "Almost." He said sighing.
Looking over at Bellatrix he noticed that she wore a serene expression, rather than a strained one. She lifted her wand slowly and whispered. "Expecto Patronum." As if she was tasting honey. Silvery light shot out from her wand like a firework, as a figure flew across the room light as a feather. "M-merlin what is that? You did it Bella! It's a turtle!" The silver turtle swam through the air gracefully as if it was in water. "Amazing absolutely amazing." That was all he could say as he watched the creature circle the room. Bellatrix was beaming, she laughed out loud. "I did it I finally did it!" The turtle did a few more laps then vanished.
Narcissa ran up to her sister. "What memory did you think about Bella? Was it the time Dromeda took us to the lake? Tell me!" Bellatrix ran a hand through her hair. "No it wasn't that…. It was something more.. personal." Narcissa looked at her stupidly for a second, Carwyn was curious as to what it was. She gave her sister a little look when the realization dawned on her, then she grinned at Carwyn. "Am I missing something?" He asked Bellatrix, wondering what the big joke was. "No! I mean no… you aren't, lets go I'm done with practicing." Narcissa followed her out of the room, whispering something in her ear. 'Women.' He thought to himself shaking his head.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I really enjoyed writing it. Leave a comment, I'm open to any praise or criticism. Stay tuned for the next chapter. Seeya ;) Twisted Mister