Hey everyone. Here is another chapter of Little Moments which was written for Fortnightly Challenges Thread's Leaf Pile Challenge on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I used the prompt Red (words) Thunder. In this story Bellatrix is about ten years old and Andromeda is six or seven. I hope you all enjoy Stormy Nights.
The crash of thunder had Andromeda shooting up in bed. She didn't like storms and never would. Looking towards the window she saw the telltale flash of light go off and knew that yet another crash of thunder would be following it soon. It wasn't the lightening that frightened the little girl. It was the sound that followed the lightening. Slipping from the bed she wondered down the hall to her older sister Bellatrix's room. The cold wooden floor causing her to shiver more than the fright she was getting from the storm. Knocking gently on the door she waited for Bellatrix to answer.
"Come in, Andy," she heard the soft call from her older sister. Bellatrix wasn't afraid of anything which made her a good person to go when you were afraid. She usually this way of Andromeda calm down which the younger girl hoped she'd use now.
Walking into the room with a slight yelp as the sound of the thunder arrived she ran over to Bellatrix's bed and jumped up on the bottom of it. She looked at her older sister tears streaming down her face.
"Did the storm wake you, Andy?" Bellatrix asked her.
Nodding her head Andromeda covered her ears as yet another crash of thunder was heard. She really did hate storms like this one. They always used to scare but it was more easily handled when she was a baby.
"Do you want to stay with me until the storm passes?" Bellatrix asked her holding open the covers invitingly.
Without a further word Andromeda jumped under the covers and snuggled up against Bellatrix. It wasn't long until both girls were fast asleep under the covers as the storm raged on.
Meanwhile in the hallway Cygnus turned to Druella with a small smile nodding back towards their bedroom. They'd let the girls ride out the storm together as he hoped that they'd weather any other storm in the future.
I hope you all enjoyed Stormy Nights.