A smirk spread across Alex's face. "Welcome home little sis" he told Louise. Louise smiled shyly. "Erm...thanks" she replied.
Bellatrix got to her feet as a pale, thin woman with bleach blonde hair entered the study. When she saw Louise, her face broke into a smile. "This is my sister, Narcissa" Bellatrix introduced her.
Narcissa smiled. "You can call me Aunt Cissy" she told Louise, who nodded politely.
Bellatrix spoke quietly to her sister, who then turned back to her niece and said "I'll show you your room"
Louise followed her aunt Cissy up several flights of stairs and into a large bedroom which had an ensuite bathroom. To her surprise, all her belongings were there. Her aunt Cissy smiled at her and told her "you can decorate it anyway you like, this is your room" then she left.
For the next few hours, Louise entertained herself by unpacking her things and putting them away in her new room.
A knock at the door startled her. She opened the door to find Alex. "Mum wants to see you in her living room" he told his sister. Louise looked confused. "Where's...Mum's living room?" she asked, trying out how it felt to have a mum.
Alex grinned at his sister. "I'll show you" he told her. Alex led her down a flight of stairs and along several corridors. Finally he came to a halt. They were in a corridor with four doors, not including the one they had just came through. "These are Mum's rooms" he explained. He pointed out which was the living room, wished her luck and disappeared the way in which they had just came.
Louise knocked on the door and entered her Mum's living room. Bellatrix was sitting on a sofa reading the Daily Prophet and scoffing at everything written in it. Seeing her daughter, she put the newspaper down and gestured for Louise to come and sit with her. Louise did as she was bidden.
"Do you like your room?" Bellatrix enquired. Louise nodded. "It's lovely" she answered, waiting for her mother to get on with telling her what she had called her here for in the first place. Thankfully, Bellatrix did just that. "The Dark Lord wishes you to make an appearance at the Death Eaters meeting tonight" she told her daughter. The colour drained from Louise's face but Bellatrix hastened to add "he simply wishes for me to bring you in and introduce you at the end, before he dismisses the meeting" she reassured her daughter.
Louise gave a sigh of relief. "When's the meeting?" she asked.
Her mother smiled. "In ten minutes" she answered.
Louise went pale. "What?" she asked in horror, her face a mix of fear and worry.