A/N: I just LOVE the Black family, my favourite part of the Harry Potter series. I don't think this is particularily good, but i'm chucking it out here to see what happens.
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, with their saying "toujours pur" (always pure) were known as foul, cruel, hard people. Their name was surrounded by fear, corruption, shame and terrified reverence. Intrigue, suspicion, arrogance, pride, contempt, vanity.
Narcissa, little Cissy, where did she fit in the Black family?
Yes, she came from the same family that produced Bellatrix, probably the most loyal of any death eater. But it was from that same family that Andromeda came from too. Loving, cheeky Andy, sister of cruel heartless Bellatrix? And where did Narcissa sit?
Was she torn between the hate of one side, and the love of the other? The open minded thinking as opposed to the dogmatic tradition.
Was she was the one to doubt?
Bellatrix would follow the Dark Lord to death, without a second thought, and Andromeda would sacrifice herself for the benefit of her family.
But Narcissa, she would wonder
She would do as her parents bid, wed a rich man, give birth to a strong son, but would she go against their wishes so far as to love her son? Love her husband in a marriage of convince? The weak one, maybe. Not daring to go outright against her upbringing, but one to bend the rules slightly to secure the safety of her family.
Constantly in fear of her husbands life, running after the Dark Lord. Fearing for her son, so far away at Hogwarts, too far for her to comfort, or find comfort in.
She would sit home, alone, wallowing in her fear, having nothing but it there with her. What would she whisper to the darkness, her only friend, her only comfort?
Did she wonder, sitting there in her empty house, what it would be like, to confide in someone? Not Bellatrix, never Bella. She'd grown to fear her wild dark sister. Little Cissy was the youngest and Bella the eldest, and she had always dominated. Did she think about going to Andy? Finding solace, safety, with the only brave Slytherin? But would she take her? Would Andromeda turn her out, glare at her in disgust? She wouldn't take that chance, not when she could be spurned. Her weak heart couldn't take that.
And she would never leave her son. Her son, oh poor Draco. He was growing to be more and more like his father, and she hated that. She wanted so much for him to have his own life, be his own man. She could see him struggle, hear it in his letters, he didn't want his fathers life. But it was looming over him nonetheless.
How do you cope, in a situation like that? The strength that Narcissa needed to continue, she found inside herself, deep inside she found the courage and (strength) to compete with life, to go on and not give into death.
A/N: Blah, don't like the ending. Oh well.