This chapter isn't what I expected it to be...but you know...once I start writing...I just go with it. Anyway, I'm going to be with family for a few days. Which actually means I should get A LOT more writing in than I usually do. So. ;] Next chapter up soon.
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"Cissy darling, come here…" Bella's voice drifted through the paper thin walls and into my room, I smiled, her supple voice pulling me from the trance I was in. I set my book down and pushed myself up from the desk. Potions could wait…Bella was calling.
I glanced at the mirror on my wall briefly as I walked out, pulling a strand behind my ear as I did so. She likes to see my eyes. My hand timorously reached out and grasped the cool metal of her doorknob, mentally preparing myself for what lie on the other side.
What are you afraid of? Came the silent utterance, It's just your sister, she probably only wants to talk to you about something silly…the family…her boyfriend…
I pushed the door inward and glanced up, a minute smirk crossing my lips as I saw her sprawled out on her bed, her feet towards the ceiling and her arm lazily brushing the floor. I pushed the smirk away almost the second it formed, walking in and closing the door.
"Yes?" I asked at the mass of black hair and the insipid arm.
"Come here, love." She said amiably, I was taken aback. Bella? Being sweet? Impossible.
I walked over and sat on the edge of her bed, sighing as I sank into the yielding mattress.
I looked at her, her black eyes wide and open, her smile small, yet significant. I gave her a questioning look.
"Did mother ever tell you about our family, Cissy?" she asked, her voice hardening a little bit, but still remaining surprisingly soft.
"Well…I know, like, who our ancestors are and stuff…what else is there?" I was curious now, and staring into her eyes like I would be able to find the answers buried in them before she would tell me.
"Yeah, but, what did our ancestors do?" a smirk graced her lips the second the words were out.
"Oh…I don't know…" I answered honestly, having no idea where she was going with this.
"Odd, mother told me when I was your age…" her eyes clouded as she looked up, as if trying to remember something.
"Yes…yes, it was my first year of Hogwarts, and she told me as I was getting on the train." She looked back at me, I felt a vivacious excitement rise up within me at the mention of Hogwarts, but I pushed it away when I saw the stern look she was giving me.
"You'll be a Syltherin." She said, running her hand down my arm, her eyes fixed on my pale hair and even paler skin.
"How do you know that?" I asked, even though I believed her…and I couldn't say the thought of being in Syltherin wasn't thrilling, for some reason it was always the house I was most drawn too.
"Our family isn't the Gryffindor type, Narcissa…not at all." Her smiled widened, as she once again recalled a memory that I couldn't be a part of.
"What do you mean?" I didn't know that the houses had "types" I just knew that Bella was in Syltherin and that I wanted to be in the same house as her. I also knew that Bella detested Gryffindor.
"Gryffindor is for mudbloods and mudblood lovers" she spat, her nose flaring at the word, as if it has burned her.
I gasped, "there are people who like mudbloods?" my eyes were wide, I had never felt so ignorant to the world, I felt like I had so much to learn about everyone and everything around me.
"Yes. And Ravenclaw…Well, we get along with them, they're all smart, you see…"
"And Hufflepuff, what a useless bunch, don't associate with them." She looked down at me, stroking my cheek at the bemused look I had plastered on my face.
"And Syltherin?" I asked, afraid to know what the answer might be.
"We have a reputation for being bad…really really bad, and our family especially…we're known for it."
"How bad, Bella?" a frown forming, even though the idea of our family being bad sent a warm tingle down my spine.
"I expect you'll find out soon enough love, now run along, train leaves bright and early tomorrow, and you'll want to be well rested…the first train ride is always the most exciting" she winked at me coyly and I smiled, the anticipation already sparkling in my stomach. Hogwarts…finally, after 5 years of watching Bella come and go filled to bursting with stories of the people she had met and the spells she had learned. I was always so envious. But now I would know those stories…hopefully I would be part of them. I started to push myself off of the bed, a smile still fixed to my face.
"Good night, Bella" I murmured, walking briskly to the door.
I turned to smile at her one last time before I shut the door softly behind me.
Tomorrow would be the day my life would change…forever.
