It was snowing heavily the day of the party, adding to the atmosphere. Wormtail headed towards the drawing room to set up decorations when suddenly, something tripped him, and he went sprawling. As he pushed himself off the floor, he heard a nasty giggle, and something grabbed his arm, HARD. "Owww", he whined, looking up into Bellatrix's face.
Wormtail skipped downstairs excitedly to begin putting up decorations, when suddenly, something stepped in front of him. Wormtail stumbled and nearly fell, then looked up into Lord Voldemort's face.
"H-hello, Master", he said nervously, hoping the party was still on.
The Dark Lord laughed at Wormtails nervousness. "Why so nervous, Wormtail? I've merely brought a few friends to help you set up!", he gestured behind him.
Standing there, looking sulky were Lucius and Bellatrix. The Dark Lord turned to them. "Listen to Wormtail, and do what he says to set up for this "party"", he instructed.
Bellatrix and Lucius looked furious, but managed to nod and say, "Yes, Master".
Wormtail was shocked. Why was the Dark Lord so….dare he say….ENTHUSIASTIC about the party? And was him having Bellatrix and Lucius help out genuinely trying to be helpful, or was it a veiled assassination attempt on Wormtail, because neither Bellatrix nor Lucius could stand him, and loathed the idea of answering to him?
"Th-thank you", he stammered, bowing quickly several times nervously.
"Excellent", Voldemort smiled, and Wormtail was reminded of a hungry shark. "See you at the party". With that, the Dark Lord disapparated.
"Uh…this-this way", Wormtail gestured towards the drawing room. Bellatrix and Lucius fell into step ahead of him. As they walked, Wormtail could hear them beginning to argue.
"…YOUR fault!", Bellatrix was saying.
"No, it's YOURS! You're the one who suggested we go to wish the Dark Lord a Merry Christmas..", Lucius replied, glaring.
"Well YOU were the one who said you were so bloody BORED, so he assigned us to help…." Wormtail tuned them out with a sigh. He could already imagine what fun setting up would be.
"What took you so long?", asked Greyback as they stepped into the room. "And-Oh, hello Bellatrix, Lucius", he interrupted himself, shooting a quizzical stare at Wormtail.
"Uh, The Dark Lord sent Lucius and Bellatrix to help us set up", Wormtail announced nervously. Rodolphus looked both terrified and happy at the prospect of working near his wife. And Wormtail did NOT like the nasty grin that was slowly spreading across Bellatrix's face.