Chapter 4-Andromeda and Lucius Arrive
She sat quietly at the table next to Rodolphus; his arm was around her though it wasn't anything more than brotherly. She was a little nervous, Andy was coming to Hogwarts and she was worried maybe Andy wasn't cut out for Slytherin. That's preposterous, right?
"Black, Andromeda." McGonagall called out wincing slightly at the thought of another Black at Hogwarts; at least that's what Bella thought.
Andromeda stepped up to the stool and smiled winningly at the Professor as she placed the hat on her head. The hat took a while and Bella could see Andromeda's smug expression under the hat's rim.
"SLYTHERIN!" the hat shouted suddenly and Andromeda happily ran to sit next to Bella.
"Hey congrats Andy, welcome to the best house at the school." Bella smiled hugging her sister then gladly went back to Rodolphus who she had a massive crush on.
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Towards the middle of the sorting ceremony a name that Bellatrix and Andromeda knew well was called out.
"Malfoy, Lucius!" A tall pale boy with very long very blonde hair walked, well really strode to the stool and had the hat placed on his head. As soon as it touched his blonde hair the hat shrieked, "SLYTHERIN!"
"Well duh," Bella giggled with Andy as Lucius came and sat next to Rabastian.
"Hello Bellatrix," Malfoy sneered as he sat down, he had always disliked her but he had the sneaking suspicion that his parents wanted the Black family and the Malfoy family to join and he would probably marry Bellatrix. He cringed at the thought.
"Lucius, how are you, I don't think I've seen you since last year at the ball held by the Crabbe's." she smiled, much like a serpent before it strangles you.
"Yes that was it. Who is this?" he asked inclining his head to Rodolphus.
"My name is Rodolphus Lestrange, who are you?" Rodolphus asked though he knew who Malfoy was; he didn't like the way Malfoy spoke to his Belle.
"Lucius Malfoy." He held out his hand which Rodolphus shook, they then turned as Professor Dumbledore began to speak.
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Life was good for the thirteen year old while she was at Hogwarts; she was content and happy to go through her classes only to cuddle up next to Rodolphus in the common room at night times. The only problem for her was; Molly Prewett. Her fourth cousin; or something like she didn't really care how they were related she just knew that they were. Molly was the epitome of perfection; she was a pureblood, nice, smart, pretty (though Bellatrix was prettier), she had loving parents and was in the most desired house, Gryffindor.
"Hello Bella," Molly had crept up behind Bella a she walked to her class.
"Molly." Bellatrix nodded curtly.
"Have you met my boyfriend Arthur?" She asked pleasantly, Bella turned and immediately saw red hair and scruffy robes, a Weasley.
"Charmed, I'm sure." Bella smiled coldly.
"Oh and this is Ted, Ted Tonks, he's in Andy's year." Molly's smile grew ten times wider as she gestured to a small boy, definitely first year.
"I don't recall the name Tonks, to whom is he related." Bella asked sweetly.
"He's a muggle born…which is perfectly fine." Molly hastily added as Ted's bright smile drooped.
"Hmm, well bye." Bella left quickly hoping to put as much space between her and that, that, abomination. A mudblood, Molly Prewett was friends with a mudblood and not only that she was going out with a Weasley! Bella smiled to herself, she had a lot of gossip to tell her sister about.
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"Oh Andromeda, have I got something to tell you!" Bella almost skipped into the common room as she was so excited.
"What is it Bella?"
"Molly is going out with a … Weasley; oh she is so like aunt Cedrella going off with Septimus Weasley. I even heard that Arnold or whatever his name is; well he's their eldest. Oh and also they were with a mudblood, can you believe it? I think his name was Tod or something…"
"You mean, Ted?" Andy looked at Bella shocked, while Bella's eyes flashed.
"You know him?"
"Well I have a few classes with him, he seemed nice and I didn't know he was a mudblood. Come to think of it so what if he is, he's nice and…" Andy faltered at the look on Bella's face. "I've gotta go, I have uh potions homework, essay uh Slughorn said I have to get it done tonight or he'll take away points from Slytherin." She hastily left leaving Bella to sit down on one of the couches huffing ungraciously as she did so.
"What's wrong Belle?" Rodolphus came up behind her.
"It's Andy, I think she likes a… oh I can't even say it, it burns my tongue. A mudblood." She spat out the words resting her head on his shoulder wishing, hoping he could maybe care for her the same way that she cared for him, a fool's dream she supposed.