AN: Sorry guys, I had technical and health issues. This chapter will be short but I am uploading chapter 12 soon.
Immoral Light
"Are you ready?"
"More than ready."
Andromeda Tonks and her daughter were just a few feet away from their destination. There wands turning back now. With wands ready, they both entered.
"Upstairs," Andromeda gestured. Slowly they ascended the stairs. The first room they spotted was Narcissa's. They entered on defense but was only met with shattered glass and broken frames.
"What happen? There is so much chaos." Tonks whispered.
Andromeda scanned her younger sisters' room, finally laying eyes on a picture of the three black sisters.
"Mom, are you alright?" Tonks asked as she saw her mother closed her eyes.
"Dora, when darkness consumes you there is no turning back. No matter how hard you try, once a person soul is painted black…"
"I am not giving up on Hermione, mother."
"She has already given up on herself." Andy said, crumbling the picture.
"I can bring her back."
"I do not want to be brought back."
Both mother and daughter quickly turned around.
Hermione's eyes widen at the sight of Andromeda. She hesitated, trying to regain her composure.
"You have come to take me back. I am sorry to disappoint you but, I will not be coming voluntarily."
"Hermione, please." Tonks dropped her defenses, but was quickly held back by Andromeda.
"She is not the same person you knew, Dora." She warned, locking eyes with Hermione.
"Why did you do this, Hermione? You are stronger than this."
"It is because of Bella that I am strong. She showed me what true power feels like." Hermione smirked as she rolled up her sleeves.
Tonks eyes widen as she saw the dark mark edged in Hermione's skin. "She did this to you. She forced you to get…"
"Open your eyes, Tonks. I did this. I made a choice and I am content with it. I have everything."
"Are you really happy with this, Hermione? Can you really say that you have everything you ever wanted?"
"Bella gave ne everything I have ever needed."
"Except her heart." Andromeda finally spoke.
Hermione eyes narrowed in anger. "Love is such a useless emotion."
Andromeda shook her head. "You loved her but she could not return it for her heart belonged to someone else."
Hermione's grip on her wand tightens as she heard those words. "You know nothing about us."
"She manipulated you, just like she tried with-."
"I made a choice. A choice that Selina was too weak to make!"
"It was her strength that made her make the right decision."
"You're wrong." She countered. She raised her wand at the eldest witch.
Tonks quickly took defense by aiming her wand at Hermione. "Think this thru. This is not the right path."
"I have chosen my path!"
"You're just going to betray everyone? After everything we have been thru can you just walk away?"
"I only need Bella. I live for her now."
"You are still her puppet, even now. Do you not understand that after Selina's death, Bellatrix only lived for herself? She never loved you."
"She sacrificed herself for me!"
"Do you know why?"
She knew. She knew but she was not going to admit it.
"You remind me so much of her. Your hair, stature, smile and those eyes…
"No I am nothing like her. Bella saw me. She loved me not Selina." She took a step forward, her anger getting the best of her.
"Do not make me do this, Hermione."
"It's ok." Andromeda intervened. "Hermione, what has my sister done to you?"
"She gave me life. She saved me."
"Your life is a wreck because of her. You betrayed us. You betrayed me. You abandon…"
"Betrayal? Abandonment!" Hermione yelled. "Months! I was there for months, Tonks, hoping and wishing you would come back! I waited for you, Tonks!"
"I'm sorry. I know how hard it must have-."
"No! No you do not know how hard it was! You do not know how hard it was to not slit my throat or to not bash my head against the wall. I had to go thru it, not you!" She shouted. "I had to be tortured and raped all because you did not come! No one came for me. I was alone and had to deal with it by myself. Every night he raped me, Tonks. I was beaten and humiliated. I would go days without bathing and eating- nights without sleeping. I tried to stay positive. I kept telling myself that Harry would come back and that you would keep your promise, but you never did. You never came but Bella she… She rescued me."
Tonks took every word in. Guilt, sadness and regret filled her body. "Hermione I am so sorry." She said thru tears. "I never stopped searching….I never stopped…"
"I waited for you!" She cried out. She was beginning to shake.
Tonks took a step forward. Wanting to comfort the young witch.
"No!" She roared. She felt herself going over the edge. It was too much. With a deep growl she pointed her wand at the pair and shouted the venomous curse.
Narcissa awoke startled, sweat dripping down her pale face. Panic quickly filled her as she took in the unfamiliar surroundings.
There was a chair to her left holding her cloak up. Her heart began racing as she remembered the night's events.
She tried getting up, but struggled due to her semi-healed injuries. Eventually she managed to get up; hopping along the bed side she retrieved her wand.
Suddenly she heard a ruffle.
"Show yourself." Narcissa demanded as she clutched her wand. She could barely see out of her swollen eyes. "Lumos"
Nothing. Her front was covered. She was alone, so it seemed.
Narcissa froze as she felt a cold chill run down her spine. She flinched a bit, startled when she felt a light touch on her fingers. She could not move.
"Do not be afraid, Cissy." A voice spoke from behind her.
Her breath caught. Her heart raced and she began to fell faint.
"You are safe, Cissy."
Tears started to run down the blondes face as she listens to the voice. She was beginning to feel sick… She wanted so bad to move but her legs were deadlock. "Bella."
"I'm here, Cissy."
Soft hands trailed down her shoulder. She could not take it. Breathing seemed too complex as she tried to calm her racing heart. Dark spots came to vision and soon…darkness.