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"Malfoy!" Bellatrix Lestrange snarled, standing over him with her arms crossed, "Get up, you useless lump of fat!"
Lucius obeyed, glaring at her as he did so. He realised that she wasn't the only other Death Eater in the room with him; several of his older comrades stood behind her, peering at him. Some of the men's faces were uncertain; others sneered at him, looking pleased at Bellatrix's intimidation of him.
"What do you want, Bellatrix?" Lucius asked tersely.
This raised snickers and wolf-whistling from Bellatrix's cronies. The she-Death Eater pranced forward, grabbed him by the shoulders, and slammed him into a nearby wall. Lucius's eyes watered; he continued glaring at her, breathing heavily.
"I want," Bellatrix snapped, her wand at his throat, "to show you your place, Malfoy." She gestured vaguely to the men behind her. "Don't you think that because you're from that oh-so-lovely family of blonds," she dug her wand deeper into Lucius's cheek, "that you necessarily hold a higher rank in the Dark Lord's circles, filthy little scumbag. You have to earn it."
"I know," Lucius retorted, "I was Slytherin, too."
One of the men snickered. "Whatev'r yer say, Malfoy," shot the heavyset man. Judging from his muscular built and his dull speech, Lucius decided he was either a Crabbe, or a Goyle. Crabbe-or-Goyle turned towards his comrades. "Them kids're so bloody funny these days, I gotter say."
Bellatrix continued breathing on Lucius's face; he wished that he could inch away from her hot, cigarette-induced breath. Her heavily-lidded, long-lashed dark grey eyes locked with his stormy grey. "You and your smart mouth, Malfoy... It will get you in trouble one day. Even my sister will not stand for it anymore, once I have my say."
"Once you what?" Lucius said blankly, but she let him go, making him sink against the wall.
Bellatrix Lestrange laughed, a high, unhinged sound.
"You'll see, Malfoy," she smirked, gesturing for the men to follow her. "You'll see."
And she and her fellow Death Eaters left, leaving Lucius wondering on the floor what the hell she had meant.