Druella sat in her garden watching her girls play. Bellatrix was now nine, Andromeda was six and Narcissa was four. Druella could not have wished for more beautiful girls. She was sure that when they went to Hogwarts they would make her proud.
"Mummy! Mummy!" shouted Andromeda, "Can we go to see Sirius and baby Regulus today?"
Andromeda especially, liked to play with her cousins as Sirius was her age and she loved looking after baby Regulus.
"We'll see, Andy."
"Alright" she said and ran off to play with her sisters
Narcissa stood at the top of the stairs peeking through the banisters watching her parents welcome the guests and introduce them to her sisters. To her dismay her father had said she was to young so she'd angrily resigned herself to watching from above as all the guests arrived. 'How is it fair that they are invited there and I am not' she thought.
Downstairs the guests were in the ballroom dancing to a waltz that drifted through the house to Narcissa who bitterly thought of what fun they were having without her. She couldn't wait to turn seven. Then her parents would think of her as a lady not a child. Then she could join the dance.
"Could I have this dance?"
Andromeda looked up. She knew Bella was dancing with the Lestrange boy, looking as stunning as ever in a crimson lace gown. A dark haired boy stood before her, hand out. What could she say?
"I'd be honored"
Bellatrix raced down the stairs with as much dignity as she could muster. Her Hogwarts letter would be arriving today! She couldn't wait to go to Diagon Alley and buy all her books and equipment, and of course a wand! When she hurried into the dinning room, where her family sat eating breakfast, she saw a letter on the table and squealed with joy.
"Mother, father. Can we go to Diagon Alley today?"
"Yes, why not." Said Druella "I'm so proud of you Bella."