This one, albeit somewhat dumb, is better than the chapter before this—I think and hope! It sends the time zone into a warped nothingness, though, so just know I'm going to do it totally out of order from here on..I might do Hagrid later on..but probably not. And I should thank ZekeDarklord for this idea. :)

Andromeda Tonks (nee Black)

"Black, Andromeda!"

A tall, spindly girl with dark brown hair past her shoulders and wide brown eyes, a spitting image of third-year Bellatrix Black except with longer, brown hair and softer eyes, was striding up to the hat. Were the two sisters? The Hat wondered. There were so many Blacks splattered across Slytherin it was impossible to tell..

Good evening, Sir Hat.

Hello. Are you Bellatrix Black's sister?

Unfortunately.

You do not like your sister?

She's a prat.

Oh? And why is that?

Well, when she first got to Hogwarts—wait a second, you're a talking Hat!

..Yes?

And there are no Hinkypunks inside of you!

Hinky—?

Or anything else that bites! Oooh, I shall flay her alive! She swore that there was a little pocket in the edges of you and there was an evil biting creature inside that gnawed our brains until it figured out where to go.

...No wonder you hate her...

Well, yes, that and the fact that she's forever teasing and bothering me.

I thought all sisters did that?

They do but not like Bellatrix. She uses magic to get horrible things to follow me around—

But she isn't allowed.

The Ministry will think it's my mum and dad doing the magic, silly thing. And she's so mean to poor little Sirius.

Sirius?

He's my five year old cousin. He's so cute and tiny, and he's nice to everyone, but Bella is so mean to him. She knows he's afraid of loud noises and the dark, so she keeps dropping things and locking him up in the bathroom. She's horrid!

I see. I do remember Sorting her. She had a somewhat vicious mind...

You're a good judge of character. D'ya know, when my friend Ablax Tohl* came over for the first time, she conveniently left my journal lying open to a rather personal page in plain view where Abrax could easily spot it?

You aren't friends with Tohl anymore, I take it?

Not since he read that I am falling over my toes in love with him..oh, I was ten! I didn't know any better! Ugh..

I see..

I have another sister, too, Narcissa Black. She's nine.

Do you like her any?

Oh, I dunno. She's not nearly as evil as Bellatrix, but we're not exactly best pals..she kinda blends into the woodwork.

And what do you think of your parents?

Dad died when I was about..ah, whatwas it..seven and three quarters. He was pretty awesome. Mum's something of a twit, though..favors Bellatrix, doesn't make any move to punish her when she teases me..ohh, but last time Bella got me I got her back...set a Niffler into her bedroom, it destroyed her gold watch. It was awesome.

I presume you are unhappy at home.

Yeah, I guess you could say that. Mum's annoying, Narcissa just stands there, Bella's poisonous...I've been waiting to get to Hogwarts, eager to get it away from it all..I don't really want to be in Slytherin, by the way. I don't especially want Bellatrix bothering me in front of the entire common room.

Well, I suppose Ravenclaw would be perfect for you, in that case!

"RAVENCLAW!"

*No idea who this guy is, just made him up for lack of names =P

I was guilted into writing this chapter. PLAIN, FLAT OUT, GUILTED! I have a huge pile of homework to do, but then I got several story alerts, favorite stories, and reviews. So. Yeah. I was guilted. Oh well, it was a lot of fun. Next chapter should be up by February...hopefully...anyways, I've got a long weekend coming up.