It's been three days since Bellatrix and the other death eaters escaped Azkaban, returning to the Malfoy manor. Bellatrix hadn't gotten any better other than the fact her wound was healed, she screamed in her sleep, hardly eaten and spent most of her time alone in her room. It was as if she hadn't left prison.
She had killed her husband. That was definitely something different than Azkaban she felt alive again, having her wand and using those curses. The dark lord had not spoke to her, even after she killed Rodolphus. Bellatrix worried that he thought she might have been to unstable to return to his ranks or if she had changed into something that wasn't good enough for him.
Narcissa worried about too, she didn't want people to know what she was doing in her room. She had put a silencing charm around the room so Bellatrix could have some privacy. She had seen her after they found Rodolphus she was someone different from the old days, she had a madness even she couldn't describe.
It was still the early hours of the morning when Bellatrix woke up to the sound of screaming again, only realizing it was her who was screaming when she tried to swallow with her dry mouth causing her to feel how raw her throat was.
She knew what being in that place had done to her she knew she had a madness that had only been intensified with 14 years of solitude, there was no getting away from herself. The anger was boiling in her veins she could feel the tension in the pit of her stomach as her eyes went wild. She pulled out her wand from under the pillow, firing hexes and curses destroying anything In her path. She was panting by the time she lowered her wand. She looked at the destruction, wood splinters everywhere, the room was all but destroyed yet she lay back down on the bed and sighed still not feeling like she had destroyed enough.
Narcissa was in the next room tossing and turning in her sleep she had no idea how she was going to help her sister. She knew Bellatrix needed her space, she needed time to return to 'normal' after so much time in a cell. She was worried, her sister had not left her room apart from going to the bathroom and wouldn't eat anything, she made even their childhood favorites.
After five minutes Narcissa couldn't stay in bed any longer,she had to see her sister. Walking across the hard wood floor she cringed with every step trying to be quiet to make sure not to wake her husband. Opening the door slowly to make sure it wouldn't creek Narcissa walked out into the hall, closing the door behind she breathed a sigh of relief. She stood just outside Bellatrix's door for at least ten minutes deciding whether to go in and see her or to just walk away.
Inside the room Bellatrix was alert even with the silencing charm she could feel the presence of another person out side the door. She stood in the corner of the room hidden by the shadows, she was clutching her wand in her hand so hard her knuckles were going white, staring at the door waiting to see who dares to come into her room with no warning.
Slowly the door opened and a pale hand came round the door. "Bella its just me please you don't need to harm me. Can I come In please?" A low whisper that sounded more like a statement than a question came from the intruder, but the voice was filled with an emotion that she couldn't remember the last time someone had spoke to her that way. Releasing her wand slightly and relaxing .
"Cissa?" She questioned at the door still stood in the shadows.
"Bella I'm coming in." The door opened a little more before Narcissa walked into the room. It took a while for her eyes to adjust to the darkness the only light coming in the room was the moonlight. Looking around trying to find her sister she noticed the movement in the shadows and looked over in that direction.
Bellatrix stepped out of the shadows looking over at her sister. "I have missed you Cissy."
"I have missed you to Bella, how are you feeling?" Bellatrix ignored her sisters question and just went over and opened the window too feel the fresh air. The wind blew through her hair making it more unruly. Narcissa moved towards the bed and perched her self on the edge. She looked over at her sister with a worried expression she had never seen her sister so quiet. "Do you want to talk or are we just going to sit here in silence?" Narcissa asked her voice laced with annoyance.
Bellatrix turned around and smiled at her sister exposing her crooked rotting teeth. "There is nothing to talk about Cissy I'm healing, I'm free and soon the Dark lord will be willing to let me help with his plans."
"I meant I want to know about what happened to you in Azkaban."
Before narcissa could react Bellatrix had raised her wand. "CRUCIO!"
Narcissa's body fell to the floor her body writhing and foam pulling at the corner of her mouth, screaming as it felt like a thousand knifes pierced her body. "Don't you ever bring that up we will never talk about that EVER!"
She released the crucio curse on her sister and walked back over to the window. Narcissa wiped her mouth and crawled towards the bed to help her stand up. She pulled herself onto the bed, her body was exhausted from the curse. "I'm sorry Bella I wont bring it up again."
Narcissa got up and left the room, she realized there was no getting through to her sister when she was like this so she just gave her space in the hopes that at some point her sister would come to her.
Bellatrix was frantic, she knew her sister only wanted to help but she never wanted to talk about those years ever. They had robbed her of her sanity and all her happy memories there was nothing but a shell left of Bellatrix, her heart was numb and so was the rest of her. She doesn't feel any more.
She was pacing the room frantically running her hands through her black curls she was angry that she had let her anger get the better of her and attack her sister. Her mind was running over time, she hadn't slept properly in years. Her body was exhausted.
She walked over to the window seat curling up as she looked out over the grounds, she took in a deep breath and tried to calm her self down. She knew she should apologize to her sister but Narcissa wasn't dumb she would know she wouldn't mean it. As Bellatrix looked out the window a single tear slid down her cheek , she was so frustrated with her self for taking it out on her sister and showing weakness. A heart wrenching scream erupted from inside as she shot of random hexes at everything in the room. Destroying the rest of the room. she looked at where the bed was before, the mattress was just burning embers. "I didn't want to sleep anyway." Bellatrix mumbled to her self.
Narcissa made her way to a spare room she didn't want to go back into her room and risk waking up her husband. She got her self undressed and looked at her body in the mirror she was covered in bruises from where her body had violently jerked against the floor. She walked across the room into the bathroom, in the middle of the room stood a large claw bath with beautiful golden claw feet and silver taps. Narcissa flicked her wand and the bath filled with warm water and vanilla scented bubbles, climbing into the water her body ached. She knew she just needed a days rest and to relax, it was her heart that hurt the most because her sister had cursed her and didn't feel anything.
Bellatrix's body had gone way past exhaustion, she was shaking. She curled her self further onto the window seat and stared at the spot where her sister fell until she passed out.