Hi everyone! So, like I promised, here is Chapter 7 of Against the Good. Like I said, I have no idea when I'll be able to update again, but hopefully soon! And enjoy the story!
Italics: Dreaming, flashbacks
A helpless scream came from her throat, one of horror, shock, and anger. The Dark Lord lay, dead.
"MASTER", she screamed. "Why have you deserted me?"
Fierce shaking woke Bellatrix from the dream, and an urgent voice whispering, "Bella, Bella, WAKE UP." It was Cissy, bending over Bellatrix with a panicked look on her face.
"Bella, what is going on? You were screaming for the Dark Lord, and when I went to check on you, you were asleep. You're lucky it didn't wake everyone in the whole house," Cissy scolded.
"Cissy, the Dark Lord is dead," Bellatrix panted, her face wide with horror. "I saw it."
"Bella, please. The Dark Lord isn't dead, now why do you think that?" Cissy scoffed. "You were asleep."
"CISSY!" Bellatrix snapped impatiently. "If he's not dead now than it's a vision. We HAVE to warn him."
Narcissa ignored this, and asked, "Why are you having dreams about the Dark Lord anyhow? And more importantly, why are you crying his name?"
"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO DIE!" Bellatrix snarled in her sister's face.
Narcissa stared at Bellatrix for a minute, comprehending what she had just said. Then, the truth began to form in her mind.
"Bella, are you in love with the Dark Lord?"
The question was asked with a good deal of suprise, and horror. Privately, Narcissa thought that was probably the worst choice her sister could have made, considering A) Bella was married, B) being that the Dark Lord was prone to torturing those close to him for small reasons.
"Maybe!? I don't know, how am I supposed to know?" Bellatrix choked out.
Narcissa sighed. This was probably Bellatrix's first experience with actual love. She had married Rodophus because the whole family had expected her to, and not because she cared about him. Yes, they were a good team on missions, but they weren't in love. Narcissa knew that, in order to sort her sister out, she was going to have to explain what love felt like, and she was NOT looking forward to it.
"It's complicated, Bella. At least with me, I feel a great desire to protect those who I love. For instance, I do not allow anyone to insult else they PAY. And I'm also very defensive of him."
"Number one, check," Bellatrix snapped. On her part, Bellatrix was not enthused that she had been informed that it was obvious that she loved someone. First of all, she wasn't happy that her sister knew before she did. She was supposed to know before anyone else. She wondered if the Dark Lord knew.
"Sometimes, people feel jealous if someone else is closer to their love then they are. I personally do not feel this way, but some people do."
"Check," Bellatrix muttered.
Narcissa heard this, and smirked. Bellatrix's responses to Lucius having authority when she came back was enough to show the whole world.
"Most people also feel very sad at the idea of their loved one passing away, which I already know you have," Narcissa said.
"Check," Bellatrix muttered again. She felt so stupid right now. Maybe, she reflected, she should have spent more time hanging out with the boys, as Cissy had, rather than practicing the dark arts on mice.
"Most people also feel a great longing to be with that person," Narcissa explained. "They want to be close to them, and never leave their side."
Bellatrix thought on that one. She thought about how she had often tried to purposely help him with something that was in close contact, or to be in a room alone with her.
"Check, I think,"Bellatrix said.
"Bella, that's all that I know. From my observations, it appears to me that you're in love with him. I would try to sleep now, and my advice is to act normally, and not behave like a lovesick baboon," Narcissa instructed.
"Why not?" Bellatrix asked.
"Because if he doesn't feel that way about you, that means that the only thing you'll get from that is feeling sorry for yourself. Wait for him to tell you."
"Oh. Nighty night Cissy," Bellatrix said sleepily.
Hopefully that wasn't too deep and philosophical for anyone! I felt like that now, since there's really no action, and as far as I know, the death eaters lay low for a while, that maybe I should develop Bellatrix as a character, but hopefully soon we can see her in action. Maybe I'll let her torture someone!