Sorry its been so long since i updated! All my fault! First my plot bunnies ran away to vactaion somewhere warmer than our freezing tempatures...maybe Hawaii.... Then i had like 3 different school projects due.....yeah...
So anyway enough of that! On to our dear Ms. Black... BTW the italics is a flashback
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How dare he! I was in the Room of Requirment blasting everything in sight, trying to get out my frustration and anger. Lucuis Malfoy dared to try and harm my sister. Not Narcissa, no never his little lap dog, but Andromeda. Sure she was close to be disowned by the family, but she was also one of the few people I was close to. And Lucius Malfoy dared to hurt her....
I growled in frustration and slipped my wand back into my sleeve. Blowing things up wasn't giving me enough satifaction so instead I went for a pillow sitting in the rubble of a nearby couch. I snatched it up and felt the fabric rip beneath my hands. When nothing was left but some black fabric and a lot of feathers I backed up agaisnt a wall and let the tears come. It seemed like forever I sat there crying. Afraid and unsure of what to do...
After a while I was aware of someone in the room. Aware of that someone laying a comforting hand on my shoulder. Aware of me turning and wrapping my arms around their torso, wishing for a safe place. Aware of their soft voice as I fell asleep...
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I was walking back from Charms when I heard shouting from a nearby corridor. I followed the voices, walking carefuly so I wouldn't be seen, yet when I rounded a corner I saw Malfoy and Andromeda.
"Whats going on here?!" I ran over in front of Andie so I was in front of Malfoy's wand."Andie?"
Malfoy spoke before she could answer."Move aside Bella. I've been instructed by the Dark Lord to remove this blood-traitor from your family."
"That's ridiculous, Malfoy!" I sneered."Everyone knows that no one gets into the ranks of Death Eaters until after they've graduated, at the earliest!" By now my wand was also out, and pointed at him, Andie still tucked safely behind me. I might have sounded confident, but on the inside thoughts were swirling around my head. Was Malfoy really in the Dark Lord's ranks as a Death Eater? Did he really order for Andromeda to be killed?
"Don't be stupid Bella," he warned me,"you don't want to be on the Dark Lord's bad side. Iv'e seen what he does to people who defy him. Your sister will die, and I don't want to have to kill both of you."
"Stay away!" I was slowly moving Andie and me backwards, my wand still pointed at him.
"Please, Bel-" He broke off suddenly, and put his right hand to his left arm. "Oh Merlin, you did join.." I muttered under my breath.
"I'll be back for her. You know which side you're on Bella, so let her go." After that he hurried out of the hallway and I asked Andromeda if she was ok, and then sent her back to the Slytherin Dorms. After that I stalked in the direction of the Room of Requirment.
I wanted to curse Andromeda for falling in love with a Hufflepuff, a mud-blood to make it worse. I wanted to shout at her for acting out on hner feelings. I wanted to hex her for not listening to me when I told her that staying with him would endanger her, and make the family look bad. She didn't listen to a word I said, only told me that she couldn't just stop seeing her Teddy. And now look what had happened....
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When I stopped crying I was aware that person I had cried on was none other then Severus Snape. Suddenly embarrased, I stood up cast a quick Scougify on my face. When I turned around Severus had gotten up ,and was dusting himself off.
"Hey Sev..." I said weakly. He only glared at me a moment before his gaze became softer.
"Care to explain why I found you sitting in all this", he gestured around the room at all the destroyed items,"crying your eyes out?" Here I froze. Severus was going to join the Death Eaters, the very group that wanted to kill my sister. I may not approve of all Andie's choices, but she is pretty much the only family I really have. Yet I was to join the Death Eaters too. Unless...unless I didn't join them....
"Bella?"
"Uh... I'll tell you later Sev... I really have to go do something." I didn't check to see his reaction, almost running out the door in my haste to leave. I had some huge desicions to make, and they needed to be made before the Christmas Holidays, which were only a few days away. I was going to do anything to save Andromeda, even if it meant switching alliances completely...
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So there it is, and it's probably horrible but tell me what you think. This story is kind of just writing itself.... I needed something to make Bella really think about where her alliances lie and bringing Andromeda in and making them have a close relationship was the best was to do it.
TTFN! - Bellatrix-Black-Forever