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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 21: The Older Sister
"Why is she following us?" Peter glanced behind them with concern.
"I believe she is following Jas…" Remus didn't miss the way Bella kept her eyes fixated on his friend.
"Did you make her fall again? You really need to stop doing that," Sirius said. "You have no idea how crazy my cousin can get when she's angry."
"I do have a good idea," Jas muttered. "And I did nothing to her."
The only thing he had done was reject her request...politely, or at least he had tried. She was not one to take no for an answer.
'One thing is to share a class with a younger version of Bellatrix
Lestrange, but to teach her my brewing thods?... Not a chance.' Jas frowned, recalling the war and his encounters with that madwoman.
Over a century may have passed for him since those days, but he still had vivid mories from that ti.
More than enough to keep him on his toes when he was near her or her friends.
"Oh, looks like she's gone," Peter finally said when he could no longer see her.
"That's good. Slytherins only bring trouble, and we've had enough with Snape already," Remus added.
A short distance away, around a corner, Bellatrix had stopped because she had been called by her sister.
"What do you want?" She was in a really bad mood right now.
'How dare Potter reject my request?...' she thought bitterly.
"That's no way to address your older sister." Androda Black stared at her with her deep black eyes. "Did you get into a fight with those Gryffindor boys? It looked like you were getting ready to curse them."
Bella snapped at Androda. "That's none of your business." She had never gotten along with her older sister. Their views were too different from what their family had taught them since childhood.
If that wasn't enough, Androda was now sneaking around with a boy their family would never approve of.
"Shouldn't you be with your new boyfriend, the mudblood?" Bella sneered.
Androda was shocked by the comnt and looked around to make sure no one had heard. "How did you… Did you tell anyone about that?"
"Obviously not… Mother would have co here in person and dragged you back ho so she could curse you," Bella said.
Androda flinched at the ntal image. That did sound like sothing their mother would do. Her eyes then moved back to Bella. "Thank you for not telling on ."
"Tsk…" Bella looked away. "You're still my sister."
Androda smiled. They may not get along, but Bella was very loyal to her and Narcissa when it truly counted.
Bella's purple eyes t Androda's black ones. "But you need to stop seeing that mudblood. Even if I keep my mouth shut, it's just a matter of ti before soone else finds out."
"Bella, you need to stop using that word at school… And it's not that simple…" Androda lowered her gaze.
"Everyone in our family uses it," Bella responded. Although she was aware that it could get her in trouble if she said it in front of a professor, she only used it when she was alone with her housemates.
"And what do you an by 'not simple'? Just tell him off."
"But I really like him…" Androda's cheeks beca a bit red. "I think… I may love him."
Bellatrix frowned. She hated that word. Love was a forbidden concept in the Black family.
One did not date or marry for love...only to form connections that would benefit the family in so way.
"What makes you so special?" Bellatrix had to put in effort to control the volu of her voice.
"Bella…" Androda knew well why her sister got upset at the re ntion of that word.
"Don't give that. Why do our house rules apply to everyone but you?" Bella asked. She had been told she had to marry Rodolphus Lestrange because it would be good for their family, and she had not complained, not even once. Despite the fact that she hated that violent, dumb hunk of muscle with all her heart.
"You're supposed to marry the heir to the Rosier family," Bella reminded her.
"He is an awful man…" Androda said. Not only did he have a twisted personality, but he was also more than twice her age, already reaching his mid-thirties. "I refuse t—"
"You refuse?... Do you even know what you're saying?" Bellatrix looked outraged. "Do you understand the consequences of those words?"
"Okay, calm down, Bella. You're right. I was just being silly." Androda tried to placate her sister before she beca even more upset. She knew there was no chance of convincing her otherwise.
Of the three sisters, Bella had always been the favorite target of their mother's anger.
Since she was little, Bella had been engraved with the lesson that family cos first...more so than Androda or Narcissa.
Androda understood this, so she gave up trying to change her mind. That was probably impossible.
Her words had an effect on Bella, and she seed to calm down.
"It's good that you finally ca to your senses…"
Androda nodded. "By the way," she said, deciding to change the topic. "Are you going to tell why you were following those Gryffindor boys?"
"I told you it wasn't your business."
"Oh, but it is! If they did sothing to my little sister, I will teach them a lesson they won't forget." Androda's tone sounded jovial, but she ant every word.
"I can take care of myself. But it's not like that anyway… I just wanted to speak with one of them."
"About…?" Androda was now genuinely curious. Her sister had never shown any real interest in any boy before.
"Potions," Bella responded.
"Potions?" Androda tilted her head. This was not the answer she had expected to hear.
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