Chapter 1
“Bella” the childish cry rang out through the house “bella please” andromeda pounded on her older sisters door uncaring if her parents heard she hugged her crying younger sister closer murmuring to her through her own tears “shh, cissa its okay, bellas gonna look after you i promise” she raised her fist to the door again “BELLATRIX!”
Bellatrix crosses to the door,and pulsl it open “andy what do you-” she cut off at the sight of their youngest sister, her shirt stained with her own blood, bellatrix instantly softened her voice and crouched to her sisters level “cissy what happened?”
“I dont know” andy says, pulling the weeping girl into the safety of bellas room, the door locking behind them “i found her leaving fathers study in tears.”
ahh that explains it bellatrix thinks, their father has never been kind. She sits narcissa on her bed. “Cissa can i see?” she asks, getting a minute nod in response. She quickly pulls up the younger girls shirt immediately spotting the main issue “andy, first aid kit” she hears andys footsteps going to the bathroom and then returning, silently handing her the first aid kit.
Bellatrix and andromeda work silently in sync with each other. Cleaning and dressing the wound, making sure there is no infection. After a while they’ve finally done all they can and finally the move to sit next to the young flower. “What happened?” bellatrix askes again when the tears have subsided
“Father- he” narcissa stumbles over her words the tears reappearing in her eyes.
“Hey, hey, hey” bella whispers pulling her close “its okay, we dont need to know what he did, only what he blamed you for”
Andy shoots the older girl a glare at her tactlessness but it seems to make narcissa giggle a little.
“He said- i-” narcissa takes a few breaths to compose herself “he said i smashed a vase” she whispers finally “he used the fragments to- to-” she cant get the words out but her sisters dont mine, they hug her close, letting her feel safe in their little bubble.
They fall asleep like this, unclear where on girl ends and the next begins.
Hours later bellatrix is woken by screams, she frantically checks both her sisters are still there until she realises its the shrieks of a house elf she can hear. She casts a silencing charm on her, preventing either of her sisters from waking to the same horrific sound. She pulls them close again but does not let herself fall back into sleep.