Chapter 1
“Oh bloody hell!” Narcissa shouted.Her fallen taped rifle clattered to the round and the noise echoes throughout the gymnasium. She shook her injured hand vigorously and let out a few more curses under her breath.
“Eh! Malfoy mind your language!” Coach McGonagall chastised her from across the room.
Still holding her hand that had been smashed in her failed attempt at catching her rifle, Narcissa sucked in her breath to distract from the pain. “Its Black!” She called back through gritted teeth.
Mcgonagall rushed over to Narcissa and examined her finger. “It’s not broken but it sure looks painful.”
She leaned down to pick up her rifle with her good arm. “This is gonna get blue by the morning.”
“Suck it up Cissa!” Bellatrix shouted to her little sister. “We’ve all had worse, it’s color guard!”
McGonagall yanked Narcissa’s hand up into the air and the whole team could see her mangled hand.
Narcissa heard someone mutter that ‘it’s not supposed to bend like that.’ Yanking back her hand again she said to the coach, “I’m fine.” She really was, everyone had bruises and some had busted knuckles. It came with the sport.
“I know ya are dear.” McGonagall agreed. Either way, they where already an hour into practice so a break was warranted.“Take ten everyone!”
The team disbursed from the mat and sat by their things.
Narcissa leaned against the wall and pulled out a pain pill from her bag. Normally she wouldn’t care but the rifle had almost snapped her pinky off. She didn’t care if she was being dramatic it hurt like hell. Bellatrix tossed her flag and saber down beside Narcissa and the pair was quickly joined by Severus.
The trio sat in a circle exchanging different snacks as if they where still children in the junior high guard.
As Bellatrix stole her Banana, Cissa shrugged and checked her phone. “It’s the 25th already?”
“Mhm.” Confirmed Severus. “Last night here.” The trio looked around the gym they had spent the last two years training in.
“I’m gonna miss you jerks when you leave.” Bellatrix remarked.
“You’ll miss our snacks.” Severus corrected light heartedly.
“Yes but this means we get to go home. Back to our original guard.” Narcissa attempted positivity. They had traveled from London to compete with a lower level team for a bit, but the pay made up for it. All three sisters, Severus, and Lucius would be making a ten hour trip back to their home city in the morning, with what was sure to be a grueling practice a few hours after.
“How much of your old team do you think will be there?” asked Bella.
Severus shrugged. “Not sure. After all we we where just going around for different teams as coaches for what twelve years-“
“Thirteen.” Narcissa corrected.
“Yes about thirteen years assisting other coaches then we came here for roughly two.”
“Not to mention the team was never really constant before that.” Narcissa shrugged.
Severus agreed. “After we got out of school everything just changed.”
“Yes but now we have contracts with an actual company. Turns out color guard has been getting a lot more popular, even a specialized area for it!” Narcissa was quite excited and Bellatrix enjoyed seeing the joy in her eyes.
“You’ll be happy there.” Bellatrix smiles.
“Hopefully.” Severus sighed.
“You’re never happy!” Narcissa joked.
***
That night Narcissa took great care to pack everything from her hotel room before meeting up with Severus at the train station. The pair waited and boarded their train where they ordered a dinner and fell asleep before it arrived. Hours later the train came to a stop and and the gothic pair stepped off of the transport.
“Welcome back to London Sev.”
“Welcome back to London Cissa.”