text stringlengths 0 57.5k |
|---|
Being a daughter of the House of Black gave you certain instincts. As soon as the other witch closed the door, Narcissa’s wand was in her hand and pointed at the other witch. "What do you want?" |
"There is the daughter of the House of Black I was waiting to meet." |
Carmen lazily waved her hand and tossed the wand away. She looked Narcissa in the eye. "What I want is to make the House of Black whole once more. Your sister is excellent at teaching the traditions and protocol." Carmen stood from her perch on a desk. "But you, Madame Malfoy have an uncanny knack for politics. I have ... |
"You know nothing about my family." Narcissa said calmly. |
"I know that Sirius and your sister miss you in their lives. That’s all that I need to know. I love Harry. Harry loves Sirius." Carmen shrugged. |
Carmen conjured some paper, a quill, an ink pot and handed it to her. "Write a note to your sister and cousin. It’ll be safe." |
Narcissa raised a disbelieving brow. |
"Oh good grief! I’ll give it to them discreetly. I saw your look of longing towards your kin." Carmen retook her previous seat and stared at her. |
Narcissa looked at her stunned but made to take the items and compose a short note. |
"Now that that’s done. Let’s talk about your son." |
"My son is none of your business." Narcissa snapped. |
"On the contrary he is. You see as the Warden of this school it is my responsibility to see to the safety of every student. Your son constantly goes around bullying other children. This morning was a mere symptom of a much bigger problem. Someone else is bound to come along and challenge him again, and they won’t have ... |
Narcissa gave her a calculating look and decided to try and save her son as best she could. "He’s a good boy." Narcissa started. And Carmen waved her off. |
"Your son is a fucking brat. He has used the name of Malfoy to bully and alienate potential allies. Including potential allies that share the Malfoy view of the world." |
Carmen calmed herself and stood in front of the Lady of Malfoy. |
"Harry could have killed your son. He chose not to. You should be grateful. If it were anyone other than Harry, Draco Malfoy would have been dead." |
Narcissa sucked in a deep breath. She only stayed with Lucius because of Draco. She sighed. This latest failure would not go down well with that rabid beast known as the Dark Lord. |
"What do you suggest?" Narcissa asked with a resigned sigh. |
"Young Draco is on the cusp of a cliff. My guess is that he will always be a snob and a bully, but he needs to tone it down. You and I both know that he doesn’t have what it takes to be a Death Eater like his father. He’d be dead in minutes." |
"Lucius isn’t a..." Narcissa started but Carmen cut her off. |
"I have a lot of magical power. I also am a parselmouth. I also have control of the wards...well I share some control with Albus but that is neither here nor there. I have been around that mark quite a few times over the years and I recognized it for what it was when it was next to me. You need to find a way to get bot... |
Narcissa’s head snapped up in shock from the longer than she had intended letter that she had been writing. "I beg your pardon?" |
Carmen looked at her square in the eye. "Your glamours, while quite good, are no match for my magic and gifts as well as my job here. So how long?" |
"My personal life is none of your concern." |
"You are absolutely correct. But it is his." |
Out of a shadowed corner of the room appeared none other than Severus Snape. |
"Ah. I see that Harry got the message. Good disillusionment charm by the way. Although I did see when the door opened. Might want to work on that." Carmen sat down and pulled out her notebook. "I need to get the charms around the forest done before Yule." She muttered to herself. |
Severus and Narcissa recognized it for what it was. She was giving them a bit of privacy. |
Narcissa’s face was lowered, but Severus urged it up with a soft finger to the chin. |
"Cissy?" Severus questioned her. His eyes boring into hers. |
Narcissa always felt safe with him. Though he was younger, he had always been a good friend. She could not bring herself to do it. To tell him the truth. |
Carmen made it easy for her as she dropped the glamours with a wave of her hand while still going over her notes. |
"Answer me." Severus said calmly. "I thought that maybe he would push you around, but this..." |
"Severus. I’ll be fine." Narcissa started. |
"I will kill him." Severus whispered as he took in her bruised face and neck. He rubbed a soft hand down her right jawline gently. He touched the bruise on her cheek, and down to her neck where she had clearly been choked. |
"I am fine Severus. Please. Just take care of Draconis. I love my son, but too many mistakes have been made." |
"You need out Cissy." Severus said as he continued to lightly touch Narcissa. "Why have you not healed yourself fully?" |
"He will not let me. The first time he caught me healing my arm that he had broken, he stripped me, bound me to the bed and took me. The penetration was very painful, but not nearly as painful as the recently healed arm that he was squeezing tightly as he violated me." She absently rubbed her right arm in remembrance. ... |
Severus raised a brow at her. "I am afraid that you will have to elaborate on that point. The Dark Lord cares for no one that is not him. Except for maybe Bella." |
"He cares about me as far as it may cost him followers. I am an influential pureblood woman from a family with an impeccable pedigree. I could be used to breed more followers or used to influence other women to join the cause. I did not come to dinner that night and Lucius told him why. He tortured my husband to within... |
She cut him off again. "He will take Draco and turn him into a sex slave for Death Eaters. He has already made that promise more than once because of his failures against Potter. He plans for me to get pregnant with another son or impregnate some one else who can give him a son that can live up to his standards. The on... |
"Cissy..." Severus started. |
"No! For my son I will try to save him. The Warden said it herself he is on the brink. I will not lose him." |
The Warden in question perked up. She waved her hand and some catalogues appeared. "Snape. You need to go. Mrs. Malfoy. Your letter." |
Narcissa quickly handed her the sealed missive. |
"Problems?" Snape asked. |
"They’re coming. I had to let the wards adjust so that they didn’t freak out. Here." She threw an invisibility cloak at Snape. He took one last look at Narcissa and moved into a dark corner with it. "This is not over Cissy." He whispered as he melted into the shadows |
The door opened to reveal an audience. |
"OH BY THE GODDESS YOU ARE AWESOME! THAT IS PERFECT FOR MY SKIN TONE! I was thinking maybe an ice blue. What do you think? Maybe a kind of Tiara thingy in my braids? Or a flower on the side. What about shoes?" Carmen wasn’t lying. She had been invited to the Ministry Yule ball. The Minister was most likely trying to no... |
"It would be best to go to T..." Narcissa raised her brow at the men that had walked inside. |
"Maybe a tighter bodice? I’d like that." Carmen squealed. |
"Carmen. We have guests." |
The two women looked at the men they were pretending to ignore. "My apologies everyone. Lady Malfoy was teaching me how to dress in everyday robes and a formal gown. Anyhoo. Mrs. Malfoy has agreed to take me shopping!" |
Carmen once again danced around like a lunatic. "I’m trying to fit in a little bit while I’m here. Just sayin." She looked at Narcissa. "But don’t expect me to wear them all the time. Those things look cumbersome as hell to fight in." |
Narcissa raised a brow at her. She could feel the woman locking down her memories of the conversation with her, herself and Severus and planting new ones about shopping. |
"I will unlock them when this is over.’ And then Carmen withdrew from her mind. It was an extremely powerful yet very gentle intrusion and Narcissa Malfoy was extremely grateful. |
"Perhaps we should add etiquette to these lessons as well. A lady does not swear in public." |
Carmen waved a dismissive hand. "Honey. That ship has sailed. I did five years in the American Magical Army. Everyone has a mouth like a sewer." |
Lucius cleared his throat. "Did you ladies finish your business?" |
"Oh honey there is no such thing as finishing shopping." Carmen smiled. |
"I think for once we agree on something Miss LaVaunt. I have been told as much by my wife on many occasions" Lord Malfoy said. |
"Sweet!" Carmen clapped her hands. She turned to Narcissa and smiled. "Friday ok for you? Say...eight or nine?" |
"I am free at that time." |
"Sweet!" Carmen turned to the Minister. "Thanks for the Invite. Gotta go. Gots work to do. Oh and money is no option! Bye!" Carmen skipped out of the room. |
Everyone stared at the witch skipping down the hall. "What does she mean that money is no option?" Cornelius asked. |
Narcissa just looked at him with a smirk. "She has replaced all of the school brooms, in addition to giving each house a set of brooms for their house teams. She is currently working on rebuilding the school library to its former glory. She is building homes and giving medical care to werewolves. I can say with all cer... |
Lucius guided Narcissa by the elbow out of the door. "Cornelius. I shall see you later." |
"Of course Lucius." Cornelius said absently. Lost in his own thoughts of how to get that aggravating woman on his side dancing through his head. |
0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0 |
"What did she really speak of wife?" Lucius growled low. |
"She truly spoke of only clothing. Apparently our esteemed minister sent her an invitation to the Yule Ball. She wanted to get a feel for proper witch’s fashion." |
"That mentally stunted pygmy invited that crazed witch to the ball?" |
Narcissa gave a small bow of her head to her husband as she passed students in the hall. |
"What do you plan to do?" Lucius asked quietly, as he helped his wife into her winter cloak. He had to keep up appearances after all. |
"What a Slytherin does best to an enemy husband." She smirked at him. She delighted in Lucius’ wicked grin as she took hold of his arm as they walked to the gates. |
0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0 Some time before. During a shouting match between Cornelius and Albus, everyone else who was not in Cornelius’ party took their leave. Lucius and Sirius glared at each other as Sirius passed but said nothing. Minerva, Filius, and Pomona were in front of ever... |
"Harry. What..." Andromeda began. |
Harry shook his head. "No time." He turned to Professor Snape. |
"Professor Snape. Follow the castle. It’ll lead you. You must go quickly. I can’t believe that Lady Malfoy and Carmen are a good combination." Severus took off in a swallow of black robes in the direction he was being led in. |
"Luna luv. Head back to your tower. Since classes are done, we are having a huge picnic by the lake with our friends. Professor LaVaunt has agreed to transfigure a gazebo. There will be warming charms and everything. Dispel the Wrackspurts for me love?" |
"Of course Harry. I will also check in with the elves." Luna kissed him on the cheek and skipped away. |
Sirius was confused. "Harry. What?..." |
"No time dad and Aunty. I need to hide you." He whispered under a powerful parselmagic spell. He led them two doors down from where Narcissa was conversing with Carmen. They snuck in and waited. |
0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0-o-0 |
"Black." Snape did his very best not to sneer. |
"Snape." Sirius stood to his full height. |
Harry sighed. "The cloak please Professor Snape." |
Severus handed it over to the boy, and then they sat there in silence and waited for what? Everyone who was not Harry didn’t know. |
Carmen came in with a flash of magic. "Sorry about that. Politicians are downright useless for the most part. She took in the room and turned to both brooding males. |
"Have you two not done the all important cock swing? Otherwise, this will be a little annoying. As I don’t have a cock, I will probably get bored." |
Carmen perched herself up on an unused desk. "Alright. Have at it!" She laughed for a moment before she got angry. She tied their hands behind their backs and grabbed them by the collars. |
She looked at Sirius first. "You may not like him, hell. I don’t like him but believe it or not you both are on the same side. You both want the same thing. And you!" Carmen looked to Severus. "Sirius Black is a recently house broken puppy..." |
Harry full out laughed while Andromeda hid her giggle behind her hand at Sirius’ affronted "Hey!" |
"...who is just now growing up. Could you imagine the damage the two of you could do together if you just worked together? Starting with helping to save Narcissa’s life." She raised a brow. |
Both men’s head snapped up at the name. |
Andromeda was the first to break the silence. "How. How is she?" |
Severus looked to Carmen who put her hands up with a look that said she was staying out of it. She did release their bonds however. Both men rubbed at their wrists. Severus again looked to Carmen and then to Harry. |
She got the hint and then spoke in parseltongue to Harry. |
"You need to leave little brother. This is an adult conversation.’ |
"I’m not a baby.’ |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.