i'm sorry i haven't updated in a while, but i couldn't think of what to write. i hope you enjoy (and understand) this sucky chapter. have fun!

Chapter 4

The school year rushed by so quickly. Narcissa grew close to Lily, Sirius, Peter, James, and Remus. The group was inseparable, even though Lily thought that James and Sirius were pigheaded gits sometimes. The boys became big time pranksters and often dragged Lily and Narcissa into their plots, which was fine with them for that meant avoiding being pranked. Narcissa was surprised in finding she, along with Lily and Remus, were in the top five in grades out of one hundred students. (AN. I know JK Rowlings puts less people in each year, but the lack of an abundance of students annoys me to no end.)

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Bellatrix glanced at Rodolphus LeStrange, her betrothed. They were going to get married that summer, much to Bellatrix's disgust. Rodolphus was one of the more stupid and sadistic Slytherins, only Adriana's little brother had a lower mentality in the Slytherin house. Rodolphus' hand snaked its way toward Bella, but she disgustedly beat it away.

"Bellatrix!" he whined, "You're gonna be my wife soon and I can do whatever I want to you."

Bellatrix cringed, knowing that statement was completely true. In the Wizarding World, unless you have a contract stating otherwise, a witch's husband owned her and she had to do whatever he told her, even if they are illegal acts. A witch could not file for a divorce. A witch was her husband's property. Sometimes, Bellatrix hated being a witch.

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Andromeda carried her trunk to the train. Her sixth year had come to a close. Melantha and Garrett were skipping in circles singing "Schools out!" over and over again.

"Will you just shut up!" Andromeda screamed, but to no avail. Melantha just stuck her tongue out and started singing louder.

"Let's find a compartment," Caria suggested. Thankfully, Melantha and Garrett nodded and rushed towards the train, their infuriating song forgotten.

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Narcissa and Sirius managed to forget what waited for them at the platform for a while with their friends help, but as the train drew nearer they could barely hide their nervousness. The train came to a stop and Narcissa considered staying on the train. Sirius gave Narcissa a frightened look, then put on a mask of happiness and said his farewells to their friends. Narcissa followed his lead and pretended nothing was wrong. Narcissa and Sirius exited the train and, together, approached their parents. Narcissa had to suppress a shudder when she saw the evil glint in their eyes.

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