The Jade Malfoy Book 2: Order of the Phoenix

Chapter 1

Narcissa knocks on Ursa's door before opening it. Ursa is sitting on her window seat, staring out the window. "Cub? How are you doing?" Narcissa asks.

"Fine." Ursa replies. "Why?" Narcissa walks over and sits next to Ursa. She notice's Ursa's tear stained face and dark circles under her eyes.

"Because Draco said he has heard you crying and yelling in your sleep, when you do sleep, and that you have been avoiding him. You will not talk to him and yell at him when he tries. I have noticed you are not eating enough."

"I'm fine."

"Ursa, I can tell you are not fine. What is going on?" Ursa shakes her head. "Is this about the graveyard?"

"It's all I see every time I try to sleep Mother." Ursa says as tears fill and fall from her eyes. "That night. That damn night. I see Cedric die. I see Wormtail cut his own hand off. I see the Dark Lord reborn. I see others holding Father back while the Dark Lord uses the Cruciatus Curse on me. I feel it again and again. I see Cedric's father push through the crowd and break. I see Severus and Draco push through crowd, terrified because I disappeared from right next to Draco and appear with Potter and Cedric's body ten minutes later, crying because I was still in pain. I see Crouch being revealed. I see you coming out of the fireplace as terrified as Draco and Severus were if not more. And the Ministry denies it all. They deny that the most traumatic thing I've been through happened."

"I'm sorry you had to see all of that and be tortured." Narcissa wipes the tears from Ursa's face.

"Did you know that was going to happen?"

"Not specifically. We got a threatening letter telling us not to go to the third task but that you and Draco would be safe. It mentioned they knew your father was not under the Imperius Curse, so we did not want to risk it. We were scared so we did not go. I hope you know that."

"I do."

"How exactly did you end up there?"

"We believe Crouch disapparated us there and then went back before anyone noticed he was missing. I was lucky I didn't get splinched."

Narcissa wipes Ursa's tears. "When was the last time you slept Cub?"

"I don't know. A day. Maybe more. Every day just blurs together right now. I'm not even sure how long we've been home."

"A week." Narcissa gently takes Ursa's hand and stands. She pulls Ursa to her feet and leads her over to the bed. She kicks off her heels and pulls Ursa to sit next to her.

"What are you doing?"

"When you were little and you had nightmares, laying with me always helped."

"Mother I'm 15."

"I'm not giving you a choice Ursa. You need to sleep." Ursa smiles softly as Narcissa lays down on her back. Narcissa guides Ursa to lay her head on her chest. Narcissa kisses the top of her head and Ursa closes her eyes. Narcissa gently scratches Ursa's scalp and plays with her hair, causing Ursa to fall asleep within minutes. When she's sure Ursa's asleep, Narcissa summons a book to read.

A few hours later, Draco opens the door to tell Ursa it's dinner time only to find that Narcissa fell asleep too. He smiles softly before closing the door and going back downstairs. "Did you find them?" Lucius asks.

"They are both in Ursa's room." Draco replies. "It appears that Mother got Ursa to sleep only to fall asleep herself. Ursa hasn't slept in a few days so I was not going to wake them."