Black's House for Little Witches

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A/N: I definitely wrote this in about two hours. It's short, but that's okay. It's also in Andy's pov because I want it to be. 

A quick translation:

Tu viens rester avec moi, petite sœur? - Have you come to stay with me, little sister?

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Andromeda startled awake as a loud crack of thunder sounded. She jolted so hard that she accidentally fell off the side of her bed. She landed with a rough thump and grunted as pain traveled through her bad leg. Just her luck she would land on that one.

Heavy rain pounded against the manor. There was definitely a storm outside. A big one.

She laid on the floor for several moments, hoping the pain would go away. Unfortunately, that didn't appear to be possible. Between so much time spent walking around and standing at the zoo, and now falling down onto it, her leg hurt really bad.

She would have to get Bella. Her sisters didn't like it when she got a pain reliever on her own; sometimes she forgot when she took it. They liked to keep track of those things themselves.

She slowly drug herself up from the floor. She grabbed her panda and her blanket. If she was going to her Grande Sœur 's room, she might as well stay there for the rest of the night.

She trudged through the hallway, careful of the dark. She didn't want to run into anything. That would just make things worse.

She paused a few steps past Hermione's room and then backtracked. She waited outside the door and listened intently for a moment. She was just about to continue on again when she heard it.

Sniffling.

Coming from Hermione's room.

Hermione was crying? That wasn't good. Maybe the storm woke her up and scared her really badly ? Sometimes that happened to Andy. She usually went to Grande Sœur or Sœur when that happened. But Hermione wouldn't do that yet. That was okay. Andy could help her not feel so scared.

She gently knocked on the door. She carefully pushed it open just enough to quietly call into the room. "Mione? Can I come in?"

It took a few seconds, but finally Hermione answered. "Yeah, come in." Her voice was all scratch and shaky. It sounded like she'd been crying for a long time. That made Andy feel sad.

Andromeda pushed the door open further and stepped inside. She flicked a light on and carefully made her way to Hermione's bed. Her leg really hurt, and she really should go get Bella, but she didn't want to leave Hermione alone now. "Thunder scared you?" she asked as she approached.

"You're gonna laugh," Hermione whispered as she pulled her blanket up over her head.

"Nuh uh. Won't laugh, promise." Andromeda flexed her fingers at her waist. "Thunder scared me. Fell out of bed."

"You fell ou- Are you okay?" Hermione asked, suddenly less scared and more concerned.

Andromeda shrugged to herself in the dark. "Gonna get Bella. But heard you."

"Oh. Well, I didn't mean to stop you. It's, it's- Well, it's silly."

"Not silly. Thunder is scary." Andy turned to look at the doorway. Neither of her sisters had appeared yet, which probably meant the storm hadn't woken them. That was okay. She could help Hermione.

But she really needed something for her leg first.

"Okay, I get Bella. Then come back." She set her blanket and panda down onto the bed. "Not scary anymore, Mione. Promise."