Willing change: revised edition

17

Two days creep by the first she was completely bedridden, pain bursting from her jaw, radiating to the back of her skull. The second came, pain free and Hermione attended herbology. It being the first class of the day Hermione was a bit shocked to see Chandra come walking in. She walked over to Justin, another Hufflepuff and talked for a moment before turning her attention to Hermione. She came over to her and leaned around the plant her cousin was tending to.

“So… I might need you to make yourself scares the day after tomorrow.”

Hermione went to answer when a pungent smell hit her nose. She stopped and glared at her cousin.

“Did you come in here to make a drug deal?”
“It's not drugs.”

Hermione rolled her eyes.

“Why do I need to leave?”
“The four of us are going out for a few days. You need to go to Bellatrix's.”

Hermione nodded slowly. It was only right that the four of them have time alone to get settled with each other.

“Alright. Seems fair. Can't start a relationship on nearly nothing.”

Chandra nodded in response and her demeanor shifted to an angry sneer but she spoke through a cocky grin.

“Keep it as a surprise for her. I want this as a little extra payback for busting up my mouth.”

Hermione instinctively looked to her cousin's teeth. They were finally normal. Back to Chandra's usually bucktoothed glory. She must have taken too large of a dose of skele gro. Hermione then raised a brow.

“Extra? Something has already happened?”

Chandra nodded.

“An eye for an eye… a-”
“Tooth for a tooth…”

Chandra made a clicking sound with her tongue.

“Exactly… anyway. I have to go talk to my mom. Can you meet me in the gardens after classes?”

Hermione nodded and Chandra walked off, leaving the greenhouse. Hermione rolled her eyes, she didn't even want to know how bad Bella's mouth was. her mind snapped to the previous morning. Well that expanded why she was in so much pain. She shook her head and returned to pruning her plant.

Malfoy manor

Bella sat in her sister's kitchen downing a glass of fire whiskey. She groaned as the burn hit her shattered teeth. Narcissa had done a magnificent job of healing the gums but there was nothing she could do for the ‘teeth’.  Bella shoved her black curls out of her face and looked over at her sister, who had been sitting there for a while. She looked like she was itching to say something.

“What is it Cissy?”

Narcissa sat up with a concerned look.

“Since Daedric did a number on you… do you think differently of what Chandra said after her first meeting?”

Bella rolled her eyes.

“Please. So she's got a bodyguard. As for what she said… I'm not going to hurt Hermione. She's watching me for nothing… and what dose she think is going to happen when she hurts me anyway?”

Narcissa shrugged.

“You tell me Bella. To me she seems a lot like you. You would have done anything to protect me and Andy… regardless if it hurt us.”

Bella rubbed her cheek and scoffed.

“Yeah what about this? Surely she felt it.”
“I honestly don't think Daedric cared. What would you do if someone hurt Hermione as badly as you hurt Chandra.”