Is Everything As It Seems

Family Reunion Part 2

Chapter 10 ~ Family Reunion part 2

Disclaimer ~ read chapter 1

Nikki's P.O.V.

The blackness started to dissolve away and my senses started to awaken. I could feel a silk like fabric underneath my hands so I must be lying on a bed. Also I could feel a hand running through my hair with someone humming gently. Where am I? My heart rate increased along with my breathing. Whoever was running their hand through my hair while humming must have sensed this as they spoke quietly and gently.

"Shhhh, everything is okay, your home now, your big sister is here"

My eyes fluttered open and I tried to get my breathing under control. Bellatrix must have noticed that my eyes were open and I that I was now awake.

"Hey sleeping beauty, how about you get changed then we can surprise mother and father, okay?"

I hesitated, I wonder why she is being so nice, deatheaters are always mean, well that's what we were told by our professors, with the exception of professor Snape, and so I asked my big sister

"Why are you being so nice to me, deatheaters are meant to be mean?"

"We are not always mean baby princess, just to those who do not support our views, plus you are family and we deatheaters are all like one big family, if one is hurt, everyone is hurt"

I thought about it, and it made sense as Drakey, Hales and Katie were not mean to each other or me or the other Slytherins.

"Okay, what am I to wear all I have are my school clothes in my trunk which I have been transfiguring into everyday clothes"

"Don't worry baby princess, we have clothes here"

With that said she dragged me over to the wardrobe and opened the doors. Inside was a wide variety of clothes all in Slytherin green, silver and black with the occasional blood red colour. There were fabrics from satin to silk. I loved it.

I grabbed a Slytherin green corset dress with black lace rimming and some black heels and walked to the bathroom to get changed. The bathroom its self was gorgeous, black tiles with a white bath tub, a shower, a toilet and a large mirror on the wall. I think I'm going to like living here, that is if they let me.

Once I'm changed I walk out of what I'm guessing is the guest bathroom and into the guest bedroom, where Bellatrix is waiting for me.

"Let's go, mother and father are down stairs."

She walked off, and I followed. After a five minute walk, a walk which I will not remember how we go back to the guest room, we arrived in what I guessed was the lounge. The lounge was to my surprise full of beige and brown colours and pictures, which with a closer look contained images of what seemed to be Bellatrix and I'm guessing myself before I was taken away from my parents. The picture that caught my main attention though was the massive portrait of what I'm guessing is my mum, dad, Bellatrix and I, each stroke of the brush was clearly visible which showed how much time and effort was put into the picture.

Movement from the corner of the room caught my attention and made me freeze on instinct. I stayed like this until Bellatrix moved further into the lounge and towards the person sitting in the armchair in the corner by the glass window at the back of the lounge and shrunk down and whispered something into the person's ear. When Bellatrix, fuck it I'm going to call her Bella in my head, finished what she was saying the person gasped in surprise and jumped out of their seat and ran out of the room.

Figuring it must have been something to do with me I broke down and started to cry again, thinking that they didn't want me here. However, Bella noticed this and came rushing over to me and wrapped her arms around my waist and pulled me to her, whispering soothing words such as "it's all ok", "everything will work out, just give it a minute" over and over until my cries turned into sobs and my sobs into hiccups.

A few minutes after my breakdown two people, one of which was the person who ran out the room earlier walked in hand in hand. Once they saw my tear stained face they ran over and pulled me into their arms. The arms wrapped around me tightened and I felt tears start to fall from one of them into my hair and female sobs fill the air. The woman who looked extremely similar to myself apart from the green eyes pulled back and looked at me and started crying and pulled me to her again saying things like "my baby is home", "my girls are together again" and "you're never going to be away from us again, well apart to finish school"

After the tears stopping she let go of me and I turned around to find Bella but instead I saw another pair of piercing green eyes with a smile on his face, daddy. I looked at him for a few seconds, the memories came flooding back of him and my mum so I flew my arms around him and started crying. He stood frozen for a few seconds and then wrapped his arms around me and comforted me and my mum came over also and wrapped her arms around both of us. I stopped for a second and whimpered feeling slightly better but wanting my sister in here to so I acted on instinct and muffled out "Bella". Mum must of heard me and said; "Bella hunnie? Nikki wants you, come here and join us, please?" I'm guessing Bella nodded as she came over and mum and dad both removed one arm from me allowing her to step inside and wrap both her arms around me and pull me closer to her.

This, this is home. This is where I'm supposed to be. With my mum, dad and Bella.

By Nikki_Who