The Black Rose

Chapter six- Talks

*Edited*

After Jabe had gotten Bellatrix out of her bath and into some clothes she lead her sister downstairs and into the kitchen. Jabe knew Bellatrix would need to start her diet off light. Years of malnutrition had taken its toll on her stomach. So Bellatrix couldn't just dive right back in to solid food. She had to take it slow. 

And slow was exactly what Jabe intended to do. Jabe fixes Bellatrix some broth before giving it to her sister. "Take it slow bells. Merlin knows how long it's been since you've had any real food." Jabe say. Bellatrix nods and sips the broth slowly. 

She can't help but smile. Bellatrix hadn't realized how much she had missed simple things like bathing or hot meals until she was free. Her time in azkaban now seemed all a blur, now that she was free. So many questions ran through Bellatrix mind but one was predominant. 

"Jabe?" Jabe looks over at her sister. "Has he been found? Has there been any word?" Jabes heart drops. She knew she was going to have to tell her sister sooner or later. But Jabe had preferred later. Sighing Jabe sets down the kitchen knife she had been holding and turns to her sister. "No bells. There has been nothing." Jabe lies. 

She didn't want to lie to her sister but now just wasn't the right time to tell Bellatrix the truth. If she told her he was alive, she would have to tell Bellatrix everything. And it just wasn't the right time for that. Bellatrix nods sadly and looks down before whispering "He's alive Jabe. I know it. He's out there. And he needs our help." 

Jabe sighs and shakes her head. "I know. But what you need right now is to eat then rest. You are in no condition to go looking for the dark lord right now." Jabe says going back to the carrots she had been chopping. 

Bellatrix sighs knowing her sister was right. She was weak right now. And didn't even have a wand. Bellatrix didn't even know if she could use her magic being as weak as she was. So if she were to be caught, Bellatrix would have no way of defending herself. 

Bellatrix sighs softly and goes back to her broth. She was thinking hard. About her, about Jabe, about the dark lord. So much had changed since Bellatrix had least seen the outside world. Jabe had changed. She looked different, maturer and even older. 

Bellatrix didn't know what had become of her younger sister narcissa. Last time Bellatrix had spoken to her other sister, she was being taken away to azkaban. Bellatrix wondered about her nephew Draco. Dragon, she had called him. 

Bellatrix used to love making her dragon laugh. Seeing his smile when she would torture someone. Bellatrix had missed that. And then there was Jabe. Bellatrix knew nothing of what her sister had been doing since everything fell apart. 

She didn't know where her sister had been, or what, if anything, she had been through. And then there was her father. Bellatrix knew that her father was getting older in age. And that he might not have very many years left on this earth. 

Bellatrix had missed her father. She had always been close to him. Her and Jabe were closest to their father. Narcissa had been distant in the years before Bellatrix was taken. And her blood traitor of a sister. Well she wasn't even worthy to carry the black family name. Looking up at her sister Bellatrix sighs. "What of father?" Bellatrix asks and Jabe freezes. 

She's sighs before facing her sister once more. "Father is not fairing well. He has grown sick in his older years. The healers do not think he will last more then a few years. I still go and see him about once a month. He enjoys the company." Bellatrix's heart breaks at this and a single tear slips from her eyes. 

"I'm sorry bells. A lot has changed in the thirteen years you've been gone." Jabe says. Bellatrix angerily wipes a tear away from her eyes. "It shouldn't have. All of this, is that's brats fault. If he had just died like he was supposed to. None of this would have happened!" Bellatrix says. Jabe sighs. "I know bells. Believe me. I know." Jabe mumbles with pain in her heart.

She was beginning to feel the pull on her soul bond with Voldemort. Bellatrix sighs and looks down. "Father misses you most of all. He's always talking about you " Jabe says. Bellatrix lets out a small smile. "Can we see him?" Bellatrix asks. 

Jabe sighs. She knew Bellatrix needed to rest. But she also knew that they may not have much longer with their father. Jabe sighs once more before saying "Rest tonight. We will see how you are doing in the morning and then decide." Bellatrix gives a nod. 

Jabe finishes cutting the carrots before moving on to some other vegetables. "You know Draco has missed you bells." Jabe says. Bellatrix looks up with a smile on her face. "You'd be so proud of him bells. He looks just like his father. And he gets his power from his mothers side." Jabe says. "Does he know?" Bellatrix asks. Jabe shakes her head. 

"No. No one knows. This was all me. I couldn't risk anyone finding out until after I had gotten you home." Jabe says. Bellatrix nods. "He takes after you Bella. He's always asking me to teach him dark curses." Jabe says. This makes Bellatrix let out a laugh. 

"That's my dragon." She smiles. Jabe gives a smile back before taking the empty bowl and setting it in the sink. "That's all you can have for now Bella. Like I said. We need to take it slow." Jabe says. Bellatrix nods and goes to stand but her knees give out from under her. Jabe is quick to catch her sister before she can hit the floor. 

"It's ok bells. I've got you." Jabe says letting Bellatrix lean on her. Jabe slowly helps Bellatrix to a room and into bed. Pulling the covers over her Jabe hits the lights. "Get some rest bells." Jabe orders making Bellatrix smile. "Night Jabe." She says. "Night bells." Jabe smiles back before quietly closing the door and walking back into the kitchen to finish her salad.