Countdown to the Escape

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"Bella?" I whispered.

"Yes, Elada."

"Do you think Mother will used the Cruciatus curse again?"

"...Yes, " she whispered.

She wiped my wet cheeks in the dark.

"Don't worry," Bella said," we'll be going to Hogwarts soon. The next two days! I can't wait for our first year."

"Me neither, sister," I smiled. She always found a way to stay positive, even in our difficult situation.

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"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Please stop. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Bellatrix's cry echoed mine a few moments after. Hers was not as long as mine and she didn't plead like me. She was always stronger.

I sat at the top of the stairs as Father beat her, biting my lip 'till ot bled. They were always harder on her.

Moments layer,  she limped up the stairs, her clothes soaked in blood.

"Bella!" I gasped. Tears rolled down my cheeks.
She only shook her head.

I somehow managed to get her to our room and peeled off her clothes.

Her body was covered in gashes.

She winced as I attempted to tend to them.

"Thank you, Elda," she said.

"This is the worst they've ever done!"

"It's alright... it's fine. I... I just need to rest," she replied.

"Alright..."

"Just think. In one day we'll be at Hogwarts... away from them. Safe," she whispered.

"Yes. They can't hurt us there," I said.

"Esmerelda. They... you know that they will make us become Death Eaters someday, right?"

"Yeah... they will."

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