Meeting Draco's Aunt

Meeting the Aunt

Narcissa paces the living room in front of her sister, "Are you sure you don't want to come?" she stops to look at the ravenette sat on the settee, running her hands through her familiars fur.     
"I don't like crowds, you know that." Narcissa sighs, she really didn't like the thought of leaving the woman alone, Snape would usually be here when Narcissa needed to go out, however he had unfortunately been called away.
"Cissy, calm down, I'm  a grown woman, I'll be perfectly alright." Narcissa swallows, her sisters words brought no comfort to her at all, she knew full well what happens when Bellatrix is left alone to long.
"Please wont you come, Draco'll be happy to see you." she came to sit beside the ravenette,
"He can see me when he returns." Narcissa sighs, her sister could be so stubborn. Bellatrix smiles taking Narcissa's hand in her own,
"I'll be fine dear, you needn't worry so much." the blonde sighs,
"Fine, but I wont be long, stay close to Apollo, and remember I love you, Lucy loves you, Draco loves you, we all love you okay?" Narcissa meets the shorter woman's eyes,
" I love you all too, so does Apollo." Bellatrix smiles holding up the little raccoon, who out stretched his little hands making a chittering sound. Narcissa chuckled at the little animal who attempted to grab hold of her necklace again.

"Dobby, keep an eye on Bellatrix ." Narcissa said to the little elf who happily complied.             "Yes mistress." Narcissa smiles at the little elf, she returns to her sister, saying goodbye once more before actually leaving with Lucius. "Cup of tea Apollo?" Bellatrix smiles, scratching the little panda eyed creature under his chin, he purrs in response.
"Dobby." Bellatrix sings, as the little elf appeared.
"Three cups of tea please, of course you'll be joining us, hence the third cup." Bellatrix grins.

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"I feel I must warn you Mione, about my aunt..." Draco mutters, looking at the girl. Hermione frowns,
"Why?" Draco scratches his head,
"Well she's different..." Hermione smiles nudging her friend,
"Its okay Draco, I'm looking forward to meeting her, Professor McGonagall told me she was a little prodigy." Draco chuckles,
"Was, now she's just, well..." Hermione felt bad, she heard how some people referred to the woman as insane, though Minerva spoke so fondly of her former student, so did Dumbledore, though what happened to the woman was kept quiet.
"Draco, its okay." Hermione squeezes his hand.

As soon as the pair stepped off of the train they were greeted by the warm friendly smile of Narcissa Malfoy.
"Thank you so much for allowing me to stay with you." Hermione smiles
"Nonsense, you're more than welcome at our home anytime." Narcissa pulls the girl into a hug.
"Though I must insist you stop growing." Narcissa smiles, earning a chuckle from Hermione.
"Look how tall you are." Lucius smiles also hugging the girl. Though Hermione was tall she wasn't much taller than Narcissa, only by an inch.
"Look at you." Narcissa smiles warmly pulling her son into a hug.

The four caught up, with what they'd missed, as they headed back to the Manor. However before Hermione had chance to enter Narcissa pulled her to the side.
"Now I'm well aware of the rumours going around Hermione, and I'm pretty sure you've heard them too. Now my sister is different but she's not insane, she has a heart of gold, she's the sweetest person I've ever me, it's just sometimes, sometimes she's not quite herself, the worst thing to do though is to panic. Apart from that, she's mostly harmless." Narcissa smiles before entering the house. "Mostly..." Hermione mutters following the blonde woman inside.

As soon as Hermione entered the little panda eyed creature pounced onto her instantly mooching through her bag.
"Hey!" Hermione yells slightly startled, and shocked when the creature ran off with her wand.
"Not as aware as he made you out to be." Hermione couldn't peel her eye away from the woman at the top of the large staircase, that was until she noticed the little raccoon climbing onto her shoulder. He hands her the wand, the woman examines it.
"That's my wand." Hermione frowns, "Congratulations, you can identify your own wand." Narcissa sighs pinching the bridge of her nose.
"You promised me you'd be nice." Bellatrix looks to her sister,
" I am, I just want to know what I'm dealing with, the last time we had a guest, he wasn't that nice." her eyes return to the wand
"Now let me see, vine wood, and I believe it possess a dragon heartstring core. How interesting." Bellatrix muses before handing it back to little Apollo. The little creature jumps onto the banister, making his way back to the girl, holding out the wand to her. Hermione frowns carefully taking the wand back. Apollo chitters, and it was almost as if he was smiling at her, Hermione couldn't help but smile back. "Thank you." The creature chitters once more before returning to his familiar. Hermione's eyes lock with dark ones, only for a moment before Draco appears.

"There you are, thought mum had kidnapped you for a moment." The blonde smiles, then he notices the woman on the staircase.
"I see you've met my gorgeous aunt." Draco smiles up at the dark beauty.
"Not formally." Hermione replies, watching as Draco moves to the bottom of the stairs, and for the first time since she walked through the door Hermione saw The woman smile. Bellatrix descends the stairs, accepting her nephews hand as he helps her down the last couple. "There's my handsome boy." she smiles as the boy kisses her hand before pulling her into a hug. Apollo chitters as he instantly climbs on to the boy, sitting on his head.
"I missed you too little feller." the boy smiles reaching up to grab hold of the raccoon. Bellatrix turns her attention to the brunette, she was a fairly tall young woman with long wavy brown hair, her skin looked to be smooth, and tanned. Her lips a rose pink and her eyes, her eyes were large sweet chocolate swirls with flecks of cinnamon around the irises. Bellatrix had to admit, she was quite pretty, though her dress sense was not. Bellatrix eyes the clothes the girl wore and came to the conclusion she didn't like them, and yet they did suite her.

"Bella, this is my good friend Hermione Granger." Draco smiles looking from his aunt to his friend,
"Hermione this is my aunt, Bellatrix Black." Hermione smiles offering her hand.
"It's nice to meet you Miss Black." Bellatrix flinches slightly, her eyes studying the hand before her.
"Bellatrix if you will Miss Granger." Bellatrix cautiously out stretched her hand, Hermione smiles,
"Then by all means, call me Hermione." Hermione takes hold of the woman's hand, and suddenly her entire body felt all tingly, the woman instantly withdrew her hand, narrowing her eyes at the girl. She turns to Draco,
"I'll be in the library if you need me." and just like that the woman was gone, Apollo along with her. Draco grins turning to his friend,
"I think she likes you."
Hermione's eyes lingered on the spot where the woman had previously been stood, before turning to Draco.
"Likes me? That was the most awkward encounter I've ever had."