"You three are certain?" Luna, Hermione, and Ginny nodded, earning a sigh from the Auror. "Fine fine I will do what I can, but you are still in school, so it isn't like I can just stop my job to teach you dueling."
"They aren't looking for dueling practice, they are looking for combat experience." Hedwig chimed in from nearby. She had considered the same option, of asking the older woman for training, but figured that it would be rather difficult for her to obtain a usable Wand. Add on the fact that she was already years behind and it simply made the idea irrelevant for her.
"Yeah I get it I just… look you three have Harry looking after you."
"He can't be everywhere at once," Hermione countered with ease, having already gone through numerous versions of this conversation in her mind over the past few days. "If we want to help him, to stand with him then we need to be able to do so. Just start us on the basics Tonks… please?"
"Alright… look I will show you the standard stuff and get you an exercise plan. We won't have time to go over more combat ready spells though."
"We can get those from our Lord's godfather's. Surely the Black family has books full of usable Magic." The cheerful blonde chimed in, earning a nod.
"Should be easy enough, besides Harry men are painfully easy to manipulate sometimes. Plus, once we tell them it is to help protect his godson Sirius will probably throw books at us." Ginny finished, earning a few chuckles.
Tonks nodded, "True enough, alright but under one circumstance… when my uncle starts giving you three the extra info I want in on it too, can never be too prepared right?"
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"Cissa darling how have you been?" The Malfoy matron fought the urge to cringe at her 'dear' sister's appearance.
Azkaban had not been kind to her.
Still, she was family, and Narcissa was incredibly grateful towards her husband for rescuing her from that awful place. She had inquired as to why he had gone through such lengths, but he had waved her off, claiming that it was merely to repay old debts.
She didn't believe it for a moment, but for now had no reason to look further into it. The only stipulations he had were to keep her out of the public eye, and away from any dark activities. Being linked back to a Death Eater could be potentially disastrous for their family if word got out.
Thus, she led her sister to the south wing of the house, the one rarely used even for guests, to keep the woman away from any unnecessary interactions.
"I have been doing well Bella, how do you feel?"
"I feel wonderful . Everything is so bright and cheerful, just makes me want to go out and torture a few unsuspecting Muggles."
Narcissa hissed in warning, before practically pushing the deranged woman into an unused room. " Not when you are in this house you won't!"
"But cissy…" Amazing, even after over a decade in prison her sister could still whine like a child.
"Bella, I swear if you somehow endanger my family I will find the most awful poison known to Wizards and lace your tea with it!"
The older woman pouted, before muttering about how 'unfun' the younger was.
"I am going to be twice as 'unfun' once you see the potion regiment you will be on for the next few months."
"But cissssssyyyyyy "
"No buts, Azkaban does terrible things to your skin… and hair… and eyes… and teeth… and… well you know what just everything. Luckily for you Lucius was able to purchase a few trunkloads of recovery potion. You will be good as new by the holidays."
That seemed to brighten the older Witch up, as she gave a, admittedly very gross, grin.
"Who knows, maybe your husband will be out by then too."
The smile fell, and Bellatrix practically snarled in disgust. "Hope not, maybe Lucius can take his time getting that useless idiot out? Or even forget about him altogether and just leave him in the cesspool."
"Bella, I thought that…"
"Rudolphus is a bloody loser Cissa! I mean he is so boring ! Even before we went to prison it was all 'politics this' and 'political intrigue that'! He never wanted to just go out and do something. He would rather sit in a quiet room reading the paper than go to a party, cause a fight, or just shag in the rain!"
Luckily Narcissa caught herself before she reacted to the last statement, "Well some men just aren't into public displays Bella."
Her sister snorted, "It wasn't just public Cissy, it was anything . The only time we consummated was on the bed on our wedding night, after that one disappointing time he was far more interested in spending time with his brother… alone… if you understand my meaning."
"You believe he was…"
"Moaning like a little whore while he pleasured his brother on his knees? You bet your arse I do, probably because I caught them doing it!"
"Wh-what did you do?"
"The bloody hell can I do? Those stupid marriage contracts made what he was doing perfectly legal."
"B-but he didn't inform you of the affair, the stipulations…"
" Family " Bellatrix hissed, "there is an exemption for direct family members. Probably because so many of our ancestors were inbred perverts." The woman gave a defeated sigh before falling on the bed, staring up at the ceiling with a wistful look in her eyes. "What I wouldn't give for a real man . Someone who enjoyed sex…"
A giggle escaped her lips while Narcissa watched on in shock, secretly noting their situations to be eerily similar, along with their responses.
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