Don't Tread on Me | Bella

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Don't Tread on Me | Bella Jul 14, 2014 18:29:24 GMT -8

Post by BELLATRIX PROSERPINA BLACK on Jul 14, 2014 18:29:24 GMT -8

Be smart? Bella was so tired of being smart. Her father had never been the smart one, it had always fallen to Bellatrix to be the brains of the family. To invest her mother’s inheritance where it needed to be, to make the family fortune flourish again...and she had succeeded in all of that. They were slowly rebuilding their name. But they wouldn’t get there quick enough. They had to do more, Bellatrix Black had to do more. And that was where the Purity War came into play. It was a chance to solidify the plans that she had already made for her family.

Andromeda’s fingertips slipped out of her grasp as the trifecta seemed to be broken. For a moment in time, Bells was stunned. Why could she not see that what they were doing was right? They would not end up in Azkaban, they would end up as the leaders of this new world. Andy could be Mistress of Magic if she wanted, Bells could remain at the right hand of Riddle, and Regulus could do anything that his heart desired. Regulus himself had also stepped out of the circle, suddenly leaving Bella as a concave point in their formation, “I have allowed Regulus to make his own decisions, Andromeda. And he has chosen this path and to stand with me during this war. Soon he’ll be marked as well, of his own accord.” The annoyance was beginning to seep into her voice, “Let it be known that I have not ruined anything. I’ve made this family better. I’ve taken us from the very threshold of destruction and brought about a new dawn of this family.”

Regulus demanded that she reaffirm what he had already said. Softly, she put her hand on his shoulder as they faced Andromeda together, a delicate gesture coming from the normally dangerous Bella. Regulus had little idea of the inner workings of the Death Eaters. But Bella knew. She knew the pleasure that she took from torturing another being, the feeling of seeing their bones crack and their minds bend at the other side of her wand. Bells had yet to kill in the name of her cause, but she would. She would, “I am not a monster, Andy. I never have been. Regulus isn’t a monster either. I-” She needed her sister to know that this was not just killing for the sake of blood on her hands. This was cleansing the world from what was un-pure. Taking into their hands the very duty that the Family Black had bestowed upon them at their beginning: Toujours Pur, “We are protecting our right. Regulus, you’ll come to the next meeting with me, won’t you?”

“Fine.” She knew that she was left with little choice. They wouldn’t get any further with Andromeda tonight...not after everything that the girl was saying. But she had managed to get her to support the family, and that was all she needed. For, as head of the Black Family, Bellatrix could still control her sisters, “For the House of Black.” She turned and moved back into the open air of the common room, tiring of being confined to the small alcove where the arguing had been taking place. She was mildly disappointed in her sister’s choice, but she would eventually see the light. Eventually, all three of the Black Sisters and their cousin Regulus would stand as a united front behind the Dark Lord, “But, you will allow Narcissa to make her own choices.” That was a non-negotiable in her eyes. Andromeda did not own the rights to this family, she was not the leader. That was Bellatrix’s job, “Just as you were offered a choice to stand with us or upon the side-lines, Cissy will be offered the same choice. It is up to her to make her decision - regardless of the path that you’ve chosen to take. And, furthermore-” Bella's green eyes lit up with dangerous accusation as she turned to face Andy, "You will restrain yourself from pretending as if you are the matriarch of this family."

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Don't Tread on Me | Bella Jul 15, 2014 21:36:40 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 21:36:40 GMT -8

She was trying. Andromeda really was trying her best not to lose her temper. Only, her sister and cousin were not making it easy on her. Andy had gone through a whole range of emotions tonight, and now she had swung back around to feeling frustrated and outraged. If she had been a little wiser, she would have simply excused herself and called it a night... But emotionally exhausted and feeling cornered as she was, she could not just walk away. Besides, this was her family, and she owed it to them to speak her mind. Despite everything, she loved them. The only real way to show them how important they were to her, was by being honest with them – to try to prevent them making what she knew to be a mistake. In the case of Bellatrix, there was no point to argue. Her sister had burned her bridges when that mark had been branded on her skin. But Regulus was not past saving.

"I didn't say 'monster,'" she asserted coolly. Whatever she thought of the Death Eaters, Dromeda's family would never be totally inhuman in her eyes. They were all that she had on this earth. "But don't lie about what you're doing. Reg deserves the truth. Do you know, cousin, what Bella means by 'protecting our right?' Are you aware she's talking about the systematic enslavement and slaughter of an entire group of people? Yes, you'll really all be saviors in this new dawn of hers."

She clicked her tongue. "I suppose I do have to thank you for correcting Father's mistakes, Bella, but as for being the matriarch of the family, I'll tell you what I think of that. You have your position based on your birth, but that doesn't mean you deserve it. It's just like this purity nonsense! People must prove their worthy to lead, and that includes you." Dromeda straightened up, looking at her older sister quite imperiously. "I will give you a real chance, sister. I will follow you, if you tell me one thing. What really happened to father? I want the truth!" Yesterday she would not have believed the rumors that pegged Bellatrix as their father's murderer. But today? She did not know what – or whom – to believe. She had been so blind, taking her older sister's word on everything, never asking more. Those days were gone, she vowed. Andromeda refused to follow in Sirius' footsteps – the family meant too much to her, even with all of this, to turn her back on them. But she resolved never again to sit idly by while poor decisions were being made in the ancient and noble House of Black. For better or worse, she was going to be involved... Just not quite how Bellatrix had wanted.

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Don't Tread on Me | Bella Jul 29, 2014 18:04:04 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 18:04:04 GMT -8

Regulus was beginning to worry, not about his decision to join the Death Eater movement of course, but the direction this was heading. He knew his cousin very well and Bella seemed like she was about to burst with frustration. He had seen her go off on many of people before, though luckily he had never been on the receiving end. Personally he was hoping that it wouldn’t come to a fight tonight, they were all family after all whether they argued or not. He loved both of his cousins dearly, though he and Andie had their personality differences, he understood her in ways that it seemed Bella didn’t. As for Bella, it was the closest he had to a real sibling, she was his best friend, his mentor and he worshiped her like a hero. Like the hero she was quickly becoming with her revival of the Black family.

He nodded at her question, it was as if a cat had quite literally gotten his tongue. He would attend the meeting but he wanted to hear her out. Both of them actually, he felt as if he was at a ping pong match. Bouncing between Bella and Andie, his thoughts becoming jumbled. What did Andie mean by enslavement, the pure bloods were the true heirs to this power and wizards in general were the stronger of people. Darwin expressed that Survival of the Fittest, the wizarding world were the strongest and eventually they would outlast the muggles but that didn’t mean that murder and enslavement were the way to get there. It was the pure bloods, their family and perfect blood lines who were under attack, all the Death Eaters were doing was fighting for the perfection they so deserved. He looked to Bella with wide eyes at her sister’s accusation, this couldn’t be true Bella would have told him the truth. Wouldn’t she?

Then Andie said something he knew was going to cause sparks. He questioned Bellatrix. No one does that without some very scary consequences, so as she finished her sentence he took a step back and then another to be safe. He pushed himself against the wall, just in case spells were fired. But he had to admit, he was quite curious himself what had happened to his uncle. The rumors were abundant but he knew Bella, he was sure she hadn’t done it. She couldn’t.

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Don't Tread on Me | Bella Jul 30, 2014 11:40:17 GMT -8 NOAH JUDE CARDIN likes this

Post by BELLATRIX PROSERPINA BLACK on Jul 30, 2014 11:40:17 GMT -8

”What really happened to father? I want the truth!”

There was a moment of silence between the three. Regulus seemed to retract away from her even further as Andromeda pushed the subject of their father’s death. She spun immediately, facing Andromeda and drawing her shoulders back before she took a few steps forward. Her eyes found Reg’s wide and innocent ones and she suddenly felt slightly remorseful for keeping this knowledge from him. Perhaps in her own way, she thought that she was protecting him. Regulus was like her own brother and she cared for him like he was one of her own. And yet, she saw something so innocent and breakable within him. It was her innate fear that he would end up just like Sirius if she didn’t keep him shielded under her wing. She couldn’t afford to lose another cousin as a Blood-Traitor. For but a moment, she held onto Regulus’ gaze with a stern look in her own eyes, before she turned back to Andromeda.

Her darling Zeke had been the one to kill her father, but she couldn’t say that she hadn’t thought about it for many months. Cygnus had been constricting and wretched - not fit to live - but in the end, it wasn’t her who cast the unforgivable and left him to rot in the Forest. Investigation after investigation had been launched - wands were tested and Bellatrix’s had come up clean. Zeke had disappeared into hiding with his father. And Bellatrix had seized power. In all honesty, it was everything that she had ever wanted condensed into one very monumental event.

“You want the truth?” She wasn’t going to be like her father - lying about everything that mattered, but she wasn’t about to let her sister know of Zeke’s transgressions. Despite the fact that he was gone, his memory lived on. He spurred her on with his idealistic views of the way the world should be…he taught her to trust the Dark Lord in the first place, “I killed him.” Her voice wasn’t as prideful as she would have liked, but it would work for the given situation. Her lie rang through the common room like a bell tolling for the dead man. As she spoke again, her voice grew more pointed and dangerous, “I killed our father, Andromeda. I killed Uncle Cygnus, Regulus.” It was then that the laughter bubbled up. The cackling and the smile that lit up her entire face was enough to put her over the edge, “I. Killed. Him.” She managed through the fit, as she took another step toward her sister, “And I would do it again-“ She took a step forward, “And again-“ Another toward Andromeda until she had pressed her sister against the wall, “And again.” Her fingertips brushed her sister’s hair before she drew back completely. The laughter had dulled now - a terrifyingly quiet titter.

She bit down on her fingernails as she looked over at Regulus. The manic was obvious in her eyes that were lit up too brightly and the remnants of laughter that occasionally spilled from her lips, “He was poison in a wound. There was no choice in my eyes. It was either him or me and it wasn't going to be me. I did it for our family. Is this what you wanted, Dromeda?” She didn’t look at her sister; wild eyes still stuck on her cousin, the pockets of giggling even more offsetting.

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Don't Tread on Me | Bella Aug 7, 2014 19:03:32 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 19:03:32 GMT -8

Reg was silent, watchful. Andromeda prayed it was a sign that she could get through to him – despite the poisoned honey Bellatrix poured in his ears. Whatever differences the two of them had, he was an innocent, and she did not want to see him corrupted like her sister. She was sure there was a better path for him than that... If only she could get the idea into his head. Regulus was the great hope for the Black line, after all. Only he would carry on the name. She and Bella and Cissa would all end up as who-knew-whats – Malfoys, Notts, Rosiers – something other. Sirius had been cast out, so any children he had would fail to be recognized; which left Reg as the only full heir to their illustrious lineage. No doubt Bella's interpretation would be that he ought to be in the thick of the war, but Andy took the opposite stance regarding his situation. They needed to protect him, not throw him into the fire.

But Bellatrix's confession put everything else out of Andromeda's mind at once. Her heart stopped; her eyes went wide. No. No, it couldn't be true! And yet the words spilled out with the most hideous laughter from her sister's lips, confirming Andy's greatest fears. She backed away until she was pressed against the wall, pinned in and powerless. "You're mad! You're mad, Bellatrix!!" The tears had bubbled up again. Hot, angry tears that streamed down her pale cheeks. She didn't want to believe it, but she couldn't deny it. Her sister had gone insane. Yes, Father had been a tyrant. They were better off without him... But murder! Bella had gone past all reason. How could Andromeda trust her now – knowing that she was capable of killing off her own flesh and blood – that she could stand here laughing at the unspeakable thing she had done! 'But remember?' a little voice popped up in the back of Andy's mind. 'When they told you the news, you laughed too.' Her blood ran cold. It was true. She had laughed just like this when she first heard that her father was dead. Did that make her the same as her sister? Did it justify Bella's reaction? No – no because reaction was not the same as action, she told herself. To laugh was not the same as to murder.

Another, even darker thought sprung unbidden to her mind. She spoke it very quietly, afraid that she knew the answer without asking, "Does that mean you'd kill us too? If it's what's 'best for the family,' would you do to Reg or Cissa or me what you did to father?"

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Don't Tread on Me | Bella Aug 11, 2014 18:24:01 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:24:01 GMT -8

The confession struck Regulus hard, not because he had ever truly loved his uncle. The man was an obnoxious, power-hungry ass who treated his own flesh and blood like shit. He hadn’t shed a tear at the funeral and he wouldn’t now but to see Bellatrix, laughing maniacally. A part of him respected her, she had done what was necessary, she had removed the cancerous piece that had been eating away at the good name of the Blacks. He nodded when she had spoken directly to him, he loved her and he would support her but the laugh. The look in her eyes that she had enjoyed it, taking a life and willingness to do it again and again. Was Andie right? Was he signing up to be a murderer, an assassin for the cause. But of course assassins kill anyone, innocent or guilty without remorse. Regulus was signing up for war, he was enlisting as a soldier in the war upcoming. There was no second thought, no guilty conscience; he was doing this for his family. To prove himself to be the most worthy to carry on the Black name; his disgrace of a brother leaving him to be the only one.

But his cousins questions were valid. Would she do the same to us if she saw the need? He couldn’t imagine getting on her bad side to that level but what of Sirius. He hated his brother, he was a blood traitor and a disgrace, publicly humiliating the entire family for years. But he still loved him, he was his big brother. He had taught him how to do so many things over the years, for the longest time Sirius had been his hero. Would Bellatrix kill him? Without remorse or a second thought, would she purge him for the good of family. For the first time Reg found himself doubting his favorite cousin, curious about the extent she would cross the line to get what she wanted.

The doubt lasted but a moment, he had to be strong to save the family from utter humiliation, before he stepped back into the triangle, sneering at Andie. “Wouldn’t you Andie? If I were to humiliate and disgrace the family as my Uncle did, I’d hope you’d turn that wand on me.” He looked from Andie to Bellatrix, a smile on his face. “Thank you, for beginning the cleanse, this family desperately needed” He bowed his head slightly, before turning back to Andie, the smile replaced by a serious tone of doubt. He had said the right thing by his family standards but he couldn’t help but worry for his brother. Hoping that it would never be requested of him, for he could never cleanse the family of his brother. Never.