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The Black Sisters a trio of powerful
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women Bound by Blood and divided by
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Fate this my dear Wizards witches
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Muggles and squibs is one of the few
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surviving photos of the Forgotten sister
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erased forever from her family's
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genealogy Andromeda
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black but who were the other two sisters
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you might ask oh they were certainly not
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erased Narcissa the devoted wife of
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Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix well she
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certainly needs no introduction now does
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she oo but
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androm she was the exception she chose
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love over Pride a rebellion that cost
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her everything and yet it set her free
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who can blame her not everyone wants to
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be a prisoner of the family's
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expectations oh dear father I know you
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hope for a future with me as captain of
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the B castle bats but don't cry for it's
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me your son Quin Penton the Charming
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Adventure Wizard and today he is back
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with another episode of the Spellbook
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Chronicles this Story begins long ago
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with the Union of two Noble Wizarding
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houses the blacks and the Rosier both
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were members of the so-called sacred 28
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the elite British families considered
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truly pure blood by the
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1930s it was in this context that signis
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black and drella Rosier were joined in
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marriage likely not for love both Noble
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houses in fact were in dire need of
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strengthening their bloodlines and
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alliances like never before only a few
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years had passed since the end of the
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global Wizarding War and the fall of the
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infamous dark wizard gellet grindel wall
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and while this new era promised many
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things for Pure Bloods none of them were
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particularly good tolerance toward
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Muggles was beginning to spread faster
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than Dragon pops and with it came an
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evergrowing threat to the preservation
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of pure blood Heritage and Magic mixed
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marriages were becoming more common and
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more muggleborn witches and wizards were
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stepping into the Wizarding World
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further eroding the old ways despite
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everything both signis and drella
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entered their marriage willingly fully
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aware of the duty they were fulfilling
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as heirs to such prestigious dynasties
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and so in 1951 their first daughter was
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born Bellatrix B with her dark hair and
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piercing eyes it was immediately clear
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that the child was the embodiment of the
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most distinctive traits of the black
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family raised with care and affection by
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her parents Bellatrix who quickly
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revealed an exceptional sharpness and a
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natural talent for magic was groomed to
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become an extraordinary witch fiercely
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proud of her pure blood herit AG in
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contrast to her Andromeda just a few
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years younger seemed cut from an
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entirely different cloth in some ways
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her features resembled bellatrix's but
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her brown hair and lighter eyes framed a
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gaze that conveyed Serenity and a
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genuine enthusiasm for the smallest of
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things although her magical abilities
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proved to be every bit as impressive as
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her older sisters from the very start
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Andromeda seemed hardly interested in
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them more than once her questions asked
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with a mix of innocence and sharpness
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would infuriate Bellatrix and their
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parents her curiosity often challenged
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the family's expectations particularly
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their extreme pure blood ideology born
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in 1955 there was finally the third and
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youngest sister Narcissa their mother
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adored her often spending entire nights
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rocking the little one to sleep while
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softly singing an ancient lullabi passed
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down through generations in the black
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family blond hair hair ice blue eyes and
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skin as pale as snow it took little more
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than a glance to see how Narcissa was
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outwardly the opposite of her older
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sister badric yet in everything else the
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two felt as alike and Inseparable as
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could be if Bella protected
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from trouble helped Bella become
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sharper and less impulsive together they
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never missed a chance to mock the ruined
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Gatherings of Andromeda and her
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Inseparable little cousin Sirius who was
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always eager to stir up trouble
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Bellatrix had learned from her father
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that Aunt walburger was extremely
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concerned about sirius's fascination
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with muggle Vehicles which the boy found
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incredibly captivating it must be said
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however that Andromeda loved to stir the
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pot and feed such gossip to the family
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seeing their eyes widen at the mere
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mention of the word muggle was an
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endlessly satisfying spectacle despite
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their differences however one thing
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remained undeniable the three sisters
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shared a deep and unshakable bond of
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affection the days passed and with the
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arrival of the summer of
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1962 came bellatrix's official
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invitation to attend the Hogwart School
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of Witchcraft and Wizardry girls come
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along and so signis and druella knew the
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time had come on a warm August morning
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the two parents gathered their three
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daughters to present them with an object
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they claimed to be of utmost importance
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it was a box crafted partly from Goblin
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rot silver now that their eldest would
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be heading to Hogwarts they said this
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box would symbolize their Sisterhood
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soon all three of them would be witches
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in their own right and more than ever it
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would be crucial that their bond
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remained unbroken the box was divided
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into three sections so that each of them
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during their future years at Hogwarts
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could hide within it something that to
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them would represent the most treasured
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of memories and and if at any point in
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the future they wished to reopen the Box
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they would have to do so together each
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of them would need to seal one of the
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three locks with a specific charm one
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that each would keep secret until the
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time came when they would decide
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together to unlock it the sisters
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promised their parents that nothing and
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no one would ever come between them they
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would remain United
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always the house of black took great
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pride in claiming that for Generations
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every member of their family had been
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chosen by the Sorting Hat to join
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Slytherin at Hogwarts and after
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Bellatrix who was sorted without
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hesitation Andromeda followed a few
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years later it is said however that the
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Hat was more uncertain with her and it's
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likely that Slytherin was chosen at her
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insistence perhaps deep down Andromeda
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didn't want to disappoint her family
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perhaps she didn't want to disappoint
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her elder sister or maybe she simply
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wanted to stay close to her despite
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everything as expected narissa followed
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her two sisters into Slytherin and for
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those first years at hogwart's School of
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Witchcraft and Wizardry their bond only
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grew stronger one fond memory after
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another at the castle each of the three
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sisters had the chance to hone their
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skills and nurture their talents batric
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in particular quickly proved to be a
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brilliant dualist thanks in part to the
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rigor ous training in the dark arts her
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parents had subjected her to from a
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young age it didn't take long for
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Bellatrix to claim the top spot in the
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school's dueling Club if Bella excelled
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in defense against the dark arts
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Andromeda was perhaps the brightest
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Charmed student of her years in
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particular she displayed unparalleled
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talent in healing magic a more amusing
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anecdote tells of how she would use her
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Mastery of spells to annoy her Messier
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dorm mates proving to be except Ally
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skilled in cleanliness and household
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charms stop it according to her future
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daughter nymphadora Andromeda was
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extraordinarily Adept at the pack charm
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effortlessly getting items to fit neatly
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into place even coaxing socks to fold
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themselves narissa on the other hand
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like Bellatrix quickly showed her
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aptitude for the dark arts although she
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wasn't as exceptional a dualist as her
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sister Bella soon noticed her natural
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Talent for oceny the magic that Shields
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one's mind from legitimacy preventing
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others from accessing or influencing
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thoughts and feelings but narcissa's
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heart did not beat for the dark arts
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like her sisters for unexpectedly a
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feeling she had never known before began
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to surprise her little by little his
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name was Lucius Lucius and his charm and
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gentle manners had won the girl's heart
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moreover Not only was he a fellow
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Slytherin but he was also one of the
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brightest students at Hogwarts with a
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promising career ahead of him and the
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heir to one of the most important
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families among the sacred 28 the Malo
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surely her parents could have no
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objections when Bellatrix and Andromeda
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learned of little Sissy's engagement
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they could do nothing but be happy for
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her but as we know love when it's real
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is not a feeling one can command it was
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an autumn day when Andromeda engrossed
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in her studies received an enchanted
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note who's is this the girl was taken
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completely by surprise it was a
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declaration of Love ton Edward Tonks
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known to everyone as Ted you can't be
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serious a Hufflepuff boy she had
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occasionally chatted with but whom she
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had never thought much of or maybe she
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was wrong for Merlin
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enjoy the
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show half in Gest half for fun Andromeda
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agreed to go out with Ted yeah who
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surprised her with his enthusiasm and
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his outlook on the worldd she had never
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really explored the perspective of a
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muggleborn wizard before you don't say
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he told her the most absurd things who
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could ever believe that the most popular
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sport among Muggles wasn't quidditch but
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a ridiculous game called soccer play
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soccer Andromeda couldn't stop laughing
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I swear being with Ted reminded her so
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much of the days spent with her cousin
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Sirius being with him had shown her how
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much in those last few few years she had
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conformed to become the Slytherin witch
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the black family had raised her to be in
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order not to break a bond she had chosen
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to be the sister that Bella and
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wanted her to be first with Sirius now
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with Ted Andromeda had remembered what
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it meant to be herself it was in that
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moment that the girl realized it was
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time to fill the keepsake box her
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parents had given her it's time she was
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happy happier than she had been in a
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long time last the letter Ted had sent
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her that day declaring his love as well
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as the flower he had given her on their
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first date represented the most precious
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memory not just because it symbolized
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her love but because it represented her
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true self and so it was after sealing
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her own item inside the box that
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Andromeda realized she was the last of
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the three sisters to place her treasure
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within what had Bellatrix and Narcissa
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sealed away perhaps one day she would
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find out perhaps Andromeda had made her
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choice and her sisters needed to know if
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their bond was truly genuine if it
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wasn't just a facade they would
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understand Bella and so she told
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them the truth Ted and I well she and
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Ted Tonks a muggleborn had fallen in
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love if narcissa's eyes revealed fear
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and uncertainty what bellatrix's gaze
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showed nothing but pure hatred you're
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not my sister she spat her voice
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dripping with contempt but Andromeda
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stood strong unyielding as much as the
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pain shattered her heart she was ready
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to face the consequences of her choice
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deep down she had always known that her
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family would never understand not even
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her
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sisters when the news reached them that
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summer signis and drella ordered their
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daughter to sever ties with that filthy
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mud blood who in their eyes not only
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tarnished their name but would forever
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disgrace the proud pure blood Heritage
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of their house you don't get it but
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Andromeda didn't care and so shortly
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after the end of her seventh year at
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Hogwarts when she announced her marriage
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to Edward Tonks the inevitable happened
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Andromeda black was disinherited her
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name was burned off the family tapestry
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at number 12 Grim old place and
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permanently erased from the family tree
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for the black family Andromeda had never
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existed Bellatrix and Narcissa never
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spoke to her again Andromeda had
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betrayed them just as she had betrayed
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everything they had been raised to
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uphold why dishonor their Origins why
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disgrace their very magical Nature by
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mingling their Noble blood with
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something so filthy and unnatural for
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the blacks pity could not be tolerated
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and so their Sisterhood came to an end
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after their marriage in 1973 Andromeda
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and Ted had a daughter nadora a name
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chosen by her mother nadora the little
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girl I like it who would later be sorted
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into Hufflepuff just like her father
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would go down in history as one of the
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most promising and skilled auras her
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heroic Deeds would become foundational
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during the rise of the Dark Lord in the
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second Wizarding War Narcissa to her
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Delight married Lucius with whom she was
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able to have a male Heir Draco Draco
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come Bellatrix eventually married
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rodolphus lrange a fellow wealthy pure
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blood and Slytherin driven by the o
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ation to uphold her family's Pro pure
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blood mentality and traditions unlike
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her sisters however she never showed any
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love or affection toward her husband she
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never spoke of him in conversation nor
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did she bear him any children when the
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first Wizarding war broke out Bellatrix
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and her husband became Death Eaters as
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did Lucius fighting for the dark lord
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lord to Bellatrix he represented a new
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era a chance to safeguard the purity of
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her family once and for all my Lord it
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is unclear why but unlike Bella and
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Lucius Narcissa never officially became
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a Death Eater perhaps preferring instead
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to focus on her family and the
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upbringing of little Draco demonstrating
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her loyalty and skill the dark lord
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chose Bellatrix to be one of his closest
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servants personally training her in the
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most powerful and secretive dark arts
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even after his defeat at the hands of
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the infant Harry Potter Bellatrix
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remains more faithful to him than anyone
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else after the fall of the dark lord the
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witch felt every certainty and hope
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crumble it couldn't end like this it
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shouldn't on October 31st 1981 Bellatrix
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and a group of Voldemort's followers
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managed to avoid capture and execution
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in their desperate bid to find and
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revive their Master the group kidnapped
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two AAS and members of the Order of the
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Phoenix Alice and Frank long bottle who
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had just become parents to Neville
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longbo it was against them that
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Bellatrix Unleashed every ounce of her
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Despair and Fury with violence the
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cruciatus curse was Unleashed upon the
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couple tortured to the brink of
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exhaustion Bellatrix sought information
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about the whereabouts of the dark lord
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information the long bottoms could never
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have known the pain pushed Beyond any
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limit drove the couple to Madness Frank
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and Alice were placed in the Janus
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thicky Ward for irreversible spell
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damage at St Mongo's Hospital for
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Magical maladies and injuries and due to
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the extreme torture they endured they
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were left unaware that they had a son
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together dad this crime ignited a wave
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of Fury Across The Wizarding community
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so intense that the ministry of magic
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faced critical pressure to apprehend
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those responsible when Bellatrix was
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captured she was tried before the
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Council of magical law and sentenced to
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life imprison in aaban unlike many other
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Death Eaters she did not deny her
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loyalty Bellatrix proudly declared her
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unwavering allegiance to Voldemort and
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insisted she would wait for his
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return ah there you are my beloved
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viewers fear not I'll be quicker than a
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golden snitch first of all I want to
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for years went by and in 1986 Andromeda
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returned to Hogwart School of Witchcraft
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and Wizardry under unexpected
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circumstances her daughter nadora was in
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in her third year and the invitation to
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attend a grand ceremony celebrating the
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school's founding gave Andromeda an
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opportunity she had long awaited she
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resolved to confront her past once and
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for all by reclaiming the keepsake box
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her parents had gifted to her and her
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sisters which had been lost for many
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years with the help of her daughter
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Andromeda unraveled the secrets of the
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enchanted locks after recovering the box
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which Bellatrix had meticulously hidden
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in the dueling Club room Andromeda
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opened the first lock her own by
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pointing the wand and focusing on her
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happiest memory after countless attempts
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and with the assistance of Albus
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Dumbledore the witch finally uncovered
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the secret to unlocking her sister's
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locks the soft strains of the black
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family lullabi opened Narcissa one while
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the Elder sisters demanded a blood
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payment when the Box finally opened
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Andromeda gazed upon the most Cherished
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Memories her sisters had hidden away for
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it was the Malfoy family brooch a
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gift from Lucius during their courtship
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symbolizing her worthiness to join his
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family yes in the end she too had chosen
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love Bellatrix however had left no such
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trace of sentimentality whatever her
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treasure had been she had ensured its
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destruction leaving only a pile of Ash
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behind what memory were you trying to
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bury Bella Andromeda often found herself
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silently wanding over the years without
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a word she gathered the ashes Left
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Behind carefully placing them in a small
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vial a token she would carry with her
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always oh Bella deep in her heart
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Andromeda knew the truth whatever her
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sister had sought to destroy it had been
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something too profound to truly vanish
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no matter their differences their
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ideologies or even the hatred that had
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come between them Bellatrix Andromeda
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and Narcissa would always share an
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unbreakable
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Bond they were
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sisters and nothing could ever change
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that and so our journey through the
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mysteries of the black family ends here
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for today but fear not like a trip with
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a Time Turner we'll go back and forth
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Through the Ages exploring forgotten
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stories and hidden secrets so don't lose
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sight of me until our next adventure my
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daring explorers
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