His Precious Snow White Queen
I feel like I have been away forever, what have I missed?
I apologise for my lack of appearance around here recently, things have just been ridiculously hectic at the moment. Trying to be on whenever I have a free moment and hopefully things will settle down again soon. x
Elladora noticed the slight furrow of Narcissa’s eyebrows. “Okay, Narcissa, I know that you don’t trust going near a Muggle contraption, and honestly, I didn’t think that I ever would, and what I meant by ‘getting used to it’ was that the magic does all the work. So pretty much we would sit back and talk.”
She also noticed Narcissa’s slight hesitation on answering, “And of course, we do need a backup plan, say we could just go to Diagon Alley or Hogsmead instead, whichever you choose.”
Narcissa sighed slightly “Look, I know I’m just being snobbish about the whole thing but I’m sure you can see where I’m coming from? In honesty the only reason I’d get in the bloody thing would be because it was charmed. But I am willing to try it so it’s not like I’m writing it off completely…”
“And yes, Diagon Alley would be fine as a back up. I’m not saying that we will need it, but it will be nice to have just in case.
Elladora put her head down as if to cover her silent laughter before replying, “Well, yes, we actually wanted to practice our magic a bit, and well.. hence we charmed a car. I really don’t know, we just stumbled upon it while walking in London.” Elladora had probably expected Narcissa, to go for something else, but when she heard her reaction, she nearly fell off her chair.
“Aha, well brilliant, I didn’t really like it at first either, but Callidora kept taking me on the rides, so you soon get used to it.” Elladora responded.
Narcissa furrowed her brow slightly when she saw Elladora lower her head. Was she laughing at her? If so what was really that amusing about Narcissa’s reply? She just didn’t want to be rude, it was about the only reason she had for agreeing to go near the Muggle contraption. “Ah, I see… It’s quite an odd thing to want to take home after stumbling upon it but each to their own so they say.”
Narcissa nodded slightly. Get used to it? I find that highly unlikely. “Like I said, we shall see. We maybe ought to make a backup plan just in case that doesn’t turn out so well?”
Narcissa smiled politely “It’s alright really. I won’t mention that you said anything or let anyone know that I know about it. I promise”
Narcissa wrinkled her nose slightly at the thought of even going near any sort of Muggle contraption. “Oh, um we’ll see… Are they um, like the magical cars? The ones that fly? I can’t say that I ever really go near anything that was created by muggles… Well I’m sure that you two still manage to have fun even though everyone else is busy.” Narcissa smiled.
Elladora chuckled at Narcissa’s reaction. “Well actually, when we first got it, it wasn’t charmed or anything… so Callidora and I decided to step it up and add a few adjustments to it… we cast a Disillusionment Charm on it, we made it fly, and I can’t really remember it… Father knows that we have a car, he just believes that it’s been bought by a wizard who charmed it.” Elladora had expected Narcissa to say that she hadn’t been anything muggle made, which she totally gets, since after all they were fellow pureblood Slytherins who had a reputation to hold up.
“Well maybe, just maybe, Narcissa, we could just try, and if you don’t like it, then we’ll stick to something non-muggle,” Elladora suggested.
Narcissa nodded as she listened to Elladora. “Ah, I see. So rather than getting a car that had already been charmed, you both just did it yourself. How did you even get hold or a Muggle car?”
Narcissa had seen these Muggle inventions before and she had heard of them but she had never had any desire to want to go near them herself. They were designed by Muggles after all. “I guess we could give it a go. Though I don’t know if I would enjoy it very much, but we can try.”
“Well, alright, we’ll steer away from it, I didn’t mean to mention it…” Elladora said and looked down at her book.
“Actually, I’m out of ideas, I mean this one time Callidora actually took me on a ride in one of those muggle inventions… what was it called… oh, a car! Maybe I could give you a ride some day.. Father doesn’t know obviously, he has so much to do during the holidays, that it’s usually me and Callidora that spend the time goofing around…” Elladora suggested.
Narcissa smiled politely “It’s alright really. I won’t mention that you said anything or let anyone know that I know about it. I promise”
Narcissa wrinkled her nose slightly at the thought of even going near any sort of Muggle contraption. “Oh, um we’ll see… Are they um, like the magical cars? The ones that fly? I can’t say that I ever really go near anything that was created by muggles… Well I’m sure that you two still manage to have fun even though everyone else is busy.” Narcissa smiled.
“You don’t mind that Lucius keeps a picture, do you?” Elladora curiously asked while trying to figure out what Narcissa was thinking about.
Elladora saw a spark of anger with a hint of annoyance in Narcissa’s eyes. Was it something I’ve said about Andromeda? Oh my, I didn’t mean to get her mad, ughh. Narcissa’s behavior didn’t go unnoticed by Elladora. “Narcissa… did I anger you? Because I didn’t mean to say that… it slipped out, I don’t know what’s wrong with me today, but it’s just- there’s a lot on my mind, and I really don’t know what I’m saying half the time, whether it’s out loud or in my head…” Elladora mumbled.
“Well anyways, I guess we could always go to Hogsmead, and obviously over the holidays our families ALWAYS plan something extravagant… but in my opinion.. it gets quite old sometimes, but I guess the public just loves it no matter how old it gets..” Elladora continued.
“Sorry?” Narcissa found herself quite stuck for an answer. She didn’t want to just say that it was perfectly fine that Lucius kept a photo of her but at the same time she didn’t want to say that she did mind because then she wouldn’t be being truthful. “Oh, um… No, I don’ mind really. I mean it’s a little odd but I don’t mind. You said yourself that it made him happy…”
Narcissa shook her head. “No, Elladora. You didn’t anger me. It’s just… well… Look, can we just not talk about the situation with Andromeda? It’s not your fault, and I understand that you have a lot on your mind. But I’d rather not talk about my sister just now…” Narcissa probably sounded a little harsher than she had intended to be but it really was a subject that she didn’t like discussing. Even hearing others’ opinions on it seemed to aggravate Narcissa as she didn’t want to loose her temper with Elladora, she meant no harm really. Just forget it.
“But yes, Hogsmede does sound like a good idea. Or anywhere else you’d like to go. I’m open for suggestions. And I know what you mean. I guess they just like to stick to their traditions. I think it’s nice though, that we all come together. Even though most of the time our parents are only looking for one thing. Or mine certainly are anyway” Narcissa mumbled the last part of her sentence.
“How does she do it?”
“What?”
“That cat. It hates everyone”
Narcissa Black bonding with a usually unfriendly cat
Elladora chuckled. “Well it was either one way or another, possibly have me question him for eventually taking the picture, or… I give it to him.” Elladora had a few images of Lucius pop up in her mind, if he found out her and Narcissa were talking about it. Oh joy Lucius would have. Then yet again, he might kill me, but, to hell, it’s out, and I feel a lot better.
“Well that’s true, what your mother says, but yet again, Father mostly taught me everything, I’ve never really heard from mother, she’s never around. I only have Callidora and Lucius, but now that they are hardly around, it’s just me and my scrapbooks during the holidays…” Elladora let her sentence drift, a bit, afraid that she might break down, despite the fact that she was in front of Narcissa. And decided to change the subject.
“Oh yes, well, I’ve heard what happened with Andromeda, but I don’t blame her, well it’s my opinion, and when you’re in love, you do some quite mad things, despite who you are. I mean I still see Andromeda sometimes, but she barely has the time to stop and greet me, she looks like she’s either rushing off to the library, or avoiding every Slytherin. But yeah, if we have time over the holidays, we could go to Diagon Alley or something like that?” Elladora asked.
“This is very true, I can’t imagine he would be willing to try and explain why he had taken a photo of me, so it was probably for the best that you just gave it to him to save any awkward conversations.” Narcissa chuckled lightly. It was strange how she didn’t mind the fact that Lucius kept a picture of her. She couldn’t quite understand why she wasn’t bothered about it. If it had been anyone else, her reaction would have been the exact opposite.
Narcissa could see that talking about her family was quite upsetting for Elladora and decided to not make any comment on the topic, she didn’t want Elladora to feel like she felt sorry for her because her Mother wasn’t around, nor her Brother and Sister. She didn’t want to come across as though she took pity on Elladora so she happily let her move away from the subject, nodding her head slightly. As a friend, she didn’t want to make Elladora talk about anything she didn’t want to.
Narcissa nodded. Everyone had heard about the Black families latest scandal. Elladora said she didn’t blame Andromeda for what she did. I don’t blame her… Those words seemed to spark an anger within Narcissa. They annoyed her, really annoyed her. Though at the same time she couldn’t help but think I don’t blame her either. It was like the teachings of her family and her own personal views were clashing within her, battling it out until one overpowered the other. Usually it was the view of her family that won, she rarely showed how she really felt. Narcissa remained calm and collected on the outside though, keeping her thoughts hidden by the flawless mask she wore. “I imagine she’d just want to stay away from anyone who is likely to turn on her, which in this case would be the majority of the Slytherin house. So I wouldn’t take it personally, she just doesn’t want any trouble… But yes, of course. If we have the chance to, I’d love to take a trip to Diagon Alley with you. Or maybe just into Hogsmede in general. I mean if it’s like any of the other holidays, our families tend to gather together anyway so no doubt we’ll see each other.”
Bella and Cissa running from the scene of their prank.
“Come on Cissa! Before we get caught!”
“I’m coming Bella!”
Taken hurriedly by Narcissa, spring 1963
(Source: sillykettleburn, via sillykettleburn)
