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{ Dedicated to Dee, and all the readers of Us. }
To old readers - ahoy, maties! Welcome BACK! For news ones, I'm Maxie, and I've been writing fanfiction on SS for over three years. This is my thirteenth FF thread, and one which deals with the "darker" lot of first generation characters - Tom Riddle, Bellatrix Black, Lucius Malfoy and more. I may not always stick to cannon details, but one thing is guaranteed - Sit back and relax, because you're going to love this ride.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters - they belong to J.K. Rowling.
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The Castles’ yearly balls were always runaway successes. And, now, with fairy-lit rose bushes to line the vast grounds, and floating, gold-touched candles to illuminate their green, the Castles were sure their annual ball would be an even grander affair than usual.
“It shall be peerless,” Countess Alva Castle said, dipping her hands in her traditional bowl of rosewater, a technique that supposedly made them younger and fresher. “Of course, the Blacks…” her voice trailed off, but she shook away the uncertainty immediately. “A lot depends upon you this year, Andra.”
Young Andra Castle put down the hairbrush she had been running through her thick, black hair, and raised an eyebrow. “Mother, please. Not the hostess thing again.”
“Andra! Your English sounds vulgar. If you can not sound the way a Castle should, you had better not speak. Your language shall be noted during the ball – you are the hostess. I can not tolerate you speaking so.”
Couldn’t she ever give the language thing a rest? Andra rolled her eyes, exasperated. The ball. The hostess. That was all she had hear about, this past month. Alva was making too big a deal out of this! Yes, being the hostess of a Castles’ ball was a prestige – at least, that was what everyone said – but, really, there was nothing grand about the fact that the hosting duties were being passed down to Andra, this year.
For as long as she, Andra, could remember, her mother, the Countess, had hosted the ball. And done it splendidly, too. But it was time Andra was introduced into formal society – which probably meant she had come of age, right? – and the Countess had found the perfect way of doing it: passing on her hosting duties, and introducing Andra as the new hostess.
Which duties Andra was already finding hectic, even with a week still to go before the ball took place. The way her mother spoke – You would think it was something out-of-the-world, being a hostess.
“Be careful, Andra.”
“Don’t walk like that, Andra.”
“Speak politer, Andra.”
“ Can’t you learn to mix a butterwhisky, Andra?”
“Andra!”
“The Castles’ Balls are famed far and wide, both for grandeur of manner, and splendour of décor,” Countess Alva was now saying, as she carefully lifted the bowl of rosewater off the dressing table. “The splendour of décor, the Castles shall see to. But the grandeur of manner, you seem quite intent upon ruining.”
Getting to her feet, Andra stifled a yawn.
“I’m off to see Lucius. Maybe even Cissy. Call me back when you start speaking English again, mother dearest.”
Alva Castle turned around, her manner impatiently patient, but Andra’s footsteps had already faded into a light, faraway sort of sound. The door to the Countess’s bedroom stood slightly ajar and, with a little sigh, Alva shut it, close. [Reviews Welcome] List of updates:
Update 02 // Update 03 // Update 04 // Update 05 //
Update 06 // Update 07 // Update 08 // Update 09 // Update 10 //
Update 11 // Update 12 // Update 13 // Update 14 // Update 15 //
Update 16 // Update 17 // Update 18 // Update 19 // Update 20 //
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awesome Maxie...wow Bellatrix does have the Black attitude...just superb...and i thought Lucuis should be freed in the Dobbieee fashion just to have an effect...  ...waiting for more... Quote:
she loves causing that more than she does putting on that load of make-up she cannot live without out.
loved this one...and this one Quote:
Have lots of babies
Andra would have thwacked him on his face... ....
oh...Jenna...cool....waiting...
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Originally Posted by Harita  awesome Maxie...wow Bellatrix does have the Black attitude... Are you sure that's a good thing? =pp Quote:
just superb...and i thought Lucuis should be freed in the Dobbieee fashion just to have an effect... Lucius: How DARE you compare me to a house-elf?
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Dudeeee, what? What's going on between Varius and Jenna?!  & I feel bad for poor Andra...  I really don't like Lucy's mom now. Quote: Or maybe a full-length FF, after all. YES!
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Originally Posted by DeeLeeLuffeee Dudeeee, what? What's going on between Varius and Jenna?! What is YOUR take on it?
You awesome guesser, you.  Yes? Yes, for whattt? =pp
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Duuuuuudeeee you're on a new page! You've biiin movin' fast lately! or should I say your FF.
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Originally Posted by JayMay Duuuuuudeeee you're on a new page! You've biiin movin' fast lately! or should I say your FF.
CONGRATS!!! It's my readers. They are AWESOME!
I also felt the need to neglect TSRTD less. =pp
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Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie Are you sure that's a good thing? =pp
Lucius: How DARE you compare me to a house-elf?
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Harita: oh dont worry Lucius...you dont know what your future House Elf can do to you...i know i am a seer... ...
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Me:
Harita: no,no,no Little Lusci...i cant tell you...its against the Law of Seer Society...to tell you anything so early... ,oh but you are just a kid... ...
if you want to know more what will happen to you you must let Maxie continue with her Post...
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Hmm....so Andra & Lucius...then Varius & Jenna...sounds good to me.  
Lovely chapter MaxieluffYAY!
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if you want to know more what will happen to you you must let Maxie continue with her Post... Lucius: Nuuu. Well, I will let Maxie update again, but you have to tell me after that. Otherwise, I'll EAT her update. =/ Quote:
Originally Posted by JesshLuffYAY Hmm....so Andra & Lucius...then Varius & Jenna...sounds good to me.
Lovely chapter MaxieluffYAY! You never know how things turn out in romance, though. 
Thanks, sweetie!
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He knows her. 
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"I'm pretty sure she does it for our benefit. We might have a heart-attack, all of us, if we were to see the face that launched ... a thousand cosmetic lines. Because the people behind those lines didn't want to have to look at her face - bet it's all scary, without the powder stuff."
The face that launched ........ LOVE the reference!
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Her tones were quiet, much quieter than usual, and the start of the smile left his face as if it had been a bolt of lightning - quick, attention-catching, but not long-lasting. Not as a rule, anyway. He turned round, knew it would be her.
Jenna.
Why do I sense something ........... deep?
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Maybe.
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How could I not notice it? You know me.  and oooh Jenna and Varius sound like quite an item. Well I totally want more.
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Never satisfied, are we? =DD
I have the next update ready, so here it comes!
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Bellatrix saw her at the same time as Varius, but neither knew this, of course. The eldest of the Black Sisters smiled, a little smile of joy - a rare occurrence, of course; an occurrence that the cruel cogs of time would, in fact, kill completely with their power; lower into the worst sort of madness, though no one knew or could even think of this, right now - and her eyes were alight when she greeted her best friend.
“Jenna?”
The surprise in Bellatrix’s tones was evident, and Jenna did not register it without a hint of surprise, herself - she could not, for the life of her, figure out why Bellatrix would no find it natural, that she, Jenna White, come to such an event. “My – you look gorgeous.”
... and truth was, Jenna did. Her flowing, milk-white ball gown – the ends of which showed a hint of beautiful, silver high heels, bought with relish, not too long ago – brought out the silver of the hair travelling down her shoulders in huge, loose curls, the greenish-argent of her eyes, and the full red of her lips. Not that she looked perfect. But, of course, she would to Bellatrix. Beauty always did lie in the eye of the beholder.
“Thank you,” Jenna said cheerfully. “It’s cold out here... and why in the name of Merlin are you surprised to see me?”
“I thought –” Bellatrix hesitated. Voldemort was such a touchy, testy topic, when brought up in front of Jenna. Bellatrix almost felt, sometimes, that Jenna ... did not like a lot of things about him. But she knew that was not true - Jenna was an excellent death-eater, at least as far as power was concerned. She was good with magic. Very good. “I thought you were supposed to meet the Dark Lord, tonight.”
Jenna’s face wore no expressions that Bellatrix could study, or dwell on. “Yes,” she said slowly, as if she was choosing her words very carefully. “At twelve. There is still an hour before twelve, is there not, Bella?”
Bella veiled her sudden hesitation behind a quick mask of cheerfulness. The last thing she wanted, was for Jenna to think she doubted her word - because she did not. “Indeed," she said. "I was mostly wondering why Varius seemed so excited, for the night. I thought it might be because he got to lend Andra a helping hand, with the decorations. You know how he loves thos. But I understand, now – he must have known you were coming.”
Jenna gave her a very small smile.
“Perhaps he did… perhaps he did, Bella!”
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Hehe, I updated.
... and no more updates for today.
Though I've broken that vow, before.
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Varius loves to set up decorations?!?
Bahahahaha, silliest thing I've ever heard. xDD
Oh hey Maxie, can I have Jenna's dress?
I really want to see how the rest of the ball goes and when Jenna has a meeting with Voldemort!!!
PAMS PAMS PAMS!
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Originally Posted by JesshLuffYAY Varius loves to set up decorations?!?
Bahahahaha, silliest thing I've ever heard. xDD No, he has a ... flare for the stuff. You know, awesome magical decorations. He's good at it. =DD Quote:
Oh hey Maxie, can I have Jenna's dress? Jenna: *eyes you* Well, I can duplicate it for you, if you like. Quote:
I really want to see how the rest of the ball goes and when Jenna has a meeting with Voldemort!!!
Yes, the meeting should be ... interesting.
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Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie Jenna: *eyes you* Well, I can duplicate it for you, if you like. Me: YUSHH pleaseee!!! Quote:
Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie Yes, the meeting should be ... interesting.
I NEED to know!!! xD
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Originally Posted by JesshLuffYAY Me: YUSHH pleaseee!!! Jenna: *duplicates and gives* See, I'm kind?
LOL. Quote:
I NEED to know!!! xD
The meeting won't happen for five or six updates, though.
Eez that okay? 
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Uhhh youu postedd!!
Must read!
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