Halloween Gift for Flyingharmony
Gift for: flyingharmony
From: kellychambliss
Title: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Characters: Bellatrix Black, Narcissa Black
Rating: PG
Summary: On All Hallows' Eve, Bella and Cissy go looking for true love.
Notes: I enjoyed writing this "Samhain ritual" for you, FlyingHarmony! Many thanks to the dear mods. Happy Halloween to you all.
The clammy mist crawled thickly across the forest path, and Narcissa was certain she could hear tiny nasty creatures scuttling under the dead leaves. Or maybe they were tortured souls, escaped from their graves on this All Hallows' Eve.
She shuddered.
"Scared, ickle Cissy?" Bellatrix taunted. "I thought you wanted to come with me--to see the face of your true love."
"I...I do," Narcissa assured her, wishing devoutly that she'd stayed in her dorm.
"Then hurry. If we don't get to the scrying pool by midnight, it'll be too late."
They plunged on, reaching the pond with only minutes to spare. The fog clawed at them like a thing alive, and even Bella's voice faltered as she spoke the Samhain incantation she'd learnt from another seventh-year.
Hissing, the water turned an eerie, glowing green and began to bubble. From its depths, a shadowy figure rose towards the surface.
Would it be Lucius Malfoy? "Oh, please, oh, please," Narcissa whispered, stepping closer.
It was...It was...
"Professor McGonagall?" Bellatrix shrieked.
The stern face of the head of Gryffindor gazed up at them.
"Ah, it's the Misses Black this year," McGonagall said. "Looking for love, are you? Well, I'm sure you'll love detention."