The Adventures of Pheonix Lestrange

Chapter 7: The Nightmare

I opened my eyes to be met with the dark cold ones of my mothers. I was shocked, I could feel the tears welling up behind my eyes but I refused to let them fall especially in front of my mother. I could see that the time in prison had taken its toll on her, she looked thin and under nourished but the crazy look in her eyes had seemed to intensify. She was dressed in her prison outfit, that looked suspiciously like rage instead of clothes.

"Mother ?" I whispered, afraid if I made to much noise she might disappear and never come back. She simply nodded her head as she examined, her eyes running from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. Following where her eyes had paused for a second I noticed I was still in my night clothes.

"How........?" I trailed off not sure hot to word my question. My mother merely smirked, understanding what I had wanted to say.

"I am not completely sure how but I do not wish to waste this time with unimportant questions" She waved her hand, emphasizing the unimportance of my question. "On a more important note what are we going to do about my situation?"

"Well I was planning on finding the Dark Lord, surely once he is found and restored he will make sure that his most loyal followers are at his side" I explained softly, afraid of my mothers rejection to my idea.

"That is a brilliant idea-" She exclaimed, I breathed a sigh of relief as she didn't hate my idea but thought it was brilliant. "but what do you mean by 'you were planning' have you not already set the idea in motion"

I gulped trying to swallow the huge lump in my throat. "Well you see I've been living with the Weasley's-" but before I could finish my explanation my mother cut me off.

"WHAT" She screeched, balling her hands into fists. "WHY ARE YOU LIVING WITH THEM"

"I'm sorry mother, I didn't have a choice" I begged, as the tears began to well up again.

"SO THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING WHILE I ROT IN AZKABAN FRATERNIZING WITH BLOOD TRAITORS." She shrieked, as her breathing quickened.

"I'm sorry Mummy, I'm so sorry" I had never called her mummy before but I was desperate for her to understand, I took a hesitant step forward as a few rouge tears made their way down my face.

"STOP, DON'T COME NEAR ME. YOUR AN EMBARRASSMENT TO PUREBLOODS." I collapsed to the ground hugging my knees close to my torso, as my mind replayed what my mother had said over and over. The tears rushing down my face as I lapsed into darkness.