At first he had been rather cold towards her and he began warming to her before the attack had happened, after which he had adopted his approach of indifference towards her, almost as though he had completely expected it to happen.
Now he had saved her life more than she could understand and she could not help but worry about him and what it was he was facing.
She knew he was very much a capable wizard but she had no idea how far his talents truly went.
'Damn Potter, if you survive this then I don't know how to even begin to repay you' she sighed inwardly. Harry Potter was a person you came across once in a lifetime, of that she was sure but she couldn't even begin to comprehend why he was so special and why she kept thinking about him.
It wasn't because of what he was doing for her, she had been thinking about him before that but it was something else, something she couldn't quite put her finger on.
The thoughts of him warmed her in a way she had never expected, gave her a twinge of nervousness she had never been accustomed to and now he made her feel safe as though she had always been exposed and vulnerable to the world.
She shook her head again not wanting to dwell on those thoughts, they only confused her more than she already was.
She pulled on her gown and made her way to the kitchen for breakfast where her two sisters and mother were sat; evidently her father had not come home last night.
"Morning Bella" her mother greeted her. "Father didn't come home then?" Bellatrix questioned.
Druella shook her head.
"And he'd better not even think about it yet or I will curse the bastard" she growled.
"I thought Harry was going to curse him" Narcissa cut in.
"I think punching him was worse" Andromeda interjected. "That would have embarrassed him more".
Bellatrix nodded her agreement and turned to face her younger sister.
"What actually did happen in the alley? You didn't even mention it to us" she asked with a frown. "Because I didn't think Harry would want me to" Narcissa replied.
When her sister continued to look at her expectantly she sighed.
"I went to get Andi's present and Father was supposed to take me but he said that he had important things to do" she began. "I'd just come out of the shop and everything felt really cold and then I saw them" she added, shaking her head ruefully.
"The Dementors?" Andromeda queried.
Narcissa nodded.
"I froze when they came" she admitted ashamedly. "Everyone else was running and they were coming right for me when I felt someone wrap me in their arms and shout something, then everything went warm and I saw the big white reindeer attacking them" she finished with a shrug. "How many were there?" Druella asked.
"Too many to count, but there was a lot" Narcissa answered certainly.
Druella's eyebrows rose in surprise.
"Impressive" she whispered. "Most people can barely handle one or two at most" she mused aloud.
"What happened next?" Bellatrix broke in curiously.
"He fixed the unicorn and took me to the shop to get the enchantments done again, he even paid for it" Narcissa explained. "Then he took me to get ice cream with lots of chocolate, he said it would make me feel better" she shrugged.
"Anything else?" Bellatrix questioned further.
"People from the newspaper came and asked him if it was him that fought the Dementors and he said it wasn't, he told me he didn't want to be in the paper or anyone knowing what he did" Narcissa responded confusedly.
Druella chuckled.
"Selfless too and clearly not a glory seeker" she said with a disbelieving shake of her head.
Bellatrix too shook her head.
'I really don't understand you Potter' she huffed internally.
"As impressive as that is, what the hell was yesterday about?" Andromeda questioned seriously.
"What about it?" Bellatrix asked.
"A parselmouth? Not exactly considered a light ability and just where does a sixteen year old get 1.5 million galleons from that he carries around in his pocket?"
"He would not have gotten that from Dorea, but remember he's been away since he was eleven he may have earned it by doing things like he did for Cissy" Druella suggested.
"Maybe" Andromeda agreed. "But the parseltongue?"
"It was prominent in the Black line once but not for centuries" Druella mused.
Andromeda shrugged.
"Do you think he's dark?" she asked.
"I don't think he's light, we all saw what he did to the Lestrange's and Snape" she reminded them.
"And he threatened to flay Rudolphus alive" Narcissa chimed in. "I was sat right next to where it happened" she pointed out.
Bellatrix's eyebrows rose at that. She had deduced that what he had whispered to the boy had not been exactly amiable but she had not expected that. "He knows more dark magic than our whole family combined" she revealed.
"What do you mean?" Druella inquired.
"That's how we met, Mortlake paired us together for Defense and he never once had to look at a book to answer anything, he just knows" Bellatrix shrugged.
"Maybe he's a grey wizard" the older woman shrugged. "Has his own morals and does whatever is necessary to get things done".
"He refused to join those idiots yesterday too and made them look like morons" Andromeda pointed out.
"That Gaunt guy gave me the creeps" Narcissa stated with a grimace.
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