dyingforakiss (dyingforakiss) wrote in snark_n_bark, @ 2007-10-06 12:39:00 |
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Entry tags: | barty, bellatrix, complete |
It's in your eyes, what's on your mind
Characters: Barty, Bellatrix
Summary: Barty has disappointed Bella. He needs to be punished.
Barty stared down at the newpaper in his hands. He had already suffered the disappointment of realising that Healer Smith had somehow survived the virus, but he had been hoping that just like the Mudblood Bella so particularly hated, Smith's survival had been a fluke. Barty's face was chalk white, making the spread of his freckles stand out as large patchy blotches across his cheeks and forehead. There was a cure. His plan had failed. He was still powerless.
Swallowing back bile, Barty realised that he was shaking. He had been pinning so much on the Healer's death. His trembling was half rage, but equally fear. His thoughts spun: fear of discovery now that it was publically thought that the virus had been engineered; fear that he would forever lack control over his magic and his life; fear of his doubts, which now swelled again and threatened to overwhelm him...
Fear of Bella's disappointment...
He looked wildly about his cellar. He had been stupid to come back here, but he had been too stunned to think of anywhere else. He pushed himself up from his bed, the newspaper dropping to the stone floor and strode towards the door.
He had to get out of here. He would go to the house that belonged to his soul's donor. He knew the address. He should have gone there in the first place!
He yanked open the door, the wand in his hand slipping slightly because of his anxious sweat. A strangled cry caught in his throat and he stumbled back down the short flight of steps, only just catching his balance at the bottom.
"Bella! Bella, I can explain!"