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[narcissa black]

Get up, get out, and I'll show you
What it means for me to control you

Saturday evening. Perfect time for Narcissa to get out and about, wasn't it? Of course, she was the sort of person who was always trying to search for a bit of trouble, and would go by many measures for a little bit of excitement. She was fifteen now, soon to go on sixteen. Taking a look at the small silver watch on her wrist, which was embedded with small emeralds, she spotted the time.

"Eight thirty," she murmured quietly to herself, realizing that maybe she had been out a little longer than was meant for her to. She'd probably find herself in a bit of a predicament if she were to be caught. She gave a small roll of her eyes, concluding that in all honesty, she could care less as to what would happen, as long as she found some fun to come out of this evening. What interesting, creepy people would she find in Knockturn Alley? Sadly, she found that as she walked the street, not a single soul was in sight. Perhaps she was just wasting her precious time...

[lucius malfoy]

Come and lay right on my bed,
sit and drink some whine,
I'll try not to make you cry.

Lucius hair moved gently as the wind passed by his perfect facial features, there was no smile across his lips, just an expression that showed no feelings what so ever, one wouldn't be able to tell what he was thinking or how he was feeling, there was just a blond boy with piercing grey eyes walking down Knockturn alley looking iponent. He reached for his jeans pocket and from there he took a golden watched, he stopped and looked at it before looking around, the streets were somewhat empty, more than they usually were but it was understandable, now with the new dark lord 'walking around' people were afraid to go out or stay late, one was never safe.

Lucius ran his fingers through his hair and continued walking down the street, a blond head was spotted a few steps from where he was, from her size he was able to say she was young, curiosity took the best of him as he walked up to her "Lost?" he asked simply with a gentle smile on his lips before he noticed that the girl was actually Narcissa Black, the girl promised to him at birth. For a brief second he didn't react, trying to assimilate the encounter, they had talked before but it was still slightly awkward when knowing that the person in front of you would be the one you'd spend the rest of your life with. "Narcissa?" he asked rhetorically with his eyebrow raised.

[narcissa black]

Ever after, can they hear my laughter?
The patron saint of heartache

There was a distant figure, and though Narcissa couldn't identify the face through the darkening air, she was still quite curious as to who would be the only other person walking the alley other than herself. She arched an eyebrow, though continued to walk slowly, acting as if she hadn't seen the mysterious stranger.

A few moment the later, the voice that cut across the air made her realize that the man wasn't a stranger at all. She hadn't heard it too often, but she heard it enough to recognize it. She found herself looking at Lucius Malfoy, the person Bellatrix had informed her would be her future husband. Every time she faced this fact, she found it somewhat strange, considering the many years that separated them. What was it...six years? Then again, it would soon be five, considering she would be turning sixteen within a few months. She straightened a little, her silvery-blue eyes meeting with his icy, gray stare.

"Hello, Mr. Malfoy," she responded kindly, using the title and surname as more for respect toward him than anything else. She still found it necessary that since she was a student, and he was now an adult, then perhaps greeting him with his first name did not show enough respect. "A surprise to see you here, out of all places." It only came as a small shock, considering she knew he was a Death Eater, and this was the perfect place for them to linger around. That was why many people labeled it as a "dodgy, dangerous place". Even the residents that weren't Death Eaters still were trouble enough as it was.

[lucius malfoy]

Come and lay right on my bed,
sit and drink some whine,
I'll try not to make you cry.

"Hello, Mr. Malfoy," A smirk appeared on Lucius lips because of the way the blond girl addressed him, it was true he was older than her but there was no need to call him that way, most people had to, but not Narcissa, she was soon to be married to him and it would be awkward to keep talking so coldly "Please call me Lucius" he claimed with a warm smile winking to the girl as there was no need to be so personal with each other.

"A surprise to see you here, out of all places." "It's not exactly one of my favorite places to be, but there was something I needed to take care of" he stated making a gentle move with his hand in order to tell her to keep walking. Lucius wasn't exactly fond of the place, the only reason he went there was to buy extremely rare magical objects to join to his collection, other than that, maybe a mission for the dark lord."But the surprise here is you, why are you here and...why alone?" he asked with his head slightly tilted.

[narcissa black]

That man's gonna be my death
'Cause he's all I ever wanted in my life

Narcissa's lips pulled into a small smile when he made it clear that he was allowing her to use his first name. Perhaps that would have been one step closer for her to be a little more at ease in his presence, rather than feeling as if he could be her teacher, if only he taught at Hogwarts. Now that, she thought partially in amusement, would have been awkward. She simply continued to walk, her footsteps taking small measures along the moist asphalt, heels clicking quietly against the hardened path.

'It's not exactly one of my favorite places to be, but there was something I needed to take care of.'

"In other words, you're causing trouble," she teased innocently, smiling up at him to assure him that her light side of mocking was completely without the intent of insulting him. She just had a small sense of humor, was all. Then, he had asked her about her reasoning of being here, and the fact that she had been alone was also brought up. She half-expected he would question her.

"I just had to get out of the school," she confessed, "after a while, being anywhere behind those walls is enough to make you feel cramped up. A little bit of adventure never hurt anyone, right?" Maybe that was just her stubborn side talking, but she was convinced that she could take care of herself. Going on sixteen in a few months, you'd imagine she could go to a few risky places and be able to manage.

[lucius malfoy]

"In other words, you're causing trouble,"

Lucius smile had a little of a sly look to it, even though the boy worked with the Dark Lord his jobs never had the necessity of showing his face or put his place in the society in jeopardy, the Malfoys were extremely important in the wizarding world, they knew all the best placed men in the ministry and many times helped when they were in trouble so Lucius couldn't throw all that away, besides, his connections were extremely valuable, he could get any kind of information and tell Voldemort if certain Aurors were going to be in one place or in another. Basically he was more of a spy than anything else, he rarely got blood in his hands, that was more Bellatrix's job and the rest of the Death eaters. It was true the boy had tortured many, but he never finished the job, other did in his place. The young Malfoy was highly place in the death eaters just like Bella, they were both right under the dark Lord and when not in his presence, their word was an order and one to not be questioned. "Actually, I'm not" he replied grinning gently before reaching for his pocket "I came to buy this" in his hand there was small silver Amulet, at first sight it didn't seem value but in reality the thing had cost him several gallons.

"after a while, being anywhere behind those walls is enough to make you feel cramped up. A little bit of adventure never hurt anyone, right?"

Lucius expression was one of impressed, his eyebrows were raised and the corner of his lip curled up in a malicious smile "Well well, who would've thought Miss Narcissa Black was the wild type?" he asked with an amused smile, that was the last thing he would've expect from the blond girl, she had the little 'saint' expression that made her look like she wasn't the type to go out of the line. "Very...intersting, to say the least" he claimed still amused.

[narcissa black]

You should have stayed home
You should have known better
That I melt in your mouth
Like liquid sugar

At the site of the strange amulet, she arched an eyebrow that indicated an emotion of curiosity. Yes, it did look a bit unimportant, though it was the symbols on it that made her guess it had some sort of special, unknown quality to it. Perhaps a secret power that was unknown to most who set their eyes on it.

However, the expression on Lucius's face when she had mentioned her purpose outside of the castle and its grounds had amused her, as well. 'Well well, who would've thought Miss Narcissa Black was the wild type?'

"That's what makes it so fun," she grinned up at him, folding her hands behind her back, which was to purposely give off an innocent, harmless mannerism to herself. "No one would've thought it." Sure, she occasionally bullied several Hufflepuffs, though they were nothing but words - yet who would have thought that Narcissa Black, out of all people, would be sneaking out of the castle just to visit a place as intimidating as Knockturn Alley. She must have gotten that mischievous side from her oldest sister, Bellatrix. Cissa couldn't even begin to explain how much she looked up to that woman, though the only thing she couldn't see herself doing was following in Lord Voldemort's footsteps as a Death Eater. She didn't quite care for being that rebellious.

"Now you know," she added with a smirk still true to her thin, pink lips, "Miss Narcissa Black cannot separate herself from a bit of trouble."

[lucius malfoy]

"That's what makes it so fun,

Lucius was glad to see this side of the girl, for some moments he thought spending his entire life with a person that not only he knew nothing about but also didn't seem that interesting was going to be extremely painful and basically a loveless marriage, but finding this side of her made him smile, it seemed there was more of the girl then what met the eye. She was attractive there was no doubt about that, but he honestly didn't knew much about her, he remembered her from the parties in his manor and the small blond figure when he was in his 7th year and she was in her 2nd, aside from that, not much. Bellatrix on the other hand was a well-known person to him, she was two years older than him and they had spent 5 years together in Hogwarts and they were now in the same group following orders from Lord Voldemort, even though neither of them were extremely talkative and Bella had that slight crazy temper, they were good friends. "I'm loving this side of yours" he claimed with a charming smile, this was the first time they actually talked and were alone and already she was winning points.

"Miss Narcissa Black cannot separate herself from a bit of trouble."

Lucius moved the amulet in his hand, he could feel the inscriptions in it, for most people it was simple gibberish but for him, the complete opposite, it was written in a lost language that very few people understood, simply because it wasn't something one could find very easily in a library book. Putting the amulet back in his pocket the boy looked over to the girl through his pale blond hair "I'm now interested in finding out how wild is this site of yours" the malicious smile once again crossing his lips.

[narcissa black]

Glitter girl woman, waste your years
Where's your good fire, baby?

Narcissa was a bit surprised with herself at how easily she seemed to spill herself out to Lucius Malfoy, who was a man she didn't know too well, though still found herself somewhat attracted to him. Even looking at him now, how he towered over her slightly short, yet lean frame, had intimidated her enough for her to believe that he had been much too perfect for someone such as young and simple as herself. Well, maybe simple was entirely the truth, though he was much more complex and magnificent than herself, in her book. She had forgotten about the odd amulet that Lucius had displayed to her, and even when he pocketed it, the girl's cool gaze of silvery-blue was still fixed on his face.

As he confessed that he would have liked to explore further into her rebellious side, she grinned a little, which had been accompanied with a quiet chuckle within the depths of her throat. "Careful what you wish for, Lucius Malfoy," she teased, "neither of us know the extent of my mischief. I have yet to discover it, myself." This was quite true, considering that she was a very daring young lady, regardless of how few people knew about it. Lucius, though she hadn't encountered him very much just yet, already knew more of her crucial qualities than most would. She took a short glance around to find that the alley was still quite abandoned, save for themselves. Where had everyone gone? Were they suddenly scared of the dark or something?

[lucius malfoy]

"Careful what you wish for, Lucius Malfoy,"

Lucius stopped walking for a second and stared at the girl with a devilish grin on his expression, Narcissa's words turned him on immediately 'I guess marrying her won't be so bad after all' he thought to himself as he continued walking. The idea never pleased him, he had that bohemian side of his and the way he wanted his life to be wasn't even close to be married at 24 or something like that, no, Lucius wanted to enjoy his life in it's fullest and sleep around with every good looking girl he came across, and believe me, it would be a lot of them, but being stuck with just a girl for the rest of his life made him shiver and he tried his best to not even think about. Of course he could just say no and disappoint his parents but what kind of pure blood would he be if he was going to refuse an ancient tradition?He wouldn't even be able to badmouth the mud-bloods or make part of the death eaters if he were to do that, but now, the idea didn't seem that bad. The blond girl was intelligent, good looking and had that wild side that made him smirk, he was extremely curious to what their lives were going to be like in the future.

"neither of us know the extent of my mischief. I have yet to discover it, myself."

"We should find it together" he claimed looking at the girl from head to toe in a flirting way "Come" he stated as he pushed an wooden door open, inside a small pub could be seen, it didn't had more than 3 or 4 people aside from the man behind the counter that had more scars in his face than most people had in all their body. "Let me pay you a drink" he added with his hand supporting the door waiting for the girl to enter first.

[narcissa black]

With hell freezing over in our eyes
Gods kneel before our crime

Even though he had stopped in his tracks at her taunting threat, Narcissa's feet continued to carry her on, and she grinned over her shoulder at him, her expression mixed with flirtatiousness and devilry. This was a side of herself that she had been veiling for much too long, and now was possibly a good time to release the demon inside of her for several hours, just to see what exactly this extent was, and how extreme the measures would turn out to be. She allowed him to catch up, and as they approached a pub, her icy eyes examined it for a moment. She had never wandered this part of the alley before, though she knew just by the atmosphere of it - and the smell of alcohol - that it was a bar of sorts. Sure, she had never consumed an alcoholic drink, though the stinging scent of firewhiskey had penetrated her lungs just enough to irritate her.

'We should find it together.' Lucius's response had caused the devilish curve of her lips to return, and her eyes glinted, dangerous and highly amused as she distinguished his flirtatious manner of scanning her body. She chuckled again, winking.

"Sounds like a plan to me," she responded, and as he invited her to enter the pub first, she didn't hesitate to do so, highly anticipating whatever would happen while she stuck around here with Lucius. The place appeared to be almost empty, save for several lingering strangers, though she paid no mind to them as she stepped over the threshold, her heels clicking along the wooden floorboards of the pub. She cocked an eyebrow and looked around, her eyes examining the setting for a moment before they settled on the greatly flawed bartender. My, my, what had he gone through to get all those scars? she pondered to herself.

[lucius malfoy]

"Sounds like a plan to me,"

Lucius smiled, he was extremely surprised on how well they were hitting of, she was six years younger than him and he didn't knew why, but in his head she was more like a little spoiled girl that had those type of childish reactions to everything. She was very mature to her age and thanks to her figure she looked older which didn't make him feel awkward when walking next to her, people could start saying things and that was something Lucius couldn't afford having, not when he had such important place in the society and in the ministry. He was younger than most people that worked there and therefore he had to prove them he had what it took to do a good job, dating young girls wouldn't look well.

As the girl entered the pub, all the men inside turned their heads to her and disgusting grins could be seen, Lucius gave them a look that made all of them go back to what they were doing. A lot of people down in Knockturn Alley knew he was a death eater and they wouldn't even try to piss him of, they knew well what would happen to any of them if they talked back to him or said anything that didn't please him. "A bottle of fire whiskey for me and..." he turned his head to Narcissa as he walked over to the counter waiting for her order, wondering if he should ask for one or two glasses, he didn't knew if she was fond of whiskey or not.

[narcissa black]

With a porcelain face and an aquamarine gaze
She's the Nemesis of Light
Nemesis of Innocence

Narcissa had noticed the foul grins on the older men, and it made her cringe a little with great discomfort. However, she knew that Lucius would most likely ensure that no one would lay a hand on her - other than himself. Quickly, Narcissa shoved the somewhat promiscuous thought from her head, mentally scolding herself for allowing such a bold - tempting - idea to pop in, in the first place. She took her seat on a stool, straightening the skirt of her casual dress that reached to just above her knees. She crossed one leg over the other, and once Lucius had left her order for herself to decide, she looked at the surface of the counter questioningly.

She had never had an alcoholic drink before, yes, but was she honestly willing to go that far out of line to change all that? She had almost been hesitant about it, but then again, wasn't she supposed to be bold and daring? Besides, couldn't she get away with it, since she looked much older than her normal age? She could probably appear as just old enough to drink without getting harassed about it, and therefore, she decided she'd risk it. Why the hell not? At least she had a chaperone of sorts with her to ensure nothing too extreme would happen.

"Make it two," she responded confidently, though she appeared as if this was something she always did. She could pull off that act fairly well, almost to the point that she had nearly convinced herself that this was a routine she practiced often. She glanced at Lucius in the corner of her eye as if she was using only her gaze to ask him if he had any objection.

[lucius malfoy]

"Make it two,"

Amused the young Lucius turned to the old man behind the counter "...and two glasses", the man looked to the girl for some seconds but said nothing, maybe it didn't have anything to do with her age but just the simple fact it was extremely strange to find such beautiful and apparently pure girls around there. Everybody looked dark and like had something to hide around knockturn, Lucius hated the place, it wasn't the type of people he usually would hang out with and they had no sense of class what so ever, something he gave great importance. If someone wasn't polite and had class, then they would immediately meet a very obnoxious Malfoy, he hated assholes and people that had no manners, it was the way he grew up and because he acted like that he asked for the same in return.

"Let's have a sit?" he asked rhetorically as he walked over to an empty table in the furthest corner from the door, enough so the smell of the other clients couldn't be felt. Pulling one chair slightly for the girl to seat, the boy sat on the other across from her, it was a round small table so they weren't far from each other. "I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other from now on" he stated with a smirk, Lucius had been appointed as the school governor, he was in charge of everything about hogwarts outside it's grounds and therefore, he had to make a lot trips to the castle to talk to Dumbledore and keep an eye on things. It was true he was a death eater but that didn't mean he wouldn't do a great job as governor.

[narcissa black]

She comes around, she gets inside
She makes you better than anything you've tried

As Lucius had led her over to the small round table in the dim corner of the pub, Narcissa followed closely without question, a minor grin upon her lips. He pulled out a chair, and with a kind murmur of thanks, she took her seat in it, pulling her skirt down to keep it straight and that none of those foul, creepy men could look up it. Again, she crossed one slender leg over the other, folding her hands on the table as she watched Lucius take his seat across from her.

'I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other from now on.'

"Hmm, yes," she responded, "it does seem like it, doesn't it?" She grinned at him a little, a flicker of malice quite apparent in her eyes. Even she couldn't quite fully explain what had made her act like this, and so quickly, not to mention. It was easy, as well as comforting, for Cissa to act herself around Lucius without having to worry about a scold, though taking a drink of that firewhiskey would be widening her "extent" even more than she had known it would be stretched. "So, we don't really know a whole lot about each other," she went on, deciding she might as well advance the conversation a little bit. "I know you work at the Ministry, and I've only been told about your..." her voice lowered a little, almost darkly to the point it could have been considered haunting and maybe even seductive to some, "...other reputation. What other dirty little secrets should I be let in on, hm?"