Bit by bit Bellatrix falls into a dark insanity. Her sisters suffer both physically and emotionally as they watch her fall. But in the end, it is Bellatrix who suffers the greatest loss. In three scenes; please read and review.

When Bellatrix Lestrange escapes from Azkaban, Tonks fears for her family's safety, haunted by a past memory of her aunt. Andromeda is torn between her own memories and reality. Mother and daughter must come to accept their position in a dangerous world.

Rodolphus was blinded by a passion for a woman consumed by passion for a cause other than him. The mark of infidelity should have been obvious to Rodolphus. For, Bellatrix was nothing if not faithful to this mark.

Life for a pureblood woman was restrictive and proper; in a sense, everything that Bellatrix loathed. And as her mother prepared to win Rodolphus Lestrange for her eldest daughter, Bellatrix wanted nothing more than to shed those dreadful corsets.

Mass-murderers are not meant to be babysitters. Sometimes, though, sacrifices are made for little sisters. Bellatrix watches over her baby nephew and hilarity is bound to ensue on what could very well be Draco and Bella's last adventure in child-care.

Narcissa assumes the bruises and cuts are battle wounds. Rodolphus knows better than to ask. And Bellatrix won't tell. Not when keeping the wounds' origins a secret gives her a literal form of intimacy with the one she craves the most.

Cygnus Black fathered only daughters when he needed a son to carry his family's noble name. But Bellatrix carried herself above the men of her society, so perhaps Cygnus indulged her. Perhaps she was the warrior to defend his noble and most ancient pride.

For Narcissa, life with Bellatrix was a whirlwind of emotions and adventures. Life with her sister was like dancing through thunderstorms. Scenes from every age in the lives of the Sisters Black.

"She is the one who binds herself, twisting her shackles in her ire, falling to the ground in a crumpled heap of the woman she was when she first arrived. I only witness." -Azkaban reflects on its most infamous prisoner.

Three times the Sisters Black encounter their boggarts.

Rodolphus loves his wife, but even the best are tempted. Too bad Bellatrix likes to play with her food before she eats it. Rodolphus arrives home late from a social gathering Bellatrix did not attend, and he must face the... consequences.

Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange were not a conventional couple. Breakfast was no exception to this rule. However, for all their quirks and arguments, they still had their charms.

Bellatrix knew there was more to punishment than pain. Her master taught her that. Draco must learn the same. Punishment was the result of failure, something Bella could no longer accept.

Narcissa has a difficult time finding the perfect gift for Bellatrix the first Christmas her sister is out of Azkaban.

Recently married, Tonks finds that living with a werewolf has its challenges. Remus and Tonks must adapt to living together in a life full of cycles, and accept the quirks of each other and of married life. Please R&R.