Ursa goes up to her room when she returns. She waves her wand and all the mirrors disappear. She goes straight to to her desk and writes a note. "It's done." She writes and slams her quill down. It snaps and Lyra hoots.

     "Well I did it Lyra." Ursa says. "I took the Dark Mark. Take this to the old asshole." Ursa ties the note to Lyra's leg and Lyra looks at her with a tilted head. "White." Lyra tilts her head the other way. "Dumbledore!" Lyra hoots and flies off. "Stupid bird." Ursa mumbles as someone knocks on the door. "Come in." Narcissa walks in with a smile.

     "I just heard the news." Narcissa says as she walks over. She gently takes Ursa's left forearm. "You actually did it. I'm so proud of you." Narcissa tries to hug Ursa and Ursa pushes her away.

     "Save it." Ursa snaps. "I am only doing it to protect us, you know this. I don't want it." Narcissa notices the mirrors missing from Ursa's room.

     "Where are your mirrors?"

     "I cannot stand to look at myself. I am disgusted with myself."

     "You should not be. You should be proud of yourself."

     "Mother, Harry is one of my best friends. I feel like I am betraying my best friends."

     "You did the right thing." Narcissa cups Ursa's face. "I think you will be very useful to him. Especially because Dumbledore and Potter trust you. I am very proud of you."

     "If you or the Dark Lord think I am going to betray Harry's trust you are very mistaken. Of course the only time you're proud of me is when I do something I did not want to do."

     "Ursa, I have been proud of you before."

     "Sure that's all I've heard the last year, how proud you are of me. Everyone being proud of me. Oh wait, that did not happen. I've heard disappointed and disgusted. Tell me one thing I've done, one thing, I have done in the past two years that you have been proud of."

     "You-"

     "And anything related to dueling or my power doesn't count." Narcissa goes silent. "The fact you have to think tells me everything."

     "When you threatened Rita Skeeter."

     "Of course it's a dark thing you're proud of." They both turn as there is a knock at Ursa's window. Ursa furrows her brow and Narcissa looks scared.

     "What is that thing?" Narcissa asks.

     "That would be a hippogriff. Or 'a bloody chicken' as Draco calls them." Ursa walks over and opens the window. "What are you doing here Clawhoof?"

     "Hagrid needs your help." Clawhoof replies "Something about an emergency."

     "Aw fuck. I'll head out in a second. Does he need me to bring anything?"

     "Your book, notes, and some potions. Said to hurry."

     "So big emergency. Land near the door, I'll be down in a moment."

     "Why?"

     "I don't know how to get there now shoo." Clawhoof huffs at Ursa and flies off.

     "What is going on?" Narcissa asks as Ursa gets a bag from her closet. "Where do you think you are going?"

     "Hogwarts." Ursa replies before whistling loudly. "Wait, she's out delivering something. Alright books." Ursa goes to her bookshelf and pulls her creature care books off the shelves and stuff them in her bag. She shifts the bookshelf to another set of books and gets her notebooks on creature care. "Books and notebooks, check."

     "And just why would you need to go to Hogwarts?"

     "Creature emergency. Alright already wearing clothes I can go into the forest in if needed."

     "The Forbidden Forest?!"

     "Yes. Wand... where did I leave my wand?" Ursa looks around and spots it on her nightstand. Ursa grabs a special potion pouch off her desk and puts it in her bag after grabbing her wand.

     "I told you that you are not leaving this house or its grounds." Ursa ignores Narcissa and runs out of the room. She runs down to the potion storeroom.

     "Oh where is it?" Ursa mumbles to herself. She finds the potions she's looking for and puts them in the special pouch. Ursa leaves the potions lab and Narcissa grabs her arm tightly.

     "You are not leaving this house." Narcissa snaps. "That is final."

      "The fact that you think you can stop me is adorable Mother."

     "Ursa Jade Malfoy you are not going anywhere." Ursa forces Narcissa to let go with magic before running up the stairs. Narcissa runs after her, trying to hit her with an Immobilizing Charm. Ursa runs outside and transforms. Her and Clawhoof take off. "Ursa!" Narcissa yells after her as she flies away.

     "I am so grounded." Ursa says to Clawhoof as they fly.

     "Never seen a witch get that red."

     "Sadly not the angriest I've seen her."

     "You get in trouble a lot."

     "I know."

     "Ursa!" Hagrid says when they land. "Glad you could come."

     "Hope this is a huge emergency. I am definitely grounded when I get home."

     "Oh no. Why'd you come then?"

     "Rather be here than sitting in my room all day. Though that is what will be happening when I get home but I'll deal with it then. What's going on?" Hagrid starts to tear up.

     "Aragog's not doin' well." Hagrid says.

     "Oh no."

     "I need to check on him. Can you take care of the creature problems?"

     "Of course. Go check on Aragog. I'll take care of everything here."

     "Thanks Ursa. I knew I could count on yeh."

     "Oh by the way, I do have some bad news. I couldn't fit your class in my schedule and my mother banned me from taking it."

     "It's okay Ursa."

     "Really?"

     "I know you really wanted to take it."

     "I'll still come down and help you on weekends. Now go check on Aragog." After a few hours, Dumbledore comes down to Hagrid's hut.

     "I heard you were here." Dumbledore says and Ursa rolls her eyes. "I understand that you do not like me Miss Malfoy but we had a deal."

     "I sent Lyra with a message earlier."

     "I received it. It was a little vague."

     "What do you think it means?" Ursa growls as she pulls up her left sleeve.

     "Ah." Dumbledore says as he sees her Dark Mark. Ursa pushes her sleeve back down angrily.

     "I regret it already."

     "Has he given you a job yet?"

     "No but I expect he will soon. He wants to see Draco and I alone sometime soon."

     "What are you doing here?"

     "Hagrid needed me to take care of somethings for him so he could go check on Aragog."

     "I saw you aren't taking his class this year."

     "I don't have the time. Do you need anything else or can I get back to this niffler?"

     "Keep me updated on what Voldemort asks of you."

     "I already said I would. And you know I wouldn't have a problem with you if you hadn't have had me look at some of your memories."

      "I am aware, but it was necessary for you to see them."

     After Ursa finishes, she transforms and flies towards home. It becomes too hard for her to see below her and she notices she is near Snape's house. She flies lower until she finds his house and lands in his backyard. She grabs the key from under the mat and unlocks the door. She replaces the key and walks inside. "He really just needs to give me a key." She mumbles to herself. She walks into the living room and Snape looks up from his book.

     "What are you doing here Ursa?" Snape asks.

     "Nice to see you too." Ursa says.

     "It's seven at night."

     "Fair enough. It's a long story. It's raining so I wanted to use your fireplace." Snape nods and Ursa walks over to the fireplace.

      "Oh wait." Ursa pauses. "I had myself removed from the network last week." Ursa sighs.

      "Then I guess can I stay here until the rain lets up?"

     "Fine."

     "Thanks."

     When the rain calms a bit, Ursa flies home. She groans as she can't find an open window in the manor. She lands on the front porch and takes out her wand. "Finite Tempus." She casts at the door. "Alohomora." She opens the door and walks in. She mumbles a drying charm and puts her wand away. "Stupid rain." She mumbles as she takes off her jacket and shoes. "Makes it a pain in the ass to fly." She walks quietly up to her room. She grabs the handle of the door and mumbles to herself again. "What are the odds she's waiting for me in there?" Ursa opens the door and walks in. She spots Narcissa out of the corner of her eye. "Yes I know I am in trouble." Ursa says as she walks into her closet. "No I will not tell you what took me so long. Yes I would do it again. No I did not tell him anything." Ursa walks out of her closet in pajamas and looks at Narcissa. "Does that answer all of your questions?" Narcissa glares at her and sighs angrily. "I take that as a yes."

     "Do you enjoy being so infuriating?" Narcissa asks.

      "Sometimes."

     "You are grounded."

     "I figured."

***

     "Ursa." Bellatrix says as she opens Ursa's door. "The Dark Lord needs you in the drawing room." Ursa sighs and gets up. She follows Bellatrix downstairs to the drawing room, where Draco, Narcissa, and Voldemort are waiting. There is a pile of clothes in the middle of the room.

     "My Lord." Ursa says in greeting.

     "There you are child." Voldemort says and the pile of clothes shifts. Ursa realizes the pile is a person. "We have gotten all the information we need out of this Mudblood. You get the honor of putting him out of his misery." Ursa pales. "I know the old fool trusts you. You need to prove your loyalty."

     "Y-yes my lord."

     "You may use whatever means you wish." Ursa nods and draws her wand.

     "Is this really necessary?" Narcissa asks worriedly.

     "Yes it is Cissy." Bellatrix answers. "She needs to prove herself." Bellatrix walks up behind Ursa as Ursa shakily points her wand at the man. "Do it." She whispers. Ursa takes a deep breath and closes her eyes.

     "Impulsi!" Ursa casts. She focuses the lightning on his heart and he screams. Draco and Narcissa watch in horror. She keeps the spell up until he stops screaming. Bellatrix walks over and checks his pulse.

     "Good job, Little Bear." Bellatrix says and Ursa lowers her wand. A knot forms in her stomach and tears fill her eyes. She turns and runs out of the room. Draco sighs and follows her. He follows her outside to see her transform and fly away. She lands in Snape's backyard and goes inside.

     "Ursa?" Snape questions.

     "I... I had to prove myself to him." Ursa says. "The Dark Lord."

     "Are you okay?"

     "I had to kill a man." Ursa whispers.

     "Oh dear."

     "I killed a man. Bellatrix was so proud. I feel sick." Snape stands and hugs Ursa.

     "Dumbledore told the Order of your... new role. You took it?" Ursa nods.

     "Two days ago. I hate myself so much right now."

      "I cannot imagine it was easy."

     "That's the problem. It was easy. It was too easy. I'm turning into her. Bellatrix."

     "No you are not. You have your friends that care. Your friends will ground you."

    "Thank you. I should get back home."

     Narcissa hugs Ursa when she walks into the foyer later. "I'm so sorry you had to do that. Where did you go?"

     "Don't worry about it." Ursa gently pushes Narcissa away.

     "Ursa!"

     "I want to be alone."

     "Where did you go?"

     "It does not matter."

     "Ursa Jade Malfoy..."

     "What do you want me to say? That I went to the Weasleys and told them everything? Well I didn't! I went to Severus." Ursa turns away and goes to her room.