[Authors Note: I've modified this chapter slightly now, which makes me very happy because I took a look at the original and It was a disgrace haha... Anyway, I hope I've made all the needed corrections. Enjoy!... Lou x]

Chapter 1- 'Eat Up'

The intoxicating aroma of red wine and well cooked food seeped into the dining room of the Lestrange mansion, making the handful of people seated around a large dining table increasingly more ravenous. The hostess of this 'Dinner party' was none other then Bellatrix Lestrange herself. She had felt the need to invite her family to her humble abode to celebrate the 20th birthday of a certain niece of hers. Nymphadora. Not that she'd tease the girl about her name tonight. No, of course was all about using her charm... For a couple of years now, since Tonks had turned 18, actually Bellatrix had been experiencing ...strange emotions concerning the 'filthy half-blood' girl. At the end of a stern discussion with herself she had begrudgingly admitted that she had lusting feelings towards the metamorphmagus. Although, more recently they seemed to be evolving into something different, even if she cared not to admit it.

Tonight had taken a lot of preparation. Bellatrix had to bridge the gap between Andromeda and herself, and then she had to get the rest of the Family to approve...Not to mention all of the planning she had had to put in. Yes, It had been hard work...But as the old muggle saying goes... 'Blood is thicker than cranberry juice'...Or whatever it is. The seating arrangements were planned by Bellatrix, of course.

She sat at the very end of the table in a grand, high backed chair that had once belonged to her father. Made from incredibly dark wood, encrusted with real, sparkling emeralds. To her left she had placed Lucius, simply because he was an ignorant man who wouldn't notice if his own wand had been shoved up his arse. Just the right person to be seated with if you want your conversations with other people to go unheard. To her right obviously, Nymphadora. Next to Lucius was Narcissa and opposite her is where Draco was seated. There was no particular reason for that arrangement, other than to keep Narcissa happy and to separate Andromeda from her daughter. Andromeda was seated next to Draco, to keep the Mud-Blood away from him. If it had been her choice, she would have kept 'Ted' out of her presence. But alas if 'Her husband wasn't invited' then Andromeda wouldn't 'Grace-' Bellatrix '-With her presence.' Ted sat on the right side of Andromeda and Last but Certainly least, Bella's insensitive boar of a husband Rudolphus sat opposite Ted. It was only 8.30pm, but already the guests were testing her patience.

They had been invading her privacy for only just over half an hour, but already Rudolphus had made several lurid suggestions to Narcissa, nearly earning himself a hexing from every adult at the table. Not to mention the awkward silence that followed a loud burb from Lucius' direction. Just as the wait for food became almost unbearable, a short, plump man in an apron peered through the door and nodded at Rudolphus who cleared his throat and announced 'Dinner is served'. A steady stream of servants made their way into the dining room, each carrying a bowl and cutlery. The first course had been a difficult dish to create, made using several rare flowers and vegetables. The end result, a soup that tastes and smells however the guest wants it to. Bellatrix's dish tasted oddly like marshmallows dipped in chocolate but smelled of cherries. Tonks' dish, however tasted exactly like strawberries and cream, her favourite treat. Her hair was becoming an increasingly luminous shade of pink, which Bellatrix thought was highly amusing.

Nymphadora could feel her aunt glancing at her every now and again, which made it even harder not to stare. Even though she was a blood-obsessed sadist...and it pained Tonks to admit it, because of the obvious age gap, especially because she was her aunt. But, she had...feelings for...Bellatrix. She had done for years, but seeing her again for the first time in so long...Brought it all rushing back. In Tonks' childhood, Bella and her mother had several fall outs and reunions. But She remembered one time in particular, she had been left at 'Aunt Bella's house' when she was about 17...She had been aloud to wonder the mansion alone...She wondered through door after door until...she stumbled upon her Aunt...Sleeping peacefully, in the biggest double bed she had ever seen.

Timidly, but too curious to stop herself she had climbed onto the bed, the feeling of the silk sheets on her fingertips and the warmth that seemed to be radiating from the bed was too much to resist. She had lain down next to Bellatrix, unsure of what she must have been thinking to even enter her Aunts bedroom, let alone lay in bed with her. Never the less she stayed where she was, breathing in deep measured breaths. She closed her eyes. A few moments later she became aware of a beautiful scent that caught her attention and seemed to fog over her thoughts ...Making her think of roses, love...lust. She opened her eyes. Bellatrix had rolled from her back onto her side so she was facing Tonks. The sent was her aunts' perfume. She closed her eyes again. She slept.

The sound of cutlery dropping brought her back from her memories. Tonks glanced at Bella who turned away quickly, obviously trying not to catch her eye. It suddenly occurred to her that she was barely a quarter of the way through her starter and she began to pick up the pace. It was only at the last mouthful that she realised what her soup smelt like. Aunt Bella's perfume.

Chapter 1 done, Bam! xD ...I hope you enjoyed it and Please Sex/Review me up! Thank you! ...Auntie Lou x