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Rodolphus looked at his brother coldly, "I would ask that you don't use that tone with me, little brother." Rodolphus then put out his cigar in the ashtray on the side table and got up from his seat. Calmly he smiled at Scarlet, "I feel like having a talk with a recently returned acquaintance. If you need to find me, I'll be there." He walked to the door and called over his shoulder, "Make sure you take a shower after your excursion with Greyback. I don't want the smell of halfbreed in the house." With that, he walked out the door and down to his private study.

A few minutes later, Rodolphus was standing outside the front door of the manor, a heavy traveling cloak fastened at his neck. He walked down the porch steps and disapparated once his foot hit the gravel walkway.

Rabastan completely forgot what he was about to say to Scarlet when Rodolphus spoke to him. He stared up into his elder brother's eyes and visibly shrank a little. There were few things that Rabastan was afraid of after spending years locked away in Azkaban, but the one thing that topped that list was the fury of his brother. "R-right." He said meekly. As his brother walked out of the room, Rabastan let out a sigh. "Scary."

He looked up at Scarlet and shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe." He thought for a moment. "I'll go ask Greyback." He hopped to his feet and ran out the door, yelling from the hallway. "I'll get your answer from the source! Hahaha! See you later, Scarlet!"

Bellatrix Lestrange pushed the front doors wide open upon entering the house. She didn't bother shutting them, expecting the house elf to do it. "RODOLPHUS!" she yelled, her voice echoing in the grand entrance hall. Bellatrix tapped her foot impatiently, wondering why her husband wasn't attending to her summons. "RODOLPHUS!" she yelled again.

"Mistress Bellatrix. Master Rodolphus isn't here. He left yesterday and is not back yet." the tiny house elf said from behind her.

Bellatrix looked down at the ugly little creature and in a fit of anger kicked the elf across the entrance hall. "Do not come near me, you filthy little creature." she said vehemently. "If he's not here, then go fetch him for me. I don't have all day!"

The elf struggled to his feet and bowed to Bellatrix. "As you command." and with a tiny pop, the elf was gone.

Bellatrix walked into the sitting room. She smelled the feint odor of the smoke from Rodolphus' cigar. She sat down heavily in one of the chairs, waiting for her husband to return.

Bellatrix heard the voice from behind her and recognized it as Scarlet's. "Never give your opponent an option. What has your father been teaching you, girl?" Bellatrix stood up and turned to her daughter. "Now lower that wand or I shall make you regret ever drawing it." There was a dangerous quality in Bella's voice, her wand was held loosely in her hand. Abruptly, the dangerous mood passed and Bella sat down without another word. Not paying any heed to what Scarlet did or didn't do. "Where is your father?I have need to speak to him." She said without any hint of warmth.

"Sit down, girl" Bella barked, "Why are you playing the host? And the house elf is fetching Rodolphus for me." Bella turned to look at Scarlet, the girl looked remarkably like a younger version of herself, but she had her father's personality. "I am told that you are now living here." Bella said casually.

Rodolphus appeared with a small pop in the middle of the manor's entrance hall. The small house elf was grasping a corner of his traveling cloak. "ENOUGH!" He roared to the elf, "First you insist on dragging me away from tea with my own mother and then you force me to return home? And for what? Because my wife ordered you to?" Rodolphus turned and walked up the stairs to his study where he threw his cloak over a chair and then marched into the sitting room. "Tell me Bella, what is so urgent that you couldn't wait for me to return home on my own?" There was a smoldering fury in his voice. He moved to the front of her chair and leaned down, his hands grasping the chair's arms, his face only inches from Bella's. "I'm waiting for an answer, oh impatient one."

Scarlet sat in her chair with a blank expression, trying to decide if she should stay and remain quietly where she sat or could escape the room without being noticed. The ferocity of her mother towards her father caught her off guard and she decided it would probably be best to just continue blending into the scenery unnoticed.

Scarlet forced a fake half-smile on her face towards her father and muttered softly, "Its okay." She quickly murmured, "accio" something under her breath flicking her wand simultaneously. A book flew through the room into her hand and she began to feign reading so as not to seem so intrusive. She continued listening to the scene taking place in the room.