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NOT OWNING HARRY POTTER OR LEVERAGE
Chapter 1 A strange Awakening
Bellatrix was immersed into darkness like being drowned in water. She was the only one that knew of her horcrux she had made before the war just in case something like this happened. She wasn't exactly sure how it all worked so she just sat there waiting. Suddenly she was jerked from the black oblivion and she opened her eyes. She was lying in the middle of nowhere; her hand quickly went to her side. Thank the gods her wand was there she took her wand out and stood up slowly taking in her surroundings.
She slowly turned around; she appeared to be in a forest like any other. Crack. She whipped around her wand at the ready, but it was just a deer. Sighing she apperated to the only place she would be welcomed.
Narcissa stared blandly at the locket; she had tried everything to keep it from burning her. The burns weren't sever but enough to not want to touch it again. Hesitantly she reached out and touched the locket. Nothing happened; slowly she picked up the locket. She had found it only a week after the huge war it was laying with all of Bellatrix's stuff in their guest bedroom. Sue turned the locket over in her hands on the back was the letters H and X. She traced the engraved letters with her fingernail. Turning it back over she carefully opened the locket. There was a loud screeching in her head and then she heard Bellatrix's voice.
"If you are hearing this it means the spell on the locket is gone which means I am no longer dead". There was a pause; another screeching sound and the locket shut tight.
Narcissa sat looking at the locket for a good hour before a knock at the door interrupted her thoughts. She made her way done to the door and opened it. A cloaked figure with a hood stood outside.
"Who are you?" Narcissa said firmly
"Have you opened the locket and heard the message" said the stranger in a raspy voice
"Yes, I heard It around an hour ago, why" she said curiously. The stranger laughed and pulled down their hood. Narcissa gasped. The stranger in front of here was Bellatrix. It had been 10 years since she had "died" and she was so happy to she her again in flesh and blood.
"It's really you," she whispered. Bella didn't reply she just smiled, she never smiled but what seemed like minutes felt like a lifetime. Narcissa hugged her sister and welcomed her in. Lucius then walked in drearily, he must have just gotten back from the ministry. Without turning his head he started talking.
"Potter once again took over my case again" he spat as he went to sit down "even worse he ruined my whole carefully devised plan for making the mud blood guilty" still angry he had conjured some tea and started drinking it.
"Dear, we have company tonight I'm going to get the guest room ready" she said sweetly
"What, oh, who is it" he said finally turning to look at his wife. He immediately dropped his tea, how the hell was Bellatrix alive she had been dead for 10 years. "h-how" he spluttered
"horcrux" Bella said smoothly
"That locket" he said in a world of his own. Bella just smirked and went upstairs where Cissy was waiting.
Ginny couldn't believe it she quickly changed from her deer form after Bellatrix had apperated. A million questions were going a million miles an hour through her brain. Slowly she calmed her mind and apperated to her house. She waited for hours trying to occupy herself, reading books, watching TV, doing spells, going for walks, exercising but nothing seemed to get her mind off of what she had seen. Finally Harry walked through the door. He had a triumphant smile on his face but she was positive her story was more important.
"Guess what gin-" he started but she cut him off
"Bellatrix is back" she said hastily. All the sudden Harry went stiff
"We need to tell Ron and Hermione we need to warn them we can't have our children being... Wait how do you know this?" he said quizzically. So she explained the story which wasn't very long but it was a lot to take in. "So you think she made a horcrux" Harry said slowly, she just nodded in return. They apperated to Ron and Hermione's house not caring what they were doing this was more important.
"Who's there" Hermione said turning the corner her wand at the ready
"it's just us Hermione" Harry said hands up in the air "we have someth-"
"Bellatrix is back" Ginny cut in. Hermione's face went very white and Ron turned they corner his face the same shade as Hermione's. They knew what had to be done. "We need to tell McGonagall" Ron said gravely
"Ron's right she needs to now" Harry said firmly
"Well if you guys aren't doing anything today i suggest we go now" Ginny said her eyes flicking to all three of them.
"Let's go then," Hermione said making her way to the door. Harry grabbed Ginny's arm who then grabbed Hermione's arm who grabbed Ron's arm. They apperated to Hogwarts trying furiously to find McGonagall, when they were just about to go to the great hall Ron ran into her.
"So sorry ma'm" Ron mumbled his head hanging
"What are you four doing here" McGonagall exclaimed
"we need to tell you something, it's urgent" Harry said quickly trying not to stumble on his words.
"what's wrong" McGonagall asked a fierce look in her eyes
"Bellatrix is back" they said in unison
"not that I don't believe you, but how do you know" McGonagall said narrowing her eyes
"well as you know I am ananimagus, my form is a deer, so I was just wondering through a part of the woods not far from our house when in saw a body. I looked closer it was Bellatrix Lestrange no mistake even the death mark on her arm" Ginny finished trying to catch her breath. McGonagall just stood there stiff as a board.
"Where is she?" McGonagall said after a few minutes of silence. They just shrugged their shoulders.
"I could only guess Malfoy manor" Hermione said in an awkward tone. McGonagall stopped to think, suddenly she had an idea!
"Harry you go and tell Lucius you need to talk about something about the ministry, and try to see if you can find Lestrange" McGonagall said quickly. Harry just nodded in reply. He kissed Ginny goodbye and told her to go back home. He apperated to Malfoy manor, leaving them all standing there.
Harry arrived at Malfoy manor he walked up slowly, knocking on the door smoothly. Instead of Lucius answering the door his wife opened the door.
