Welcome! To the first chapter of A Bet on Prophecy! I hope you all like it and as a disclaimer I own nothing, none of this genius except Jessica-Leslie. Everyone else sadly belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Please comment and Review!~ Jessica L. Lestrange
Running.
That's all she remembers how to do, running, her arms and legs bleeding; proof of her mother's displeasure. She couldn't take it anymore, the screaming, the innocent people tortured at the hand of the woman who gave her life.
Only seven years old and blood stains her dreams, the screams of her mother's victims ringing in her head. Her own screams when she helped those poor people escape; they didn't deserve to die alone and scared.
She dodged another hex that would have slowed her down, she was about to take a sharp turn into an abandoned building when there was a sudden flash of white in-front of her. The frightened girl collided with the wizard who had appeared letting out a small scream as she fell to the ground.
"Torturing children Bellatrix, which is cruel even for you"
"I'll do what I please with my daughter Albus"
The elderly wizard glanced down at her, his blue eyes wide as the hexes of Bellatrix Lestrange and different Aurors soared around them. Bending down Albus Dumbledore was shocked as the small girl recoiled as if he had burned her.
"Please! Please don't hurt me, I didn't mean to bump into you!" Jessica Leslie Lestrange cried out hoping the wizard would find it in himself to spare her but she quickly knew she would be wrong as he drew his wand. Why had she been born?
Curling up the young girl waited for the pain to begin but was shocked to feel a cool sensation running up her legs, opening her eyes she was stunned to see the slashes on her legs painlessly closing leaving behind red welts.
"There, now I am no healer but it should spare me a proper tongue lashing from Poppy and Minerva" Albus smiled as the young girl stared blankly at her legs, reaching out she ran the pads of her fingers over one of the welts, wincing in pain she recoiled her hand but remained on the ground.
"Now, may I know your name?" Albus watched as the fragile girl glanced past him to see her mother being chained and magically secured by a handful of skilled wizards. Her honey-colored eyes darkened to his surprise as her fist clenched. Her jaw set in anger.
"I'm that bitch's daughter, my full name is Bellatrix Jessica Leslie Lestrange Riddle"
"Riddle . . . Oh my—"
"—Yes sir, you should kill me now. I don't deserve to be alive"
Jessica let out a gasp of surprise as she was suddenly hoisted into the air by Albus Dumbledore, he carried her towards the other wizards and witches, some were keeping their wands pointed on Bellatrix, some were injured and a one wizard was reporting to an ecstatic Minister.
"Albus, who is this? She should be returned to her family immediately"
" Her father was destroyed by Harry Potter and you have just taken her mother into custody"
The Minister's face fell into shock as the seven year old didn't bother to glance at him, her darkened eyes locked with her mother's both faces twisted in disgust and hatred.
"Albus . . . She can't be trained, she'd destroy everything"
"Minister I feel safe in saying this young girl will never become a Death Eater, I have never encountered more hatred in all my years"
"Well, she has to go somewhere, the Malfoy's we'll place her with Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy"
"NO!" Jessica jumped straight out of a stunned Albus' arms turning to bolt but was caught but an equally stunned red-headed woman, she had also appeared out of nowhere, her brown eyes were wide but Jessica felt warmth coming from her so she didn't lash out.
"I'd rather be eaten alive than live underneath the roof of two disgusting, vile, filthy Death Eaters" Jessica hissed glaring at the stunned wizards staring at her.
"The Malfoy's have—"
"-Fooled you all! Lucius Malfoy is leading his wife and his son down the path to hell!"
Jessica eyed Albus warily looking for her chance at escape as the elderly wizard kneeled directly in-front of her, placing a ginger hand on her shoulder.
"How would you like to live at Hogwarts with my staff and myself?"
"What is Hogwarts?"
"It's a school for young witches and wizards"
"Can I attend?"
"Why of course! Hogwarts is open to every student and is a home to them all"
Albus merely gave the frightened seven year old girl a warm smile as she stared at his extended hand.
"I don't ever want to see the Malfoy's"
"Never"
Jessica nodded softly as she reached out for the wizards hand, he smiled broadly as he returned to a vertical stance but keeping her hand in his.
"Well that settles that Minister, she will be safe at Hogwarts, I'm sure Minerva will want legal documentation within the week, I rather say I am glad to for once, to not be on the receiving end of her anger"
Glancing down at Jessica he smiled before gripping her hand tighter. "Shall we go home?"
"Yes"
Jessica closed her eyes as the apparation started, when she felt solid earth underneath her feet the young girl gingerly opened her eyes to see two elderly women rushing towards her both yelling at Albus demanding to know what had happened.
"Bellatrix was captured and this is her daughter, Jessica Leslie Lestrange Riddle"
"Riddle!"
The elderly woman dressed in flowing green robes knelt in-front of Jessica seizing her face with both her hands, her brown eyes locked with pain-filled honey ones'.
"What a heavy burden for such young shoulders, well you are living here now I assume. Albus you informed the Minister to begin paperwork of course?"
Jessica managed a small smile as Albus gave her a knowing look before nodding his head towards the woman Jessica assumed to be Minerva. She let out a scream scrambling away from the two women and Albus as pain suddenly coursed through her body, clutching her shoulder the young girl didn't stop until she collided with someone's legs.
Glancing up she saw a man, his face set in a angered scowl, his black eyes were swimming with hatred and pain, his face much older than he truly was. He was dressed in flowing black robes and a black pants suit.
"Why are you screaming?"
"My shoulder, don't touch it please!"
"We need to see if it's broken, it must be touched"
"It's not broken, it's the scar. Mother was very angry about it"
"Scar"
It was Albus who whispered the word as the man donned in black was quickly on his knees pulling her hand away, Jessica let out cry of pain as he waved the blood away, his grip on her arm tightening.
"A thunderbolt"
"Albus, what can this mean? It's identical"
"To Harry Potter's"
Jessica watched as the faces around her morphed into shock at the mention of Harry Potter.
"When he destroyed Voldemort I fell to the ground screaming, I was only three at the time and Mother started weeping because she knew he was gone. It hurts when it's touched, I'm connected to Harry, I'm sorry, I should have mentioned I'm a freak"
"Oh my dear, you are not a freak, you and Harry are connected and in the years to come, that will prove to be the best thing for the both of you"
If Jessica believed him or not she didn't let on as Minerva quickly created a distraction claiming she would need a full wardrobe and a full physical, so just like that Jessica Leslie's life as Hogwarts started. She had finally arrived home.
Albus watched as his Deputy Headmistress led the frightened seven year old towards the stairs; she would no doubt be fretted over by their medi-witch and the Headmaster did truly feel sorry for the Minister once Minerva McGonagall got around to visiting him.
"What do you think will happen, when Voldemort returns, and realizes their connection?"
"Severus my boy, I think we have just met Lord Voldemort's downfall"
Albus gave his Potions Professor a warm smile before following the women in-front of him; someone had to stop Minerva from outfitting the seven year old in robes similar to her own. And Albus rather liked the idea of having a daughter, Jessica-Leslie Dumbledore sounded just right for a future Head Girl of Hogwarts.
A short chapter yes but its just a flashback, which will be far more important later on!
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