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"In this hole that is me
Left with a heart exhausted
What's my release?
What sets me free?
Do you pull me up just to push me down again?" -Mudvayne, "Happy?"
-- Happy? --
Unlike most of the other Death Eaters who were milling around in aimless confusion, Bellatrix knew exactly what had happened. Their master had come for them. They were free! After fourteen long years, they could finally leave this stinking prison!
Bellatrix mananged to locate her husband in the crowd and threw herself into his arms, laughing with giddy excitement.
"The Dark Lord has returned! We're free! isn't it wonderful?" she gushed.
Rodolphus pushed her away.
"Who are you?" he asked, staring at her with a confused expression as if he had never seen her before in his life.
"That's not funny," she said faintly, her excitement draining away as it was replaced by a sense of dread.
"It wasn't a joke," Rodolphus replied, frowning. "Who are you?"
"Um, Rod? That's your wife," his brother informed him. "I know we all look awful after being in this place for so long, but Bella can't be THAT hard to recognize..." Rabastan trailed off when he saw that his brother's confusion had increased, not decreased, upon hearing this answer.
"I'm married?" Rodolphus said, nonplussed.
Rabastan clapped Bellatrix on the shoulder and gave her a symapthetic look.
"If he's got no memories left of your marriage at all, then you guys must have been REALLY happy."
Not that they would be anymore.
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