Searing Promise, Fate of the World
A/N: Bellamort. A short one shot of how Voldemort and Bellatrix were in Hogwarts, and how the Black family's decision decided the fate of the world.
A young Bellatrix lay in the arms of her lover, Tom Riddle, by the lake at midnight. Hogwarts had never looked so beautiful, and neither had the couple. The moon shone onto the water and illuminated the ground around them, stealing them away from a world of torment and class, and leaving them with only each other.
"Tom," whispered Bellatrix hesitantly, not wanting to shatter the peace.
"Yes, my Bella," smiled back Tom, holding her closer.
"I love you." She breathed it so quietly that he couldn't be sure, if just based on fact, that she'd said it. But in his heart he knew.
"As I love you, darling Bella."
"Tom, promise me something?" she asked, tilting her head so she could see into his eyes.
He smiled, loving her innocence. "Anything."
"Promise that we'll never part. Whatever happens, we must never be apart. Even if we stop loving each other, even if my mother forces me to marry Rodolphus, we must never part!" Tears formed in Bellatrix' eyes at the horrific thought. She could never be with another, be expected to love another. It could never be true.
"Shh, Bella," he murmured in her ear, wiping away her tears. "I promise to you. Will you promise me also?"
"Yes, of course."
He smiled serenely, inhaling the soothing night air. He would hate for her to marry Rodolphus, to see her every day with someone else. But he knew how important it was to be of pure blood, especially when trying to impress a Black. If he could have one wish, it would be that his father had been a wizard—that he had been pure. He wished for his Bella.
"Tom, I don't want to marry anyone else, be with anyone else but you," sobbed Bellatrix, leaning into his pale form.
"Please don't cry, my Bella. I promise you. Nothing can change what we have…"
Except it did. When Bellatrix married Rodolphus, Tom Riddle became a broken man. He changed, grasped for distraction, grasped for power After a while, he lost his love, and all was left was lust and a crippled promise. Bellatrix never forgot, however. Her love became obsessive, and she settled for lust. The promise kept them together, but it also left two broken strangers. The fate of the world was left up to social class, and the wrong choice was made.
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