James Potter and the Slytherin Queen
Author's Notes:-
I have always wondered what would have happened if James married a pureblood instead of muggleborn. Would he have still joined Order of the Phoenix? How would this have affected his relationship with marauders especially Sirius Black who hated his family and their Pureblood beliefs? Especially if the said Pureblood belonged to the Black Family?
This is a James/Bellatrix story. I am aware of the age gap between the two in canon but for the sake of the story, they will be in the same year. This story begins before the sixth year of Hogwarts for James and Bella
This is my first time writing any sort of fanfiction. I am not a native English speaker, so please forgive any grammatical mistakes. I will try to keep that minimum.
Pairings: James Potter/Bellatrix Black
Sirius Black/Adrianna Greengrass(OC)
Charlus Potter/Dorea Black
I know that Pottermore states Fleamont and Euphemia as James parents but I will keep Charlus and Dorea as Parents for their connection to the Black Family.
Potter Manor, Nottinghamshire, England.
James Potter sat in his bedroom in Potter Manor in deep concentration. He was thinking about the end of the last year especially the incident at the lake with Snape. Marauders simply referred to it as "The Incident".
"The Incident" resulted at the end of the friendship between Lily and Snape. Not that he was sad about that. He never understood why she still continued her friendship all these years with him even after knowing what a slimy bastard he was. His love for the Dark Arts and the "Friends" he had were apparent to everyone but her. Maybe she was simply ignoring that for the sake of their Friendship.
Friendship was one thing that James really understood. His friendship with Marauders was legendary at Hogwarts. They made their reputation at Hogwarts as the most troublesome and popular group of friends that ever lived. James and Sirius had made a record for being the recipient of most number of detentions ever assigned at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
He had asked out Lily Evans countless times. She always said no. He always pretended to take the rejection in a joking manner, but it really hurt sometimes. Not to mention the creative insults she always came up with when she really wanted to insult him. He admitted that he really was a prat sometimes, but most of the times whenever he asked her out he was sincere.
Sirius said it was more of a crush than an infatuation. Evans was the only girl who rejected him. But it was enough. He was the Heir of Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter. He was proud pureblood. No other pureblood would have given that much attention to muggleborn. Hell, they would have been offended by most of the cruel remarks she came up with. Sirius usually abhorred pureblood traditions but most of the time even he was angry with some of her creative rejections. He always swallowed whatever angry retort he came up with after just a hard look from James.
But it was over now. He really was over Lily Evans. He thought he should at least feel sorrow and pain from the loss. But he felt happy?. He hadn't felt like that in a long time. He was finally at peace when had let go. His parents were happy that he was finally at peace and had let the muggleborn go.
James knew that his parents weren't Pureblood Supremacists. They did believe in pureblood traditions and culture. They acknowledged the Muggle festivals of Halloween and Christmas but they always celebrated festivals of Samhain, Yule and Beltane.
Both his parents Charlus and Dorea Potter were Unspeakables. They couldn't tell him what they did at work due to the secrecy oaths. But he always respected their privacy and never asked too much about their work. His father was the Lord Of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter. They were a Politically Neutral Family. Their house belonged in the Gray or Neutral faction in Wizengamat. Some of the other Neutral houses included Most Ancient and Noble Houses of Greengrass and Fawley as well as Ancient and Noble Houses of Davis and Marchbanks and other Minor Houses. Other factions included Light and Dark Faction in which Most Ancient and Noble Houses of Longbottom and Macmillan were Major part of the former while Most Ancient and Noble House of Black was the Major House of Dark faction. Ancient and Noble Houses of Malfoy, Nott, Rosier and Lestrange were the Houses that also belonged in the Dark faction.
Like most purebloods, his parents were a little apprehensive when he told them his desire to pursue Miss Lily Evans in his third year. Their lips always curled in distaste whenever he told them about some of her creative rejections. Nonetheless, the said they would fully support him if he ever decided to marry her. He always felt grateful to his parents for their support.
He still remembered their relieved and happy faces when he told them that he decided to give up on courting Miss Evans. Dorea Potter was so happy that she asked him if he would like her to arrange a date with a Pureblood Lady of Respectful Family. Charlus Potter didn't say anything but seemed relieved. No doubt happy about Political Storm their family managed to avoid after James decided to give up on publically courting Miss Evans. James managed to decline politely while hardly being able to contain his laughter.
All of them were aware of the New Pureblood wave that was going throughout the country. Hell one would be foolish if one didn't notice the changes that were happening in the outside world.
A New Leader for Pureblood cause had risen. Until last year this guy worked through shadows and only whispers of his name were heard.
It was only this summer that he decided to publically reveal himself as
Lord Voldemort.
His crimes against the muggles and families of Muggleborns were so severe that Prophet had decided to call him
"You – Know – Who"
Well, the Prophet always had the propensity for the dramatic.
Charlus Potter barely held a grimace when he remembered some of the other eager families like Notts and Rosiers and Malfoys that had decided to support this new Leader and had apparently got branded. They were calling the Dark mark or something. The Unspeakbles were researching on the magic of Dark marks after one of them wearing it was caught by Aurors.
James was sitting in his room when he was disturbed by one of the House- Elves that worked in Potter Manor.
"Master James, Tilly is being asked by Mistress Dorea to tell you your friend Master Siri has come here," said a House-elf names tilly.
"Tell my mother I am coming," said James to tilly who nodded and disappeared.
James immediately when to the Entrance Hall and saw his mother and father as well as Sirius there. Both his parents were at home that day. Sirius looked angry and tired though he didn't look hurt.
"I can't stand my mother and my family any longer Prongs I came here because this is the only place I know apart from Hogwarts where people accept me for me," said Sirius in one breath.
Charlus and Dorea both looked momentarily shocked, but before he knew it, Sirius was engulfed in a tight hug by first Dorea and then Charlus.
They welcomed Sirius inside and were too happy to have him there. They always wanted a second son and Sirius was always like a brother to James.
"You are most welcome to stay here as long as you like Sirius" Charlus said cheerfully.
"You have always been like a son to me Sirius. I will talk to Arcturus and ask him for permission to have you stay with us. He has never denied me anything." said Dorea breathlessly.
Sirius decided to tell them why he had decided to leave his house and come here. While Sirius was busy telling them about the problems with his family, James was reminded of another Member of Black Family he had seen before the term ended. Bellatrix Black was sitting beside the Great lake with red eyes. James wasn't sure if she had been crying. Sirius had told him her parents were discussing her possible marriage contract with Lestrange Heir.
Truth be told, he wanted to go over and talk to her. But apparently was scared of her reaction. She was the Slytherin Ice queen, she was one of the best duelist in Hogwarts along with him, Sirius and Frank Longbottom. They had only once talked in their third year during potions when Slughorn had decided to pair them together. Being a Gryffindor he didn't have too many chances to talk to a Slytherin. After debating with himself for some time, he had decided to give up and return to his dorm and pack up since the train was leaving tomorrow marking the end of the Fifth year. It was also a fairly stressful year due to the OWLs. James always stood first in class ranking when it came to Defence against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration with only coming second or third after Evans in Charms. James was the most charming and intelligent guy at his school. Even Slughorn had invited him to Slug Club even after being fairly average in potions. He had to respectfully decline the man for now though.
When James thought about her, he was fairly certain that Bellatrix Black was the most beautiful girl in Hogwarts. Much more than Evans anyway. He never understood what he saw in Evans in the first place. Yes, she was intelligent, but so was Bella.
Damn when did he start to call her Bella?
While Evans was pretty, Bellatrix was positively gorgeous.
James started thinking about what could have made her so upset to make her cry. She was always composed and in control of her emotions. Was she upset over a boyfriend? No, James thought. As far as he knew Bella never dated anyone in Hogwarts. She avoided them like plague. She just always hung around her friend Adrianna Greengrass. They were best friends as far as he knew.
James asked himself if he should write Bella a letter. But discarded that idea. They never had a proper conversation before and it would look weird if he wrote a letter asking her personal questions.
No James decided he would talk to her when the School started.
Black Cottage, Glasgow, Scotland
Bellatrix was sitting in her room in the Black House in which their family lived. Her Father and Mother Cygnus and Druella Black were out on some pureblood party she couldn't care about.
Her family had decided to hand her over to Rodolphus Lestrange in order to further their own social standing and nothing was decided yet , it was only matter of time. In times like this when pureblood movement was on the rise, her parents had felt the need to tighten the leash around her neck after the public scandal of their eldest daughter Andromeda running away with some muggleborn after getting pregnant. That's why the whole marriage contract with Lestrange.
Did they not trust her?. She may not want to kill some muggleborns or muggle but that did not mean she wanted to associate with them either.
Honestly, what did Potter ever see in that Mudblood Evans anyway? Potter was the most charming and intelligent boy in the whole school. In the previous years, she had been indifferent about him. Last year though it was really difficult to hide her attraction to him. That's why she always hid her emotions behind her stony façade. She wasn't called Ice Queen for anything.
Now her parents were going to bind her in a loveless marriage by the end of the next year. She had great ambitions. Though she was a great dueler, she wanted to work for the Department of Mysteries after Hogwarts because she was greatly intrigued by mysteries of ancient and obscure magic and wanted to research various rare magical phenomena.
She asked herself if she wanted to write a letter to James. But then decided against it. They had never talked outside of their potions classroom.
She smirked to herself when she remembered his lingering gazes at the end of last year but she was in a fairly poor state when he saw her, probably crying.
Well if he wanted to talk to her , he would have to do it himself.
AN: Well read and review. Constructive criticism is always welcome