Erisa Valiant Lestrange
This story is set in an alternate reality of Harry Potter and was inspired by Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. Despite it's inspiration, however, let me be very clear on the fact that Voldemort does not have a child in this story. In this reality Voldemort was absolutely incapable of having children. Therefore, the main character, Erisa, is the daughter of Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange.
In this reality Fred does not die in the Battle of Hogwarts. Throughout the entire series his death was always what upset me the most, and I just can't accept it in any of my fanfictions. However, I do have Fred and George being extremely distant from each other. This is in part due to George's marriage and family life-style, but it also suggests a death-like separation. Perhaps the horrors of the battle traumatized the two of them? Or perhaps Fred attained a curse that's ruined his relationship with George. Either way you'll have to forgive me for how terrible my writing is.
The sole purpose for my publishing this story is to inspire me to write more. My goal is to become a published writer sometime in the near future, and in order to meet that goal I absolutely have to force myself into writing more consistently. Therefore I've made a personal goal to write three thousand words a day, no matter what the subject matter is. Since I've recently finished reading Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Harry Potter is the only thing on my mind that I can think about writing. So I decided to start a fanfiction and I feel like publishing it would help encourage me to continue writing in it. I apologize in advance should I lose interest and suddenly stop posting new chapters. I will honestly try my hardest to prevent that from happening, but I can't promise anything.
Despite my desire to become a writer, I'm really not that good. I'm easily influenced by whatever I've recently read which is why the majority of the story reads a bit like a play right now, and this introduction reads differently (I've been reading a novel that was written in the early twentieth century all morning.) Through this writing experience I hope to make my writing style far more consistent. All constructive criticism will be welcomed, but I do hope that you will go easy on me to spare my sensitive feelings. I haven't actually read the Harry Potter series in quite some time so I'll be extremely distant from the majority of the characters. Fred and George in particular, for the sad reason that I do not write humor very well. So please be honest about your opinions and help me out as much as you can!
The second main difference in this reality is that Bellatrix Lestrange survives the Battle of Hogwarts as well. And this is where the story basically starts:
Both Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange escape the Battle of Hogwarts after Lord Voldemort is killed and they are hunted down by aurors like Harry Potter for nearly a decade. A few months after their youngest child, Lily, is born Rodolphus is hunted down and killed in a battle to take him into custody. Bellatrix takes her revenge by invading Harry and Ginny's home in the plans to kill his family. Having been tipped off, Harry and other aurors such as Ron (who is an auror in this reality) arrive in time to save Harry's three children, but Ginny has already been killed. Bellatrix herself dies in Azkaban a few years later having been weakened in health at some point in time during her life, (possibly by Harry if you think he'd do anything drastic to her after seeing his wife dead).
I've been trying to do research on the next generation but I haven't been able to find a lot of information that I can work with. Therefore the ages of most of the children will be altered and I will try my hardest not to get confused with any of them throughout the story.
Harry and Ginny's Children:
James Sirius- Born in 2004- Placed in Gryffindor
Albus Severus- Born in 2006- Placed in Slytherin
Lily Ginevra- Born in 2008- Placed in Gryffindor
Ginny dies in 2008 as well.
George and Angelina's Children:
(Firstly let me forewarn you that Angelina's name will oftentimes be shortened to Angela because her name just sounds awkwardly long to me. Forgive me for this personal preference please! Secondly, I justify the changed ages of their children with Fred's survival. Because of Fred's survival it takes George longer to settle down and marry Angelina, but mostly I just wanted their children to be closer in age to Harry's children.)
Frederick (I imagine Fred's name to be a shortened version of Frederick, and since Fred is alive in this version his nephew's name will be shortened to Ricky to prevent confusion, even though Ricky isn't my absolute favorite name ever, I associate it with a mischief maker so I feel like it's perfect for this character)- Born in 2004- Placed in Gryffindor
Roxanne- Born in 2005- Placed in Gryffindor
Luna Lovegood's Children: (Because I think they'd be awesome additions to this fanfiction)
Lysander Scamander- Born in 2007- Placed in Ravenclaw
Lorcan Scamander- Born in 2007- Placed in Hufflepuff
Bill and Fleur's Children:
Victorie- Born in 1999- Placed in Gryffindor
Dominique- Born in 2001- Attending Beuxbaton's Academy
Louis- Born in 2005- Placed in (I'm considering Hufflepuff here)
Percy and Audrey's Children:
Molly II- Born in 2003- Placed in Gryffindor
Lucy- Born in 2007- Placed in Gryffindor
(These houses are open for debate, if anyone has any ideas that they should be in Hufflepuff of Ravenclaw, given that I have absolutely no idea what house their mother was in, please let me know!)
Charlie's daughter: (In this version, because I wanted all the siblings to have children except for Fred, Charlie falls in love with a dragon enthusiast he worked with for a couple of months in order for her to educate herself enough to write a book on dragons. Less then a month after she finishes her work he gets in touch with her to confess his feelings and they get married in 2009, after Charlie finishes mourning his sister's death.)
Charlotte (Name totally up to debate here)- Born in 2010- Placed in (leaning again on Gryffindor here, though possible Ravenclaw. Tell me your opinions!)
Lupin and Tonks' Child:
Teddy Lupin- Born in 1998- Placed in Hufflepuff
Neville and Hannah's Children: (Because I think it would be absolutely perfect for Neville to have a child! Neville is my number one favorite character in the Harry Potter books, and I think it would be just perfect for him to have a son that's a bit spiteful against him like Albus is of Harry.)
Frank II- Born in 2005- Placed in (I'm thinking Hufflepuff here)
Alice II- Born in 2009- Placed in (I'm thinking Gryffindor here)
Draco and Astoria's son:
Scorpios- Born in 2006- Placed in Slytherin
Bellatrix and Rodolphus' Daughter:
Erisa Valiant- Born in 2006- Placed in Slytherin
And that concludes the summary of this story!