AN: This is the story that my best friend Liane and I are working on. Please Review and tell us what you think!
Prologue: The Bell Jar
Bellatrix Lestrange spun quickly to her left, pointing her wand at the bedraggled boy that lay half-obscured by an overturned table. He rolled quickly to the side as she cast her first curse. A low, frustrated growl rumbled in her throat and she threw back her wand to curse him again. She was too focused on her quarry to notice that her two fellow Death Eaters, Avery and Dolohov, were incapacitated near the center of the room.
A thin, bushy-haired girl padded quietly, quickly over to Bellatrix, but the female Death Eater heard her and whipped around to face Hermione Granger.
Their spells clashed in midair, exploding in a flurry of sparks. The two witches shot spell after spell at one another. The girl, Hermione, began to flag, taking on a defensive strategy.
"Impedimenta!"
Bellatrix flew into the nearest cabinet, causing a large quantity of time-turners and glass gadgets to shatter on the black tile floor. A heavy sound accompanied the calliope- music of glass, and a large bell jar with a bird floating within it fell atop Bellatrix.
Harry Potter walked over to Hermione, stuffing his wand back into his jeans. They warily watched the immobile woman, but she did not stir.
"Do you think she's…dead?" whispered Hermione fearfully.
"I…I don't know," said Harry, running a hand nervously through his scruffy black hair.
Suddenly, a strange thrumming sound filled the room. Harry and Hermione watched in horrified silence as the bird in the jar became a chick, and then an egg. But as this was going on, Bellatrix's body began to shrink. From woman, to teenager, to girl, to infant, she went and then back again, this repeated until her body became a blur.
Harry cast a worried glance back towards Luna Lovegood, who was sprawled in a bloody heap next to Dolohov. "We have to go," he said after a moment
After they left, the bell jar slowed down considerably, the changes remained longer and longer until finally they halted completely.
A dark shadow swept into the room. Lord Voldemort, with Lucius Malfoy at his side, entered the room. Curling his lip in disdain, Voldemort surveyed the room, but when his eyes fell upon Bellatrix, he smiled.
Another AN: I know, this is very, very short. This isn't how all of the chapters will be. We'll try to update every week or so. So please review and tell us what you think.
