Hey guys! So here is my next-gen story, apologies if it is a bit dark, or creepy, no flames please!

Also, thanks to anyone that reads this

Disclaimer: I would love to have owned the HP series, and I certainly aspire to be JK, but as she is more than a few years my senior, and has kids, well….. Obviously, I have a long way to go.

Dark Beginnings

Not many knew the secret. Most people thought Bellatrix incapable of having a child. Maybe it was the fact that she was so wildly obsessed with Lord Voldermort to have a relationship with somebody else. (Though she was married to Rodolphus Lestrange). Or maybe it was just because she was so mad, nobody thought she would try.

But it happened anyway.

The child always got special treatment (of course: she was the daughter of two high-ranked Death Eaters.), and she was always used to living in luxury (more like the house of a rich, defeated muggle.).

When the war started, the little girl was maybe two, living with her old grandmother (the one on her father's side, not the goody mother of Andromeda), being told about how great her family was because of their ranks with the Dark Lord. But when the news came that her mother and all that Bella had ever stood for was dead, her grandmpther, old Druzille Lestrange hid away with the child, taught her revenge plans, and always, always, talking of the brilliance the Death Eaters had held.

So much that maybe it was because of all the sadistic stories she was told turned her into her mother, so much that her thirst for revenge had to be quenched.

And when the old woman died, and the young Lestrange had to fend for herself, she travelled around, and learnt dark spells from here, and from there.

So stated a prophecy made by Trelawney herself, that the Forsaken would be vanquished, the Forsaken being the Malfoy's, who betrayed the Lord himself, the Potters, who had defeated him, the Longbottoms and Lovegoods, and of course, the Weasleys and the Grangers.

But this story is only partly about Ariadne Lestrange.

It is about the life of the children who lived in the shadows of their parents.

So let me start at their first year.

Okay, I have one question for the reviewers: We all know that Molly Weasley killed Bellatrix, but what killing curse did she use? I mean, it could have been the killing curse, but really, she doesn't seem the kind of person to use that. Even then, she could have worried about being arrested (after all, the Ministry is still in control). So my question is, what spell do you reckon Molly Weasley used to kill Bellatrix? You can even make up a random spell, if you think that would be possible.

Also, what is with Cho Chang being at Hogwarts in the Deathy Hallows? She is supposed to be a year older than Harry.

And for those people who want to, you can come up with a character you want me to include! I will only choose the best few, and they won't be in the spotlight heaps, but I would love to have a few more characters (so far, not many.)

Until next time,

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