A/N: I am new here, please don't judge.
Pairing: Bellatrix Black/Harry Potter
Rating: M for later chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Harry Potter, everything belongs to JK Rowling. Except this story.
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Chapter 1: Bellatrix Barricade I
Bellatrix Barricade (nee Black) was a very beautiful woman with her milky white skin, soft curly black hair, and bright violet eyes. Yes, she was an ethereal figure in the Wizarding World, an example for every Pure-Blooded family with daughters. Bellatrix was shy and soft, kind to everyone that was around her, and she was caring towards children.
But Bellatrix wasn't always that way. She used to be mean and insulting, looked down at everyone, judged them by their blood status. Until she married Harrison Barricade.
Harrison Barricade had claimed that he was the last of the Barricades alive. The Barricades were Pure-bloods that were treated like royalty in the Wizarding and Muggle World, and it became a serious matter once the Ministry of both worlds heard of it and immediately took action. They took blood samples and other things to find proof that he is in fact the last Barricade in Britain. It turned out that he told the truth about everything.
And so Harrison Barricade was given the will of Lady Indrid Barricade who died after giving birth to her daughter, Amalia Barricade. The will had been originally for a son that she thought she was having. In the will, Harrison had inherited mountains upon mountains of billions of galleons and sickles (making him the most richest man in both worlds), including a bunch of ridiculously expensive jewelry (for if he had a wife), 12 rather large castle like manors and even Dracula's old castle in Transylvania, also 17 other unknown estates throughout the world, and lastly but no least there was a warning in Lady Indrid Barricade's will.
It read like this:
"If my son does not find a suitable wife in 2 months, than everything he has inherited shall be taken away and he shall be stripped of his title."
And so he began looking for a wife, but the search didn't last long when he set his eyes on one Bellatrix Black. At that time Bellatrix had a crush on Rodolphus Lestrange and had thought about talking to her father about a marriage contract to the Lestranges. But that time never came, so she spent time with him.
That was when all her life changed when a certain man asked for her hand in marriage.
When her father heard that Harrison Barricade was looking for wife, he immediately send an owl telling him that he had two unmarried daughters: Narcissa and Bellatrix. That he could definitely approve of. By the next day Harrison Barricade owled Cygnus Black of a meeting with him, his wife, and his two daughters. Lord Black was ecstatic and told his wife, who (like her husband) beamed with joy and pride, and their daughters were confused. At first.
And so the meeting was held in Barricade Manor (just imagine Camelot and a Roman palace as one; that is how it looked like inside). The Blacks were in complete awe when they arrived, before them were two lines (left and right) of house-elfs waiting for orders. And right at the end, in front of the door stood a very handsome man.
Bellatrix had to admit that the man was nothing that she had seen. He had long knee-length white hair that was pulled back in a high ponytail, his hair was parted in the middle so his bangs reached past his chin, his eyes were a hypnotic orange colour, he had sharp fingernails that suspiciously looked like claws, and he was dressed in black Wizarding robes. Needless to say he was the most handsome man she had seen.
The meeting was a success and then it was time to leave. But before that could happen Harrison had pulled back Lord Black to discuss something with him.
And what he told Lord Black surprised him:
"I am very impressed by the beauty of your daughters, Lord Black, but..."
"Yes, Lord Barricade?" Lord Black asked his voice betraying his nervousness.
"I am actually interested in one woman in particular."
"I see." He said feeling disappointed but not for long.
"Your daughter, Bellatrix, is the woman I seek for a wife."
Cygnus Black had been a balloon full of joy and pride when he heard the young Lord's answer, he sat on his desk waiting for said daughter.
*KNOCK! KNOCK!*
"Enter."
The door opened to reveal a bushy black haired, beautiful woman dressed in a black dress.
"You called for me father?" Bellatrix asked as she sat on a chair in front of his desk.
"Yes, I have," he answered calmly. "To discuss your betrothal to Lord Harrison Barricade."
At first it was silent, Bellatrix too speechless and shocked, it took her a few seconds to realize what her father said.
"WHAT?!" she shrieked as she abruptly stood up. "Father you can't!"
"My decision is final, Bellatrix! You will marry Lord Barricade whether you approve of it or not!" Lord Black shouted firmly.
Not believing that any of this was happening, she ran from his office to her room. Where she threw herself on her bed and cried at the unfairness of her father.
But her fate was already sealed, for in a month her wedding was held.
A/N: The time span for the story will be will be in the early 1950s. So that means that Severus, Lily, or anyone in the Mauraders era aren't born yet.