The Joy Of Madness
by
Animalover205
Summery: Hermione is in the Hands of the Order of the Phoenix, and her sanity hangs by a thread.
Can Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters get to her in time?
A/N: this is part three of the " The Joy of..." series, please read and review.
Prologue
The night air around Malfoy Manor was still and quiet in the summer heat, the two Death Eaters
patrolling the grounds were sleepy, after all their was never anything going on, ever. Suddenly the stillness was broken by two loud cracks!. The Death Eaters both turned, wands raised to challenge two people who had just arrived. " Halt!" The first one said in a hissing voice " Halt and be recognized."
a voice hissed back out of the night " You are a moron, Domon, and I am sure we can prove it if needed." The Death Eater, Domon, lowered his wand and motioned for his companion to do so.
Bellatrix walked out of the darkness, along with Draco, both of whom looked real unhappy.
The two Death Eaters parted as Bellatrix and Draco walked by, and Bellatrix waved her wand, causing the wards to part long enough for the two of them to walk through. Domon shook his head, what ever Bellatrix was thinking, he was suddenly glade he was on guard duty.
Bellatrix walked through with the main hall with Draco at her side, both of them wore a grim look, like they were going to war. Which, Draco reflected, was a good description of what might be happening any moment. Several Death Eaters where in the room, including Macnair and Rookwood.
And all of them fell silent as the Aunt and Nephew passed by, and some even backed away slightly. Bellatrix glanced slightly to her Nephew, and said " Draco, you don't have to do this. She was my...Slave." Draco smiled and shook his head " If she was a Slave, Aunt, Then I'm a House Elf. She might have been something, but a Slave wasn't it." Bellatrix opened her mouth to say something else, but Draco held up his hand to stop her " Don't, Aunt, Just don't." many of the Death Eaters backed away from them both at this point, all fearing what was about to befall the young Malfoy heir. But Bellatrix simply smiled and shook her head, saying " Draco, your either incredibly brave, or really stupid." Draco simply shook his head and said " I'm not either, actually, I'm just really tired, and simply don't give a flying-muggle-fuck."
Bellatrix felt her eye-brow's raise, but before she could say anything, a high cold voice say " A
Very Interesting choice of words, young Draco." they both turned to see that Voldemort was standing behind Draco. Bellatrix came up to stand next to her nephew while he turned to face the Dark Lord, they both bowed low to him, Voldemort waived his hand and said " Please, Please. Rise,after all, you are among friends." ' I doubt that.' Draco thought, he had been having these thoughts for a while now, ever since his father was relegated to being a third-class citizen of the Dark Lords order, ever since he was sent on a suicide mission which, though simple blind luck, succeeded. " Lord," Bellatrix said rising " I have disturbing news." and she described what had happened at her mansion, to which Voldemort nodded and said " I was aware of this already, your companions had told me what happened while you cleaned your home." he tilted his head and said " You want to ask Lord Voldemort something?" Bellatrix nodded " Then ask, and we shall see what the answer shall be."
' He already knows, he can use Legilimency.' Draco thought ' He's playing with us.' as he thought this he felt a surge of anger. However he forced himself to calm down. He made sure to pull up a mental fog, a Occlumency trick he had learned to use, it didn't make his mind impossible to read, but rather obscured what was there. " My Lord," Bellatrix said " I would like permission to lead a rescue mission, to reclaim what was stolen from me." Voldemort smiled and said " You refer to the Granger girl?. Why would Lord Voldemort give you permission to rescue a mudblood?"
Draco knew then that they were sunk, the Dark Lord would never give them permission, they had lost Hermione. " Because, Lord, she is Mine, she even bares My name on Her chest." Bellatrix then did something that would be spoken of for years to come.
Bellatrix the stood and faced Lord Voldemort and said " However, my Lord. Whether you give your permission or not, I at least, will be going to get her back. She is my Slave, my Toy, but regardless , She Is Mine" Voldemort looked at them both, his scarlet eyes narrowed as he focused on her, then a slow smile spread across his face. It was a cruel smile, but it was a smile none the less. " Well, well. If there is one thing that both Potter and I do admire, it's courage." he nodded and said " Very well, my dear Bellatrix, you may take whomever you need. All the resources you need are open to you." he smiled as Bellatrix bowed to him " However, when you do rescue her, she Must Join our Order." there were gasps and audible whispers. A Mudblood?, as a Death Eater?, it had never been even thought of before!. However before the whispers could get any louder, Voldemort looked around, and they died. " I feel that this is a fair price for the ability to rescue. Don't you?"
Bellatrix looked at Draco in alarm at first, and the look was plaining to him, as he was thinking the same thing ' Will she go for it?, will Hermione join the Death Eaters? ' however, they both knew that they would have no choice at all, in order to save her, they would have to make her join the Death Eaters.
Little did they know, Hermione was about to take the choice out of their hands.
A/N: Sorry about taking so long, I figured that you would all want a Half-way-decent chapter then one that's entirely crappy. Hope this meets with your approval, and please don't forget the Review button!
Thanks! ;)