I do not own Harry Potter that's J.'s Job.

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I'm sorry, I mucked up on ages so I'm tweaking some things it'll start from here.

First lesson Monday morning normally meant fifth years walking in late pretending to be zombies. Professor Grazeville however was shocked to see the fifth years, every single one bright eyed and chatting eagerly. He had to check his watch to make sure he wasn't late. The class quickly settled in and stopped talking. He wondered if McGonagall could have got this much attention.

"Well I guess you all want to know about Bellatrix."

The class collectively murmured, nodding their heads and getting comfortable in their seats.

"Well I first met her in 1962, when we were 11 but her story starts before that. Bella was the eldest Black sister; there was also Andromeda and Narcissa. Her cousins where Sirius and Regulus Black. She was born in 1951 to Cygnus and Druella Black."

"Well as a Black she had a privileged up-bringing. They Black family where like royalty; every pureblood wanted to marry in to the family so; they are related to nearly everyone through marriage. They was also rich and one of the oldest families out there."

"What's that got to do with Lestrange" A boy with blonde hair in a Gryffindor tie called out.

"Firstly I don't want anyone calling out, it's best to tell the story then I'll answer questions. It's got everything to do with Bellatrix; it was her family it explains so much. The family where not all death eaters but held the same ideology most did, some were blasted off for being blood traitors; such as Cederella Weasley and Sirius Black. That's why Nymphadora Tonks isn't on there because Andromeda got blasted off."

"Let's start when she was 10, that's when her parents started to train her."

Bella was sat at her desk, in her Aunt's home. She came here every summer for two weeks. She enjoyed the company but hated Sirius; he was so infuriating and loud. Bella had just had a lesson on how to walk and stand, she was special because her sisters weren't old enough yet. Bella had just been told she would get a nice man to marry one day and get a big mansion and be rich. Bella had decided she would be a graceful child and do what her parents wanted to her. They told her if ever married a Muggle than she would be kicked out. They talked about them as pigs, but Bella could not understand why she would marry a pig, there dirty. Bella was aimlessly drawing, she had drawn a wedding gown yesterday so she drew a mansion much like her own but with a large tree and pond. Her room was largely green and silver. There was a picture of her family which sadly included Sirius, but she was holding Regulus. Regulus was adorable and he was her favourite. His eyes so stormy and his dark curly hair gave in beautiful face. Like an angel. Her bed was large but unlike other girls she had no dolls she saw no use but a book was on her bed side table with a lamp.

A large window overlooked the street. A park sat over the road, but she was banned from playing there, apparently Muggle children played there but they did not look like pigs, but how can her parents be mistaken. She once snuck out there to play while her mother and Aunt were out. The exhilaration was amazing, there were no other children, and there was never any at lunchtime on weekdays. They all disappeared for a few hours. It was very strange. The swings tussled her hair and the slide muddied the back of her dress. Under the large oak tree was a book. Bella walked over, if she ran her dress was get even more soiled. The book was relatively new. Its page corners only slightly bent. A car screeched around the car, Bella jumped a foot in the air; she never heard anything as strange. A large metal box came speeding around the corner. Its horrible ear shattering screech carried on until it had disappeared around another corner. Bella fully decided now it was time to go back in case someone noticed. Sprinting across the road and up to her room, she slammed the door shut blocking the outside world.

The book was still in her hand, she decided to read through it, there was no book like this in their library. The book contained mainly pictures with a description of who drew it. She had never seen any of these pictures before and she was cultured on all the finer things. There was one picture she studied it was of a woman, a woman called Mona Lisa, they description was on about her strange smile. Bella was studying the smile for hours so she didn't hear her mother come in. Mona Lisa had a thousand smiles in one, Bella thought she was showing many faces, one time she would be happy, sad or mysterious. A loud shriek pierced her world. Pain shot through her spine. It was like a thousand hot needles cutting her skin. Bella would not cry, but it hurt so much. Sirius would cry he was a wimp, she wouldn't. Although she had never had this curse on her before she had heard about how painful it was. The pain numbed but everywhere ached. Her mother took to shrieking "Where did you get this filth, tell me, tell me." The curse was again upon her, the pain caused her to feel sick she felt like screaming, her insides where burning, she just wanted to die."TELL ME."

Her voice came out weak, it shook with pain. "I found it mother, outside." Her mother's voce came out deathly quiet; if a pen dropped it would be louder. "You disobeyed me and brought that filth in the house, maybe you're not a pureblood, I should cancel your marriage." Bella crawled to her mother's feet still in pain from the curse. She grabbed the hem of her mother's robe."I'm sorry mother, I didn't know, it won't happen again, please I am a good witch, please I want to marry a pure blood, Please mother." Her mother started to turn away, Bella started to cry, she would be burnt of the tapestry, and her tears became louder and more uncontrollable. While Bella was sobbing her mother slapped her hard on the check. The tears stopped as Bella brought her hand to her cheek and cradled it. She was still knelt on the floor as her mother burnt the book and walked out. Before the door slammed shut her mother whispered in a deathly voice "Black's never cry."

"That class was the first time she blamed Muggle's for anything, they caused her pain. She still didn't know what a Muggle was and she never ventured in to the park again. "

"How does that explain her?"

"It was the first time her mother punished her, the first experience with anything Muggle but it also shows her family's values. She was also so much like Sirius in those earlier years; she could have made a grand Gryffindor. I remember likening her to the Mona Lisa once she had so many personalities one minute she could be happy then her temper would come crashing down."

"What did she saw about the comparison to Mona Lisa?"

"She said nothing but I ended up with a snake chasing me, all the way to the Infirmary." He could tell what the next question would be so he gave them the answer before they asked." You all want to know why, because that was the first time she broke her parents' wishes, she showed weakness. A Black is not supposed to be weak. I of course did not know that but her temper thought I was teasing her. She thought her cousin told me of that time. And yes he did, but it's not why I said it and no I won't tell you why I said it."

"So I guess I'll tell you the rest of the story next class."