Disclaimer: Sorry I forgot to include it in the last chapter. I do not own Harry Potter or any of it's characters.

Authors Notes: I did my best with this chapter. Please read and enjoy!

The Regrets of Bellatrix Lestrange - Chapter 2

Written by YT12J

Harry was extremely tired after the events of that day. Bellatrix had forced him to stop being lazy and actually tidy up his house a bit. Resisting didn't work - she just pulled her wand on him and told him to get to work before she did. After three hours of tidying, she had said that they had got through half of the work and would continue tomorrow. Harry had simply stood there, shocked, until she sent him to his room like she owned him. He had gone to bed without resisting as he was completely drained and wanted to sleep.

Funnily enough, he couldn't get any sleep because he was thinking very hard. He wasn't sure what would change now that Bellatrix was here. He certainly wasn't going to let her order him about again the next day. It was his house and he would do what he liked.

"Help me!" he heard suddenly. The screaming following it was enough to make him shoot out of bed and grab his wand. He then scrambled out and made his way to Bellatrix's room and blasted the door open. Inside was Bellatrix, still in bed, screaming like her life depended on it. Harry sighed and turned on the light. He then proceeded to wake her up.

"Where-where am I?" she stammered. She then noticed Harry with a concerned look on his face. "Oh, Harry, what are you doing here? And why do you look so worried? Did someone attack you?"
"You had a nightmare, that's all Bellatrix."
"Oh. Well, you might as well go back to bed. I'll take some dreamless sleep just to be sure. I always carry some with me." She reached into her pockets and pulled out a small vial labelled: 'Dreamless Sleep'. After drinking the contents, she fell back immediately and began to snore. Harry decided that he might as well leave.

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When Harry woke up, he was confused because he could feel something warm right next to him making a noise. He turned, and discovered that the something warm was Bellatrix who was snuggled up against him and slowly breathing. He stayed there for a moment, shocked, then had the sense to move away from her. However, somehow, while she was still sleeping, she managed to grab onto him and pull him closer. He could feel her warm breath on his neck and decided that now was really past the limit. He pulled away from her and slowly out of bed, trying not to wake her up, but failing completely.

When Bellatrix opened her eyes he knew that he was probably dead. He must have been so sleepy last night that he couldn't remember getting into her bed, but now he was going to suffer the consequences for his foolish actions.

"What are you staring at me for?" she yawned. "Did you finally realize how beautiful I am?"

He blushed. "No, it's just that I figured you would kill me for being in the same bed as you. I don't actually remember getting into a bed with you. Do you remember it?"

She stared at him. "First of all, I am beautiful. Second of all, I am the one who got into your bed, not the other way round."

He stared at her in shock. Then he mumbled "Couldn't resist climbing into a bed with me, could you?"

His cheeky actions earned him a smack on the arm. "I only did it because the only time I don't have nightmares is when there is someone else in the same bed as me. I don't know why, but there you go."

"But I thought you took a Dreamless Sleep potion?"

"Apparently it didn't work. I was actually hoping that somehow my nightmares would stop, but they didn't and after realizing I had no choice I came into your bed. By the way, if you are thinking of forcing me to go to my own bed, then think again because you'll, without a doubt, be woken up tonight because of my nightmares.

He felt his cheeks going red again and saw her smirk. "You are loving every minute of this aren't you?"

She laughed. "Yes. Now get up, lazy-bones. It's time for breakfast."

He yawned. "Do I have to get out of bed? It's so comfortable."

She hid her smile well. "If you insist, you can stay in bed with me for another few minutes."

That made him shoot out of bed instantly. He picked his clothes of the floor and went to the bathroom to change and to have a shower before breakfast.

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Bellatrix walked up to Harry. "Harry, do any of the members of The Order of the Phoenix know that I am staying with you?"

"No, I don't think - "

The last part was interrupted by the doorbell ringing. Harry went to answer it with his wand at the ready like it usually was. When he opened the door he found Alastor Moody, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Mr and Mrs Weasley. Moody had an angry look on his face and shoved his way inside without listening to Harry's protests.

"Why are you harboring a death eater Potter? Especially the one that killed your godfather. I thought that you had more common sense than to hide a death eater."

"Bellatrix isn't a death eater anymore."

Tonks laughed humorlessly. "You really believe that Harry? She is Voldemort's most faithful, and there is no doubt about that."

"No, I'm serious, she said under Veritaserum that she was under an extremely strong Imperius curse the entire time. It was her husband Rodolphus. Once he was murdered, which you'll undoubtedly know about, the Imperius curse was broken and she was free. She came to my house and explained it all to me. At the moment she is staying with me because of the fact that she has literally nowhere else to stay. If you don't believe me then you can administer Veritaserum yourself and listen to her confession."

There was a short silence as everybody present absorbed the information that Harry had just relieved. Then Mrs Weasley spoke up. "Are you sure that it was actual Veritaserum that she used dear? She could have just been drinking water or some other drink. After all, she is a vicious death eater and it is highly unlikely that she is actually innocent."

Harry sighed in frustration. Why would they not believe him? He was telling the truth. "I am definite Mrs Weasley. And I even used a bit of Legilimency to make sure that she wasn't lying."

"You used Legilimency? That's quite rude Harry." said a voice from a nearby doorway.

Everyone gasped as the person came into view and was revealed as Bellatrix Black.

"Lestrange." Remus snarled while keeping himself from killing her instantly.

"Actually it's Black now." said Bellatrix. "I assume you all heard of my husbands misfortune?"

"Indeed." growled Moody. "How very interesting, Black, that Potter seems convinced you are innocent no matter how much we try to convince him that you obviously are not."

"Please believe me, she is innocent. She told me and you cannot lie under Veritaserum." Harry begged.

"It is possible Harry." Remus said without even looking at him. His eyes were fixed on the murderer of one of his best friends.

"But I used Legilimency and I am absolutely convinced that she is completely innocent!" Harry shouted, his anger beginning to show.

"Well I for one do not believe it." shouted Remus. And before anyone could even raise a wand, he had his wand pointed at Bellatrix. "Stupefy!"

But as the spell was just about to hit Bellatrix she raised her wand, waved it quickly, and the spell rebounded, hitting Remus in the chest and blasting him backwards. He hit a wall extremely hard, and slumped to the floor, unconscious. Harry went over and checked for any serious injuries, but luckily, he had no injuries except for a cut and a lump on his head.

Harry turned back to the others. They all had their wands pointed at Bellatrix, and were about to fire spells at her, but unfortunately for them, she was much more powerful than they were and simply waved her wand, causing their wands to fly into her hands.

"Now all of you are going to leave and take the werewolf with you." She waved her wand over the other wands, causing them to glow then go back to normal.

"These wands will not be usable for another ten minutes. That will give you long enough to leave the wards and to apparate back to wherever you came from."

"You have gone dark, Potter. You have allied yourself with the Dark Lord, have you not?" hissed Moody.

"No I haven't Professor Moody, and frankly, I never will. Now leave."

Bellatrix handed them their wands back and shooed them out. A few minutes later he sensed that they had left the wards and gone to tell people that Harry had gone dark.

"Quick Harry, change the wards so that they only allow you and I in. I think it would be best if you did not let anybody else for the time being. Even your closest friends may believe that you have gone dark if those idiot aurors manage to convince them so."

Harry immediately waved his wand and did what she had told him to. He hoped that Ron and Hermione would not believe Moody, though he knew how well the old auror could convince people of things if he had to.

"Come on Harry, we have a lot of work to do.

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It turned out the the important work that she wanted Harry to do was to finish off tidying his entire house. It was five hours before he had actually finished. When he did, he sat down with a cup of coffee, tired from the amount of time it had taken to tidy the house.

Then suddenly, Bellatrix came in. "What are you doing here?" she demanded.

"I finished." said a startled Harry.

That made Bellatrix get even more annoyed. "You call that finished? Get back to work! You haven't done the half of it."

With that she went out, annoyed that he could be so lazy, and yet at the same time be so famous.

Harry put down his cup of coffee and groaned. If she didn't think that this was finished, then he had no doubt the to get it finished would take several hours, if he actually managed to do it tonight.

Harry decided that he might as well get up. Standing with a tired and annoyed expression on his face, doing absolutely nothing, was an extreme waste of time. Grumbling, he trudged off towards his living room to tidy what from his point of view was already extremely tidy. It was very unfortunate that Bellatrix had the ability to order him to do something and actually have him doing it. Maybe he should have just sent her off to live somewhere else. That way he would never have been accused of being evil.

'But that way you would have never shared a bed with Bellatrix' said a sly voice in his mind.

'Shut up' he told it.

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It was Eleven O'Clock, and after several hours of extreme tidying, he was finally in bed. And in this same bed was Bellatrix who was snoring softly, her black her covering up most of her face. Harry reached out a hand and gently stroked it without thinking. The snoring abruptly stopped and Bellatrix opened her eyes. Realizing that Harry was stroking her hair, she snuggled up closer, and closed her eyes.

Harry couldn't help but smile. If his friends had seen him doing this, then they would have probably fainted from shock, if not died. But he didn't care. If his friends found out that he slept in the same bed as Bellatrix Lestrange then he still wouldn't care. But, stupid as he was, he didn't know why. All he knew was that he enjoyed snuggling up close with this woman at night, no matter how much the age difference.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally fell asleep.

Authors Notes: Sorry if it seemed a little short, but I wanted to finish it off at this place. Please review. Even if you are not sure what to write, then just write what you think of it, anything you like, anything you don't like. So don't forget. Review!