"Black and Potter, North entrance with me" Moody noted
"Lupin, Fletcher, east entrance"
"What about us?" Frank Longbottom asked
"West entrance with Mckinne"
Alistair Moody took a breath.
The order were about to make a big bust on a couple of rumored death eaters in a villiage just south of hogsmeade.
"Wands ready" Alistair took one last swipe of the area.
"In we go" he whispered.
They pushed the door open gently and saw Frank and Alice Longbottom with Mckinne approaching from a door to the west. Similarly with Remus and Mundungus from the east. It was a very small building and a group of voices seemed to be coming from a door central to all of them.
"Black, Potter, check upstairs" Moody whispered. James and Sirius agreed instantly and began to climb the stairs ever so quietly.
The whispers seemed to fade away as Sirius reached the top step. "Room each" he muttered to James nodding at the two doors on the landing.
They each pushed a door open. The sound of a struggle arose from downstairs as James shouted "clear".
"Sirius?" he asked
"Go down I'll be down in a minute" he yelled back.
James obliged and ran downstairs to see what had happened.
Meanwhile, Sirius stood their staring at a woman he had been longing to see for so long.
They pointed their wands threateningly at eachother.
"CRUC-" She yelled but before she could finish Sirius shouted "PROTEGO"
A shield erupted between her and him and he held it there with his wand.
Sirius stood their shocked. Had she really just done that to him?
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" she screamed.
"Belle, let me explain, please"
"Explain what?" she snarled the red glinting in her eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked her.
She cackled sharply. "Why do you talk to me as if you know me?" she cackled.
That's when he realized. This was not Belle. This was Bellatrix Lestrange and she seemed to not know him at all.
"Belle?" he asked her
"Why do you call me Belle? NOBODY CALLS ME BELLE!"
With that, anger seemed to burn inside her. She tried to throw another spell at him but his protective charm helled. With a flick of his wand his shield through her backwards. She flew into the wall behind her and slumped down to the floor.
He walked over to her and crouched next to her. She was barely conscious.
"Im sorry Belle, so sorry."
He muttered something and blasted a spell at her. He scooped her up carrying her downstairs.
"Who do we have here?" Alistair approached as Sirius lay her down on the floor.
"Well, well. Bellatrix Lestrange" he answered his own question. A smile curled on Alistair's lips. "James call the ministry, we'll send these to Azkaban straight away!"
"NO!" Sirius said firmly.
"No?" Alistar asked annoyed.
"We should keep her at headquarters, lock her up. She could be useful." Sirius stated
Alistair looked at him unsure. Sirius's face pleaded with James.
"He's right, she could be valuable to us" James agreed
"Fine, Sirius and James, can you manage to take her back to headquarters while we sort these goons out" He nodded to the death eaters on the floor.
"I think we can handle it" James scoffed.
They tied her hands together and covered her mouth and eyes.
With a crack they arrived at headquarters. Headquarters was a medium sized house situated on a cliff which overlooks the coast to the east of England.
Edgar Bones came running up to them. "Is that Bellatrix Lestrange?" he asked standing back in shock
"Yeah, give us a hand wont you"
"Where to?"
"How about the cellar?" James asked. And with a flick of his wand he had lifted her unconscious body and floated it down the stairs to the basement.
Sirius followed him down. James laid her rather gently on the floor before heading up the wooden stairs which lead back upstairs. Sirius stroked her hair off her face and began to walk the stairs slowly with his back to her.
"Sirius?" she whispered gently.
He turned around and looked into her face. She was exactly like she had been a second ago. Her eyes still closed her limbs still.
He stood their staring at her for a little longer. He searched for movement, for signs that she had woken. Her eyes were still closed as her body began to thrash around.
"NO!" She screamed
"PLEASE LORD NO! I SWEAR I SWEAR! NOT AGAIN"
Sirius approached her. Her legs were pulled near her stomach. She clenched her hands into fists and blood ran from them. Sirius reached out to touch her face. "Bella, wake up, its okay" She seemed to not hear. Her teeth were gritted her features in physical pain. Sirius touched her cheek and as he did something connected between them. Something passed from him into her and now he could see.
He could see Voldermort slicing her flesh with his wand and he could see the anger in his eyes, his dark red slits piercing her skin. He could see her blood dripping from her body and when she screamed he cut deeper.
He could see when he hung her from her wrists and left her there for hours with no food and no water to then throw boiling water over her. Sirius watched through her eyes as he sat their watching her skin bubble and blister and yet he could feel it deep inside of her. She felt she deserved this. This was her purpose in life to be at the hands of the dark lord.
She was here to serve, to kill and to be punished.
Pain soared through his cheek and he could feel himself return to his body.
Her nails were digging into his cheek her eyes burning into his. Her eyes seared red. He backed away in horror. The blood trickled down his cheek, he was unsure whether it was hers or his. She scrambled to a sitting position against the wall, staring at her own bloody hands. She seemed disillusioned almost pained and yet Sirius could see the beauty in her face.
He had waited for this moment for so long, but not like this. He didn't know what to say, perhaps afraid if he did say something she wouldn't know him, or worse not know what they had.
She stared at him with an animalistic manner. "Sirius Black!" she hissed.
"You know who I am?" he questioned
She cackled. "Of course, cousin. Blood traitor, disgrace to the most ancient and noble house – of – black. FILTH!" She emphasized the last four words, yelling the last word violently.
Sirius laughed. "I Pity you" he mumbled. He saw the anger rise within her. She struggled to get to her feet. He pulled his wand and cast a spell which fastened her arms behind her in chains and tied them to the wall.
"You see, I know you too well" he gloated.
"Oh please, you know nothing of me!" she laughed
"But I do dear cousin! I know a side of you I don't think you know anymore"
"My master will come. He will save me and he will burn you from the inside out!" she spat.
"Maybe, Maybe not. You think he really cares about you?" he taunted
"SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH!" She retorted
"I know who you are Belle, I know better than anyone. I maybe too late, but I will fix you or I'll die trying. You will remember Belle"
She stood their confused struggling with her restraints. He walked up the stairs opened the door and left.
"Nobody goes down there, understood?" he announced firmly to the now gathering group around the table.
"Sirius, your face" Lily Potter stood up and stepped towards him.
"Oh yeah" he muttered raising a hand to his bloodied face.
"Here" she pointed her wand at his face and immediately the blood disappeared. It did however leave a claw like mark on his face. "It will fade in a couple of days" she added.
"Thank you" he muttered. He turned his back to the crowd around the table and headed upstairs to an empty bedroom. He threw himself down on the bed and raised his hands to his head. There was a gentle knock at the door.
"Sirius?" James asked
"Yeah" he growled dog-like.
Sirius sat up as James entered and sat next to him.
"You alright mate?" James pondered
"Never better" Sirius spoke sarcastically
"I'm sorry. You know, about her" his voice sounded smooth, comforting.
"So am I" he mumbled. They sat their in silence for a minute
"I saw into her mind, into her memories" Sirius spoke
"I don't understand"
"I don't. I touched her, and then I was her, only for a moment but I saw everything."
"everything?"
"Everything, what she's done, what he's done to her. I felt the anger and evil that burns inside her"
"Who's do you mean?"
"Voldermort"
James did not want to ask what voldermort had done for he could see it in Sirius's face the hurt it had caused him.
"You know what the worst part was?"
"What?"
"I saw all her memory's, none of them were happy and what's worse, none of them were of me. She doesn't know any of it James"
"Then you have to make her remember"
"How?"
"Im sure we'll find a way" James smiled patting his friend on his back.
"What would I do without you?" Sirius joked
"You'd survive" James laughed.
"Hey" Lily's voice came from the door.
"Hey beautiful" James smiled standing up and putting an arm around his wife.
Sirius smiled seeing them together. Lily whispered something in James' ear. James nodded.
"We've been meaning to tell you Sirius, and I think this is as good a time as ever" Lily beamed. "I'm pregnant"
Sirius' face lit up in shock. He smiled enveloping her in a hug.
"That's amazing news" he grinned. "Congratulations mate" he hugged James.
"How long have you known?" Sirius asked.
"Lily told me this morning" James laughed.
A harrowing scream echoed through the walls.
"Guess I better go sort her out, celebratory drink later?"
"Of course, looking forward to it" James chuckled.
Sirius took each step down the stairs one at a time. He didn't like this feeling, it was he thought the worst feeling of them all. Jealousy. He was jealous of James and Lily. He was insanely happy for them yeah, they were his family but he couldn't help but yearn to be loved. To have that closeness with someone, to share his thoughts, feelings and desires with someone. To have someone to fight for, to hold and to protect. And yet now he found himself opening the cellar door. He found himself staring at the woman he wanted all of that with. With whom he had all that with. It pained him, ached him knowing deep in his heart, that someone he shared so much with, knew nothing of it. This woman looked like Belle but her eyes gave her away. This woman was scorned, evil and cold. This woman was Bellatrix Lestrange.
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