Bellatrix appeared facing the room door. She roughly pushed Luna away and grabbed the door handle to regain balance. She stood breathing hard with the unconscious girl called Clarissa leaning heavily against her.
"Madam" Olivander's voice rang out sounding urgent. Bellatrix threw Clarissa onto the floor and instantly turned around. The sight of Olivander pressing a bed cloth soaked in blood against Rudolphus's chest filled her with dread. Throwing of her heavy cloak she ran towards the fireplace. "The blood it won't stop" She knelt down and hurriedly pulled out her wand. "It keeps bleeding through it won't st--"
"Shut up I can't concentrate" Bellatrix shouted pointing her wand at Rudolphus. Olivander immediately grew quiet. "Let go" Olivander shakily removed his hands from the bed cloth and she quickly pulled it away. Blood immediately started to leak out and pour down towards his stomach. "Sanamerra" Bellatrix said quickly. She repeated the spell over and over again until all the wounds were temporarily healed ceasing the blood flow. Bellatrix sat on the floor out of breath and feeling exhausted she closed her eyes.
"Madam" Bellatrix snapped her eyes open and pointed her wand at Olivander. "You should drink some water" Olivander whispered holding an empty goblet towards her with a shaky hand. Bellatrix looked towards the goblet with an annoyed expression.
"Where did you get that from?" she said loudly.
"I found it on the window" Olivander said slightly backing away. Bellatrix snatched the goblet out of his hand and stared at its empty inside for a while. "I would fill it with water but I don't have a wand otherwise I wou--" Feeling too tired to talk Bellatrix held up her hand to silence him. Olivander understood her gesture at once and stopped talking. She raised the goblet and touched the tip of her wand at it's rim.
"Agumenti" Water immediately filled the goblet. Bellatrix lifted the goblet to her lips and began to drink deeply closing her eyes.
"I made the potion like you wanted" Bellatrix continued to drink ignoring Olivander. "I gave it to him just like you said" Bellatrix heard the word him and opened her eyes in alarm as she suddenly realised Rudolphus hadn't said a word or moved. "He said it helped a little but it didn't take the pain away entir---" Bellatrix dropped the goblet. It crashed to the floor noisily spilling water and Olivander jumped back in fright. Bellatrix instantly turned towards Rudolphus.
"He isn't moving when was he last awake" Bellatrix screamed raising her wand towards his chest.
"Just before you came. I didn't realise he wasn't m--" Olivander trailed of. She gripped her wand tightly. What if he doesn't wake up this time? Bellatrix thought looking at his closed eyes with a feeling of panic.
"Ennervate" Bellatrix said loudly. She stared at him for a reaction and found none. Bellatrix felt tears starting to form in her eyes. Her wand held hand shook as she tried to concentrate. She was about to repeat the spell again when he suddenly opened his eyes causing her to spill the tears that had been building up.
"Bellatrix" Rudolphus whispered grabbing her wrist weakly. Bellatrix started to cry loudly. "I---I thought something happ---" She suddenly placed her lips on top of his silencing him. She continued to cry letting her warm tears spill onto his face. He let go of her wrist and then she felt his finger tips lightly touch the side of her face. Bellatrix looked up at him. "You never used to cry" he said in a low voice and started to wipe away her tears making Bellatrix cry even harder. "Don't, don't cry"
"I can't deal with emotions anymore without Occlumency, especially when it involves you" Bellatrix said tearfully.
She sat up and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her dress. Rudolphus's face took on a pained expression. "Olivander give him some more of that potion" Olivander quickly moved forward holding a small bottle and tipped it over, pouring the potion into his mouth. "I've brought a healer everything's going to be alright" She stroked his forehead gently.
"Where?" Rudolphus said looking behind her and seeing no one but Olivander.
"She's knocked out near the door"
"How did you man--" Bellatrix placed a finger on his lips.
"Too much talking isn't good for you. Let's just say people are always fooled by motherly love" Rudolphus looked puzzled.
"Ahh you injured Luna and said she was your daughter" Olivander suddenly said pointing towards Luna near the door. "Terribly deceiving but a great plan" he continued with his voice rising in excitement. Bellatrix looked up sharply at Olivander and he backed away in fear.
"I doubt you were a wand maker all your life, if you find terrible things so exciting" she said curiously raising her wand towards his head.
"No I---He who must not be named would know, if I was anything more than a wand maker" Olivander said desperately. Bellatrix threw back her head and laughed.
"As if the dark lord would waste his time looking at memories that didn't concern the elder wand" Olivander crouched down shielding his head with his hands. "Secret's hidden terribly close to your heart that even the dark lord dose not know of them"
"He knows everything, you can't lie to him." Olivander whispered.
"Can't you? Does he really know everything? I think not" Olivander looked up troubled and backed away further.
"The dark lord is too sure of himself. He underestimates people's ability to be stronger than him. I and Rudolphus are living proof that you can lie to him and you know that"
"I well---I"
"Why do you think he has kept you alive all this time?"
"The dark lord thinks I am stronger than him at hiding memories" Olivander said looking up in wonder.
"No you fool, he would never doubt himself like that which is why I said he thinks too highly of himself"
"Then why"
"He thinks someone might have erased your memory or blocked it somehow. Powerful memory charms can be undone by someone with great power but it takes time. Like he did with Bertha Jorkins which led him to Crouch Junior"
"Your going to kill me because he who must not be named might undo your memory charm" Olivander said with a horrified expression.
"How stupid are you?" Bellatrix screamed suddenly . "Of course I am not going to kill you when the dark lord wants you. Like I said he wouldn't waste his energy unlocking memories that are irrelevant" Olivander looked relieved.
"Besides my memory charms are extremely powerful and believe me when I say I am almost as good as the dark lord when it comes to Legilimency" Bellatrix moved her wand closer to Olivander. "With a wand of course, I never managed master it without a wand like him"
"I have no secrets" Olivander said loudly.
"Everyone has secrets" Bellatrix whispered lowering her wand. "Your lucky I don't have the time or energy right now" Olivander lay down on the floor breathing hard.
Bellatrix looked towards Rudolphus. "Everything he said it's true, that's how I made it inside" She removed her finger from his lip and stood up. "She's going to heal you and everything's going to be alright" Bellatrix walked towards Clarissa's fallen body and Olivander sat up looking towards her with wide eyes. Luna stood still and continued to stare ahead. Bellatrix pointed her wand towards Clarissa's chest.
"Ennervate" Clarissa opened her eyes. Her face took on an expression of confusion which quickly changed to shock. She stared for a while as she took in the image of Bellatrix Lestrange with hands and face covered in blood pointing a wand at her.
Clarissa suddenly screamed loudly.
"Shut up" Bellatrix shouted causing the girl to scream even louder. Clarissa suddenly plunged her hand into her bag and drew a wand. Bellatrix noticed Clarissa's movement. "Expelliarmus" She shouted making Clarissa's wand fly out of her hand towards Luna. "Crucio" Clarissa screamed shaking on the floor. Bellatrix paused and looked over at Olivander and then at the wand lying near Luna's feet.
"Getting bright ideas are you" she screamed
"No not at all" Olivander said backing away.
"Accio wand" Clarissa's wand flew into Bellatrix's hand and she pocketed it. Clarissa raised her head up slightly from the floor to take a better look.
"Olivander the wand maker" Clarissa whispered making both Bellatrix and Olivander look at her. "Oh my God your a death eater" Clarissa screamed.
"Crucio" Bellatrix shouted. Clarissa fell to the floor screaming and shaking in pain.
Bellatrix lowered her wand and bent down attempting to grab the girl. Clarissa crawled away from her grasp towards the door and pulled on the door handle.
"What did I ever do to you?" Clarissa screamed. "Please let me go" She continued to frantically pull on the door handle but the door wouldn't open. "Let me go"
Clarissa screamed as Bellatrix grabbed her by the hair and pulled her up. Clarissa attempted to get away and Bellatrix slapped her hard across the face twice. Clarissa grew quiet and started to cry.
"If you scream one more time" Bellatrix whispered pulling her closer. "You will wish you were never born" Bellatrix shouted into Clarissa's ear and grasped the girl's neck. "One more useless sound and I will slit your throat" She tightened her grip on the neck. Clarissa's eyes widened in fear and she shook slightly but remained quiet. Her eyes fell on Luna at the side of the room and noticing Bellatrix laughed out aloud.
Clarissa's eyes instantly moved back to Bellatrix in fear. "That bitch is no daughter of mine" Clarissa stared for a while with a confused expression which changed to an expression of realisation as she finally worked out what had really happened. "That's right I tricked you all" Bellatrix said noticing her expression. "Walked right past security at St Mungos and no one suspected a thing." She grabbed Clarissa by the shoulders. "Did you think you were invincible with all those guards" She suddenly screamed shaking Clarissa violently. The girl almost screamed but clenched her mouth shut just in time. Bellatrix stopped shaking her and dug her fingers into the girl's shoulders and Clarissa winced in pain. She forcefully turned Clarissa around and pushed her towards the fireplace. "Heal him" Bellatrix shouted pointing her wand at the girl. Clarissa stared at the fireplace confused and gasped in shock as she looked down at Rudolphus. "What are you waiting for?" she screamed.
"I---I need my wand" Clarissa said in a low shaky voice.
"Tell me the incantations and I'll do it"
"No I--" Bellatrix jabbed the wand into her neck. "What I mean is, it doesn't work like that. You have to be practiced in healing magic otherwise anyone could do it and there would be no need for healers" Clarissa said hurriedly.
Bellatrix stared at the girl unsure. After a while what the girl had said did seem like the right thing. After all why would healers train to become healers if any witch or wizard could simply heal by learning incantations Bellatrix thought?
"Then how comes Sanamerra works?" she said accusingly.
"Any witch or wizard can perform basic healing spells. You must of tried them all?"
"Yes, Revitallincisum and Curaastam"
"Curaatam, that's used to heal burns" Bellatrix looked towards Olivander.
"I didn't know, I thought it was fo--" Olivander mumbled looking at the floor.
"I need my wand do perform the complex spells" Bellatrix removed her wand from the girls neck and conjured a sharp knife. Clarissa eyed the knife terrified as Bellatrix moved it closer and touched the cool blade on her neck. Bellatrix removed Clarissa's wand and handed to her. "One wrong move and I will dig the knife into your neck" Bellatrix said in a low dangerous voice. In response Clarissa nodded her head with a frightened expression. Clarissa bent down and Bellatrix followed and watched her wand movements intently.
"Seminavra" Clarissa said waving her wand but the deep red lines still remained visible on Rudolphus's skin. She closed her eyes in concentration and tried again. "Seminavra" but there was no change. "I don't understand, this is supposed to work"
"Why aren't you healing him" Bellatrix shouted pressing the knife with more pressure. Clarissa went rigid. "Why aren't you doing anything?" Clarissa slowly lifted her wand and tried a few other incantations but there was still no change. "This is the strongest one around, I don't understand why?" How did he get injured?"
"By an ancient spell, it was Ruptassalesaka" Clarissa clutched her head with one hand and looked down back and forth with a worried expression.
"Well" Bellatrix said impatiently.
"Ancient spells" Clarissa said uncertainly. "Well--, I--" She slightly turned and looked faintly at the knife on her neck.
"Don't tell me you don't know about ancient spells. Your supposed to be a healer" Bellatrix shouted pressing the knife deeper.
"Trainee healer" Clarissa shouted out in fright. "I'm a trainee healer"
"Trainee healer" Bellatrix screamed standing up. She walked around the room waving the knife around crazily. All that stuff the Nurse had said to Bellatrix about having to see scheduled patients without a fail or she wouldn't get through started to make sense now. She paused and stared at Clarissa for a while. Bellatrix started to laugh crazily. "I go through all this trouble and what do I get a trainee healer" Bellatrix roared lunging at the kneeling girl. Clarissa raised her wand towards Bellatrix defensively and fired a spell. Bellatrix instantly noticed and blocked it with her wand reflexively. Clarissa attempted to fire another spell.
"Expeliarmus" Clarissa's wand flew onto the bed. "Accio wand" her wand flew into Bellatrix's hand and she pocketed it. Bellatrix stared at Clarissa murderously.
"How dare you attack me you ungrateful bitch" Bellatrix screamed grabbing Clarissa's arm painfully. She dragged Clarissa up and threw her against the wall. Bellatrix walked closer pointing the knife at her. The girl shrank back in fright and stared at the knife inches away from her chest. Bellatrix threw the knife at the wall close to her head. Clarissa screamed and slowly looked up sideway at the knife sticking into the wall close to her eye. "Your a complete waste of time" Bellatrix shouted. "How can a girl like you even think about defeating me" She suddenly punched Clarissa in the stomach. Clarissa moaned in pain and clutched her stomach.
Bellatrix raised her wand towards Clarissa's chest. "You deserve to die, You are no use to me" Clarissa stared at the wand terrified and tears started to stream down her face. "Avada --"
"No please I can help" Clarissa screamed.
"Kedav---"
"The bag" Clarissa screamed and Bellatrix paused. "The bag I have a book about ancient spells." Bellatrix glanced back at the girl's bag at the other end of the room. "Please believe me" Clarissa said in a loud hysterically voice.
"If what your saying turns out to be a lie" Bellatrix jabbed the wand into Clarissa's chest. "I will give you the most pain full death imaginable" Bellatrix screamed.
"Luna bring the bag" Luna immediately obeyed Bellatrix and brought the bag over.
Bellatrix grabbed the bag from Luna. "Go stand near the door" Luna moved back to her usual position and carried on blankly staring ahead. Bellatrix tipped the bag over spilling the contents on the floor. "So what is this book called" She jabbed the wand in further. Clarissa made a weak moaning sound.
"A history of magical healing" Clarissa said in a high voice.
"Olivander"
"Madam"
"Find the book" Olivander bent down towards the heap of objects and books. He looked thorough the various titles of the books and lifted one of them up towards Bellatrix. "I've found the book" Bellatrix snatched it out of Olivander's hand and stared at the title. Satisfied by the title she suddenly slammed the heavy book into Clarissa's chest. Clarissa gasped in pain and bent over coughing. The book drop onto the floor and Clarissa clutched her chest breathing heavily. "Pick it up" Bellatrix commanded pointing her wand at the girl. She immediately bent down and picked up the book shakily and stared ahead. "Well open the damn book and heal him" Bellatrix shouted making her jump. Clarissa nodded her head. She quickly opened the book and started to rummage through the pages. She paused as she came across the ancient spells section. "What was the spell" Clarissa whispered.
"Ruptassalesaka" Clarissa scanned the spells list at the index and turned to the referred page. She scanned the first page rapidly. "Well what does it say?"
"It's recommended that I should use this spell that will hold for 12 hours before making a crucial potion that has to be given within 24 hours of the injury"
"Well then perform the spell" Clarissa looked up at Bellatrix's wand. Bellatrix followed her gaze and understood. She removed Clarissa's wand and roughly placed it in her hand. "Any more of your stupidity and you'll pay" Clarissa slowly moved towards Rudolphus and bent down. Bellatrix followed with her wand poking into the girls shoulder. Clarissa closed her eyes in concentration.
"Meeniskaavaraa" she chanted waving her wand over him. The red lines immediately faded to a shade of light pink and Rudolphus wriggled slightly. "According to the book it's not healed yet, it will just hold for 12 hours. I have to make the potion to heal them completely". Bellatrix pushed Clarissa aside and stared more closely at the light pink lines. She stroked Rudolphus gently on the forehead.
"See there already fading" Rudolphus attempted a weak smile but his face changed to reflect a pained expression. "Still hurting, don't worry just one potion and then you'll be fine" she said soothingly. She turned around to find Clarissa staring at them open mouthed. "Well girl what are staring at? Make the bloody potion" Bellatrix shouted. Clarissa jumped up at once and addressed the book again. She began to read and sneakily glanced towards them once in a while and then at Olivander. Bellatrix caught her looking at Olivander and jumped up. Clarissa looked at Bellatrix in alarm.
"I didn't mean to look, I'm sorry" Clarissa said quickly.
"Stop wasting time you stupid girl" Clarissa immediately glued her eyes onto the next page and read in deep concentration. Bellatrix stared at the girl as she read.
Clarissa reached the end of the page and looked up with a blank white face. "Well" Clarissa looked down at the page and back up again and remained frozen. Bellatrix watched her expression and started to feel anxious. "Is there a problem? If your done reading I can take you down to the cellar to make the potion"
"Ingredient" Clarissa said quietly.
"We have all the ingredients and any missing can be brought"
"Not this one"
"What are you talking about?"
"The potion requires the wings of an Amphiptere" Olivander gasped.
"Amphy what" Bellatrix screamed. "Give me the book" she snatched the book and read the page. Amphiptere wings it read in bold with brackets stating that the potion would be useless without it. Next to it a small print read turn to page 567 for more information on Amphiptere's. Bellatrix flipped to page 567 and read.
The Amphiptere is an ancient rare deadly winged serpent and natively from Arabia. In size they are similar to normal snakes but they move and fly incredibly fast. Their tail acts like a spear and aids in hunting food. They live in large families and are illegal to import and keep without a license under ministry regulations. They are mostly found in caves and are attracted to the smell of frankincense. An ancient method was to burn frankincense and lure them out. Damage by them to frankincense trees led to their mass murder by Arabian herbalist wizards who were trying to prevent damage to the trees. Since then there sightings have become rare, even though an order was passed to prevent their killings. A few experts believe the species has become extinct all together. The last reported sighting was in Scotland near St Marks cave in 1897 by a drunk man but the ministry dismissed his claims on the grounds of delusion.
Bellatrix turned back to the potion making page and a bold red writing at the end of the page caught her eyes. If the potion is not given to the victim within 24 hours of there injury then death is inevitable. Bellatrix stared at the word death for a while and all the horrible feelings started to come back. I just have to find this Amphiptere and everything's going to be alright Bellatrix told herself. She forced herself to turn back to page 567 and she stared at the date 1897. She flipped back and forth between pages and the words death and 1897 kept flashing up at her. She suddenly screamed and threw the book towards the wall. "He is not going to die" she shouted grabbing Clarissa. "I am going to find that Amphiptere" Bellatrix threw Clarissa onto the floor and collapsed next to her. "I'm going to find the Amphiptere" Bellatrix kept repeating as she rocked back and forth waving her wand. Olivander picked up the fallen book and started to read. Clarissa stared at Bellatrix in fear and Olivander walked over and knelt next to Bellatrix.
"Madam"
"I'm going to find the Amphiptere" Bellatrix continued to repeat ignoring Olivander.
"Bell—Bellatrix" Rudolphus whispered loudly. Bellatrix continued to rock back and forth and repeated the same thing over and over again. Rudolphus raised his head slightly trying to look at her. "Bellatrix st--stop that" he whispered loudly but she still continued to behave in the same way. Rudolphus attempted to crawl towards her and Bellatrix noticed and immediately snapped out of her madness.
"What do you think your doing" She snapped at him. "Trying to dig yourself an early grave" She hurriedly crawled towards him. "Haven't I told you not to move?"
"I was worr—worried about you" he grasped her hand.
"Madam how much time is there, It said within 24 hou--"
"I know" Bellatrix screamed at Olivander. She glanced at the rusty pendulum clock. 2.30 am it read. She had glanced at a clock before Rudolphus had come into her room earlier in the evening and it had been 8pm. It must of been around 10 something when the dark lord had called them. Bellatrix counted from 10 to 2.30. It has been four and half hours so far and that meant she had 19 hours and 30 minutes left. "19 hours" she said bluntly. Bellatrix lifted Rudolphus's hand and touched it onto her cheek.
"19 hours" Olivander repeated in a low voice. Suddenly Bellatrix started to cry loudly.
"Don't cry" Rudolphus whispered and Bellatrix continued to cry more hysterically
Olivander bent down and crawled to her side.
"Madam theirs still time. Don't give up hope"
"Last sighting was in 1897" Clarissa said. "You don't still thi---"
"Shut up" Bellatrix screamed and stood up. She pointed her wand crazily at Clarissa.
"Crucio" Clarissa screamed and withered in pain.
"Madam please, your wasting time" Olivander said. Bellatrix continued to torture Clarissa. "Madam stop this at once" Olivander said more loudly "Your running out of time" Olivander screamed. Bellatrix paused coming to her senses and stared at Clarissa with pure hatred.
"I'm sorry" Clarissa mumbled and crawled away from her reach. Bellatrix still continued to stare at the space Clarissa had occupied before.
"Madam she's not there" Bellatrix walked away and dropped next to Rudolphus. She started to cry again and bent down to kiss him. But this time she couldn't help it. Instead of kissing him lightly she attempted to deepen the kiss. He felt the movement of her lips and deepened the kiss in return. Her tears flowed on to his face and lips.
She gently moved her tongue against his and the salty water of her tears mixed with his taste met her senses. She wanted to carry on kissing him for longer. His injured and I might be hurting him unintentionally Bellatrix thought removing her lips quickly. She stared at him and continued to cry softly. He lifted a hand and touched her face gently.
"When I'm go--gone I don't wa--want you to cry" he whispered. Bellatrix sat up at once and knocked his hand away.
"Why are you talking like that" she snapped. "Your not going anywhere" she shouted.
"Bell—Bellatrix I won--"
"Your not going to die" she screamed standing up. "I'm going to find that bloody Amphiptere. No matter where it's hiding"
Please please leave reviews. Thanks to all my current reviewers. I'm not sure if this chapter is that good as I just typed it up at 3am today after I got stressed with a coursework and decided to ignore it for a while. I might not update for a while as I have loads of tests coming up and courseworks to hand in. About the amphiptere, I didn't entirely make it up. According to myths and legends it actually existed in Arabia and lived in frankincence trees. Just in case you were wondering.