Myths and Legends #8 Task 4: Write about someone who is frequently jealous of young blossoming romances and seeks to destroy their happiness.

[Inspiration Challenge] "Anything From The Trolley?": Tooth-Splintering Strongmints: "She was afraid to want things for herself. She didn't think she deserved them."

Halloween Bingo: (dialogue) "Why are you doing this?"/ "Doing what? Messing up your day?"

Warning for swearing. Also death and torture. Also a warning for poor quality writing. Ah.

Word Count: 611

Madness

Bellatrix Lestrange was afraid to want things for herself. When she was younger, her father had beaten her every time she had asked for something, until she also believed that she didn't deserve luxuries. To her, anything she didn't have was a luxury. Love, happiness, and Voldemort were all luxuries, and she was jealous of anyone who had any of them, although she tried to hide it. In the end, she decided that she might as well take away everyone else's luxuries. If she couldn't have it, nobody could.

Bellatrix straightened her robes as she walked down Diagon Alley. Everywhere she looked, another couple were holding hand. Or worse, they were kissing. It made Bellatrix feel sick.

She turned into an alley way and was faced with something that she never particularly wanted to see. Her wand was out in a flash, the woman being forced to the floor. The woman screamed. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" The other hissed, quickly covering himself.

Bellatrix smiled, sending a slicing charm his way. 'Start small,' she told herself. 'We wouldn't want to hurt them all at once, now, would we?'

"Why are you doing this?" The woman crawled over to her husband, pressing her hand on the wound.

"Doing what? Messing up your day?" Bellatrix's eyes sparkled. "Because I found you two performing sexual acts in a public place, and this is your punishment."

"I'm—I'm too young to die," the woman said, her eyes wild. "Please, don't kill me."

"Now, now, you're not allowed to start begging until I've started to attack you." Bellatrix rolled her eyes. "Haven't you ever learnt anything?"

"You're insane. Completely and utterly insane." The man tried to sound brave but his voice cracked.

Bellatrix twirled her wand in her hand. "What shall I do with you?"

"Let us go free?" The woman said; a Gryffindor at their finest. It angered her deeply.

"Crucio!" Bellatrix snapped.

Something about the woman writhing around on the floor satisfied Bellatrix. It calmed her anger, but made her long for more. She wanted to see them suffer, for they had annoyed her with their petty activities.

Bellatrix lifted the curse, leaving the woman panting on the floor. The man whimpered as she turned to him. "Not so brave now, are we?" She sneered at him, her face showing her disgust.

"Please…"

Bellatrix smiled, satisfied, as she caused him to howl in pain. A new cut on his shoulder deepened the stain in his white robes, and he clutched his hand to his shoulder, blood seeping through his fingers. "Bitch," he hissed.

"Avada kedavra!"

She slightly regretted killing him when he slumped to the floor as it meant she couldn't play with him any more. Whilst her attention was diverted, the woman had attempted to escape, dragging herself across the floor. "Now, now," Bellatrix said, shaking her head, "we don't play like that."

The woman stopped, looking up at Bellatrix with a fire in her eyes. "Kill me now, then," the woman said, defeated.

"What's the fun in that?"

The woman slumped to the floor, her chest rising and falling heavily. Bellatrix flicked her wand at her, and she rose into the air before crashing into the nearest building. She let out a scream, causing Bellatrix to grin happily.

A burning sensation hit her left arm, much to her delight. "Say goodbye now, dear. I have to go somewhere, but I do not want to leave you alive."

The barely alive woman just sobbed, and Bellatrix threw a Slicing Charm her way, leaving her to bleed to death. "I'm coming, my Lord," she whispered, before turning on the spot and disappearing.

I was thinking about writing about the Hermione torture scene but I decided to give us some new content instead. Don't explore my mind. I don't know what I'm doing. This is awful. I had to write something. I'm sorry.

~Butter :D