Ginny found a… kind of short (because Bella was taller than Ginny), but beautiful turquoise dress for the wedding that Bella could wear.
"It fits perfectly." Ginny said when Bella tried it on, Bella just smiled shyly at her.
Bella changed back into her clothes, and Ginny offered her to stay for a bit with her. Bella and Ginny were chatting when Hermione came in.
"Ginny I'm so…" Hermione stopped in mid-sentence when she saw Bella. "You!"
"Hello." Bella said smirking.
"What are you doing here?" Hermione said raising her voice. "How dare you even show yourself?"
"Hermione, I'd love to say it's lovely to see you again… but I'd be lying."
"Get out!"
"Is it your house?" Bella said standing up. "Ron and his family are fine with me being here, so you better get used to it."
"You little…" Hermione said taking her wand out.
"Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed. "I won't allow this! This is my house!"
"But Ginny…"
"No, no Hermione, I want her here." Ginny said. "Give me your wand and just stop this!"
Hermione glared at Ginny first and then at Bella.
"What did you do?" Hermione demanded. "A potion? The imperio curse? Or some kind of spell so everybody would love you."
"Nah, nothing of that." Bella said smiling. "I wouldn't do that much to make people love me, they usually just do and if they don't… well I just don't give a damn!"
"You won't get away with it!" Hermione threatened her. "I won't rest until I see you rotting in Azkaban like your parents once did!"
"Then I fear you won't really rest." Bella said unaffected. "You better get over me and move on with your life, or am I really that important?" Bella smirked again. "Wow, Hermione, you make me feel special."
Hermione took out her wand again and pointed it at Bella's throat. Bella didn't back away or look away. She smiled again, and even dared Hermione with her eyes.
"Go, do your best shot."
"Hermione please!" Ginny pleaded.
Hermione didn't listen and shot a spell at Bella, she didn't even blinked. Hermione looked shocked and tried again, but nothing happened. Ginny gave up and left the room.
"Come on Hermione!" Bella said still smiling. "I thought you were the brightest witch…"
Hermione interrupted her by shooting another spell but nothing happened again. Hermione tried another spell and another, she was so shocked, Bella didn't even have her wand with her.
"My dear Hermione." Bella laughed. "I've been cursed and shot so much worse spell than those. Don't you think those are way too simple to block?"
Hermione shot another but Bella just laughed.
"I'm way more advanced on charms and Defense Against The dark Arts than you could ever imagine… Experience makes you a lot better than just perfect grades."
"Hermione! What the hell?" Ron shouted, with Ginny and Harry behind.
Harry and Ron grabbed Hermione and took her wand. Bella showed no emotion, but felt really sorry and guilty for making and causing drama and problems in where she shouldn't even been.
"She killed Dumbledore and you let her inside your house!" Hermione yelled.
"She didn't!" Ron yelled back.
"Am I really the only one that doesn't fall for her spell?"
"Hermione, she's innocent." Ron said.
"Yeah, she even helped us!"
"Yeah, with what?"
"We didn't have a single idea of where to start, and now we're almost done." Harry said not letting the word horcrux slip in front of Ginny.
"How?"
"She brought most of them."
"They're probably a fake!"
"They aren't!"
"Harry!" Hermione was now hopeless. "I can't believe you trust her now as well."
Hermione left the room, awkwardness was left behind. Ginny was next to Bella, looking so out of place. Ron and Harry felt guilty but not more than Bella.
"You know what?" Bella broke the silence. "I better go."
"You didn't do anything." Ron said.
"Yes I did, just being here was enough."
"Don't be ridiculous! You're staying."
Dinner came pretty fast and Bella was anxious to eat more, she really was starving. By then, every Weasley was present, well almost, Percy was missing. She met Charlie, who had come just that evening from Rumania. And for the first time talked to the twins. She always thought they were awesome, but never really talked to them.
If it wasn't for Harry and an upset Hermione, Bella would feel really weird, being the only brunette. It was weird to see so many redheads.
If they didn't like Bella, they were hiding it pretty well. Except obviously for Hermione, who hadn't stopped glaring at her. Bella thought her face must hurt because of having that expression for all this time.
Ron, Harry and Bella excluded themselves and went upstairs, while Ginny and Hermione did the same five minutes later but went to Ginny's room.
"Bella?"
"Yes, Ron?"
"You escaped from your house, you helped us bringing the horcruxes and telling us about the other." Ron said looking at her, Bella nodded. "Isn't that being on our side? Wouldn't he find you by the trace?"
"I haven't refused to help him, so I'm not totally against him so he can't find me." Bella said looking at the floor. "If he calls me for a mission or anything and I don't go or I refuse to do it then the trace kind of activates and he'll know."
"So he won't know you helped us?"
"No, if I'm on his side as well."
"That's… not that bad." Ron said. "I was worried about that."
"Yeah, me too."
"How did you find out about it?" Harry asked.
Bella hesitated a bit. "Uhm, Snape told me."
"Snape?" Ron exclaimed. "And you trust him? "
"Yes, who do you think sent the letter I wrote?"
"Snape? No way!" Harry said in shocked.
"Well he did, he helped me a lot." Bella said looking at both guys. "But let's not talk about him now."
"Bella." Harry said. "I must thank you again, we wouldn't know where to begin if you hadn't helped us."
"It's ok, Harry." Bella said giving him a smile. "It's the least I can do."