TSB 25 09/12/2014
"How did you forgive Bellatrix and Narcissa? After everything they have done to you?" Harry asked, taking a sip of his butter beer
"I don't know how to explain it. It's like.. Bellatrix is a constant supernova. Explosive, powerful, and deadly but so beautiful. You can either be scared of it and the destruction it causes or you can see its beauty and fall in love with it because you know nothing can shine brighter, nothing can explode better. Nothing can make you feel the way you do when you see it because it's so incredible. Narcissa is like Milky Way. She is everything. Everything beautiful you see, every sweet smelling thing you breathe in, every laugh and every smile. She's everything and it's terrifying and infinite and unreadable and it's so lovely. She's everything, Harry. " Hermione said with a bright smile across her face
"What about Andromeda? The way you speak of them it sounds like you love them?"
"Andromeda is oxygen. You need it to live. Simple as that, I need her and I couldn't live in a world without her. I do love them, it's true, but not as much as I love Andy but I love them"
"Andromeda is okay with that?"
"You've heard the rumours about the pureblooded, families Harry" Hermione said with a sly smirk "The things I wouldn't trade after having a single night with those sisters"
"Well, if they make you happy then I say go for it" Harry said with a shrug "and from what I've seen of you and Andromeda, she makes you very happy"
"That was gross, Harry. You're like my brother and I was really angry with her after that" Hermione grumbled
"You're okay with sisters but not brothers?" Harry asked with a laugh
"I'm okay with vagina's but not cocks, Harry." Hermione smirked before casting a Tempus "Alright, I have to go. I'll see you soon, yeah?"
"Yeah next week. School's back, remember?" Harry said, downing the rest of his butter beer
"I'm not returning to Hogwarts, Harry. Too dangerous."
"I'd protect you this time, you know" Harry said quietly
"I know you would but the fact of the matter is that I know what Ron has been saying about me to anyone who would listen and because of my relationship with Andy who is a Black, which is a dark family and because of my now pureblood status along with my name, people don't believe me to be their Golden Girl anymore rather than a dark witches dark whore" Hermione said with an amused smile
"Surely they don't" Harry began
"Have you read The Daily Prophet lately? I've read one or two but from what I've read I'm not only a betrayer, a liar and a cheat, I'm also abusive, manipulative, and a dirty whore. Oh and I also showed signs of helping the Dark Lord during the rebellion, I tortured Ron because I was in a bad mood oh and I also fucked Bellatrix LeStrange and you and Ron didn't in fact hear me screaming in pain, you heard me screaming in pleasure. So you see, right now is a very dangerous time for me to be out especially with Ron spreading even more rumours about me"
"I'll set them straight" Harry declared
"Harry, you needn't worry. This will all be over soon and they'll all be shown to be what they're really like" Hermione said, standing and kissing his cheek "I'll see you soon. Stay safe."
"How are you feeling, Bella?" Hermione asked when she seen Bellatrix lounging on the couch
"Better" Bellatrix said in a soft, rough voice "Cissy and Andy went to Alexandre's for a day or two. We've just got word that they light side have gathered an army that is nearly as big as ours. They have centaurs, dementors and Merlin knows what else. We have approximately one week before it starts." Bellatrix informed her and put her legs in Hermione's when she sat
"Do my parents know?"
"Yes. They stopped by here an hour or so ago to see you but when I told them they went back to Australia to gather their forces. They'll be back within the day." Bellatrix explained, "They said they have a surprise as well"
"This is really happening" Hermione whispered to herself "Do you think we can win this?"
"Can we? Yes. Will we? I'm not sure. I don't know whose fighting for them or what's fighting for them. I don't know if we'll all survive." Bellatrix whispered, looking troubled "I'll be on a lot of people's lists, no doubt Weasley has told everyone who I really am by now. If something happens to me, you have to look after Cissy and Andy. I wrote my will out long ago and it hasn't changed, you'll all be looked after, I promise"
"Nothing's going to happen to you, Bella. You're the greatest dueller the world has ever seen" Hermione whispered, looking at Bellatrix
"Just promise me, Hermione. I couldn't bare it if something were to happen to my sisters. Or to you"
"I promise"
"This your army, mon fleur" Alexandre said proudly, gesturing to the men and women standing in front of him
"Papa.. How?" Narcissa gasped when she seen the seer numbers "How many?"
"The world has been treating us Veela's like second hand citizens for centuries because of the supposed light side. It's time we fight back, many clans agreed. There is about ten thousand men and women, though only five of them will be fighting on the ground the other five will be our.. Aerial support" He said with a sly grin and a look in his eyes saying that he wasn't going to tell them what he meant
"Their armour, what is it made out of?" Andromeda asked, taking a look at the white and silver looking armour they were wearing
"We do not have a name for it. It's lightweight and will deflect most low to medium grade spells, give it a go"
"Stupefy" and just as Alexandre said, the armour deflected the curse without even making the women stumble
"No, you can't have a set" Alexandre said before Andromeda could even ask, "I've had something better made for you and your love" He gestured for them to follow him. They followed him through the many twists and turns through the castle before they finally got to a door that even Narcissa hadn't seen before and he whispered something too low for the girls to hear and it opened up to a massive room with objects filling the walls. He went over to a chest and got two boxes out and handed them to Andromeda
"Open it" Alexandra said with a broad grin
Andromeda opened one box to reveal a stunning white gold and emerald necklace that seemed to shimmer with power before looking up at Alexandre with a questioning look on her face
"Everything for the metal to stones have been soaked in powerful veela magic before being folded with magic and set in with even more. Those necklaces hold some of the most powerful protection spells and runes known to us, they can deflect high grade spells. If someone were to hurt you, they'd truly have to want to kill you for even a stupefy to work" Alexandre grinned when Narcissa helped put it on her sister "Don't even think about trying to give it back. It's made especially for you and won't accept anyone else but someone of your specific bloodline. Not even Narcissa or Bellatrix."
"Thank-you so much" Andromeda whispered with tears in her eyes
"You're my flowers sister so that means you're my daughter too" Alexandre said, pulling Andromeda in for a hug "We protect our own. Make sure you tell your love that"
"Honestly, thank-you" Andromeda said sincerely
It was exactly five days later when Malfoy Manor was attacked, starting the war. Andromeda had barely seen Hermione at all during those days and refused to let her out of her site during the battle
"Give us Hermione Granger and you will all live" Ron's voice echoed throughout the grounds before it started, "What is one person to all of you?"
No one knows who shot the first curse at him but the second it streaked through the air the battle began. There were fires everywhere, corpses from both sides littering the grounds and it was a nearly even fight with the Black Sisters side winning until the dementors came. They were kissing people left right and centre with no regards to use side they were on until Harry Potter casted his Expecto Patronum along-side Bellatrix Black and not only pushed the dementors away but done something everyone thought impossible and killed them with the force of it before they split apart to get back into the war. It made Hermione sick to her stomach when she seen how young some of Ron's fighters were, kids as young as fourth years were trying to win against fully grown adults with years of experience and war seasoned veterans. It waged on with Hermione, Harry and the Black sisters trying to limit the number of deaths while fighting their way to Ron. The group was looking ragged with torn clothing, dirt smudged all over them and various cuts, bruises and burns littering their bodies
"Mrs Weasley" Harry whispered when he seen who his next opponent was "please"
"Harry, dear, come back to us. We'll forgive you, just come back to us" She said in her sweet, motherly voice "You're mother and father would want you to"
They all got distracted by a loud, high pitched screeching noise and sudden blast of white light and suddenly there were curses raining down above them and people running in from the forest holding glowing swords with Alaric and Ástrider leading them, hurling swords at anyone they recognised
"I hope we're not late, love" Ástrider smiled at her daughter and widened her eyes, shoving Hermione out the way of an incoming curse only to be hit straight in the chest to fall to the floor, seemingly lifeless. What was heard after that was something that would rattle the brains of everyone there for years to come, a scream filled without so much agony that they could feel their own hearts breaking at the noise. Alaric collapsed next to his wife; a scream still tearing it's way through his throat while tears streamed down his face
"Who done this?" he whispered quietly "WHO DONE THIS?" He screamed when there was no reply and looked around to see everyone looking at Ginny Weasley
"You stupid girl" He seethed "You will pay. I will peel your pretty little skin away from the meat on your bones, slowly, painfully." He stalked towards her, shooting killing curses at anyone who tried to get in his way and Disapparated with his hand clenched around Ginny Weasley's throat. The battle continued on with neither side gaining a significant advantage until Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa called the battle to a stop and walked to the middle of the field to meet with Ron, Arthur Weasley and Molly Weasley
"Stop this madness" Narcissa spoke, gesturing around her "Thousands of men, women and children, on your part, have died tonight. No more need to die"
"Give us the girl and we will stop" Ron said
"Why do you want her so badly?" Andromeda questioned
"Because she is rightfully mine" He sneered
"You'll never get her. " Andromeda said before gasping and looking down with wide eyes at a hilt sticking out of her chest
"No" Hermione whispered when she seen Andromeda collapse with Bellatrix and Narcissa following close behind her