I just wanted to clarify in case you didn't get it. Take the whole HP time line and move everyone up a year, first year never happened. The gang started their first year on the events of second year and so on. Ginny started her first year on the events of third year. So the Triwiz happened in Harry's third year/Ginny's second, Umbridge came in their fourth year/Ginny's third, and Sirius didn't die. This story starts on the gangs fifth year/ when the new professor takes potions and Snape has DADA. The battle of the Department of Mysteries never happened. ( Battle)
Things were back to normal. And they were going to stay that way if I could help it.
"Death Eaters have taken over Hogwarts!" Someone shouted.
I pulled away from Fred with wide eyes. "Even if things are out of my control," I said, finishing my thoughts out loud.
We raced out the door and came face to face with Harry. "What?" I asked him. "What happened?"
"Death Eaters took over Hogwarts," he panted. "We just got the owl from McGonnagall."
I nodded. "What are we doing? Attacking?"
"Sure," Harry said. "If we just want to fight for nothing."
"What the hell, Harry?" I asked, shoving his shoulder, Fred right behind me, pulling my arm back. "We fight for control of the school. If they have Hogwarts they have contact with every wizarding family! They can get to every wizarding family just by taking the kids! Don't you understand!"
"We can't fight them," Harry said calmly. "If we did we'd die more than its worth. We have to wait until we can kill Voldemort at the same time."
I bit my lip. "When can you kill Voldemort?"
"After we destroy the horcruxes. McGonnagall says that in the letter she sent. That's what she found in Dumbledore's office. You know how he died about three years ago? Well, she found this research on Horcruxes and thinks it has to do with Voldemort. So, she went through memories from Dumbledore and thinks there are seven. She says Dumbledore told her that there are two already gone, the diary from the Chamber and his ring, which killed Dumbledore eventually. It's all we have. McGonnagall wants to sneak me in and I can look through the memories myself."
"Don't you think that's strange how McGonnagall wants you to go into a school full of Death Eaters?" I asked him, seeing some people gather around him. "We may trust McGonnagall, but given the circumstances, I think she should send the memories here. I just don't like the idea that you would go into a school full of Death Eaters! That's insane!"
"Like you?" Harry asked me.
I opened my mouth and then shut it. I leaned back from him and shook my head. "That was low. Even if I did want to know, that was low."
I turned and walked off, down the stairs until I reached the kitchen. I grabbed some cookies before heading towards the family tree room. I paced around, taking in everyone's faces that were lining the walls. I found my mothers, and then my father's. They weren't connected at all. I guess no one knew. I saw the Weasley tree over on the far wall and traced all the way down to the seven kids. Ginny, Ron, then Fred and George.
There was a knock on the door and I looked up. Fred. Deja vu much?
"Hey," I said quietly.
"You're not crazy," Fred whispered, wrapping his arms around me.
"Nice try," I smiled.
"I'm serious. He just lost his temper."
I rolled my eyes. "I don't care. He still said what none of anyone else would. I'm crazy!"
"You are just cautious about everything. There's a difference."
I shook my head and leaned against his chest. "I don't know. I honestly don't know. Don't you find it fishy, though, how much McGonnagall told him and how much she wants him there?"
"A little, but I think you're looking into it more than you should."
I bit my lip, "You're probably right. Where's Harry?"
"In his room."
I nodded. "Going to go tell him something. I can go on my own, so don't worry about me."
Fred let me go with a little kiss and I climbed the stairs before knocking on Harry's door.
"Who is it?" he called.
"Open the damn door!" I laughed.
The door opened and I put him in a bubble before he could shut it. "Not fair," he mumbled.
"Listen, okay? If you think its a good idea to go, then go. I won't stop you. But if something happens, and those memories get lost or destroyed, don't say I didn't tell you so."
I dropped him from my shield and turned around. He grabbed my arm and spun me around, crashing his lips to mine.
I pushed away. "Harry!" I shouted. "What the hell was that?"
"I just wanted to know what it would have been like if all those years ago we had gotten together instead of you and Fred."
I looked at him, narrowing my eyes. "I think you forgot that I'm engaged and so are you. Sorry to burst your bubble but I'm not here to be kissed! I'm here to protect my friend from getting their ass kidnaped! So you better think twice before doing something."
I stormed off but froze when I saw Fred's betrayed eyes. "Fred, he-"
"How could you do that to Ginny?" Fred asked, walking up to me. I was confused.
"I didn't-"
"Not you, dear, him."
I relaxed. "Oh."
I spun around and saw that Harry was pale. "I just-"
"Kissed my fiancee."
"I didn't, I mean she kissed me!"
I snorted. "I already went through this all today, I don't need to go through it again. I kissed you, you say?"
Fred wrapped his arms around me and laid his chin on my shoulder. "I was standing her watching the whole ordeal, from the time she put the shield around you until now."
Harry's eyes widened. "I-"
"You what?" Ginny asked, walking down the stairs.
I looked at Fred and he seemed a little shocked that Ginny was walking in right now.
"Ugh," I started. "We, um-"
"Gin," Fred started. "Maybe you should-"
"You did it, didn't you?" Ginny asked Harry. "You kissed her?"
"How did you-" I started.
"I've been watching him. He's been dying for a chance since you came back."
I shook my head, looking at Fred. "It's nothing now. He did it and its over. I'm officially not involved starting now. Come on, Fred."
I pulled him with me and as soon as I made it to his room, faced him. "I'm sorry. I should have-"
"Bella, you pushed him off you," Fred said, cupping my face. "It's alright!'
I sighed. "I'm sorry. I yelled at you today for the same thing happening, but you forgave me so easily. I mean, I'd at least feel better if you yelled at me a little."
"I can't yell at you, and it was all Harry's fault. So, I'l yell at him later."
I kissed his lips. "That's why I love you."
"I love you too, because you see the logic in things."
"What were you doing there anyway?"
"Well, I know you said not to, but I followed you to see what Harry had to say."
"Good call there."
He kissed me and I moaned into his mouth. He pulled away and raised an eyebrow. "That's new."
I smiled and leaned up to kiss him when the door opened. "Sorry to burst your bubble but I need Bella. Last minute wedding need to knows."
"Alice, we haven't even decided on a date yet," I laughed as she grabbed my arm.
"When do you want it?" She asked us.
I shrugged and looked at Fred. "It's your call."
He looked at me. "Do you want it in the summer?"
I smiled. "Whenever you want it."
"Spring then," Fred deided. "April?"
I nodded. "Alright. What day?"
"You pick that."
I nodded. "The nineteenth."
He laughed. "Very certain about that."
I smiled and kissed him once before Alice dragged me out of the room. "Love you!" I called.
"Love you too!"
Alice dropped my arm and slung me on her back. "We're getting your dress fitted and then we're going to go to the human bridal shops. We have to do everything now because we don't have much time left."
"Alice, what's going to happen?"
"You'll find out in a couple of days. It's nothing lifethreatening, just shocking."
"What?" I asked her, concerned.
"It won't kill you, if that's what your asking."
"Can't you just tell me what it is?"
She sighed and looked at me closely. "You're pregnant."
I choked, "What?"
"You are having Fred's child," she clarified. "It's living inside of you right now."
"Ho- What?"
"You are pregnant."
I smiled. "I'm going to be a mother, but I- I'll be huge for the wedding, huh?"
"In my visions, you aren't, but you'll be near the end of your pregnancy by the wedding."
I groaned. "Eight months. I just did the math in my head."
"In my visions you use your metamorphic powers to hide your stomach, which works. You can make yoruself baby-bump less with your metamorphic powers."
I smiled. "That's great. I should tell Fred. . ."
"Later, right now we need to finish things that won't be able to be finished once you start to grow."
"But I can just hide the stomach when we do something."
She frowned. "I didn't think about that."
I rolled my eyes and we met up with all the girls. Ginny and Hermione included. Ginny didn't look at me, but I didn't mind. I would be pretty mad with me if I was her.
"Ginny, I'm sorry, I-"
"It's fine. I'll survive."
"You want to talk about it?" I murmured to her.
She nodded. "Hey, I'll meet you up later, okay? I have to talk to Ginny for a few minutes," I told them. Alice frowned but nodded.
I brought Ginny with me to Three Broomsticks. "What happened?" I asked.
She had tears in her eyes. "I-I told him that if he loved me, then he had to make a choice. He could regret kissing you and come back with me or he could admit that he wanted more with you and leave me. I-I waited for him to decide and it took longer than I needed. I took off the ring and handed it to him and said, 'That was an answer in itself.' I walked out and Alice grabbed me and said that we were going to plan your wedding and that she was sorry for me. I told her that it was fine and that I knew it was going to happen sooner than later."
I smiled. "I feel so bad, though. My life was almost gone and then yours is. Ginny, its not fair. If I could change it between Harry and I, I would. I don't love him like that. It's purely brotherly, and I would like to make him see that for me as well. I'm sorry."
She smiled. "Thanks for understanding. I am a little jealous that things work out for you, though."
"They don't always. I was in prison for five years, remember?"
"Why was that?"
"I had my mother in my memories. They gave me five years for keeping her out of Ministry hands."
"Now I understand why you didn't want her to know, she would be so torn up."
I nodded, "So, I took the years."
"How could you do that! I would have argued it! Five years is a lot for just six months of talking to your mother!"
I shrugged. "It was the Minister, and even Dumbledore was in shock, speaking of which, i just found out he died today! What the hell!"
Ginny smiled. "Well, it was Harry's seventh year. Malfoy did it."
"Draco Malfoy?"
"You-know-who forced him into it. Harry was there when it happened. Draco told Dumbledore, 'I have to do this. I have to kill you, or he's going to kill me.' And honestly, I can't believe that!"
"Him recieving the Dark Mark was punishment for Lucius letting the Prophecy not get to Voldy."
Ginny flinched. "That sucks for him."
I nodded.
"Are you ready to get back?" I asked her.
She smiled. "Totally."
"Oh, and for the record, you're my maid of honor."
She beamed. "Yay!"
I smiled. "Well, you've gone through it all and you understand the most and you're going to officially become my sister, so why not? Besides, you and I have more in common than the Cullen girls, but don't tell them I said that. And Hermione has your git of a brother to worry about."
She laughed. "Ron is pretty hard to deal with."
I laughed as we approached the girls. I noticed my shoe was untied and waved Ginny ahead of me as I bent down to tie it. I was grabbed and apparated from the spot before anything could happen.
I reached for my wand and desperatly tried to get away from whoever it was. It was my fears coming to life. Someone had kidnaped me. Slowly I was getting near histeria.
"Well, well, well," I heard a familar chilly voice laugh. "Looks like Bellatrix decided to join us after all!"
I shrank back in fear as I saw dementors swarm above him.
"Yes, I heard all about your fears. Dementors seem to just swarm to you!" Voldemort said, snapping his fingers. the dementors rushed towards me and I placed them all in a shield and concentrated on killing them, even if I didn't know how. They collapse to the ground and Voldemort looked a little scared.
"Well, you are too powerful for my liking."
"I'd say that was a compliment, buy who listens to Moldywart anyway?"
That was George's nickname and Voldemort really didn't like it. Death Eaters rushed at me and I slammed them against the wall with my powers, where they fell unconscious. I turned to Voldemort. "Have anyone else that you want to throw on me?"
He whipped out his wand and I encased him in a bubble, shoving him into the ceiling where his neck snapped. He was dead, but he's returned from the dead before. I heard the front door open and Narcissa walked in. "Oh my!" She whispered.
I smirked. "Sorry, I'll help clean up, if you'd like."
"They're all. . ."
"Dead or unconscious."
I know what it looked like, but still. "I'm calling the Aurors."
I nodded and looked at the limp dementors. I shuddered and stepped back until I was against the walls. I kept telling myself that they were dead, they weren't going to get me, but they're hoods were turned towards me. They died seeing, assuming they saw anything, me. But, since they didn't see, they only felt emotions, they died feeling me. Oh, that sounds wrong.
I managed a small laugh and was wondering what Fred was doing. Oh, god! He's not going to love me after this! I'm a murderer! I just killed someone! I've killed before! Wait, the Aurors would come and they'd take the Death Eaters away. And Voldemort. And the Dementors. Oh god!
I kept repeating that over and over in my head and didn't notice the flurish of Aurors that came in.
"Bella?" I heard Tonks ask in disbelief. I looked up and saw everyone that was an Auror. Harry and Ron. Hermoine and Ginny.
"Oh my god! Are you okay?" Ginny asked. "I mean, Alice saw you get taken! You-you fought them all off?"
I nodded, tears in my eyes. Tonks came and dragged me away and pulled me into the kitchen where Narcissa was making me some tea.
"Tell me what happened," She whispered.
"I-I was tying my shoe and told Ginny to go ahead. And then I was grabbed and apparated to here. I heard Voldemort talking to me and he said that he was glad I could come or something. I saw the d-dementors and he said he knew I feared them. He sent them on me and I bubbled them and tried to kill them. I didn't want them near me! I've been through enough with them and I hate them and they were going to -"
"Bella, its over now. What happened after that?"
"The Death Eaters came at me and I slammed them against the wall with my powers. I didn't want to kill them, they could go to Azkaban. And then Voldemort came at me. I called him Moldywart, George's nickname. And he didn't like it. Anyway, I put him in a bubble and slammed him into the ceiling, which broke his neck. And I was shocked. But he's going to come back! He always does! And I killed someone! I killed more than one! I'm going to be sent back! I can't be sent back! If I do, I want you to kill me, Tonks. Please you have to kill me before I can be sent back!"
"Bella, you aren't going to be sent back. You did nothing wrong! You did something right! You killed a wanted and dangerous wizard and dementors aren't suppossed to attack you, so you protected yourself. They shouldn't have even been here! They should be in Azkaban! No where else. You did extremely well! God, I can't believe you could do it though!"
She hugged me and then Hermione and Ginny came in. "Are you alright?" She asked. "Did they hurt you?"
"No, I'm fine. How did you get here so fast though?"
"Alice had a vision and we headed straight to the Auror department. We got here as soon as we were told."
"So what's going to happen to them?"
"The dementors will be thrown wherever they go. Voldemort will be placed into a cement block that will be guarded at all times. And the Death Eaters will be put on trial and you're going to have to testify against them."
I nodded. "I can do that."
"It will most likely be a memory, but that's it. You weren't with anyone today were you?"
I shook my head. "Haven't seen them since last night."
"Good."
The Aurors started to drag off the Death Eaters and bring them to the Ministry.
"Bella, stay here for a little while and keep Narcissa company. I'll be back for you."
I nodded and watched her leave before turning back to Narcissa.
"Thank you so much for getting rid of him," she said instantly, setting a cup of tea in front of me.
"It was no problem. Harry will be pissed, but it was nothing. It was either me or him."
"Why would Harry be mad?" Narcissa asked.
I shrugged. "It was his job to get rid of Moldywart."
She smiled at that. "That was very brave, telling him that."
"He really pissed me off and that's just what he deserves and more."
"Couldn't agree less," she sighed.
"How have you been? In this place all alone?"
"I've been doing better. Ever since Draco left things have gotten slower. Have you seen him when you were. . . there?"
I nodded. "His cell was right next to mine. We would talk to each other and tell each other stories. It's the only thing that can remotely keep you sane. He looked drawn out, if you know what I mean."
She nodded. "He was all sunken and skinny, right?"
I nodded. "Skinny is the perfect word. I heard Astoria and her child live here? How have they been?"
"They never come out of their room, except for meals. Astoria doesn't want the Dark Lord to take an interest in her son."
I nodded. "She should hear the news, you know?"
She smiled as Tonks came in. "I'll go tell her right now. Have fun."
"I'll try."
Tonks sat back in her chair and looked at me. "You are off the hook. I explained to them everything you said and they agree, there should be no punishment. You shouldn't have even gotten the five years. Everyone in the Auror department agreed to that. The Minister is a little prejudice towards you because he knows that you are Bellatrix and Reg's daughter."
I groaned. "Well, that sucks. What do people normally get?"
"Six months, but you didn't even deserve that! Everyone in the Ministry, Aurors or not, were buzzing about how Bellatrix had gone good and that you didn't deserve the treatment you got."
I smiled a little. "It's nice to know I'm loved."
Tonks laughed. "Fred's gone frantic trying to find you. You should head back."
I nodded. "Thanks, Tonks."
"No problem," She smiled.
She handed me my wand, "Found it by you-know-who himself. Keep it safe."
I nodded. "Bye."
She gave a small wave before we both apparated to different locations. I landed at Grimmauld Place and Fred met me at the door.
"Do you know how worried I was? They say you killed you-know-who. They say that you killed dementors," I had an involuntary shiver at the word. "And they say you fought off all the death eaters."
"My shield can do that," I whispered as I walked inside.
"What took you so long? It happened hours ago!" Fred asked, wrapping his arms around me.
I squirmed out of his grip. "I'm sorry, Tonks was talking to me, testimony I guess. And I'm sorry but I just don't want to be touched right now. I'm freaked as is. I'm sure Harry or Ron told you what they saw. Yeah, I'm creeped out when I get touched. It's like I'm being chained. I'm going to take a shower, okay?"
He nodded and gave me a loving smile. "I'll meet you where?"
"Your room, of course," I smiled.
He chuckled. "Of course."
I skipped off to the shower and savered the warmth against my skin. I could live in paradise like this, for good.
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