Catherine's POV

It was Easter time when Draco and I returned to the Manor. I was in the dungeon speaking with Luna when Bellatrix called for me. I frowned.

"I'll return, Luna. I need to see what this bitch wants." Luna nodded in understanding as I went to the Sitting room.

"What is it this time Bella-" I froze as I saw the snatchers with Ron and Hermoine, and a boy that looked horribly disfigured facially... but it didn't take long for me to realize who it was. It was Harry.

"I've already asked Draco if he could recognize this boy as Potter. He couldn't, I want to see if you recognize him." Bellatrix said. I turned back to Harry and laughed.

"Oh Bellatrix please. You assume that if that boy was Harry Potter he'd still be alive when I laid my eyes on him?" I lied and laughed some more. "Oh Bella, my father may have laid claim to take Potter's life, but I want his head more than he."

"And why would you go against your father's orders to take Potter's life?" Bellatrix asked.

"He almost killed Draco!" I screamed, shaking with anger. "I still haven't paid him back for that! I've already turned the Weasley girl, making him feel as I did won't help me any. I want his life! I want to be the one to take it myself for what he did to my Dragon!" I seethed, tears beginning down my face as I turned to Harry. "It's not him. Because if it was, he'd have been dead the second I walked in and recognized his ugly mug."

"I see." Bellatrix said, before turning to the snatchers, intent on seeing Hermione's last spell and seeing if it's last spell was a stinging hex, before she stopped and had a complete fit, sending Harry and Ron to the dungeon as she then began to torture Hermione.

"BELLATRIX!" I screamed, about to hex her, but Draco pulled me out of the room. As soon as the door shut, I turned on him. "What the bloody hell are you doing? She's hurting her!" I yelled. "I promised her Draco!" I said as I pushed him. And then Hermione began to scream, and I started to cry. "I promised her... I promised to keep her safe. And I failed." I slumped to the ground and buried my face in my hands until the screaming stopped.

"Kitty." Draco said carefully.

"If Hermione's dead, Draco, I'm killing your aunt." I said as I wiped my eyes and stood. I grabbed him by the collar. "I will kill her, and I will fucking leave you in your own bloody dungeon for a month." I growled. He nodded and we returned to the room. I ignored everything as I hurried over to Hermione, who was laying on the floor. Mudblood was carved into her arm and I started crying again.

"Hermione." I whimpered, pulling her into my arms. "I'm sorry. I'm so bloody sorry."

"What are you doing, Lady Catherine?" Bellatrix asked, but I ignored her.

"I broke my promise to you, and I'm sorry." I hugged Hermione close to whisper in her ear. "I won't let her kill you, I'll find a way to get you, Ron and Harry out, just give me a second to think of how." I didn't get that second. Ron and Harry ran up and started having a duel with Narcissa and Draco, Lucius already being Stupified and Bellatrix being disarmed.

"You filthy little-." Bellatrix said, ripping Hermione from me and holding a knife to her neck to get Harry and Ron to stop. I glared as I held my wand tight.

"Bellatrix." I warned. "Let her go." I stood slowly, but when I saw Bellatrix push the blade into Hermione's skin a little, I stopped. Lucius went to call Voldemort, but stopped when a squeaking noise was heard. When we all looked up, a house elf, Dobby to be precise, was unscrewing the chandelier. When it fell I grabbed Hermione and threw her over to Ron, rolling from the falling fixture.

And Harry took Draco's wand, and honestly, I couldn't help the small smile. Dobby apparated himself, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and one of the bank goblins out, but not before Bellatrix threw a knife into it.

"Now, Catherine." Bellatrix began. I turned to her.

"Crucio." And I watched as Bellatrix fell to the ground. "Bellatrix, I believe we have a small misunderstanding." I said as I stepped towards her, listening to the glass from the chandelier crunch under my heels. Once I was standing next to Bellatrix, I smiled. "I'm going to tell you all how this is going to go. Potter and his friends were never here. Our prisoners escaped because Wormtail and some snatchers are incompetent fools and allowed a house elf that no longer serves the Malfoy's to get the best of them. And we won't utter a word of the truth of what happened." I released the curse on Bellatrix and she glared as she began to sit up. I didn't let her get far.

"What was that act with the mudblood?" Bellatrix spat. My smile dropped. I flicked my wand, and Bellatrix fell back to the ground, seemingly strapped to the floor beneath her.

"Tell me, Bella. What should I carve into your arm? Worthless? Useless? Oh, I know." I bent down so that I was inches from her face. "Disappointment. You stood there, yelling at Dobby, when you could have done something else. Gone for your wand, had Draco pass you one of the wands he had taken from the boys. But you didn't. Instead you stood there and yelled. What would my father think if he ever heard that?" I smiled. "He expects the Malfoy's to fail him by now. I'm his daughter, and I can write it off as absolute rage coursing through my veins and clouding my judgement. But what about you, Bellatrix? You have no excuse." I pressed my wand into her forearm. "I should carve into your arm, just as you did to that girl." I hissed.

"Cat-" Draco began.

"I meant it, Draco. I may love you endlessly, but I will happily throw your arse into the dungeon for a month." I said, causing him to go quiet. "Bella, you remember how my godfather said that I was protective of my friends, to the extent that I cursed most of Slytherin house my second year, and Draco frequently since, because they were nasty to one of my friends?" I smirked. "That friend's name was Hermione Granger, a muggleborn. Whom you so kindly tortured. I'll make a simple deal with you, you say NOTHING of this, and I won't tell my father that you allowed Harry Potter to slip from your fingers, and I won't torture you as you did Hermione."

"And if I refuse?" She spat. My smirk widened.

"I'll kill you. Slowly. No killing curse. No, that's to quick. I'll torture you like you did Hermione, like the Longbottom's, and so many others. I'll have you begging for death. But I won't be merciful to you, Bellatrix. Not like my father would be. I would make sure you were completely gone, mad as I can get you, begging and crying for me to just hurry up and kill you. I'll hand you your own wand, and have you kill yourself. Then, and only then, will I be satisfied for the pain you've caused to Hermione and Neville." I stood. "So tell me Bella, deal, or no deal?" I saw her shiver in fear, swallow deeply before she nodded. "Words, Bellatrix."

"D-Deal." She squeaked. I removed the spell that bound her, turned, and walked out of the room. Once I made it to mine and Draco's room, I dropped onto the bed and sobbed heavily. Hermione and the others were here, but I don't know if any of them were injured by the knife Bella threw. I was scared for them. But I was also scared of myself. I've never been so angry in my life. I never thought I could be so dark, and it was terrifying. Is that the type of person I would've been if my father had actually raised me?

"Kitty?" I turned to the door to see Draco, he looked worried. I turned away from him and buried my face into his pillow. Merlin's beard, what does he think of me now? He's probably scared of me too.

I felt a dip in the bed and a hand gently lay on my shoulder.

"Kitty, are you alright?" Draco asked softly.

"No." I croaked, shivering slightly. "I... I..." Draco hushed me.

"I... I get it, Kitty. You were angry and lost it. It's okay-"

"It's not okay Draco!" I yelled, turning on him. "That was not okay! What I just did to your aunt was not okay! I only meant to Crucio, I didn't mean to... I wasn't supposed to... but... but Hermione... and then I remembered Neville and... and..." I started to cry again. Draco pulled me into his chest.

"I won't lie. It was terrifying... but I... I get it, I think. You'd be the same if I was in Granger's position. You did. You broke Potter's nose how many times?" Draco asked.

"Not enough." I said.

"You kneed him in the bollocks."

"Not hard enough." I pouted. Draco grabbed my chin and made me look at him, a soft smile on his face.

"But you did all of that for me. And you threatened Aunt Bella for what she did to Hermione. You do what you do for your friends. I'll accept you dropping into being psychotic if it's for friends and family." Draco said. I buried my face in his chest as I cried more.

I returned to school, and I told everyone in my group what happened at Malfoy Manor, and how Draco had stayed behind to do his duty as a Death Eater. But not what happened between Bellatrix and I.

"I don't know where they went. All I know is that they took Luna with them, so she's safe now." I finished. Neville sighed happily.

"Thank Merlin." He said. I nodded. "So what's next?" He asked. I shrugged.

"I don't know. Just... keep your ears and eyes open guys. I have the feeling that Harry and the others have taken out a few of my father's horcruxes. He's getting weaker, even with the Elder Wand in his possession. So listen closely to the Death Eaters when they speak, see if they say anything that could help us find the others." Everyone nodded and our daily meeting was over.

Yeah... it wasn't SUPPOSED to go kinda dark with Catherine threatening Bellatrix... but it kinda just... happened... sorry.