Title: Soon
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Bellatrix/Alice, Rodolphus/Bellatrix
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 272
Summary: Rodolphus plots.
Notes:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Chocolate Frog - Falco Aesalon - Bronze - Prompts Used - Falcon, Amazing, Process, Former

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Gringotts - Era: Marauder's (10), Word: Sharp, Word: Shriek

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: September Event - (plot) Making an enemy

Weekly Pairing Drabble Competition: Bellatrix/Alice

The Restricted Collection: Prompt Used - No writing about the Marauders in a Marauders-era fic

365 Days of Drabbles Challenge: Prompt Used - Detention


Rodolphus looks up for his falcon and smirks when it lands on the Slytherin table in front of him. He takes the letter and quickly opens it.

He scans it, looking for the important parts, the ones that will make everything the way it should be. He's in the process of making a plan when a shrieking laugh distracts him.

He looks up and glares at the couple: Bellatrix Black and Alice Dupree. He still finds it amazing that Bellatrix dumped him for some Gryffindor witch. Every time he tried to talk sense into his former girlfriend, he ended up in detention for an excessive use of his wand. He would never admit it, but the sharp taste of rejection never quite deserted him, even after almost four months.

He can't fathom what Alice has that attracts Bellatrix. To his appraising eyes, she's nothing special.

Alice doesn't know it, but when she stole his girlfriend, she made an enemy of him. And Bellatrix's feelings won't be able to protect her forever.

Rodolphus looks back at the letter. Everything has started and Bellatrix will soon be contracted to marry him. And after she's his wife, he'll make sure she never looks at Alice again, even if it takes some potions and fancy spell work. The Imperius Curse is always a good choice for what he needs to happen.

And when he turns Bellatrix against Alice, he'll enjoy every second of Alice's pain and terror, knowing her former lover feels nothing but hatred and disgust for her.

He grimaces in disgust when Bellatrix passionately claims Alice's lips. Soon Bellatrix will be his. Very soon.