"WHAT?!" Hermione yelled. Fred and George panicked and grabbed Hermione and pulled her into a classroom nearby.
"Look we know this is a lot to take in but-" Fred started.
"It's in the daily profit. People are wondering how she managed to escape." George finished.
Hermione took their copy of the daily prophet and the whole thing was talking about Bellatrix and her escape from Azkaban. How did she manage to get out? The only other person to ever manage to escape was Sirius Black and even now no one knows how he did it. Hermione had only met him once but from what Harry had told him he asked about her a lot. He mentioned that every time Sirius sent a letter he had always asked about Hermione.
Hermione took another look at the daily prophet that told about Bellatrix. So Bellatrix was her aunt but she couldn't have been the one who sent her the letter and brought her things. Her husband is dead or at least not alive right now. She had also just escaped Azkaban and wouldn't have access or authority to send a letter or get a hold of money but if she was an aunt of hers that meant Hermione could figure out who was sending her things.
She would have to read about the Black family. There were so many different branches of that family though Hermione thought that it was the Malfoy's that had sent it but pushed it out of her head. The Malfoy's had hated her since their first year. Andromeda Tonks was a person to look into. She would be doing research later for now she had to get away from the twins.
"Thanks for letting me know you two. I'll be sure to ask the Slytherin's what they know about those two and their children. I'll make sure to let you two know anything I come across." Hermione stated as the twins grind.
"So does this mean you will be joining us on our adventure tonight to see Tonks?"
"Yeah Mione. We need someone like you to help us. If there's one thing you're good at it's getting out of tight situations and quick thinking and concerning that we are leaving without a plan we're going to need all the help we can get."
"The only reason I'm agreeing to this is that I need answers. I'll meet you two outside the Gryffindor common room at 11 pm. We can make our way to a room of requirement and go through a flow that way. Hopefully, they won't try and kiss us the moment we get there. That sound good?"
"We knew there was a reason we liked you so much."
Thankfully there wasn't anymore said and the twins left in a hurry. Probably to go pull more pranks Hermione thought. Hermione made her way to the library with more than one goal in mind.
A certain potions professor and defense against the dark arts teacher had left the castle late last night to talk to a few people.
"Severus. Crouch. What a pleasant surprise to see you two. Is there anything we can help you with?" Lucis asked.
"As a matter of a fact you can. Is there a reason Bellatrix is out of Azkaban? I mean what were you thinking?"
"Severus, you don't think we helped her escape do you? We didn't know she was going to until we saw the prophet. She showed up not too long ago. Cissy is talking to her right now but she's not mentally stable."
"Yeah, we know. She's never been the most stable but that's only a part of the reason I'm here. Dumbledore has a plan for Lyra that you're going to want to know about and Crouch is here with some new information as well. Does Bellatrix know about Lyra?"
"By the looks on your faces this news isn't particularly good but anything with that white-haired idiot isn't good and no Bellatrix doesn't know anything. I don't think it's a good idea to tell her anything though my wife seems to think differently. I just don't want her running off to try and save Lyra. You know how overprotective she was of that little girl. If she learns the truth she'll be even more overprotective and right now we can't even see her. I don't know what that woman would do."
"Yes well she's going to find out and since we need to talk anyway we might as well tell her now," Crouch spoke leaving the other two to groan in response. The three now silently walked towards the room where the sisters were talking or more like arguing.
"Bella you are to do no such thing. Now calm down and think about things rationally."
"No Cissa. I have spent years in Azkaban and you're not letting me get my revenge on that old oaf. After everything he has done to our family. I still need to kick his arse for what he did to Lyra and them. She was our little sister and Rouge was a great guy. For one he was the only one to never get on my nerves. Then Lyra who deserved nothing that they put her through."
"Bellatrix." Crouch hissed "would you stop it already. I haven't been here for more than a few minutes and you've already managed to get on my nerves. Now we need to talk about the plans that Dumbledore has for Lyra and other information that I have learned." He declared catching Bellatrix off guard.
"What do you mean plans for Lyra? I saw it in the papers about seven years ago. She was killed a week after her parents were murdered." Bellatrix whispered yelled with tears brimming her eyes from the memories.
"That was all a lie. They only killed the parents, They took Lyra and claimed she was dead when in reality they hid her memoirs away and put her with muggles. Those muggles raised her." Crouch claimed.
"More like abusing her." Narcissa sneered.
Bellatrix's body went limp for a second. She was alive. Her niece was alive. Wait abuse. Muggles. Muggles abused her. Muggles put their filthy hands on HER niece.
"MUGGLES. YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT FILTHY GOOD FOR NOTHING MUGGLES HAVE BEEN RAISING NO ABUSING A PUREBLOOD BLACK AND HEIR TO SLYTHERIN AND NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT?!"
"Bella please don't yell. We only just found out who she was. Lucius and I have sent her everything she needs and some things she wants. We are trying to get her to trust us without her knowing who we are. She doesn't have her memories so she doesn't remember us. She thought that Dumbledore was the good guy and he was helping her. She's just now getting the idea that the light side isn't so light."
"Cissy. She is an heir to Slytherin. She has powers that no one has seen since Salazar Slytherin had walked the earth. How on earth are people just now finding out about it now. She would have been the only Slytherin that was a so-called mudblood."
"She wasn't sorted into Slytherin. She was forced into Gryffindor the same way he forced me into Gryffindor." A voice joined them. Everyone turned to look where the voice had come from. Sirius Black stood there along with Andromeda Tonks nee Black.
"Sirius and Andromeda. What the hell are you two doing here. Your traitors. You were cast out of the family and now you come back. Leave and never return."
"Now just wait-"
"Oh no, you don't Sirius. Don't you start that with us!" Bellatrix and Sirius were glaring at each other with a deathly stare. If looks could kill everyone in this room would be screwed.
"They tricked us the same way they did with Hermione or Lyra I should say. We aren't really here either, it's a spell I created. It allows us to stand here and talk to people as if we were here but these bodies are fakes. We can't hurt you just like you can't hurt us. Now can I please tell you why we are here before someone comes and finds out what we are doing?"
"Oh what your mudblood of a husband is going to tell on you?"
"Actually yes. That filthy mudblood you let me marry is in fact going to that oaf Dumbledore that the love potions and spells he put on me aren't working anymore. Sirius managed to break the spells and the love potion that they have been giving me finally wore off. They did this when I was still in Hogwarts. They wanted to separate the Black's from each other because we were so powerful together."
"Don't lie to me! You left on your own free will. You never cared about Cissy or me after you left. You to Sirius."
"Bella. I know how this looks. Trust me. Trust me one more time like when we were kids. Let us prove it to you. Please, Bella. Let us come back as Black's. We've already been forced to be around filth. We can help the dark lord rise once again and take revenge for hurting our family. We could also help get Lyra closer to you. As well as your children. You remember them, don't you. Your twin boys were so overprotective of Lyra. They're alive as well. Let us help."
"All three of them are alive? Andi. I swear to the high heavens if I find out your lying to us I will personally torture you and kill every last one of those filthy people you have associated yourself with for all these years."
"As you should. The light side has taken many things away. They make Slytherin seem so bad but in reality, it's those Gryffindor's that are bad. I've already dirtied the line by marrying a mudblood and having a child who's in love with a werewolf. I don't know how much longer I can pretend to be under those spells. I have to have lunch with the order to discuss plans."
"Don't worry dear cousin. I will be there with you. Dumbledore has forbidden me from leaving 12 Grimmauld place. Being Harry's godfather means Dumbledore can't get rid of me. Harry cares too much about me for him to just kill me off. He was hoping I would have died in Azkaban. I have been sending Harry letters and from what I've gathered is he is in the tournament. Kitten seems to be doing fine though I'm starting to get really pissed off at the way Gryffindor's been treating her. She has a permanent scar on her or that's what I have heard."
"Kitten? You mean Lyra?"
"Yes. I call her kitten because she's my niece and in Gryffindor. I wanted to call her my little raven or my little snake but I can't because someone would have noticed me being more affectionate towards her. Apparently, the Gryffindor's have forced her to do all their homework and school work for them to the point none of them even know how to do anything. The Weasley boy has also managed to put a permanent scar on her body but I feel there is more than one. Thankfully she's in Slytherin right now where she should be. There is talk about keeping her in Slytherin for the rest of the year."
"That's at least some good news. Now the two of you will need to get back before anyone sees you. We will arrange to see you two at a later date but for now, we will take what you said as if it were true. Keep us updated if you can."
The rest of the night was spent on planning their next course of action. Plans were made and information was said. Now having the other members of the Black family things were looking up for the dark side. Hermione was sitting in the library trying to find anything she could on the Black family or the Garnut family or any of the pureblood families but she couldn't find anything.
Getting frustrated with the lack of information she decided to go to the potions classroom to work. If she couldn't find anything out about her family then might as well increase her knowledge on other things. She found Snape in his classroom with Harry and Ron who were cleaning cauldrons. They must have detention today with Snape but Hermione noticed the boys and had a hard time not laughing.
Harry and Ron were wearing dresses and they were bald. Hermione had to put her hands on her mouth to stop the laughing. As they turned to look at Hermione she noticed they had a full face of girls' makeup that looked badly applied. They looked like whores or prostitutes in Hermione's opinion. Short dresses, bad makeup, heels, and everything you would see. Hermione was surprised she had managed to stop herself from laughing.
"Ms. Granger. I wasn't expecting you here so soon. Please come in. You may use one of the cauldrons in the back to brew. Your ingredients are back there on the shelves. Take your book out and start brewing." Snape drawled. He didn't want the boys to go running to Dumbledore telling him that Snape was treating Hermione Granger nice. Keep the act up Snape told himself.
Hermione noticed him being different but brushed it off and headed to the back and started brewing. Harry and Ron took frequent glances back at Hermione and tried multiple times to get her attention but nothing worked. Hermione was in work mode and it took a lot to get her out of it. The boys eventually gave up and the rest of the early morning was spent in almost silence. When breakfast rolled around Snape escorted the boys and Hermione joined them. Only splitting off to sit with the Slytherins.
"There you are. We got worried when we couldn't find you this morning. Don't go running off like that. It's hard enough to find you normally."
"Sorry. I was in the library then headed down to the potions classroom for a bit. What happened to Harry and Ron?"
The entire Slytherin table was laughing loudly at the boys who went red in the face to anger or embarrassment. No one could tell for sure. Snape had a smirk on his face along with Moody. Even the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were laughing at them. Gryffindor was keeping their distance from the boys. They weren't laughing but they weren't defending them either.
Hermione felt bad for them deep down. The rest of the day was classes that had gone by fast and people had taken pictures of the two boys who still couldn't get out of those clothes. Now it was night time and Hermione was wandering the corridors at night. She had told the twins she would go with them tonight. She waited outside the Gryffindor common room for the boys who thankfully were on time for once.
"Hey, Mione. Thank god you're here. We thought you weren't going to be able to sneak out. Hurry, let's get to that room you were talking about." The three of them were making their way when they heard voices and footsteps. Quickly hiding in the shadows to keep out of sight they managed to catch part of the conversation.
"You can't be seriously thinking that Potter can kill he who must not be named. He isn't strong enough. Even if he is the boy who lived he has his limits."
"I know Minerva. That's why I made a plan for him to succeed. I had everything worked out but those damn death eater children have ruined everything. If only they had left Ms. Granger alone none of this would have happened and everything would still be going to my plan. I had taken to so much care to make sure she turned out the way she was supposed to Minerva but now she has to run off to Slytherin."
"Albus what in god's name are you talking about. I get Ms. Granger is an heir to Slytherin and a pureblood with special powers but what does she have to do with killing him if you say Potter has to?"
"She's blood related to Tom. She is the only one smart enough to help him. It said it in the proficy. Don't you remember what it said? We can't let them get their hands on her. If she goes to their side we are sure to lose. We need to control her again. Control her powers. Control her memories. Don't let her out of your grasp. Do you understand? Get every Gryffindor to get her away from those Slytherins."
"Albus you can't be serious. You've already ruined her life as it is. Putting her with those muggles. Taking her parents' life. The more you take from her and the more you try to control her, you're just going to end up pushing her away. You need to be accepting of her. Try to befriend her. You're the reason she's leaving. You want people to treat her like absolute crap. If you want her to be on your side you're going to have to be nicer to her."
"Be nice to her. You want me to be nice to her. She's their daughter. She might as well have been the daughter of Satan himself. The blood that runs through her veins is all but evil. I thought that I could beat it out of her but you've seen some of the powers she has. The evil that drips out. It's the same with the so-called Weasley twins. They are the dark lord's sons and Bellatrix's. All three of them are bad news."
"Albus you can't keep doing this. I stood by you and watched you tear these families apart. Your messing with the pureblood families Albus. The most powerful and the riches. I know you and he who must not be named is at war but this has gone too far. Torturing children like this. This isn't something we should be doing. We already tore the Black's apart and now you're trying to steal the other families as well."
"We don't have another choice. If we don't their numbers will continue to grow. The more power they have the harder it will be to defeat them. After all, I only have half-bloods or mudbloods while they have large groups of purebloods. I have weaker people than they do. Not to mention less of pretty much everything. That girl was the key to everything. The twins didn't inherit much of Tom's powers but they were still a threat. We are finished with this conversation. Right now our main focus is to get Hermione away from those Slytherins and keep the Weasley twins from causing trouble. Maybe then can we control them and win this war."
Dumbledore looked happy with himself and his answers or ways while Minerva looked very displaced. Hermione looked at the twins hoping for them to be able to answer but they looked back with the same expression. An expression with so many emotions that no one could tell which one was strongest. The three of them knew that the purebloods or Voldemort's followers weren't in the right but neither was the so-called light side.
Hermione was going to say something when her vision went blurry and the last thing she remembered was a woman screaming and the twin's panicked faces as everything went black.
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