Chapter 1: Roles Change
Hermione woke up to tapping. Rubbing her eyes she saw an owl perched on the outside of her window tapping its beak on the window. Rolling out of bed Hermione opened the window and let the owl in. As soon as she opened the window the owl dropped the letter inside and flew away. She looked at the envelope hoping it would contain the name of who sent it. Before opening it, she casted a charm to see if it was cursed. Sure enough it was but Hermione reversed the curse. She ripped the letter letting her curiousness take over wanting to see who would send her a cursed letter. What it contained:
Dear Hermione,
We know who you really are, you aren't muggle born. They're looking for you. They know you still live but they don't know where you are. We tried to keep you away but they found out. The Order decided that we would move headquarters and that you can't be around anyone part of it anymore. DON'T TRY TO FIND US. We cursed this because if you touched it without scanning you would have died from the curse. We wish you the best of luck and Ron is breaking up with you. DON'T COME NEAR US OR WE WILL KILL YOU! That's the only warning you get. The owl we sent won't wait for a response. DON'T JOIN THEM HERMIONE, EVEN WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE YOU CAN'T JOIN THEM. At the same time we want you to be safe but we need to be safe too. Also we are removing the glamour placed on you in a short time.
Have patients.
The Order of Phoenix.
When she was done she was crying angry tears. THEY LIED TO HER! Told her she was a muggle-born everyone made her feel so unimportant. She wanted nothing more than to show them what it's like to be lied to their whole life.
That's when she started planning everything. In a week she had planned everything, people from the order started disappearing. After that someone would disappear from the Order and return beaten, brused, bloodied and with know memory of what had happened and who did it. Every time someone went missing Hermione made sure she was seen in public at that time but made sure she wasn't the noticabul. So no one would ever suspect her because everyone thought Hermione was a sweet girl who couldn't hurt a fly if she wanted to. They were wrong. She was always like this but she chose to stay the way she was before 4th year. After Cedric Diggory died she was in the stands smiling inside, but on the outside she was "worried" she knew someone was going to die that day. She knew something was going on but didn't tell anyone because she knew it wouldn't be good. She actually liked Ron for a while she thought he liked her but after dating a few weeks she wished they were nothing more than friends. She knew he was cheating on her with Lavender. She didn't care.
When she was with her "parents" she always felt out of place not because she could do magic but because she was dark and when she was a baby she had tried to kill them saying they weren't her parents and didn't deserve her.
She only knows this because she used Legilimency on them without them knowing. After they had finally calmed down they went to the kitchen and joked around about it like it was nothing serious.
She put her hood on and a glamour charm in case someone knocked down her hoody. She walked to Borgin and Burkes to get some more books and potions. Making sure no one sees her she slipped away unnoticed by the people in the store.
Just then She felt a sensation wash over her like pouring a bucket of cold-ish warm water over her whole body. She started to grow. She felt her breasts grow larger, she got taller by a few inches, her body became curvier than before. Her clothes felt tight against her skin. She snapped out of her trance and started walking after realising she had stopped. Taking small strides so that she didn't trip and flash everyone in the ally was the only reasonable thing left to do in her mind.
She walked into the store and asked where the bathroom was. She was very pleased to see that they had a bathroom unlike most of the other stores. Wanting to see what had changed she looked in the mirror and what she saw shocked her. She'd seen pictures of Bellatrix when she was younger but never thought that she would have had a child. Nonetheless with Rudolphus. She looked like Bellatrix. SHE LOOKED LIKE BELLATRIX!
That meant Bellatrix was her mother and she didn't know who her father was.
She came out of the bathroom with a glamour. She bought the books she came looking for, bought a few potions that she might need and then bought the actual potion she needed. The one that tells you your parents. The one potion that could reveal the truth. That she was Bellatrix's daughter. She got to her home and set out looking for the letter that was sent a few weeks ago. She saw it. The part about the glamour. SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE THE FACE SHE ACTUALLY HAD IN THE MORNING! She was mad. Mad that she didn't recognize her mother on the occasions that they meet. Mad that she tried to kill her own mother. Mad that she never embraced who she realised she was since fourth year. She followed the instructions on the bottle. She pricked her finger and put a quill and piece of parchment next to the potion. The potion took action as soon as her blood dropped in the poition. The pion said:
Blood Status: Pureblood
Mother: Bellatrix Black Lestrange
Father: Rodolphus Lestrange
Name: Angelina Lestrange
Date of Birth: May 9, 1965
Siblings: Axel Lestrange, Angel Lestrange, Tiana Lestrange
Aunts and Uncles: Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy, Andromeda Tonks and Ted Tonks
Cousins: Draco Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks
This proved it. She was Bella and Rodolphus Lestrange's daughter and she had siblings. She wanted to jump with joy because she finally felt like she belonged somewhere. Her mind danced between the thought of telling Bellatrix, or just going on like this until someone noticed and sent a note to Bellatrix and the rest of her family.
She made up her mind and decided on going to Lestrange Manor hoping the wards would let her in. She got ready by wearing sensible robes but didn't wear a hood this time she put the paper in her pocket and another bottle of the potion just in case something happened to her she could prove that she was their daughter. She appeared away to Diagon alley. Once she got there she went to the place where there was a fireplace connected to the floo network. Taking a handful full of floo powder she threw it in the Fireplace while shouting "Lestrange Manor". She was hurled into the flames and was sent spinning around. Landing in a loud thump she stumbled out of the fireplace and fell forward. Head hitting the floor with a loud. Thump!
While falling Rudolphus was going into the same room she flooded into. Hearing the thump and crash he opened the door with his wand ready but was met by a girl laying face down with wild black curls that looked like Bellatrix's hair. He quickly contacted Bella, Axel, and Angel through their family tattoo and checked if she was hurt in any way. Turning her around so that he would be able to see her face. His breath was caught in his throat. He saw that she looked like Bellatrix and when he looked at her more closely he saw that she had a piece of paper sticking out of her robe pocket. He scanned the paper and saw that it wasn't cursed, picking up the piece of paper he opened it carefully and saw what he never thought he would see. He saw evidence that he had his daughter back that the people who took his daughter didn't kill her or dump her somewhere they would never find her. He cried happy tears, he knew it was a sign of weakness but he didn't care at that moment all he cared about was the fact he got his daughter back and she came looking for her family.
Bellatrix walked in and stopped the moment she heard sobs she knew that her husband barely cried. The last time he had cried was when they were told that their daughter was probably killed or would never be seen again. She snapped out of her trance and walked towards the sound. She stopped the second she spotted someone on the floor that looked like her when she was younger. Walking over to her husband she saw a piece of paper that Rudolphuse had in his hand. She looked at what the paper said her mouth was wide and she felt tears pricking her eyes.
Bellatrix was never the one to cry since she was a dark witch who had mastered the Unforgivable curses and could kill family without hesitation. She cried when she was told she was going to have twins. She never thought that she would ever have a child let alone two. When she gave birth she was truly happy and that's when she realised that she wanted to have more kids and even if she was on the dark side she wished for happiness. When she went to get her babies later that day she found her daughter's bed empty and her daughter nowhere in sight. Seeing that her son was still sleeping she closed the door and contacted Rudolphus through the family tattoo. She ran to another room and cried her heart out. She wanted to have a daughter, someone like her, to share, like when she's older who she liked and wanted to marry. They decided that they wouldn't tell anyone else about Axel, they obliviated the people who knew she was pregnant. They had told some of the Death Eaters of course they told Voldemort, Narcissa, Lucius and Severus. They lived in secret about the fact that they had lost their only daughter. They didn't pay as much attention to Axel as much as they did before. Bellatrix almost went crazy trying to find her daughter even if she knew there was no hope. She clung to what she had what she wanted to believe. Bellatrix took her pain out on all the couples on the "light" side that had newborn babies. She was caught tutoring the Longbottoms because of it. Spending 14 years in prison and missing her childrens birthdays, first day of school, talking about who they liked. She blamed it on the Order becas they took her daughter. One of the only things she cared about. They broke her by taking her daughter.
She loved her son but always wished that he had known his sister that he could hex or jinx the people that tried to date her. They didn't let the public know that Axel existed because they thought that the people who took Angelina were going to take Axel too. They hid his existence from the world. When it came time for him to go to school Rudolphus asked that Axel would go to Durmstrang knowing that Hogwarts had Order spies all over the place.
Axel grew up knowing that he had a twin sister and that she was kidnapped a few weeks after they were born. He always wanted to meet her and wanted to know where she was. He felt like a part of him was missing no matter all the things he had tried to make it go away. Their family drifted apart because of the fact the Order stole their chance of happiness.
Axel was walking with his friends talking about their families. Axel was always told that showing emotion was a sign of weakness. Whenever people talked about their families Axel thought about how life would be like if Angelina was never kidnapped. He wanted to know if she was still alive and wanted to know how she grew up. He felt his tattoo sting to alert him that his father wanted to meet. Extracting himself from the group was the easy part. He went to the Headmaster and told him that his family wanted to meet. The Headmaster said it was fine that he could leave and come back but take a small amount of time.
Appariting to the Manor he went to his father's study and saw that both his parents had tears streaming down their cheeks. He went over to see what was wrong. Walking towards them he saw a girl lying on the floor, wild black hair over her pale face, 'she looks like mother' he thought. He walked closer and saw the paper he took and read it over and over just to see if he had read it right. They found her. THEY FOUND ANGELINA! He wondered what she was doing on the floor.
"Hey mum, dad, who is she?" He asked perplexed
"She's our daughter, the missing piece," Rudolphus explained to his son.
"She's my sister! We found her." Axel wanted nothing more than to hug her in that moment. He wanted to cry happy tears. The family stayed in silence, they found their missing piece and they finally felt whole.
Bellatrix, Rudolphus, and Axel gave her a huge bear hug. The Lestranges never showed weakness around other people they kept to themselves like the Malfoy's, they became stone. Hearts carved out of stone unfeeling. Never wanting to let people in that weren't already there. They cried only to themselves on birthdays and family gatherings. Always wondering, "what if".
Hermione had heard all the things they said about her, she heard all the sobbing. She tried to move to see if she looked like Axel or Rudolphus but was stopped by a hand.
"Hey don't move your hurt." She had never heard the voice before so she thought it was Axel. She had always wanted a sibling; she wondered why she was always alone and why she never felt complete.
"I'm fine," she said sitting up and opening her eyes. The moment she opened her eyes they fell on the family. Her family. The people she should know like the back of her own hands. She started to sob but managed to get the words she needed to say out. "W-wh-why'd y-y-you gi-giv-give m-m-me a-a-away?" She asked sobbing wondering if anyone loved her at all. She thought back to the last six years. She wondered if she was ever really friends with Harry and Ron. She even dated Ron because she thought he liked her. She found out he was cheating on her but didn't care she thought he was going to come clean. He didn't, he kept on cheating and never told her even if she already knew.
Everyone in the was hurt about the fact that she thought they gave her away. She didn't know she was kidnapped and she just assumed that they didn't want her part of their lives. They were hurt. They wanted to tell her she was taken away from them.
Bellatrix had tears streaming down her face and was also sobbing but held it in long enough for her to explain. "We didn't give you away, you were taken from us while me and your father were talking about what was going to happen in the future." Bellatrix wanted to tell her more but couldn't hold in her sobs anymore.
"I was kidnapped?" She asked, wondering why no one told her that. She wanted to know more. "How can you guys trust me I could be faking, acting like your daughter. If you need more proof I can take the potion again." She said while reaching in her pocket to show them the potion.
"No need no one else other than the Malfoy's, Voldemort and Severus know you exist." Bella said quickly after her sobs had died down.
"Can I meet them?" She asked.
"Of course. Wait a few moments please." Rudolphus said.
"Hey, before you go tell them I have to tell you something," she said, her voice shaking. Lowering her voice she exhaled and said. "I'm Hermione Granger."
Everyone stayed silent. Then Axel finally said, "my sister is one of the smartest witches of her age, that's great. Now you can teach me some things." She grinned at the last part.
Bella looked at Rudolphus and he said. "Our daughter is one of the smartest witches of her age!" After finishing his sentence he picked Hermione up and was twirled around by Rudolphus. She smiled; she never felt this way when Mr. Granger showed affection; she felt like he always felt sorry for her. She smiled and laughed loving the way it made her feel.
"Ok, now that I told you who I was you can go call the other." Hermione said after he had put her down. Rudolphus apperated away. "Hey so mum, I'm sorry about the time in the Ministry Department of Mysteries." Bellatrixs' eyes watered after Hermione called her mum.
Bellatrix thought this was a dream. She imagined that this would happen many times but this was real.
Hermione walked over to where Bellatrix and Axel were standing and threw her arms up to hug her mother and brother. Then finally Angel walked through the door looking groggy and tired. Hermione looked over to the door and saw a little boy. She went to him and asked who he was.
"Hey, who are you little guy?" She asked wondering if he was Angel
"Hi, I'm Angel and I'm not little," he said, puffing his chest out to look tough and everyone laughed at him. "Who are you and why do you look like mum?"
"Well I'm your older sister, Axels' twin." She explained feeling bad that she's the one that had to explain this to him and not their parents.
"Oh, ok," he walks towards her and gives her a big hug (as big a hug a 2 year old can give you.)
"Let's get to know more about each other." Hermione says to everyone.
G.O.V
Rudolphus apperated to Malfoy Manor 'cause he knew he was going to find everyone there. He casted a Charm to make it look like he wasn't crying and went on. He went to find Narcissa first because she's always in the garden either planting or just enjoying nature. Walking to the gardens he didn't admire the beauty; he was a man on a mission and was ready to go complete it. He sees Narcissa sitting having tea with a group of her "friends".
"Excuse me ladies but I have to barrow Narcissa for a few moments." He says smoothly. Narcissa gets up and they start walking on a path that leads to a rose maze. When Rudolphus thinks they are far enough for the ladies not to hear her casts a Silencio just to be safe. Narcissa looks around the garden and Rudolphus tries to compose himself. He says, "she's back."
Narcissa's eyes snap back to Rudolphus immediately after he finishes his words. With tears in her eyes and a quivering voice she replies, "what? I thought we were never going to see her again."
"No she's here and alive, she's in the Manor as we speak." He replies. "I came by to tell you. Can you tell Severus, The Dark Lord and your family please also before she was known as Hermione Granger." He says, taking the Silencio off. As soon as he's done Narcissa turns towards the Manor and goes to tell everyone the wonderful news. Rudolphus follows her but at a slower pace.
G.O.V.
Hermione got to know everyone better. She wondered why she'd never seen the connection the amounts of things she had in common with her mother. They were both powerful, merciful, beautiful, smart, and manipulative, they had more things in common but those were the main ones that came up over and over again. Hermione loved getting to know her brothers. She really wanted to get to know her little sister but she was sleeping. Hermione loved having siblings growing up she always felt lonely and sad. Always felt like something was missing.
Angle was a sweet little 2 year old she loved giving him hugs. His hugs were the best, they were so small and soft but they always made her feel warm and fuzzy.
Axel and Hermione's conversation got awkward when he asked if she had a boyfriend. She answered stressing the word HAD. She told him about Ron and how everything happened she didn't tell him about the letter. She decided that she would tell everyone about the letter when her father had told everyone she was back.
She liked that she had a lot of things in common with her family but was worried that everyone else wouldn't accept her because of who she was before.
G.O.V
Narcissa called her family through their family tattoo and sat in the atrium and waited for their arrival.. (A/n: If anyone is confused about what a family tattoo is, it's like the dark mark except only family members get it when they start school no matter where and wives get two family tattoos because of the family they are from and the family they marry into. Only Purebloods and some Half-bloods have it.)
Lucius Malfoy was in his study when he felt the tattoo start to burn slightly.
Draco was at Zabini Manor talking to Blaise when he felt the sting.
After feeling the sting they both apperated to Malfoy Manor and wondered why Narcissa had used the family tattoo. They only used it when they needed to and wanted to tell the family something important.
Walking to the atrium Draco and Lucius have lots of questions running through their head.
Narcissa sat in the atrium and was thinking on how to break the news to Draco and Lucius on the new family member. She was so caught up in her own thoughts that she didn't even notice that Draco and Lucius entered the room and the them sitting in two chairs across from her own.
When she noticed their presence she came up with what she would say. Turning to Lucius she said, "she is alive she didn't die when they took her." Lucius took a minute to receive the message. Then it hit him. Draco on the other hand had no idea who they were talking about.
"She's really alive?"
"Yes, and she was the one that came looking for her family," SHe turned her attention to Draco. "You have another cousin other than Angel, Axel , and Tiana. She is Axel's twin and she was kidnapped when she was a baby by the Order. She was known as muggle born Hermione Granger."
Draco was gaping. Hermione was his cousin? She was Pureblood? Her family was a dark family. Bellatrix almost killed her and carved into her arm M-U-D-B-L-O-O-D. Yet she still went looking for her family. Something was up. He knew something had to make Hermione want to be part of this family. He wanted to know. He would soon find out.
G.O.V.
Hermione finally realised that everything changed. She was Pureblood not Muggleborn. She was Bellatrix's daughter. She was a daughter of two Death Eaters. The people who she thought would never leave her left her all alone. The people that she thought would always hate and try to kill her were now her family and she didn't care. The people who she considered family had abandoned her and told her through a letter. She didn't care. Everything was turned upside down but Hermione liked it, it felt like she belonged there.
Roles really do change.
