Harry had argued for taking only Ron, Hermione and Umbridge with him . But Ginny, Luna and Neville decided to come anyway.

Estella flooed to the ministry followed by Harry. He lifted the curse quickly before the others arrived. They had planned to pretend that Umbridge was acting under the curse. Ginny was the last one to arrive. As they stood in Umbridge's office, the door opened

"Dolores! What happened?" asked a witch who came into her cabin. Harry noticed that her name was Malfasda Hopkins as written on her uniform.

"Uh… hello..Is the minister here? I have some work" said Estella in a sweet voice

"Oh..Now? You know Fudge left the office an hour ago..working hours are over" said Malfada looking at them suspiciously

"Very well.. I suppose you can leave too then… I had hoped to see him for an urgent work..guess it can wait till tomorrow"

"What work?" Harry could see that Malfada was suspicious. This was getting out of hand

"Hopkins, Are you questioning my authority here? You do realize to whom you are talking to… As I have already stated , I have some business with Cornelius about Hogwarts. Some students need to get expelled" Estella shot a look at them

"But that is entirely between the minister of magic and the high Inquisitor of Hogwarts. May I know what you are doing in my office at this hour?" said Estella with arrogance. It was weird to see the malfoy arrogance on Umbridge. But it seemed to do the trick as malfada had become defensive.

"Oh.. I just came to see whether they kept Higgins case on your table… I will get going now..Its late"

"good bye then" said Estella dismissively as Malfada closed the door. They waited for Malfada's step to die away before rushing to the department of Mysteries.

ʹItʹs got my name on,ʹ said Harry as he picked up the prophecy in the shape of a dusty glass wall

ʹVery good, Potter. Now turn around, nice and slowly, and give that to me.ʹ

Harry saw Rabastan Lestrange pointing his wand towards him. Black shapes were emerging out of thin air surrounding them. He felt Hermione grasp his hand as they formed a circle.

'To me, Potter,ʹ repeated the drawling voice of Rabastan Lestrange as he held out his hand, palm up.

Harry realized that it was a trap. He had put the lives of his friends in trouble by recklessly acting on a fake vision. Sirius was never in trouble. Hermione was right as always. He knew the only thing that separated him from death was the crystal ball in his hand. Somehow, the death eaters were more interested in it than him. Harry had stalled them by trying to talk to Lestrange about the prophecy. But he could see their patience waning

"well..well..who is this?you even got a professor to join you Potter…" sneered Bellatrix as she looked at Estella. Harry's mind was racing.

"give the prophecy Potter . Otherwise you will watch your friends die a painful death"

Harry hissed to Hermione, moving his lips as little as possible, ʹSmash shelves'

' NOW!'

Six different voices behind him bellowed, ʹREDUCTO!ʹ Six curses flew in six different directions and the shelves opposite them exploded as they hit. Estella's curse was the most powerful one knocking down three death eaters along the way. They rushed that way trying to get rid of the death eaters.

They had split up running to different doors. They fought valiantly for a bunch of high school students. Harry saw Hermione and Ron trying to stun the death eaters while Avery was advancing in on Estella. Luna pushed Harry out of the way of a stunner and it hit her. As the battle progressed, they had smashed all the time turners in the ministry and Ron was trying to battle with a brain with tentacles. Hermione was cursed and Estella and Luna were dragging her body to safety. Ginny , Neville and Harry were still standing sending curses in all directions. But the death eaters were advancing in on them .They were outnumbered. Harry saw Ginny hit by a purple flame knocking her down. Neville ran to catch her while Harry was momentarily distracted and had been hit by the body binding curse by Mcnair causing him to drop the prophecy and it smashed.

Harry saw Rabastan lestrange yell in frustration looking ready for murder. Avery and Mcnair were with him. He saw Avery raise his wand towards him "Avada-"

BANG!

Estella had thrown herself in front of Harry and shot a disarming spell. He saw a blinding white light shooting towards the death eaters as they were knocked down. He could almost feel the magical energy radiating from her. His body binding spell lifted and Estella had collapsed besides him. Harry pulled her up ….

"please don't die..please don't die.." harry muttered to her as he shook her. He was relieved to find that she was still breathing. He picked her up and dragged Ron with him towards the door. Neville was limping with Hermione and Ginny as Luna led the way. They door was too far, harry could see the death eaters running towards them..they won't make it..

"Dumbledore" said Neville as Harry saw the order of phoenix members come to their rescue. His heart soared. Sirius beamed at him while running past harry to attack Bellatrix. Sirius was safe… harry felt relief..

Harry watched as bellatrix dueled Sirius who was enjoying the fight. Then it happened in a matter of seconds.

Harry saw Bellatrix's curse hit Sirius on the chest causing him to sank backwards through a veil. Harry waited for him to reappear from the other end.

ʹSIRIUS!ʹ Harry yelled. ʹSIRIUS!ʹ

Lupin grabbed Harry around the chest, holding him back as he tried to reach for Sirius.

James Potter welcomed his longtime friend on the other side of the veil.

Harry woke up in the hospital bed with his body aching. He knew his friends were also injured but alive…alive was all that mattered… Dumbledore had explained to him about the prophecy. It didn't bother him at the moment. He could only feel the pain of losing Sirius...because of his stupidity. Lupin was sitting beside him, his face showing concern.

"I need to speak to Harry alone" Dumbledore had come to Harry's room. Lupin left the room and Dumbledore locked it with a wave of his wand. Harry prepared himself to receive more sympathy..But Harry lost his godfather…No one would understand..No one can console him..

"Please tell me why Estella Malfoy accompanied you using Polyjuice potion to the Ministry?"asked Dumbledore calmly.

Harry panicked. He was so distraught on Sirius' death that he hadn't thought about anyone finding out about Estella. He had left her when he saw Sirius fall back into the veil. But she was breathing..She couldn't be dead…

"Is she ..."alive..Harry couldn't bear to ask the question. He couldn't cause one more death...

"She is alright. She had collapsed since she had used more magical energy than her body could withstand. But I'd like to know what made her do that" said Dumbledore quietly.

Harry fell silent. He could feel Dumbledore's gaze on him

"She insisted on coming with me after she hit Umbridge with a stunner" mumbled Harry.

"Does Mr. weasley and Miss Granger know about this?"

"No"

Harry felt Dumbledore was seeing right through his soul as he looked at him.

"I see…Miss Malfoy started convulsing and her magic was bursting out soon after we reached Hogwarts.I managed to calm her down but I recognized that such powerful magic was not coming from Dolores. The polyjuice potion has worn off and I switched them to their respective rooms. Now the official version will be that Professor Umbridge accompanied you to the ministry since you were able to convince her about Voldemort's return. Miss Malfoy had tried to stop you and Umbridge hit her with a stunner so strong that she has been knocked out for a couple of days. During the battle , Umbridge was hit by a memory charm that resulted her losing all her memories for the past three years. I hope that you understand the gravity of the situation harry. Only you, me and Miss Malfoy knows what happened. If the truth gets out, Miss Malfoy will be-"

"I understand" said Harry forcibly. He didn't want Dumbledore to complete the sentence. He had put enough lives in danger. Dumbledore placed a hand on his shoulder and then left his room

It had been a month since Sirius died. Harry was out of hospital. He hadn't gone to check on Estella. He knew she was recovering. She was alive…unlike Sirius. She was alive and probably well protected since she was a Malfoy. She was the niece of Bellatrix. No one knew she had come with him to the ministry. Trust Dumbledore to handle it so secretly.

Harry stood near the Great lake watching the giant squid. He was alone. He didn't want to talk to anyone. His heart clenched as he thought of Sirius. But more than pain, another emotion had taken over his mind now…Revenge.. He wanted revenge against Bellatrix… She had killed off the only family he had left in the world.. The only paternal figure he had in life… he wanted Bellatrix to suffer the same..the pain he was going through..The feeling was consuming him...filling him with vitriol in his mind. He will have his revenge..No matter what he had to do… No matter how low he had to fall…He will do it for Sirius.

"Harry"

Harry recognized Estella's voice but didn't turn around. He didn't know what he felt at the moment. She had fought with him. But somewhere in his mind, a nagging voice had awakened. She hadn't stopped Bellatrix from killing Sirius... She might have thought it was a fake vision…She might not have anticipated that she would have to fight her family… She had no choice once they reached the ministry… She might have even passed information to Voldemort…as unrealistic as it sounded, Harry felt easier to believe it…Easier to blame it on someone other than him…

"I am so sorry Harry..Aunt Bella.."

Harry turned around looking at Estella. Her eyes widened in fear. Aunt Bella…Aunt bella..the words were resonating in his ears..she was the niece of Bellatrix Lestrange…The one who killed Sirius. Harry could feel hatred running through him..His clenched his fists trying not to attack her. At that moment, Harry noticed her striking resemblance to Bellatrix. Almost a blond Bellatrix… So similar yet so different…Her words had triggered a monster within him. A terrible creature that saw only what it wanted to see… that saw her resemblance to Bellatrix but refused to see her as the niece of Sirius as well… At the moment, it saw the niece of Bellatrix, not his girlfriend.

Estella watched as Harry looked at her in pure loathing. She could sense his fury. His bottled up anger on everything and everyone had found a target..Her.

"Your aunt killed my godfather..my only family." Harry said in a cold indifferent voice that was unlike him.

Estella knew what was coming.. Harry had never used that tone with her..Even during their worst arguments, she hadn't seen the such fury in his eyes. There was a madness in those green eyes... A madness that would destroy her. She waited ,not even daring to breathe for his next words…She knew he would mean it..She knew he was going to say it…but it would hurt her no less..

"We are over Malfoy."