CHAPTER THREE
"I hate time-turners," James Potter said in the car.
"I hate you," Bellatrix snapped. "I'm going to be the most powerful witch ever and if you get a son or daughter I'm going to try controlling them..." She trailed off as she saw him snort.
"Like Mrs Mather was controlling you?" James asked innocently. He pressed his hands to his chest. "She was controlling you, Bellatrix, I saw it. I sensed it. I warned... I tried to warn you, but you..." He trailed off, like she had done only moments before. "I'm going to pick up a few mates of mine. You don't mind, do you? They'll be Remus and Severus and Alice."
Bellatrix sank into her seat. Literally. She tried to amuse herself by reading two spellbooks at the same time, but it wasn't working. "I darn wish you hadn't come with me," she said aloud.
Then she bit her lip.
James had heard her say it, and now she was going to have to explain. "I didn't mean it," she said quickly, as his shadow inched along the car window. "I'm sorry for saying that out loud, it just came from my mouth."
James shook his head, distracted. He reached into a car pocket and pulled out a flute. "A giant gave me it," he said. "I didn't hear you say anything out loud," he said a minute later, when words dawned.
Bellatrix sighed, obviously relieved.
"What's that you said about me being controlled?" Bellatrix asked suddenly, and stared immediately out of the back window. The car pulled up to a stop in King's cross station car-park and the driver relaxed the clutch and turned the engine off. James got out of the car, leaving Bellatrix wanting to know about it more than ever.
"I hate time-turners," James Potter said in the car.
"I hate you," Bellatrix snapped. "I'm going to be the most powerful witch ever and if you get a son or daughter I'm going to try controlling them..." She trailed off as she saw him snort.
"Like Mrs Mather was controlling you?" James asked innocently. He pressed his hands to his chest. "She was controlling you, Bellatrix, I saw it. I sensed it. I warned... I tried to warn you, but you..." He trailed off, like she had done only moments before. "I'm going to pick up a few mates of mine. You don't mind, do you? They'll be Remus and Severus and Alice."
Bellatrix sank into her seat. Literally. She tried to amuse herself by reading two spellbooks at the same time, but it wasn't working. "I darn wish you hadn't come with me," she said aloud.
Then she bit her lip.
James had heard her say it, and now she was going to have to explain. "I didn't mean it," she said quickly, as his shadow inched along the car window. "I'm sorry for saying that out loud, it just came from my mouth."
James shook his head, distracted. He reached into a car pocket and pulled out a flute. "A giant gave me it," he said. "I didn't hear you say anything out loud," he said a minute later, when words dawned.
Bellatrix sighed, obviously relieved.
"What's that you said about me being controlled?" Bellatrix asked suddenly, and stared immediately out of the back window. The car pulled up to a stop in King's cross station car-park and the driver relaxed the clutch and turned the engine off. James got out of the car, leaving Bellatrix wanting to know about it more than ever.