Yes,I'm still alive. I know I haven't updated for months but I was preoccupied with school and ocne I had started writing the chapter my floppy disk where I had saved it for some reason was screwed up and I had to rewrite the whole thing!

But you probably couldn't care less about it.

Chapter Four

Never Mix Goat's Boggy And Bellatrix's Hair

The Death Eaters were watching their Master pace up and down the hall used for meetings furiously muttering things under his breath. They caught some things such as "were the hell are they", "have they been caught?", "what do we have for supper tonight?" or "where is my pills for diabetes?" and other nonsense.

Finally Nott had the courage to cough in an Umbridge fashion and say reluctantly:

"Sir….? Are we going to start with our so-satanic-that-they-are-able-to-destroy-the-Muggle-world plans?"

Voldemort came to an abrupt halt and turned on his heels suddenly to face him. He looked a tiny bit surprised as if he wasn't aware of their presence all this time.

"Excuse me? Oh yes the meeting right..."

As he said that he shot a frustrated glare at them. "Will anyone be so kind as to tell me what the fuck happened in the damned prison?!" he half-yelled.

The Death Eaters blinked half-shocked half-scared and glanced sideways to each other nervously. They had never heard their Master swear like that before.

Nott took the responsibility of answering again, "The Lestranges came along with Pettigrew and some weird creature. I was almost sure she is a Dementor although she was smelling 'Veela No2'. Anyway, this creature took the Aurors and they disappeared behind its cloak! Just like magic!" he said with an excited tone.

Voldemort shook his head. "And then what?" he demanded.

"We wanted to Apparate but that arrogant-oh-I'm-so-better-than-you bitch…"

Voldemort gave him a confused look.

"Bellatrix."

"Ah. Please continue."

"She said it was too risky to do such thing but we just ignored her and came here. She and her husband stayed there. I think Malfoy, Rookwood and Dolohov were with them too. That's the last we heard of them."

He looked at the Dark Lord frightened if though he was afraid he made get cursed but Voldemort looked even more thoughtful forgetting about him.

"Wonderful…we found the one half we lost the other half. Bellatrix will pay for this…" he muttered before turning back to the Death Eaters "Can I ask something else by the way?"

"Of course sir," said McNair.

"Until those useless people return here can anyone carry out an important mission?"

"Let me do it sir!"

"No! That one can't do anything! Please my Lord let me do it!"

"No way! He has betrayed you to Dumbledore my Lord!"

Everyone was making begging enthusiastically Voldemort to be in lead of the mission now the best Death Eaters were away.

Voldemort clapped his hands to make them all fall silent and said looking really serious. "Okay, you can go Nott."

Nott flashed a satisfied smile and bowed. "Thank you my Lord. What must I do?"

"Have you or has anyone else found my diabetes pills?"

They all stared at him in bemusement but soon they all snapped back to reality when a violent sneeze and then a shrieking voice echoed outside of the hall in the corridor:

"LUCIUS MALFOY! YOU'D BETTER HOPE THAT'S NOT YOUR SALIVA ON MY SHOULDER!"

"Sorry Bellatrix, did I ruin your exquisite shoulder?" answered Lucius who seemed to have a running nose.

"It's not our fault you fell off the boat Lucius," said an exasperated Rodolphus. "And I still wonder how you managed to catch a cold in the middle of June," he added.

"I'm very susceptible to!" he said in an attempt to justify himself.

"Oooh poor boy!" said Bellatrix a mock sympathetic tone.

Voldemort sighed and shouted. "We are in here if you don't mind coming!"

The five turned and looked at the half-opened door.

"Oh hi there!" Bellatrix said cheerfully and entered first.

"Sweetheart I'm home!" said Rodolphus following her.

"I hope you're not referring to me Rodolphus," Voldemort said.

"Oh no my Lord he was, in fact, talking to–oof watch it!-" Bellatrix made to say but Rodolphus elbowed her in the ribs.

Rodolphus looked his wife full of rage. She merely answered with an innocent smile.

"May I ask how you came here?" inquired Voldemort who started becoming impatient.

"By boat," replied Dolohov as if it was an utterly normal thing.

Voldemort raised his eyebrows. "Oh so that's why…" he said gesturing disgusted at Malfoy who was blowing his nose on his sleeve. Quite noisily too.

"Yes Master…"nodded Dolohov.

"Why don't we start with the meeting then?" asked Voldemort trying to avert his eyes from the sight of sick Malfoy.

He turned to Rodolphus and Bellatrix who were quietly hissing threats to each other.

"Excuse me?" Voldemort asked, blinking.

"They will find your body in Hong Kong and your head in Berlin if I…" Rodolphus was in the middle of a threat when Voldemort's nerves reached the end of the rope.

"RODOLPHUS, BELLATRIX! KILL EACH OTHER AFTER THE MEETING!" he shrieked.

They looked at him casually. "Yes Master. Of course Master," they said in a unison.

He sighed shaking his head. "My fellow Death Eaters, we have gathered here today…"

Malfoy was heard blowing his nose again. "Malfoy keep your nose quiet!" Voldemort said taking out his wand.

"All righd. All righd," he said.

"Thank you," Voldemort snarled.

((((Grimmauld Place, Some days before))))

"As you have probably understood this curse is one of a kind," explained Dumbledore to the others who had been listening to him wide eyed.

"And you think it's going to work on them?" Arthur Weasley asked with a raised brow.

"If everything goes well, yes. Now about the ingredients of the potion…Molly can you call Fred and George?" he asked Mrs.Weasley who made to shout from the top of her lungs.

"Don't bother Molly," Dumbledore interrupted, "the boys are just outside the door."

Mrs. Weasley opened the kitchen door and the twins along with Ron, Ginny and Hermione fell inside one on the top of each other to the floor.

"Err…hi?" said Ron standing up with the others wiping the dust off his clothes.

Molly glared at them and said ,"Go out! Except you two Fred and George!" she ordered.

The twins looked at her in surprise. "We too?"

"Is there anyone else called Fred and George?" asked Mungdungus sarcastically.

"Well…not really," said Fred sitting on a chair as did George.

Dumbledore smiled friendly at the two boys and said, "We need you to do us a favor…"

"Immigrate to Alaska and never come back?" Fred asked.

The others seemed exasperated with the boys' immaturity. They were 18 after all. It was time they grew up but something like that was quite unlikely to happen.

"Not really. We want you to help Professor Snape make a potion for the Order," Dumbledore said as if that was the simplest thing in the world.

Fred and George looked ready to burst into laughter at the direction of Severus Snape who glared at them wishing they actually immigrated to Alaska.

"Yeah right! You got to be fucking kidd…" Fred was about to say amused but Molly's glare which was scarier than Snape's stopped him.

"I mean, you can't be serious…sir!" he added quickly.

"Of course I am. We are making a potion here that will help us befriend the Death Eaters and you are the only ones that can find one of the ingredients."

Dumbledore's eyes had that childish twinkling that could be either good or bad so the twins weren't sure if they were supposed to accept his offer or not.

"And what kind of ingredient that is?" asked George.

"I was actually hoping that you would find goat's boggy," Dumbledore said and everyone apart from the twins who lightened up seemed ready to throw up.

"Why didn't you say that before? We can find that in a matter of seconds!" Fred exclaimed.

Dumbledore nodded. "Good, I'm sure you will know where to seek for it."

"Of course! No problem!"

"Okay then. You can go to your friends," he said gesturing them to go.

The red haired boys stood up and with a mischievous smile plastered on their faces exited.

"What was all this about? I'm not going to collaborate with those two!" complained Snape.

"What's wrong with my children?" asked Molly, shooting daggers and placing her hands on her hips.

"Your children have probably never learned how to behave."

Molly seemed ready to smack him over the head with a frying pan but Dumbledore cut her assault.

"Please just forget about their part. They know what they are going to do and that's what matters," he said and added, "now you are going to find the other ingredient Severus."

"And what would that be?" he snapped.

"Well, we need a part from a Death Eater. Any of it…"

"What about Pettigrew's toe nails!?" Tonks suggested but was regarded by odd looks.

"Okay, no toe nails…" she said disappointed.

Dumbledore shook his head. "It's all right Andromeda. Just don't say these things too suddenly."

Now he was the one getting the odd looks.

"It's Tonks," she corrected.

"Of course it is. How is Ted?" he asked merrily.

"I am Nymphadora for God sakes! NOT ANDROMEDA!" she shouted still angry her proposal had been turned down.

"Oh yes sorry Nymphadora…what was I saying?" he asked having forgotten the previous subject of their discussion.

"About the last ingredient…." Lupin reminded him.

"Oh yes. So Severus just find anything that comes from a Death Eater and we will be fine," he said to Snape who nodded. "Did I make myself clear?"

"Crystal-clear."

((((Voldemort's Headquarters))))

A female shriek of pain was heard all around the castle.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO?!" Bellatrix screamed from the top of her lungs putting her hand to the back of her head.

Severus Snape tried to suppress his smile and said innocently, "I tripped and I needed to grab something so as I wouldn't fall."

"AND YOU PULLED MY HAIR?!"

"The first thing I found," he said putting the tuft of hair he had got from Bellatrix in his cloak's pocket.

Bellatrix left muttering and cursing. "I hope I haven't got bald…" she muttered fingering the back of her head.

"You're just like a light bulb," he called.

She turned on her heels making a very rude gesture when Voldemort came up to her saying, "We need to talk."

"All right…." she said.

After some minutes Bellatrix got out of Voldemort's room looking very happy. Rodolphus who noticed it asked suspiciously. "What's going on?"

"Why would care?" she asked admiring a diamond ring on her finger.

"What is that?" Rodolphus demanded grabbing her hand but she smacked him.

"None of your business!" she exclaimed and strode away.

Rodolphus narrowed his eyes. He would find what was happening. Sooner or later.

Next chapter:The ultimate question! WHY is Bellatrix Voldie's most loyal Death Eater? Does she gain anything from it?Not what you might think with your sick minds!

Thanks to all who reviewed!!

Sadistra: Glad u wuved it

jaylynn snape:I want this story to be longer so you will see exactly what the curse is all about when it hits the poor Death Eaters

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Jimoulia: I don't want you to understand from the beginning what the curse is. Just put up with the mystery that shrouds it.

Btw, if you have time plz read a story me and a friend are writing. It's a Remus/Bellatrix fic called "Breaking the Habit"....