Okay, people 7th chapter! And...Happy Easter btw. Yeah, I know it was a month ago but here we celebrate it now. So what?

Disclaimer: No I won't talk about Harry Potter. I just don't own the 'Death Eaters unite' thing...it's from an RP

Chapter 7

Things Lurking In The Shadows And Bedrooms

"Professor Lupin! We got a letter from Professor Moody!" Hermione exclaimed storming into the kitchen and making Molly almost break the dishes she was washing at that time.

Ron was following less excited and not without a reason. It was his turn to look after Harry who was after every dog in the neighborhood now, regardless the fact whether it was white or black or spotted….or even dead. For the moment, they had Harry confined inside Grimmauld Place as it would certainly mean their doom if the Daily Prophet learnt that the Boy-Who-Lived had gone nuts after the death of his godfather.

Lupin stopped the conversation he seemed to be having with Bill and looked at Hermione. He stood up and took the letter as she handed it to him.

"Really? Dumbledore had been wondering what happened to him and the other Aurors who guarded Azkaban. I shall give it to him once he comes to the meeting," he replied adding "thank you."

But the teenagers lingered waiting for some kind of reward. Lupin blinked at them.

"Yes, Hermione thank you. I think you may go now; we don't need anything else from you." He couldn't waste much time these days. At any moment Voldemort liked could attack and kill masses of Muggles.

They sighed somewhat disgruntled. Hermione glanced at Ron. "Come. We will go and talk to someone WHO ACTUALLY APPRECIATES OUR HELP!" she yelled from behind her shoulder as she walked out. Ron followed dragging a giggling Harry with him.

Lupin frowned worrying about not only Harry's mental state of mind. "What exactly was that?" he asked.

"Something worse than Voldemort. Hormones," Bill answered seriously with a sad nod.

Lupin winced but had to agree. "You're telling me. Every full moon is hell…."

((((Voldemort's Castle))))

"DEATH EATERS UNITE!"Voldemort shouted spreading his arms widely they way his guide, How to Become the Lord of the Universe and Other Useful Tips, advised to.

The most enthusiastic response he got was Bellatrix's yawn. Don't think of course that the Dark Lord's meetings were boring as hell! No way! Of course not! What happened was that the Dark Lord had an ingenious idea in the middle of the night some days after the incidence with Rookwood's dream and just had to pull everybody out of their beds. So it was excusable for the Death Eaters to be striving to keep their eyes open.

However, as long as the Dark Lord had his night cream with him everything was all right. "I have come up with our next plan!" he announced waiting for some cheering and shouting from the part of his followers. None came no matter how long he waited.

It seemed that he had to glare murder at Bellatrix who was half asleep in an armchair so that she got the point and started violently.

"Oh yeah…ummm, tell us my Lord! WAKE UP YOU DISRESPECTFUL CREATURES! OUR MASTER IS SPEAKING!" she shouted from the top of her lungs.

Rodolphus who had been sleeping on Snape's shoulder woke up startled with a snort. "Wha? Ahhh… yes our Lord, tell us your plan." With that, he fell asleep again.

But Voldemort was not going to put up with such behaviour. As a mere warning, for the time being, he took out his wand. That move alerted everyone and helped keeped their eyes open and fixed on his wand. They surely didn't want any kind of spell coming out of its tip.

"So what was I saying?" Riddle mockingly wondered. "Oh yes, my plan."

The Death Eaters watched him expectantly to hear his infernal plan to murder Potter obviously. Voldemort fell silent all of a sudden looking thoughtful. He blinked his scarlet eyes frustrated.

"Master?" Bellatrix asked hesitantly expecting to be cursed on the spot.

Voldemort glared daggers at her. "SEE WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE? I FORGOT HOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO KILL POTTER!"

The Death Eaters shrank back immediately as if a possessed Tyrannosaurus Rex was in the meeting hall. All of them felt like running for the hills but their feet were stuck on the ground.

"GET OUT!" Voldemort shrieked. Good Salazar, where was his diabetes pills now!

The dark wizards, and witch didn't need to be told twice. They all dashed to the exit and to their rooms and get some sleep.

A tad bit scared, Bellatrix glanced over her shoulder to make sure Voldemort wouldn't curse them from behind.Then she turned and caught up with Rookwood who was talking to Rodolphus. Threading her away through the Death Eaters she tapped Rookwood on the shoulder.

Rookwood started violently and looked at her wide-eyed. He opened his mouth and took in a deep breath, about to scream bloody murder.He had obviously been avoiding her these last days for no apparent, to Bellatrix at least, reason. Thankfully, Rodolphus came to the rescue and put his hand over Rookwood's mouth gripping him by the arm so that he didn't run away.

"For Merlin's sake Augustus! Does she look like an evil bunny to you? Bunnies are cuter I tell you," he said trying to talk sense into him getting a glare from his wife.Bellatrix left the two Death Eaters furious and didn't appear again until after dinner the next day when she bumped onto Rookwood. He stopped dead in his tracks the moment he set his eyes on her and turned around to run but he crashed onto the wall.

Bellatrix grinned evilly and walked closer. "What's the problem Rookwood?" she asked not being able to fight the grin.

The poor Death Eater squealed in panic shrinking back to the base of the wall as the female Death Eater loomed over him in the best intimidating she could muster.

"G-g-get away from me evil bunny…" he whimpered. Even though he looked very weak and vulnerable his hand automatically went to his wand in his pocket.

Bellatrix cocked an eyebrow arrogantly. "Oh Rookwood, you are going to fight me?" With her question she threw her head back laughing. Time for the evil laughter! She let a shrill shriek of laughter but didn't hear someone approaching from behind her.

The Dark Lord tapped her shoulder. At the same time he made a remarkable imitation of Umbridge's trademark cough. Bellatrix on the other hand didn't even notice him as she kept laughing coldly.

"Bellatrix…"

"MWAHAHAHAHAHA…"

"Bella…?"

"MWAHAHAHAHA" her maniac laughter seemed to keep going on forever.

"Flipping grandmother of cheese! Is that Sirius? Alive?" Voldemort pointed at thin air at a desperate attempt to draw her attention.

"WHAT! WHERE! I'm coming to get you bastard!" she screamed taking her wand out ready for a fight already.

Voldemort sighed tiredly rolling his scarlet eyes. Sometimes this woman could be so vain. "Bellatrix…he is dead. Calm down and please leave Augustus alone," he pleaded. Salazar's ass, he couldn't run behind every Death Eater to prevent any fights! This was the bloody headquarters of the Dark Lord not some kindergarten! He shot a glare at Bellatrix making a mental note to himself to not give her that manor in Cornwall he had promised.

She sighed slumping her shoulders in defeat. "Fine," she drawled. Before walking away though she flashed an evil smile at Rookwood who squealed and fell in front of Voldemort's feet. However, not even Voldemort himself noticed that ominous shadow creeping slowly over the ceiling above him and especially Rookwood…

Bellatrix was still mad as she was striding over to her chambers. Turning around the corner she passed several paintings that decorated the innumerable corridors of the castle. She reached her door and turned the handle. But what her eyes met made her shriek in terror that she hadn't even encountered in Azkaban.

"GET OUT! NOW! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE BITCH!"

Bellatrix did what she was told, or better say shouted at. She shut the door behind her leaning against it with her back. She needed to take several deep breaths in order to recover from the great shock. But slowly her shock was replaced by rage.

"RODOLPHUS! YOU 'D BETTER GET OUT MY ROOM NOW! AND THAT APPLIES FOR YOU SNAPE!" she shouted to the two men inside her room.

Turning around on her heels she felt the door opening behind her with Rodolphus. "Here," he replied with a smug smile.

Bellatrix fumed with rage and snapped the door closed right in his face quickly. "I meant after with your clothes on first!"she shouted outraged.

She heard the two men sighing in exasperation. "Goodness, is she always bitching like that Rodolphus?"

"Sometimes it's even…""RODOLPHUS! NOW! With clothes!" she added quickly as the door opened once more to reveal Rodolphus and Snape. Fully dressed.

Bellatrix narrowed her eyes at them dangerously and then her eyes scanned what once used to be her tidy room. It looked as if a storm had swept everything. Her eyes flashing with anger stopped on her husband and Snape. They both had an identical look of pure innocence on their faces, which didn't fool Bellatrix. She crossed her arms and stomped her foot on the ground expectantly.

"Well?" she demanded.

Rodolphus raised an eyebrow still acting all innocent. "Yes?" he asked blinking childishly. Snape on the other side had bowed his head trying to fight a grin forming on his lips.

Bellatrix widened her eyes furious. "Will you tell me what were you doing here Snape! And we'll see if I find it amusing!" she raved.

Rodolphus was now grinning like a fool and asked, "Want details too?" He hadn't even completed his sentence when they both cracked up in insane laughter.

"We can show you!" Snape offered in the midst of laughter.

"Eww….no! You sick perverts!" she said looking away quickly. "In my room!" she asked in disgust.

By that time Rodolphus and the Potions Master were not laughing that hard and could utter a comprehensible sentence. Rodolphus was still shaking with laughter when he replied, "Well…to be honest anywhere we happen to be. This time it was your room," he winked at the other man with a smile.

Bellatrix was sure she was going to have nightmares for months after this. "Great! And apart from that you've totally ruined my room!" she exclaimed.

Snape shook his head negatively. "Oh no you can stay here. We are going somewhere else not to bother you," he answered smirking.

"What makes you think I am going to sleep on that bed!" she demanded pointing at her bed absolutely revolted and disturbed. "I am taking your room Rodolphus! No wait, I don't want to imagine how that will be like," she said on second thoughts.

Rodolphus nodded with a mischievous grin. "Exactly," he replied, "we are going now…"

But Bellatrix cut him off. "Oh no I am going out. You will stay here and clean up this mess…"

"Or continue what we started," Snape added.

Bellatrix didn't comment to his statement but stormed out of the room slamming the door so that it almost fell off its hinges.

((((Number 12 Grimmauld Place))))

Dumbledore slit open the letter Lupin had given him earlier feeling everyone's anxious looks on him. Out of the envelope he took a postcard. "Ah," he said smiling and this made everyone twitch on their seats.

Mundungus Fletcher broke the silence with a cough. "Well?" he asked.

Dumbledore looked up at him his blue twinkling cheerfully as usual. "This is a postcard from Moody and some Aurors that disappeared about a month ago remember?" he asked clearly amused.

Everyone lunged at Dumbledore to get the postcard the twins first.

Dumbledore took the postcard out of their reach and said, "They are in Madagascar…with a female Dementor…" he added bemused. "And the Dementor won't let them go…but it seems they are having a pretty good time from their descriptions…" he said with a shrug ignoring the shocked looks he got.

On the postcard was Demmie hugging Moody tightly enough for him to suffocate wearing some fancy sunglasses….

((((Voldemort's castle))))

Bellatrix was still trying to erase what had happened upstairs from her memory as she was heading for the Entrance Hall. It was her shift that night on the grounds but she wasn't planning on getting any good sleep after all. At least without nightmares. As she descended the main staircase nobody seemed to be there.

She had almost reached the main doors when a voice was heard behind her. "Oh look who it is, Bella!" a man exclaimed.

Bellatrix twitched at the nickname and turned around slowly. Today was certainly not her day. "What do you want here?" she asked the man that stood in front of her. He had long brown hair and an amused smile on his face that Bellatrix so much despised.

"Aw...but you know I've missed you! So I decided to return from Paris!" chirped Rabastan Lestrange.

So in the next chapter you will learn more about the curse and...Rabastan. Sorry about the mental images that came to mind with the Rodolphus/Severus scene. I couldn't help but put it.