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Chapter 3

Learning Each Other

Bellatrix was so bored in this place. The whole day she remained locked in that room. She had nothing else to do so she decided to spend her time reading anything that was on that dirty bookcase.

She picked a book at random. She looked at the writer, he was Muggle so she put the book away and picked another. "Muggle, Muggle, Muggle. What the hell? Isn't a normal book written by a wizard in this house?"

'The Witch Hunt' she read at the back of one book. "Finally...oh no! Not Muggle again!' she tossed the book behind her.

Later that day, she was standing in front of an empty bookcase, books scattered around her. "What kind of a wizard's house is this?" she asked frustrated no one in particular.

Then she heard two voices outside the corridor. Bellatrix headed towards the door to hear better but as soon as she got close to the door she heard something whistling as if flying fast and an explosion that broke the door of its hinges. "I told you Fred we should have tried the new firework in the shop..."

"And annoy the customers? No way!" replied the other boy.

"Open the door. I can help you make a firework that will make you famous in the whole wizarding world." she said quickly.

"Wait...who are you?" George Weasley asked suspiciously.

"Santa. Just open the damned door!" she shouted.

Whispers were heard again along the lines of "...the door...nothing to lose...may be right...what if it is Santa??". Then the door opened and two red-haired boys came into the room.

"Holy shit! Er...mum?" Fred called his mother from downstairs.

"Yes dear?" she was heard.

"We have a Death Eater in the drawing room...."

"FRED! I told you to mind your own business! Whatever she does, don't listen to her! And don't open the door!" Molly Weasley said panicked.

Bellatrix shoved them to the wall before they could react and she made to run downstairs to the main hall.

Suddenly she was face to face with Molly, who was blocking the whole corridor making it impossible for her to escape. She tried to push her out of the way but to no avail. Then Weasley pulled out her wand "Stupefy!"

Bellatrix fell to the floor to avoid the curse. "What the hell are you trying to do woman?!" she asked.

"I'm trying to take you back to the drawing room!" said an angry Molly. "Don't you ever use my wonderful angels to make your escape, monster!" she screamed.

"Oh trust me, your wonderful angels are just fine! Just shoved them into a wall! Nothing too serious!" she said and stood up backing away from a furious Molly.

"Molly!" the last minute Mrs. Weasley was interrupted by cursing Bellatrix from Lupin.

"Great! Now you are both going to curse me!" she said cheerfully.

"Come with me, Bellatrix! Molly, I just saw Fred and George they are just fine," he said and Bellatrix followed him.

"What did I tell you about my name Lupin? It's Black!" she snapped but remembered last night's idea. "But you can call me...Bellatrix," she added with a sweet smile.

"At last! Why don't you want people to call you by your first name, anyway?" he asked trying to be friendly.

"Well...more formal you know..." she said with a mere shrug.

"I like your first name... you can call me Remus, by the way," he said and opened the door of the drawing room.

"Okay...Remus," she said. This was way too easy, she thought while smiling.

She entered the room. "Want anything to eat, Bellatrix?" he asked. He noticed that he really liked her name.

"Perhaps..." she said remembering she hadn't eaten anything since she was at Voldemort's headquarters.

"Perhaps? How can you not be sure if you want to eat? Especially so much time has passed since you last had something?"

"Well, too many other things to worry about. But I would prefer it not to be poisoned," she added.

"Don't worry! A little of a poison hurt nobody!" he said as he left to bring her some food.

"Don't you dare bring out poison!" she shouted.

He ignored her and made his way to the kitchen whistling a happy melody.

"Yeah right if he expects me to eat that 'pesticide' he's crazier than I thought," she said looking at the drawing room which was now literally in ruins.

Remus returned with a huge plate full of foods and placed it on a pole of books. She examined it from afar. "How do I know it's not poisoned?" she asked her gaze fixed on the plate.

"You don't. You just eat it."

Bellatrix laughed. "No way! You try first and then I will eat," she said gesturing at the plate.

"As you wish" he said and ate from the plate.

"We'll wait for the next half an hour and then I will eat," Bellatrix said. "If there is any poison it won't affect you right now," she said sitting in her beloved armchair.

"You can't be serious!" Remus exclaimed exasperated.

"Oh yes I am," she replied seriously.

"Just eat it Bellatrix! There will be no Bellatrix in half an hour if you don't! You will have starved to death!" he looked worried

"Starve to death? Come on! One can't die that easy!" she said laughing again. "We will wait to see if there's a poison," she said stubbornly.

"OK you wait, I eat," he said and started stuffing his mouth with food.

Bellatrix studied him thoughtfully. Was he lying? She couldn't tell yet. "How do I know you're eating from the not poisoned part?" she asked suspiciously.

"You can eat from anywhere you want! Nobody stops you!" he said while chewing.

Bellatrix watched chew and chew and she was in two minds. Finally she grabbed her fork.

"Okay, you persuaded me," she said trying a piece of apple pie. "And then you will say 'That's how I poisoned Bellatrix Black'," she pointed out slightly amused.

"Exactly! Didn't you notice that I haven't eaten any apple pie? It's the only poisoned food!" he said smiling.

Bellatrix stared at him and then pushed her plate away. "I'm stuffed," she said.

He cracked up when he saw her expression.

"You find it funny, don't you?" she asked angrily.

"Yes," he said naturally.

Bellatrix shook her head. "You are just like them," she pointed out with distaste and some disappointment which was well-veiled though.

"Like who?" he asked getting serious as he noticed the disappointment in her eyes 'Why do I care anyway?' he thought

"Like those bastards that had to die. Potter and my beloved cousin!" she said with a sarcastic tone.

"What's so bad about that? They were the best people I ever knew."

"Yeah, that's what you and most people think. But you can't see further than that. You think you're better than us. More noble. In fact, you are just like us. Looking down your nose at others. The only difference is that we do that with Muggles. You all do it with wizards, house-elves, goblins....do you me to continue?" she demanded. "And you claim Sirius Black and James Potter were the best people you knew," she said with a snort.

"At least they didn't kill in order to make a crazy man the Master of the World! And you are too looking down on wizards, house-elves and goblins along with fighting with the aforementioned mad man!" he said getting angrier.

"Yeah! At least we have the right to! You don't as long as you claim that you want equality! Have you ever seen that statue in the Ministry of Magic?" she retorted.

"Yes! Glad you destroyed it!! And nothing gives you the right to kill other humans," he objected.

Bellatrix paused for a moment. Perhaps he was right. "Well you do it too!" she said suddenly. "Don't tell me you haven't attacked anyone as a werewolf!"

"I was not a human then, though! I didn't understand what I was doing!"

"So you have killed! Ha!" Bellatrix said triumphantly.

"I haven't killed! I have attacked!" he said exasperated

"That's what you say," Bellatrix answered calmly. She really enjoyed getting on his nerves. And she still wondered why he was even talking to her.

"You can believe what you want, OK? Now shut your bloody mouth and eat!" he screamed sounding more like her mother.

"I told you I don't want to eat more!" she insisted.

"Eat your food or an evil witch will come and steal your beauty! Do you want to be ugly and her to be so beautiful?"

Bellatrix laughed. "What am I? A five year old? I tell you that evil witch has already visited me. She's called Azkaban," she said more gloomily.

"Then why aren't you ugly?" he asked like a child.

Bellatrix blinked confused. "Excuse me?"

"Then why aren't you ugly?" he asked again.

Bellatrix nodded. "Okay. So what did put in the food Remus?" she asked exasperated.

"Nothing I swear! Why should I have put something in the food?" he asked

"To poison me of course. Then you would get your precious revenge," she said.

"What revenge?" he looked confused.

Bellatrix sighed. "Oh please. Don't act like you're innocent. I 'm sure you would love to strangle me right now," she answered. As I will when I learn how to get out of this damned place, she thought.

'I can't believe that I am still in this room with an alive Bellatrix,' he thought. "I don't play to be innocent! I am!"

Bellatrix laughed, "Sorry to ruin your innocent and pure soul!" she said standing up.

"Apology accepted! Where are you going?"

"Nowhere!" she snapped and started pacing around.

"Good! Now you will burn the little energy you got from the food, which you didn't finish! Now sit down, eat your food and then you can go and pace around the room as long as you want!"

"I swear you sound like my mother! It's scary!" she pointed out still pacing. She always needed to do that. She couldn't remain still in one place for one moment. It helped her think.

"Now we start over again? Why are you doing this? Pacing around the room I mean! It makes me dizzy!" Remus said.

She stopped abruptly. "Sorry, I didn't know that," she said. She should become more 'sweet' in order to gain his trust. "Otherwise I wouldn't do it," she added mustering an innocent tone.

"Wow! Bellatrix with an innocent smile and apologizing! I never thought I would live to see that!"

"You never know what could happen," she said confidently and sat back on her armchair opposite of him.

"So," he said looking at her, "I have to go now," he remembered the meeting the Order had arranged that day.

Bellatrix nodded and then added sweetly, "Will I see you later?" she asked smiling.

"If you want I will come and see you later," he said smiling as well

"I always like some kind of company," she replied with a shrug. He is so gullible. This was going to be a piece of cake, she thought behind her smile.

"Then I will see you later" he said. 'How did I managed to spend all that time with her without killing her?' he thought as he made for the meeting.

Bellatrix shook her head scornfully as he turned his back and left. She was going to be out of there in no time.

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