Bella's long, beautiful black hair was tangled and her face was streaked with tears. Though Harry hated her he couldn't help momentarily feel sorry for her. The desolation in her face reminded him of how he'd felt when he'd found out he'd been under a love potion.

"Oh, Harry look!" Hermione said tearfully. "Can't you see she's been betrayed by her true love!"

"It's true!" Bella cried. "I've left the Death Eaters! I want to help you fight Voldemort now!"

"How do we know we can trust you!" Harry shouted, his leaf-colored eyes shining majestically. Then he looked into her shining onyx eyes and realized that her heart was broken. Still he thought it would be foolish to let his guard down completely.

"Hand me your want and then we will talk!" he said. Bellatrix handed it over and then burst into tears. Mione patted her consolingly on the back.

"He's left me!" she cried, staring into the blue abyss of the heavens. "Tom's left me."

"Oh, Harry, we have to help her," Mione said, her coffee eyes stark with emotion.

"But she killed Sirius!" Harry snapped.

"Sirius?" Bella asked blankly, blinking in confusion.

"But how do we truly know she's on our side," Harry mused, the ebon spikes of his hair reflecting the sunlight.

"Harry can't you see she's upset!" Hermione snapped, her chocolate gaze full of reproach. Harry felt confused.

"Look," Bella said. "I have a Horcrux."

"Holy Cow!" Harry said, looking at the shining object she held up. It was a genuine Horcrux, one of the seven mystical artifacts Voldemort had imbued with part of his soul. The diary, locket, cup, and magical staff had already been destroyed, but this was one of the three that remained.

"I took it off the inferi and brought it to you as a peace offering," Bella exclaimed.

"Now I know you are telling the truth!" Harry exclaimed excitedly, his emerald eyes blazing out their courage. He turned to Mione, who met his leaf eyes with her own eyes of wood, a perfect alchemical mixture of woodland love. Harry gasped at the thought- how could he have thought of love in connection with Mione? He turned back to Bella.

"But why did you leave the DEs to begin with?" he said, not completely satisfied in spite of himself.

"The Dark Lord," sniffed Bella. "First he kept telling me to do awful things, like killing people and torturing them."

"But you've done that before!" Harry said in confusion.

"Huh?" Bellatrix asked. "Anyway, he recently left me, for that nasty little new tramp, and I broke down. I realized I hated everything he stood for, I loved muggleborns, and I wanted nothing to do with their evil life-hating ideology anymore!" Bella burst into tears. Hermione and Bellatrix had a hug.

At that moment Harry felt a lot more sympathy for Bellatrix than he did for Ginny, even though he still was not sure he trusted the former lady death Eater.

"Let's destroy the Horcrux!" he said, to put off the decision. Bella handed him the Horcrux, which took the form of a statuette of a young girl, done in gold. Harry knew it was real because it had the magical stamp of the mystical power of Slytherin on it, which was the exact shape of his scar. Harry placed it on the ground. The young girl looked a lot like Ginny.

He raised his wand and shouted "Reducto!" destroying the evil mystical artifact forever. Part of Voldemort's soul was utterly destroyed and far away part of Tom Riddle the evil dark Lord died. The sky went grey and swirled with clouds, flowers wilted and the chipmunks, squirrels and birds rushed for shelter. Flashes of lighting flashed on the horizon. A cold wind shot through the air with icy precision. Hermione was afraid and her chocolate eyes were wide with fear. She clutched Harry's arm for support and the two of them clung together. Harry felt safer with Mione close by him and once again he had that non-platonic feeling. This time he didn't quite ignore it. He knew something special was starting to develop between him and his Mione.

Then the storm was over and there was only a thin grey dust where the Horcrux was. The wind blew it away and the sun once more popped its cheerful face from behind a cloud. Harry felt a tangible sense of relief and turned around. Mione's fluffy cinnamon curls hit him in the face as she engulfed him in a massive hug. Her chocolate eyes met his leaf ones and for a few moments they shared a beautiful communication that needed no words. Then they turned back to Bellatrix.

"OK, we believe you now," Harry said. "Take your wand back, we'll destroy the next two Horcruxes together."

"Thank you for trusting me," Bella said, and Harry began to doubt she'd been the one who'd tortured the Longbottoms. Perhaps there had been a mistake.

Suddenly Mione gasped.

"Bella!" she said. "Do you know who killed the Weasleys? Did you hear about that before you left the DEs?"

"Yes," said Bella with a sniff. "I know who it was who did that awful crime."