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Bella


The trio walked the halls of Malfoy manor with great caution, Remus cradling Teddy closely to his chest as the child slept soundly oblivious to the great escape going on around him with Cedric Diggory's wand concealed between himself and his father. Each corner that they took Nymphadora cautiously checked the way before ushering the other's to follow her.

"There has to be another way down that the one staircase . . ." Andromeda muttered.

"No." Dora shook her head, looking around as she whispered to her mother "I came over here when the ministry were searching for dark objects once Lucius was arrested . . . There's only one way down—if you want to go the conventional way."

"Why don't I like the sound of that?" Remus sighed, shuddering as a mischievous smirk came over Dora's face "Usually I would find that look very attractive."

"Sorry." Dora bit her lip.

"Bellatrix Lestrange never apologises." Andromeda said "Stay in character."

"Ugh." Dora rolled her eyes, twirling her wand around her fingers and pouting "Better?"

"Yes." Andromeda nodded. "Truly deranged." Nymphadora looked to her husband, her eyes stopping on a soundly sleeping Teddy for a moment before with a determined nod carried on with their journey. It was only as they were about to turn the last corner to where Dora was leading them that they all froze.

"Bella?" Rodolphus Lestrange called out from behind them, questioning in his deep voice.

Nymphadora took a deep breath, a cruel smirk coming over her lips before she twirled on the spot, looking towards Rodolphus with her head at a slight angle "Yes?" she sighed before slowly walking towards her, Andromeda shutting her eyes to prevent herself from seeing how easily her own daughter could imitate such a monster.

"Where are you going with those two?" Rodolphus frowned, looking towards the pair and spotting the small tuft of blue hair poking over Remus' shoulder "Bella," he lowered his voice as Nymphadora was stood mere feet from him "you said you wouldn't hurt the baby. You promised."

Dora blinked, taken back for a moment that the witch would make such a promise to the wizard before she reminded herself of who she was imitating and pouted "Have I ever broken a promise?"

"Yes." Rodolphus growled, reaching out for the woman's hip and pulling her towards himself without warning, his arms wrapping around her waist.

"Well . . ." Dora took a deep breath, reaching her hands up to place them firmly on the mans chest in an attempt to keep some physical distance between them "Nymphie isn't behaving. I thought I'd use them to my advantage." Rodolphus narrowed his eyes at the woman "I'm not actually going to hurt the cub."

Rodolphus rolled his eyes, waiting a moment before he reached up and gently brushed a stray strand of hair from the woman's face "Want a hand?"

"No." Dora shook her head, imitating Bellatrix's evil grin as best she could "There would be less for me to play with if you got involved."

Rodolphus chuckled, grabbing the woman's head before he pulled her into himself, his lips crashing fiercely against her own. Dora forced herself to kiss him back so as not to raise suspicion, reaching her hand up to his shoulder and pushing him back off of her, gasping for air "Go," Dora pouted "don't distract me."

Rodolphus rolled his eyes with a smirk before walking past the woman, each of them staring at the back of him and neither daring to move an inch until they were more than sure he was far out of ear shot. "I'm going to be sick." Dora shuddered, walking back to her husband, stroking Teddy's arm before looking up to Remus "Remus—I—"

"I know." Remus said, sighing as he forced himself to kiss his wife's head even though she looked like Bellatrix Lestrange at present time.

"As lovely as this all is, let's go." Andromeda sighed.

"Right." Dora looked both ways around the corridor, storming ahead until she stopped short at a small window.

"You can't be serious." Andromeda asked, astounded at the witch as she figured out her plan.

"There's a tree." Dora chewed her lip, opening the window and peering outside.

"I cannot climb a tree with Teddy in my arms, Dora." Remus whispered, stroking the stirring child's head.

"Wasn't planning on climbing." Dora shook her head before pointing her wand out of the window at the patch of grass between the tree and the manor "Molliare."

Andromeda took a deep breath, walking over to the window and looking at the small drop. She looked between her daughter and grandson before with a steely glaze she looked to her son-in-law "Fall backwards, hold him tight." Without missing a beat the woman fell out of the window, Remus rushing over just in time to see the woman gathering herself on the ground bellow. With a sigh the man went to jump, though as he felt Nymphadora's wrist grasp onto his own he paused.

"Remus . . . If this doesn't work—if they catch us—I'll hold them off, you go." Dora whispered.

"Dora, no." Remus breathed "We're getting out of here together, or else you and Teddy are getting out."

"Rem—"

"Stop arguing, we don't have the time." And with that Remus drew the stolen wand, putting a sleeping charm on their son before falling backwards out of the window.

Dora gripped onto the window frame, watching her husband scurry out of the way and pass her son to her mother before she jumped. She hissed in pain as she hit the floor, Remus running up to her, helping her to her feet and checking she was okay. "I—I'm fine." Dora squeezed his arm reassuringly "Just didn't get to walk away from Bellatrix entirely unharmed earlier."

"Let me heal you." Andromeda offered, adjusting Teddy in her arms.

"No, we need to get out." Dora stood tall, removing all evidence of the cushioning charm before she strode forward "The edge of the wards are that way, we can get out of them but they'll know we've done it, right mum?"

"Right." Andromeda nodded "We'll need to instantly apparate."

"Let's go." Dora nodded, walking forward for a few steps before each of them froze on the spot.

"Bellatrix." Rodolphus smirked as he rounded the corner to the building. "Don't suppose you have Nymphie out in the grounds somewhere?"

"I—What are you doing?" Dora demanded, trying to sound as strong as she physically could though she could see their plan crumbling around them "Why are you down here?"

"You know," Rodolphus mused, drawing his wand and taking a step towards the trio with an amused smirk on his cruel features "there are multiple flaws here. First of all, no, Bella has never broken a promise to me. She may be flawed but fickle she is not. Second, I may have gone back to my room—where I had only been moments previously—and retrieved Bella."

Nymphadora and Remus Lupin simultaneously drew their wands, stepping in front of Andromeda and their son as the real Bellatrix Lestrange rounded the corner behind her husband. Her evil grin was spread across her features as she shook her head in amusement.

"Thirdly," Bellatrix purred "you may be weak Nymphadora, but I have pushed you much further before. I knew you were up to something."

Dora gritted her teeth, glaring at Rodolphus "So you knew the minute you saw me?"

"Pretty much." Rodolphus smirked, laughing as Nymphadora couldn't help but shudder as she dropped her morph.

"Much better." Bellatrix hissed, instantly throwing a curse at the woman "Time to dance Nymphie!" she cackled, deflecting spells sent by both the Order members as her husband joined the onslaught of spells.

"Mum, get him out of here!" Nymphadora screamed, ducking out of the way of a curse just in time.

"Not without you!" Andromeda snapped "You can get her, Nymphadora. You can both get them."

"Ha!" Bellatrix cackled through the furious duel "No she can't, Andromeda. Put the child down and come and play!"

"You wish." Andromeda snarled, stepping back from the fray as she cradled her grandson against her chest. She ducked just in time as a stray spell came flying her way.

"Mum go! We'll meet you, just run!" Dora yelled.

"Now, Andromeda!" Remus growled, barely reflecting a spell from Rodolphus.

"I—" Andromeda screwed her eyes shut, trying to find the resolve to leave her daughter even for a moment and not fight like every instinct in her body was telling her to do—wand or no wand. It was only as she heard the maniacal laughter of her once sister that she snapped her eyes open. All resolve flooding to her as she ran as instructed, going the opposite direction of the duel as Dora and Remus fought for their lives and freedom.

"That's right, Dromeda!" Bellatrix screeched "Do what you do best! Run away!"

Andromeda ignored the witch through her rage at the comments, she wasn't running away. She wasn't. She was protecting her grandson; she would be no use to either of them with the small child in her arms whilst they tried to defeat the duo. She stopped just short of the wards, turning to look at the four. She didn't want to set the wards off just yet; she knew the moment that she stepped through that barrier the whole manor would be alerted to the sudden intrusion. Though she soon realised that it was far too late to be worrying about such things. Nymphadora Lupin gripped onto her wand tightly, struggling to hold her own with the torment her body had been put through without much rest for so long. Bellatrix smirked, sending three quick spells in concession as she shrieked in triumph at the young witch skidding backwards along the grass.

"Dora!" Remus yelled, putting a shield up as he reflected multiple spells as he tried to hold them off until he could reach his fallen wife.

Suddenly the man had no more spells to reflect, Bellatrix and Rodolphus simultaneously stopping as they looked on at the man with malevolent glee. Remus took a risk, turning to see what had become of his wife before his blood ran cold. Lord Voldemort was stood there, a look of displeasure on his pale features as he held Nymphadora onto her feet by the scruff of her dress.

"Who let this happen?" Voldemort hissed to his servants, looking right through the old werewolf as though he weren't there.

"My Lord, it was Cedric Diggory." Bellatrix bowed her head "He took her back from my room and she overcame him."

"I see." Voldemort narrowed his eyes, ignoring the clear discomfort of the witch in his grasp before he threw her forward. Dora stumbled on her feet, Remus lunging forward and pulling her into his arms as he held her tightly.

"One moment, My Lord." Bellatrix purred, disapparating on the spot.

Nymphadora strangled back a whimper of discomfort as she pulled herself up straight on her husband's shoulders, forcing herself to turn to face The Dark Lord. Remus took the witch's hand, grasping onto it tightly as the parents watched in pain at their son being brought back to the fray. Andromeda hissed in annoyance as Bellatrix marched her forward with her wand stuck into the base of her spine, sending out a jolt of a hex to make the witch jump in pain every other step.

"Oh Nymphadora," Lord Voldemort sighed "your determination to remain defiant impresses me. I wouldn't expect less from yourself, though I would have thought your sanity may have started to dwindle at least slightly at Bellatrix's hand by now. Or perhaps it has. Perhaps this is why you would try something as idiotic as this?" with a flick of his wand both Nymphadora and Remus were on their knees before him, each hissing at the sudden impact of the hard ground hitting their knees. "I have been merciful, Nymphadora. Merciful to all of you. I have ensured your family is safe, that you are out of the dungeon, that you are fed. Have I not done you a kindness in this, Nymphadora?"

Nymphadora stared at the ground, refusing to look up at the man that was talking to her. Instead she concentrated on the feel of her husband's hand in hers, the feel of the grass beneath her knees, still slightly damp from the mornings rain. It was with a gasp of pain from the witch and a grunt of discomfort from the wizard that a curse flew between the two, forcing each of them away from each other to fall to their sides.

"It's polite to answer when someone asks you a question, Nymphie." Bellatrix grinned, resting her chin on her sisters shoulder as she stuck her wand into her gut.

"Bella—" Andromeda swallowed her words as a small curse ran through her, forcing herself not to grip on more tightly to her grandson as she bit back her cry of discomfort.

"Stop it!" Dora yelled, her dark hair flashing red.

"Why?" Bella pouted, smirking as she pulled her wand away from her sister. She relished in her gasp of pain for a moment before trailing her wand teasingly across Teddy Lupin's small back.

"Bellatrix." Voldemort barked, watching her pull her wand away again as she looked to her master awaiting instruction "Take them into the grand hall, I will join you momentarily . . . Summon Rabastan to help you before you attempt to move them." The man walked a few paces before he turned, turning to Bellatrix and Rodolphus "And I expect to find them conscious and breathing . . . for now."

The Death Eater couple mirrored their 'My Lord's of obedience before they watched him disappear. "Summon Rabastan." Bellatrix growled as her husband obeyed, the witch looking to Nymphadora in fury as she pushed Andromeda out of the way and strode over to her "You insolent, embarrassing, disgusting, piece of filth!" she screeched, a sudden flurry of her wand a stream of light hit the girl square in the chest. As her niece started gasping for hair, clawing at her chest, Bella bent down and grabbed the neckline of her dress and brought her face to mere inches of her own. "You dare try and trick me into an escape? Dare to be so defiant to The Dark Lord himself?!" Bella shook her violently, releasing the curse that was currently restricting her chest "ANSWER ME!"

Nymphadora spluttered for air, forcing herself to look straight into the crazed heavy lidded eyes of Bellatrix Lestrange "You're insane." The girl hissed, gasping in pain as without warning a Cruciatus curse surging through her body. For all her determination it wasn't long before a blood curdling scream left her lips, her hair shooting to white and her eyes bulging wide.

"Bellatrix!" Rabastan yelled, laughing in amusement as his sister-in-law dropped the curse on the shivering young witch "Was there a party I wasn't invited to?"

Bellatrix wrinkled her features in disgust, growling in annoyance as she pulled herself to her feet. She reached down and grasped tightly onto the witches hair, pulling her to her feet as she ignored the girls involuntary whimpers of pain. "Come on." Bellatrix spat, storming ahead of the rest of them as she pulled the girl staggering behind her as the metamorphmagus grasped onto her hands to try to regain some stability. No-one said a word as Bellatrix dragged the witch through the manor, both Rabastan and Rodolphus struggling to keep up with her whilst hoarding their own prisoners into the great hall of Malfoy Manor. "I'm going to kill him." Bellatrix snarled, pulling Nymphadora infront of her before with one swift kick to her chest the girl fell in a cry of pain to the floor.

"Who?" Rabastan frowned, slightly out of breath as he threw Remus to the floor of the middle of the hall "What have I missed?"

"Diggory let himself get overthrown by Nymphie and her band of idiots." Rodolphus rolled his eyes.

"Diggory?" Rabastan snorted "Why was she left alone with—" the man stopped short as Bellatrix snapped her steely glare at the man, Rabastan instantly throwing his hands up in defence. "Yeah, kill him. Great idea."

"Not necessary." The cold voice filled the room, Lord Voldemort walking up from behind his Death Eaters as each dropped to the floor in a uniform bow "He's dead already. Fool could not even excuse his own idiocy." Voldemort stopped short of Nymphadora, flourishing his wrist as Nymphadora was dragged to her knees to face the man "He is but the first of the deaths your foolishness has caused tonight, Nymphadora. What do you have to say to that, Nymphadora?"

Dora took a shaky breath, clenching her fists before she forced herself to meet the mans cold stare "P—Please. Let my family go. You don't need them."

Voldemort drew his wand, pointing it towards Andromeda Tonks as without his eyes leaving the shivering witch in front of him as he levitated Teddy Lupin from Andromeda's arms. Each of the three captives yelled their protests, soon quietened by Voldemort's yell of 'Silence' before he sent the child to Rabastan. "Take him to Narcissa, then promptly return."

"Please." Dora whimpered, watching her son leave the room in the Death Eater's arms. "I—I'll do as you ask; I won't defy you. I won't defy Bellatrix. Just please, leave my family alone."

The man shook his head, sighing in mock disappointment as he watched the once powerful Order member and Auror reduced to tears on her knees before him. "That was the original deal, Nymphadora." Voldemort breathed "You would work for me, you would let Bellatrix train you, your family would remain unharmed . . . You broke that deal, Nymphadora."

"So kill me!" Dora yelled "Punish me!"

"Nymphie doesn't listen, My Lord." Bellatrix purred, a cruel smirk on her features as she spoke in a voice of all childlike innocence "I tried to teach her, I tried to control her defiance, yet she does not listen, My Lord. I would suggest other methods."

"I believe I would be inclined to agree, Bella." Voldemort spoke in a dead voice, staring at the woman for a few moments before he turned to face Rodolphus and Bellatrix, smirking as Rabastan returned to the room. "What would you suggest, hmm?"

"Let me kill them." Bellatrix pouted "Please, My Lord. You have a metamorphmagus in the boy, he can be raised and trained a fresh."

"No!" Remus yelled, his voice full of sudden energy as he glared at the deranged witch "Leave Teddy alone! The boy needs his mother, if you must kill anyone, kill me."

Voldemort laughed coldly, shaking his head at the man's wife's cries "No! Not Remus! Not anyone! KILL ME!"

"Oh Nymphadora," Voldemort shook his head, his three Death Eaters beaming with sick amusement behind him "whilst your willingness to die amuses me, I do not wish to kill you today. Though someone must pay for your follies. How about your mother?" Voldemort didn't skip a beat as he pointed his wand to Andromeda, twisting his wand as the woman screamed in agony, the audible crack of bones sounding above her pain. "Or your husband?" with another twist of his wand Remus let out a guttural yell, clawing at his chest.

"STOP IT!" Dora cried "Please . . . . Please, My Lord."

The yells of pain instantly stopped, Voldemort raising a hairless eyebrow of amusment at the young witch "Good . . . I will do you one last kindness, for your submission . . . Choose who dies, Nymphadora." Dora shook her head through her tears, her whole body shaking in the pain and trauma of the events of the day.

"Dora . . ." Remus spoke softly, repeating himself again as he watched his broken wife turn to him in her pain, his own eyes beginning to fill with tears "it's okay. You need your mother, Teddy needs his mother, it's okay. I love you."

Dora shook her head, her face contorted in her pain filled tears "Remus . . ."

"Just kill me!" Andromeda cried from the floor, pulling herself up as best she could on her broken limbs to look to the crazed amused stare of her eldest sister "You want to, I know you want to. So kill me."

"I prefer the idea of not having another werewolf running around the manor." Rabastan muttered to his brother, ignoring the older Lestrange's eye roll at his remark.

"Mum . . ." Dora cried out as she felt arms go around her waist, clearly a signal to move she had missed as she had been looking frantically between her family.

"Shhhhh, Nymphie." Bellatrix purred, kissing the girls cheek as she held her painfully close.

Dora watched in horror as Lord Voldemort stepped forward, stopping for a moment before he turned to face Remus Lupin. The old werewolf looked to his wife, the girl whimpering through chocked sobs "Remus, I—I love you."

"I love you, Dora." Remus breathed, ignoring the hard wood of the wand pressed to his temple. All fear left his features, a weak smile full of love and comfort for his wife the last thing that crossed the old mans lip's.

"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort hissed.

"No!" Nymphadora shrieked, her scream of emotional agony echoing across the room as she struggled fiercely against Bellatrix's grasp. Her ears were filled with the sound of Bellatrix's amused giggles as she struggled, sobbed and yelled out for her lost husband, already limp on the ground as the light left his eyes. "Remus!" Dora cried, her body starting to lose its strength against the hold of her deranged Aunt as she could do nothing but stare in disbelief and horror. The woman didn't realise as a silencing spell was placed on her, her tears of anguish soon inaudible though she still shook hysterically in her pain against her Aunt.

"Aww," Bellatrix bit her lip, holding back more hysterical laughter through her childish tones "it's okay, Nymphie."

"Bellatrix." Voldemort called, the woman looking up from the broken witch as her arms snaked around her to further secure her to herself "Nymphadora can spend a day in the dungeons to think over the consequences of her actions. Rodolphus, return Andromeda to the prisoners wing. I will not tolerate another attempt at escape on either of your watch, understood?"

"Yes, My Lord." They both spoke in unison, though the look of amusement was soon wiped at the stern words from her master.

Dora didn't notice the Dark Lord leaving, nor him lifting the silencing spell on her, barely registered herself being pulled to her feet. It was only as she was dragged towards the exit of the room that she started to protest again, crying to be with her husband as Bellatrix began to struggle to pull her with her physical strength alone. Nymphadora Lupin didn't realise as a wand was pressed to her temple, the world simply going black around her. It was only as she woke hours later, her face pressed to the cold stone of the Malfoy Manor dungeons, that she realised she had been knocked out. Though she didn't care. She didn't want to care, didn't want to feel anything at all. The mousey browned haired witch cried anew, wrapping her arms around herself as she could only think of her husband, her best friend, her one true love.

"Oh, Remus . . ." Dora sobbed "I'm sorry . . . I love you, Remus . . ." a shaky breath let the witches lip, defeat washing over her as she spoke one last time in whispered sorrow before she let her emotional agony take over to hide in the darkest corners of her mind to escape the pain. "Please come back . . ."