A/N: Thank you all for the reviews. Like always I do appreciate them a lot.
Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.
(BSC 3 C15) C73 Quidditch is a real hell for Bella.
The first lessons of the new school year were going by peacefully. There wasn't any time left for a new lesson plan so the students of house Hogwarts were still sorted into their old classes. Only Defense against the dark arts was a lesson they weren't allowed to attend.
At twelve o clock at lunch time, it was again House Hogwarts that walked in together as one. The moment they all sat down they gave a look at the hourglass. To their amazement, they could see that they were just behind Gryffindor who was at the bottom of the line. The fifty points they had lost thanks to Molly had almost been erased.
With a satisfied look, Harry glanced over at his grandmother. He jerked his head to the Hogwarts table and Smiled his smile a little wider.
Minerva saw her Grandson looking and saw that he was proud of the things his house had done. He had been the only one who hadn't turned in any points.
Harry stood and all eyes turned to him. "You have all done a great job today. This morning Molly Weasley took it upon herself to take fifty points from us. You have all taken them back and I thank you all for it. Tonight after dinner I and my friends want to have a meeting with all of you. There we will make some arrangements and start the preparations for the inter-school Quidditch league for this season.
Almost the entire table had doubt in their eyes. Did he really say that they would form a Quidditch team? As the others stared around the table they could see that it was only the friends that were thinking it was a great thing. The others just didn't seem to like it. That was mostly because in their old houses they were kept from playing or even thinking about the team. They couldn't even apply because they were already denied before they could write down their names. But the points were something they could not take away from them; they had earned them themselves and were proud of it.
Minerva walked into the great hall. She could see that she was the first one there and that was also the way she wanted it. Now she was the first one there and the first one to see her grandson coming into the hall with his new house.
"Is this seat taken".
Minerva was a little startled and snapped her head up at the person that was now standing next to her. "Zanita, you startled me".
"Sorry Minerva, I just asked if this seat was taken".
"No it isn't but you know you can sit in the chair of Albus if you want. You are Lady Hogwarts so it is your right".
Zanita chuckled a little. "Yes but Albus does not realize that I'm Lady Hogwarts, YET. When he does I will make him sweat for it".
Minerva chuckled along and saw her grandson walking into the great hall. He was followed by the entire house and just like lunch, they all sat down and as one looked at the Hourglass that was hanging by the entrance.
The fifty points Harry had lost was gone. At lunch they had been behind Gryffindor with their points, now they were ahead of all of them with ten points, something that gave a really good feeling to every member of the house.
That night the friends were all waiting in the common room at a Quarter to eight. Slowly the other members entered the common room and sat down waiting for what was to come.
While Harry sat down Hermione took the floor. Not noticing that Minerva and Zanita had also entered the common room. "Now as you all may know we are at the top of our year. This isn't because we are that good".
"Never thought I would see the day that Hermione was modest".
SMACK. "Behave yourself," Daphne said as she whacked Harry on the back of her head. Neville chuckled and ducked, just before Susan could slap him.
Hermione glowered at them both and went on. "No," and she gave a quick glance at Bella who was still chuckling. "We are this good because we help each other with everything and anything we can. Now because we bundle our strongpoint's we can eliminate our weak points. We did it in our first and second year and that was also why we became the top students".
Hermione took a breath. "Now this year we want all of you to join us. That would mean we will do our homework together, we will do it every night at seven until everyone is finished. We will do this from Monday to Friday. It would give us a free Saturday and a free Sunday to hang out".
The silents in the common room became almost eerie. It was like someone had died and nobody knew what to say. It was common knowledge that if you did not belong to the group of friends that surrounded Harry, then you were not welcome. At least that was what everyone at school thought. It had also been one of the biggest gossips that went around the school for the last two years. But then again they were all sitting here opposite of Harry and his friends and they were all holding out their hands. The only thing they had to do was take the hand.
Most of the other students were watching with doubt in their eyes. It was Tracy who broke the silents. "Are we allowed to make other friends in other houses"?
"Of course you are, you are not in Gryffindor or Slytherin. You could even ask your friends if they want to join us when we make our assignments" Susan told her.
This was the last thing the expected because it was always said that you could never join the friends because Draco Malfoy and Ronald Weasley had tried it. It was then that most of them realized that it had been Draco and Ronald who had started that gossip.
"Now that we have made that clear, let me tell you all about our Quidditch team," Neville said. "Our house isn't that big so we can all be a part of it. I don't like to play Quidditch but I love to take care of the brooms. Hermione doesn't like it either bet she has a really good eye when it comes to strategy" And Neville squeezed the shoulder of Hermione lovingly when he said it. "It was the strategy of Hermione here that brought us to victory for two times in a row. So what I'm trying to say is that we want all of you to be a part of our team. We don't know what part or position you will be for the team but you all will get a part".
After the meeting, they all started on their Assignments and were following the guidelines the friends had set.
At the end of the first week, everyone looked up at the hourglass. House Hogwarts was standing above the other houses, it wasn't with much but they were on top.
Most of the Professors had been surprised by the progress the house in his whole had made. Some students were clearly crawling out of their shells. Their old houses had kept them down and never given them a chance to excel. But in-house Hogwarts they could and they did.
One of those Professors was Flitwick. He was constantly keeping an eye on one girl in particular. Luna Lovegood had been a student of his house. She was a little strange when she talked about the creatures she and her dad were hunting year after year. But in her new house, she looked at peace and not in her dream world where she would normally be. In the weeks that followed Professor, Flitwick kept an eye on Luna and House Hogwarts, They were working so well together that most of them were ahead of their peers. Some students were starting to work with them and were improving marvelously.
*#*
Slowly September turned into October. The one week thinking time Ginny had received went by and was now in the past. Harry hadn't asked Ginny for an answer because he wanted to give her all the time she needed. The week he gave her was only something so people knew he meant it.
"Susan could I ask you something," Ginny asked in a very soft voice.
Susan tilted her head a little to the left. When she saw the seriousness in the eyes of Ginny she knew it was time. The book she had in her hand was slowly put to the side as she got up on her feet. The moment she took the hand of Ginny she gave a look at Bella and Daphne who immediately understood what was about to happen.
She took Ginny into the girls' bedroom and true up some privacy wards to keep it from prying ears. She sat down on the bed and patted a spot next to her.
Ginny sat down and folded her hands in her lap.
"Okay Ginny, what is it you wanted to ask," Susan asked even while she already knew the answer. It had been something they had expected a little while ago. But still, it had to be Ginny who came to them.
"Susan what would happen if I let Harry become my father. What would it mean for my real father and for me"?
Susan looked at her in a soft way. This had been a conversation that she already had with Bella, Daphne, and Harry. The love that Ginny had for her father was enormous. It was so big that it was criminal to break it. It was this reason why Susan had taken it upon herself to help Ginny with the problem. Daphne knew a lot about the old ways but it was Susan who knew about the feelings that went with it and the love for her father was one of those feelings.
With a lot of peace in her voice, Susan started to tell Ginny what the whole reason behind the proposal of Harry was about. It did mean that Harry would become her daddy on paper and she would get two new mothers with the name of Bella and Daphne. That Bella was really Bellatrix was something she didn't tell her. That was something Harry and Bella had to do themselves. What she did tell her was that this was mainly a paper thing. Sure she had to leave her home and had to go and live with Harry at his castle. But her Daddy was still Arthur and he was always welcome at Potter castle to visit his daughter.
The talk between Susan and Ginny went on until late in the evening. At the end of it, all Ginny knew what she wanted to do and it would be something she would tell them all on the next Monday.
*#*
In the meanwhile, in the sleeping room of the boys, there was a totally different question asked.
"Harry, how is it you got Lady Hogwarts to become the history Professor anyway. Especially because Susan told me that you did it with almost a hundred percent vote of confidence" Hermione suddenly asked him.
Harry smiled widely something that was mirrored by Daphne. With a gesture of his hand, he told Daphne that she had the floor.
Daphne stood and rushed to the cabinet and took out a letter. She then put down the letter on the table in front of her and gathered her thoughts before she started to speak.
There was a stunned silent's in the room as Daphne took the letter from the table. She gave the letter a quick one over before she laid it back on the table. "Now the threat Harry made to Lucius led to this letter. We got this letter the same day we got the letter from Arthur and Minerva. Now at the time, Harry could not read this Letter because he was just too mad about the other one. So we only opened this letter after we were done with the ritual to get Lady Hogwarts In our midst".
Daphne waited another moment and played with her fingers. "It was on that day that Susan and I made more than just pleasantries with one Narcissa Black". It was again that Daphne picked up the letter and turned it around in her hands. "With Ginny, we knew what we could do in the bigger picture. But this letter changed everything. Narcissa knows it all and I mean all. We knew that Harry could make Ginny into his daughter but that was all we knew. But Narcissa really knows all the ins and outs, she knew about the benefits and the responsibilities he has to do. But also that he needed to have the money before the ministry could guaranty him the right to adopt. No everything started the night Harry took Lucius out. It was that action that changed everything and led to this letter we got from Narcissa Black`.
Daphne opened the letter again and gave a quick look at Harry who just nodded. She then looked back at the letter and read it out loud.
With all due respect, I'm Addressing this Letter to
Lord Potter/ Gryffindor/ Peverell.
A little while ago you took it upon yourself to inform my husband about the fact that you could make me into your slave. It would be something I would take in a heartbeat if you would do it. Now I can write you this letter because my husband is not home at this moment so he does not know about this.
Now I do think that it was just a speculation on your part but it is true. By sending me to St Mungo you activated an ancient magic trust upon you by the lord rings of the house. In this case House Peverell and House Gryffindor. The one thing Lucius doesn't have to know is that I was the one who asked this favor of you.
Now by sending me to the hospital, you are able to ask for these things. The main thing is that you can take me as your slave. This because you saved the lady of the house, this can only be done when the Lady was saved from her husband.
The second thing is to demand the termination of my marriage. Lucius can't do anything about it and has to do as your ask. If you do this then you have the first right to claim me as your wife or as your sex toy. Now I know you won't do the last thing but it is an option for you.
Now, these are the most drastic things you can do. And as for me being your slave or sex toy. Let's just say I wouldn't mind, but I think Bella would. And it wouldn't be your best option. I tell you this because the woman behind the man is far more important than you would know especially in the old ways. The lady of the house is in charge of the status of the family but she also has the responsibility to obtain it, she can make or break the house.
So your first options are not your best solutions. Sure you could give a very big blow to Lucius but you could even gain more if you used me as leverage. I Lady Malfoy am known as a trophy wife. Meaning I rule the house Malfoy. I have to do everything to obtain the status of my husband and keep on looking pretty while I'm doing it. Besides that, I have no say whatsoever.
I do what Lady Greengrass and Lady Bones has done for your party. They were in charge of the invitations. Later on, your Lady's will do those things for you. Now at that Party, you made more friends than Enemies.
So to make it easy, Lucius would not know where to scratch himself if I didn't tell him. This will leave you with a completely different option and one that is more suitable for your needs. So I will give you myself as a prisoner to your word. So by keeping me out of slavery, you could demand the following of Lord Malfoy.
You could ask him to align his house with yours, something he would never do; the humiliation would be too much for his ego to handle.
Secondly, you could forbid him to speak to you. However, that would give you more disadvantages than benefits. So don't do that!
Now the third option is also the one I would recommend. You could order him to do the first three reasons or go for the last option the one I will suggest to you in a moment. Now because I know my Husband he will go for the suggestion because he doesn't want to lose his Trophy wife.
When he refuses the first three reasons, which he will, you could order him that all business between your two houses will be done between you and Me Lady Malfoy. Meaning all meetings of the Wizengamot, and the school board, you will also Order him that you want me as your adviser.
It will be the one thing he will do because I will tell him that it will be a way for me to spy on you. That will be something he will think but it will never happen.
Now Because I'm a Slytherin there will be something in it for me. I will be closer to my family something he can no longer deny. Now for you to trust me completely I will offer you a magical promise on my life and magic to always serve you, your family and your friends, but also to never betray you without you knowing about it.
Narcissa Black.
While Daphne laid the letter back on the table she could see all the faces of her friends just watching her. They were all stunned in silents and were looking at the letter with big eyes. Their mouths were hanging open and it was Hermione who started to talk first. "Those she knows that she is the real sister of Bella here".
Bella nodded and told her that it was okay.
"But what was that about betraying you while you know about it," Hermione asked again.
"That one is easy" Neville intervened. "By telling Lucius something about Harry he could get the upper hand. Lucius will then think Narcissa is really spying on Harry. But in truth, Harry was the one that told Narcissa what to say so, in reality, she doesn't betray him at all".
Daphne was waiting and fidgeting with her hands. Again she looked over at Harry who just nodded at her. The one thing she wanted to make sure was that Harry gave her the okay. She was after all talking about things concerning her Lord. With a little smile, she thought that it was really nice to think of Harry as her Lord. "As you see, Harry here has followed her advice and has taken her as his adviser. Now the moment he took her as his adviser and as a replacement for Lucius, in all the functions when they were together. He made sure that Lucius kept his trophy wife. Now and this is the fun part, we got his voice and vote. We got it at the meeting of the board of governors last summer. Now our insurance was in the form of the oath Narcissa made. If she or Lucius would ever break the oath she would automatically become our slave, something she herself would welcome herself".
The friends sat there in silents and were just thinking of the letter Narcissa had sent them. It was nearly near Midnight that Susan brought Ginny back to her own room.
*#*
Weeks went by and it was almost time for their first Quidditch match. The first one had been between Slytherin vs. Gryffindor, Gryffindor had lost by only twenty points but it was the next match everyone was looking forward to. This one would be house Hogwarts vs. House Hufflepuff. Everyone had found their place in or around the team and were preparing themselves for their first match.
It was on the morning of the match that House Hogwarts walked into the great hall as one. Like always they looked at the hourglasses and could see that they were still on top of it all. Molly and Snape had done what they could but house Hogwarts was still on top.
Most of the Professors were looking at them all in awe about the progress they had made. And what was even more astonishing was the fact that it wasn't only house Hogwarts that was improving. All the people that came from the other houses that were studying with them were also improving miraculously. But the most improvement had been the three second years. They had gained the most progress off them all together with all their friends from the other houses.
"Minerva I still can't believe the way Harry got them all to be as one as they are when they are like this when they are all walking into the great hall like that" Zanita said.
Minerva smiled. "Don't be mistaken Zanita. Sure Harry has got them together but it was their combined efforts that made house Hogwarts become one. They are taking the best of what the other has to offer and are learning from each other. But you know everything that goes on around Hogwarts so I thought you would already know it".
"Well, I did know about the way they are studying together. But ever sins Harry and his friends have given me a body I'm not able to feel everything in the castle. It will come back to me but it takes time. The one thing I can't figure out is why they are doing all of this".
Minerva smiled again. "As you know Harry, Bella and Daphne will come to me every Wednesday evening just so we could have a little while together as Grandson and Grandmother. It was last Wednesday that he told me that he wanted to get rid of Molly as their defense teacher. So if they can prove to do better on their own she would be history. Harry even confided in me that he wanted to let the second years over to their third year come Christmas just to prove Molly wrong".
Zanita nodded and got up to her feet. She linked her arm around the arm of Minerva and pulled her to her feet also. "Come we have to hurry Mini. We have to have good places if we want to see the best game of the year". Minerva laughed and walked along. She hadn't had the heart to tell Zanita that they had their own seats.
It was only a couple of minutes after Breakfast that it was time for the house to prepare themselves. Bella and Harry were the ones who were the most excited to go and finally play the first match. Daphne and Susan were following them at a somewhat slower pace.
As the house was making their way out of the great hall you could hear the whispers from the other houses. It sounded like none of the others were giving them the benefits of the doubt. No most of them were just rude or even hateful in their remarks.
However, house Hogwarts kept their heads high and were walking as one like they always did when the rest off Hogwarts was turning themselves against them. But they knew one thing. If they did it together they could survive everything they set their minds to.
In the dressing room, they heard how the students and Professors were taking their places in the stands of the stadium. Minerva had told them they had a stand of their own so they had a place to sit as one.
"THIS IS THE FIRST MATCH OF HOUSE HOGWARTS" sounded the voice off lee Jordan through the microphone. First, he listed the team of Hufflepuff with Cedric as their seeker. Then he started to list the players of house Hogwarts. Daniel and Franklin were the two beaters of the team. Susan Daphne and Bella were the chasers.
When Lee Jordan called Tracy Davis as the keeper there was an uproar in the Slytherin section. "It's an outrage, a scandal. There were no girls on the Slytherin team and Tracy Davis was the reason why" was shouted from that section.
Tracy took a step back and wanted to run back into the dressing room. It took the arms of Harry and Neville to hold her from going any further.
"You are really good and you know it," Neville said.
"This is your chance to show them how it is done and why their keeper is peanuts compare to you" Harry went on.
"But I can't, what if I fail" Tracy whimpered.
"Then we lose but we will have fun losing," Neville said with a little smile on his face.
"But but we lose".
"This is school Quidditch, not a paycheck so we have fun" harry went on where Neville stopped.
Tracy nodded, threw her nose in the air and walked onto the field. "Do you think she will fuck it up" Neville whispered with a little chuckle.
"Yes she will, She will fuck it all up for the Slytherins because she will stop everything they will throw at her" Harry answered with a nod and walked onto the field with his broom on his shoulder.
The match had started and Harry was floating high above the field looking around for the snitch. Bella had the Quaffle in her hand and threw it, too Susan. Susan threw it to Bella. Harry took a dive and flow past Susan. Susan handed him the Quaffle and he took it behind the rings. No one saw that Harry had the Quaffle he threw it to Daphne who scored.
"10 to 0 for Hogwarts" Lee Jordan screamed.
Slowly it started to become a match that had never been seen before at Hogwarts. Before anyone knew it House Hogwarts were ahead with 180 - 0.
Minerva with her love for Quidditch saw that even in the match, the team of Hogwarts played to the strength of their players. Bella who was extremely fast was the one who flew all over the place. Daphne who was really accurate was almost always found near the rings to score every point they could make. Susan had been the one who became the clue between them. She was agile and always knew where to throw the Quaffle so either Bella could take it along or Daphne who could score.
Draco and Ron were sitting next to each other and were screaming at Tracy that she was a joke in the way she played. But it only resulted in Tracy doing more than she herself ever thought she was capable of. Draco even started to curse the Professors by letting House Hogwarts having a Quidditch team of their own.
Harry suddenly looked around and behind him. He started screaming at Bella who had just started a new attack. She looked up and dropped the Quaffle. Before she could ask what it was she could feel them just like Harry could.
"180 - 10" Lee Jordan screamed.
Slowly it became colder and colder. Harry who was high up in the air knew he was the first to feel it and had to do something. "Go Back Bella, warn the others".
Every player from the Hogwarts team had turned around and were looking at their leader even if they never told him that he was.
"108 - 20" lee Jordan screamed.
Bella, who knew that Harry would never scream an order unless he had a good reason for it, did what he asked. When she flew back she told Daphne and Susan what to do. She herself should go back and help Harry. He would not like it if she did but she just didn't care. He would get over it.
"180 - 30" Lee Jordan screamed again.
There from above the forbidden Forest came a black cloud that was created out of almost twenty dementors.
Harry looked down and saw that all the spectators were hurrying away. It was a relief for him when he saw that they were making their way to safety. It was also then that he spotted Bella. "No get out of here, there are too many of them".
"NO," Bella screamed back.
"180 - 40" came the vague sound of lee's voice through the air.
Harry knew better than to argue with Bella so he took out his wand. He aimed it tat the Dementors and started his spell. "Expec".
"Not Harry, Please not Harry".
"Step aside silly girl step aside".
"Not Harry, Please not Harry".
His vision became blurry. He was holding onto his broom with more force than he used to. He shook his head trying to clear it from his thoughts. "Expecto". It became darker and there was that light again that started out green, then it became white and his mind cleared up. There above him a dark angel was blocking the path between him and the Dementors. "Expecto Patronum".
Bella flew back up towards Harry. She knew of the troubles he had with the Dementors and knew she had to help. His wand outstretched while she heard the word. But it never came close. As he started to shake his head it was her time to intervene. Without a wand, he flew between Harry and the Dementors blocking their path to her first ever friend she had.
"Kill Harry Potter, Kill him now" sounded the voice of Voldemort in her mind. "How could you let him go?" she saw Voldemort shouting in her mind. "That worthless piece of shit named Harry Potter. You could have killed him right there. He was within your reach, you could have killed him and it would have been no trouble at all for you. But nooo, Miss Bellatrix had to lead him out. Crucio" The curse came flying to her. It didn't hurt but she remembered it. This was a memory of her older self, one that was in the chamber of her mind behind that locked door.
At first, she could feel the hate of Voldemort breathing down her neck. But then the memory changed into the one from the parents of Neville. The screams would be something she would definitely see in her nightmare tonight. She saw her older self-laying little baby Neville into the closet behind a stack of clothes.
The memory changed again and it turned into Lucius. She saw him laughing with another man that she remembered as her husband. They were laughing about something and she could make out the words "We killed Ted Tonks" in a joyful way. The horror struck her heart when she realized that it was the husband of her older sister they were talking about. They killed him and they were having a party for it.
It was now that she saw little Harry Potter in her mind's eye. He walked into the house of her mother, while he was bent at the waist from the pain. The way he hissed in pain when her mother hugged him scared her all over again.
There was a black substance flowing out of his lighting bolt scar. It turned into the head of Voldemort and screamed out in pain. Harry became older and she saw him sitting in the corner of the bookstore called Flourish and Blotts.
It was now that she saw her foster father sitting on the bed only dressed in his boxers. His boxers had a tent in them so she ran as fast as she could. Her memory turned back into Harry and how he was cursed over and over again by Voldemort. How every time he came and rescued her.
It was then that she saw Harry lying covered in blood on the hospital bed. She screamed a scream that was heard all the way down in the dungeons. The next thing she saw were three very bright shapes going passed her before passing out.
Vaguely she heard some sounds coming from far away. Her body shook and she wanted to get away from it, she couldn't so she slowly started to panic. In the shadows, she started to see shapes but couldn't figure out who they were. The sounds were bouncing from the wall and it sounded familiar but also a little strange. She wanted to wake up but the memory's kept on coming.
She saw herself sitting at a front door crying her eyes out. Her older sister Andy was walking away while her grandfather was shouting that she was out of the family. She felt the body of a man that could be her father pressing his body up against her own little body of fifteen years old. She had been contracted to this man that was just too old for her.
She felt something rubbing her on top of the covers, it didn't feel like the man so it had to be someone or something else. With her hand, she felt what it could be but it was way too small to be the man. So in a little dare, she opened her eyes a little bit. She didn't see much so she kept on feeling. Suddenly she felt something soft like hairs. They were not too long and felt very unruly. While she rubbed the hairs she opened her eyes a little further.
Two emerald green eyes were looking back at her. Everything she had seen had been Memories. Her little Harry was still alive. Her little Harry was still here with her, just next to her. Next, to her, Harry was her Daphne. Slowly the tears started to crawl into the corners of her eyes. Her two best friends in the world were there for her and she couldn't hold it in any longer.
Even before the tears started to fall both Harry and Daphne had taken her into their arms and were holding her close. Then there was a very loud sound as the doors to the infirmary slammed open. It was Minister Fudge who walked in together with Albus Dumbledore.
A/N: So this was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.