SORRY FOR THE LONG DELAY, REAL LIFE IS GETTING IN THE WAY AND ALSO WORKING ON MY OTHER STORY, THIS STORY WILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE CHAPTERS BEFORE BELLATRIX AND HERMIONE FINALLY MEET IT WILL PROBABLY END UP A LONGISH STORY BUT I PROMISE TO MAKE IT BEST I CAN =D I AM TRYING TO DEVELOP THE PLOT AND CHARACTERS TO GIVE A BIT OF BACK HISTORY AND FOLLOW CANON. ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO jk Rowling.

Chapter 3

Bellatrix sat up, it was still dark though not nearly as cold as it had been. She took a deep breath as she contemplated all that had happened, her dark mark was gone, she felt vulnerable something she hadn't felt in years, and no clue where the hell she was.

She got to her feet looking around taking in the area around her. It was an old magical circle she could tell though it had not been used in years as there was no recent scent of magic in the air. "What do I do now, everyone thinks I'm dead if they find me alive they will send me back or kill me anyways. Cissy is too risky, I have no one" her thoughts stopped when this thought entered her head. No one, she truly had no one, her lord was gone, not that he ever cared for her in the end she realized. She had idolized him like a father figure but after he broke her from Azkaban she was merely another means to fight a war. After the incident when they escaped Malfoy manor she had been reprimanded, and when the discovery of the robbery in Gringotts happened she was lucky to be let alive.

"They all leave me" the tears fell from her eyes as she sobbed, leaning against a large boulder. Her father had always hated the fact she was not a male heir despite her best tries to please him, even entering the marriage to Rudolphus. Her mother had no interest other than making sure her daughters acted correctly in society. Bellatrix remembered a lonely childhood only talking to the house elves when she knew she was safe enough to do so, her greatest love had been for her sisters, to be able to love someone who loved her in return. Unstartled memories of childhood stirred to her mind. It had been a long time since she had thought of Andromeda. It was simply safer not too, she remembered the Crucio her father had given her for mentioning her name after she had been disowned. She remembered Rudolphus sneering of the news her Sisters had "spawned a disgusting half-blood" as he so put it, known she would never know her sisters child. She had seen her of course after her release, in several battles, marrying the wolf. Then there had been Narcissa, married to Lucius before she had even left school, three miscarriages before she had managed to give birth to Draco. She struggled to bond with the teen after her release, to cowardly like his father, although his attitude had changed significantly after the tower incident. He reminded her of Sirius, she gasped at the memory of the last time she had seen her cousin, falling into the veil, and her spell had been green like the killing curse but had been a charm, similar to wingardium leviosa but slightly more forceful to simply get him out of the way. Her heart wrenched when she realized what had instead happened.

Dawn began to break, realizing how exposed she was, she cleared her head trying to sum up the strength in an attempt at wandless magic. She chanted in her head "a place of safety" and apparated from sight.

She landed it what looked to be a densely wooded area, sunlight was peeking through the dense shrubbery but it remained mainly dark. She looked around herself warily. Unsure where to go next, something vaguely reminded her she should know this place but she couldn't put her finger on why.

"You have arrived Bellatrix"

A deep voice called behind her. She spun on her heals looking passed the large oak she heard the voice from.

"Do not fear me Bellatrix, I mean you no harm" the voice called as it came into her view. Bellatrix looked in confusion as the pale coloured centaur walked towards her. His black hair and tail distinctive against his skin.

"How did you know me? Know I was here?" she whispered.

"You do not remember me Bellatrix? Of course I did not forget you, never forget the witch who saved me from the muggle trap when I was but a colt" he answered.

Her mind travelled back to her 5th year in school

She had been wandering in the forbidden forest looking for glow mushrooms as part of her potions project, she had travelled much further than she meant to, meeting the magical perimeter that bordered to the muggle world. She had been about to turn back when she heard the call of a horn. It appeared to be distressing and not structured like the hunting calls she had heard from the hunting parties over the woods of black mansion every winter. She followed cautiously wand in hand towards the call. As she got closer she saw a young centaur blowing the horn. No one else seemed to be near as it attempted to get up onto its legs once more.

"Hello?" she shouted from a safe distance unsure if she were safe to go closer.

"Do not come closer!" the voice shouted. Though pain was evident in the plea.

"I mean no harm I heard you call, are you all right?" she asked taking a step forward.

"No, I am trapped and lost, I cannot find my herd and this human trap has captured me!"

Bellatrix took a step closer seeing the claw like contraption around the back hoof.

"It must be muggle I have never seen such a contraption"

"What is your name Filly?"

"It's Bellatrix, I'm a 5th year student from Hogwarts" she bent down examining the damage. "Don't struggle" she ordered, casting a disappearing charm on the object.

The centaur sighed in relief. "I am grateful Miss Bellatrix, thank you"

"Would you like me to heal your leg? I am accomplished in healing spells" she asked. The centaur hesitated e had been told to be wary of any human,

"Very well." She cast a healing charm then a cleansing charm to clean the blood. The centaur stood up.

"Thank you Miss Bellatrix I am truly grateful for our help." She walked back towards the castle through the dense woodland with the centaur in comforting silence.

"This is where we part ways Miss Bellatrix, but I feel we shall meet again, the stars show importance to me"

"Goodbye" she watched as the centaur left in the distance. And turned back on the path to the school.

Bellatrix smiled to the centaur, "Apollo" she acknowledged. He nodded her in confirmation.

"How did you know I would be here?"

"The stars told me" he answered. "Come it is still not safe for you out here, the rest of the herd are waiting for us"

Bellatrix followed, there would be time for more questions later.