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Alexandrea appeared in front of the auror station after she left Nymph. "Hey Finch, the boss wants to see you in his office." One of her coworkers said to her. "I'd hurry if I was you, he seems angry."
She thanked him and walked into head Auror Pepper's office. She knocked softly on his door frame, "Sir?" The older man looked up from some documents. She also saw Betty sitting in the office
"Come in."
She sat down in the chair right next to Betty in front of his desk. Betty winked and gave her a smile as she sat down in her chair.
"Where the hell were you. I sent you your orders to come here now and yet you ignored them."
She looked a little ashamed at being scolded by her boss, especially in front of another person. "I'm sorry sir, I was visiting a friend and I lost track of time, it won't happen again"
"See to it that it doesn't. Anyways I have a very important mission for you two. It seems that a member of the Lestrange family is going away on business and has asked for some Aurors to accompany them on their trip for protection. So I am sending you two along with another group of level A Aurors"
Betty and Alexandrea both looked at each other, "Which Lestange are we to look after?" Betty asked.
"They didn't say, but you are going to be gone for a few weeks, so tell whoever you need to tell that they won't be seeing you for a while."
"Yes sir." The girls said in unison.
"Well now that, that's settled I suggest you go home and pack, you leave tomorrow. Be outside Lestrange Manor at 6:00am for the departure." He dismissed the two girls and went back to his work.
"Who do you think we'll see tomorrow?" Betty was excited, this was her first ever big mission and especially with A leveled Aurors. Neither of them had gone on a mission this big before, they usually got the mediocre jobs like patrolling the shops or looking for lost pets that have ran away from home and the worst of all filing the paperwork for the reports that A levels bring in.
"I have no idea, I just hope it's not… Nevermind" She didn't want Betty to know her hatred for Bellatrix in case it was her that they would be watching over, she couldn't let her bias affect her work. Although who knows how she would react if she actually meets her.
"I've never met a Lestrange before, I mean I've seen them you know when I was younger at various balls my mother dragged me to." Betty's a pureblood and of course she had to go to those kinds of parties, her mother was disappointed when her daughter never found a proper suitor and decided to become an Auror. "Have you seen any of them?"
Alexandrea shook her head. She didn't go to parties, she hated the male attention she got, before she started using a charm to hide her beauty she would receive multiple wedding proposals a party so she stopped going, much to her mother's dismay. She also moved out of her parents Manor in Italy to pursue her career as an Auror in England. Her mother offered her their holiday manor in England for her to live in, but she declined. She wanted to be independent and not live off her parents money like most pureblood children do.
Alexandrea lives in a small flat somewhere near muggle London.
The two witches made it back to the locker room, they were both dismissed for the day to go home and pack for their mission. "Did you want to grab a drink, I've been craving a good firewhiskey." Betty grinned at her.
"I don't think it would be a good idea to get drunk before a big mission like this one."
"Aw come on, what's one drink. Besides you've been so gloomy lately." She poked Alexandrea in the ribs.
Alexandrea slapped the hand away playfully. "No I need to pack and so do you. I'm already in hot water with the chief, I don't think showing up hungover tomorrow will help my case."
Betty pouted at her colleague. "Fine be that way teacher's pet." She teased her friend. "But first break we get on this mission you and I are going out for a drink."
Alexandrea nodded and picked up her bag and got up to leave. The clock struck five, she turned to look back at Betty who was putting her dirty uniform in her bag still had that pout on her face. "Ok fine." Alexandrea said with a sigh. "I'll go with you to get a drink, but only one."
Betty looked up and smiled from ear to ear. "Yay!" She jumped up and quickly stuffed the last of her things into her bag. With an arm looped with her friends Betty pulled Alexandrea close and started to skipped towards the closest pub. Betty was far more girly than her more tomboyish friend. Betty loved dressing up and putting on makeup, but don't let that fool you. She's well trained and isn't afraid to get dirty. Meanwhile Alexandrea didn't have to dress up or paint her face with makeup, her natural beauty trumped all others.
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It was 10:00 pm when Alexandrea stumbled into her small one bedroom apartment. She had way too many drinks thanks to Betty's insistence. There was no way she was going to be able to get through packing without passing out or even worse, throwing up everywhere, but if she wanted to keep her job then pack she must.
Getting to her feet she made her way to the kitchen and poured herself a big glass of water. The water helped to clear her head, but she still was gonna end up with a hangover in the morning.
Alexandrea pulled her trunk out from her closet and with a flick of her wand the trunk grew into normal size.
She really didn't feel like packing her clothes, even with magic it was such a chore. At times like theses she missed having a house elf who would do tedious tasks like this, but in the words of her mother "This is what you wanted, remember? To be independent." Her mother was still a little sour about her only daughter moving away to gain some sort of independence, but still she supported her daughter no matter what.
Alexandrea moved to her desk and pulled out a piece of parchment from her drawer, with quill in hand she began to write.
Dear Nymphadora, I am writing to you to tell you that my job is taking me away for a few weeks. You won't see me until I return, but don't worry I will write to you as often as I can and will think of you daily.
Please take care, I'll talk to you soon,
Alexandrea.F
She sealed the letter and went to her window where her owl was waiting for her. "Please deliver this to Nymphadora." The owl took the letter in its beak and flew off.
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It was raining hard out, it seemed to be always raining here, hard to believe anyone could hear the insistent tapping on the window and yet a nurse opened the window and took the letter from the owl.
The nurse brought the letter to his boss. "Excuse me, Mr. Morte." The nurse knocked on the door. "A letters been delivered."
"Come in." The short man motioned for the nurse to enter the office. Without looking up from his paperwork Mr. Morte held out his hand expectantly. "Whose if for?" He asked while the nurse handed him the letter.
"Don't know sir."
Morte looked at the writing on the outside of the letter it read: 'To: Nymphadora' Morte opened the letter and read the contents. "It's from that damn Auror, I'm sick of her always coming around, she's gonna be the downfall of this whole establishment."
He got up from his chair and threw the letter into the fire. "If anymore letter from her come in , throw them into the fire or throw them away I don't care, so long as they don't get to that girl."
The nursed nodded his head in understanding, "Yes sir."
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Down in her cell, Nymph sat in the corner of the room singing to herself and hitting her head against the wall. "Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, And one for the dame, One for the little girl Who lives down the lane. Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full…"
The door to her cell opened and the same dark figure that usually came down to visit her appeared. She started to shake her head back and forth. "no...no." came the soft sound of her voice as the man came stocking closer.
"What, you're not happy to see me?" He moved closer. "Well I can fix that." He started to unbuckle his pants as her closed in on her.
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It was 5:55 am. Alexandrea was waiting outside Lestrange manor with Betty and of course the Level A Aurorus. None of them talked to either Betty or Alexandrea, they looked down on them because they were level C Aurous.
Betty was grinning at her friend who in turn was glaring. "Come on, why are you looking at me like that."
"It is because of you I have this pounding headache." Alexandrea held a hand to her forehead to help calm the pain in her head. Betty laughed at her and pinched her cheek. "Awww! You're such a baby. I didn't make you drink all those shots last night, you did that all on your own."
Alexandrea just rolled her eyes and pushed Betty away from her. "Shove off you git."
"You two! Look alive." A head Aurora came up to the girls, prompting them to stop their banter and stand at attention. "Now on this journey the two of you will be in charge of looking after the luggage, any member who is not part of the team or a member of the Lestrange family cannot access the luggage. Am I clear." He stared down the girls as if daring them not to take his orders.
"Yes sir." They agreed in unison.
The Head Auror grunted and continued down the line.
Alexandrea let out the breath she didn't know she was holding. "Great we're on luggage duty, you'd think that they'd use us for something more important." Betty started complaining.
"At least we won't get killed, I mean who would kill for someone else's luggage." Alexandrea shrugged while grinning. Betty started to laugh, "Yeah I guess you're right."
Even though the job was probably going to be boring, Alexandrea was glad that Betty was there to be bored with her.
Betty checked her watch for what seemed like the hundredth time, there still was no sign of the Lestrange they were supposed to be waiting for. It was now 6:20 am. A group of A levels were walking down the Lestrange walkway, they looked to be surrounding someone.
"Look there they are. I can't see who it is though." Betty tried to look over the heads of the other Aurous.
"Make way for Lady Lestrange." The Aurora leading the group yelled. The Aurors split like a red sea as the ones guarding Lestrange passed through. Bellatrix looked to her left where Alexandrea was standing amongst her fellow Aurorus. Alexandrea's stomach clenched with anger, but the anger didn't meet her face. While Lestrange gave her a predatory grin, Alexandrea stared open mouthed. It was as if time stopped and they were the only two people there.
Betty grabbed Alexandrea's arm and broke her from her spell. "Oh man It's Bellatrix Lestrange, I've heard that she's pretty mean. I'm glad we're doing luggage duty, I wouldn't want to come in contact with her." Alexandrea just nodded her head, still shell shocked.
"Hey! You C levels come with me, we're going to our first destination." It was one of the A levels that called them over. Her name was Laura, she was a few years above Alexandrea and Betty while they were training at the Aurora academy.
They made their way to Laura. "Everyone grab on to the port key." The three of them all held onto the port key and they were gone in a flash.
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They were the last group to arrive. When they landed Betty fell forward and brought Alexandrea down with her. Betty hated any form of magical traveling, it always made her feel dizzy. Good thing her mother wasn't there to see her falling on her face, she would be so embarrassed.
Alexandrea got to her feet and helped her friend up.
"Where are we?" They landed in a very green forest. "And where are the others?"
"They're over in the clearing. Follow me." Laura was already walking through the brush to where the others were setting up camp.
The camp was in a clearing. A huge tent was already set up and an assortment of little tents making a big circle around the big tent.
"Okay Finch, you and Good grabbe Lady Lestrange's luggage, I'll show you where to put it." The girls looked at the huge trunks Bellatrix had brought with her, Alexandrea took out her wand, "Lets shrink these so we can get the job done faster." Betty nodded in agreement and took out hers as well. They waved their wands and… nothing happened. The trunks were still the same size as before. They tried again and got the same result. It was getting frustrating.
"What are you doing?" Laura asked. "Your magic won't work on her luggage, there's a ward on them to prevent any sort of tampering that could cause harm to Lady Lestrange."
The girls looked at each other and then at Laura. "Then what are we supposed to do?"
Laurar rolled her eyes. "You've got hands don't you. Both of you can easily move those inside without the aid of magic, now hurry up you still need to set up your own tent."
Alexandrea grabbed one end of the many trunks while Betty grabbed the other. To say the trunk was heavy would be an understatement, if felt as if it was filled with bricks. "What the hell is in this?" Betty asked through gritted teeth as she tried her hardest to keep the trunk off the ground.
"Come on ladies, follow me." They followed Laura into the large tent.
Inside the tent didn't look like a tent at all, more like a lavish cabin. On their way to the luggage room they passed by a living room, kitchen and what looked like a bunch of bedrooms. After they dropped off the first trunk in the luggage room they went back for the other trunks.
"Good work, now you can start setting up your tent. You can set it up over there." She pointed to the empty spot by Lestrange's tent. "On the other side of the tent wall is where all the luggage is, make sure no one can get into this part of the tent." Laura walked closer to the girls and said in a low voice. "We're not only here to protect Lestrange, I've heard that there's something very important in one of those trunks. Something that can change the fate of the wizarding world." Laura stepped back and grinned at the girls. "Have fun setting up." She walked back to her tent.
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It was later in the evening, the whole camp had already been set up and most of the Aurours were sitting in groups near their own individual campfires and eating dinner, having a good time. Alexandrea and Betty sat at their own little fire, none of the A levels would let them join their groups, C level hazing perhapes.
"What do you think Laura meant about what's in the trunks?" Betty asked looking down at her tin can of beans, they weren't given that much to eat, especially since they were C levels, they overheard one of the A levels say it was only fair that they get more, because they're older and work harder than the C levels.
"I'm not sure… I think she's just messing with us, you know all that 'hazing the young' business."
"Yeah maybe." Betty stood from her place on the log. "I'm going to go wash up for bed, do you wanna come with?" Alexandrea shook her head, "go ahead I'll catch up with you, I want to straighten out some of my things before it gets too late into the night."
Alexandrea went into the tent, she took out a piece of parchment and a quill.
Dear Nymphadora, I hope you are doing well, I really wish I could see you to make sure that you are doing alright. I have started my first day on a big mission with the A levels, it has been going okay, except for a few harmless pranks here and there. I'll write to you soon.
Sincerely - Alexandra. F.
Alexandrea left out the bit about Bellatrix being there too on the mission, she didn't want Nymph to worry about her or trigger her with the mention of her tormentor. She sealed the letter and off it went into the night.
Grabbing her towel she headed to the creek, to wash away the day. She followed the lanterns leading up to the water, where Betty and the other Aurors had probably already finished washing up. Alexandrea stopped at the water's edge. She hung up her towel along with her cloak on a low branch.
As she disrobed she decided it was safe to take off the glamour charm she had placed on herself since the morning. The glamour didn't hurt or anything, but it did make her skin feel like it was suffocating.
Looking around to make sure she was alone she waved her wand and was back to her original state. Tossing her wand aside with the rest of her clothing, she stepped in the cool water until it was up to her waist. The moonlight bounced off the water and lit up the creek.
A twig snapped somewhere in the brush, startling Alexandrea from her thoughts. She looked around to see if she could see anyone. "Betty?" She called out hoping it was just her friend coming to join her, but there wasn't an answer, she was met with only silence.
Hidden in the brush was one Bellatrix Lestrange. She was watching the girl as she was bathing in the creek, admiring the girls beauty and nice figure.
Alexandrea covered her chest and hurried out of the water and towards her wand. Another twig snapped directly behind her, she whipped around and pointed her wand into the face of Bellatrix. She looked at the wand and then back at the very nude girl. Bellatrix smirked as she raked her eyes over every inch of skin she could find.
"L-lady Lestrange… what are you doing out here?" Alexandrea lowered her wand. She was too startled to be angry with her friends tormentor. Alexandrea trembled from the hungry look in Bellatrix's eyes, it was then she realised she was still completely naked. Blushing Alexandrea quickly reached for her towel and wrapped it around her body. Bellatrix looked beautiful in the moonlight, Alexandrea didn't expect her to be this beautiful.
"I was out for a little stroll, you know fresh air and all that bullshit." Bellatrix chuckled as she started to walk closer to the younger woman and stopped when their faces were mere inches from each other.
Alexandrea was wrong, now seeing Bellatrix up this close, she realized that Bella wasn't beautiful… She was gorgeous. Her eyes were so deep and black she could drown in them and her soft pillowy lips looked so inviting. Alexandrea didn't notice that Bellatrix had grabbed her chin and was examining her face.
"You're a Finch, aren't you."
Alexandrea tried to pull away from the dark witch, "How did you know?" Alexandrea clutched her towel tightly.
Bellatrix moved her hand from chin down to the girls neck, she could feel the fast thump of her heart. "Are you kidding, I would know a Finch's beauty anywhere."
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