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Chapter 5 Bella's Story

"And I want you!"

It echoed throughout the cave; everyone had heard the vampire queen scream. Some of the men ran towards the women's chambers, the rest didn't move from their spots, they just waited.

Evan was one of the ones that had stayed where he sat, if something was aggravating the queen, he didn't want to go find out what. She was dangerous enough when she wasn't upset, there was no need for him to get involved in that.

Rodolphus on the other hand, had ran with the other men. He had to follow them, for he had no idea where to go.

"Gaaaaaaahhh!" Aleera let out the high pitched noise out of annoyance. "Get her out of my sight! I can not deal with her any more! I will talk to her later!"

Bellatrix wouldn't agree to anything. She was so stubborn!

"Aleera," Rodolphus gasped as he pushed past the other men. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Aleera waved her hand in the air. "Just some taxing duties of being a queen."

Rodolphus scanned the area quickly. "Where is Bellatrix?"

"Lana took her into the other room. I just can't deal with her right now, she's trying my patience."

Rodolphus' eyes widened. "What did she do?"

"She is the most stubborn girl I have ever met!" Aleera started to get worked up again.

"What do you mean?" His eyebrows crinkled in confusion.

"I've offered her everything! The best life anyone could ever wish for, could be her's, and she denies it all! Why can't she just understand all the power that being apart of my coven could bring her?"

"Aleera, you can not bite her."

"And why ever not?"

"She belongs to the Dark Lord, Aleera. If she is harmed, we will all be punished. I dread to think of what he will see fit for punishment." Rodolphus said grimly.

"If she means so much to him then why did he send her?"

"She asked to come. She wanted to get involved in some...dirty work."

"And you thought this would be, dirty work ?" Aleera sneered.

"I thought it could have been."

Aleera turned her back on him and started to walk to the other room. Rodolphus followed after her.

"Please Aleera, he will come if she is harmed. He will know, and we all will suffer."

Aleera was walking to the bed that Bellatrix was tied to.

"Guards!" She shouted, four men came from the entry way opposite them. She nodded her head towards Rodolphus and three of them grabbed ahold of him, the other came over and grabbed Bellatrix.

"Let go!" Bellatrix struggled to get away from him.

"Aleera please!" Rodolphus was begging her now.

But the queen would have none of it.

"If your lord," she mocked, "is so powerful, and if this little wench means so much to him, then he will come here. Just like you said. If he does, then I shall accept you proposal and you are all free to go. If not," she grinned, "Bellatrix will stay here, and she will be miiine." She hissed as she nuzzled Bellatrix's neck.

"No, Aleera."

A dagger was pulled from a strap on her upper thigh, and she held it to Bellatrix's arm.

"Do you think everything is alright?" Evan asked some of his new friends at the table.

"Don't know mate." Roy said as he took a sip from his glass. "Suppose we should go find out though, no ones come out yet."

Farkus got up first, and Roy followed him. Evan reluctantly got up and jogged to catch up to them.

"Uhh...what do we..uh...do if...you know. Everything's not alright..." Evan trailed off looking at the ground as he walked.

"Good question." Farkus said as they rounded another corner.

This cave was a maze, Evan had no idea how they got around here. He was sure they had passed that rock four times now.

"Let go!" They heard the scream, but only Evan knew who it belonged to.

"Hurry," he said, "they're in trouble!"

The three if them broke into a run, Evan trailing slightly behind.

"Aleera please!" Evan heard Rodolphus beg as they turned into the room. Rodolphus was being held by three men on the right side of the room. On the left, a man was holding Bellatrix by Aleera.

"If your lord," the queen mocked, "is so powerful, and if this little wench means so much to him, then he will come here. Just like you said. If he does, then I shall accept your proposal and you are all free to go. If not," she grinned, "Bellatrix will stay here, and she will be miiine." She hissed as she nuzzled Bellatrix's neck.

"No, Aleera."

Evan watched as a dagger was pulled from a strap on Aleera's upper thigh, and held to Bellatrix's arm.

'Her thigh, that's where Bellatrix's wand lay! If only Bellatrix knew, she could grab it.' Evan thought to himself.

"Wait!" Evan said as he grabbed his own wand and pointed it at Aleera. "GAH!" He yelled as he was tackled to the ground.

"Sorry, mate." Roy apologized as he helped Farkus hold him down.

"Please Aleera. Please don't do this."

"ENOUGH!"

Everything went silent.

"I am going to get what I want! I always get what I want! Do you understand?! And no dark lord will take that away from me!" Aleera was blinded by rage, she dug the blade into Bellatrix's forearm; tearing a cry from Bellatrix's mouth, as she tore her arm open.

Blood was pouring, and Bellatrix was sobbing. The cut ran long and deep, there would be a scar no matter what magic was used.

She fell to the ground, cradling her arm; the man no longer cared to hold her up. Her entire right arm was throbbing. She had to call him, he would know what to do, he could help her. She placed her hand over her left forearm, and prayed he would hurry.

"Where is your master, Rodolphus? I thought he would come, and punish us all?" Aleera began to laugh, but she was the only one. "I thought your lord was so great! That he would know as soon as I touched a hair on his little whore's head!" She nudged Bellatrix with her foot.

"It doesn't look like you've touched her hair."

Aleera's head turned quickly to see a man standing by Evan. He was tall with thick brown hair, red eyes and he was wearing a suit. He looked to be in his mid twenties.

"And you are?"

"Some call me "My Lord", others "The Dark Lord", and some simply call me "Master"." Lord Voldermort stated.

Aleera's eyes widened.

"You know, I really hate having to come and resolve issues that I send people to do. It defeats the purpose of sending them in the first place." He said as he glared at Rodolphus and Evan.

He looked over to Bellatrix, then waved his hand to heal her wound.

"I don't take kindly to people threatening the ones that work for me. It is almost like insulting me, wouldn't you agree?" Voldemort said as he began to walk towards Aleera.

Aleera swallowed hard. He truly was very powerful, he healed that cut with just a flick of his wrist. Rodolphus was right, she should have listened to him.

"Why don't we forget all of this mess, and talk about battle plans." Aleera tried a smile.

"Ahhh, so you've decided to accept my offer?" He stopped by Bellatrix.

"Yes. I think we could thrive together." Aleera said, her smile widening a bit.

"Then what was the cause of all this?" He gestured to the room.

"A test!" She said quickly. "To see if you truly were what Rodolphus said you were."

"Hmnhm." Voldemort flicked his wrist once more, sending Aleera flying back into the stone wall. "See to it that you don't under estimate me again. The consequences, I fear, shall be much greater." Putting his hand up, Bellatrix's wand flew from the queen's leg to his open palm. He grabbed Bellatrix by her arm and hauled her up. When he looked over to Rodolphus and Evan, the men holding them quickly let go. "My office." He told them and disapparated with Bellatrix in tow.

"We are so dead." Evan said when he realized their master wasn't in the room with them. "He's going to kill us. He's going to chop our heads off and hang them above his fire place."

"Evan-"

"'Aye mate, look at them heads up there.' 'Oh yes, I remember them! The Dark Lord was not happy with them.' 'Must have done something right to piss him off that much.' 'Went against orders and his precious little toy got hurt. Took their heads because of it.'" Evan spoke as if he were two other people having a conversation.

"Evan-"

"I can't loose my head, Rodolphus! I don't think my corpse would be very attractive with out it! I'll end up like Headless Nick! Except I'll never get my head back!"

*SMACK*

"Ow!"

"Now shut up! We are not going to lose out heads, ya hear me! We will except our punishments, but I don't think the he will go as far as cut our heads off!" Rodolphus yelled at Evan.

He was acting insane. They were two of the best, the Dark Lord couldn't lose them now. Not with this war approaching. They were gunna need as much help as possible already.

Currently the Death Eaters were no more than a group, it was hard to find purebloods that weren't already dedicated to Dumbledore; after everything that happened with Grindalwald.

If Dumbledore really did have an army already, they didn't stand a chance.

"You were suppose to keep her from harm."

Evan and Rodolphus spun around at the sound of his voice, and fell to their knees quickly.

"My Lord-" Evan started.

"Silence." Voldemort put a hand up. "Had I known that she would have gotten hurt, I would have kept her here. She is my prodigy, the first one I have taken. The only one I will have taken. I will not have going out into battle blinded and expect someone else to take care of her anymore. For I see that that can not be accomplished." He sighed as he sat in the chair at his desk. "I wish for her to learn, but I can not teach her every second of every day, I have...other matters to attend to. I trusted you two to teach her, and she was nearly killed." He slammed his fist on the desk.

"Rosier!" He snapped.

"Yes, sir?" Evan didn't raise his head.

"Would you say I am a merciful lord?" He asked.

"Oh yes, my lord!"

"And why is that?"

"Because we are still alive."

"For now, Evan. For now you are alive. By becoming one of my Death Eaters, you have given me your life. In turn, it is my decision on when to end it. Do you understand that?"

"Yes master, I understand."

"Do you think you deserve to live, LeStrange?" Voldemort's asked, turning his gaze to his other servant.

"I have failed you, master. I will take what ever punishment you see fit."

"That does not answer my question."

"I do not think it will benefit you any for me to die, my lord. But if you think I am not worthy to live, then I am not." Rodolphus said honestly.

Voldemort sighed. "Do not let it happen again. I am a merciful lord and I let you off with a warning this time. But do not think that you will go unpunished next time."

"Yes, my Lord." Evan said.

"Of course, my Lord." Rodolphus said as they both got up and left the room.

"This should be the last one you'll have to take." Narcissa said as she gave Bellatrix another potion.

"Good. I swear Snape purposely makes these taste this foul. Its like he knows they're for me." Bellatrix complained as she downed her last bottle of blood replenishing potion.

"Why must you insult Severus every chance you get, Bellatrix?" Narcissa sighed as she cleaned up the potion bottles.

"I do not trust him! He is nothing but Dumbledore's lap dog, pretending to be loyal to my master. He is not worthy!"

"Please Bellatrix. He is just a fifth year, he means no harm."

"He means no harm yet, Cissy. Yet!"

Narcissa sighed again.

"Keep an eye on him when you go back to school."

"Yes, Bella."

They sat in silence for a few moments.

"I go back in two weeks, you know." Narcissa mumbled from her end of the bed they sat on.

"I know." Bellatrix said just as quietly.

"We've hardly spent any time together."

"I've been busy with the Dark Lord."

"I know, but Lucius and I shall be married as soon as I leave school. I doubt we shall see much of each other after then."

"Of course we'll see each other, Cissy! Abraxas is housing the Death Eaters right now. I'll see you every time we are here together. I promise you."

Narcissa still looked upset, she had her head down, looking at her hands in her lap.

"Come on Cissy." Bella nudged her a bit. "Why don't we go out for dinner tonight? My treat?"

"Alright, but you have to show up this time. I am not going to sit there and eat dinner alone again."

"I'll be there, I swear." Bellatrix smiled at her little sister.

"This dark lord is not one to be trifled with." Aleera said, lost in thought. The gash in her head from being thrown into the wall had healed, and she was sitting on her thrown. With Lana and Demetrius in the room with her.

"Mistress, what shall we do if he comes to attack us again?" Lana asked, she was sat by Aleera's feet while Demetrius was playing with his knives.

"He will only attack us if he feels it's necessary." The queen said as she played with her bottom lip.

"And if he feels it's necessary?" Demetrius asked from across the room. He threw a knife at the target hanging on the wall, it landed right in the middle.

"We shan't make him feel that way."

"What are you thinking about, my queen? Your face, it looks troubled."

Aleera patted Lana's head. "A war is upon us, Lana."

"And you have brought us through many. This one shall be no different." Lana nuzzled into her hand.

"This is not going to be like the others my dearest Lana." She began to stroke Lana's hair. "Everyone will be involved, everyone will be affected. Even muggles I think."

Lana's head shot up to look at her queen, she was still lost in thought. If her mistress had doubts about this war, who knew how things were going to turn out.

"Demetrius. Send the warriors to training. I want them better than their best. And begin training the others. I want everyone to have at least some experience."

"Of course, my lady." He bowed and left the room.

"Prepare yourself Lana, for I do not think we will fair well this time."

"I don't want to impose, Rodolphus. You should spend this time with Rabastan." Evan said as he walked into the empty dinning hall in Malfoy Manor with Rodlphus and Rabastan.

"You are a brother to me Evan, we will all train together. We will be ready for anything." Rodolphus said as he put a hand on Evan's shoulder.

"I want to get in as much possible before I go back to school." Rabastan said.

"One last time brother, then you shall join us." Rodolphus said proudly.

"You really do believe there is a war coming." Evan said to Rodolphus.

"Yes. I do. I've never feared a challenge, but this one, I'm not sure. I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach." Rodolphus sighed. "Something bad, something terrible is going to happen."

"What?" Rabastan asked with wide eyes.

"I don't know." Rodolphus frowned.

"He was killed sir." The boyish man said. He had a clean baby face, looked about twenty years old.

"By who, Maruegan?! Parrux has never been so easily defeated! Who could have possibly bested him?!" Another man yelled, he looked to be in his late thirties, with long brown hair and a little bit of scruff on his face.

"It was Rodolphus LeStrange, sir. They met in the towns street, early yesterday morning." Maruegan said.

"Rodolphus." The older man sighed. "I knew he would be an issue again."

"Russell! Rodolphus...LeStrange! He...was...at...was at-" Another man ran in and started gasping.

"Take a breath, Corin." Russell, the man with the long hair said.

Corin leaned on his knees and took long deep breaths to steady his breathing. After a minute he could speak again.

"Rodolphus LeStrange, he was at the vampires' cave."

"Aleera's?" Russell asked.

"The one and only." Corin confirmed. "A pup ran off, so we were looking for him. We saw Rodolphus and Evan enter the cave."

"Did they come out?"

"No, nobody saw them come out. But we couldn't stick around all night, it was too risky."

"Yes, of course."

"Do you think they are teaming up with the bloodsuckers?" Corin asked after a few moments of silence.

"It would be very stupid of them." Russell said as he walked over to a chair and sat down. "I feel like there is war coming, Corin, Maruegan." He addressed both men. "One that will involve all beings, magical or not."

"Russell, just because Rodolphus has been conversing with vampires doesn't mean-" Corin began.

"No." Russell cut in. "It's much more than that. Everything with this new dark lord, and I've been talking to some of the centaurs."

"Ugh. Foul things." Corin spat.

Russell ignored him. "Dumbledore has begun an army, the centaurs will not join him, but they have agreed to stay neutral."

"Why would they do that?" Maruegan piped up and asked.

Russell looked over to Maruegan, the youngest one of his pack. "They feel its low of themselves to get involved in this moment of power struggle."

"That's actually quite wise of them. Why don't we do that?" Corin asked suddenly.

"Because we are already involved."

Soooo I just wanted to clear a little bit up, about the time line and stuff. Bellatrix is like 19 years old, and training with Voldemort. Voldemort is obviously in his like 40s, but he does look younger because a has like 2 or 3 horcruxes, but not enough to make him look all crazy like :P Severus is in school still, in his fifth year, two years below Narcissa. Narcissa is in her seventh year. As well as Rabastan, and they are going back to finish their years; it's the end of the school year. Lucius is also 19, him and Bella were in the same year together, and Lucius and Narcissa are getting married when Narcissa leaves school. Rodolphus is 21, he finished school when Bellatrix was graduating her fifth year.

Just so none of you guys get confused :))

If you have any questions or anything leave a review or PM me ;)

Next chapter won't be up as quick, I have work, my parents are going to a dance so I must babysit and my little sister's birthday party :P