The Veil
Summary: Bellatrix Lestrange makes a realization during the final battle of Hogwarts: Voldemort doesn't love her and never will. All her endeavors were futile. She has a panic attack and falls through the same Veil that took her cousin, naught two years ago, at her hands no less. But what is behind the Veil? The Land of the Dead as many Wizards and Unspeakables suspect? Once you go in you never come out. Or a whole other world? …Middle Earth perhaps?
Categories:romance, horror, adventure, comfort, humor
Characters: OOC Bellatrix,Legolas, Aragorn, Male/Male/Female, Threesome
Genres: crossover
Warnings:dark themes, murder, torture, sexually graphic scenes, rated M for a reason
Author's note: I love the character of Bellatrix, and there doesn't seem to be enough crossover fics including her. So, I thought I'd do her some justice. Hopefully I'll succeed.
I do not intend to plagiarize either works by Rowling or Tolkien; I am merely using my imagination and applying it to their fantastic worlds. I've just tweaked some things to make the story relevant.
Chapters:7 of many
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It had only taken a few hours for the people of Edoras to ready themselves for travel, gathering their carts and pulling donkeys, loading them up with the elderly and the children, and milling about collecting rations.
The man that had questioned them earlier stood at the door of the Meduseld, addressing the people, "By order of the king, the city must empty. We make for the refuge of Helms Deep. Do not burden yourselves with treasures. Take only what provisions you need."
Walking down the step from the horse-castle, Bellatrix followed Gandalf and the other three of his company to the stables. She understood that the King's people were moving to another location, but she didn't understand why. She had made her uncertainties known to Gandalf just before they left the hall, but he merely pretended he hadn't heard her.
If there was one thing Bellatrix disliked more than anything, it was people ignoring her.
Before she could sound off again however, Gimli made aloud his opinion.
"Helm's Deep!" He scoffed. "They flee to the mountains when they should stand and fight. Who will defend them if not their king?"
"He's only doing what he feels is best for the people." Aragorn replied, answering the comment made for Gandalf, "Helms Deeps has been in the past an unbeatable fortress, he knows it can save his people again."
"From what?" Bellatrix questioned, impatient. "What are these people fighting? Tell me, you sod!"
Her question was ignored again, but this time at least she got a responding look from one of Gandalf's eyes.
"He is leading his people into a trap I fear." He said as he led them into the stables closing the doors behind them and leading toward the unicorn-like horse. "He thinks he is leading them to safety, but that ravine will only lead to their death." He turned back from the horse toward Aragorn, "He will need you in the end, Aragorn. The people of Rohan will need you in the end. Your companions will need you. The defenses have to hold."
"They will hold." Aragorn replied.
Gandalf nodded, "And that is not of which I fear." He returned his attention to the horse, "The Grey Pilgrim... that's what they used to call me. Three hundred lives of men I've walked this earth and now I have no time." He sighed and mounted in one great leap. "With luck, my search will not be in vain. Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East."
Aragorn walked back over to the stable doors and swung them open. "Go."
The horse gave a loud whinny as it bounded out of the stable, Legolas and Bellatrix jumping out of its path.
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Bellatrix had been given a new horse unto which to ride, so she wouldn't have to share with a man that she wasn't married or had any relation to, to which the stable boys had been aghast of. But the horse didn't seem to like her very much, made known by the snips and lack of taking her direction, so she walked beside it leaving its reigns to hang limply.
"Don't worry you great brute, I don't like you very much either."
To her side, Gimli sat proudly atop his horse, the reigns held by Éowyn.
"—you don't see very many dwarf women. And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, they are often mistaken for dwarf men!"
Éowyn giggled loudly at something, but Gimli just continued in jest.
"And this has given rise to the belief that there are no dwarf women, and that dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground!"
She laughed gaily that time, a Gimli laughed loudly in return.
Bellatrix crinkled her nose.
Yes, how funny. You're just a regular comedian aren't you?
She glanced at Éowyn, who had a bright smile on her face, and humphed.
Well, you can seem hilarious when your audience is a dim as her back end.
She raised her hand to her mouth and uttered a jelly-legs jinx on the horse, causing it to toss Gimli off its back and run off into the distance.
This, of course, Bellatrix found hilarious, and started to join in on the laughter as Éowyn ran to help Gimli up.
The laughter had died down to an extent, and this time Bellatrix found herself beside the dwarf, listening to him ramble on about how magnificent dwarvish halls were, and retaliating every once in a while with how dwarves in her world served a queen, and maybe Gimli should serve her instead.
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Éowyn had caught up with Aragorn. He was looking off into the distance, thinking about something deeply, when she decided to break his train of thought.
"Where is she?" She asked him.
He gave her a look, asking her to elaborate with his eyes.
"The woman who gave you that jewel." She nodded towards the roughly shining pendant beneath his collar.
He paused for a while, and she thought that he had decided not to answer. When she began to walk away though, he continued.
"She has sailed to the Undying Lands with all that is left of her kin." He said softly.
"My Lord?" She questioned.
"She gave it to me as our parting gift. I will never see her again." He said, and looked off again.
Éowyn chose to remain silent, and as they traveled further, gradually slowed her pace till she was a fair distance behind him.
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Ahead of the company, Legolas had caught whiff of danger.
Just yonder was the corpse of one of the King's closest guard, and Gamling barely able to pull out his sword before the great reigned creature turned onto him next.
Legolas ran down to the scene, swiftly pulling his bow out and shooting the warg. He finished the Orc riding on top of it with his knife. Turning back, he yelled to Aragorn.
"A scout!"
The King looked panicked.
"What is it? What's going on?" He asked Aragorn as he was running back to him.
"Wargs!" He yelled, "Were under attack!"
Bellatrix' attention was grabbed by the villagers cry, she was too far behind in the company to hear what was going on, so she ran towards Aragorn, leaving her assigned horse behind. She passed Gimli trying to mount his horse, and ran into where the King and Aragorn were addressing the people.
"Get them out of here!" Aragorn yelled in Bellatrix' direction. She looked behind her, hoping he was addressing someone else, but when she saw no one, ignored his command.
"All riders to the head of the column!" Théoden yelled.
Gimli got some help getting on top of his stallion, and as he rode by, she looked for her own horse.
It was right behind where Théoden was arguing with Éowyn, telling her to lead the people to Helms Deep. She ran to it, jumping on like some hero, and riding off. She could just feel the glare directed on her back by the other woman, and turned to stick her tongue out at her.
That's what happens when you don't have a mind for yourself.
She retracted her tongue, and turned back into the direction she was travelling.
Only to yell in disgust.
Before her were the ugliest pair of creatures she had ever seen.
"Well aren't you a beauty?" She said to it.
It snarled at her, but she didn't get to hear its voice before she whipped her walnut wand out and sent a blast of purple his way.
Well, she was assuming it was a he.
There was no physical sign of damage, but both the beast and the ugly humanoid fell, severely injured, and on the brink of death.
Her horse whinnied beneath her, and she dismounted. It was easier to fight on foot anyway. She looked out at the men fighting, fighting some sort of creature she had no clue what they were. They looked like tall goblins, but much more sinister and obviously evil.
Is this what Gandalf didn't want her to know about?
That there was a war going on?
But doesn't every civilization have war?
What is so significant about this one?
Her thoughts returned to the fight, and she rushed in, skipping like a child underneath an afternoon sun.
Her cackles attracted the weird creatures to her, like dragons to gold, and her mindset changed. She looked at them approaching, smiling, showing her teeth and the sorry state they were in.
Bellatrix wasn't all about her looks.
Sort of like these blokes.
The first one was knocked out of the way by a hot blast of air, hot enough to rip skin from flesh. It and its wolf-creature fell tumbling down the hill, snapping its neck in the process.
But as soon as the first was down, another replaced it. This time she had no mercy.
"Avada Kedavra!"
The killing cursed ripped its way from her lips, like she had no control of it. The green flash was a familiar, comforting thing, and the rush of using it spread from her wand arm to her boot-clad feet.
She laughed and licked the length of her wand; how beautiful.
She keeled over in laughter, hugging her stomach as the peals of laughter rolled over her. Then, lifting her head, her eyes became bloodshot, dilated with pure adrenaline.
"Oh no, you don't." She whispered, as another drew his sword and came lunging for her.
She swung up her arm at it, and in a flash a whip flew out of the tip, wrapping itself around him, squeezing with a thunder-like grip. She whipped her arm again, the whip becoming tighter, strangling the thing and then using him as a dagger to knock down two others. And just as she was starting to get into it, she found that there were none left.
Her eyes darted around, and found nothing to take her excitement out upon.
The smirk left her face and she returned to her upright position, using her right leg to support her weight.
"Just when it was getting fun," she sighed.
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She found Legolas and Gimli by the cliffs edge, looking down at the river below with sadness painted on their faces. Aragorn was missing from the two, and she had a feeling he was floating down the river just now.
"So I guess our friend took a little tumble?" She commented, not seeing the glare from the Elf.
"I can bring him back if you want you know." She said, tip-toeing dangerously close to the edge. She raised her wand but Legolas caught her arm before she had chance to flick it.
"If this is the way fate meant for this to happen, then do not meddle in its course." He turned and motioned for her and Gimli to follow.
"Do not worry," he said to them both, "he will be back."
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And Bellatrix had only just enough time to remark on the sorry state of Helms Deep before he was back.
He was just entering conversation with Legolas, when she saw him. Absolutely disheveled, damp and dirty—a complete opposite of what the Elf looked like beside him. She was sitting against the wall, on a spot which was covered in heaps of moss (to cushion her butt), near where Éowyn stood with a basket of rations, watching the same pair Bellatrix had her eyes on.
They both saw Legolas hand something glittering to Aragorn, and Bellatrix recognized it as the necklace her usually wore around his neck.
For some reason, this made Éowyn frown and instead of running toward him as Bellatrix thought was her intentions in the first place, turned curtly around and flew down some stairs. She kept watching though, and saw him place the jewel in one of his many pockets, thanking Legolas in the process.
Wonder what that's all about.
He saw her as he stepped away from Legolas, and walked over in her direction. He stopped a mere foot away from her.
"I didn't think I would miss your face." He scoffed, "Alright?" He asked about her well-being.
She raised her knees to rest her elbows on them, "Alright." She replied.
"You fought valiantly before." He softly said to her.
The tone of his voice made her scrunch up her nose. She saw Legolas walk over to them and stop to lean against the wall beside her.
"You have yet to see me fight." She laughed, running her fingers through her hair and leaving her hand tangled in the curls that she had released from Legolas' braid.
"Regardless, I want your word." He said to her, placing his hand on her knee.
"What?" She asked, looking him in the eye. "My word on what terms?" She could tell Legolas was listening intently.
He blinked a few times, then opened his mouth.
"Your about to enter a war like no other you have seen before."
She was about to retaliate that she had been in war before when he broke her off with a raised hand.
"I know you are a seasoned warrior, I have seen your abilities."
"Then—"
He raised his hand again.
"You will see an army of such a great number that I know you have never seen the like of."
Her interest was now sparked.
"I need you to give me your word that you will not switch to the other side. I need you to promise to me that you will not betray us."
Ah, and here was Gandalf's intentions.
She thought of the old coot, and laughed, laughed right in Aragorn's face. She grabbed the sides of his cheeks with both her hands, and smooshed them together.
"I don't make promises Aragorn." She said, smooshing his cheeks closer together.
"What say you Bellatrix Black?"
The dropped her hands from his face and stood, leaning on Legolas and wrapping her arms around his, looking up into his eyes.
"Well," she said, mockingly batting her eyelashes at him.
"If I say no I might have a staff shoved up me arse."
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Yay! Finally an update! Sorry about the wait ya'll. This one was pretty much just a filler until the big battle, which I have yet to write . So give me ideas! Anything you'd like me to have, anything you'd like me to omit, anything you'd like really! Because I'd really appreciate it. A big THANK YOU to all who reviewed (DangoDaikazaku, Undead Artist, gunitatsuhiko, midorimouse7, arturus, minoki, and RebeccaSeverusSnape) and to all those who are keeping tabs on this story! Much appreciated! And remember, give me your opinion! It usually inspires me to write more.