Written for the Hedge Maze, and Horse Race Funfair event on Hogwarts.
Hedge Maze: "If you don't stop, I swear I am going to kill you."
Horse Race: the year 1969
Written for Diagon Alley's Versatility challenge. 100 Characters - Bellatrix Black/Lestrange
Bella had never wanted a family.
But as she stared down the rows of people gathered for their graduation, she knew that if she didn't make a decision, she would be forced to have one.
She had two options; she could go with the man her family had chosen for her, a nice guy that just wanted to settle down and start a family; or, she could go with her second option, Rodolphus Lestrange.
He had come to her earlier, knowing his family were just as adamant as hers about marrying well. If she went with him, she could continue in the service of the Dark Lord. A road she had been keen to take, but still apprehensive about the full extent.
She may come from a dark family, but just how far, and how dark, was she willing to go?
1969, Graduation, doomsday.
She looked at the guy smiling sweetly at her and thought of toothache and filthy, annoying kids. In the shadows, she saw Lestrange towering over some girl. His smile was cruel as the girl whimpered. He reminded her of everything dark and sinister in her soul.
Really, the choice was easy.
She walked over to Rodolphus and saw that the girl he was pestering was one of her Ravenclaw friends.
"If you don't stop, I swear I am going to kill you," Emmeline Vance threatened Rodolphus.
What an empty threat, Bella thought to herself.
His response was a loud cackle. "You? You're a bug I could easily squash under my foot."
"Bella!" Emmeline exclaimed when Bella stepped into the shadows.
Bellatrix draped herself over Rodolphus, making a statement with her movements. She had chosen for good now, there was no going back.
"Hello darling," she drawled, and kissed Rodolphus on his cheek, solidifying the image of a unified front. Rodolphus smirked, put his hand on her waist, and pulled her close to him.
"Bella?" Emmeline questioned, taken aback by the sudden change in her friend.
"Hello, Emmeline," she responded in a cold tone.
"Darling, I'm just getting rid of some vermin. Nothing to concern yourself with," Rodolphus said while ignoring the shivering Ravenclaw.
"Rodolphus, what kind of a fiance would I be if I just let you take care of everything?"
"Not mine," he said in a possessive tone.
"Please, just let me go." Emmeline was shrinking in on herself, afraid of what the two could think up together.
"I don't think we can do that," Bella said.
"No, I think we'll have some fun with you first."
Whatever doubt she had before, Bella now squashed as she tortured the poor girl a few feet away from the graduating class of 1969.
She had chosen darkness over everything else because it was easier than saying no to her parents.