There was Bellatrix LeStrange , she was in perfect health, you could most certainly not tell that she had been in Azkaban for the last 6 years, and probably for the first time in her whole life she looked sane.
The 2 other adults looked at her wide mouthed, looking very confused. Sirius had only recently got out of Akzaban, he was still recovering. But he had known Bella had gone mad very quickly, yet here she was.
"What the hell are you doing here Bella?" Sirius said still in shock, but he did sound a little angry.
"Don't use words like that in front of such young children" Was all Bella replied.
"We heard worse with Uncle Vernon , Auntie Bella" Harry replied and everyone ( even his sister and Bella ) were staring at him very confused.
"How do you know who she is, Harry?" Sirius was beyond confused.
"You came to me in a dream, and made the nightmare go away." Harry said looking right into Bella's eyes.
"You remember that, I thought I was crazy" Although Bella was looking at Harry, she was pretty much speaking to herself, trying to work out what was going on.
"You are" Sirius muttered under his breathe but Bella still heard him and gave him her classic death stare.
Remus went over and picked up Tigerlily didn't really trust having a mad devoted death eater near his Goddaughter. Although he was going to grab Harry as well , Sirius blocked his way by standing tight behind Harry with his arm around him in a protective manner.
Bella bend down to Harry's height and held her hands out. Harry got out of Sirius' grip and went over to Bella and put his hands in her hands. They just stood there looking into each others eyes and then suddenly there was a bright white light around their hands.
"So Harry dear what did you want for Christmas this year?" Bella asked in the sweet voice Sirius hadn't heard since Bella had been a child.
"Haven't you guessed ?" Harry asked with a little blush coming onto his cheeks. Bella just smiled and pulled Harry into a massive hug which he returned.
"Is that Christmas dinner I can smell. Come on I'm starving. " Bella said picking up Harry in the same way Remus had Tigerlily "Sirius didn't have anything to do with it did he? Once when he was about 8 he managed to burn the entire kitchen ..." Bella continued her stories as he made her way down the hallways and stairs. Once she entered the kitchen "I can see you don't have a house elf , but I think you will soon." She then waved her hand and suddenly plates were flying all around the room and landing on the table and then the food did the same except it landed on the plates. Bella sat down next to Harry and pulled his chair close to her. Tigerlily was the other side of her. Remus and Sirius were just standing in the door way looking more than a little shocked. "Your foods going to get cold" Bella scolded slightly and the pair were in such a state of shock they sat at the table.
"Bella what are you doing here?" Sirius asked.
"Well Sirius dear , it would appear Harry here , wanted something for Christmas that you couldn't give him."
"And what would that be?" Sirius said exactly what Remus was thinking
"A mother" Bella replied as if it was obvious.
"How come you are here, and not in Azkaban, LeStrange?" Remus asked.
"Black, I think you will find, my husband has died and I never really liked him, and I think you will find Wish Magic is a very powerful kind of magic." Bella answered honestly.
"Wish Magic? Never heard of it." Sirius said in a rather childish voice.
"Yes, I have read about Wish Magic, tell me if I am wrong" Remus said and Bella nodded " If a child wants something so much that they wish for it repeatedly it sometimes comes true but it is very rare." Remus finished and Bella nodded in approval , although no one had been fully listening as they were enjoying Christmas dinner.
"So let me get this straight, Harry has been wishing for a mother and you turn up. Why you?" Sirius said.
"Charmed I'm sure" Bella said sarcastically. "Well is it not obvious to even you?" Bella spat at her cousin
"Can I guess ?" Remus butted in trying to make sure they didn't start fighting in front of the children. Bella nodded "Did he picture you because of how similar you look to Sirius?" Sirius gave him a dark glare.
"Well little Cousin, I have to say you have a good taste in men, better than me and Cissy at least." She muttered that mainly to her self although everyone heard.
"How come you don't look like you have spent the last 6 or so years in Azkaban?" Sirius asked, he still hadn't fully recovered, he wanted to know her secret.
"Well that's the beauty of Wish Magic, it restores a person to their former glory" Sirius rolled his eyes as Bella became very theatrical. "If it makes you feel any better , it also means I can not harm anyone who lives in this house, unless they threaten my little darlings" She looked at the little children and touched the ends of both their noses. " Would it put you at ease if I make an unbreakable vow? Well OK, If it will help you sleep at night." Bella stood up from where she was sitting and said " I Bellatrix Black do swear to never harm these children and do everything in my power to protect them" Another bright light wrapped around her arm and Sirius and Remus were both satisfied. She then sat back down again and continued to eat until Sirius asked.
"Won't that be going against your Precious Dark Lord ?"
"No, he never wants to see a child get hurt or abused , and he never intended the Killing Curse to go anywhere near the children he was going to raise them. He doesn't want to just go around killing muggles his main goal is to get rid of corruption in the Ministry." Bella stated and had 2 rather shocked faces staring at her and she just sighed and rolled her eyed and continued eating.
A/N I just want to say I won't have much time over xmas to write and probably won't write again till after new yearx So Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year xxxx If you have time please leave a review and Thank you so much for reading xxxx
