Disclaimer: I am not JKR nor do own any of her works, I am just someone whom loves to take a wand and stir in her magical world a bit. I do this merely for my own pleasure and that of the readers, not for money.

Author's Notes: Alright, here is another chapter. This one will show slightly on how things will be between Harry and Bella for now, though for those whom want more revelations they will have to wait till the next chapter. Also someone asked me about getting Bellatrix pregnant, while it might happen at some point for now it's not going to happen so to keep the marriage hidden from others.

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chapter six: no way back

"Quite a move Potter, almost Slytherin worthy… but quit fucking with me.. and tell me why!"

That Bellatrix was impatient wasn't too surprising but right now Harry felt she was really pushing it, because even before he had been able to utter a single word he could feel her fingers slide into his messy hair. A moment later her grip tightened considerably before his head was pulled up and slammed back down on the bed with force, more force than most would have expected from the witch whom was currently straddling him. While it was a bed his head was being smashed into, it still didn't feel pleasant as Tom's beds weren't the most comfortable ones in the world. In Harry's opinion they ranked slightly above hospital beds, going on the ones he'd been on in Hogwarts, but he was still glad it wasn't something harder.

Harry groaned several times as the female Death Eater increased her efforts to get the answers she wanted out of him. It annoyed him so much that he decided two could play this game.

"Answer me! Damn it! Answer me NOW!"

The relentless tugging on his hair continued as Bellatrix forcefully tried to get answers, though in her rage she didn't see how Harry aimed his wand at her. With a sudden buck of his hips he pushed himself into the naked witch on top of him, resulting into a loud gasp on her end as well as causing her to release his hair in the process. It was just what Harry was waiting for, as he certainly wasn't thinking about round two but it was enough for him to grab his other wand and use it.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

As soon as the body bind curse hit Bellatrix she began to fell forward, causing her to fully fall onto the boy's body. It was the first time Harry actually felt her breasts and groped them, but the latter was more because he wanted to push her off of him. Didn't take away that he did though and that he added an extra squeeze as well.

Once he had pushed her to the side Harry got quickly to his feet, though instead of just doing that what he wanted to do he took a moment to brush some of those raven colored strands out of her face so she could see a bit of what was going on, since he was well aware that she was still conscious.

"Ugh… did you really have to yank my hair like that? Sheesh, I already have enough issues with it as it is… if you hadn't I might have told you a bit more, but now… I won't… two can play this childish game, Bella…"

He could see her eyes narrow as he once again called her that, but he didn't care.

"… however I would love to stay and chat on our 'wedding night' but sadly I have other things to worry about…"

Harry knew that he had only limited time he could be away from Privet Drive, as certain Order members were just doing their jobs with a whole lot more of seriousness than others. It was something he needed to do something about, but at the same time he knew that as long as he could fool them he would keep Dumbledore at a safe distance as well.

"Dobby!"

As the Boy-Who-Lived called out for the house elf he began to quickly gather his clothes, along with his invisibility cloak, and began to get somewhat dressed. It didn't take long though before a popping sound announced the arrival of the always wide-eyed Dobby, though this time he was a lot more cautious it seemed. Those dark orbs of his quickly glanced around the room in search of the dark witch and once he spotted the female laying on the bed in her helpless state, he almost leaped up in joy. It drew a chuckle from Harry, though the Gryffindor knew that Bellatrix was quite less amused with the both of them.

"Dobby, it's time to take me back to my place."

Once again Dobby became a bit nervous, seeing that he didn't like the Dursleys either where they were treating Harry as most wizards were treating their house elves. But seeing the look on Harry's face he knew that it was what the boy wanted and being able to help him was still something that brought Dobby great pleasure no matter what.

"Of course, Master Harry Potter Sir, Dobby will take you back to…"

"DOBBY!"

Harry interrupted the elf in a loud manner, as though he was now married to Bellatrix and knew that she had to be somewhat loyal due to the life debt but trusting her was a whole different kind game of Quidditch . No, right now he wasn't going to drop any unnecessary clues on where he lived when it wasn't needed. The interruption made Dobby realize the mistake it made and turned himself towards the nearby closet, though Harry was quick enough to keep him from banging his head into it.

"Dobby! Don't do that… you have other things to do remember."

The boy kept a stern tone in order to keep the elf from punishing himself and then turned to the still bound witch on the bed.

"Oh I don't think you want to let the Dark Lord know about us, so I trust that you keep things to yourself for now… either way I really have to go, but maybe next time you can let me explain things better… I'll be in touch soon enough again… good bye… dear…"

Okay, the latter he just had to add to piss Bellatrix off a little, seeing his head was still hurting from her hair pulling. Looking over to Dobby he waved his wand in order to release the curse that kept the female Death Eater restricted, before a moment and a pop later the house elf took the both of them back to Privet Drive.

With a deep sigh he let go of the pile of clothing he was still holding, letting it fall to the ground, before turning over to Dobby.

"Thank you for helping me out Dobby, I know you don't like her… and frankly neither do I, but for now this is needed. You can go back to Hogwarts now and keep an eye on things for me there, I'll call you when I need you again."

Dobby opened his mouth in order to say something but looking at his Master he decided it was better not to and nodded silently before disappearing with one of his usual pops.

Once the house elf had left the small bedroom Harry walked over to his bed, or rather Dudley's old bed but that didn't matter right now, and allowed himself to fall onto it. The boy stared for a few moment at the ceiling before reaching to the side and pulling an old looking envelope from underneath the drawer of his nightstand. Instead of opening it Harry just allowed the paper to slide along his fingers as he fiddled with it, his emerald green eyes following it in every movement.

"I hope I made the right choice, Sirius… because now there is no way back… I wish that you can see Dumbledore's face when he finds things out… we'll be certainly pulling a big one on him if I manage to pull this off.."