It didn't make sense, yet everything seemed to fall into place; why she suddenly disappeared, why I was Tonk's sister and Why Mrs Longbottom freaked out when she saw me.
But why was she Bellatrix Lestrange, one of the most evil literature characters of all time.
She saw me staring at her with wide eyes, and gave a taunting smirk. Her eyes then flew to Neville and the smirk grew bigger.
"Oh a Longbottom, eh? How's mom and dad?"
"Good now that they're about to be avenged."
We all drew our wands up and pointed them at the Death Eaters. They mirrored our movement.
"Put them down," Malfoy hissed. They stared at us for a moment before lowering their wands. We followed them, but did not put them away.
"Now Potter, the prophecy if you please," he continued.
Harry shook his head. "Why doesn't your little boss come to get it?"
"We've given you a chance," Malfoy said. The Death Eaters began to close around us. "I think you need some persuading. Let's start with the little one."
They all huddled around me, so i was standing right in the middle of everything. In the book, Ginny was in my position, but I out shrimped her by far.
I snuck a look at my mother and saw that her look still remained stony.
"When Harry says, cast Reducto," Ginny muttered, pretending to look around.
"Everything you've ever wanted to know... This is the key. If you just hand it over."
"I've waited fifteen years," Harry said in feign solemnness. I braced myself. "I think I can wait a little longer. NOW!"
We all cast Reducto at one of the shelves, and then ran away towards the entrance.
I sprinted after them, but over took them. I slowed down slightly and caught sight of a Death Eater who was floating beside us.
"Petrificus totalus," I cried. He stopped mid-air and crashed to the ground.
"We need to spilt up," Harry called sounding tired.
"No we can't, we'll be singled out."
I looked behind and saw they were following. Splitting up would cause even more problems.
"We need to get away, let's break now." Ron, Luna and Ginny all spilt off one way, while the rest of us carried on.
"Harry, can you - " About five jets of spells flew past me, three of them narrowly missing my ear. I turned around and saw Lucious Malfoy throw a stunner at me. I ducked out the way. I began to run in criss-crosses as they fired more spells at me.
"Agh," I groaned loudly. "Stop trying to kill me." I threw a body binding spell over my back, smiling when I heard a loud thud.
"In here," Harry called. We followed him into the room before he slammed the door behind us.
"Listen!" Neville whispered
Footsteps and shouts came from behind the door.
"Leave Nott, leave him, I say - his injuries will be nothing the Dark Lord compared to losing that prophecy," Lucius Malfoy roared. "We'll split into pairs, be gentle with Potter until with have the Prophecy, you can kill the others if necessary. Except for the little one... Capture if you can."
The three of them stared at me with wide eyes.
"Wh -" Harry trailed off feebly. I shrugged and stood up quickly.
"Come on." They didn't move. "Come on," I hissed loudly.
They quickly followed me. We rounded the corner just as the door opened. "Get down."
From under the desk, I could see the two Death Eaters feet. My breathing was loud, so I covered my mouth.
"I'll go through, you check under the desks."
A pair of feet grew nearer until they stopped. He leant down and stuck his head under the desk.
"Confundo," Hermione and I both whispered. He lolled and froze for a moment before Harry stunned him. The Death Eater flopped to the ground with a loud crash.
"Wait," the other one called running over to us. "They're here!"
Hermione and I popped up from under the table.
"Silencio," she called as I cast obscuro. The Death Eater ran in circles banging into things until Harry knocked him out.
We ran through another door and into a corridor.
"Where do we go?" Neville asked, motioning towards the many doors. There wasn't time to answer though.
As soon as he spoke two masked Death Eaters came through one of the doors. The stopped for a second before revealing themselves. It was Malfoy and her.
I grabbed Neville's arm before pulling him through one of the doors with me. Harry and Hermione followed. However, we came out in the same corridor, just a different door.
"I'll distract them," I whispered. "You get to that door."
I pointed to the door that they had come through.
"No we'll do this together," Harry said strongly.
Malfoy and her turned around and fired spells at us. We managed to get them away from the door.
Harry and Neville had time to run through, but they blocked mine and Hermione's way, standing in front of the door. I could hear Harry banging on the other side.
"It's like a family reunion," Malfoy drawled. ah, so he knew. That would explain his rat of a son's behaviour.
"Well, it would be if it wasn't for the Mudblood," she sneered. Hermione stared between the two of us, her eyes growing wide.
"What - how did you get here?" I tried to stay strongly, but my voice quivered.
"Same way you did. That is one special closet. However, you were called."
I stared at her in shocked. "Called?"
"I'm beginning to wonder why we brought you here. It seems to me you still are useless, worthless, an inconvenience, ugly, stupid, foolish. I remember why I left you now."
I glared at her angrily.
"Bellatrix," Malfoy butted in, looking very impatient. "You know what you have to do. Now kill the spare and get it done."
As he spoke, I was whispering instructions to Hermione.
"When I say, blow up the door. I'll sort them out."
She nodded, but her eyes were frightened. She was staring at me, the same way she did at the Death Eaters.
"Go," I said loudly. "Mombarda Maxima." we both called. The door flew off its hinges and Malfoy and Bellatrix were thrown away.
I quickly pushed Hermione through the door and ran after her.
At the end of the room was another door. We continued to run into the other room. Inside were the others. And the veil.
Ron had scars and marks up his arms and face. Ginny was hobbling; she had broken her ankle. Luna had broken her nose and Neville had bloody lip.
A loud rush of wind suddenly flew around us, before I was engulfed in black smoke.
I struggled against the arms that surrounded me but they were too strong. They pulled me away and suddenly everything was clear.
Death Eaters surrounded the room and each one of them had one of my friends in their hold.
Except for Malfoy who was standing in the middle with his wand pointed Harry.
"Now Potter, give us the Prophecy and we won't kill your friends," Malfoy said. Harry snuck a look around at us all in hold, before sighing loudly.
"Don't give it to him Harry," Neville called. Bellatrix pointed her wand at his head. She shushed him. "Never," he called. "Harry just throw it on the floor."
"Cruxio," Bellatrix cackled. Neville squirmed on the ground. I struggled against my Death Eater, but he had a firm grip. "Let's see if he lasts longer than mum and dad... Cruxio." As Neville cried and curled, I saw red.
That woman had abandoned me, she had tried to kill me and my friends, succeeded in killing many others, and now she was torturing Neville.
I elbowed the Death Eater in the stomach and kicked upward hard. It was the same move I pulled on Crabbe just a few hours ago, but this time it worked properly.
I snatched the Death Eaters wand and simultaneously cast Expelliarmus on Bellatrix and Malfoy.
"Help me!" I called to Harry as I stupefied the others.
A duel suddenly broke out between Harry, me and the other Death Eaters. The others tried to help, but they were thrown to the ground and too injured to move.
I caught sight of Bellatrix back in action and moved to disarm her. But she was too quick.
"Avada Kadava!" She screamed.
A green light surged toward me and I was thrown backward, spinning through the air.
I could hear Hermione and Ginny's screams as I lay in darkness. Was I dead? It kind of felt the same as being alive, but I was in a lot more pain.
I opened my eyes and stood up. I turned around and looked at the floor but saw no body. Was I not a ghost then? I stared at my hands and waved them around. Haha, I was alive. How? I had no idea, but all that mattered was that the bitch didn't kill me.
I looked back up and saw the whole room staring at me in shock.
There were also some new additions: The Order.
I grinned at Sirius strolled forward and casually punched Malfoy. Despite the situation, I laughed loudly.
"Ally!" I spun around and saw Remus running towards me. He grabbed my arm and pulled me down the embankment with the others. "Stay here."
"Yeah right," I muttered, following him back into the fight. I was by far the least skilled person there, but I wanted to do my part.
I could see Bellatrix duelling Tonks on the other side of the room, so I ran over to her.
But she saw me coming and disapparated into a pool of black smoke. She flew around the room, leaving a trail behind her.
I fired curses at her but she missed every one.
She landed near where Sirius was standing, and pointed her wand at him.
Everything suddenly started moving in slow motion. She threw her arm back.
"Avada K -"
"Crucio!" I screamed. She was thrown back and began to wriggle in pain on the floor. When she laughed, I hated her even more. I finally let go and she laughed again.
My head was swarming. I was too weak, and needed to rest. I stepped back a bit and almost collapsed.
Bellatrix had now stood back up and her eyes were gleaming. I saw her shift her gaze slightly to the right.
I looked and saw the prophecy still intact. Thanks to my stupid distraction, it was never destroyed. She raced forward and summoned it before running out the door.
I tried to follow but I tripped over.
"She has the Prophecy!" I shouted my voice weak and horse. Harry, the only person not mid duel, raced after her.
I crawled down over to the embankment, but I was so exhausted I fell down flat onto my face.
Suddenly, water was sprayed onto my face. I shot up quickly and saw Sirius smiling at me.
"Come on Al, wakey wakey."
I sat up slowly and hugged him tightly. "Sirius, you're alive!" I cried happily.
"Yeah, thanks to you. It was incredibly stupid thing you did. Entering a battle, taking on Bellatrix, using an unforgivable on her. But you saved my life. And I'm eternally grateful. But you do look like crap, I have to say."
I smiled into his chest as he hugged me closer to him. But he suddenly stiffened. I pulled back and looked up at him questionably.
"Harry?" he asked his tone full of worry.
"... Is upstairs duelling Bellatrix and Voldemort," I concluded. We stared at each other with wide eyes before racing up the steps.
I was hobbling slightly, but Sirius managed to support me.
The elevators moved incredibly slow, but we sped into the lobby to find a spluttering Fudge staring at a patch of smoke where Voldemort presumably stood.
"He's back," he whispered. The other auror's and ministry workers too were frozen in shock. I was glad to see the broken prophecy lying not far from where he stood. "Merlin's Beard. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named here, in the ministry. With Harry Potter...Boy what are you doing here?" he asked, looking extremely confused. His eyes fell on Dumbledore and widened. "Dumbledore, arrest him. This is so... Sirius Black!" he cried loudly, pointing at my friend beside me.
The auror's suddenly became alive and ran over to where we were standing. I stood protectively in front of Sirius.
I don't know why. What could a 15/17 year old, barely trained, muggle girl do against a bunch of auror's? Maybe I could talk them to death or something?
Thankfully, Dumbledore came and stood beside me. As did the newly arrived Mad-Eye, Kingsley and Tonks. I had to give it to them. They could have easily lost their jobs for this.
The auror's stopped after seeing three of their own and looked to Fudge for instructions.
"What is this?" Fudge asked exasperated.
"It's the same thing I told you two years ago. Sirius Black is an innocent man," Dumbledore answered calmly.
"And if you want to capture some Death Eaters, Minister," Tonks butted in. "There's nine of them downstairs in the Department of Mysteries."
Fudge stared around, looking as though he may faint with the confusion and shock.
"I - Black is innocent?" he asked stupidly. We all nodded.
"Kingsley, Alastor, if you would please explain the situation to the minister," Dumbledore said quietly. "I have to take care of a few students, but I shall be with you as soon as possible."
Dumbledore walked over to the half-conscious Harry and apparated us back to Hogwarts.
He left Harry in his office and took me to the hospital wing. Madame Pomfery's eyes widened when she saw the state I was in.
She immediately started fussing around me, but Dumbledore stopped her.
"Please Poppy; I need a few moments alone with Miss Tonks. I shall call you when we are finished."
She huffed quietly before shuffling back into her office.
"Now Alyssa, I expect you had quite a surprise tonight." I nodded sadly, but then stopped abruptly.
"You knew, didn't you? How?"
"Severus, he is our spy. He informed us that there was a daughter Bellatrix once mentioned which would be brought to them from another time to join their ranks." I gasped in shock. "Don't worry. No one but myself and Snape know of the true situation. The others know you are Bellatrix Lestrange's daughter and that is all."
"And they still accepted me," I whispered quietly.
"They saw the same thing I saw. That you were good. You were not a Death Eater in the making.
From the moment I met you and used Legilimency to look into your mind I knew you were special. A few people criticized the decision to let you stay, but I shall never look back."
Like the sap I was, a few tears began to fall down my face.
"I'm really confused at the whole Bell - mother situation. How is she here?"
"Now from here. I can only guess. Your mother is a twin, a doppelgänger of some sort of the real Bellatrix Lestrange. From what Snape tells me, the real Bellatrix is dead, and has been replaced by an even more sadistic and evil woman. You're mother."
I stared at him in shock. Doppelgänger? This sounded like a vampire diaries episode or something. None of this made any sense. And the only person who could explain it to me was the one person I never wanted to see again.
"She tried to kill me," I whispered sadly. "How is it that i am still alive?"
"You have the vampire that bit you a year ago today to thank for that." I gasped in shock and looked at a small cabinet that lay beside my bed. 2nd of July 1996. I had been here a year. My depressed levels dropped even more.
"I said he would pass on certain characteristics," Dumbledore continued. "And it seems that you have inherited more than expected. Vampires can only die via werewolf or vampire bite, or steak to the heart. The killing curse has no effect."
I stared at him with wide eyes. "I-I-I'm immortal?" I asked. This day was just getting worse and worse.
"No. I believe you can die if old age," he said quietly. Wow, what a bonus. Don't I feel happy.
"Now Miss Brady if that is all, I really must go back to the ministry and help the Sirius situation."
"Wait Professor. Sirius - He was supposed to die tonight, but i saved him. Everything's going to change now. Should I have just let things happen and fall into place?"
He had no idea what I was saying but I needed some reassurance, or reprimanding. I didn't know which one yet.
"You love Sirius, you did what you thought was right. I trust your judgement," His eyes twinkled slightly before he went to the door.
"Goodnight Miss Brady."
"Wait!" I called as he opened the door. "Please call me Tonks."
I was not a Brady anymore.
He nodded sadly before disappearing into the night.
:-:
I woke up the next morning to prodding on my very bruised cheek.
"Ow," I groaned rolling over.
"See, told you she was alive," Fred's voice sounded. I opened my eyes and spun around quickly.
Fred and Ginny were smiling down at me with relieved looks on their faces.
"Are you the only two here? What a crappy death bed," I joked.
Ginny pointed over to the far side of the room where Neville, Luna and Ron all lay in beds.
"They were kept in just in case," she told me. "Harry's still asleep; Hermione's with Dumbledore and Seamus is trying to get past security to declare his undying love for you."
"Security?" I asked.
"Dumbledore's banned everyone from here. He claims you need your rest. I'm allowed though." Ginny looked pointedly at Fred.
"Then why are you here?" I asked him. He looked down sheepishly, but then his mischievous grin returned.
"Well, I was in the neighbourhood, thought I'd stop by." I stared at him sceptically. He sighed in defeat.
"George is meeting Alicia in Hogsmede, and I didn't want to be a third wheel."
I glared at him angrily. "Aww how sweet of you." I said tartly.
"Oh Alyssa, you know your my favourite person," he said slinging an arm around me. Ginny coughed loudly. "After my lovely sister of course," he added.
I smiled fakely and shuffled out of his arm.
"I feel fine, am I allowed to leave?" I asked.
"No, you're having a check-up at ten, but then i think you're fine."
I nodded for a second but then gasped. "Sirius..." Ginny bit her lip. "Just tell me please," I begged.
"Ok, we don't actually know. He's still at the Ministry, in custardy, but he's going to have a trial in..." she looked at her watch. "An hour."
I put my head in my hands. "Oh god, I hope he's ok. If he has to go back there..."
"He won't," Fred said reassuringly. "And if not, we'll bust him out."
"And how's that going to work? The three of us fly to Azkaban, take on a million dementors and then fly back?" I asked sarcastically.
"Of course not," Fred grinned. "George'll come too; And Harry probably. Then they'll be five of us."
I rolled my eyes dramatically as Madame Pomfrey came in and shooed them away.
"Out, come on. Mr Weasley, how did you even get into the castle?" I stiffed a giggle. "Never mind come away, I have to inspect her condition. Though you do look much better."
Despite the bruises and cuts, I was fine. I skipped happily down to the Great Hall to be met with a huge mob of anger.
Why the mob...
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