Chapter 16


The summer was going great. Brianna hadn't seen her father but once more since that first night but that was ok. She knew he had plans to travel and recruit and that took all his time. She worked hard with Severus on potions and the dark arts he even taught her the ones he had created himself and she showed him the one she had made up but she hadn't tried it out on anyone yet. He was most impressed of the dark spell that made your victim feel like they were burning from the inside out. Lucius thought it ingenious as well and couldn't wait to try it out.

Draco and Brianna finished all there homework with in the first month of vacation and after that spent time flying and reading. Brianna made it a mission to read every book in the library. One day Lucius brought home the daily prophet and passed it around at dinner. The whole thing was slandering Potter and Dumbledore about the continued insistence that the dark lord was back which Fudge refused to believe. The papers everyday said the same thing.

Then when there was only a couple weeks left of vacation Lucius came home from a Ministry meeting with wonderful news.

"Potter was expelled pending a hearing today." he said as soon as everyone sat down for dinner.

"What did he do." Brianna ask.

"Used a Patronus Charm in the presence of his muggle cousin. The hearing is next week. No doubt Dumbledore will get him off but this just makes him look even worse than he already did." Lucius told them and they laughed about that all night.

A couple days later Brianna was in the library when Severus came through the floo.

"Hey Sev what's up." she ask. Everyone else was out that day and Brianna was home alone.

"I have an order meeting to go to. Your father wanted to know if you'd like to go and meet your cousin." he ask smirking.

"Who's that." she ask.

"Sirius Black of course. And Potter and all the others will be there I'm sure." he said.

"Wont it look weird bring Bellatrix LeStrange's daughter and enemy to Potter to an order meeting where I am not apart of or invited." she said putting her book down.

"Yes but it will shake them up a bit and we can always say I was stuck watching you today while everyone was out. They wont let you in the meeting but you can wonder around and see if you get anything from anyone's thoughts. Plus you can make fun of Potter." he said. She thought about it for a minute before deciding to go. She was ready quickly and he apperated both of them to a location that was protected she would never find it with out Snape. He used his wand to open the door and they walked into an old house that was stories tall.

"There probably having dinner and the meeting will be after come on." he said and she followed him down the stars where they heard lots of talking and laughter coming from inside. Snape pushed open the door and everyone went silent. When Brianna walked in and stood beside Snape everyone's eyes widened, forks dropped and Sirius Black who had been leaning on two legs of his chair fell over with a loud bang on the floor.

"Graceful Black really graceful." Snape drawled out and Brianna snorted eyes glancing over everyone. Every Weasley was there as well as Potter, Granger and Hermione. The real Moody was there and Dumbledore as well as some others she didn't know.

"What…I…who…Who the bloody hell are you." Sirius stuttered out standing from the floor looking like he seen a ghost.

"Brianna LeStrange nice to meet you too. Cuz." she said coldly raising an eye brow at him.

"Oh. My. God. You look so much like." he said but she cut him off.

"Like my mother yes, yes I know." she said rolling her eyes.

"Why'd you bring her Snape. This is a private meeting." Moody growled from the corner.

"Yes
I know. However, I promised Lucius before this meeting was called to watch Brianna today. Him, Narcissa and Draco all were out and hadn't returned by the time I had to leave." he said taking a seat at the table. Brianna stood behind his chair arms crossed over her chest.

"She is the daughter of Bellatrix LeStrange and a Slytherin she cannot be trust given who she lives with and who her mother is." Sirius said regaining his voice. Brianna turned to him.

"That's rich coming from you seeing as we have some of the same blood and you are a convicted murder on the run. And your parents were some of the darkest around. You cannot throw stones at me solely based on who my mother is. And believe me I'd rather be home then in this dump." she spat back at him.

"She is right Sirius she has given no reason that she can't be trusted. The children of course are not allowed in the meeting so no information will be passed to her." Dumbledore said shutting Sirius up this caused Snape to snort.

"What are you snorting at Snape I still don't trust you." Sirius sneered.

"And I don't really give a bloody damn if you do or not Black." Snape snapped back and Brianna laughed before clearing her throat.

"Alright children up stairs with the lot of you." Molly Weasley said.

"I refuse to hang out with them. I will just wonder around till your done." Brianna said.

"No you wont. I don't want you wondering around my house." Sirius told her.

"Who says we wanted you to join us anyways." Potter told her and she shot him the bird causing Molly to shriek.

"well I never." she said.

"I find that hard to believe given the number of children you've spawned." Brianna replied and Snape laughed out loud before covering it up.

"That's enough out with you." Moody said and all the under aged children filed out.

"I'll come find you when I'm done, Bree." Snape said and she nodded. She followed the gang of red heads as they started up the stairs before Hermione stopped.

"Pretty friendly with Snape I see." she said.

"He is a family friend why shouldn't I be." Brianna said.

"That's was rather rude Brianna what you said to Mrs. Weasley. You should apologize." she told her.

"I don't think so." Brianna said. Hermione was going to say something else when Ron tripped over the umbrella stand causing a Black curtain to fly off uncovering a picture of a women that started screaming.

"MUDBLOODS, HALF BREEDS DEFILING MY HOME. DISGUSTING FILTH IN THE HOME OF MY FATHER." it yelled and Brianna covered her ears.

"What the hell." she ask as everyone from the kitchen ran in to see what happened.

"Shut up." Sirius yelled but she didn't listen she just kept on yelling.

Brianna went and stood in front of the picture taking her hands off her ears and yelling.

"Will you kindly shut the hell up." she yelled and the picture stopped yelling looking at her wide eyed.

"Bellatrix." it ask stunned.

"no ma'am I am her daughter. Brianna LeStrange." she told it.

"I haven't seen you since you were a baby. Everyone thought you died. I am your great Aunt." the picture told her.

"No not dead as you can see. Nice to meet you by the way. Now what's with all this yelling." Brianna ask.

"Oh pardon me but I cannot stand what my traitor son has done to my house. Letting filth live here." she scowled.

"Well I see your point but I am defiantly not filth and don't appreciate being yelled at." Brianna told it as everyone stared in shock.

"No you most certainly are not. Are you living here now too." the picture ask.

"Heaven's no I am living with the Malfoy's." Brianna told her.

"Oh I always loved them. Please tell them I said hello especially my niece Narcissa." she said politely.

"I will of course Mrs. Black." Brianna said. She turned to everyone.

"You can go to your meeting now I think I got this covered." she told the adults who went back to the kitchen.

"You coming." Potter ask rudely.

"In a moment I'm talking." Brianna said and they all left leaving Brianna alone with the picture.

"My dear you look so much like your mom but I see your dad as well." Mrs. Black said.

"You know about my father." Brianna ask sitting on the step in front of the picture.

"Yes of course but don't worry your secret is safe with me." she winked.

"Thank you. So what's been going on in this house." Brianna ask.

"Just order meeting about trying to take down Voldemort. Nothing of real importance has been said. However, there are ways of letting you know if I hear something." Mrs. Black said and Brianna motioned for her to go on.

"Well I cant leave the house obviously. But Kreacher my loyal house elf can relay messages from time to time. He is bound to my traitor son and this house. But since you are blood as well he can talk to you and tell you as much as he's allowed." Mrs. Black said.

"That's great thanks for the help." Brianna said. Just than Kreacher popped in.

"Miss LeStrange it is to nice to meet someone of worthy blood. Kreacher will be happy to assist you if he can." he said bowing.

"Thank you kreacher." she said and he popped back out.

"Well I suppose I could go now. Thank you for talking with me Mrs. Black." Brianna said standing.

"Anytime dear. Come see me if you ever want to talk." the picture said and Brianna nodded and made her way upstairs. She heard voices on the inside of the first door and pushed it open. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and the twins were all in there doing different things.

"Well don't you all look like you having fun." She replied walking in the room. They all turned to look at her.

"As a matter of fact we are." Potter said going back to his chess game with Ron.

Brianna sat on the corner of the bed and watched them concentrating on all there minds.

"I wonder what Voldemort is after. Sirius said it was something he didn't have before. And that the order was taking turns to guard it." came Potters mind.

"She is so hot." came the twins minds at the same time. Brianna just rolled her eyes.

"I wish she would just leave. Harry doesn't need this stress before his hearing." Was Hermione's.

"Wonder if Harry will ask me out." was Ginny's thought.

Brianna listened for a while longer before pulling out. There wasn't anything good besides what Potter said.

Brianna was getting bored and thirsty.

"Do you have a house elf around here Potter." Brianna ask.

"Yes why." he ask her.

"I'm thirsty and I don't know how long they will be. What's it's name." she ask she already knew but they didn't know that.

"Kreacher." he said coldly. And Hermione scowled at her.

"What." she ask Hermione.

"You know house elf's is nothing but slave labor right." she said and Ron and Harry groaned.

"Yeah so." Brianna ask.

"We shouldn't use them. They should be set free." she cried.

"Yeah whatever." Brianna waved off. "Kreacher." Brianna called out and the elf popped in.

"What can Kreacher happily get Mistress of worthy blood." Kreacher ask bowing and the others stared at it.

"Could you get me some water while I wait." she ask it and he popped out and popped back in within seconds handing her a bottle of water.

"Thank you kreacher." Brianna said taking a drink.

"Kreacher was happy to be of service." he said.

"Will you get us some drinks to." Ron ask it. Kreacher turned and scowled at it.

"Get them yourself blood traitor." he said before leaving. Brianna snorted into her water at the look on Ron's face.

"Guess he doesn't like you." Brianna laughed.

"Yeah well we don't like you." Potter spat back.

"You think I give a fuck what you think scar head." Brianna said and Potter stood drawing his wand.

"Draco's not here to protect you LeStrange." he said. Hermione trying to stop him.

"I don't need anyone to protect me Potter. You have no idea the things I can do that would rock your world. But can you really afford to use magic. Your already expelled." she sneered.

"How do you know that." he ask.

"Duh. My Uncle works at the Ministry we found out as soon as you were stupid enough to cast a patronus." she told him smirking.

"I was protecting myself and I least I can cast one." he told her. She smirked and stood up.

"Potter I have been able to cast one for years non verbal at that. But I don't need to use it all the time as dementors have no effect on me." she sneered back at him. They all stared in shock that she could do that. Before anyone could reply Snape came in.

"Potter what the bloody hell are you doing put that wand always. Your in enough trouble as it is." he spat at him. Potter did as he was told.

"Come Bree I am done we can leave." he told her softly offering her his hand which she took smirking at all there gasping faces. Snape lead her by hand down the stairs with all the kids following and the adult all at the bottom.

"Good bye dear come back soon you are always welcome." Mrs. Black told her as she past.

"Thank you." Brianna told it. Snape and Brianna swept out without another word. Leaving everyone behind shocked.

When they apperated back to Malfoy Manor they collapsed in the dining room laughing loudly. The three Malfoy's staring at them strangely.

"What is so funny." Draco ask.

"Snape took me…oh god…with him to the order meeting…Potter and everyone was there. It was too funny." Brianna said between laughs.

"WHAT." the other three ask.

"The dark lord thought it was a good idea so I took her." Snape said and they explained everything that happened. By the end of the tale everyone in the room was in tears.

Brianna told Snape what she heard and he said he would pass it on to her father.

A few days later the day of Potters hearing Draco and Brianna went to the Ministry with Lucius. They were standing outside with Fudge after the hearing.

"He got off. There was nothing I could do after the vote was in his favor." the minister said to Lucius.

"Well Fudge Potter gets what he wants all the time. You did all you could." Lucius said.

"Yeah you can only do so much sir. Don't be to hard on yourself." Brianna told him smiling, he smiled back as Potter and Mr. Weasley walked up.

"Potter." Draco sneered.

"Malfoy." Potter replied.

"Well, Well, Well….Patronus Potter." Lucius sneered while Draco and Brianna laughed.

"The Minister was just telling me about your lucky escape Potter. Quite astonishing, the way you continue to wriggle out of very tight holes….snakelike, in fact." Lucius told him stroking his cane.

"Yeah, yeah I'm good at escaping." Harry replied.

"And Arthur Weasley too. What are you doing here." Lucius ask Mr. Weasley.

"I work here." Mr. Weasley said shortly.

"Not here surely. I thought you were up on the second floor. Don't you do something that involves sneaking Muggle artifacts home and bewitching them?" Lucius ask and Brianna and Draco bit there lips to stop from laughing. Potter glared at them.

"No." Mr. Weasley said fingers digging into Harry's shoulder.

"What are you guys doing here anyways." Harry ask Lucius.

"I don't think private matters between myself and the Minister are any concern of yours, Potter. Really just because you are Dumbledore's favorite boy, you must not expect the same indulgence from the rest of us. Shall we then, Minister?" Lucius ask looking at Fudge.

"Certainly. This way Lucius." Fudge said heading for the lift he opened it and motioned for Brianna to go first.

"Ladies first my dear." He told her helping her in she smiled at him. They disappeared down the lift leaving Potter to wait for the next one. Lucius finished his business before they all headed home. They were leaving for Hogwarts soon and needed to pack.