*Authors Note*
You get more James/Bellatrix action! I have a few ideas for those characters, try to guess them in the reviews! Whoever does gets a shoutout! Read! :-)
"Bellatrix! Wake up! Were going to Hogwarts today! Somebody shook her awake and Bella groggily opened her eyes to see her own grey staring back at her. "Sleep." She answered and buried her face under her pillow again.
"WAKE UP!" The shout in her head got her up. She was out of bed in seconds, chasing Scor down the hall. Their feet pounded on the hardwood floors. Bella slid the corner, her slippered feet nice and warm. Finally she got Scor, bang! They ran into the wall. Together they got up and walked to the dining hall where breakfast was being served. Narcissa was impeccably dressed as usual and was chatting with Granny, Astoria's mom. Draco walked in right behind them. "Had a nice wake up call?" He asked her. She grinned. "From the prat of course." He laughed as they sat down. Bella dug into the bacon and french toast. Her favorite.
"Are you excited to go to Hogwarts Bellatrix?" Granny asked her. All of grandparents called them by their full names.
Bella nodded. "It's going to be super fun. I can't wait to find out what house I am in. Ravenclaw would be cool but its so quiet. I want to be in Slytherin. I like the color green. But we will see where they put me. I already read my textbooks. I can't wait to try out the spells! I really want to try out agumenti on Scor!" She chatted all the way through breakfast until her mother sent her up to get dressed.
She looked at her outfit. High waisted light wash jean shorts and a knotted pale pink shirt. She wore a purplish sweater over it and white converse. (Here is the outfit. . ) She grabbed a silver necklace to accent it before her mother came up to do her hair. Bellatrix was hopeless at her hair. It was so long and thick. She couldn't do it. Instead her mom put it up in a side dutch braid into a low messy and left a few curled pieces to frame her face. ( . ) Astoria had already given Bellatrix a book full of the spells she used on Bella's hair for Hogwarts.
"There you go dearie." Bella happily skipped down the stairs and got into the car. Pip sat on her shoulder, switching positions every once in a while. When they got to Kings Cross Bella followed her parents. They got a bunch of glances. Just like in Diagon Alley. Bella felt her wand for comfort. She had it tucked into her jeans, hidden underneath her shirt. Her family chatted as they walked through the wall. She was amazed at how her parents handled the stares. Ignoring them, but politely gibing the people some space. They looked so calm, unbothered. She hoped thats what she look like on the outside. One of the first things her parents of taught her when she had met them again was how to where a mask. People couldn't bother her. She could take the high road. Bella adjusted her maroon hat. She hated it when people stared. The train whistled.
"Write to me Bella." Her father hugged her. "And remember, I don't care what house you get put in. You can go to Hufflepuff for all I care!" She through her head back and laughed. A high, happy, elated sound. It drew quite a few stares. She knew the old Malfoy's never behaved like this. Apparently they had been stiff, formal and cold. The new Malfoy's were warm and happy.
"By Daddy! By mummy!" She waved before following Scorpius onto the train. Pip let out a high trill as a good bye. She adjusted her bag as they walked. Her trunk was in the storage area. As some of the first people on the train Bella and Scor found one out of the way where hopefully, they wouldn't be bothered. Bella sat down on the checkered red cushions and sighed. Pip nipped her. Bella grinned and gave her a treat.
"Good girl." She crooned, petting Pip's neck with her pointed finger.
"Circulum." She directed. She had taught Pip everything in Latin. Pip did a couple of flips.
"Cantu Circulum." This time Pip flipped but when she want higher she let out out a high shrill before flipping, diving lower and her voice dipping an octave. Bella tossed her a treat. "Capturam." Pip caught the treat midair before landing on Bella's shoulder to eat it.
"Um, can we sit in here?" A familiar voice asked. The red headed girl and mini Harry Potter stood in the door way. Before Scor could respond Bella responded. "Sure!"
"Thank you." The red headed girl said. She carried a bunch of books. "I'm Rose Weasley." She extended a hand to shake. "Nice to meet you."
"I'm Bellatrix Malfoy. Call me Bella." Bella responded and shook it.
"Or call her Trixie. She loves it." Scor added snickering. Bella turned to Pip. "Impetus." Pip let out a high trill before flying over to Scor. She landed on his head and moved her feet around, effectively messing it up.
"Hey! Yah you! Stop it! No! Hey!" Bella and Rose laughed before Bella beckoned Pip to come back.
"The prat is Scorpius." Bella explained to Harry Potter mini and Rose. Harry Potter mini laughed. "I'm Albus. Nice to meet you." She shook his hand.
"Did you guys bring pets?" She asked them. Rose nodded. "I have a cat named Fire." Before Bella could ask why the cat appeared from Rose's bag. He was bright red. Like, the same color as Rose's hair red.
"I had a burst of accidental magic when I was little." Rose explained. "We haven't been able to fix it." Bella laughed. "Maybe she we get along with Demon."
"With who?" Albus asked.
"This my friends," Scor began with a great flourish, "is Demon." He pulled the cat out of his hiding place. Bella watched Rose's eyes become as big as saucers. Demon was scary she supposed. White and grey with red eyes. Pretty terrifying the more Bella thought about it.
"Did you bring anything Albus?" She asked him. Albus nodded. "I have a snowy owl named Wishy but she prefers to fly to Hogwarts." He explained. Bella nodded.
The train began moving as they chatted for another hour or so. When the door to their compartment opened Bellatrix looked up in surprise. A tall boy with bright blue hair stood in the doorway.
"FOUND THEM!" He called out. A couple moments later you heard the pounding of feet and then the whole Wotter crew staring at them.
"Um, hi?" Scor said. Bella head whipped to him.
"What do you think they want?" She asked.
"What makes you think they want something?" He replied.
"Oh, don't be snarky. Why do you think we have all of the Wotter's trying to stare us down?"
"What's a Wotter?"
Bella face palmed. "Honestly! Do you read the Daily Prophet?"
"Well, I am not a book worm so… No."
"You are so going down for that one!" Bella turned back around for Pip, but she was already flying in circles around his head, so fast that she obscuring his view.
"Pip! Really?" Scor protested. "Demon, атака!" Demon jumped for Pip but Pip flew higher before going in for another peck.
"Just call the animals off. Honestly! You two are so unpredictable sometimes!" Albus told them. Grumbling both twins had their animals return. r
"They actually make perfect sense." Rose defended them.
"Attacking each other out of no where?" Teddy, the blue haired boy, asked with a raised eye brow.
"Were telepaths. That was not unprovoked." Bella answered with a glare in Scor's direction.
"Give up on it Teddy. They're weirdos." It was James that time. Two animals went flying for him. James yelped and ducked, but not before Demon landed a well placed scratch on his cheek and Pip got a bite of his famous hair. Bella rolled her eyes and put her feet up on the seat across from her.
"What are you doing here again?" Rose asked.
"We wanted to make sure you were okay." That was from a strawberry blonde. Bella had seen her in the papers. Victiore Weasley.
"Were fine. Leave." Albus told them. He was angry, and Bella was scared of him.
"With a Malfoy? Two of them? Were not leaving!" James huffed. Bella drew her wand, her eyes glittered menacingly. She gritted her teeth. Scor drew his wand as well.
"You really think you can do something to us?" James laughed. Bella looked at him confidently. "On three say Levicorpus." She told Scor.
"One," Bella and Scor stood.
"Two," She held her wand in front of her to aim.
"Levicorpus!" Both of their shots hit James. He hung their suspended by his ankle.
"You would think he would know how to defend himself from that." Rose mused out loud.
"Watch your mouth Potter." Bella snapped before letting James down. James crashed to the ground in a heap. Bella sat back down and propped her feet up again.
"Who wants to play exploding snap?" She offered. The rest of the ride was peaceful. Albus apologized for James, Bella and Scor brushed it off, and they chatted. It turned out that Rose knew latin as well so she got to brush up on her skills. They practiced spells, Rose knew a handful as well. Finally Hogwarts came into view. They got off the train and followed the game keeper, Hagrid.
"First yers! Yer ol over here!" He called out. He led them down to the dock. "Four to a boat! Four to a boat!". To Bella's surprise she watched as a storm rolled in. Fat, cool drops landed on Bella's skin. She exchanged a glance with Rose before they got into a boat with Albus and Scor. By the time everybody was in a boat, it was pouring. They were drenched. The heavy winds picked up the closer they got to the center of the lake. Bella shivered in her cloak. The boat was getting tossed, they all hung onto the edges with pale soaking hands. They were halfway across the lake when the wind died down.
"Eye of the storm. Be ready for the winds to pick back up." Hagrid told them. Their boat was the furthest from the fleet. Bella gripped the sides hard as another swell threatened to swallow them. She was glad they had put their bags with their trunks. It least the pets were dry. Bella shivered. She watched another swell come toward them from the west. But wait, there was a faster one coming from behind it. Oh no. Bella realized as the two swells became one giant one. It flipped their boat no problem. Bella let out a scream before she fell under the water. Her hair came out of its undo, long platinum streaks fell around her. She opened her eyes desperately to find help. She could easily spot Scor and Rose by their hair, but where was Albus? Then something was being shoved into her mouth. Bell opened her mouth and took it. Wait, how did get into her mouth. A mermaid swam in front of her. She swallowed the stuff. What ever it was, it tasted vile. She felt a prickling sensation behind her ears. Gills appeared. It must of been gillyweed. She opened her eyes again, glad to be able to breathe. Albus appeared next to her, he had taken the gillyweed as well. She watched the mermaid force feed Rose and Scor before lifting a hand as farewell and swimming away. Bella swam over to Rose and Scor. Albus followed her.
"You okay?" She asked Scor.
"I'm good. That was gillyweed right? Harry Potter used it when he had to rescue Ron in this lake." Bella nodded. Before pointing upwards. Albus and Rose both started swimming towards the surface. Scor and Bella followed. When she broke the surface she breathed in. The gillyweed had worn off. The mermaid only gave them a little bit.
Rose was the first to speak. "You've got to be kidding me." The boats were no where in sight and the swells kept getting bigger.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Bella asked as she treaded water. It was a good thing they all knew how to swim.
"I guess we pick a direction and swim." Albus offered. "Anybody remember which way we were going? Its too stormy to see the sun." They all shook their heads.
"Stick together then. Albus and Scor and me and Rose. Scor and I can communicate if one of us loses sight of the other."
Rose nodded. "Lets go than. We can't be too far from shore. The lake isn't that big. It's only like a five mile loop." They started swimming, Rose and Bella in the front because they were easier to spot. The swam for what seemed like ages to Bella. Going over the swells took too much energy. They started diving under them. Bella felt the water pierce her eyes as she tried to figure out where they were going, any signs of life.
"You still following?" She asked Scor.
"Were right behind you guys. I swear, my eyes sting like Demons scratches." Bella smiled at the analogy. Demon's scratches did sting like hell. As they swam the only thing that kept Bella going was adrenaline. She thanked her father for all of the quidditch training, otherwise she would of been long gone. As the swam Bella noticed that she could see the sand. She pulled Rose up to the surface to talk. Scor and Albus followed.
"Were getting closer. I can see the sand now." She told them.
"Or we are just in a shallower part of the water." Rose said frustrated. She wiped a red clump of hair away from her face. Bella ducked under and came back up with her hair slicked back.
"Or Bella's eyes are getting fuzzy. Like mine." Scor said. He ducked under and started swimming, taking the lead. Bella and Rose followed this time with Scor and Albus in the lead. As they kept going it became evident that Bella was right. It kept getting shallower. Finally it was shallow enough for Bella to stand. She stood and her feet sunk in. She looked down in alarm to see she kept sinking. She screamed. She was in quick sand.
"Bella!" Rose hurried over to help her but got stuck too. "Shit!" Rose proclaimed. Bella was now waist deep in mud. She screamed again.
"Relax. You need to relax. The mud will refuse you. Its enchanted, it will only take you if you put up a fight." Albus said. Bella was so scared she did as Albus told her. She felt the mud slowly push her back up. Bella tensed again and she went back down. Then she relaxed. She slowly kept going up up up. Rose was having more trouble.
"It's okay Rose. Relax. Think of happy places." Bella encouraged her. Slowly Rose moved up, until they were both standing on top of the water.
"Acio Rose." Albus tried. Rose moved a bit to the left before the spell stopped.
"Acio Rose." He tried again. Same result.
"You have to really want it, with all of your might." Bella told him. She knew quite a bit about spell theory.
"Like this." Scor stepped forward. She wondered what he was thinking about when he spoke. "Acio Bella!" Bella zoomed over to him, so fast she didn't know what was happening until she was in his arms. Albus tried again. "Acio Rose!" This time Rose slowly came over to him, tittering across the water until she made it and landed back into the water with a splash. The water only came up to their chest but the quick sand blocked their way. Bella shivered in the water.
"Were going to have to swim over it." Rose said. Wordlessly they all swam over it carefully until they passed it. The normal sand was more yellow in color rather than brown. They all climbed onto the shore.
"Where are we?" Bella asked before swearing profusely. The tree's answered her question. They towered above her by a good fifty feet at the smallest. Lichen grew on them and hung from the trees, giving a very spooky vibe. They were in the Forbidden Forest.
Rose bit her lip. "Hang on, I have an idea." Rose took a deep breath before letting out an ear splitting whistle. "FANG! OUT HERE BOY!" She called out.
"Fang is Hagrid's dog right?" Bella asked Albus. She was grasping what little knowledge she had from the Harry Potter books. Albus nodded. "Yep. My family visits Hagrid every so often so hopefully Fang will know the sound of our voices. Rose looked frustrated and let out another whistle. This time Albus joined her. Bella plugged her ears with her fingers. Damn, they were loud. She was sure they had captured every living things attention from a couple miles around. But then Bella heard the labored footsteps of an old dog with a limp. An all black dog appeared on the edge of the forest. Bella gaped. How far from Hogwarts were they?
"Here Fang! Here boy!" Rose called to him. Fang bounded over and gave her a big lick. Rose giggled. "Can you take us back to Hogwarts boy?" She asked him. Fang gave a nod of his head while Bella and Scor stared. The dog was really smart. Fang turned and trotted back tot eh forest, his tail raised. Rose turned to them. "What are you waiting for? Let's go!" Begrudgingly Bella trudged along. Her legs felt like rubber as they climbed over massive tree roots and stepped over rocks. She kept going though. Hogwarts. Warm. Safe. Food. Sleep. Bella kept going, even if it was a slow pace. At last they made it out of the Forest. Bella looked up to see Hogwarts. Alarms blared as Bella felt her eyes grow heavy. Teachers came rushing out to them and Bella welcomed the warm blankets and drying charms. They were ushered into the Great Hall. Bella was too tired to care what everything looked like. She wanted food and a nice warm bed.
"You guys made it just in time." An elderly witch told them. Her graying hair was pulled back into a sharp bun and she wore her glasses on the bridge of her nose. "The first years are lining up now. I will find you guys tomorrow to find out what happened." The witch deposited them at the end of the line. Bella leaned her head and Scor's shoulder. She could go to sleep. Sleep. Everything was becoming a giant haze…