Note: I don't own the Harry Potter characters. But I do own Cyrus Henderson.

Chapter 3

Bellatrix woke up to find herself in an unfamiliar place. She was extremely dizzy and struggled to get up. Once she was up, she began to look around the room. Half the stuff she didn't even know what it was. There was a pile of scrap metal in one corner, a shelf full of books in another, and a table with an open book,mortar and pestle on it.

She slowly walked to the table, still very dizzy and nearly crashed into the pile of metal. Once there, she began to examine what was on the table for any clues to where she was. At first, she presumed she was in a wizard's house due to the book having magical content in it. But when she looked at the pictures above, she got a big fright. The picture showed two men, one muscular and bald, while the other was the muggle she had run into earlier on. She got really frightened by this. The muggle who
had survived two Avada Kedavra curses she sent at him. The muggle that wasn't afraid of her in the slightest. And she was in his house.

She saw another picture near the first, which featured the two men from the other, but next to them was a woman with reddish hair, and two other men with black hair and beards that both looked identical. Everyone in the picture was smiling. Bellatrix recognized the muggle right away, and she even felt attracted to him. Cyrus was way younger in the photo. He still had the same hat but he didn't have a glove on his right hand. His outfit was the same but without the cloak. The one thing that hadn't changed was his left peg leg. He had the same cane in his left hand as he did when Bellatrix met him. The only difference was that the leg was more obvious and from the looks of it he had just lost it, due to the fact that there was a faint expression of pain which, while almost invisible, Bellatrix recognized it instantly.

"ah you're awake!" A voice said.

Bellatrix jumped. She looked at the stairs to find Cyrus Henderson standing there. She grasped for her wand but it wasn't there. Cyrus smiled.

"you didn't seriously think I would leave you armed. Nah I took your wand away almost instantly."

"who are you?! And why did you bring me here!?" Bellatrix backed away,watching Cyrus.

"Cyrus Henderson. Ex-adventurer, pioneer, and swordsman. I brought you here because I wasn't going to let you die." He sighed" sometimes my good nature gets the best of me. But...my question to you is who are you? I already know your name but I don't know your occupation."

"I've already told you. I'm a servant to the Dark Lord."

"that's not an occupation." Cyrus moved closer to Bellatrix,who backed away again.

"yes it is!" Bellatrix did not want to outrage the muggle but she still didn't want to be humiliated.

"no it isn't. Being a servant means that you're the Dark Lord's slave. It is not an occupation but more like forced labor"

Bellatrix wanted to argue and defend the Dark Lord, but the more she thought about it the more she realized he was right. She was forced to do her master's bidding, had close to no freedom to do what she want she wanted to do, and was bound for life to being in his service. She walked over to look at the pictures on the wall again, in particular, the one with the five people in it. She had never seen nor been as happy as them ever before.

"Ah you're looking at the picture of the old gang" Cyrus approached Bellatrix from behind to see the picture for himself. "those were both fun and dark times. We had just won a war against a fleet commanded by the cruelest man alive. I killed him at the end but I didn't completely go unscathed."

Bellatrix knew he was talking about the loss of his leg. For the first time in her life she felt very sorry for him. She didn't know why she had this change of heart all of a sudden but she oddly enough didn't mind it.

"those two over there" he pointed to the two identical bearded men. "Both twins. Titus and Oswald Ragnorok. Titus betrayed and killed his brother and attempted to kill the rest of us but obviously failed. Though again I wasn't left unscathed" he looked at his gloved hand and sighed. "he is still alive. Though he's probably like 70 now. He was the oldest of the group. And the cruelest"

Bellatrix felt a tear go down her cheek. This reminded her of that night at the Department of Mysteries, when she killed her own cousin. She never really thought about it nor regretted it until now.

"Nadine Solas" Cyrus pointed to the woman in the picture. "she was the youngest of us all. She was nearly twenty years younger than me when this was taken. She retired before we split up after Titus's betrayal. Same for Gus Wickson" he pointed at the bald and muscular man in the photo." He at least started his own business"

Cyrus saw several tears go down Bellatrix's cheek. This proved that she did have a heart and wasn't entirely a cruel person. He pondered what to do with her. The best solution was just to let her go. Hopefully she would have learned her lesson.

"well go on." Cyrus said. Bellatrix looked at him in confusion." You're free to go. You can leave the house."

Bellatrix was so confused by this. She thought she would die at hands of this muggle but apparently he was letting her go and she wouldn't miss this opportunity. She went up the stairs and out the door. Cyrus followed her. He looked out the window to see her running down the stairs and into the forest.

"she's gone" he said.

"do you think she changed after hearing your stories?" Remus Lupin emerged from the upper staircase and down to Cyrus.

"One can only hope."

"well if she does, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will have a big problem on his hands ,since she just might give us all the information we need." Remus walked up to Cyrus and looked out the window."I have no doubts that she will. From what I saw, she fell in love with you."

"She's not my type. Evil women are definitely not on my list."

"if this works she won't be evil anymore." Remus than looked at his watch and said "we should start following her now. Are you sure you placed that muggle thing on her?"

"The tracker? Yeah I did." Cyrus pulled out a GPS tracking device and said" she didn't get that far. According to this she is just crossing the river. Come on. Let's go."

Cyrus and Remus followed Bellatrix(from a distance) to a small castle-like structure. It was falling apart and looked very unstable. But apparently that's where Bellatrix had gone. They went right up to it and opened the door. It wasn't heavily guarded.

"Where are these Death Eaters? You said it would be full of them"Cyrus limped over to a small hole in the wall and looked through it.

"there must be an underground room or something. A dungeon." Remus was right. There was a staircase going down into the ground underneath. He pulled out something that looked like an ear on a string." Extendable Ears. An invention of the Weasley twins."

"no idea what that means but I'll take your word for it."

Remus dangled the extendable ear down the staircase and to the area below. Instantly they heard Bellatrix's voice.

"my lord. Sorry I'm late. I got lost in the storm and my wand broke." Bellatrix was trembling as she said these words.

"it's all right Bellatrix" said a harsh,yet smooth voice to Bellatrix."but lateness must be punished. Crucio!"

Bellatrix let out a loud scream and fell to the floor. She kept screaming for a few seconds before it stopped.

"now that that's done I have surprise for you. Since you enjoy torturing muggles, there is one in the cells waiting for you. As for me, I got special business to attend to." Remus immediately pulled up the extendable ear and pocketed it. He beckoned Cyrus to hide behind a wall and Cyrus did so. But no one came up.

"Something is not right" said Remus."You-Know-Who should have come up by now."

"having a tracker on Bellatrix has it's perks. The tracker has a microphone on it. So we should be able to hear what she says or anyone around her. Come on. Let's go outside next to the door." He led Remus outside where they stood next to the door behind a tree. As soon as they were out, Cyrus turned on the microphone through the GPS tracker. They instantly heard Bellatrix's footsteps.

Bellatrix was walking to the cells of the dungeon carrying a wand that The Dark Lord had given her which was most likely Wormtail's, she thought. She didn't what to hurt the muggle but she would have no choice. However upon arriving at the cells she got a huge shock. The muggle was the older version of the muggle she saw in Cyrus's picture, who's name was Titus Ragnorok. And he was in the Dark Lord's hold...

Author's note: another chapter done. Please tell be what you think and your suspicions.