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Written for the January Event over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Pairing: Bellatrix/Voldemort

Gringotts: Said Words – Chided, Acknowledged, Claimed, Purred; Family Vocab – Child, Offspring; Friends Vocab - Lover; Pairing: Het Cross-Gen - Bellatrix/Voldemort

The Lost Child

On Halloween 1981, Bellatrix Lestrange approached her idol, master, and lover to tell him of the most glorious news that she had found out that very morning.

"My Lord," she purred quietly, bowing her head in respect and admiration.

Lord Voldemort placed two fingers under the faithful Death Eater's chin and raised it until she made eye contact with him.

"My Bella, never bow your head to me," he chided. "To what do I owe the pleasure of a visit from you so early in the day?"

A smile crept onto Bellatrix's face which made her look as beautiful as her younger sister Narcissa.

"I come with good news," she claimed, her smile only growing brighter. "You have an heir; we are going to have a child together."

Voldemort's lips curled into what could only be described as a smile, "That is good news indeed my Bella," acknowledged the Dark wizard. It will make kill the Potter boy even more satisfying."

She would go on to give birth in Azkaban and have their baby boy snatched from her before she could even gaze upon his face.

After much debate amongst members of the Minister for Magic's inner circle, the child was placed with a family in America where Bellatrix Lestrange would never be able to get to him.

There were many who had argued for the offspring of two of the most dangerous wizards of recent times should be killed for the greater good, but the voice of reason from Albus Dumbledore successfully argued that a child could not be punished for the sins of their parents.

To ensure that the deadliest Death Eater never searched for her child, they informed her shortly after the decision had been made that the child had died.

Bellatrix grieved for years in Azkaban, and only came out of her depression when she heard the news of the Dark Lord's return.

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