With Me, Into The Dark

by Lamia of the Dark

Drabble Collection. Marauder Era, slightly AU (major canon events remain unchanged). Bellatrix is assigned to train the new Death Eater recruits. (Focuses mostly on OCs, you have been warned.) WARNINGS: Violent/disturbing imagery in some chapters (gore), swearing, sexual references.

21. Death and an Unexpected Reunion

~ With Me, Into The Dark ~

"Lilith?" Bellatrix asks in surprise as she catches a glimpse under the Reaper's hood. The name falls from her lips before she has a chance to catch herself. It isn't even that the underworld minion looks like Bella's former protege so much as that it has the same general aura. There is something about the general set of its features as well as the expression it wears that reminds her strongly of Lilith. (Should she be referring to it as 'she'? Is it even female? The billowing black robes it wears make its gender impossible to tell.)

"Yes," the creature says, its voice something dark and smoky which definitely doesn't belong to the world of the living. "I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you recognize me, even in this form." The creature turns and begins to walk away. "By the way, I'm called Scythe now. Come, follow."

"Where are we going?"

"To your judgement first. Where next depends on the results of that."

Well, I suppose she would know, having been here for over a decade.

~end of scene~

A/N: This chapter was written for Caesar's Palace Shipping Week (Valentine's 2016) Day 4, prompt: phantom. If anyone couldn't tell, it takes place after the Battle of Hogwarts.