Concurrent Existences

Chapter 24: Punishments

Morgana, Morgana, cease these senseless acts.

Stop fighting, cooperate, face the glaring facts.

My army approaches, it is time to give up.

Well played, well played, but I will win no matter what.

One of the worst possible fates that a wizard or witch could get is being a Squib. A magic user that used magic all their lives, suddenly cut from the source.

"I'm not done. Volana, destroy all of their magical cores."

The shade began destroying each Death Eater's magical core without care. These people would never be able to use magic ever again.

Hermione could feel the magic drain from each magical core, but found that she really didn't give a damn about these people. These imbeciles would live, but would never be a threat to anyone ever again. She would give herself time to mourn and put her parents to rest later, she could not falter here.

"Rennervate." The brunette quickly cast the spell to awaken the six Death Eaters that were previously unconscious. The Death Eaters still wouldn't be able to move because of the previously cast Petrificus Totalus.

The Death Eaters began to stir, but were unable to move any part of their body. They were all still littered around in one area. Bellatrix and Volana were on guard just in case something went wrong.

"Luv, I don't know what you're planning, but make it quick. Mooney may space out a ton, but that girl won't just stay there doing nothing. Best case scenario, Looney comes alone, worst case scenario, we could have Aurors incoming soon." Bellatrix had an inkling that Luna could detect Volana's presence, she wasn't sure how accurate, but she was pretty sure she could. If Aurors were arriving or whoever else Luna brought, it wouldn't be good to be caught torturing or experimenting on people, even if they were human garbage.

Hermione nodded. She wasn't one that enjoyed torture anyway, that was Bella's thing. At first, Hermione had just planned to capture them all and leave them to the Ministry, but after what they've done to her family...

These people... These Death Eaters were amongst the last of the real purebloods. Hermione had gone through each and every one of these people's backgrounds during the time limbo. The brunette had to search each pureblood library for clues on the Time-Turner and as well as other knowledge she could gather. No one would miss these... people, not even their own families. It was a sad thing when families splintered and began plotting against their own, well, these Death Eaters would see that first hand.

The Death Eaters began to try and move, try and shout, but nothing could be heard after a quick Muffliato was cast on the Death Eaters.

"I'm sorry, but I need concentration for this. I wouldn't want any of you to die." Hermione's cold tone made the six Death Eaters shudder, never in their imaginations would they have pegged the mudblood to act so different from what they experienced or heard of her from before.

A few Death Eaters tried to send pleading looks towards Bellatrix, but the dark witch just blew them a raspberry.

Hermione raised her right hand and sparks began to gather. She needed perfect concentration for this, too much or too less would not give the results she desired. Normally, spells could only be cast depending on how strong the person is magically, but some people could control their magical output. Bellatrix had done so, numerous times before with her Incendio spell. The Incendio spell had been once used to burn Rodolphus' eyebrows off, but it could also be used to burn a person alive.

One milliamp. Barely a tingle would be felt.

Ten milliamps. A painful shock, enough for muscles to freeze or cramp up, but nothing lasting.

One hundred milliamps. More sparks began to burst from Hermione hand. If this shock went through the Death Eaters hearts, death was highly possible, but that wasn't her objective.

One thousand milliamps. Nerve damage. Death would be likely, if Hermione didn't know what she was doing.

"Don't worry, Bellatrix's Cruciatus Curse probably hurts more, I would know. This will only last a second or two." Hermione stabilized and held the electrical current with her ring so she could concentrate on the second part, there were no more stray sparks, instead the lightning energy could be seen coursing around her arm in some kind of loop.

She wondered if she should have just left the Death Eaters to their slumber since the terror currently pasted onto each one of their faces looked really annoying. A swift glance at the side showed Bellatrix looking like she was about to jump her. Honestly, the dark witch really didn't have any tact sometimes, especially with the current situation.

Hermione activated her earring to be used as a targeting array. The targets were each of the Death Eater's hearts and brains.

"Protego." Each Death Eater stopped their silent shouts of protest and a look of confusion came upon each of them.

Bellatrix had no idea where this was going either. Her girlfriend had just cast a Protego on the Death Eaters, but it wasn't visible. She could sense it, but still couldn't see it.

Hermione realized that she did not have a name for the spin-off spell she was doing now. The spell would be a Lightning Bolt variant, but instead of having several hundred thousand volts, this would focus on high current to fry the nerves, but avoid burns.

Nervi Interitum. Nerve Destruction. Wizards and witches would find out that this particular spell would be impossible to heal. They would try counter-curses and healing spells, but they will not be able to regenerate the damaged nerves after being hit by this elemental spell.

This is why elemental spells were dangerous. While regular spells always had counter-curses and such, elemental spells dealt permanent damage most of the time.

Six small lightning strikes shot out of the witch's hand striking the torso of each living Death Eater. They expected to feel a lot of continuous pain just like the Dark Lord's or Bellatrix's Crucio, but instead felt a painful jolt for a second and then only numbness.

Using the earring as a targeting array made everything simple. The hearts and heads were all protected by Protego, making the spell unable to cause death or mental damage through heart attacks or brain failure. The only thing the Death Eaters were going to be able to control would be their heads.

These Death Eaters would be left to the mercy of the Ministry and their own pureblooded families. Unusable bodies, no magical power whatsoever, these people would be stuck for the rest of their lives as invalid, paralyzed Squibs.

Hmm... Can't have them talk.

Hermione released all her channeled spells as well as the Petrificus Totalus, the Death Eaters would probably think they were still under the curse, but would soon find out that they had permanent nerve damage throughout their whole bodies.

"Obliviate." Hermione targeted the Death Eaters, excluding Rodolphus. After the five Death Eaters were mind wiped, Hermione quickly put them to sleep. Only Hermione had the means to remove the Obliviate, and it would never be known to the general public ever. She once had plans to help other victims and maybe patent the spell after she had healed her parents, but it was for naught.

The cure for Obliviate would be buried along with her parents. She would still use it if needed, but she wouldn't be just using it on everyone.

The brunette still had some mercy even if these Death Eaters didn't have any. If they had won, the scum would probably killed Hermione's parents if they weren't already dead and most likely rape both of them. Their whole bodies forever numb, a broken magical core and a mind wipe would be enough for the followers, but...

Rodolphus. He would get more. He lead this whole thing, she didn't care if he wasn't the mastermind, she didn't care if he had been manipulated, she still blamed him. It would be his fault for choosing the wrong side and the wrong allies. Also being the ex-husband to Bella pissed her off a bit, whether he touched Bellatrix or not.

Volana and Bellatrix had just chosen to stay at the side, watching out for any interruptions and letting Hermione do whatever she needed to do.

Anger finally came onto Hermione's expression as she looked directly at Rodolphus. Just a few minutes and this man and his cronies were able to destroy a big part of her life. A part that could never be restored or healed no matter what.

Hermione had tried looking into Necromancy during the time limbo, but aside from animating soulless bodies, there wasn't much else. She thought of dabbling and furthering her research in the craft, but decided that some things just weren't meant to be touched.

"I will never forgive you and whoever is feeding you information. You have destroyed a part of my life that cannot be restored and so shall I return to you in full."

Researching Obliviate did not just give her the means to seal memories, restore them and undo the full Obliviate, it gave her so much more. Hermione had to study hundreds of books pertaining to the human brain to be able to understand how it worked in order to manipulate the spell theory needed for them. Mind spells were also part of her repertoire that few would ever know or remember.

However, Rodolphus would be allowed to remember. He would remember everything that happened. Hermione placed her hand on top of Rodolphus' forehead and activated her ring for more precision. The spell was delicate after all.

"Animi Vitio." Mind Lesion.

Another swipe of her hand and the Muffliato surrounding all the Death Eaters were lifted.

"So, Dark Lord, do you want to go free?"

The mudblood was getting on his last nerves. The Muffliato that the bitch cast had silenced himself and his fellow Death Eaters. She had the advantage right now, but once he had his chance, he would turn all of this around.

The quick jolt that the stupid mudblood fired off was barely anything. The ex-Dark Lord and even his wife could do much better than that.

He couldn't believe how his plans were all brought down by two girls and he wasn't even sure what that thing was. It wasn't a Dementor since it didn't release the oppressive cold aura nor did it shriek, but it kind of looked like one, with a girl's face. Rodolphus swore he could recognize that face from somewhere.

Rodolphus silently tried to gather his magic to try and overpower the Petrificus Totalus around him, but was unable to muster up the magic to do it. His wife's kick to his face must have dealt more damage to him than he realized.

Fucking bitch. I'll be plowing her in all her holes once I get out of this. She'll be tied to the bed post while I take what's been mine.

"Obliviate"

Huh? Did the mudblood miss him or something? Obliviate would be a smart thing to do, if he had been hit by that spell then it would screw up all his plans!

"I will never forgive you and whoever is feeding you information. You have destroyed a part of my life that cannot be restored and so shall I return to you in full." Stupid mudslut. He'd do more than just destroy her once he got out of this measly setback!

The mudblood placed her hand on top of his forehead, he tried to move to shake it off, but surprisingly the bitch was pretty strong.

"Animi Vitio." A slight pain went through Rodolphus' head, but it barely felt like a migraine. The mudblood must be making up random shitty spells now. A swish of her hand and Rodolphus could feel the Muffliato peel away.

"So, Dark Lord, do you want to go free?" What kind of idiotic question was that?

"Ug chukiz fitst!" You stupid bitch!

"Haxat? Haxat zo whorr id ug pe te vo?!" What? What the hell did you do to me?!

A familiar emotion akin to what he felt before from only the Dark Lord and his own wife started to bubble up pushing aside his arrogance.

Fear.

As soon as she heard the garbled words, she knew her spell had worked. She could see the idiotic Death Eater realize what she had done to him and his look of absolute fear almost put a small smile on her face.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't catch that. Could you repeat that?"

"Vudfreew!" He was probably calling her mudblood again or some other slur.

"Good, just making sure. Well, our time is up. I hope you enjoy your new and improved body. Oh, and anyone that tries to read your mind or view your memories will also get a bunch of gibberish." Hermione would let Rodolphus figure out what else she had inflicted onto him. Whether he was put in Azkaban or into a handicap home, she didn't care anymore.

Hermione glanced towards the two figures and nodded. They needed to leave.

Well, damn.

Bellatrix did expect something along this vine, but expecting and seeing her girlfriend inflict permanent damage was different. Hermione basically just maimed all her opponents.

The Mind Lesion spell on Rodolphus was really scary too. The spell created a permanent lesion on the frontal lobe of the target destroying all speech patterns. Rodolphus would be paralyzed, unable to use magic and unable to talk to anyone. He would be stuck in his body for the rest of his life, that was if the Ministry even let him go and even if the Ministry did let him go, she doubted the pureblooded family of that idiot Rodolphus would even take care of him.

Did that shite even have any family left? Well, his idiot brother is here. Who else...

...fuck, Bellatrix couldn't remember. Oh well.

Bellatrix shivered as the shade quickly disappeared into her as they prepared to leave. Bellatrix was going to have a serious talk with Luna after this. Dementors, sentient or not, were not allowed in her body! She could literally feel the shade squirming inside. This is what she gets for having a high affinity with dark magics.

The two witches were about to start exiting the house when they sensed one person apparate close. Both immediately went on guard as the door flung open revealing...

...Ron Weasley.

"Weasel? What the fuck are you doing here?" Bellatrix readied a spell, there was no way that the stupid ginger knew where to go since Hermione had brought the paper and no one else had been able to read it.

A slightly surprised look was on the redheaded idiot's face as he entered, but was quickly replaced with worry. "Hermione! I was so worried! You just dashed out all of a sudden!"

Bellatrix could tell something was off though.

Lies.

Bellatrix wasn't going to be fooled by this petty idiot.

Legilimency.

The boy had absolutely no shielding as Bellatrix felt for the shallowest memories, so that she could remain fully undetected. Bellatrix had once thought that the weasel was just an idiot, it was true, but it appears as if someone is trying to control the idiot. Actually, someone is trying to control all the idiots!

Spy. Auror test. Lies. Suspicion. Capture.

"Tenebrae Dica!" Dark Shackle. Five shots of dark energy immediately went towards Ron and turned into shackles made of dark energy binding his hands, legs and neck while keeping him levitated and pasted onto the wall. The dark energy would prevent the flow and use of magic. The only way out of it was to overpower her spell, which would be practically impossible.

"Blimey, what the-"

"Speak, weasel. What Auror test? Don't try to hide anything or I can penetrate your tiny brain with Legilimency the hard way and do some brain damage." Bellatrix grinned evilly. "Does the itty bitty weasel want to be an itty bitty retarded weasel?"

Hermione looked over towards Bellatrix and relayed that she'd leave the interrogation to her. The brunette instead went over to the bodies of her parents to transport them out first.

Ron tried to move, but couldn't even move his head. His wand was still within one of his pockets, he wasn't even sure which one had it.

"Hermione! Help! Tell this crazy witch to put me down!" Both looked towards the witch for a reaction, but she was busy weaving a body preservation spell for her parents. Bellatrix let Ron twirl a little in the air.

"Speak, Weasley." A few seconds of the boy still calling for help had already killed Bellatrix's patience. A quick swish of her hand and a Muffliato was cast around Ron. The swished hand now faced Ron and Bellatrix's grin grew a bit wider. It had been a while since she could use some of her signature spells.

Crucio! Bellatrix didn't even bother to call out the spell trying to avoid disturbing what her girlfriend was doing. It was enjoyment enough watching the little weasel feel so much pain. Screaming and begging would have been fun to hear, but Bellatrix knew Hermione didn't really enjoy any of that. Well, unless it was screaming and begging during their oh so sweet love making time... Oh yes.

She also needed to repay the brunette for that time Hermione used that phallus spell before dumping her in the woods. So many things to choose from...

Oh oops. The tiny day dream caused Bellatrix to let the Crucio go on for a few seconds longer than she was planning on. She released the Crucio as well as the Muffliato. There was actually a time before when she was interrogating someone for Voldemort, she actually forgot the to take off the Muffliato and keep using Crucio because she thought that he was not talking, that ended pretty bad.

"Oh shite, my bad. I hope that didn't make you retarded yet." Prolonged exposure to Crucio could really give brain damage like what happened to the Bigbottoms... Wait, did she get that right? A groan brought her out of her thoughts.

"Alright! Alright! I didn't sign up for bloody torture! I didn't actually fail my Auror trials!" Ron had sweat pouring down his face. This was not how he was expecting everything to go. Dark magics? Crazy witches that were supposed to be weakened? Weakened his bloody arse!

Bellatrix's eyebrow slightly went up at how quick the weasel boy gave up. She had him under the spell for like what? Ten seconds? It was probably the same amount of time he lasted during sex, but the boy was still probably a virgin, unless Potter shagged him from behind already. Bellatrix's face scrunched up with the horrible image she had just thought up.

Might need to ask Hermione to Obliviate that away.

Hermione finished dealing with the transportation and preservation of her parent's bodies and went towards Ron and Bellatrix, interested in the topic, it seemed as if Ron did have some information. Just a few words and Hermione could already fill out a lot of the blanks.

"It makes sense. This is your Auror trial, am I right? The news of you failing was a ruse to get you back into Hogwarts and do a spying mission." Hermione could see the plot more and more now. Slowly and surely everything was starting to connect. There were still branches that didn't make sense, but she could now see one of the masterminds controlling the puppets.

Both witches could still not see a motive for any of this though.

"Hermione, please! This was all just a mission! I was just tasked to subtly gather information on Isabella Crescent and nothing else! It's true!"

Sadly for Ron, Bellatrix still had her Legilimency active. Hermione's Legilimency was good, but not great so usually she left the mind invading to Bella. It was laughable how Hermione knew so much about the brain and about Obliviate spells, but her Legilimency and Occlumency were not even close to Bellatrix's level.

"Subtly! Hah! I'm surprised you even know that word." Bellatrix's began to laugh, but her face returned to neutral right away. "It wasn't just gathering information on Isabella Crescent now was it? It was to check if Isabella Crescent is Bellatrix Black. So, what's the verdict? Weren't you checking me out just the other day?" No wonder the Ministry hadn't sent anyone yet, they'd rather use underhanded and spying methods to do it.

"Hermione! That's Bellatrix Lestrange! After determining that, I was supposed to follow you here to apprehend her!" Ron began to plead to Hermione's sense of justice, but this was assuming Hermione knew nothing in the first place.

"Ron. Let's say that Isabella was Bellatrix, what made you think that you and I alone could even capture her?" Hermione deadpanned since it would obviously take a couple dozen Aurors to even force the dark witch on the defensive.

"Uhh-"

"And Ron, did you not think it was at least a bit suspicious how these Death Eaters got all this information? At how convenient your timing would be if both sides had almost decimated each other?" Hermione tried to appeal to his sense of reasoning, but he was too hardheaded. These old compulsion spells on people really affected their minds in the long run, but Hermione could do little about it. She could only shudder to think of how affected the older people were that have been affected by the compulsion spells for decades.

"Come on, Mione! While she has her spell concentrated on me, stun her! Stun the Bitch! Hel-" Ron revealed what his Auror trial entailed, to hopefully get Hermione on his side to take out the last real Death Eater, but all he got was a thunk sound.

Bellatrix let the dark energy around Ron's neck expand a little so that he could move his neck.

Ron's eyes widen and his face turned pale. He could see an intricate dagger had been thrown straight at his balls that had very narrowly missed. He could actually feel the cold steel of the dagger touching the side of his balls. The boy probably wished he had gone to the bathroom before all this as he presently relieved himself in fear. One millimeter and it would have been sliced or cut off! No sound aside from a small squeak came out of the boy as he was still in a minor shock.

"Shite! You little-! You dare piss on my dagger!" She did mean to scare the boy into shutting up, but didn't think he would piss himself! Still, she couldn't help but admire her pinpoint accuracy with throwing daggers without the help of magic!

I am bloody fucking awesome.

Hermione slightly frowned at the growing damp spot on Ron's robes. "I thought you lost your dagger?" Hermione addressed Bellatrix as she was pretty sure the dark witch lost that cursed dagger.

"I did! I think Potter still has it, unless he threw it away. Fuck, I really liked that dagger too! I just had this one custom made last week! I'm debating if I should have a third one made now though." She could clean it, but it was covered in weasel piss. Maybe she should have just clipped his ear instead of flinging it towards his crotch?

"Ron, I've known since the start that this is Bellatrix." Hermione really needed to wrap this up. It had already been nearly thirty minutes since all this started.

His voice quivered, but still came out. "Then.. then, you'll help me, right?"

"I said I've known since the start. I'm obviously on her side." Hermione rolled her eyes thinking of what to do to Ron, she still didn't want to kill him, if the Death Eaters didn't deserve it, he didn't either. He had caused her a lot of trouble though.

Ron's head turned towards Bellatrix. "You fucking bitch! I don't know how you got young again or how you mind controlled Hermione, but I will get you! I already have a whole battalion of Aurors headed this way!"

Bellatrix just grinned and tapped her temple.

"Liar." Bellatrix did her old cackle, the one that sent people running in terror. The younger version didn't really sound terrifying though. Hermione thought it was rather cute, like a bunny trying to be evil.

"Liar, liar, wand on fire!" Muffliato. "So, luv, can I use him as target practice? My Tenebrae and Vector magics need a bit of practice." Bellatrix's dark and vector spells both needed a bit of work since she had barely practiced with them, there were no enemies to use them against before. Voldemort had also told her to not use them, possibly to keep her magical strength as low as possible to further control her.

"No, as much as he is a git, he's still only a pawn, just like these Death Eaters. The letter was sent through Ron when it could have just been sent to me directly. Even if Ron didn't read the letter, he obviously knew where we were. Looks like we'll have to meet up with Harry and Ron's superior. Who is the Head Auror anyway?"

"Wasn't it Shakeys? I really don't read the news." After Hermione had saved her from Azkaban and brought her to the brunette's present, Bellatrix had been pretty much sleeping half the time. Speaking of sleeping, she had been falling asleep a lot lately. She'd have to bring that up with Hermione one of these days. Those experimental spells might be catching up on her, it would be really bad if there was a spell rebound or if the fusion spell destabilizes.

"No, Kingsley Shacklebolt was promoted to Minister of Magic, but for some reason I haven't even heard the name of the new Head Auror." There has always been news about the Auror Department and the Head Auror, but for some reason, he was never named anywhere. How had she not noticed this?

"So, who's the Head Auror?" Bellatrix directed to Ron. She hadn't bothered to remove the Muffliato and just directly invaded his mind. "Piss-pants doesn't know either. They've always just called him 'Sir' or 'Head Auror', well, isn't that suspicious as fuck."

"Volana, destroy his magical core." Hermione said, finalizing her thoughts on the matter.

Bellatrix just gasped as an arm of dark energy burst from in between her breasts to impale Ron. Fuckin creepy! Ron's magical core was quickly destroyed and the boy lost consciousness as Volana's arm retracted into Bellatrix.

"You bitch! You could have warned me! If that affects my breast growth in any way, I swear I will look for a spell to steal your boob size!" Bellatrix said towards Hermione, she vowed she really would find a spell! She was starting to believe that dark energy halted breast growth!

Hermione smiled and gave Bellatrix a quick peck on the lips and directed one last spell at Ron. "Obliviate." Six people who would remember nothing, one dead and one person that would be stuck in his body forever, all of them unable to use magic forever.

This whole thing was a successful albeit unplanned mission. The loss of her parents would be a devastating blow she would never forget, she would mourn them, but she wouldn't let this defeat her.

Something out there was planning something and Hermione needed to know what.

Apparating to the muggle area was quick, but searching for the house was not. Helena trusted Luna when the girl said she could somewhat pinpoint Hermione's location. The ghost thought she could detect magical signatures or even explosions that would inevitably come with one of the Golden Trio's involvement, but everything was quiet. She knew there were magical fields set up to hide all this.

Several minutes later, the duo was able to find the house. Both witches could detect the anti-apparating field and the magical field that helped hide signatures. The shattered windows and some blood on the ground helped make it obvious too.

Helena could detect nine people inside. The fight was over and the victors were probably dealing out whatever justice they wanted. Helena told Luna to follow in after her. The ghost immediately shifted through the door and came to a grisly scene.

She could immediately tell who the victors were. Both her students, Hermione and Isabella stood amongst the fallen bodies of Death Eaters, one was dead, she could tell. Helena had been in Hogwarts for centuries and could at least remember most of the students there, so she could still recognize these students who graduated and eventually turned into Death Eaters.

One thing she couldn't understand was why Ronald Weasley was being held captive by... shackles of dark magic? Amazing. She had never seen this kind of intricate dark magics before. Many people hated and condemned dark magics, but to Helena, magic was magic.

"Miss Granger?" Helena's tone was obviously asking for an explanation. Luna was quickly heard shuffling after going through the door and getting over the broken furniture.

"Sorry. I kept using Alohomora, but it wouldn't work... then I realized it was open, that's why it wouldn't work." Luna took in the scene around her and realized that things were more serious than she imagined. "Um, backup is here?"

"Miss Ravenclaw, Luna." Hermione nodded towards them. Helena still did not know the bigger picture, but it looked like they would have to tell her soon. There was no way that a several century old ghost would betray them. Hermione needed all the allies she could get if the enemy is really this elusive.

"Ron was under the Imperius curse. We had to restrain him while taking care of the Death Eaters that planned to abduct me and the scion of the Black and Crescent families." Hermione had actually fabricated a good story this time. Kidnapping Bellatrix would have actually given the Death Eaters a chance to extort money, a slim chance, but still something. Bellatrix was rubbing off her, she could now make a decent lie.

"You should have informed the Professors and the Aurors about this Miss Granger. Head back to Hogwarts now. I will get the complete story from you later. Although, I will still have to contact the Aurors and tell Minerva about this."

Hermione acquiesced to what Helena said. There was no way to just cover this whole thing up now. Luna had their interests and safety in mind, but bringing Helena in would complicate things. The loose ends were all tied up just before Helena and Luna came here, so even if there was an investigation, it would all be ruled in self defense. The people against them were Death Eaters anyway, they would probably just be hailed as even greater heroes than before.

Yes, this would still all work out. However, she still needed to be careful. It seems as if the Head Auror has control over much more than she realized and had plans of his or her own. It seems as if Kingsley's promise to keep the Ministry clean didn't really work out after all.

Helena began to contact the Aurors as Hermione, Bellatrix and Luna began to hold hands. Volana traveled into Luna while Helena was busy contacting the Aurors. The three girls along with Ron as baggage apparated back to Hogwarts to avoid being questioned right away.

The three girls and the baggage apparated within Hermione's quarters. Hermione was just about to address the two other girls, when she saw Bellatrix looking paler than usual. The dark witch nearly stumbled just after arriving.

"Bell? Are you okay?" Hermione was a bit concerned since the dark witch hadn't gotten sick before.

"I think apparating too much is starting to give me nausea. Fuck this, let me sleep it off." Bellatrix quickly disrobed taking every single garment off without care who else was in the room and hurried under the covers. Bellatrix had planned to ravish Hermione after all the oh-so-dark acts a while ago, but the bad feeling overpowered it and decided to sleep it off. Bellatrix passing on sex, the end is nigh!

"I'll run a magical diagnostic on you tomorrow." Hermione would have to check that fusion spell. If it wasn't that, then the dark witch might have just gotten sick because of her new body.

Luna quickly excused herself and levitated the unconscious Ron towards the infirmary. Hermione actually wanted to talk to Luna about bringing Helena into this and also wanted to talk to Bellatrix, but it seemed as if it really was pretty late.

So much had happened and it hadn't even been an hour since it all happened.

Hermione's strong and hardened front slowly crumbled as she entered the bed and faced away from Bella.

She had just lost her parents. Her mother had remembered her in the last few seconds of her life, but Hermione wished they could have had more time.

A few tears began to fall down as her mind ventured to the past, but before the brunette could truly start sobbing, a small arm reached over and pulled her closer. The smaller dark witch tried to be the big spoon even if she was smaller than Hermione. For some reason, the tears just stopped as she felt the warmth permeate from the body behind her.

Bellatrix.

Hermione would shed no more tears. She only had Bellatrix left and no one was going to take the dark witch from her.

If ever the dark witch perished, no matter the circumstance, she would soon follow along with everything she could take with her.

Hermione was almost able to finally get some sleep when her breasts were suddenly being groped.

"Sir, we have the final missing Death Eaters in custody. One dead, but the others are in... bad condition. The person who informed us was Helena Ravenclaw and the victims of the attack were Hermione Granger and Isabella Crescent."

"Explain." Maybe he should have stayed and watched till the end.

"All Death Eaters were rendered unable to use magic. The medical team has informed me that all of them have been paralyzed as well as Obliviated. Rodolphus Lestrange was also found to have a lesion within his frontal lobe, but the healers could not heal it nor could they reverse the nerve damage. The Head Mediwizard of St. Mungo's has also informed me that all their ailments are permanent."

"Hmm. Have you brought in these victims for questioning?" The girl actually had it in her to cause permanent damage. He knew Bellatrix wasn't so careful with her spells to create that kind of specific damage. It seems as if the pseudo-Dementor had the power to rip away magic as well. Such interesting beings! He hadn't had this much fun since... a long while.

"No, Sir. We have contacted Minerva McGonagall, but she has refused to cooperate in handing over her students. Further orders?"

"Send the Death Eaters back to their families, holding them in Azkaban would just require more work for the officers to deal with disabled prisoners. Leave the students alone for now, but leave the case open." The girls would get some rest for now...

Actually, no, they probably wouldn't.

"Tell Auror Potter to report to me tomorrow morning, I have a weeklong assignment for him. Dismissed." Keeping people separated is such an easy task. These anomalies were making this really enjoyable, almost like last time.

"Yes, sir!"

It was laughable how easy it was to maneuver around Hogwarts with the security being abysmal. Even after a how much of a blow Hogwarts took during the war, there still wasn't any added security not even any surveillance aside from gossiping ghosts and portraits. Thankfully, it made the job easier, spending more time around all these... annoyances grates on the nerves.

They will pay what is owed.

Another day or two and preparations would be complete under all their noses.

They will pay with interest.

Nothing is for free. Nothing is given out of generosity. Everything has a price. Everything is only borrowed...

... And it is time to collect what is due.

They will pay.

Alohomora - Unlocking spell

Animi Vitio - Mind Lesion / Mental Defect, this is a custom made spell after countless research on Obliviate and books on the brain. This spell creates a mind lesion within the frontal lobe that controls speech making the target unable to communicate.

Crucio/Cruciatus Curse - Torture Spell. Forbidden spell.

Finite Incantatem - General Jinx/Hex remover

Imperio/Imperius Curse - Controls target while they are conscious. Forbidden spell.

Muffliato - Area silence spell

Nervi Interitum - Nerve Destruction, a variation of a Lightning Bolt, a weaker, more controlled version that aims for Nerve Damage.

Rennervate - Reviving spell for knocked out people

Tenebrae Dica - Dark Shackle, binds and drains any target with dark energy. Any magic drained when the dark energy returns rejuvenates the caster.

AN: Sorry for being late, inspiration is a bit sparse lately. This chapter is a bit longer than the usual since I didn't want to split it up in two again.

I'm not so sure about this chapter, really. If Bellatrix were given a go at the Death Eaters, she would probably laugh while using Crucio and then probably fire off a Avada Kedavra when she gets bored. The problem is Hermione, I feel she is a bit more complex. A regular Hermione would only stun/incapacitate her enemies, but what would a darker Hermione do? Hermione has no penchant for torture and killing, so I came up with this, no torture, no killing, but has lasting consequences. Letting Bella deal with them might have been more merciful.

Rodolphus' speech was generated by a gibberish translator that I just google'd. I didn't just want to type 'aopfwpeaofpawokf', but I needed his speech pattern destroyed. x.x

Guest question: Will Bella be able to go back to her original physical age? - I will touch upon this in later chapters, it's actually part of the story. Hermione and Bella currently age very slowly. Hermione due to the time limbo and Bella due to the lasting effect of the spell and imbued TTurner/Res fragments.

Please take the time to give some feedback? Thank you! :)

Edit: I put a poll up on my profile on what I should write next. Just gathering suggestions and I won't start anything until this story is completed. Goddess knows I can't handle two stories.