Concurrent Existences

Chapter 28: Surprise

If you think surprises are sweet,

then get ready for a treat.

Don't expect none,

surprises are such fun.

Apparently, the sun was blotted out...

... by a large tentacle.

"Merlin's balls!"

That was the last thing Harry Potter saw as a massive tentacle smashed him into unconsciousness.

Bellatrix cursed as she could only watch Hermione try to run and fight the Aurors. She couldn't believe how helpless she was after using one dark spell and assisting Hermione with one damned ancient spell.

This was absolutely mortifying! And the Aurors left one piece of shite to watch over her?

They don't even perceive me as a fucking threat?!

The Auror slowly approached her with a soft smile on his face. The stupid idiot probably thinks I'm just some weak fifteen year old that was dragged along into this mess.

Bellatrix Black reduced to a fifteen year old that was slumped on the floor!

Fuck this!

Fuck this weakness she was feeling! Fuck the Aurors for underestimating her! Fuck Hermione for draining so much of her magic! Fuck, she wanted some food so bad!

And fuck this Auror!

"It's alright, little girl." This motherfucker. "Let me help you up, and we can bring you to the Ministry for some medical attention. How's that sound?" He came closer to get his grubby hands on her.

That's right little shite, get closer.

Bellatrix didn't have too much energy and needed to be as efficient as possible with any movement. She would die first before fainting in front of this chump.

The Auror got close enough without realizing that the fifteen year old Bellatrix was probably just as dangerous as a wounded dragon.

The Auror screamed in pain as Bellatrix brought out her dagger that was hidden within the sleeve of her robes. There was no hesitation at all as she plunged the blade downwards straight into his foot. She had grudgingly cleaned the dagger of weasel piss, at least now it was covered in its .

Her victim reflexively rolled backwards to tend to his foot as Bellatrix scooted away, clutching her dagger close to her chest like a final lifeline.

Hermione! Bellatrix's eyes began to dart around, trying to find any sign of her still missing lover.

Where's Hermione! No, no, no! These Aurors all wanted to tear them apart. Bellatrix knew they would all try and hide Hermione from her.

"You aren't going to tear us apart! Stay away!" Someone always wanted to tear her away from those she loved. Her parents, her sisters and now they're trying to take Hermione away!

"Crazy fucking bitch!" The Auror began to mend his wound around a meter away, keeping his distance from the injured witch on the ground. He didn't want the crazed witch stabbing him again.

Bellatrix willed her magic to come forth, but all she felt was a burning where her artifacts were. The dark witch still had her dagger. The dagger was all she needed to get through this pest!

I should have aimed for his throat!

Bellatrix waited for the Auror to get close again, this time she would slash open his throat. He was one of the people that was trying to keep Hermione away from her.

The dark witch knew impending hysteria was upon her, but she didn't care. The only person that could have calmed her down was Hermione and the brunette wasn't anywhere close. Bellatrix knew this was their plan, they wanted to keep Hermione away so that she would panic. Did they think that her being unhinged would work against her?!

Instead of coming closer, the Auror took another few steps back and tossed a potion bottle that seemed to have healed his stab wound or at least stop the bleeding. The Auror was smart enough not to get too close as he began to aim his wand at Bellatrix.

Bellatrix knew that the Auror was going to stun her and take her away. All of them wanted to take her away! This was just like in the past with Voldemort, he also did the same thing with her sisters! The Dark Lord had subtly warned her to stay away from them or they would face the consequences. These Aurors weren't any different!

They wouldn't take her away. No one would take her away!

NO ONE!

With the last of her strength, Bellatrix took quick aim and expertly threw her dagger that flew straight between the Aurors eyes, but the Auror was able to move quick enough to at least block the fatal dagger throw with his wand hand, not without consequence.

Another scream came from the Auror as he clutched his bleeding hand while his wand had clattered onto the ground. Bellatrix tried to reach for the wand to try and leech some magic, but she couldn't even move from her spot.

Bellatrix could feel the anger wafting off the Auror as he picked up his wand with the other hand and aimed at her again while the other hand was still impaled and bleeding profusely.

Hermione!

The dark witch once again tried to summon up some magic, but none came forth as if it were being absorbed somewhere else. She should have recovered magic at least enough for one spell! Was her exhaustion really that bad?! Her vision began to get blurry while dark spots slowly threatened to put her into unconsciousness even without the Auror doing it for her.

"Go to sleep, you crazy bint! Stupef-"

Instead of Bellatrix being stunned and knocked out, the Auror was knocked out by something that had hit him right outside his field of vision.

Bellatrix opened her eyes again trying to get a glimpse of her savior. Hermione had probably wiped out all the Aurors and finally got back to her. The brunette really owed her some breakfast and lunch. However, instead of seeing Hermione, she was greeted with a sight that she wasn't prepared seeing.

"Cissy..." With no energy left and with seeing the image of her baby sister, Bellatrix lost consciousness. The fifteen year old finally slumped down into the ground with her eyes closed.

"She's suffering from severe exhaustion." Narcissa was already by Bellatrix's side slowly picking up the smaller girl. The Malfoy Matriarch looked towards the fallen Auror, "Nice shot, Andy. A bit crude, but effective." Andromeda has taken out the Auror using some kind of weird looking bludger.

"Rather than use magic to get traced. Are you sure about this?" Andromeda raised an eyebrow while poking the Auror with her baseball bat, still unsure about rescuing the girl and implicating themselves against the Aurors. She also kept a lookout just in case the Auror wasn't alone.

"Quite. We will talk back at the manor. Grab the dagger." Narcissa indicated towards the Auror. Andromeda frowned as she hastily pulled the dagger out from the bleeding palm.

"Same old Bella." Andromeda said while looking at the bloody dagger trying not to get any blood on her robes. It was dreadful trying to take bloodstains out.

"Slinky, apparate us back." The house elf beside Narcissa didn't hesitate to cast the apparate.

Bellatrix, Narcissa and Andromeda all promptly vanished without a trace. The Aurors wouldn't be able to trace the apparate of the house elf and there would be no magical evidence in the area. The only thing left was an Auror with a bad bump in the head and a few stabs.

Even if the circumstances were less than pleasant, the three sisters were back together again for the first time in over two decades.

Narcissa had brought Bellatrix to the dark witches old room back in the Malfoy Manor. The dark witch needed a lot of rest and Narcissa still needed to perform a full checkup for anything ailing her sister.

Narcissa looked towards Bella's sleeping form, thanking Merlin, Morgana and whoever else that she had sent an house-elf spy to Hogwarts. The house-elf was able to relay information about Bellatrix's condition and they were able to get there stealthy and in time just to save their dark sister.

While Narcissa was seated right by Bellatrix's side, Andromeda sat on another chair further to the side of the room. The light brown haired witch that looked almost like Bellatrix when she was her regular age was still pensive about what they had just done.

"Are you sure this is really Bellatrix?" Andromeda gestured towards the younger girl that was still unconscious and resting on the bed. The girl really did look exactly like Bellatrix when they were younger, but for someone to actually have a spell or potion that could reverse age? It was just unthinkable.

"I'm sure. Ever since I heard of Isabella Crescent Black, daughter of Sirius Black and Bellatrix Black, adopted daughter of the Crescent house and Scion of the Crescent and Black houses, I already sent an elf to gather gossip as well as asked a few favors from the Slytherins still within the confines of Hogwarts. A single hair sample was all I needed to verify that the girl is Bellatrix without a doubt. Sister, would you actually believe that Bella, of all people, would consort with Sirius and produce offspring?" The distaste and disgust was all over Narcissa's face.

"I suppose not. I just..." Andromeda sighed, thinking about her lost daughter yet again. Her grandson would never get to feel the warmth coming from his parents ever again.

"I know you've been thinking about Nymphadora, but you, out of everyone in the world, should know that Bellatrix would never betray either of us. Don't forget any of her sacrifices!" Narcissa hissed at the end, knowing just how much Bellatrix sacrificed for them.

"I haven't forgotten. How she took the punishment from our parents because of me as well as the punishment from Voldemort for shielding us..." There was so much more that Bella had sacrificed, her innocence, her life, her clean hands, everything just for them. "I just can't help but feel that somewhere along the way, we lost her..."

Narcissa's anger rose at the words coming out from her elder sister and did not attempt to hide it as she rose from her seat. The blonde went towards Andromeda and gave her sister a quick slap trying to knock her out of whatever funk she was in.

"If we ever did lose her, then it was our fault! We left her, we used her as a shield and let her take all the consequences! Two of her own sisters, her own flesh and blood using their eldest sister as an escape to live their lives, lives that aren't even worth much. We owe her, Andy. We owe her everything." Narcissa wiped a lone tear that fell while walking back to her seat, pushing away the bangs that fell over Bellatrix's face as she moved while sleeping.

Andromeda just kept silent, not really knowing what to say anymore. She wanted to believe, but the war, the deaths, Voldemort... She just didn't want to lose anything anymore.

"Don't you remember all those years ago? The promise we had just before all this... death and war started?" Narcissa indicated the day back when all three of them fell asleep in the forest back when Narcissa was just thirteen years old. Both sisters recalled the one oath that they had pledge to each other back when they were little girls. Back when everything was right with world.

"Sisters right now." Andromeda started.

"Sisters before." Narcissa continued.

"Sisters forevermore." Bellatrix finished and both witches looked towards the bed with surprise to see their elder-younger sister awake.

"Both of you are old as fuck, feed me. I'm hungry." Bellatrix's head still hurt and the feeling of exhaustion was still prevalent, but her stomach, Morgana, her stomach was demanding food.

"Bella, language." Narcissa chided while standing and embracing the dark witch. Andromeda took a few moments, but eventually joined the hug. The tender moment was ruined by Bella's stomach and Narcissa called the house-elf to bring some food.

Bellatrix quickly dug in to whatever the house-elf brought her while she was still in bed. The meal was probably good enough for three healthy wizards, but Bellatrix devoured every last dish that was given.

"What happened to your manners, Bella?" Narcissa took a napkin to wipe off the messy mouth of the dark witch. "You really are acting your age."

"So, I guess you saw through the ruse?" Bellatrix questioned, but a thought caused her to immediately shake off the covers. Narcissa, however, did not let Bellatrix even take a foot out of the bed.

"Bella. No. You are still suffering from exhaustion. I have yet to do a full checkup on you as well. You are not going anywhere." Narcissa slightly winced since she realized she was talking to Bellatrix like a mother would.

"No! I have to leave! I have to find Hermione!" Bellatrix tried to start activating her artifacts, but quickly realized that they weren't attached on her.

Before the dark witch could even do anything else, Narcissa held her eldest sister in place while Andromeda quickly shoved a potion into Bellatrix's mouth while holding the dark witch's nose, forcing the fifteen year old to gulp down the potion.

Bellatrix immediately felt the effects of the potion as the tenseness in her body dissipated and both her younger sisters placed her back into the bed.

"You will rest. There is no new information about Miss Granger. I will tell you immediately if we've heard anything, but as of now, you will rest." Narcissa knew that something like this would happen. Luckily, the youngest sister already prepared a Calming Draught.

"Okay." Bellatrix sighed as she was finally calm, even if it was against her will. "How'd I get here?"

Narcissa explained to Bellatrix the events after the dark witch had collapsed from exhaustion. She also told her eldest sister how they knew Isabella Crescent was Bellatrix Black so fast as well as the spies that Narcissa still had laying around. One spy she had in Hogwarts would never be returning though.

Bellatrix now knew that it had only been a day since she was brought to Malfoy Manor.

"Andy swung a stick and knocked an Auror out? Well, shite." Bellatrix chuckled imagining Andy doing the deed, she had never seen her look-a-like ever do anything like physical assault before. "Hermione must have escaped since there's a lack of news." The Aurors would have released a statement had they caught her. "Where are my accessories?" Bellatrix hoped that they weren't too damaged, if they weren't, she should be able to feel Hermione through their link. Bellatrix and Hermione naturally had a link, but the artifacts solidified and amplified the link to allow communication.

"I've hidden them as well as your dagger. The areas they were attached to were burnt." Narcissa pointed towards the bandages wrapped around Bellatrix's ear, arm and finger. "Before anything else, Bella, we need you to answer some questions then we'll do the checkup." Narcissa said, getting to the point quickly. They several dozen questions, but some had to be asked now.

Bellatrix knew that there was no demanding anything right now, especially when she could only feel her magic barely recovering. The dark witch knew her little sisters would have many questions for her and finally they would be able to talk in peace.

"Fire away." Bellatrix knew that this would be a long talk.

"Nymphadora. What happened to Nymphadora?" Andromeda questioned the pain she still feel could easily be seen within her eyes.

"Dumbledore. Hermione and I figured out that Dumbledore killed Nymphadora."

"You expect me to believe Dumbledore killed my daughter?!" Andromeda shouted and stood up, unable to believe that the leader of the Order of the Phoenix, the headmaster of Hogwarts when she was a child, could possibly be her daughter's murderer. Andromeda could only rationalize that Bellatrix was lying and trying to toy with her.

"You can let me drink Veritaserum, but I'm not lying. I'll tell you both everything right now since there isn't much else I can do and there still isn't any news on Hermione." Bellatrix knew this would take a few hours to explain, but she'd rather her sisters knew what the fuck was going on at least. There wasn't any reason to hide anything from both of them.

Bellatrix knew that both her sisters still had the temporary Obliviate placed on them and would have to explain that too. She needed Hermione to be able to release that particular spell on her sisters.

"I can hardly believe that this is all happening right now." Narcissa stated knowing that Bellatrix of all people wasn't one to make a tale like that up. Bellatrix had opened her mind for the two sisters to take several quick peeks using Legilimency to further show proof of some of the happenings, especially the incident with Nymphadora that she had seen through the battle doll's memories.

Narcissa had to actually pause in the middle of the tale to ask the house-elf to get them some tea. Andromeda had also handed out some muggle medicine for headaches since all this was starting to give them headaches.

"Dumbledore killed Nymphadora..." Andromeda could only sink in her seat. She could hardly believe that Dumbledore had been manipulating so much for decades. She could hardly believe that even now, Narcissa and herself still had some kind of base compulsion spell on them due to the Sorting Hat.

Unbelievable.

"It will take some time for us to digest this, but I'm afraid your checkup cannot wait." Narcissa would need a day or two, or maybe a week, to process all the new information. They also needed Hermione to unlock their memories and remove the base compulsion spell that could still be affecting them. However, Narcissa wanted to do a full checkup of Bellatrix before anything else.

"Eh, I don't want to." Bellatrix crossed her arms, she really didn't want a checkup.

Narcissa wasn't having any of that though. Bellatrix had no choice as Narcissa began to run a magical diagnostic on her.

"Nothing." There wasn't anything wrong with Bellatrix magically, but Narcissa still had a few more tests.

"I told you, Hermione already did all these diagnostic spells!" Bellatrix didn't actually know which diagnostic spell Hermione used, but this checkup crap was just so annoying. Her little sister was trying to act all motherly because she was physically fifteen years old! This was just absolutely mortifying, but she had no magic and the Calming Draught was still affecting her.

The only thing that can really calm me the fuck down is sticking my face between Hermione's tits.

"You said Hermione ran magical diagnostic spells on you to check for any anomalies when she used the Time-Turner and Philosopher's stone to de-age you, you never said anything about physical diagnostic spells. Narcissa could still hardly believe what Hermione Granger of all people went through. Apparently, the girl was even older than them in a way.

Fifteen years of no sleep and contact with people. Narcissa wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Narcissa began casting other diagnostic spells. Spells to check Bellatrix's lungs, brain and other vitals. Everything appeared in order. Her eldest sister was absolutely healthy, even the scars from the time in Azkaban was all healed. Too bad the spell required so many materials, she would have wanted a spell like that cast on her too. Maybe one for Andy, Teddy did need a mother.

The youngest sibling was just about to accept that it really was only exhaustion that plagued Bellatrix, well, until she ran the last of her physical diagnostics.

"Bloody hell." Narcissa swore causing both sisters to gape and look at their youngest sibling in shock. Narcissa never swore.

"Cissy! Language!" Bellatrix tried imitating how Cissy was chiding her a while ago and laughed. She idly wondered what the blonde witch could have found out from her extensive diagnostic spells, but Bellatrix knew she was fine aside from some exhaustion.

"Cissy?" Andromeda piped up when Narcissa still hadn't replied. The witch seemed to re-cast a particular diagnostic spell over and over before snapping out of it.

"Bella." Narcissa was trying to find the words, but there wasn't any way to be subtle about this. She didn't even know how this could happen.

"What?"

"You're pregnant." Narcissa just decided to be as blunt as possible because she was too shocked not to be. Andromeda's mouth was left gaping, not really believing it. Apparently, their youngest-eldest sister was now 'fifteen years old and pregnant'.

"WHAT?!"

Slinkey - Narcissa's house elf, yes, I know I'm bad at naming. There was a house-elf named Winky, so... yeah...

AN: I'll try to get another one out during the weekend, but no promises!

I actually made one chapter each for Jane/B and Victoria/B, I'm leaning more towards the J/B, the V/B turned out really dark and might just be a one-shot, not sure if or when I'll post them. Still up in the air, I don't even have titles yet.

Obviously, I glazed over explaining everything to Narcissa and Andromeda since there's just way too much important information. I tried going over some of the more important issues that they would personally need to know of and discuss.

Oh yeah, Bellatrix is pregnant, seriously. There have been a few signs, the hunger, oversleeping and exhaustion. Remember that 'conjuration' back in Chapter 12? That was actually an ancient sex spell, I might edit that in for clarification if someone wants me to. You don't play with conjured 'flailing appendages' without consequences! If anyone is thinking about Bella's age and the pregnancy, don't worry, I've got everything covered.

EDIT: 5/23/16: I put in Time Turner + Resurrection Stone instead of Time Turner + incomplete Philosopher's stone. The RS was used for Volana while the Hermione-made PS was used to de-age Bellatrix. No one noticed my mistake! .