Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. This story has been my sanity during the third lockdown here in Northern Ireland. After re-reading all of my stories I just couldn't get the motivation to continue any of them.So this is something new and a little bit different. It will be around about fourteen chapters, it is already written and completed and updates will be as frequent as I can get them up with working and a toddler.So I hope you all enjoy it, please feel free to leave constructive criticism. My spelling and pronunciation might be a bit rough. I have a toddler and a job so my editing usually happens at half eleven at night after wee woman has went to bed.Please Review. Rated M. Some dark themes. Some Lemon themes. Reader Advised.Chapter One

Narcissa

Christmas was over, Draco was back at Hogwarts and my lunatic sister and brother in law were now taking up residence in my home. The Dark Lord was coming and going at all hours and a plan was being made to try and make some headway in this war.

Truth was I have had enough of it, my marraige had always been nothing but a sham and now that Lucius was being used as a CRUCIO target on a daily basis his frustrations with me was becoming more and more frequent.

The half moon was sitting at its apex in the night sky and I had changed for the evening, as I lay in bed my mind was churning out all sorts of ways I can be free of my 'loving' husband. This was not the life I wanted for myself, if I wasn't a black then my life would probably be massively different.

My bedroom door creaked open and in he walked, Lucius looked like crap, everytime his Dark Lord took out his frustrations on his followers my husband in turn throws those same frustrations at me. He had never been faithful, never been gentle and never been loving.

"Lucius please, I have a headache." A predatory snarl appeared on his face and I knew what kind of night I was in for. As he stalked forward toward me I couldn't help but allow the dread to fill me up from my head right down into my toes.

"Are you refusing your husband my darling?" How had this became my life? After the Dark Lord was defeated by Harry Potter things became marginally better and for the first time I believed my son would not have to grow up as a pawn for Tom Riddle. Now he was back I was constantly terrified of what was going to happen. Only for a Draco I would jump in front of a bus to get away from him.

"Yes I am, go and find one of your whores to take those frustrations out on Lucius I am not in the mood." As I went to lie down he yanked the covers from my body and grabbed me by my ankle and trailed me down to the bottom of my mattress. I could smell the whiskey on his breath and knew this was not going to end well for me. He slapped me across the face before pinning me down.

"A dutiful wife serves her husband Cissy." All I could feel was pain as he whipped out his wand and aimed a CRUCIO at me and pushed up my nightdress and felt between my legs and laughed.

"Please Lucius, stop. You're drunk." A frightening smile came over his face as he held my throat and forced himself into me, the blind pain was almost too much. With each thrust he slowly cut into my skin with his wand and as I passed out all I could see was his face covered in blood above me roaring out as he came inside of me.

Bellatrix

It felt like I had traded one prison for another being stuck in Malfoy Manor, at least there was no dementors here and warm food. The meeting with the dark lord had went well, I had lost count of the hours and as I crept up to the library, I just liked to walk around and hardly ever spelt now. It was one of those nights and was quite late on when I saw a smug looking Lucius coming toward me.

"Keep your sister on a leash Bella." His knuckles were bloody and dread instantly filled me. I walked on past him and up to my sisters room. I hated that a Cissa was forced to marry that peacock, he was in no way what my sister deserved. Unfortunately for us our parents took that decision from us before we could even contemplate what marriage was. What I found as I opened the door was like something out of a horror movie.

"CISSY!" My beautiful, vibrant sister lay nude on her bed covered in blood, her ankle was twisted in an impossible angle, she had cuts, bruises and bite marks all over her body.What has that monster done to her.

"Shit! Kimmy!" A soft pop echoed just as I came skidding to her bed and checked her out, almost immediately I noticed she had no heartbeat. Upon seeing her mistress half dead the little elf sprang into action and held her hands over Cissys body and slowly blood started to seep into her body and a soft rise and fall of her chest let me know she was breathing again.

"Mistress be ok now." No she wont, my sister will never be ok again. I did the only thing I could think of.I need help, she has to leave, she has to die.

"Expecto Patronum!" My Maine coon patronus erupted out of my wand and ran around before coming to stand in front of me awaiting her message.

"It's me, I need your help. Please meet me at the front gates in ten minutes." It instantly went away to its recipient before I instructed Cissys elf to grab her wand and help me get her dressed again. I ran to my own room and pulled out the small wooden box before coming back to my sisters room and shoving it into the bag the elf had set up for her.

This was going to take a lot of magic and maybe more than I think I can do on my own. A stuffed animal lay beside her and with Kimmys help we changed the stuffed animal to resemble a bloody and bruised Narcissa which will get her out of this house and help sell the story.

"Kimmy I need you to keep everyone out of this room until I come back again ok? Please?" The elf looked half terrified but thankfully understood what I was about to do. I grabbed the bag on one shoulder and grabbed my sisters hand in the other and apparated away.

Landing outside the gates of Hogwarts Cissy didn't even stir but at least she was alive. It only took another twenty seconds when I heard two sets of footsteps and I knew she wouldn't have trusted me to come alone. Minerva McGonnagal and Albus Dumbledore slowly made their way down toward the gates and upon seeing me whipped out their wands as the gates swung open.

"Trix, how are you?" I smirked at her and quirked my eyebrows also. She hadn't changed a bit and still looked as fierce and gorgeous as she always had.How had time stood still with her, the smallest smile from her causing butterflies to erupt in my tummy. She saw Cissy laying on the ground with the blanket over her before looking back at me in confusion at the situation we all now found ourselves in.

"I know that neither of you owe me anything, but I need your help. Earlier this evening Lucius beat the shit out of her and her heart stopped. I need you to hide Cissy somewhere that Lucius cannot get his greedy paws on her, her marriage contract is not null and void since she essentially died. I faked her death tonight but transfiguring something to look like her. I am going to go back and let the others know she is dead and I need you to protect her and Draco at the end of the school year. Please." Minerva looked me over and came closer to Narcissa and assessed her. As they took in her injuries they gave each other a silent nod before Albus Dumbledore took a further two strides to me and stopped in front of me.

"I think we can come to some sort of arrangement Bellatrix, any information you have will help the cause." Of course he wanted another bloody spy the manipulative bastard. Severus it seems wasn't enough he needed me too. I knew Severus was not loyal to the Dark Lord, I suppose it takes a traitor to spot a spy.

"What to you want you bearded, manipulative fool?" He shook his head and looked contemplative for a second before my sister started to stir beside me.

"Bella?" I ignored the twinkle eyed bastard for a second before I knelt down beside my sister, she grasped my hand in hers and it was good to see some colour back in her cheeks.

"It's alright Cissy, you're ok. You're at Hogwarts. You're safe. I am gonna go and leave you in their hands. Listen to me. We are on the wrong side of this war and I am choosing my side now with you. If I am gonna throw my hat into a ring with Albus and Min I need you to be with me." She weakly nodded her head and held onto my hand.

"Always and Forever you know that." I nodded and she looked for a second to me and pressed a small kiss to my hand.I pressed my forehead against her own before kissing her forehead and looking back to her.

"You're officially dead to the Wizarding world, you are free Narcissa and I think with time Draco can be free also." She nodded and held onto me again and she looked exhausted.

"You need to keep Lucius away from Draco. I made a will last year when he came back. If anything was to happen to me Andromeda will take him. I need to talk to him and explain everything." I nodded my head at her before smirking.

"Lucius is going to be furious." She nodded her head at me before smiling also in a way that made me both nervous and amused. What had she done?

"Lucius isn't his father." I was confused for a second before it dawned on me exactly who was and I shook my head in shock.My little prude of a sister actually popped her cherry with that man.

"No fucking way!" She blushed slightly before nodding and hearing Dumbledore clearing his throat I knew our time was up.I needed to get back also, time to put on a show.

"I will come to you when all of this is over ok?" She nodded her head to me before I pressed another small kiss to her forehead and stood up.I walked over to the old coot and stood a step from him

"I have something else for you, I have been stuck in Azkaban and obviously haven't been able to right a few wrongs." I took out my wand and both of the educators tensed before I pressed it to my head and pulled out several memories and placed them in a vial before handing them to Albus Dumbledore.

"This is my memory of the night the Longbottoms were found. They threw me in Azkaban before I could use the counter curse." Both of them stared up at me in shock before I motioned again for the old fool to take it.

"I have a few more surprises for you Albus as long as you keep my sister and nephew safe alright?" He nodded before I turned to Minerva and knelt down to whisper in her ear just as Cissy propped herself up against the boulder behind her.

"I know I have not given you any reason to trust me but know this we still have chapters in our story. " She pulled back shocked before holding my hand for a fraction of a second and with one final look at Cissy I left.

As I landed back into Malfoy Manor I seen Kimmy sitting patiently waiting for me. I knew I needed to put on a show and so the broken and bloodied Transfigured gollum of Narcissa was gathered up into my arms and I slowly made my way down to the foyer. All of the men were still revelling in their debauchery and idiocy. The Dark Lord sat in his throne watching his minions as I walked into the room covered in blood and it started to get eerily quiet as I placed Narcissa on the floor in front of them.

"Lucius you worthless piece of shite!" My crazy demeanour was well and truly up at this point and that look in my eyes let Lucy know he was fucked.

"CRUCIO!" He immediately fell to his knees and screamed as the Dark Lord watched on with a look I could not pinpoint. He was amused at my expression and I think even more amused that Lucius Peacock Malfoy is getting his arse kicked by his sister in law.

"You killed my sister you... VILE... WORTHLESS... MONEY GRABBING, WASTE OF COCK!" I kept firing cutting curses at him and he looked horrific when I was finally done. Covered in blood and sweat and what smelt like piss I spat on him.

"Bella that is enough!" Rod seemed to think he had some hold over me and I just turned my wand to him and Crucioed him for good measure too.I hated him, forced to marry at Twenty five when I was in love with a woman was just tip of the shite in my life.

"Do you have any idea what you have done. Narcissa was the only thing keeping your precious son in this house. Every time you beat her made her hate you and now she changed her will, Andromeda the blood traitor is his next of kin now that you murdered my sister you impotent piece of shit!" The Dark Lord looked intrugued for a second before I levitated my sisters fake body behind me.

" I am going to go and consecrate my sister now, please my lord can I be left alone to do that? " He nodded his head at me and I left to sort out this mess. I could only hope Cissy was getting on better.

Narcissa

Some small healing spells at least allowed me to walk up to the castle whilst holding onto Minerva instead of having to be carried or levitated.I could feel every rib underneath my skin felt like it was on fire. A stickiness between my leg let me know exactly what was there and I felt everything around me grow to a loud screech.

"Almost there Narcissa, I have Poppy on standby ready and waiting to get you all sorted out." I could only nod in thanks to the older woman before making my way up and into the castle.It looked exactly the same as it always does, this place once felt like more of a home than Malfoy Manor. I loved the castle, I loved the crackle of magic I could feel all around me. I loved the portraits and the ghosts and the creatures in the forbidden forest.

It made sense to be here in the place I once called home when now I basically had no home. I was dead to the world. Albus surely had some plan because he was a master of being strategically ten steps ahead even if he was an idiot.As we finally reached the hospital wing my knees were aching, my head was spinning and my foot felt like it wasn't even there. Poppy Pomfry came hustling over to us and directed them to the back of the room before conjuring a privacy screen to block prying eyes I am assuming.

"Good to see you again Narcissa, come on over here my darling and we will get you all sorted out." I sat down on the edge of the bed and Poppy handed me potion after potion with healing spells in between before I felt much better and just exhausted.

"Maybe a bit of privacy Albus." I noticed she only said Albus and I knew what she wanted to talk about.You could connect the dots just by my appearance anyway and so ai just shook my head at the medi-witch to let her know it was ok.

"It's alright whatever you have to say just say it please Poppy I am exhausted." She waved her wand and three vials flew out to her and she handed me a purple one, orange one and silver one in succession before clearing her throat.

"I noticed you have some internal vaginal bruising and bleeding so this will heal that up, this is a potion to prevent any unwanted diseases and pregnancies. This one of for the marks it will prevent any scarring sweetheart." I nodded and thanked her before turning to Albus who was looking at me with so much pity.

"I need to see Draco, he has to know I am not dead before the Prophet is published." Albus nodded his head and placed a gentle hand on my shoulder, it was soft and although it did provide me with some comfort I had to resist the immense urge to shrug him off.

"I will get him myself in the morning first thing I promise. Now we need to come up with a plan here Narcissa. You are far too recognisable to skulk around the castle and blend in, you are also too stubborn too leave the Country as long as Draco is still around so this is my proposal." Oh sweet fucking merlin I dread to think.

"It's amazing what a glamour charm and a de-aging potion will do." I am going to fucking kill Bella, what in the hell of hades is Dumbledore thinking?The man had truly gone senile if he thinks I can actually pull that off.

"It's a win win, you get to stay with Draco as someone in his school year, a transfer perhaps. Considering your fluent in French perhaps Beaxbatons. There is a young girl in the LaFevre bloodline, cousin to the Blacks, nothing is known of her other than her name is on the family tree." There is no way I can do this, I can't be a teenager again . He must have lost his fucking mind

" Get some rest Narcissa, we will bring Draco by in the morning." I nodded and could feel myself get really tired. I couldn't stop myself and fell over to sleep. Tomorrow was a new day.

Albus Dumbledore

It felt like the longest walk back to the office with these memories burning a hole in my pocket. Is it possible that Bellatrix Lestrange is not as deranged as we all thought.I knew of her past friendship with Minerva of course but seeing the downcast look on my friends face now made me think it was more than a tentative friendship as the tabby had led me to believe.

"No point in putting off the inevitable, would you like to accompany me Minerva?" She slowly stood up and poured herself a glass of whiskey from my stash before knocking it back in one swoop and nodded her head.I flicked my hand and my Pensieve came over to hover above my desk. As I poured the memory into the bowl it swirled becore settling and we both entered together.

MEMORY

We landed on the outside of Longbottom Manor to find Bellatrix, The Lestrange Brothers and Barty Crouch making their way up the long driveway.This plan was idiotic and wasn't going to get them anywhere, the dark lord was gone and I for one did not want to go looking for him.

"They have to know something, they are Aurors. If anyone knows anything then they will." Bellatrix rolled her eyes but didn't say anything and they blew the door off its hinges.

"KNOCK, KNOCK! ANYONE HOME!" She, cried and a fight began, Frank and Alice Longbottom were extraordinarily good but unfortunately outnumbered. They were both stunned and Bellatrix took it upon herself to do it.

"Give me him, no one touches a hair on her head until I talk to her, that means you Rab, leave her alone." He rolled his eyes at her but reluctantly nodded his head as she levitated Frank behind her. As she reached what looked like their bedroom she shut the door and bound the man before waking him up.

"Bellatrix, let me go. Where is Alice." She slowly walked around the room and held her wand against her lips, I had to a t in between crazy and sane at this point.

"Don't worry your wife will be fine but I have to do something first." Without warning she dove into his head and rummaged around for a bit before coming to the conclusion he and his wife had no idea where the Dark Lord was.

"Cachant a la vue." His eyes glazed over and she knew he was hidden in his own mind, it would have to do until she could reverse it. As she took Alice Longbottom into the room she did the same with her.Leaving them in their rooms she made her way downstairs to her companions and told them to leave. A few days passed and she was in Azkaban not able to reverse the spell.

END OF MEMORY

As we landed back in my office I couldn't help but put my hand to my head. Minerva looked just as confused for a second before small tears erupted on her face.When Bellatrix was a student she was exceptionally bright and took a Mastery with a Minerva, I know the young Slytherin fancied my deputy and I suspected there was a mutual attraction that neither one of them either acted on, maybe I was wrong.

"Albus, Trix has always had a darkness but if she didn't torture the Longbottoms and we can reverse her spell, she has spent the past fifteen years in Azkaban for a crime she didn't commit, she is not an angel but she isn't evil." I nodded and stood before coming and hugging my best friend and allowed her to cry against my shoulder. We just stood together knowing that we had so much work to do.

"Lets go Minerva." She was confused before it dawned on her where I was going.

"Albus, its the middle of the night." I nodded allowing her to put her cloak on again before I grabbed my wand and looked at my best friend.

"I think Frank and Alice have stayed hidden long enough, don't you." She nodded and took my arm before we apparated into the entrance of St Mungos. It was quiet in the entrance hall but the small amount of people lurking around were shocked to see the headmaster aswell as the Deputy Headmistress walk toward the lift. They Slowly made their way up to the ward that housed the Longbottoms and were met with the healer in charge of the night shift.

"Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonnagal, what can I do for you. Visiting hours are over." I just nodded my head at Zoe Castle and told her I needed to see The Longbottoms. She started to say no because of the rules but I held softly onto her arm to make her stop.

"I think I can wake them up." She was shocked for a second before nodding her head and took us to the room they were staying in. Alices once pixie hair now sat down her back and she looked just empty.

"Could you give us a second please?" She reluctantly nodded her head upon seeing my wand and went to stand outside. Her sillouette could be seen through the frosted glass window of the door and I just walked over to them both.

"Alice, Frank. I know I have not visited in a few months but well I have been a bit busy. I think its time you woke up don't you." Minerva went to Frank and I stood over Alice and both of us cast at the same time.

"Despierta ahora." The glazed look dissappeared from their eyes and slowly they started to blink and become aware of their surroundings. Upon seeing us they both started to cry and with the help of us both they stood up and clung to each other. It took a few minutes to calm them down before they looked back at us in disbelief.

"Albus, Minerva you have no idea how good it is to see you." We both smiled before asking them to sit down, I explained about Bellatrix and they both agreed to keep it secret that she never actually tortured them for her cover.

"Neville, how is my boy?" Minerva volunteered to go and fetch both him and Augusta leaving me with them both. Once the door was opened and Healer Castle came in she just stared in disbelief. The cover story was using Legillimency to wake them up. We spent the next ten minutes allowing the Healer to examine them before Augusta came flying into the room in her night robes and stopped dead at the sight in front of her.

"Hi mum." His voice was still a little raw but upon seeing her son talking and walking over to her she started to cry. He slowly drew his mother in for a huge hug and she wrapped her arms around her and spotted Alice and held out her hand and all three of them hugged one another.

"Albus, I don't know how you did this but thank you from the bottom of my heart." I just placed a soft hand on her shoulder and asked about Minerva.

"She went back to the castle to wake Neville, he would want to be here and has waited too long to be with his parents." I went out to the hallway to give them some privacy. It only took another twenty minutes when young Neville came running down the corridor in his pyjamas hipand stopped dead at seeing his headmaster.

" Professor... Thank you." He was quiet before I ushered him into the room and as the door popped open his breath caught in his throat.

"Mum... Dad." His voice was cracking and his mother was the first one to come over and pull him in for a huge hug. Deciding to let the family catch up I turned to Neville.

"Take the week Mr Longbottom and I will get your schoolwork sent to you. Frank, Alice take some time to recuperate and we will talk after." They thanked me once more before I slowly made my way back to the school. The sun was peeking up over the horizon and as I made my way back to the castle and down to the Slytherin Common room I knew I needed Mr Malfoy to come with me. These kids in the house didn't necessarily hate me but I could tell I wasnt welcome. As I walked into the common room I found Mr Malfoy, Miss Parkinson and Mr Zabini waiting with group of Seventh years and a few, stragglers dotted around.

"Mr Malfoy, I wondered if I might have a word, could you bring a full change of clothes also." He looked nervously at his friends before standing up and disappearing for a few seconds and coming with me towards the outside of the common room.

"Am I in trouble Professor?" I just shook my head at him and he shrugged before coming with me to the hospital wing and I tried to explain as best as I could.

"There was an incident last night and your mother was injured." He stopped dead and panic set into his eyes. In that moment I had seen a vulnerability in a Draco Malfoy I had never seen before.

"Is she dead?" I shook my head at him and was surprised that he didn't seem shocked. The anger in his eyes was something I wasnt prepared for.

"No but she was severely injured, I will let her explain it to you." He nodded and looked up at me before clearing his throat.

"It was my father wasn't it?" I nodded albeit slowly but it seemed it wasn't the first time Lucius Malfoy had injured his wife. We continued along the hallways of the castle until we arrived at the hospital Wing. Walking into the room Poppy was sitting and nodded to Draco before noticing the privacy screens at the back of the room. He immediately rushed down and upon seeing his mothers broken and unconscious body he broke down in tears.

"Mama, Qu'est-ce qu'il t'a fait?" It surprised me to hear him speaking French but he looked so young at her bedside holding her hand.

"She is healing well Mr Malfoy, she will probably wake up soon but you are welcome to stay with her, I of course will excuse you from classes today." He nodded at me and we just sat down and got comfortable waiting for Narcissa to wake up, we might win this war yet.

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