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S&B

Bellatrix walked down the hill with the Time Turner in her hand. She could not have been more excited to test it despite Sirius' belief that it was fake. She knew how rare these items had been and whats more how rare it would be to just fall into the hands of any wizard or witch of their time. The Blacks had been one of the oldest and longest line of pureblood, and that was one fact that assured Bellatrix that a rare item as that could become a Black heirloom.

She tried to remember where exactly they had landed, and from afar already searched the ground for the rusty old bell.

"Oi!"

Bellatrix sprang back in her step, shoved her hand in her pocket and turned to find her young cousin not far behind.

"I know you took it, Bellatrix!" Sirius howled as he sped up towards her, his wand in his hand.

"What are you talking about? Took what?"

"That doesn't belong to you. Give it back!"

"Now hold on for a second." Bellatrix planted her hands on her hips and furrowed her brows at him, "you said it's a fake. Why would you care about it if it's a fake?"

Sirius mumbled for the right words. "She put that in there for a reason. I would like to have everything in its place. Just as she had intended."

"Why do you care what she intends, cousin? You're no longer family, remember?" She said with a side smile. Sirius stopped in his tracks and pressed his lips together. At this, Bellatrix laughed and turned around to continue walking.

"I can't believe you. You can't even lie. You're hopeless! I am so glad she got rid of you like she did. You would definitely have been a disgrace to us." Bellatrix continued to laugh.

"Shut up! Give it here, Bellatrix!" Sirius' tone intensified as he picked up the pace in his steps.

"Or what?" Bellatrix taunted in reply, still half laughing.

"Expelliarmus!"

Bellatrix's body flew from the ground and she landed some feet further away accompanied by a yelp of pain. Sirius closed in on her and pointed his wand down at her aching body.

"Accio time turner." The time turned flew from her pocket and into his open hand. Without looking at is, he slipped its chain around his neck. "Don't ever try to steal what belongs to me."

Bellatrix pulled herself into a sitting position rubbing the back of her head with a pained look on her face. "It's not like you're going to go back in time to change your past, are you? Not likely you would do that. So why bother with it?"

"And what would you want from it?" Sirius glared down at her. "What would you change? As far as I'm concerned, you're happy with your life. You and your…pack of—"

"Wolves?" Bellatrix said, baring her teeth up at him with a grin of satisfaction that she'd struck a chord in him. "If you won't let me have it. Then why not it try it with me?"

Sirius stepped back and scoffed. "With you? You're the last witch in this entire world I'd ever consider traveling in time with." He watched her stand and dust the back of her skirt.

"Are you not, in the slightest, curious? Oh, well, you'd be doing it as soon as I'm gone. Who knows, and who cares anyway, right?" Bellatrix threw her hands in the air and did something Sirius was only very surprised at. She put her hands on his shoulders and looked him in the eyes, and for a second Sirius saw they beheld a childlike wonder in them.

"Let's try it. Just one time, cousin." Bellatrix said in almost a whisper. Sirius moved his head back while still staring at her.

"I thought you said we aren't family anymore." He responded under his breath. Bellatrix let him go.

"Well, yes. We aren't family anymore. But it doesn't mean we can't do this together. Right?" She was grinning again, but this time not an evil one, rather an excited one.

"And here I thought you were the older, more responsible one." Sirius rolled his eyes and unconsciously took the Time Turner in one hand. He looked at it then back at his cousin who was also looking at it.

"No one will ever have to know." Bellatrix said with finality looking him in the eyes.

Without another word between them, Sirius took the chain with both hands and wrapped it around his cousin as well. Then, he held the pendant and stared at the sand timer for a while.

"Let me." Bellatrix said and took it carefully making sure her voice did not make him change his mind.

"Do you know how to use it?"

"Of course I know how to use it." Bellatrix snapped, but immediately regained herself. "I mean, I've seen it in a book once. Long time ago."

She turned the sand timer with two fingers. Sirius' eyes widened as they fluttered from his cousin to the Time Turner and back.

"How many turns—?"

"I'm not sure." Bellatrix muttered. Slowly and gradually taking speed, the world around them began to change. Seasons seemed to have come and gone in intense motion and they both instinctively moved closer to each other as they watched their surroundings turn and turn until it finally came to a slow halt.