Hello everyone. Thank you for choosing my story and I hope you have a wonderful time reading. This is my third story that I've posted and I hope that it does well. This plot bunny came to me one night bit me on the butt and took up residence under my bed and hasn't left since. So I decided to indulge it and started writing and this is what came of it. There are a lot of stories out there about Sirius, Remus, Severus even McGonagall raising Harry. But there are very few where say a darker family like the Malfoy's raise him. So I decided to do something about it. In this story Bellatrix, her husband and her brother-in-law raise Harry and not for evil. So without giving anything else away. So without further ado I present to you. . . .

The first chapter of Harry Potter or Lestrange, hope you all enjoy.

Happy Reading.

Bellatrix Lestrange stood outside of a nice sized red brick house, on a quiet street, at the edge of the small village of Godrics Hollow. Next to her stood her husband Rodolphus and brother-in-law Rabastan. All three were standing outside the home of James and Lily Potter and there son Harry. They stood outside, waiting for there Lord, to come out and allow them to leave.

To mourn.

They saw the first flash of green light, indicating that either James or Lily were dead. All three were willing to bet on the husband. Less then two minutes later a second flash of deadly green light came from the upstairs. They all knew that the mother was now dead. They waited with baited breath for the third and final flash of light to erupt indicating that the job was done.

" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

A painful, agonizing scream filled the late night air and a small explosion blew the glass out of the upstairs window.

The three death eaters looked at each other before rushing to the front door and up the stairs, ignoring the body that lay in the entry way.

When they got to the right room all three stopped dead.

In the middle of the room in a few feet in front of a crib lay the body of Lily Potter. She had a look of defiance on her face, even in death. But when they looked to there right, what they saw shocked them to the core. A large black robe lay in a smoking pile on the floor. They all knew without saying it out loud that this was there Lord. That this was all that remained of the fearsome Dark Lord Voldemort. A slight whimpering noise from the side of the room caused all there heads to snap up and look directly at the crib. Bellatrix walked over to it, stepping around the body on the floor. Her eyes widened at what she saw. Laying inside the crib, whimpering was an obviously still alive Harry Potter, with nothing but a cut on his forehead.

" What is it Bella?" Rodolphus asked his wife, noticing her shocked look.

" He's alive Rodolph. A one year old baby killed off the most powerful dark lord in centuries." she said.

She turned her head to look at her husband and brother in law. " You mean a little baby killed," he gestured behind him to the still smoldering pile of robes. " How? How is that possible?"

Bellatrix shrugged. " I don't know all I know is that we need to leave and leave now before this place is swarmed with ministry officials."

Both brothers agreed and walked downstairs. Bellatrix made to follow but stopped just as she reached the threshold. She turned around and looked at Harry, he was looking straight at her. She knew what she was about to do was going to change the course of her and her families lives for years to come but for some reason she couldn't seem to bring herself to care.

Quickly running around the room she gathered clothes, both magical and muggle in style, nappies, a large hand made quilt and three stuffed animals; a wolf, stag and black dog. She shrank them all and put them into her robes. She carefully picked Harry up and wrapped him in a light green blanket. She glanced around the room for anything else. Seeing nothing, took one last look at Lily Potter and noticed that she was wearing a locket, figuring Harry would want something of his parents she quickly summoned it and her wedding band to her and on a whim the late Mrs. Potter's wand. Hurrying down stairs she randomly summoned pictures from the walls, shrank and stuffed them into robes, all with out losing her pace. She summoned James' wand and his wedding band. Shoving both items into her robes, she hurried out the door and to her husband.

" What do you think you are doing?" He asked in an angry whisper.

" We can't just leave him. Who knows what would happen to him. Almighty Fudge would probably do something self righteous, thinking that it would be for the best." Bellatrix snapped at her husband. " He's better off with us then with the Ministry. You know they would raise him as nothing more then a soldier, trained to do nothing more then die when they want him to.

" But . . . What about . . . Where are we . . ." He spluttered. After what looked like an internal struggle, his shoulders finally sagged. " Alright we'll take him. Lets go before anyone comes."

All three Apparated away and not a moment to soon, because seconds after they disappeared Sirius Black descended from the air on his motorcycle followed quickly by Hagrid.

Lestrange Manor

The three Lestranges and one Potter appeared just outside the gates of Lestrange Manor. Unlike other Manors, such as the Malfoy's, Lestrange Manor while being larger then average, was still practical in design. It was a large three story, dark gray stone manor. The walk from the front gate to the front door was not long, as it was a straight shot. The large front double doors were made from a rich cherry wood and were a deep red color. Rodolphus opened the doors allowing his wife to go in first, followed by his brother, then followed himself.

The front entrance was done in different shades of blue and beige. Directly in front of them was the Grand Stair case. The walls were lined with old family portraits, showing just how old the family really was. Tables were situated every six feet from each other, with Persian rugs underneath them. The floors were hard wood and were made from the same dark red cherry as the front doors.

Bellatrix turned right and walked into the Family Room, with Harry sleeping peacefully in her arms. She could hear her husband and brother in law follow her in behind her and close the door.

" Bella what do you plan on doing now?" Rabastan asked. " Do you really think you can raise this child? Not only does he come from a Light family, he defeated our Lord. How can you even think about raising him?"

Bellatrix leveled her best glare at him and said in a cool voice, " Might I remind you that you yourself were going to leave His services. So don't you start preaching to me about loyalties Rabastan. I just lost my favorite cousin, SO DON"T YOU DARE START TALKING ABOUT LOYALTIES!" she was shouting by the end.

Harry having woken up at all the yelling, started crying. He wanted to know where his mommy and daddy were or his Moony and Padfoot. He wanted to know who these strange people were and why the lady holding him looked like his Padfoot.

Bellatrix looked down at the now crying baby. Quickly thinking about how her sister calmed her son down, she started to gently rock him.

" It's okay" she whispered down too him, showing a caring side that not many, not even her sisters knew she had. " Your safe. I won't let anything hurt you. I promise. You will always be loved. It's okay."

Rodolphus and Rabastan watched Bellatrix as she clamed down the young Potter boy. Though not realizing it they were both thinking the same thing, 'We could make this work.' Finally Harry calmed down and looked around. Feeling that he had stopped crying, Bellatrix sat down on the ground, made herself comfortable and conjured a few simple toys for the young toddler to play with.

Both brothers sat down next to her, watching how she never let her gaze wander from the small boy that sat in front of her. If they hadn't known better they would have thought that she had been doing this since day one. She was a natural.

" Bella?" Rodolphus asked, drawing her attention away from the child. " What is the plan? What do you want to do now?"

She looked up at her husband. " We can't stay here. The Ministry will know about this place soon. Most of the high ranking Death Eaters know how to get here and it won't take much to get them talking. All the Ministry has to is promise to let them off and they will be singing like an Augury. Even if we activated all the wards there are none that would work and I would rather not try the Fidelus Charm it's not a smart thing to do in the long run. Besides what if the Secret Keeper is caught."

" Then we leave. We have safe houses all over the world. We can start packing tomorrow. We'll figure out where to go then." Rabastan said. He was distracted from continuing as Harry had walked over to him and plopped down in his lap falling asleep instantly.

Rodolphus chuckled at his younger brothers predicament though he tried to hide it, while Bellatrix laughed out right, not even bothering to try to hide her laughs.

He glared at both of them. " This is not funny." Though his voice lacked any real vehemence. The married couple just smiled at him knowing he probably enjoyed the small bundle sleeping in his lap.

All three could tell that just after an hour with them, that Harry Potter was changing them and would continue to do so for years to come.

All three Lestrange's woke early the next morning, Bellatrix went immediately over to the small crib that she had transfigured the night before and picked Harry up. She walked down into the kitchens to request a bottle for Harry and some breakfast for herself. She had finished feeding him and herself by the time that either her husband or brother in law appeared.

" I'm going to start packing our things. I suggest that you do the same with the potion ingredients and the more sensitive books when you are done eating." she told them, before leaving the room with Harry sitting comfortably on her right hip.

She walked straight up to her and Rodolphus' room. She sat Harry on the bed, making sure to place a spell around the edge that would ensure that he wouldn't fall. She went to the closet and pulled out two trunks from inside. Both were multi-compartment, with four compartments. She started to pack all her robes and cloaks before she realized that there was a quicker way.

" Tippy." she called out.

A loud pop sounded through out the room and a small house elf appeared. The elf had large blue eyes and was wearing a dark gray garment similar to a toga.

" Yes Mistress Bellatrix. How may I help yous?" the she elf squeaked.

" Tippy I need you to pack all my personal belongings. Then I need you to pack up my husbands and Rabastan's. All in separate trunks. Understand?"

" Yes Mistress Bellatrix. Tippy will get rights on it." the elf squeaked before going over the closet and picking up where Bellatrix had left off.

She watched the house elf to make sure she was doing it correctly before turning to her attention back to Harry. It was then she remembered the items she had grabbed the night before. Fishing her Death Eater robes from the night before out of the dirty clothes hamper, she emptied her pockets of the few belongings she had managed to grab and placed them on the desk in front of her. She put the three stuffed animals on the bed with Harry who immediately abandoned the other toys for the three animals. Now she just needed something to put the rest of the items.

" Mipsy." she called out.

A loud crack filled the room which both baby and house elf ignored. Another house elf appeared dressed in the same toga like outfit as Tippy was, only this one seemed to be older then Tippy.

" Yes Mistress Bellatrix. What may Mipsy do for you?" she asked.

" I need you to find me a small bag, preferably a baby bag, for me to carry some items in." Bellatrix told the older elf. She knew that the smaller the bag the less hassle it would be to Apparate long distances with.

" Of course Mistress Bellatrix. Mipsy will be right on it." she disappeared with a sharp crack.

Less then two minutes later Mipsy appeared carrying a medium sized bag. It was a dark forest green with silver detailing. She took it from the elf, " thank you Mipsy, that will be all."

Mipsy bowed low and once again disappeared with another loud crack. A few enlarging spells later Bellatrix managed to make the bag larger on the inside, so it would be able to accommodate all of Harry's things. She packed everything, except for a change of clothes, the stuffed stag and a nappy, including the transfigured toys from the night before.

She quickly changed Harry and set him back on the bed. She checked on Tippy's progress and saw that she was almost done with Rodolphus' clothes. She went around and gathered up all of her and Rodolphus' toiletries and set them in the last compartment of there respective trunks.

" I is done Mistress Bellatrix. I will goes and dos Master Rabastans' packing." Tippy said, bowing before she hurried out of the room.

Bellatrix shrank both trunks and placed them in the baby bag. She picked up Harry, who was holding the stag and giggling happily. She walked out of the room and went down to the Library to see if the men were done packing yet. Just as she was about to open the door it opened and out walked Rabastan and Rodolphus.

" Are you two done with the Potions lab. I want to take all of the ingredients with us."

" We got all of them. There in crates that have been reinforced with cushioning charms and anti-shattering spells." Rabastan said, holding up a old ragged money pouch.

Rodolphus spoke up next, " We got all the books dealing with the Darks Arts and the rarer texts and scrolls. They all have spells and charms ensuring that they wont fall apart." He too held up a pouch.

Bellatrix grabbed both pouches from the two brothers and put in the baby bag.

Bellatrix nodded, " Good, I have our clothes packed," she said referring to her and Rodolphus, " Tippy was packing your things up Rab so I would go make sure she's almost done I want us to be ready to leave soon."

Rabastan turned and walked down the hallway to his room, while Bellatrix and Rodolphus walked downstairs to wait for him in the Family Room. They only had to wait five minutes for him to come down.

" Lets go I want to get out of here now." Bellatrix said and turned toward the doors and walked out into the Entrance Hall.

They had barely made half way there before they felt wards go up. All three stopped dead in there tracks.

" Did you feel that?" Rabastan asked as he pulled his wand out, his actions were copied by the other adults, though Bellatrix had to maneuver Harry to her left hip so she could use her wand. Both adults nodded their heads in the affirmative.

" They probably blocked the Floo and made it so we can't Apparate or use portkeys." Bellatrix said.

She barely finished her sentence when the large double doors were blasted open. Aurors spilled in to the Entrance Hall. After a quick count they figured there were at least 10, with Alistor " Mad-Eye" Moody in the front.

" Lestrange." he growled out, looking straight at Rodolphus.

" Moody." he answered back.

" Tortured any muggles lately?" Moody asked. He signaled the Aurors to encircle the three adults and one baby.

" No can't say that I have, been a little busy lately. How's the nose doing? Not giving you any trouble is it?"

" Enough of this." Moody growled. " Stupefy." The red jet of light shot at Rodolphus who quickly dodged and sent his own stunner back. Then the battle started.

Rodolphus went face to face with Moody, while Rabastan and Bellatrix both took on five each. Rabastan resorted to border line dark spells that would incapacitate. While Bellatrix resorted to a simple but effective and strong Fire Whip Charm. Knocking out three of her five opponents with the Fire Whip and throwing the last two against the wall, effectively knocking them out, she turned to help Rabastan who was now down to two opponents.

" Help Rodolphus. I'm fine." he told her.

Bellatrix nodded and activated her well known Fire Whip and went to help her husband.

" Mad-Eye. How you been lately?" she asked, while hitting him on the shoulder with the whip.

" Better then who soon. Give up you three," he said, taking notice that Rabastan had taken down his last two opponents. " You can't beat me Dumbledore and the Order are going to be here soon." the sound of people Apparating came from outside. " See, just surrender your wands and I promise you won't be given the kiss."

They didn't respond just waited for the order to come bursting through the doors. They weren't disappointed.

Dumbledore came in followed by seven other Order members. His eyes swept over the three ex Death Eaters, stopping when they reached Bellatrix and saw who she was holding. His eyes widened.

" How did you get him?" he asked, his voice filled with power.

She smirked, she could use this to there benefit. " Oh you mean Harry Potter." she noticed how the Order members eyes widened when they heard her say the name. " I rescued him from the rubble. His mother died protecting him you know. Not before James Potter died though, he tried fighting Voldemort. We all know how that worked out. Don't we." she could just see the Order members itching to curse her.

She walked towards them, her wand pointed directly at Harry. She could hear Rodolphus and Rabastan following behind her, there wands pointed at the Order, ready to curse them if they so much as blinked wrong.
Dumbledore looked at her, " Just give him to us. He doesn't belong with you. He belongs with his relatives, where he will be safe and protected from Death Eaters. Just hand him over and I will personally make sure that you will not be given the kiss." Dumbledore obviously thought they would trust him even if they were Death Eaters.

He was wrong.

" I don't think so old man. Those promises may work on some idiot but they won't work on us, we are smarter then that. So your going to let us walk out that door, we'll be taking the boy with us. If I even think that we're being followed you'll never see him again. Dead or alive." she said. She had an evil glint in her eye, showing exactly why she made such a good Death Eater. The order knew she would do it if they provoked her.

She walked past the Order members, all of which had there wands half raised. She walked backwards until all three adults were a good 50 feet away.

Bellatrix turned to her husband. " Run." she whispered.

All three turned tail and ran. They raced down the drive as fast as the could, if they could get past the gates then they would be able to Apparate away. They could hear the Order running after them, they could feel the spells flying past them. Harry sensing the danger, started to cry. 'Only a few more yards.' Bellatrix thought.

Rodolphus made it to the gate first, he pushed it open just in time for Rabastan to run past him. Bellatrix followed closely behind. He closed the gate knowing that it wouldn't stop the Order for long.

" Where to now?" Rabastan asked between deep breaths.

" The townhouse in the states. Its far enough away they won't be able to track us." Rodolphus said. He turned to Bellatrix and gave her a deep kiss, he pulled away and hesitated before placing a gentle kiss on Harry's head.

Both brothers Apparated away with a crack. She looked behind her and saw the Order less then 15 yards away. Looking down at Harry, who was still whimpering, she held him close and thought about her destination. She disappeared with a crack.

The Order was seconds to late.

The Wizarding World mourned for the loss of there savior, but got revenge for the Death of the Potters, Sirius Black was sentenced to life in Azkaban. Barty Crouch Jr. was caught torturing the Longbottoms, he to was sentenced to life in prison. After three weeks in St. Mungos both Frank and Alice Longbottom made a full recovery.

No one would see Harry for another 14 years. Sightings of him would show up in the papers every so often, most nothing but a hoax, though a few had some grains of truth to them.

The thought on everyone's mind was that when he did return everything would change, nobody could deny that. Though how much it would and if it would be for better or worse, no one knew.

If only they did.