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Ravyn Lestrange was sitting quietly at the Leaky Cauldron, a magical pub in the middle of Wizarding Britain, wearing a cloak to mask her identity, when an owl flew into the room and landed at her table.

"Joy," She grumbled sadly as she read the letter. It was her summons to Hogwarts, and despite being only eleven, she'd been alone for three years, fully aware of her parentage and the chaos they had caused. Quietly, she looked up at the bartender.

"I'll be back in a second Tom," She called as she made her way into the busy streets of Diagon Alley and quickly went about to get her supplies for the school year, including a multilevel trunk, textbooks, and a Eurasian Eagle owl that she named Shadow. Managing to do all the transactions without giving her last name before heading to the one place that she knew she wasn't going to enjoy. Ollivander's wand shop.

The moment she walked in she was greeted with an all too cheery voice.

"Hello Madam Le-"

Ravyn sprang into action and covered his mouth.

"Don't say that. My name is Ravyn. Just Ravyn."

Ollivander nodded and she moved her hand away.

"So, let's go about getting you a wand, yes?"

Ravyn nodded and the trial began. Going wand by wand until Ollivander let out a cheer.

"Ah, a very special wand indeed. 12 3/4 inches, oak with dragon heartstring. Eerily similar to a wand I gave another person. I believe you know who. Would you like a holster for that?"

Ravyn nodded and the spritely old man handed it over. Paying him quickly, she returned to her room at the Leaky Cauldron and sat down on the bed.

"This isn't gonna be fun. I feel it already. And September 1st is in a week!"

She grouched to herself before pulling out one of the spell books and beginning to study.

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After taking the Knight Bus to get to Platform 9 ¾ , Ravyn pulled her hood up over her head a bit more and quickly made her way across the barrier and onto the Hogwarts Express. She had just sat down when a boy with bright green eyes and shaggy black hair entered her compartment.

"Hey, I was wondering if I could sit here," He said quickly. Ravyn nodded.

"Sure, what's your name?"

She asked him. The boy smiled.

"Harry. Harry Potter."

Ravyn smiled.

"I'm Ravyn. For my own reasons, I'm not saying my last name. You'll find out at the sorting ceremony."

Harry nodded and put away his trunk, sitting across from her.

"What house do you think you'll be in?"

He asked innocently. Ravyn shrugged.

"I don't know. I'm sorta worried about it though," She admitted to him. Harry tilted his head to the side a little.

"Why? Scared you won't fit in?"

Ravyn chuckled softly.

"I suppose you could say that, "She responded, desperately trying to ignore the knot of despair growing in her stomach. Before the conversation could continue, a girl with bushy brown hair and a slightly pudgy boy barreled into the compartment.

"Hi, have you seen a toad around anywhere? Neville's lost his."

Ravyn nodded and stood up, pulling the struggling toad out of her pocket and handing him to Neville.

"I caught him when he hopped by. I figured the owner would come looking for him sooner rather then later."

She explained while Neville beamed brightly, holding on to his toad.

"Trevor!"

He exclaimed. Ravyn smiled a bit before speaking.

"So, what are your names?"

She asked politely. The girl smiled.

"I'm Hermione Granger and this is my friend Neville Longbottom."

Ravyn nodded again and sat back down.

"I'm Ravyn. I'm keeping my last name a secret until the sorting ceremony."

Neville and Hermione nodded, sitting down after introducing themselves to Harry, and were relaxing quietly when a rather pompous looking redhead marched into the room.

"Do you guys know where Harry Potter is? I'm looking for him, he's my best mate!"

Ravyn glanced over at Harry, who looked completely confused before speaking.

"No, sorry. It's just me and my friends Neville, Hermione, and Richard," She lied. The redhead nodded.

"Tell him Ronald Weasley was looking for him."

He said haughtily before leaving. Ravyn couldn't help it and looked Harry in the eye.

"Ronald Weasley is looking for you."

Everybody burst into laughter at that statement, and before long, they were standing in line for the sorting ceremony. All of the first years surprised to find that it was a hat. The sorting started quickly with Abbot, Hannah going to Hufflepuff, and worked it's way down until it was Ravyn's turn.

It was clear McGonagall was surprised at the name on the list because she stalled.

"L-L-Lestrange, Ravyn."

The entire room went quiet in shock as Ravyn swallowed her fear and approached the stool, sitting down as the hat was placed on her head.

"Well now. A little Lestrange. I wasn't expecting this. And not only are you a Lestrange, you have all the qualities of being a Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or a Gryffindor. All of these houses however could put you in harms way though, should I put you in Slytherin? You also have the cunning and ambition to do well there, and you'd be safe."

The hat asked in her mind.

"I don't know. I'm fully aware that in any house you put me in I'll be ostracized for my lineage, and I'll be in harms way a lot anyway."

She felt the hat nod in her mind and he started to compare and contrast his options. After a full twenty minutes, he spoke.

"I will put you in Gryffindor. But do not sit at the table. Stay beside Professor McGonagall. You may be hurt otherwise."

Ravyn nodded and the hat opened the tear it called a mouth.

"After a lot of consideration, I put her in…GRYFFINDOR!"

Ravyn got up quickly and fled the hall as people started to boo and throw random things at her. After the sorting was finished, McGonagall was surprised. Partly that a Lestrange was in her house, and partly at how fast the girl had made a retreat after she'd been sorted.

After the shock wore off, Albus calmed the students and had the elves serve the beginning feast , not looking at the Gryffindor table again until the end of the feast when he realized that the young Lestrange had fled and hadn't returned.

"Oh dear," He thought.

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Meanwhile, wandering the halls, Ravyn had managed to get herself far away from the Great Hall. Fully alone, she sat down. Crying quietly until she was found an hour later by her head of house.

"Are you alright dear?"

McGonagall asked kindly. Ravyn sniffed a bit and shrugged.

"Maybe. I don't really know anymore."

Minerva sighed and helped the girl up.

"It will get better. Trust me. Now come along. It's past curfew. I'll take you to your common room."

Ravyn nodded and followed her head of house to the portrait of the fat lady and was given the password. After McGonagall walked off, she stepped inside. And was immediately greeted by her entire house pointing wands at her.

When the first exploding hex went off right above her head, Ravyn gulped and practically dove back out the tunnel before running down the hall, all of Gryffindor house running behind her, casting bombarding, cutting, stinging, and explosion hexes and curses at her. Running on autopilot, Ravyn ran for her life. Sprinting right by a Hufflepuff prefect who joined the chase, and was shortly joined by the rest of their house.

Oh you have got to be kidding me! The Hufflepuffs?! What happened to kindness and loyalty?!

She thought as she sprinted past the Ravenclaw tower, and the entire house joined the chase. Quickly growing desperate, she began sprinting down the stairs, which eventually got her blasted by an explosion hex, and she fell down to the first floor of the school, narrowly avoiding barreling into Professor Snape as she sprinted by him, followed by the vast majority of the rest of the school. Snape blinked before realizing what was going on. He didn't have the time to react by going after the students himself, so he bolted away towards the headmaster's office and spoke.

"Students. Lestrange. Being chased."

Albus blinked in confusion before walking out of his office to see what was going on. Accompanied by Minerva and Flitwick, who had been in his office when Snape ran in.

"What was he-"

Albus didn't get a chance to finish his statement because at that moment, Ravyn ran by, with the rest of the school sprinting after her and firing off multiple curses and hexes. Albus blinked before using his magic to amplify his voice.

"ENOUGH! EVERYBODY BACK IN YOUR COMMON ROOMS RIGHT NOW!"

The students all paused and obediently walked back to their common rooms as Minerva went to check on Ravyn, who was currently hunched over, trying to catch her breath and bleeding from the wound on her head from when she'd fallen down the stairs.

"Ms. Lestrange, can you hear me?"

Minerva asked, not surprised when she didn't get a response. Deciding to just act, she gently guided the wounded girl to the Medical Wing of the school, and left her in the capable hands of Madam Pomfrey.

Pomfrey gasped at the girls condition and quickly ushered her to a bed and did all the necessary spells to heal her. Smiling softly as the girl drifted off into the realm of unconsciousness.

When Ravyn woke up the next day, she still had a headache.

"Take it easy dear, and you'll be able to go back to your House today."

Madam Pomfrey said softly. Ravyn nearly panicked.

"No," She gasped, "Please, please don't send me back there!"

Pomfrey blinked in surprise before nodding.

"Alright dear. I'll go talk to Dumbledore. Maybe he can think of something."

Ravyn nodded quietly and curled back up under the thin blankets after grabbing her wand. Slowly drifting off to sleep, she was awoken when somebody tripped and made a rather loud racket, causing Ravyn to sit up quickly and aim her wand at them.

"Who are you, what house are you in, and what do you want from me?"

The other person gulped at seeing Ravyn's wand tip glowing brightly.

"Nymphadora Tonks from the Hufflepuff House. I wanted to apologize for what we did to you."

Ravyn didn't lower her hand as she looked at the 6th year witch.

"I don't trust you."

She growled, her wand tip glowing brighter. Tonks gulped and started to step back, just as Dumbledore entered the room.

"Girls! What's going on?"

Ravyn growled, her wand still focused on Tonks despite the fact that her head still hurt.

"She walked in while I was asleep and woke me up. I have no reason to trust her, and she got too close."

Dumbledore looked at Tonks and spoke.

"Ms. Tonks I must ask that you leave Ms. Lestrange be. She is correct that she doesn't truly have a reason to trust you after the events of last night."

Tonks nodded quietly and left the room as Dumbledore turned his attention back to Ravyn.

"Now, it has been brought to my attention that you want no business with Gryffindor house at the moment. Is that true?"

Ravyn nodded quietly and lowered her wand. Dumbledore sighed.

"The Sorting hat said you were fully aware of the dangers of joining the Gryffindor house. So, sadly, I cannot change your house. However, I can give you a separate room elsewhere in the castle. But you will have to attend classes with the Gryffindors."

Ravyn nodded quietly and Dumbledore kept talking.

"If you hurry you can make it to your flying class with the Hufflepuffs on time."

Ravyn nodded and got out of bed, changing clothes and getting her books, keeping her wand in her free hand and heading outside. Ignoring the pointing and jeering of the other students. By the time she had gotten to her flying class, it had really just started and none if the students had noticed her as of yet. Quickly putting down her stuff, she joined the lesson, managing to get her broom into the air, and was flying lazily in circles when something whizzed by her head. The bright light caught her off guard, and she looked beneath her to see a smirking Ronald Weasley charging up at her.

Quickly, she angled her broom upward and got up as high as she could, Ronald still chasing her. Deciding to be a bit more creative, she aimed her broom down over a clearing and held on for dear life as it dropped. Ronald, as planned, plummeting behind her. She could hear the shouts of the flight coach as she neared the ground, and 10 ft away from hitting the ground, she pulled out of the nose dive and heard a loud crash as Ronald slammed into the ground.

"What was that?!"

Their flight coach yelled. Ravyn gulped.

"He charged at me and I was trying to get him to leave me alone. In the end, his own stupidity did him in. If he hadn't followed me in the dive, or attacked me in the first place, this wouldn't have happened."

The flight coach, Madam Hooch, laughed.

"Oh, I'm not mad at you dear, I saw him fire that cutting curse. I'm impressed! How did you learn to fly like that?"

Ravyn shrugged.

"I don't know. I've never been on a broom before. I guess it was from the necessity."

Madam Hooch nodded.

"I may have an offer for you later. But for now, class dismissed. Off to lunch you go!"

Ravyn nodded and hopped off her broom. She was the first person to get their stuff, and was practically running to stay a good distance ahead of the rest of her house. She was sitting at the end of the Gryffindor table by herself when a Slytherin she knew to be Draco Malfoy approached her.

"Hey cousin, I wrote my Mom, your Aunt Narcissa about you. She said to tell you that if you ever need a place to stay over the break, you can come home with me on the train and stay with us."

Ravyn nodded to her cousin.

"Sure Draco. I might take you up on that offer. I've never actually celebrated Christmas before. Or my own birthday."

Draco paled dramatically.

"That, dear cousin, must be fixed. I'm serious!"

Ravyn smiled a bit.

"No, you're Draco. Our uncle Sirius is in Azkaban for something he didn't do."

Draco nodded before realizing.

"Do you think if I ask my mother she'd let cousin Tonks come with us too?"

Ravyn shrugged.

"I don't know. It would be nice to have at least most of my family there. Maybe if you word it correctly."

Draco nodded and waited for Ravyn to finish her lunch before walking over to the Hufflepuff table and tapping Tonks on the shoulder.

"Hey cousin, do you think your Mom would let you come home with Ravyn and I for Christmas break? It's gonna be Ravyn's first Christmas!"

Tonks grinned.

"If I ask, probably. Besides, maybe if I send a picture of just how amazingly I'm getting along with my younger cousins, she'd let me."

Draco and Ravyn cheered before Ravyn realized something.

"Guys, I think we just scared the living crap out of everyone in the great hall."

Draco looked around, sure enough, the vast majority of the hall was staring at them.

"Let's have some fun with this," He whispered. Tonks nodded, and the three cousins huddled up as if they were planning something before they all straightened up and looked at the Gryffindor table. Laughing quietly to themselves when the whole table paled. Ravyn glanced at the Hufflepuff table and elbowed her cousins gently.

"Wanna see something really spooky?"

Tonks and Draco nodded, and watched as Ravyn looked directly into the eyes of the Hufflepuff prefect and slowly began to change her appearance, so it mirrored the appearance of a young Bellatrix Lestrange perfectly and gave out an evil cackle.

From that alone, over half of the Hufflepuff table fell out of their seats in shock and she let her features return to their usual appearance and gave a sweet smile.

"I will only say this once. I don't like being mean, but I will be if you are mean to myself or my cousins. Am I clear? I am not going to run the next time you see fit to set the entire school on me. You however, will learn why it is never a good idea to challenge a Black to a duel."

The entire table, and most of the rest of the great hall nodded eagerly.

"That should take care of me getting chased down the hallways of the school again. Anything else?"

Tonks laughed.

"No, but I think we earned a new nickname. What do you guys think of the Black Triad?"

Ravyn nodded.

"I like it."

Draco nodded.

"I'm in."

With that, the three cousins made their way to the owlery. On their way, they were trailed by Professors Sprout, Snape, and McGonagall.

"Might I ask what you three were thinking of, pulling that stunt in the Great Hall?!"

Ravyn smiled a little.

"I was thinking like a Slytherin. They all fear me because they expect me to be just like my mother. I used that to my advantage to remind them that if I so desired, I could be just as fierce an adversary."

Just then, Draco and Tonks jogged back into the room.

"I sent my request to my Mother," Draco said proudly. Tonks nodded.

"Me too! I hope my Mom replies soon."

Ravyn smiled sadly.

"Must be nice having a family that cares about you two. I've been living at the Leaky Cauldron since I was 6."

Tonks gaped like a fish for a moment and her hair turned blue.

"That's just not fair!"

Draco nodded.

"Maybe during Christmas Break we can ask my Mom if you can stay with us for the summer. If she says no, then we can ask Aunt Andromeda."

Ravyn nodded happily and hugged her cousins.

"Thanks guys. I think I'm gonna try my luck getting into the Gryffindor common room."

Draco smiled.

"The password to the Snake Den is Prospero. If they don't let you in, you can come stay with us."

Tonks nodded.

"The badger den password is Gobbledygook. You know where to find me."

The Professors smiled at the right students and Ravyn jogged back to the Gryffindor common room. The moment she walked in, she cast a powerful shielding charm and waited for a moment. She was surprised to see several Weasleys, Hermione, Neville, and Harry. Silently, she made her way towards the girls dorms until Hermione stopped her.

"Hey Ravyn, did you mean what you said about being nice until someone hurt you or your family?"

Ravyn nodded.

"Yeah. And if you were wondering why exactly I was talking to a Slytherin and a Hufflepuff, they're my cousins. Draco actually invited me to go to his house over Christmas break."

Ron growled.

"It's just because you're a Lestrange."

Ravyn grit her teeth.

"I'm fully aware of that you incompetent prat. And that actually isn't true. He invited our older cousin, a 6th year, as well. She's a half-blood."

Ron gaped for a moment and watched as Ravyn started to walk up the stairs.

"Oh, and Neville?"

Neville looked at her for a moment.

"If it is of any use, I'm sorry for what my mother did to your family."

And she went to where her trunk was at the foot of the bed, closest to the window. After scanning it for wards, she decided to settle in, and relaxed fully. Getting into an easy pattern until three days later.

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Three days later in the Great Hall, Tonks, Draco, and Ravyn were waiting eagerly for the morning owl delivery, and we're quite pleased when Draco's owl Viper and Tonks' owl Padfoot dropped letters on their owner's plates. Ravyn watching on quietly, petting her own owl, Shadow, and giving him a piece of bacon before he left. Tonks decided to open her letter first.

"She said yes, but only if Aunt Narcissa agrees to it and she can meet Ravyn at the station."

Ravyn and Draco cheered and Draco opened his letter.

"She said you could come, but she wants to meet you and Ravyn beforehand. She'll be at the school with my Dad some time today."

Ravyn nodded and glanced at Tonks as the Triad finished their breakfast and went to their first classes. For Tonks, it was DADA with the Ravenclaws, and for Draco and Ravyn, it was potions together.

Deciding to give everyone a bit of a scare. They sat next to each other as partners in front of the class and talked eagerly until Professor Snape walked in, and almost fainted immediately after seeing what most of the school thought impossible. A Gryffindor and a Slytherin having a peaceful conversation.

"Forty-five points to Gryffindor and Slytherin for being able to put aside petty squabbles."

The class cheered and Draco high-fived his cousin. Not long after, they set to work making their potion and had just turned it in when Professor Snape spoke up.

"You two are needed in the Head master's office. Miss Tonks has been sent for and will meet you there."

Draco and Ravyn nodded politely before quickly exiting the classroom and going to the head master's office, only to see a platinum blonde haired witch sitting on the couch in the room waiting for them.

"Hello Draco," the woman said kindly. Draco smiled and hugged her tightly.

"Hello Mother," He said respectfully. Narcissa smiled and turned her attention to Ravyn, who had just tucked a stray strand of black hair behind her ear.

"You must be Bellatrix's daughter Ravyn. You look so much like your mother."

Ravyn smiled politely.

"Thank you Aunt Narcissa."

Narcissa smiled at her and they talked for a while until Tonks entered the room.

"Sorry I'm late. I had to get my homework for my DADA class and then the stairs kept moving and I got a bit lost."

Narcissa smiled.

"It's not a problem dear. It happened to me up until my 7th year. And that was because Bellatrix and I had the same classes and she took me everywhere."

Tonks smiled a bit.

"At least you weren't a total klutz."

Ravyn smiled and laughed.

"I think that was less of you being clumsy and more of the school playing pranks on you."

Draco nodded.

"Yeah. Who knew Hogwarts liked bowling?"

Tonks turned a bright shade of red from embarrassment and Ravyn noted the confused look on Narcissa's face.

"Oh, while we were walking to lunch in the Great Hall yesterday, the stair case turned into a slide. Draco and I were standing close to the railing, and we're able to grab on, but Tonks had gone to ask a friend for notes and wound up sliding down the rest of the way, accidentally taking down a few Ravenclaw in the process."

Narcissa chuckled.

"That makes sense. The castle did that to Andromeda to."

Ravyn chuckled at the thought and had started to relax until the man with platinum blonde hair spoke.

"I remember that quite well. Happened to Rabastan and Sirius as well. I'm Lucius. You two girls can call me Uncle Luke though."

Ravyn smiled.

"Hi Uncle Luke," She choruses with Tonks. Lucius nodded and smiled, and Dumbledore spoke up.

"Well now children, it's good to see you getting along so well, and as an early present ,I spoke to Cornelius about the trial of Sirius Black. If you can give me something to prove his innocence, he will be released."

Ravyn immediately raised her wand.

"Accio Peter Pettigrew!"

She shouted, surprising everyone when Ronald Weasley's rat flew into the room and into her hand. Shifting her appearance into those of her Mother's again, she spoke, having shifted her vocal cords as well.

"Well ,well, well. What have we got here? Ickle bitty Wormtail traitor!"

Ravyn shouted and flopped the rat to the ground, just as Cornelius Fudge flooed into the room. Catching him off guard when Peter returned to his human form and began to grovel at her feet. Not expecting the binding curse and stunner that Tonks and Draco shot at his back.

Waking him up, Ravyn growled.

"Say it Pettigrew. You pathetic piece of filth."

Peter squeaked in terror and nodded.

"I was the Potter secret keeper! I killed those muggles! It was all me! Sirius was innocent! I swear! I swear on my life!"

Ravyn grinned and returned to her natural form, watching as Peter gaped at how easily he'd been tricked.

"Will that work Minister Fudge?"

Cornelius nodded.

"Yes indeed. As a reward, I grant you full visitation rights to Azkaban prison and you can bring up to three guest with you when you come."

And he handed her a portkey. Ravyn nodded.

"Thank you Minister Fudge. And may I ask one last favor?"

Fudge nodded and listened to what Ravyn had to say before looking at Tonks.

"Ms. Tonks, I would like you to know that you also have a place in the Auror Academy for after you finish Hogwarts."

Tonks looked at her cousin in shock before turning back to Fudge, who by then, had flooed away to do the paperwork to free Sirius. Dumbledore spoke.

"I do believe you want to visit someone and take a few guests?"

Ravyn nodded.

"Yes Professor. If at all possible, can you call Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter here? I think getting to speak with my Mother would help Neville, and I'm fairly sure Harry may want to hear the truth about what happened to his parents from the accused."

Dumbledore nodded , and moments later the two wizards walked into the room.

"What exactly is this about?"

Harry asked. Ravyn shook her head and offered up the portkey.

"Grab it and hold on. Minister Fudge gave me visitation rights to Azkaban, and we are going to speak to my mother and to Sirius Black."

Harry nodded , as did Neville, and they grabbed the portkey, which happened to be an actual key, and vanished, reappearing in various stages of shock, right in front of Azkaban prison.

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After explaining to the guards why they were there, Ravyn, Harry and Neville were guided to Bellatrix's cell, where said woman was laughing loudly from the insanity.

"Here's your chance Neville. I'm going to talk to my Dad. He seems to be more sane. If only by a small margin."

Neville nodded and looked at Bellatrix and began talking to her while Ravyn and Harry walked over to Rudolphus cell.

"Hello father."

Ravyn said, her tone void of all emotion.

A/N

This took 3 days to right, and since I figured my other fic was so popular, I will be going back and forth between this and a new Avengers fanfic. Reviews are nice to read. Flames too. Please?