Chapter 7
Draco ran. He ran as fast as he could, as far as he could, not knowing or caring where. He reached for his time turner. It was gone.
Suddenly he bumped into a large figure. He looked up at the person who was overshadowing him.
"Hey there, Draco. Did you finish your mission already?"
"Hagrid."
"Yes?"
"Uh… have you seen Dumbledore? It's imperative that I speak with him this minute," Draco said.
"Well, he's in his office now, but you didn't answer my question…"
"Move it, you big oaf!" Draco had no patience for some half-giant getting in his way. He needed to get another time turner immediately. He pushed his way past Hagrid and entered Dumbledore's office.
Dumbledore was sitting in his seat with his arms crossed, tapping his foot.
"I've been expecting you," he said.
"What happened to my time turner?" Draco asked.
"It's right here," Dumbledore held up the hourglass charm, "I had charmed it before you left so that when you came back, it would transport to me."
"Why?"
"I know what happened in the past. I saw what you did. I feared something like that might have happened. It would have been much worse if I had sent Harry instead, however. Nevertheless you did change the present," said Dumbledore.
"May I have the time turner?" Draco asked politely.
"No."
"Please. You don't understand, Professor, I need to go back!"
"You want to go back, Draco! There is no reason for you to do so. It will only destroy your life and the life of the woman you love."
"Her life is already destroyed! She killed herself for me!"
"The life of a death eater for the life of a member of the Order of The Phoenix. You do the math, Draco," said Dumbledore harshly.
"This has nothing to do with her killing Sirius Black! I've changed her, Professor! She wouldn't kill anyone!" Draco pleaded.
"And yet she killed herself, didn't she? Let's leave it that way," said Dumbledore.
"No," a voice came from behind Draco. He turned around to see his 'best friend.'
"Mr. Potter, this is a private conversation. Please leave now," said Dumbledore.
"I'm not going anywhere until you hand over that time turner," Harry said while pulling out his wand. He pointed it in Dumbledore's direction.
"Why on earth would you even think to threaten me?" Dumbledore raised his voice.
"Because you are not acting nobly. Draco is asking you kindly to help him save someone's life," said Harry.
"That woman is a murderer!" Harry's grip on the wand tightened.
"No. Not the Bellatrix I knew. How can a murderer love someone the way that she loved me? She's not a murderer!" Draco shouted.
"You're in love with your aunt?" While Harry was distracted- and disturbed- at what Draco had just said, Dumbledore took out his wand and pointed it at Harry.
"Expelliarmus!" Harry's wand flew into Dumbledore's hands. He then pointed both wands at Draco and Harry.
"The two of you are suspended for threatening the headmaster! You are to never come back to Hogwarts ever again! Go pack your bags while I contact your parents."
"But professor…" Harry tried to argue with Dumbledore, but it was no use without his wand.
"GO NOW OR ELSE…"
"Crucio!" A beam of red light flashed from Draco's wand. As Dumbledore fell over in pain, Draco smiled mischievously.
"Blimey, Draco, where'd you learn to do that!" Harry was half-impressed, half-scared for his life.
"Barty Crouch Jr." Draco explained.
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Oh. Uh…I'll explain later. Now take the time turner from Dumbledore, and let's go!" Harry obeyed, taking his wand back as well, and the two of them ran from the office.
"Now what?" Harry asked.
"Set the time turner to 1973."
-TIME WARP-
Draco and Harry both appeared in front of an awe-struck Bellatrix.
"What just happened?" she asked.
"Well, I might as well explain everything. My name isn't Rich. It's Draco. This is my 'best mate,' Harry Potter. We're both from the future, and- here's the tough part- I'm actually your…" Draco trailed off.
"Yes?" Bellatrix arched her brow.
"I can't say it. It's, er, well… It's just too strange. But I want you to know that I love you, no matter what happens, okay?" Bellatrix nodded.
"So… Draco. I like that name," she said.
"I'm glad."
"Uh… Draco, why are we here again?" Harry asked.
"To rescue the princess," Draco replied. He took Bella's hand.
"Let's go back," he said to Harry, and then, turning to Bellatrix, "I want to take you with me, okay?" Bellatrix smiled and nodded, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Wait… if we take her back… wouldn't that cause some confusion? She's not meant to be in the future, Draco," said Harry.
"I know, but I can't- I won't- leave her here. I need her to come with me."
"What about your parents?"
"I don't care what they say. You know what? I'll leave Hogwarts and run away with Bellatrix. I'm already suspended anyway," said Draco.
"You're suspended because Dumbledore has completely gone off his rocker! And besides, YOU'RE FREAKING DATING YOUR AUNT!"
Bellatrix stared blankly at Draco.
"I'm your… aunt? But that would mean…" Draco squeezed Bella's hand.
"Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Black are my parents. You are my aunt, Bellatrix."
"…"
"Let her decide now if she wants to come back," Harry said.
"I just can't believe it. It's all too weird. Lucius is your father? But I guess that explains why you look like him so much," she said.
"Well, will you come back with me? I know that will seem kind of strange for you, but now that you know the truth, it's not safe for you to stay here. It might completely destroy the future," said Draco.
"That's possible," said Harry, "so please… Bellatrix, you're a good person. I didn't think… I didn't think you would be, for some reason."
"It's because some time, in a another reality, Bellatrix kills the person who you care for the most," said Draco.
"It doesn't matter, then. Nothing matters anymore. Draco, we're going back to the future, and Bellatrix, you're coming with us!"
"I can't…" Bellatrix hesitated, "I-I just can't… stay here any longer! Draco, if you wish for me to come with you, then I must! I love you!" She threw her arms around his neck and he retuned the embrace gently. As she pulled away, Draco noticed tears forming in her eyes.
"You're crying," she said.
"I am?" Draco wiped his eyes with his sleeve and saw that the sleeve was wet. Bellatrix laughed.
"You're sure you want to go back with me?" he asked her. She nodded and hugged him again. Draco kissed her passionately on the lips. Harry cleared his throat, indicating that it was time for them to leave.
-TIME WARP-
When they all arrived at the correct time, they were standing outside of Dumbledore's office, coincidentally. Bellatrix looked around.
"Wow. Everything's so… different," she stated.
Harry took out his wand and slowly opened the door to Dumbledore's office. Everything was different. There were papers over the walls and on the desk. It all seemed so unorganized. Dumbledore was lying unconscious on the ground. Had it been that Draco's cruciatus curse had knocked Dumbledore out?
Draco, Harry, and Bellatrix entered the office. The papers on Dumbledore's desk were all old articles from the Daily Prophet. Draco picked one up and read:
October 23, 1973 The Case of the Missing WitchBelow was a picture of 16-year-old Bellatrix. She wasn't smiling in the picture, and instead looked really downcast. She was looking anywhere but up, and she kept twirling her finger in her still-wavy hair.
Bellatrix let out a shriek. Draco spun around and saw Dumbledore grabbing Bellatrix by the wrist and taking out his wand.
"Don't…!"
"You've just made a huge mistake, Draco. A mistake that will cost you the life of this girl!"
"Crucio!" This time the curse came from a different direction. Severus Snape was standing at the door to the office, pointing his wand at Dumbledore. Dumbledore cringed with pain, releasing Bellatrix from his grasp.
"I have been wanting to do that for years!" he said.
"It feels good, doesn't it?" said Draco.
"Yes, well, while I hold him off, will you kindly take the floo powder from inside Dumbledore's top drawer and contact the minister of magic? This man must be arrested for assaulting three students. And while your at the fireplace, you can take those old newspapers and burn them if you like. Those copies weren't actually published, but Dumbledore has been trying to do so for years," Snape explained. Draco nodded and obeyed Snape's orders.
The minister of magic, Arthur Weasley, was contacted at once, and Dumbledore was taken to Azkaban, where he would serve a 2 year sentence. Hogwarts was closed for the year until they could find a new headmaster (some people heard that Snape had wanted the job), and Draco decided he would take Bellatrix home with him and try to explain everything to his parents.
"Draco, darling! You're here!" When Draco arrived home, he received a warm welcome, until, of course, his mother saw her supposedly-dead sister as a 16-year-old girl.
"Trix...ie...?" Mrs. Malfoy held a hand up to her face, and Bellatrix did the same thing.
"Narcissa... you're so... old!"
"You-You can't be alive! It's not possible! And why do you look exactly the same as when you disappeared? What happened to you, Trixie?"
"Well... the truth is, I'm in love with your son," said Bellatrix.
"What!"
"It's true, mom! I brought her to this time, from 1973. That's why she went missing!" Draco explained.
Lucius' head popped out from behind the door.
"Is Draco home? Oh...- Holy shit!" Bellatrix laughed.
"Hey Lucius!" she said.
"Is it really you, Bella?" he asked.
"Yup."
"Wow! I don't know what to say!"
"Really? Wait till you hear this- she's in love with our son," said Narcissa.
"WHAT?"
"That's what I said."
"Listen, I know it's strange, but... well, nobody else really knows that this is the same girl who went 'missing' 23 years ago. Nobody knows that she's my aunt!"
"Draco! Have you lost your mind!" Narcissa shouted.
"Maybe I have… but I really don't care what you have to say about it! I'm an adult now, and I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want!"
Draco ran away, like he said he would if things got bad. He and Bellatrix moved out of the country. He never again saw his parents, Hogwarts, Harry Potter, or anyone from his past. He figured they were all better off now without him, especially Harry. After all, he did helpsave the lives of Harry's parents and godfather. The only thing Draco heard about was how, after Hogwarts re-opened with Minerva McGonagall taking Dumbledore's place as the headmistress, Voldemort and his remaining death eaters had attacked the school. Apparently Harry and the rest of the Order of the Phoenixhad fought. Many died, but Harry had defeated Voldemort.
Bellatrix and Draco had 9 children, and lived in a small house somewhere in western Europe. Thanks to Harry Potter, the war was over, and they could live in peace. And although Draco didn't want to admit it, he wouldn't havebeen with Bellatrix if it weren't for Harry. And so ends our story, the twisted tale of Draco Malfoy and his aunt/lover Bellatrix Black.
Was that the weirdest ending or what? But it was good. yes, i am sooo good. and its supposed to be twisted, so if you don't like it, then write your own ending!
heh, no really, what do you think should have happened? i want to know your opinions, folks.
XOX always,
Mina