Hey everybody. Well this is it, the last chapter in my story. I want to thank everyone for reading, and everyone for reviewing. Enjoy
The sun rose early on the last day of Hogwarts' school year. Students rose early all around the castle preparing for the seventh years' graduation. The graduating class themselves were up early from either nerves or excitement. It was the perfect day to start a new chapter in their lives and to end an old one.
I sat in a hospital wing bed watching the sun rise, all silent except the gentle snores from Lilly and Rose and the not so gentle ones from Albus. Scorpius sat next to me, his head resting on the bed and his hand tightly grasping mine even in his sleep. James lay stretched out next to me, one arm tucked beneath his head the other resting gently across my waist.
It's been two weeks since the chaos in the tunnels beneath Malfoy grounds. I personally have only been awake for the last few days. Blood loss had nearly put me into a coma and if we hadn't received help when we did I might not have made it at all.
I missed a lot of information in the week and a half that I was out and the last couple of days have been nothing but bringing me up to speed and throwing around some general thoughts of the future. Now we simply waited for the end of the year so that we could go home. So let me update your knowledge.
The three men posing as Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and the Ministry healer turned out to be death eaters using an unknown spell. The Ministry is currently looking into this spell although they believe that it may be Dark Arts related. The stunners that had knocked out my cousin and friends had all been by aurors with the real Harry Potter. They had been waiting to get the three death eaters but had hit us instead since we had already taken out the death eaters. McGonagall had immediately sent Mr. Potter a message through patronus as soon as she realized we had already left the castle. The Auror department had arrived at Malfoy Manor just after we had descended into the tunnel that led us to the death eaters. Malfoy Manor was taken back from the few death eaters inside in short order. Unfortunately since no one knew about the tunnels it had taken the aurors longer to find us and it had only happened by accident. While searching the garden an auror had stumbled, fell and quite literately gone through the secret door that Scorpius and I had used as children. By that time the six of us were already fighting for our lives in the underground throne room. Speaking of that, it turns out that an old castle from the middle ages used to be on the land that is Malfoy grounds. Apparently our ancestors decided that a castle was too old-fashioned and so buried it underneath the ground. Either that or there is something else down there that they didn't want anyone else knowing about. I personally think the second option is more likely.
The tunnels are long, winding and there are millions of them which is why we were pretty much on our own even though there were aurors so close. The fire that had been started in the throne room had died out not long after that one fireball chased us through the corridor. Stone simply will not burn unless magically forced. Many death eater bodies were recovered from that room, not one of them with a wand. Rodolphus Lestrange's body was also recovered nearly unrecognizable by the fire. He may have been my biological father but that's something I'd rather never think about again. Draco was and always will be my true father. Even so I still find that knowing who my biological father is is shocking and somewhat disturbing, but can you blame me?
The Auror department couldn't get much out of the few death eaters that were captured. We do know that we weren't the original targets, Mr. Potter was. It seems that the thought of screwing over my already long dead grandmother by killing her descendants was appealing to Rodolphus Lestrange. James, Lilly and Albus were supposed to be used as bait, most likely killed in the end, but needed to lure Harry Potter to Malfoy Manor. As you can see it didn't quite work out that way. That little file Draco had left for me I handed over to Mr. Potter as soon as I was able. It would really do more good with him then sitting, shrunken, in my pocket. Mr. Potter doesn't believe that Rodolphus Lestrange was really in charge of all this, it had to be someone else. Who that someone may be is still being looked into. That however is no longer my worry. My biggest worry now is that in a few short hours I'll no longer be a student of Hogwarts and will need to make my own way in the world.
I smiled as I felt James' arm tighten around my waist and as the others around me stirred awake. It's a scary thought, being on my own, but somehow I think I'll get through it. After all I have a great family, friends and boyfriend. What more could a girl ask for? Yeah don't worry about me, I'll be just fine, but don't think this is the last you've heard of me. No, this is only the beginning of the drama, the love, and the adventures. Trust me, I'm just getting started.
Until next time dear friends,
Bellina Marie Black
I know it was short but not to worry. As Bellina has said it is not the end. Stay tuned for Bellina's next story, which will be out as soon as I find a name for it...