The Black prophecy #53

Chapter 53: Fake love

- Okay… We have to hurry… It seems like no one knows about where Hermione currently lives… But they will find it as fast as they can, we have to move fast… Are you sure this is her apartment? – Whispered in a low tone Bellatrix as she walked silently beside her niece, they were in a hallway and they didn't want to startle the other occupants in the residence.

- Yes… I’ve been here a few weeks ago, this is the place where she’s been staying – Mumbled Nymphadora.

Bellatrix was going to ask her niece what she had been doing with Harry’s ex-girlfriend but they were getting close to the door.

- Come on, do your thing – Bellatrix told her and Nymphadora nodded furiously.

And then, Nymphadora did the same thing she had done a few hours ago, she became as small as possible and entered inside the house under the door, she got her normal size back once again and opened the door, she was so focused on the mission that she forgot about the pain that caused her to change sizes fast, her aunt entered and they walked as silently as they could until they reached Hermione’s door.

Nymphadora looked at her aunt for a few seconds before she nodded at her, the older woman nodded too, and then she opened Hermione’s door.

- Put your hands in the air, you’re under arrest! – Both of them said as they pointed their wands towards the sleeping figure of the younger woman.

But there was something strange, Hermione was sleeping on the bed, covered in a blanket and the sounds didn’t wake her up, so, Nymphadora walked close to move her body to wake her up, but she still didn’t move, the younger woman looked at her aunt and then she quickly uncovered her body to find something horrifying.

Hermione had a wound on one of her wrists.

- Oh… God, no! – Nymphadora tried to do something.

She checked up her vital signs and she was relieved to find that the woman was still alive, Bellatrix quickly walked close to the younger woman and started to heal her wound using the same magic Severus use to heal Nymphadora when she was attacked at Voldemort’s manor, she decided to learn it after that event.

They were surprised that the woman was still alive, her body was so cold, it seems like she was about to die.

- She’s unconscious she won’t tell us anything, we need to take her to St. Mungos… - Bellatrix couldn’t think of another option.

- That’s too dangerous, Aurors will report her, and then the nurses will quickly inform them and they will land on the hospital and they will going to start to ask questions – Nymphadora tried to stop her aunt from what she was about to do, there was a problem here, they didn’t know what to do.

But then, something happened, Hermione’s figure started to change, Nymphadora and Bellatrix’s eyes widened, that wasn’t Hermione anymore, it was another woman, they wanted to find out what happened, but then, they heard some noise behind outside the flat, and then, the main door was slammed.

- Shit… The Aurors… Let’s get out of here! – Bellatrix took her niece’s hand and took both of them out of here.

They landed back on Grimmauld place, they were panting, that was close, they were about to get caught by their friends, they quickly got inside the house, thankfully Narcissa and Andromeda weren’t here, they got inside the living room, they had lots of things to discuss.

- Okay, what do we do now? – Asked Bella and both of them started to think.

- First of all, we need to figure out what the hell happened back there so we will know what to do – Nymphadora said.

Bella looked at her niece for a few seconds and then nodded.

- My theory is that… Hermione kidnapped that unknown woman and used a polyjuice potion on her too but this time the polyjuice potion was for someone to transform into Hermione, she wanted to make believe the rest of the world that she had killed herself so no one could find Harry – Nymphadora mumbled and Bella wanted to say something.

But the older woman remained thoughtful, Nymphadora’s idea didn’t sound so crazy, she decided to accept the theory.

- So, now we have no idea about where she is right now, not even the Aurors know… You have to infiltrate once again, you know where they are, you just need to get on that size once again – Bellatrix told her niece but the younger woman didn’t look so hopeful.

Every time she turned into that size it ended up hurting her body, drastic changes made her feel like that, she could resize her body little by little with no problem but going from big to microscopic in a matter of seconds hurt like hell for the younger woman, but then, an idea came into her head.

- Wait a minute… I think we may have some clues here! – Nymphadora quickly ran upstairs, she went towards Harry’s room and she was followed by her aunt who looked at her strangely, she was curious about what her niece was planning.

Nymphadora looked everywhere in the room, she looked around the bookshelves, Harry’s furniture, under his bed and when she looked in his closet and moved a few things and then she found a box that says “important stuff”, she grinned once she found it.

- Aha… I have experience regarding male behavior, I know many of them seem to have boxes or places where they keep their important stuff… If you know what I mean – Nymphadora winked at her aunt and she nodded.

Nymphadora placed the box on the bed and then, they started to take things out, they took many things, jewels, papers, tickets to quidditch matches, pictures from Lily and James, and when Bellatrix found an adult-themed magazine with the title “ MILFS” she wasn’t so sure if this was the right place to search for clues.

- What are we searching for anyway? – Asked Bella as she took out the magazine but a bad movement on the way she grabbed the magazine made something fall from the inside, it was a letter.

Nymphadora quickly took the letter and then she read who sent it.

- Eureka! Hermione Granger, this is her direction – Nymphadora handed the letter to her aunt before she grabbed the magazine and started to shake it.

At least four letters fell from the magazine, Bellatrix took more porn magazines and stared to shook them, Harry had in total seven magazines and they found at least twenty letters, all from Hermione.

- This is what we were looking for aunt, look, there are many addresses! – Nymphadora cheered happily.

Bella on the other side wasn’t so hopeful, she had looked in all letters and she found many directions.

- What’s wrong aunt Bella!? – Asked Nymphadora seeing the way her aunt looked right now.

The older woman sighed before she looked at her once again.

- It’s useless, there are many addresses, it seems like they were sent from different places – Bella confessed a little disappointed.

Nymphadora was thoughtful, once again, she took the letters and even if she was a little disappointed too, she didn’t stop herself from starting to look at them, she did her best to see if any detail had escaped from her aunt and then, her eyes widened.

- Wait a minute… - Nymphadora said before she started to accommodate the letters.

There were at least ten singles, from different places, but, there were six from a certain direction in London and another pile with four letters that had an address from the south of England.

- I didn’t ask Harry before, but I’m going to assume that the letters from the biggest pile come from her parents’ address, I recognize many places in the singles, they are from different places in the world… and then we have another one from a little town in the south of England, all those letters were sent during in the summer through the years… The ones in the big pile were sent in winter, I guess that the ones from the second pile come from some house or maybe a cottage from her parents, what do you think? – Nymphadora started to guess.

Bellatrix remained thoughtful for a while, she analyzed the letters, and she was thinking about her niece's theory at the same time, what she was saying made sense.

- We know where to go, we’ll visit her parents, they will be the best bait to make her come with us! – Nymphadora said happily, she was ready to go after Hermione, but then, her aunt stopped her in her tracks.

- Wait, Nymphadora… If we could find this direction easily I think the Aurors will find it easily in the ministry's data or even in Hogwarts' files, they can always ask for that information, they always keep it – Bella said and then, Dora’s hope disappeared as fast as it came.

Seeing the way her niece reacted made her feel a little guilty, but then, a crazy idea came to her head.

- But, what if they’re letting pass this address? – Asked Bellatrix as she picked up the small pile and Nymphadora's eyes widened before she nodded, it was time to work.

Meanwhile, in another place, on a beach, a brown-haired woman was staring at the sea, she was using a grey Gabardine, the sun was about to rise, but that didn’t matter right now, as it was raining, and the whole sky was covered with grey clouds, summer rains weren’t so bad once you get used to them, but still, the brown-haired woman couldn’t help but take a small taste of a cigarette as she’s sitting on the edge on a rock as she’s staring at the horizon, wishing that she could walk towards the horizon, she remained thoughtful before a weird thing happened, a glowing weasel appeared, she stared at it for a few seconds before it exploded and a male voice spoke to her.

“Hermione… There’s some bad news, Harry has been kidnapped, and I’m sorry to say that but you're going to hear it from other people, my sister is the one responsible for his disappearance, I just wanted you to know this before you see it on the news, I’m sorry for what my family has caused, please, come with us so we can search for him we'll do what we can to find him, I know that you’re still in love with him, take care of yourself, see you soon, you know where to find us” – The male voice said and the younger woman remained neutral.

She walked behind where she was sitting, she walked towards a green-colored old car, Hermione took the keys and opened the trunk before she smirked.

- Did you hear that? I told you, that my plan was going to be successful – She told a raven-haired man who had blood on his face and a wound on the chest, he was barely alive.

- Y-You’re insane! – He mumbled completely angry.

- Don’t worry baby… That won’t matter soon, they fell for my trick, Ginny will be imprisoned and no one will know what really happened to you… You shouldn’t feel so sad, you’re about to be reunited with your parents – Hermione smiled softly – I love you… - She said before she kissed him on the lips, he just accepted the kiss without feeling anything.

The raven-haired man was a little scared, after all the horrors that he had to pass through the night, he wanted to be as far as he could from Hermione.

- Hermione… Please, you still have time to regret this, there’s no point in losing your freedom or your life just for me… I’m not worth it! – Harry tried to make her understand.

Hermione was thoughtful for a moment, there was more rain than before.

- You don’t get it, Harry… Once I lost you, there was no point for me to continue living… I’ve never stopped loving you but… It seems like you didn’t love me at all – She said and those words made Harry flinch.

He didn’t know what to say to the brown-haired woman, after that summer before his seventh year, things changed between them just because she wanted to pause their relationship, so, Harry didn’t waste time and spent a nice summer with Nymphadora and her current girlfriend of the time, Hestia Jones, after that, Harry’s perspective changed, he thought that he loved Hermione and that without her his life would be over, but, he proved himself that he could get better.

He tried to fake it during their seventh year because it was the right thing to do, everyone expected them to be together, for them to make the wizarding world better, the half-blood hero alongside the muggle-born genius, both of them were going to make a change in the wizarding world, or at least, the whole population thought that.

But the way the Black sisters made him feel was hard to change, he couldn’t pretend anymore, so, after their graduation, Hermione broke up with him, he wasn’t depressed for that he was relieved actually, but he had a lot of things to think, his future, his feelings for the Black sisters and Nymphadora, many things distracted him, that’s why everyone thought that he was sad because Hermione broke up with him, but their love had died a long time ago.

- Well, that doesn’t matter… We will be together in the end, don’t worry, I’ll make sure of that – Hermione said with a soft smile before she took some tape and sealed Harry’s lips again.

She closed the trunk and went towards the car and accelerated as fast as she could to get out of here.

Meanwhile, in a little cottage, not too far from here, Nymphadora and Bellatrix slammed the door without mercy, they were desperate, there was no time for them to act according to the protocol, on the cottage they found something awful, the whole thing was a mess, and worst of all there was a lot of blood, and much worse, Harry doesn't seem to be here, they walked towards a certain room and here they found a horrible scene.

There was more blood than in another place, it seems like this is the place where Hermione had done awful things to Harry, there were many strange things, knives, gardening tools, a gun, just like the one the Aurors found in the Weasley home, Nymphadora was speechless, the only thing he could do was fall on her knees as she watched the scene in front of her, she couldn’t pretend anymore, she started to sob as she imaged the horrors Harry could have been subjected here.

Bellatrix on the other hand was startled by her niece’s sobs, she wanted to stop her feeling like that, so she took her in her arms and got her out of the room, they went towards the kitchen, at least there wasn’t blood here, Bella was still hugging her niece, she tried to make her sobs stop.

Seeing Nymphadora in that state reminded her of the time where Andy had been kicked out of their home, her parents yelling at her, the desperation on her face, the sadness the frustration, and there was just one thing that Bellatrix wanted to do at the time, she wanted to make her sister feel better, the way Nymphadora looked with short, raven hair didn't help either.

Bellatrix didn’t know what possessed her, she didn't know if it was her sadness, the nostalgia, or anything else, but then, she did something that she wouldn’t do in normal circumstances, she kissed her niece on her lips to make the sobs stop, many would doubt of the effectivity of this technique, but it worked, Nymphadora wasn’t sobbing anymore, she was stunned due to the kiss though.

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