𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ▸ 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞

         
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i ran towards the great hall, books in hand.
i passed Filch and he gave me a look. "shouldn't you be in the hall by now?" he enquired.
i flipped him off and turned back towards
huge doors in front of me.
"bloody Beaumont. can't wait 'till she leaves, ay Mrs Norris?" he mumbled.
i shook my head, that man was so obsessed with his cat.

i pushed the doors open and felt
everybody's eyes on me.
"late again Miss Beaumont? i expected more
from you." i heard Dumbledore say, but i was too busy sitting down and blushing profusely.
"where the fuck have you been Clara?"
my best friend Lorna Candlewood whisper-shouted.
"i couldn't find my robes." i replied, which was a complete lie.
i was watching the birds again.

recently, i noticed a birds nest had been made in the astronomy tower. it was an augrey that had made it.
her babies had hatched the other day
and i couldn't get my eyes off them. they
were the most adorable baby birds i had ever seen, despite what people say about augrey's.

"are you sure?"
she asked me, one eyebrow raised.
"i'm very sure." i tried to make myself sound as convincible as i could, which wasn't very good. "will you two shut the hell up?!" Nelle Littlerose whispered across the table to us.
i rolled my eyes and made a gesture at her.
she gasped loudly and we got
a few concerned looks from the professors table.
"the first years are coming in!"
Avia Passel exclaimed.

we all looked towards the doors and saw the tiny first years scramble in. they looked so insecure and scared. it was so cute.
one of the boys, ginger, hand-me down robes, obviously a Weasley, looked over at the gryffindor table to see his brothers waving and cheering.
he turned as red as his hair
and looked towards the ravenclaw table just in time to see Rosalie Tauris flip off her younger sister in front of him. she noticed him looking at her
and winked at him. this caused
him to go even redder.

"first years! when i call your name, you will come up to the front, sit on the chair and wait for the sorting hat to be placed on your head, then, it will
tell you what house you shall
be sorted into." professor McGonagall said, beckoning them to the front of the hall.

one by one, they all took their turns getting sorted into the four houses: ravenclaw, slytherin, gryffindor and hufflepuff.
"i have to admit, we got some pretty good
kids joining slytherin this year." Avia said, indicating to a little friend group that had sat near us.
it consisted of Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson,
Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.
i rolled my eyes.
as good as the first two were, they insisted on keeping the latter two around. they were
complete dumbasses.

"the Malfoy kid seems smart i guess. a bit
full of himself though." Lorna said, squinting her eyes and leaning forward more
to catch a glimpse of the
bleached blonde boy. "isn't his dad Lucius Malfoy?"
Nelle said. "i guess so. if they have the same
name." Lorna told her.
"he's a real fitty." Avia said bluntly.
we all turned to look at her.
"what?!" she said
"his son is right over there you wanker."
Nelle exclaimed. "so? at least i
don't have a thing for his mother, Narcissa." Avia
looked at me expectantly. the girls giggled as i turned red and murmured, "stupid bitches."

"miss Beaumont, miss Candlewood, miss Littlerose and miss Passel," we heard professor Snapes melancholy voice behind us. "would you be so kind as to lead the first year slytherins to the common room and their dormitories, as miss Beaumont here is head girl."
we reluctantly agreed and gathered the kids
together.

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"right, first years! welcome to the slytherin common room." i told them.
they all looked on in awe. i have to admit,
i felt the exact same when i was a first year. it was my home. i knew i had seen it many times before, but being there in my
first set of robes just made it feel different.
"boys dormitories are up the stairs
to the left, and the girls are up the stairs
to the right, but you can unpack later, there is a school tour going on that i really
recommend you go on." i told them,
but one boy was already racing up the stairs.
bleached blonde hair. Malfoy. i thought.
this kid seemed like trouble already.
"Draco! you really don't
want to miss this!" i yelled after him,
but he ignored me.
i shrugged at Avia and followed him.

"Draco? come downstairs, i get it
you might be homesick but trust me,
Hogwarts is one of the
best homes you'll ever have." i said. but it was too late, he had already gone into the dorm.
i heard faint thuds and Draco's voice.
"aunt Bella?! what are you doing here? you can't be here!" (imagine Bellatrix has already been and got out of azkaban please 🥺)
"can't an aunt come see her favourite nephew once
in a while?" i heard a raspy voice say.
"not without wanting something, no." i heard
Draco reply in a snarky tone.
"jesus Draco, your mother sent me here to see how you are getting on."
"i've only been here for a few hours! i haven't
even had my first lesson yet, and i've probably
just missed the tour going on."
"you know your mother, always overreacting."
"well tell her i'm fine."
and with that, Draco left, he was obviously
so mad he didn't even notice me.

as i walked into his dorm, i looked back at him,
which made me bump into his aunt.
"jesus christ, watch where you're going mudblood."
she said. "i swear i can't go anywhere
these days without one of you interf-"
she stopped dead in her tracks as she looked at me.
her eyes softened and she brushed a
hair out of her face.
i raised an eyebrow at her, and it was clear
she knew i saw her vulnerability.
"fucking idiot." she mumbled in a quiet voice,
going red.
"i'm sorry, but who are you?" i asked, even though i knew perfectly well who she was.
"who am i? i'm fucking Bellatrix Lestrange!"
she exclaimed angrily.
"hold on. you are Bellatrix Lestrange,
or you're sleeping with her."
i replied.
she raised her hand as if she was going to slap me.
"i am her you filthy mudblo-"
i grabbed her wrist just in time. "i'm going to stop
you right there." i whispered as i lent in closer.
"get the fuck out before i call
Dumbledore."
she looked taken aback but smirked at me.
"fine. but don't be surprised if i'm in the head
girls dorm tonight." and with that
she winked and apparated.
i gulped. what the fuck had i gotten myself into.

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there it is! the first chapter in this book! i hope you enjoyed it and will carry on reading once i've got more chapters up! i love Bellatrix so much lol, so i imagine myself as Clara, and i recommend you do too. anyway, see you in the next chapter!