How It Started

Chapter 60 - Harry Potter.

I had known, she was a death-eater, however it still hurt all the same as we dragged to the cells underneath her family's manor. We were practically thrown in, the doors behind us locked.

" Well that sucked. " Fred said, staring at the locked door in-front of us. I looked over at him, quizzical, sucked was an understatement. I looked over to a very panicked Ron, he brought out the device gifted to him by Dumbledore and lit the singular lantern down here.

There were three other people here, Olivander, Luna and the goblin who originally helped me at Gringotts. I smiled at them all, feeling quite idiotic afterwards, due to our circumstances.

" What are they going to do to them? " Ron asked me, I immediately knew he was indicating towards Hermione and Selina, more so Hermione. Fred, reminded of this fact began pacing around the small cell.

" I'm sure Vesper will make sure they aren't too hurt. " I said reassuringly, Ron's eyes widened and his eyebrows furrowed.

" Vesper? The back-stabbing death-eater? Yeah right. " He sighed, leaning back against the wall of the cell with a large huff.

" Hello Harry. " Luna's familiar voice said, I turned my eyes over to her and nodded politely. I leant down and pulled a small shard of the mirror of erised out of my sock, I observed myself in it, looking directly at Dumbledores face.

" We need help- " I began but was interrupted by walking down the concrete steps that would lead, whoever it was, to us. I shoved the mirror back down my sock, causing it to scrape my ankle.

Ron quickly snatched the light back as the door pushed open, Peter Pettigrew stepped inside, followed swiftly by Vess, who looked at the back of his head only.

" Bellatrix wishes to see the goblin. " Peter told the group, he stepped forward following him as he exited, Vesper stayed in the room however, observing our small group.

Ron practically lunged at her, but she held her wand out at him and had a hard-set to her jaw.

" That wouldn't be smart, Weasley. " She hissed, my previous reassurance in her faltered, she'd never act like this. She turned her gaze from me to him, her eyes were crinkled slightly.

" I'm sorry. " She mouthed to me again, turning back to Ron and exiting, the wand still pointed on him. As she locked the door behind her, Ron began banging on the steel bars.

" Shit! " He yelled, sinking back onto the floor. I noticed that Fred had gone silent and seemed to just be standing there, calculating his decisions. Not that we had a lot. I didn't even know if Vesper would help us anymore.

" She makes me sick. " Fred yelled, folding his arms across his lower torso. I couldn't help but frown even further at this, was she?

I froze, as I heard screaming from above, the pitch feminine and matching that of Hermione. I looked over at Ron, who's expression had changed from angry to helpless. He sank back onto his back, holding his head in his hands.

Peter walked back down, followed by the goblin who now had a large scar going up his cheek. I grimaced as Peter turned back around, I dropped to my knees ready to help him as a loud thud sounded outside the room.

" What was that? " Ron asked, still looking at the Goblins wound. I could tell by his expression that he wished to ask about Hermione but was refraining to do so.

" Why don't you go check, Ronald? " Fred inquired, sarcastically. His voice lacked all humour, icy cold.

He glared at his brother walking over to the door, he gasped and then began mumbling curse words. I raised an eyebrow at his odd actions, raising off the floor to observe what had caused him to act this way.

Vesper was opening the cell, followed by a very happy looking dobby. Pettigrew was out cold behind them, she slid inside the cell, again followed by Dobby.

Dobby held up peters wand proudly, looking at each of us individually.

" Who wants it? " He asked, I raised an eyebrow at everyone in the cell, before taking it for myself. I looked on as both of the Weasley brothers shared the same expression of hurt and betrayal as they observed Vesper, who had now changed into a silk black dress, now ' proudly ' sporting the mark engraved on her wrist.

" You're the real traitor. " Ron informed her, she nodded, a look of hurt creasing her eyebrows.

" She helped Dobby. " Dobby told us, pointing to Peter who was collapsed outside of the cell. Suddenly remembering him, Vess slipped out and dragged him back inside the cell quickly.

" I'm not surprised. " Fred said calmly, targeting most of his anger in his glare, he had aimed directly at Vesper.

" Look, I gather you all hate me. " She said, holding her hands up.

" Hate is an understatement. " Fred said, she eyed him for a short moment, crossing her arms.

" Do you want help or not? " She questioned, Ron glared at her for a moment.

" Not from you. " He responded, she nodded with a small shrug. She turned around ready to leave.

" Fine, but you're leaving our group the second we escape. " He informed her, Fred looked even more disgusted by the idea of her help but said nothing. A look of hurt passed over her eyes but she nodded.

" Great - now follow along, I hope you can all act. " She ordered us, walking in-front of us and opening the door fully. We all walked out and she walked in-front of us, apologising profoundly before picking Dobby up by the edge of his pillow sheet. She nodded to what seemed like herself before walking up the stairs, indicating we follow.

I was extremely confused as to what we were achieving but she lead us into a room, that I'd seen Selina and Hermione enter. As we entered my jaw went slack at what was going on. Bellatrix had her wand pointed at Selina and I could see a small amount of blood on the floor beside Hermione's arms, I grabbed hold of Ron's hand, hoping to calm him down. He grimaced at me.

" What have you bought me, dear Vess? " Bellatrix asked, Vesper smiled with a small shrug.

" Thought you could have some fun. " She answered, with a sly grin in our direction. Bellatrix laughed, observing our small group, she walked over and began looking at each of us. Vesper dropped Dobby beside us, before walking away.

Behind Bellatrix, Vess was helping Hermione and Selina to their feet. I smiled knowingly, Bellatrix noticed my smile and ran over, aiming her wand at my neck.

" Oh! and what do we have here? " She asked in her usual joyous tone, the only other person in the room was Draco and Vess eyed her brother, who did nothing to stop her nor did anything to help her. She looked at me and then back at her brother, she grabbed his hand and he looked alarm, she whispered something to him and I assumed she was offering him a way out.

She held her wand out at Bellatrix's back and I couldn't help but smile once again.