Bellatrix Black knew what was expected of her. Coming from one of the noble and most ancient pureblood families, she had a legacy to carry on -- a legacy she'd never fulfill thanks to her sister's Mudblood best friend.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN no surprises, please
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𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆. As was Luna Lovegood. They had vanished the night of Bill and Fleur's wedding when they were attacked by more Death Eaters. Tonks had told Juniper, Ted, and Andromeda that she had arranged for Hermione to take Dorothea with her, Ron, and Harry should something like that happen, which didn't calm the nerves of her worried parents and godmother.
The Golden Trio were on some secret mission that they wouldn't reveal to anyone, and now Luna and Dorothea had been dragged along for the adventure.
Or suicide mission.
Juniper couldn't blame Tonks too much, though. Dorothea's safety had always been a number one priority, and it was better for her to leave the wedding with the others instead of being in the line of fire and risking getting injured – or worse, killed.
To make matters worse, Voldemort had taken over the ministry, and the first item on the agenda – besides the capture and murder of Harry – was tracking down all the Muggle-born witches and wizards. Juniper and Ted had no choice but to go on the run. Nowhere was safe, not even their own home. Many people had gone underground into hiding, but they couldn't risk staying in one place and getting caught.
A moving target, while still a target, wasn't as easy to shoot as staying still. Juniper had years of Auror training under her belt, so she knew plenty of spells and enchantments to keep them safe from Death Eaters and Snatchers.
At the sound of a twig snapping, Ted jolted awake from where he sat outside their tent keeping watch. The crackling fireplace was dying, the cold wind sending a chill through his body. Winter was definitely on the way. He reached for his wand, but relaxed when he saw that it was only Juniper.
"You were gone way longer than just one hour," he said.
"I underestimated just how hard finding food was going to be." Juniper set her bow and quiver of arrows at the foot of a tree. She tossed down the squirrel she managed to kill, along with a few fish and some edible plants.
Ted raised a brow. "A squirrel?"
Juniper shrugged, trying to mask her unease. "Meat is meat, right? Besides, it was either this or a rabbit, and I wouldn't feel right killing a rabbit. They make me think of Thea." She ran a hand through her hair and sighed as she sat down. She stared at the fish and dead squirrel. "How the hell do we make them edible?"
"What do I look like, a butcher?" Ted tapped the tip of his wand against the ground in thought. "Surely there's a spell for this, right?"
"I know we need to skin and gut them, but we don't have any tools besides your knife to do that. We're gonna have to make the most of what we're surrounded with." Juniper took Ted's wand when he raised it. "And we shouldn't use any unnecessary magic just in case we're being tracked."
