DOROTHEA {fred weasley}

eighty nine

Camille Rosier whistled to herself as she strolled through the grounds towards where Severus Snape, Clementine Rosier, and Bellatrix Lestrange stood among the burning forest. 

"Where is everyone?" She asked, standing with her arms crossed and cloak hood up. 

"Carrows have gone, Cissy came and got Draco, Fenrir left after the other werewolf pursued him. You're here, Ezra," Bellatrix began, looking confused. 

"Ezra, I believe-"

Before Camille could speak, Lilith Bulstrode came skidding to a stop next to them panting with tears in her eyes.

"Miss Rosier, I'm so sorry, I- Dorothea-"

Clementine's eyes narrowed, "what happened? Where is she?"

"I went looking for her or Camille, and... Ezra was bound on the ground and-"

"And Dorothea?"

Lilith inhaled sharply and swallowed, too frightened to meet the senior Rosier's eye. "Dorothea was standing over him with her wand pointed at him. With them."

Camille held back a smile but briefly met Snape's eye. It had worked. Clementine was speechless, she stumbled back a little. "What?"

"I'll kill her," Bellatrix hissed, setting off in a run towards the castle. 

Snape flicked his wand and bound the witch's feet, making her drop to the ground. "Be sensible, Bella, the place was already crawling with aurors, it's going to be impenetrable now. We succeeded," he reminded her. "Dumbledore is dead. You can go and tell the Dark Lord."

"But Dorothea-" Bellatrix began furiously.

"Dorothea never deserved our trust and quite frankly she never had mine," Severus snapped. "You have to leave. The next stage of the plan needs to be put in motion."

"Since when do you-" the dark haired witch started. 

"I'll be headmaster of this school soon, Bella. It's the Dark Lord's wishes. Do not betray it. Now, get Clementine and Lilith home, they're both shaken up."

The witch hissed once more but, this time, obeyed the man and apparated on the spot, clutching the two women leaving Severus and Camille standing on the edge of the forest. 

"You were right, then." He mused. "About Dorothea."

"I know I was," she smiled. "Never really doubted her."

"But she didn't kill him?" Snape asked.

"No, she let them take him."

"Surprising," he hummed. "So, you aided in getting a death eater inton Azkaban?"

"Suppose so," she shrugged. 

"You and your cousin really are nothing like your parents. What now?"

"I don't know," she admitted. "I suppose I'll find a way to get to Dorothea and tell her about Elvira. Not sure she'll trust me."

"I more meant that your place in the English wizarding world was with Ezra. Now he's gone."

"I'll go back to France, then."

"You don't want to be close to Dorothea?"

"I don't think there's much chance of that for a while."

Severus hesitated for a second before speaking, "I'll be appointing staff, as headmaster. Amycus is coming in for Dark Arts.  Alecto will have a place too. There'll be space somewhere."

Camille nodded, looking a little unsure, and then said, "I ought to update Elvira. Say I'm devastated about Ezra and have gone back to France, if anyone asks."