A Bellamort Story

Chapter 4

Hi guys sorry it's been a long time for my return to be in full effect! Just a reminder that characters may be OOC, and I don't own Harry Potter or the characters in this story! :)
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Living life as a Death Eater meant that free time was for the weak, and this was no different for Bellatrix Lestrange.

Every day Bellatrix would wake up and be assigned a new objective for the day by her master. Whether that was murdering a targeted amount of muggles, or interrogating somebody who may have information on the Order of the Phoenix, Bellatrix's Death Eater life was forever active.

Until recently. Since Bellatrix had moved into Tom's manor on the coast, she had been living life like a princess. Her every need catered on by the house elves, she had no boundaries within the manor unlike other guests and she could change anything she disliked about the manor according to her own wishes.

Although, since the evening of which she and Tom declared their love for eachother, the pair rarely saw each other as Tom had been going on many more trips than usual, and Bellatrix would wait at home for him to return.

She was confused by this and quite frankly upset, however she understood the implications of being romantically attached to Lord Voldemort himself.

One morning in particular (four weeks since that night), Bella was missing Tom more than ever. She dreamt of their wedding day the night before in which Tom was dressed in a tuxedo with all their friends and Bella's family surrounding them. She wished things could be different between them but, again, she understood the extra baggage of Tom Riddle.

After waking up from her bliss, she decided to explore the manor more extensively than before. There was a room next to Tom's bedroom that she hadn't explored yet, as this was the room Tom spent most of his time in so she was worried as to what she would find. The door was broad, oak and very intimidating to say the least. But nevertheless, Bella was curious and decided to go inside.

The pitch black greeted her. The room was completely dark and she couldn't make out where she was or any features that were outlined. She reached for her wand in her nightgown's pocket and whispered Lumos Maxima.

Suddenly, the room erupted with light, exposing what was hidden to Bella. The first thing she noticed was a huge table in the middle of the room, with multiple newspapers neatly organised on the desk.

She ventured forward and read the dates of the newspapers that were chronologically places out between 1920-1926. Confused, Bella decided to return to the newspapers when she understood more.

She noticed a fireplace in the corner which she assumed was part of the Floo network due to the pot of powder next to it and the strange placement of it. Puzzled even further, she decided to look inside the drawers inside the desk. In which there were multiple items and heirlooms of the Riddle family, Tom's NEWTs results, his acceptance letter to Hogwarts, and something she had to stare at for a long time for it to get into her head...

A picture of herself was staring back at her.

So many emotions were erupting inside of her head at this point, tears were pooling in her eyes and her balance she once didn't find to be a problem had completely extinguished. She took a seat in a velvet arm chair in the corner that smelled of her love and she held onto the arm with dear life. Exhaustion must have crept up with her, as this was how she fell asleep. The warmth of the fireplace embracing her and keeping her content in the place that she was.

She opened her eyes what seemed like hours later to see him standing before her. He was staring down at her puzzled as to why she was there with a hint of amusement on his face. As soon as she realised she was conscious, her face lit up and she rose out of the position in excitement.