✧𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯 / 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘤✿

⚠︎︎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚡~⚠︎︎ 𝚇.

Alice P.O.V.

As I woke up I was confused the air wasn't damp, moldy, or warm as it was in Grimmauld Place it was dry, tense, and had an uneasy feeling to it slowly I felt my head clear and that's when it hit me. We in fact WEREN'T in the safety of Grimmauld Place but we were... Where were we? I wracked my brain for answers and a rush of memory came. The last thing I remembered was waking up after falling sleep with Hugo in my arms, not being able to see and then a sharp pain in the back of my head. OH MY HEAD. It was aching like never before. I squeezed my eyes as tightly closed as possible, like that'd ease the pain in fact it only made it worse. So I opened my eyes again this time taking in my surroundings. I had rope tied around my arms and feet, there was something harsher tying me to the chair I sat in. It was cold and hard like metal, maybe chains I wouldn't know. What I did know is that they were on much too tightly, and god they were uncomfortable, it even hurt to breathe. If I was having that much trouble what about Hugo and Lilly? HUGO AND LILLY. Oh god if anything happens to them I'll never forgive myself. I looked around urgently and I saw them lulling themselves out of a not so peaceful sleep and let out a breath I didn't even realize I had been holding. Then I saw James he was looking at Lilly & Hugo too. He didn't seem to notice me and then a high taunting voice came.

"Wakey Wakey Potter..."

The voice said cackling slightly,

"It's time to playyyyy"

This time I could tell the voice belonged to a woman. She walked out of shadows now I could see her. Her eyes black, her hair messy, not in the way James or Harry's was, but as though she was deranged. Her face held signs of being beautiful once, just like Sirius, but unlike him her eyes didn't hold a kind, goofy demeanor but those sunken black eyes held a manic glint that sent shivers down my spine with out her even looking at me. She took in the sight of all 4 of us and threw her head back cackling like she had just gotten the treat of a lifetime. Then she drew a small bottle of potion. Veritaserum I thought. My father being a professor came with some perks like knowing things that we wouldn't learn until years later but anyways smirking slowly she walked towards us. I saw Hugo looking scared out of his mind and Lilly, just like Ginny trying to stay strong and not allowing any hint of emotion or fear flicker across her face. She looked at us tilted her head and smiled cruelly. That's when I knew this was the same woman that had drove my grandparents insane the same person who robbed my father of a mother and father.

"There's two ways we'll play this game. 1. You do as I say and get out the easy way or 2. I'll make you do what I say and when I say it. Either way I get what I want"

She said in a sticky sweet voice she dropped the act and looked at us and licked her teeth eyeing us up and down an eyebrow cocked.

"Names."

She sneered. Pointing at James she said,

"Your a Potter you've got the fit tell me your name."

James dared challenge her and simply stared into her sunken black eyes grinding his teeth. Throwing her head back in her manic fits of laughter she stopped and looked at James.

"Oh..." she cooed her eyebrows furrowing in fake adoration pouting bitterly "He knows how to play..." she said raising an eyebrow once again. "just like his insolent. blood-traitor. father." she tilted and jerked her head after each word in a mocking manor and smirked victoriously when she saw the look of anger flit across James face. Grabbing his face roughly in his hands she tilted his up forced his jaw open and tipped the potion until exactly 2 drops had landed in his mouth.

"I told you, I'd get what I wanted either way. Now. What's your NAME."

She commanded

"James Sirius Potter"

James answered his eyes glazed over they looked distant for a second and then they came back to his original gorgeous hazel eyes. And Bellatrix looked satisfied turning towards me she tilted her head in a thoughtful manor examining my appearance by looking me up and down.

"Pretty one we have here don't we.."

She grinned and scrunched up her nose then flared her nostrils snorted and rolled her eyes.

"Name?"

She asked looking towards James as if saying 'you saw what happened don't test my patience' Taking a shaky breath and blinking rapidly I answered.

"Alice. Alice Minerva Longbottom"

I said firmly. Bellatrix grinned maliciously.

"ohhh I'll have fun with this one I can't won't be able to do much to the precious, prized, Potter kids but you... oh! We'll see how long it take for the second Alice to crack."

She laughed and looked at me with greed in her eyes. My breath caught in my throat. I knew the fate my grandparents had, had and I couldn't help but be terrified that I might end up the same. Something must have shown my fear because Bellatrix's grin grew wider she looked like the Cheshire Cat, it sounds odd but I hated the movie Alice in Wonderland it had given me nightmares when I was younger and I held back a shudder. Bellatrix then turned to Lilly and Hugo. Hugo knowing what was coming spoke quickly.

"Hugo A-Arthur Weas-Weasley"

His lower lip trembled and I felt terrible. Lilly's face hardened and she looked her dead in the eyes.

"Lilly. Luna. Potter."

She spat all evidence of the kind, bubbly, Lilly Luna that had once resigned in her, behind. Bellatrix's smirk dropping she grabbed Lilly's wrist and James yelled,

"YOU WON'T TOUCH HER!"

Sneering in his direction she took out her wand pointed it at Lilly and yelled "CRUCIO" James was shaking with anger. The hard chains that bound James to the chair broke and he jumped in front of Lilly before the unforgivable curse could do any damage. Dropping to the floor James writhed and twitched screaming in pain tears slowly coming out of his eyes we sat there horrified not being able to look away or help him. After what seemed like ages but must have really been only 15 seconds Bellatrix lifted the curse. Panting and shaking James looked at Bellatrix and said shaken but firm his voice hoarse,

"Y-you won't hu-hurt L-Lilly. L-lay a finger on her and-and I'll know."

Lilly forgetting about hiding her emotions looked at James her eyes brimming with tears. Bellatrix seemed to understand she wouldn't be able to touch the little ones without either me or James lashing out she made a face and spoke seemingly giving commands to thin air,

"Fine. But I'll be talking to you then. Take the others away and make Jamie dearest, stand up."

Then more deatheaters came out of the shadows and as they unwrapped us from the chains and shoved us roughly to the door I saw a woman standing James up gently, sorrow in her eyes. 'Grandma Cissy...' I thought. The last thing I heard was Bellatrix shooing her sister out of the room then

"I want to know what the futures like... You don't mind if I take a look do you?"

She said to James faining innocence without a response from James she rolled her eyes and screamed

"LEGILIMENCE"

A *thud* of James falling down, then the sound proof door slammed shut. Dragged into the dungeons and thrown into a cell Lilly and Hugo crawled over to me and I held them close.

The silence was deafening. In that moment she'd rather hear his gut-wrenching screams for they had no idea what terrible things might be happening to him and no way to stop them. The terrifying question they'd ask themselves hours later was 'was their friend, their cousin, their brother. Still clinging onto life? Or had he given up, had he given up on them.' That night his cold, lifeless body and his eyes dimming of all laughter and happiness there might've been before haunted their dreams turning them to nightmares.