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"It really is better not to use your eyes in Azkaban." Reduced to little more than snarling hatred and tormented by twisted visions, Bellatrix Lestrange faces other tortures devised by the Dementors, not the least of which is Sirius Black.

Severus Snape and Bellatrix Lestrange -- so alike, yet so very different. During a deatheater celebration, Severus and Bellatrix discuss Sirius' death.

Most members of the Black family lived their lives according to the rules laid out by their parents. Years later, after the war has ended and some sense of normality has returned to the world, each Black's successes and losses are weighed and judged.

A battle, a missing child, a man determined to save the little family he still has. DHr, Oneshot.

Set in Dethryl's "They Shook Hands" alternate reality universe, young Elan Malfoy accepts a dangerous dare to prove his bravery to his spoiled cousin. But during his adventure, Elan learns a lot more about his family then he ever thought possible; especially the ones he didn't know existed before. Unfortunately, that isn't his only problem. He still has to get back without getting caught by his parents. A picture can tell a thousand words, and often that's a very dangerous power.

He wants to know who she is loyal to. But what happens if he doesn't like the answer?

A witch from a long line of proud purebloods is sorted into Gryffindor upon her arrival at Hogwarts, but is removed by her strict father after only a week, who would rather school her himself than allow a member of his family to stay in Hogwarts in such a formidable house. She manages to escape in the summer of her forth year, but the trouble is far from over - aside from being at war with the school's troublemakers every time she turns around, Katalina Gaunt's nights are plagued by terrible dreams and frequent visits from the mysterious and secretive right-hand of a dark wizard, who is willing to go to any lengths to get what this "Dark Lord" requires, even (or especially, in his case) murder.

It was a time of terror, a time of panic and confusion. It was a time when death and pain ran rampant, and shadows sought to destroy the Light. It was a time when friends and family feared for themselves and for others. It was a time when Darkness threatened to overcome the Wizarding World. It was a time of death ... but also a time of life. It was the time of the First War.

After his death, Sirius looks back on his life... the good, the bad, the disgusting, the funny, and sometimes the just plain embarrasing.``was Bellatrix a problem-teen? what was Narcissa like? why was Andromeda Sirius's favourite cousin?``read my fic to delve into Sirius's deepest darkest memories...

Narcissa Black was NEVER cruel and vain. In fact, in spite of her beauty, Narcissa is just a down-to-earth genuine girl who has some problems. Fine, a lot of problems! This is her diary, which gives you a glimpse into her life and witness as she goes from accident to accident.

Icarus drowned in the sea. The Blacks drowned in tears.

She was in for a long ride on the Knight Bus all the way to the Ministry of Magic where she would start her new job. Arrano Lucille Manon Ava Wood, Coordinator of Staff in the Department of International Cooperation. It was her first job involving the Ministry of Magic (and she was already on her way to the top of the heap). Many thought her a pompous workaholic. She's actually a very fun-loving and laid-back twenty-year-old. But she wasn’t going to London to make friends. WORK. Little did she know she’d be doing more than just that… ALMAW/PIW

A series of one-shots from inside the minds of various characters. The first one is very dark but other's are humourous and more general. With all my character studies, I hope that I make you take a second look at a character you'd normally dismiss, and maybe change your opinions of them.

"We alone were faithful!"``The Blacks' reputation was rapidly sinking as the wizarding world became 'overrun' by Mudbloods. Their name wasn't getting the respect it deserved, and their blood standing for less and less; but Bellatrix Black wasn't going to let that continue any longer. She saw the chance for power, the chance for revenge, the chance to remind the world why the Blacks were to be feared.

No matter who we grow up to become, we always remember our first day at school. Bella Black came to school sure of many things and unsure of others. The journey to Hogwarts, however, proves that things are not always as expected. Features an eleven-year-old Bella showing glimpses of what someday will be.

Living in the house on Grimmauld Place, Nymphadora Tonks begins to lose herself in the face of her family's history. Written for McKay's Classic Canon Challenge, based off The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

A daughter would do anything to please her father.

Post-OoP. When Lord Voldemort receives a mysterious package, the wizarding world is never the same. Total parody of HP fics, featuring: Angst!Harry, Slash!Lucius, Penitent!Voldie, & everyone's favorite, Mary Sue. Not to mention Evil!Floof.

Rabastan Lestrange had everything to celebrate that Christmas. He had an interesting job, a comfortable home and exciting political involvements. He knew that he had never had a chance with his beautiful and terrifying sister-in-law, and he was gracious enough not to resent it. The Dark Lord’s arrival at his Christmas party was a bit of a surprise, but nonetheless things seemed to be going remarkably well. He was about to get the shock of his life.

In the summer after Order of the Phoenix, Bellatrix decides to pay her sister a visit. Much Slytherin posturing follows.

As children we play Dress Up to turn ourselves into fairies, princesses, cowboys and a whole host of things to pretend that we are something that we are not. It’s a simple way to provide an escape from reality. And as we grow older that ability never quite leaves us, the want to pretend. Bellatrix plays Dress Up. She pretends to be another woman from a different time and a different age, to be the other woman who has the very thing that Bellatrix desires the most.

As she enters Azkaban and is locked away, Bellatrix Lestrange remembers her past, looks towards the future, and struggles to hold onto the present. Companion piece to Black Beauty and Black Magic.

Sweet. Bitter. Bittersweet. You know these words. Your life can change in an instant--from sweet to bitter to bittersweet. No one knows this better than Narcissa Black, who has lost the only person she ever loved. Even chocolate tastes bitter, now.

Voldemort, newly restored to his body, decides to move in to Riddle Manor, and what better thing to do than have a Death Eater housewarming party? Drunkenness and karaoke follow shortly.

Andromeda dreams a lot, and Bellatrix takes long walks in the garden.

Whatever Bellatrix wants, Bellatrix gets. But what about what Narcissa wants? She doesn't think she'll get the guy, even at her own coming-out ball, but Lucius Malfoy proves to be different from other boys. A short and sweet one-shot.

Percy Weasley is about to come to terms with who Bellatrix Lestrange really is...

From Bellatrix's pov... (interior monologue/s.o.c) passion and restraint. Will Fire-passion or Ice-passion be the one to finally lower her masks and render her illusions useless... only to him?

Tonks finds herself in the final battle, and learns that sometimes words are not enough.

Ten moments in the lives of Bellatrix and Rodolphus, from childhood to death. Love? No, not quite. But what, then?

The Dark Lord's power is growing in the wizarding world as Bellatrix Black is heading into her seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Unwillingly betrothed, Bellatrix tries to find herself again when she feels her future is lost. What made this Slytherin turn to the dark side and become Voldemort's leading lady? Read the true accounts of Bellatrix Lestrange.

At Hogwarts in her seventh year, Bellatrix Black receives her first ever Valentine's Day cards.

Sixteen-year-old Bellatrix lives a life of darkness, evil, hatred, angst, faithfulness, and seduction. Follow Bella through her triumphs, emotional strifes... her seductions, and of course: Faithful service to the Dark Lord. *In Character!*

Firewhisky - a flaming nuisance, or the drink of desire? Funny, how it can throw together two girls, not as purely different as ebony and ivory, nor as expected as thunder and lightning. Slash.

He hadn’t exactly lived a wild life, but compared to his present Spartan existence it had been absolutely debauched. That was back when he still drank in the pubs with his coworkers, and when he could still sleep through the night. He still had all his body parts then, too. Some had even called him attractive. It was drinking with his mates in the pub that had changed everything. Because everything changed the night that he met her. ``Alastor Moody was once not the paranoid man he is today. And he must forever live with the consequences of that.

“He's just lost his way,” she would say plainly. “But he'll find it, eventually.” Sirius Black left home at the age of fifteen, but what events prompted him to abandon his fanatical family?

Even Azkaban is not completely heartless. Bellatrix/Rodolphus.

A foundling, abandoned in Diagon Alley and raised by half-bloods, Romilda Vane had never troubled about her family until she saw a face in the newspaper and had to face the truth, as a daugher of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.

Lucius comes home after Azkaban and has a conversation with his son.

Part of my Sailing Ships Challenge. Lucius and Narcissa are in the delivery room. Lucius' hand will never be the same. And Bellatrix Just. Won't. Stop. Giggling. LuciusNarcissa

Join Lord Voldemort for the everyday adventurers of his life. Discover his inner feelings on subjects and skiing.

The year is 1981, and it is rapidly becoming a bad one for Bellatrix Lestrange. A shocking revelation is followed by shocking betrayal, and soon Bellatrix is out of her depth, and stranded from all she holds dear. She fends for herself somehow and, years later, re-enters the public arena once more with her son and companion, Antares Black. But wait - what on earth does this have to do with Harry Potter, dead at the hands of Voldemort in the year of his defeat?

Narcissa remembers Halloween. Bellatrix tries to forget Halloween. Andromeda doesn't want to remember anything.

Even Death Eaters need to stock up on the necessities sometimes, and Lord Voldemort must provide. So how does the malevolent Dark Lord handle this daunting task? Why, he goes shopping, of course! This is my first fic, and it's very silly and OOC. I hope it makes you laugh!

It is Harry's seventh year. Bellatrix Lestrange has failed at almost everything since Voldemort was raised. So he tortures her and leaves her to die. What will she do?

The Sorting Hat talks about its job, its responsibilities, and how much wiggle room its duties give it. Includes reflections on Tonks, Cedric, Neville, Bellatrix, and Peter.

"I loved the bastard, too. Not like how I love Rodolphus, of course, but I had loved him. He was my family, after all. But all in all, it’s still the same: Sirius Ian Black is dead. He fell behind the veil. I had killed him." Bellatrix reflects.

Bellatrix knows how useful it would be to have a Metamorphmagus in the service of the Dark Lord, and she has the perfect candidate. All she needs to do is to send her down the path that leads to the Dark Arts. So, the day before her niece leaves for her first year at Hogwarts, Bellatrix pays Nymphadora Tonks a visit, intending to convince her to join the Slytherin House.

I was not an unhappy child, I suppose, for the early years of my childhood. I was vaguely aware with a child’s sense that somehow Narcissa, an enchanting little girl with the prettiest blonde curls ever, seemed to get most of the hugs and kisses from my mother, and Andromeda, a serious one, with wavy chestnut hair, seemed to get the most praises for her intelligence, from my father.``I was but little Bellatrix, slender, and dark, which was not attractive for all too much of my family. Bellatrix Lestrange tells the story of her life, from her view.

Extremely AU: What if a certain Machiavellian Ravenclaw had been in on the fight at the Ministry? Particularly one who had read, and remembered William Gibson: "If they think you're crude, go technical. If they think you're technical, go crude." Featuring one of my OCs from my stories set in the "Slytherin Rising" AU, but not canonical for that universe.

You probably think of Voldemort and his Death Eaters as terrible, heartless people, and you are normally correct. But for one week every year, they are able to escape the stress of the wizarding world by going on vacation...the Muggle way! Join everyone's favorite antagonists on their annual road trip to the beach, because something tells me this year may be the most exciting yet! Expect OOC behavior and plenty of laughs (at least I hope so)! And just let me warn you beforehand- this is my longest, wackiest and most random fic yet. So let the wackiness begin! Muahahahaha.....

"He had murdered, again. Killed his saviour, killed his future..." Snape and Draco after their flight from Hogwarts: realisations, guilt and an uncertain future.

A short fic involving what Voldemort says to Bellatrix after taking her from the Ministry of Magic.

She has been named for one of the greatest of the line, but Bellatrix must prove her worth... for to be worthy of one's name is the only way she can prove her dedication to the cause of the Blacks, to the cause of keeping the bloodline pure.

There are seven Deadly Sins. Each one drives the sinner into evil and destruction, of themselves and of others. The Death Eaters are all guilty of Sins. Some are most guilty of one in particular, and this is what led them into the life they chose. Lust, Pride, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Envy....The downfalls of the Death Eaters.

And I forget just why I taste / Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile / I found it hard, it was hard to find / Oh well, whatever, nevermind.... What do you do when you're drowning in your own sea of bitter oblivion?

Rodolphus Lestrange discovers a secret his wife has been hiding from him.

Voldemort has resorted to a prophecy to finally rise again. "The Body shall Rise.... With the Daughter of Romulus." Emily Lupin's living a perfectly happy life until she's found to be the Daughter of Romulus. Ginny thinks she knows how to stop the coming doom, but will she, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and George make it before Bellatrix Lestrange can get Emily on the Dark Side? (Takes place in Harry's sixth year)

“Me, I’m not beautiful,” she stammers. “Narcissa’s the beautiful one. Andromeda’s – she’s got brown hair…I guess she’s the sweetest one out of us all.”````“What an interesting group of sisters you are. One blonde-haired, one brown-haired, and one black-haired. One beautiful, one sweet, and one…”````“Say what you’re going to say,” Bellatrix sighs, still wondering what Lucius is playing at.````He leans in again. His breath caresses her skin. “Passionate.”

A long-awaited meeting. Two Black sisters. One unspoken question... Post OoP.

Just a little introspection into our dearly beloved Bellatrix, the beautiful and deadly Black Rose. Faint hints of Bella/Rodolphus, Bella/Lucius, Bella/Voldemort.

You are a fledgling who tried to fly from the nest, little bird. Tried to fly and fell. Why did you leave the safety of the nest? ``WARNING: cross generation femmeslash.

"Everything suddenly seemed much clearer now."

The first victim of the Death Eaters. Who she was, why she was hated... how she triumphed over her enemies.

The dark, evil Azkaban tower had no idea what it was in for when a quarreling couple tramped up to its doors, soon to be joined by a confused Severus Snape, still rattled and disgruntled from the HBP incident. And you'd never know that you could tell so much about someone just by looking at their socks.

How to make Gingerbread Women:````Mix one Peter Pettigrew, a woman he loved and a woman he became obsessed with together. Add healthy amount of angst. Bake until memories are golden. Sprinkle hindsight on top. Serve cold.

A look at life with the Black family when Sirius was a young boy. Sirius and Bellatrix are good friends until they start to grow up and have different viewpoints on life.

Bellatrix is bored, Severus has been picked on by James and Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He needs to learn who his friends are.

Neville Longbottom contemplates the circumstances which caused the demise of his wand. Post-OotP.

Regulus Black had eight kisses. His first was the most important. (Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge #6 - "Regulus's First Kiss.")

Why was the Pensieve scene really Snape's worst memory? Was it really just what James did, or was it what the events led to?

Narcissa reflects on her relationship with Bellatrix and her fear of storms. Rated for adult themes, incest, and femmeslash.

Peter Pettigrew learns of the events that took place at the Department of Mysteries.

Regulus has got a secret. And the one person who'd kill to find out - is the one person he'd die to keep it from.

Christmas is a time of peace and for them, it had finally come on a field on the Night Most Divine. DHr, HG, Oneshot.

Bellatrix worships her Devil.

Bellatrix Lestrange was desperate.

An August night just like any other, and yet not the same. A sister’s choice. A sister's fight. A sister's farewell. Because some things are better left unsaid.

Harry Potter finally gets at Bellatrix Lestrange for the murder of Padfoot. Will she die or will Harry let her live?

Bellatrix and Severus have a colourful history. What destroyed their relationship? How will they cope when thrown back together is extreme circumstances? This story spans many years, from the Marauder's school days, to the first war, the second war and the future...

A Moon for the Misbegotten: A Gothic Tale in Three Parts "A blood moon is the last full moon to rise before the fall of winter; it is also a symbol of darkness, devotion, and death." -The Dark Arts Compendium, Third Edition Companion Story to Ill Met By Moonlight

Bellatrix tapped her long fingernails on the arm of her chair like heartbeats. (Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange gen)

Narcissa Malfoy, nee Black, reflects on her life and her sisters' lives. She contemplates the role she took, to uphold the proud Black family name. ``"And me. Pretty Narcissa. I was the deceptive one."``A deeper investigation into the life of the Black sisters.

The lives of Bellatrix and Narcissa, dark sisters, and their cycle of love and abuse. Femmeslash. Blackcest. Good fun. :) Rated for violence and intensity.

'The blood of Black demands more blood.' Even after all these years, Andromeda takes her lessons to heart.

Sirius Black runs away from his parents' house on the second day of the Christmas holidays, and will not return for twenty years.

The world ends with merely the flutter of a veil. (A series of Drabbles relating to Sirius's death)

Narcissa Black has always lived in the shadow of her magnificent and proud older sister, Bellatrix. Finally, she has found something that her sister cannot steal from her. Growing up in the ancient and most noble house of Black is never what it seems. LM/NB

As the Death Eaters grow more powerful, even criminals must choose sides. A talented cat burglar finds a better use for her skills.

Harry is trying to relax with his family, but things take a dangerous turn when three old aquaintances show up. Set after 'Padfoot in the Park' and at the same time as 'Passing the Torch'

“Sometimes I wonder if I’m lying to myself.” Sirius and Bellatrix Black have their last dinner together before she becomes Bellatrix Lestrange. A mellow oneshot.

"Quietly she stepped back on the platform and pushed her robe’s hood back. She looked up to the heavens, eyes soon fixing on one of the stars. It took Amelia a moment or two to grasp the meaning of this. The Blacks were a family of stargazers. Almost every one of their children was named after a star or a constellation. Before Amelia could remember which one of the cold, shining light-points had to be Bellatrix, Mrs. Lestrange turned around to the fortress." – New Year's Day 1982: Barty Crouch and the Lestranges are taken to Azkaban. What (and who) is on Lord Voldemort's most loyal servant's mind during her last hours in freedom?

Neither promises nor lies can save Bellatrix now.

Narcissa Malfoy has always loved perfection... (Post OotP)

It's 1979 and Bellatrix waits for Regulus.

She has denied her happieness, but the love is forever. (S/B)

Narcissa is worried for Bellatrix. She's also furious, because Bellatrix, a recent escapee from Azkaban, is currently having tea with her, as if it were a normal occurrence. And Narcissa isn't sure she can have that.

Sirius is giving in, she can tell by his face. The man down the hall is giving in, she can tell by his screams. But the dementors don't affect Bellatrix as much as they do the others, because her worst fear is something even those soul-sucking devils cannot comprehend.

In the Riddle House, Rolophus Lestrange has taken the Dark Mark...

"I cannot flee from your shadow – from the spell you have cast over me. It is omnipotent, omnipresent."````The fairytale that wasn't. The result of reminiscing - and regret. Bellatrix PoV.