An Unexpected Guest

[Bellatrix Lestrange]

Belle sat at her desk studying her parchments feverishly before the idiots showed up. Crabbe and Goyle were to show up and lend aid tonight, aid that was not needed, Belle was quite fine to do this alone but the stooges were to be here none the less. With these two morons in her home Belle would have to be careful so as they didn’t find her work and therefore ruin it with their sheer stupidity as they so often did.

It was nearly time and Belle folded her parchments and stuffed them inside a book about 3rd Century Shamans, a book neither Crabbe nor Goyle would touch. Kalgareth’s Claw and Ezermelda’s Ruby were then carefully placed into a leather pouch that fit snugly into a desk drawer, there was no need for those idiots to smash either item. As Belle stood up and stretched she pulled back the curtains of the study in her luxurious mansion she had “purchased” for a “fair” price from some muggle. Outside she could see two lugs waddling up the street, the goons would be here shortly.

A loud cracking noise drew Belle’s attention away from the window and towards the library as something had just activated a portkey. The little brat must have put those filthy hands on the portkey instantly, couldn’t even show the slightest bit of restraint. Grabbing her wand Belle walked into the library where a flash of light was gradually growing as someone or something was emerging. Even without the idiots with her, Belle could handle this, everyone who travels by portkey is a bit dazed the instant they emerge, and that was plenty enough time to subdue them.

Finally in a great flash of light a person appeared on the floor along with the portkey. “Accio wand!” Belle instantly said and caught the teenager’s wand as it rolled onto the floor. The person now laying on the floor was not whom Belle had expected but still she acted swiftly. Before the girl could even look around Belle cast a second spell on her, “Petrificus Totalus!” Hitting the girl squarely in the back and immobilizing her. With the subject now securely imoble, Belle walked over and looked into the girl’s open eyes. Waving her wand at the girl’s face Belle freed her mouth allowing her to speak, while remaining imobile. “Now tell me, just who the hell are you?” Belle asked while she knelt down next to the girl.

[Parvati Patil]

Parvati could almost touch the leaf that fluttered before her vision. She put her hand out, and could just feel her hand touch the smooth glass when she felt her feet leave the ground. A sharp hook seemed in her navel seemed to whisk her away in a swirl of violent colors and sound. The pressure on her ears was heavy as she saw houses, trees, playgrounds, people, and a myriad of objects pass before her eyes faster than her mind could register. With a sickening thud, she felt herself hit a hard wooden floor without any ceremony. Unable to catch her wand, she watched helplessly as it rolled across the floor.

A screeching voice summoned the wand. Following its trail, she saw it settle into the hand of a hard looking witch with blond hair. Parvati had never seen anyone stare at her with such contempt and hate in her life. Parvati felt a surge in her back and was immediately immobilized by a spell. The woman then walked over to her, and did the correct countercurse to unlock her lips. The woman, towering over her, demanded to know who she was. Frightened, she could only stutter her name to the woman. " P-P-Parvati Patil, ma'am." She stopped for a moment and recovered some of her composure. " I'm a student at Hogwarts."

[Bellatrix Lestrange]

Belle looked down at the girl and raised an eyebrow when she stated she was in Hogwarts students. Well of course she was, stupid girl anyone could tell by her uniform, truly the sorting hat made the right choice by not putting this one in Ravenclaw. "Oh you poor dear, how on earth did you ever end up in my home? I do apologize for stunning you, but you see I was not expecting a young girl to just suddenly appear in my library. Here let me help you." Belle waved her wand and freed Parvati and helped her up, though she stopped short of returning her wand to her. "You must be dizzy still, here have a seat in the couch" She said while escorting Parvati to the green cushioned sofa.

Belle then once more waved her wand and created a cup of warm apple cider and a plate of warm honey rolls and levitated them over to Parvati. "Eat dear, it'll help you recover from your ordeal. I'm going to send an owl to Hogwarts letting them know you are here, I'd send you back myself but you know that it takes a great deal of magical power to get to Hogwarts and I'm just not that strong a witch." Belle then walked over to her desk and grabbed a scroll and began to write on it, when she completed the note she tied it to the barn owl that had been sitting quietly all the time and sent it off to deliver it's message. Returning to the cough she sat down next to Parvati, "Now my dear it'll take some time before someone is able to come get you, is there anything else I can get for you? And you must tell me how exactly it is that you came to my home, I'm quite astonished you showed up."

[Parvati Patil]

Parvati was unbound by the witch after a few seconds and was then led to a sick green looking couch by the witch as she prattled on. Shocked, Parvati allowed the woman to steer her around the apartment as she tried to put two and two together. Why would Professor Trelawney have a port key in the shape of crystal ball? Why would it lead to here? Parvati knew enough about port keys to know that they just didn't dump you off at any old place. " Um, I'm not sure how I ended up here, ma'am? I was hoping you could tell me that..." Her sentence trailed off as she looked about the room, trying to memorize every exit and anything that would distinguish it from another home. Parvati's years in the D. A. had prepared her for situations such as this one, but, even with all that training, Parvati was at a loss.

Whispering a " Thank you" to the woman as she served her cider and rolls, Parvati seriously doubted that the owl was going to Hogwarts. Ignoring the food, she decided at this point it was better to be truthful. " Well, honestly ma'am, I was in the Great Hall and one of our teachers had a crystal ball. I saw something in it, and without even realizing, I touched it to follow its passed. Next thing I knew, I was here. I just don't understand how that crystal ball could be a port key." Parvati looked away from the woman deep in thought, still shocked and stunned by recent events. Picking up a honey roll absent mindedly, she raise it to her open mouth to take a bite. Suddenly, the words of the woman's last sentence stuck out in her mind. " You? What do you mean by 'you'?" Parvati lowered the honey roll. " You were obviously expecting someone, but it definitely wasn't me."

[Bellatrix Lestrange]

Belle sat and listened as the girl went on about the port key and how she had suddenly arrived at her home. The brat then started to ask her questions! Of course the two idiots, Crabbe and Goyle weren't here yet, so Belle had no one to sit here with the brat and listen to her ramblings. This girl was smart, much smarter than the Weasley girl she had nabbed last year, it had taken that one much longer to figure things out. "Of course I wasn't exprcting you stupid!" Belle snapped, the sweetness in her voice from a few seconds ago completely gone. "The Dark Lord asked for the boy, not you. What would the Dark Lord have to gain by getting something like you?"

Belle then took out the girl's wand and snapped it in half, then threw it at her. "Your wand my dear, though I think it will be no use to you anymore. But don't worry, even if the Datk Lord has no use for you, I'm sure I can think up some wonderful things to use you for. I've gotten my hands on a book of curses and I haven't tried most of them yet. I think you'd make a great test subject." Belle then stood up with her wand and approached the girl. "Now I can't have you walking about my home, I'll get you when you are needed." Belle then raised her wand and aimed it squarely at Parvati, "Crucio!" bShe exclaimed and then watched her handy work until Parvati pased out.