"Mrs Lestrange, if you don't , mind me asking, where did you go yesterday after the lesson?" Teddy asked.

"Cheska sent you didn't she?"

"Yes."

"Teddy, just tell her that she needs to mind her own business." Bellatrix said with a sigh.

"She's really worried miss, is there anything I can tell her to calm her down?" Teddy asked kindly.

"Just tell her....tell her she has nothing to worry about." Bellatrix said nodding. "Now I need to go to hogsmede and get some...something, so I'll talk to you tomorrow in our next lesson."

~*~

After talking to Bellatrix, Teddy went back to the Hufflepuff common room to see Chessie as she had sent him. She really was desperate, she made it seem like she was just nosy, but Teddy knew that it was deeper than that.

"So she didn't say anything?" Francesca asked biting her lip.

"No, she just told you not to worry about it." Teddy said. "But she said she was going to go after we talked."

"Has she gone yet?" Francesca asked, standing up excitedly.

"I don't know. Why?" Teddy replied.

"If she won't tell me where she's going, we'll just have to follow her. Tell the others to meet us outside my mums room in five minutes." Francesca said, running to get into action. She was going to finally find out.

~*~

"I got your message, what's going on Chessie?" Finn asked.

"I can hear your mum in there, what are we doing?" Alex added.

"We are going to follow her, but first I wanna see what she's doing now, Alex follow me, we are going into her room." Francesca whispered with a grin.

"Are you sure?" Ana asked.

Francesca nodded and slowly opened the door, Bellatrix was in the bedroom of her quarters, and Alex lead them in leaning against the wall. Alex and Francesca peaked into the bedroom to see Bellatrix folding a tiny, slutty red dress, and putting in her tiny black bag that she kept in her bra.

"Oh my god! Does she wear that?" Alex whispered.

"No...I've never seen her wear that before, why would she have that on her?" Francesca whispered.

"Is she seeing a guy?" Alex asked.

"No..she swore she'd never love anyone again after my dad vanished." Francesca said. Bellatrix looked in the mirror and started walking out of the room. "Quick! Let's move!" Francesca said, before the pair ran out of the room and hid round the corner with the others.

Bellatrix came out after and then started walking out of the corridor. "Let's follow her!" Francesca said, and the group of six followed Bellatrix around the school, until they were off the grounds. Anastasia and Teddy were uncertain about leaving, as that was breaking like twenty school rules, but Alex had managed to convince them to live a little.

They hadn't been out of school this way before, it was surrounded by forest and they could hear animals in it. "Where the hell is she going?" Finn muttered under his breath.

Before they could follow her any further, Bellatrix apparated away.

"What the hell do we now?" Ana said, scowling.

"I don't know...I don't know." Francesca said, slumping onto the muddy ground. "We should just go back."

Tyler spoke for the first time that evening. "I know how to apparate. I read all about it. It didn't say this, but I noticed it leaves faint magical traces, so I think I could follow her, but I could only take three other people, I can't take any more yet." He said quietly.

Francesca stood up and hugged Tyler so tightly he though he'd explode. "Thank god for you brain Tyler!"

"Who should he take then?" Finn asked.

"I love you Chessie, but I really don't want to go." Teddy admitted. I'll go back with Ana, the rest of you can go."

"Yeah, I need to do my charms homework anyway," Ana said, before walking back to the gates with Teddy.

Finn nodded. "Let's go then!"

All four of them put their hands together and Tyler apparated away, they arrived in the corridor of a damp and dark apartment block, it was disgusting and very fragrant, Finn, Francesca and Alex felt a bit sick after apparating for the first time.

"Why would she come here?" Francesca asked.

"Are you sure she's not seeing a guy?" Alex replied.

"Even if she was, she definitely has higher standards than this, I'd hope she does anyway.." Francesca said. Tyler walked up to a door labelled 327, and listened in.

"There's two people in there, one a man, and one suggestively your mother, they are sitting down and one on them just took a shot, I could here the glass hit the table." He said.

"How did you get all that?" Alex asked, amazed.

"I have to go in there." Francesca stated.

"You can't! She's seeing a guy, that's it." Finn said.

A tear went down Francesca's face. "I know...I just have to know why she wouldn't tell me."

"Boy, the sorting had really did put you in the wrong house." Alex said. "But as a Slytherin, I'll join you. Finn come with us, Tyler wait here, if we leave quickly we'll need to apparate."

All four nodded in agreement, and Tyler cast a glamour charm on them to make them look like adult staff, checking in. Finn knocked, in his new body and clothes.

"I'm from the front desk, can I speak with you for a moment?" Finn said regretting it soon after, no place in this state had a front desk.

"Come in." An unfamiliar voice called, before the trio came in, seeing Bellatrix sitting on a old, rotten and faded sofa and a taller, man sitting on the arm that looked like it was going to snap off. "Who the hell are you?"

"Hi I'm Rosie Meak...." Alex said nervously. "We just umm-"

"Came to check on how your enjoying your living space! It's a survey.." Francesca said.

"You look slightly familiar, have we met before?" Bellatrix asked, walking up to Francesca.

"Noo...." Francesca said awkwardly. "Now if you'll give my your names, I can sign you up, obviously you will be paid a small fee for your participation." She said trying to distract them.

Finn sighed and looked at Francesca. "What are you doing? " he whispered in her ear.

"Riding the moment." She whispered. "Just roll with it."

"Hylo Maple." The man said, walking over to Bellatrix and kissing her so violently Francesca wanted to vomit. "And the lady doesn't live here."

"How do you like your living space?" Alex asked.

"It's great for the fun stuff.." Hylo grinned, picking Bellatrix up and putting her round his waist. He was stronger then Francesca had expected, but Bellatrix was very light, and smaller than everyone expected as she wouldn't leave the house without a pair of heels.

"Too much information." Alex muttered, making Finn giggle a little.

"Well, we need to leave, so bye..." Francesca said, starting to drag the others out of the disgusting apartment.

"Wait.." Bellatrix said, pulling Francesca alone back. "You stay, you two can go."

Reluctantly, Finn and Alex left the room leaving Francesca alone. "How can I help you?" Francesca tried to say innocently, but it came out more nervously.

"What is your name?" Bellatrix asked, in her usual harsh tone.

"Kate...Middleton?" Francesca said cursing herself.

"Like Kate Middleton in the royal family?" Bellatrix asked, clearly not believing it.

"Yeah..it's quite common actually." Francesca said.

"No, when I ask, I mean what's your real name, honey I could sense that glamour from a mile away." Bellatrix said.

"There is no glamour." Francesca lied unconvincingly.

"Would you rather I got my wand out and found out myself?" Bellatrix said taking her wand out of her dress.

"No! No, don't do that!" Francesca said urgently. "My name is....professor sprout...."

"Don't lie to me!" Bellatrix said, but I wasn't angrily, more jokingly, like she thought this was really funny. "To be completely honest, I have no idea who could have followed me here, but because you won't be truthful with me, I'll have to use a little magic..."

"No, please don't..."

Without any words, Bellatrix waved her wand to reveal her daughter standing in front of her. Bellatrix froze.

"Hey mum.." Francesca said nervously.

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