Five looks into the life of Bellatrix Black before Azkaban got the best of her. COMPLETED!

It is no secret that when the Sorting Hat was placed on Bellatrix Black’s head she was instantly sorted into Slytherin. But what if she had been placed in a very different House instead? What would have happened had Bellatrix been a Gryffindor?

Bellatrix feels nothing but emptiness. When Riddle takes her under his wing and shows her the journey to perfection, she experiences the dizzying horrors of a world of madness and pain. All for the sake of perfection. She is lost in his penumbra. AU.

Bellatrix Black was not what I had hoped her to be. She was just...Bella.

To say that they had never been afraid would be a lie. But to say that the fear they had felt back then was in any way comparable to their present fears would also be a lie.

What happens when a bored nine-year-old Bellatrix Black meets a mysterious boy in the park?

After Voldemort’s disappearance, Bellatrix finds herself confronted with cold harsh reality and, in her despair, returns to her childhood haven. Companion to Insanity is Relative.