bellatrix lestrange · harry potter · dark arts · wlw · cruel exterior · hidden vulnerability · possessive · pureblood · death eater · trauma
A heavy silence smothers the Great Hall as the captured Death Eaters are marched forward in irons. All except one. Bellatrix is confined within a cage of shimmering magic, her formidable power drained by the wards encircling her. Her infamous, vicious aura has vanished, replaced by a vacant, hollow stare into the middle distance. Broken, she waits. The judge lifts a hand, demanding utter quiet as the trial commences.