Chapter 23 - Escaping from Azkaban

Located in the North Sea, the Stony Island seemed like a world apart from the real world. At the island's center, Azkaban rose high in the sky amidst the tumultuous, icy waves of the sea, resembling a monolithic, bleak, and lifeless structure. 

With its origins shrouded in mystery, the first known inhabitant was a cruel dark wizard named Ekrizdis, who would lure nearby Muggle sailors and use them as guinea pigs for his macabre experiments. 

His magical experiments were so wicked and cruel that they attracted a large number of malevolent spectral creatures called Dementors, a quantity so great that it could threaten the mainland if allowed to roam free.

Therefore, in the year 1718, the new British Minister of Magic - Damocles Rowle - insisted on using Azkaban as a prison. Instead of using people to guard the prisoners, he chose dreadful Dementors as guards, making Azkaban later known as the cruelest prison on the planet.

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Inside one of the cells of Azkaban, if a luxurious room could be called a cell, a beautiful woman around thirty years old twirled her body around cheerfully, looking at a photo in the newspaper with an extremely excited expression.

"He's so cute!!! I want to lock him up in my basement and feed him forever!!!"

"No, no, no, no, I can't! He's my cousin! Stop talking in my head, you crazy bitches!"

"But he's so cute~!"

The woman spoke as she hugged the newspaper against her chest with a dreamy expression, a sadistic smile tracing on her full lips. 

"I'm getting out of this poor room and going back to my wealthy family. The magic I've gathered over the years should be enough." She looked at the door separating her and her freedom, smiling maliciously.

Banging on the reinforced magical iron door, causing a loud noise, she continued to pound, one after another, after ten minutes of this, a cold and desolate atmosphere fell upon her.

She had finally caught the attention of the prison guards. 

Looking at the Dementor that appeared in front of the door, the woman cheerfully greeted the spectral being. "Little ball of happiness, my dear friend!"

Seeing that the Dementor hadn't responded, the woman pouted very upset and muttered to herself, "Doesn't remember the long hours we spent together? I painted your nails, ungrateful bitch."

Seeing that she still hadn't received a response, the woman stopped talking. She reached her hand through the bars of the door's window and touched the Dementor. She used the small portion of magical energy she could muster at the moment. Instantly, a sphere of blue light fell upon the Dementor, gradually melting it into a blue orb in the woman's hand.

"Heheh - I bet I'm the first one to swallow a Dementor." The woman chuckled amusingly and swallowed the blue orb, without caring about the unbearable taste.

The woman waved her hand, and a curtain of darkness appeared outside the cell, from which a Dementor emerged.

"Arc must be proud when he sees my incredible abilities," she said, showing a proud look as she looked at the Dementor. "Now, open the door for me, lovely sweetie."

The Dementor directly dispelled the enchantment guarding the door, which opened with a gentle touch from the woman, who stepped out of the cell in her long black Victorian dress.

"Ahhh~ The sweet smell of mold and despair~" The woman opened her arms and deeply breathed in the putrid air of Azkaban.

With a few excited hops, the woman walked down the long corridor, humming and lazily swinging her arms.

"Where is Sirius Black! Sirius Black! Oh, Sirius Black, where can I find you?"

After passing through many corridors and empty cells, she halted her steps, feeling the familiar presence, and grinned maliciously as she looked at the numbered door - [XY390].

Approaching the iron door, she stood on tiptoes and peered into the cell. "Found Sirius Black!"

"You look dead, Pup," she said, looking at the dirty, disheveled, and skeletal man slumped weakly against the wall covered in scribbles of a madman.

The man's eyes opened, revealing brown eyes, almost entirely black. He looked at the green-eyed woman at the door and parted his parched lips to speak hoarsely.

"Bella."

"You got it! It's me, the amazing and wonderful witch, Bellatrix!" Bella opened a wide smile, showing her teeth as she gestured with her fingers!

Sirius couldn't help but smile. "You're still the same, Bella."

"Obviously, who else would I be if not me," Bella said, feeling pleased with his words.

Bella had the Dementor open the door and asked, hands on her hips, "Are you coming with me?"

"Yes, I still have to kill a certain rat." A cold and chilling look reflected in the eyes of the man unjustly accused.

"Umu," she looked satisfied at Sirius, as if she was seeing a good student finally following the right path. "Killing is always the most relaxing way to unwind, I agree with you, Pup."

Sirius couldn't help but curl his lips hearing that, when did he ever say killing was relaxing? His cousin was still equally mad, even after a decade in Azkaban, this infernal place hadn't changed her at all.

Rising from the dirty and filthy floor, Sirius walked over to Bellatrix with somewhat unsteady steps.

Looking at his own worn and dirty clothes, then glancing at the dazzling dress on Bellatrix's body, Sirius couldn't help but notice how cruel his grandfather was to his own grandson; he seemed more like a loving grandfather to Cygnus and Druella's daughters than to his own grandchildren.

"You look like you've had a stay in a five-star hotel, not in this damned prison," Sirius said, with a bitter and helpless tone in his voice.

"Well, when you have a powerful great-uncle, that happens to you," Bellatrix said, unconcerned that she was speaking to the man's grandson.

That made Sirius grit his teeth in frustration. Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to calm down, otherwise, he would probably jump from the highest part of this prison over how biased his grandfather's partiality was with the sisters - Narcissa, Andromeda, and Bellatrix.

Shaking his head, Sirius looked at Bellatrix and asked, "What are we going to do now?"

"Well," putting her finger to her lips, Bella showed a pensive expression before saying, "I'm torn between killing everyone in this place or simply strangling my husband to death."

"Ignoring the part about killing everyone, why do you want to kill your husband?" Sirius asked, showing genuine doubt in his voice.

Bellatrix looked at Sirius as if she were seeing an idiot and spoke proudly. "Does a wife need a reason to kill her husband? You're strange, Pup."

'No, I'm not strange, you're the crazy one among us,' Sirius thought as he rolled his eyes.

Although he thought so, Sirius still followed Bellatrix. After all, a good Death Eater was a dead Death Eater.

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Author's Thoughts: Bellatrix appears, and with that, all three Black sisters appear. The elegant Narcissa, the gentle Andromeda and the crazy Bellatrix. I loved writing each of them and expect more about them in the future, especially Narcissa and Bellatrix.

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Next Chapter: Chapter 23 - (Chapter 24 - Escaping from Azkaban (2), (Chapter 25 - Wizengamot (1), (Chapter 26 - Wizengamot (2), (Chapter 27 – Wizengamot (3), (Chapter 28 - Unexpected Arrival (1), (Chapter 29 - Unexpected Arrival (2), (Chapter 30 - Black Family Reunion (1), (Chapter 31 - Black Family Reunion (2), (Chapter 32 - Black House Masquerade Ball (1), Chapter 33 - Black House Masquerade Ball (2).

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