The Dunnest Smoke of Hell by Scarlet Crystal

Summary: Harry Potter lies face down in the dirt, surrounded by a ring of Death Eaters in the Forbidden Forest. Narcissa Malfoy approaches, lowering hand to the boy's chest to see if he yet lives. Everyone knows what happens next: Narcissa announces Lord Voldemort's triumph as Harry plays dead. What if, in this crucial moment, Bellatrix did not trust her feckless sister? What if she strode past her celebratory comrades and knelt by the Dark Lord's fallen enemy, wishing to feel for herself the absence of the boy's heartbeat? This is the story of that tragic turn of events.
Ratings: 3rd-5th Years [ - ]
Category: Dark/Angsty Fics
Characters: None
Warnings: Character Death, Epilogue? What Epilogue?, Mild Profanity, Suicide
Challenge:
Serie: None
Chapters: 7 Completed?: No
Wordcount: 29301 Viewcount: 22830
Published on: 10/11/08 Updated On: 07/15/09

1. I.One. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (2793 words)
"In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes."

--Julius Caesar
2. I.Two. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (4716 words)
"O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!"

-- Hamlet
3. I.Three. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (4693 words)
"What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief."

--A Winter's Tale
4. I.Four. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (5084 words)
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

--Julius Caesar
5. I.Five. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (2445 words)
"When our actions do not,
Our fears do make us traitors."

--Macbeth
6. I.Six. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (4197 words)
"You and I are past our dancing days."

-- Romeo and Juliet
7. I.Seven. by Scarlet Crystal [ - ] (5373 words)
"For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart
In compliment extern, 'tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at: I am not what I am. "

-- Othello