Subverted Expectations

Going into her seventh year of Hogwarts, Bellatrix Black knows what to expect: she's going to finish school (top of her class, obviously), father is going to marry her off (she hopes not to Lucius, because she thinks she'd rather die), and she'll live a relatively unhappy life (not that she can complain about being unhappy if it means she doesn't have to live at home anymore, but that's another thing).But once she gets there, all of her expectations are thrown out the window. One of father's acquaintances takes an interest to her, opening up opportunities she only could've dreamed of; one of her sisters is dating a mudblood, and the other is dating Lucius, for some reason; and, most importantly, Hogwarts has a new student- one Emma Green. She is an enigma. Someone interesting. And- Bellatrix might like her, just a little bit, not that she would admit that to anyone. As the two grow close, she can tell that Emma is not really who she seems- what is the girl hiding? And will she be able to break out of the path set down for herself, and choose to love instead?

not my best summary, but i hope it does the job. I wanted to talk more about the story in here anyway, so here we are!heyyy. it's been a while. but as i'm rapidly approaching finals season, i figured now was the best time to post a new story on ao3!! updates will be sporatic for a while, but if i didn't at least post it i would never work on it.this is a time travel bellamione fanfiction- though, since this is from Bellatrix's perspective, she won't figure this out until at least the first five chapters or so (i have an outline somewhere...). It should be fun. Until it's not.speaking of, DISCLAIMER IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!*****this story will have a different tone than usual- while there will still be lighthearted and fun moments, im definitely leaning in more towards bellatrix's um less than stable tendencies, especially because this is most likely going to be canon compliant. i know, disgusting, but as such this story can go in two directions: an ambiguous ending or a sad ending. at the end of the day, i haven't really decided yet and i will once i actually start writing the story cause i don't really know where it's gonna go right now (with feedback from readers, of course)*EDIT AS OF COMPLETION OF STORY*: This story IS Canon-Compliant, and it does NOT have a happy ending. proceed with caution.tags will be updated as i know more about the story, but tw's will be included at the start of every chapter if it's anything very explicit (but please read the tags for anything triggering)