Lestrange and I have been screaming at each other for the past several minutes. At this point, I don’t even remember what we were arguing about. His most recent claim is that I’m a spoiled little bitch who would be nothing without him. I retort easily enough with the truth: that he’d be nothing without me.

He raises his hand and then there’s a sharp pain on my face. I need a few seconds to make the connection: he hit me. I touch a hand to my stinging cheek and stare at him speechlessly. He looks like he can’t believe what just happened either. “Bella,” he manages finally. “I’m so sorry.”

“Whatever,” I whisper dismissively. “Let’s just go to bed.” Of course, the implication is that I assume he’s staying the night again. In spite of what just happened, I hope he does. I don’t want to be alone right now. -From my upcoming Bellatrix/Rabastan-centric Harry Potter story, "What Chance Has a Seventeen Year Old Girl?"

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I'm taking a brief hiatus from this site but will be back soon.

When I do return, I owe reviews to: xoxLewrahxox, LazyCatfish27, xDoubleIdemnity, Xx starlight-moon xX, David Fishwick, xxDibDabxx, MrsMargeryLovett, Mydnyte Houre, Attraversiamo, and Inkfire. (Leave me a review during my time away and I promise to return that favor and add your name to this list.)

I will also have updates for: You Found Me, Bella Love, The Prettiest Appendage, When You Were Young, (possibly Bellatrix the Strange part 2), and new stories too.

New Avatar: a picture of me, NOT smiling. I was trying to be dramatic but I really just look lost and scared, kind of how I feel right now... somehow though, I think I still look good in that one... appropriate?

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I'm helplessly writer's blocked on my Bellatrix the Strange series and thinking of just letting the first story stand on it's own...

I do not multitask well: my main writing focuses at the moment are The Prettiest Appendage, You Found Me, and my upcoming Repo! The Genetic Opera three-shot. Most of my other projects are on temporary hiatus.

Have you seen the New Harry Potter 6 Film Trailer? (That same site has two brief but worthwhile clips from the movie). (6 days to go!)

xDoubleIdemnity and I both attempted to write an AU in which Bellatrix and Rodolphus never joined the Death Eaters. It really is impossible to imagine.

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My Upcoming Projects:

Harry Potter:

What Chance Has a Seventeen Year Old Girl?: Bellatrix and Rabastan's relationship as portrayed in "You Found Me."

The Azkaban Redemption: (title is a play on Shawshank Redemption, similarities end there) Belladolphus angst during their imprisonment and escape.

What Bellatrix and Rodolphus' relationship would be like if they had never wanted to join the Dark Lord and were instead manipulated into recruitment against their will. (Obviously, it's an AU.)

Everything the Lestranges do between hearing of the Dark Lord's defeat and being arrested.

Until Proven Guilty: a slightly AU oneshot in which Rodolphus tries to convince Bellatrix to plea insanity in order to avoid Azkaban. (Being beta read by the amazing xoxLewrahxox.) It went through four rewrites and I'm still not happy with it. Sorry it's taking so long...

Fight Club:

(My first attempt at humor fanfiction): A ridiculous AU in which Marla figures out the narrator's split personality before he does and convinces him that she and Tyler are getting married.

Marla's thoughts about "the whole space monkey soap making organization." (Book fic).

Sweeney Todd:

Mrs. Lovett's attempt to convince the Judge to let her raise Johanna.

What happened to Toby, Anthony, and Johanna after the movie.

Repo! The Genetic Opera:

Nathan and Marni's final moments together told in verse.

A three shot dealing with confessions, heartache, and the possibility that Rotti Largo is Shilo's father. (Marni, Nathan, and Mag narrate alternatively).

You Compare Me to a Corpse: Shilo's adventures before and after the movie. Will feature lines from "Seventeen" and "Infected."

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My Current Beta Activity:

xoxLewrahxox: Love That May Not Be Returned

xDoubleIdemnity: Accidentally In Love

Sarah and I are co-beta reading a new story for David Fishwick

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About Me:

I am Lia the Strange One, also known as Jacalyn Hyde. (It's a play on Jekyll and Hyde in case that wasn't obvious. It's fun to be two people.)

I owe my sanity (or, perhaps, my insanity) to J. K. Rowling, Chuck Palahniuk, and Tim Burton.

My stories are mostly Harry Potter ones and most of those are about Bellatrix. I guess now it's kind of redundant to state who my favorite character is. I portray her very differently in my "Bellatrix the Strange" series than in my "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" series. You might like one if not the other, or maybe even both...

I rarely use the Dark Lord's real name because I think like Bellatrix when I write and she wouldn't say His name.

I say "dabble" instead of "drabble" because "dabble" means "partial immersion" and "drabble" doesn't actually appear in my dictionary.

My favorite colors are blood red, dark green, royal purple and Sirius Black.

I have the most random taste in music. My favorites (aside from the Sweeney Todd soundtrack) are Avril Lavigne, AFI, Katy Perry, Alanis Morissette, The Killers, The Fray, Evanescence, Bowling for Soup, Maroon Five, Good Charlotte, No Doubt, and Green Day.

I often contradict myself, please tell me if I do that too much... I know it's a bad habit but if you make it an issue, I'll kill you.

I read more romance fics than can possibly be healthy for me.

I like humor fics as long as they're amusing and not perverse or stupid.

I'm open minded but usually prefer intriguing, ironic, and Dark stories.

I believe life is give and take. I can't promise, but if I get nice, constructive reviews, I return that favor as often as I can.

Like what you see here? Give my original works a try: http://www.fictionpress.com/~jacalynhyde

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Special Shoutouts:

xoxLewrahxox: My wonderful fangirl and the beta responsible for the success of two of my upcoming stories. In addition to being a great author in her own right, she is also one of the sweetest and most loyal reviewers I've ever come across. I am beta reading "Love That May Not Be Returned" (Link is above) for her but my favorite story of hers thus far has been Disappointment. Also check out her Bellatrix-centric forum, we have fun there.

LazyCatfish27: The single most amazing entity I have ever encountered on this site. She's made me go through every emotion a fanfic can possibly provoke. Death Drinkers made me laugh uncontrollably and Bitter Echo made me cry. I am her forever devoted fangirl.

xDoubleIdemnity: A true believer in Belladolphus and a loyal and honest reviewer and friend. Read "Accidentally in Love," (Link is above under my "Current Beta Activity" section) it is amazingly amusing and not just because I am beta reading it. Fully Alive ,Love Story , and her Sweeney Todd fic Things Left Unknown are also fantastic. I just can't choose a favorite: read them all.

MrsMargeryLovett: She is incredibly kind to review my stories with very thoughtful comments that are always helpful and amusing even though I am terrible about returning her reviews. When I Look At Yougot me into Sweeney Todd fanfiction and The Chosen One is her promising new Harry Potter story.

Xx starlight-moon xX : What can I say? She is a truly, TRULY awesome person. Her compliments make me laugh and smile and her criticism is always constructive, honest, and thoughtful. She tolerates my anti-Snape rants and (aside from a SnapeXNarcissa incident that I will never forgive her for) all of her characters are beautifully and realistically portrayed. Protege Moi is fantastic even if it does mislead you along the Lucitrix path. : )

My Stories:

For some strange, non-apparent reason, I love stories about one-sided affections. I plan to write some Bellamort and Sweenett, but I mostly do Belladolphus. (Bellatrix/ Voldemort, Sweeney Todd/ Mrs. Lovett, and Bellatrix/ Rodolphus... Guess which ones have the unrequited feelings?) I've read some fics where these ships actually work but in mine they mostly won't. Sorry to disappoint all the hopeless romantics out there... Most of my stories are about Bellatrix and Rodolphus as teenagers.

One more thing, I keep forgetting to put this in my fics, but I think it's obvious I don't own Harry Potter or anything from JKR's world. I do not own anything Fight Club related, nor do I ever talk about it. Ever. Obsessing over something is not the same as owning it, apparently, so Sweeney Todd and Repo! are not mine either. Most of the drama in my stories is of my own creation and my original characters are mine. That's about it.

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