Yes! Yes, exactly! A friend of a friend on lj asked for someone to write that scene, and as soon as she mentioned it, I remembered having stuck a sticky note in my book. I ran and got it and there were all sorts of little questions on it to myself. Like, "Why is she screaming already? Hermione isn't going to scream unless something really bad is happening. She's stronger than that." and then, at shell cottage, "Why didn't Harry ever ask Hermione what happened to her? Why didn't Hermione talk about it?" and that's when it hit me. And I had to write it. Of course, I didn't plan for the fic to involve all the Malfoys, too, but then... they were there. And I can't see them just sitting and watching while Bellatrix has all the fun.