Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Band of Brothers. I only own Aurora.

Alrighty people, this is my second fanfiction but I guess it's my first non crossover fanfic. I'm sorry if this story will not be that great.

Chapter One

~3 Weeks Earlier. ~

Late one evening, two trucks collided with each other; one was an American Military truck while the other was a French Military truck that was carrying what seems to be something special which would most probably be used as an offering to Hitler. The American soldiers had no injury other than a scratch on their truck while the French soldiers may not be so lucky because they skidded further towards the cliff but manage to not fall over although nothing can be said about the damage received.

"Is everyone alright?" One of the soldiers asked his friends as he rubbed his swollen forehead.

"Yeah I think we'll be fine." Another answered.

"Holy shit. That's a French army truck; we're in deep shit now boys." One of the soldiers recognized the other truck had panicked. "Maybe we should check to see who we hit just in case there's a survivor."

"Well you go then." Said the previous soldier. "You suggested it."

"Fine." He nodded with a gulp.

The soldier jumped out from the safety of his vehicle, gun at a ready just in case someone starts shooting at him but it was so quiet that he assumed the passengers in the truck were dead. He went towards the truck slowly and at first there appear to be no one alive until he checked a second time. He laid his eyes upon something unbelievable that he practically dropped the gun that he was holding on to and managed a grin.

"Col. Sink is gonna love this."

~3 Weeks Later. ~

Camp Toccoa, Georgia.

There was a lot of yelling coming from Camp Toccoa where 1st Lieutenant Sobel was training the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division. The men came from different backgrounds, different part of the country, different choices in occupation and even different social status; some were desperately poor, others middle class citizens and a rare few were from wealthy families. They were all rather young in age; the youngest being at the very least sixteen and the oldest being twenty eight; First Lieutenant Sobel is a Jewish, urban twenty eight year old who instantly became the "old man" of the group. The men were doing their push ups under Sobel's command which meant three times harder than normal like all the other company's training routine.

"Lt Sobel." Said a young Lt with fiery red hair. His name is Richard Winters but more often than not he's known as Dick.

"What is it?" Asked the fuming Sobel. He didn't like to be interrupted especially during training.

"Col. Sink is here to see you sir. He said he has an announcement."

"Get the men to fall in line." Sobel commanded him.

"Yes sir. Easy Company. Fall in line."

All of the men stopped doing push ups and stands in attention as Col. Sink made an appearance along with the intelligence officer; Lewis Nixon who was summoned earlier, so he had a reason to skip training this once and behind him was a young girl with long golden hair, violet eyes and ivory skin wearing a white dress. Her appearance was what caught their attention the most as they were used to groomed maidens and this particular maiden was not only very scrawny but an utter mess; her dress has dirt stains all over it, her golden hair has a bit of a dark shade to it which they probably imagine it to be dirt or mud and there were a lot of split ends. Her tiny body was hiding behind Nixon as Col. Sink informed them of their assigned task strictly under Major Horton's orders.

"At ease gentleman." The Colonel probably in his late thirties nodded at the men. "It has come to my attention that Easy Company is the best there is and I only want the best assigned to keep an eye on her."

"Permission to speak sir?" Sobel looked at the girl in bewilderment then to the Colonel.

"Permission granted."

"Who is she?"

"This here is Aurora. Major Horton's men found her about 3 weeks ago and has now placed her under Easy Company. I'll leave it to you to decide who to keep an eye on her."

"Lt Winters is my choice." He said without a moment's pause, particularly because he didn't want to deal with her.

"That's good enough for me. Now if you could come with me Herbert, we have a few things to discuss. That will be all, as you were men."

He left as fast as he arrived; Sobel followed him back to Battalion headquarters while the men of Easy Company eyed the girl hiding behind Nixon curiously. Joseph Liebgott; a twenty five year old Jew tried to talk to her but she remained silent and it wasn't long before she was summoned back to Sink's Office. The men didn't pay much attention to her in the days to follow since she wouldn't even talk to them but they figured it was due to not liking them one bit so they just let it go and went on as if she never existed although it was a rather difficult task. Sobel's underling Private William Evans had a hard time keeping an eye on her while the men were out training cause she makes it a habit of running away from him every chance she gets.

"Come back here." He would cry. "Please come back, miss." She shook her head and continued running without knowing where it was she's running off to but she didn't care because she just wanted to leave. She was sure she lost him until she bumped into three men; Darrell "Shifty" Powers, Joseph Liebgott and Eugene "Doc" Roe who were running back down Currahee.

"Hey you're that girl from before aren't you?" The one name Liebgott grabs hold of her arm as he asked her.

"Are you in a hurry?" The soft spoken soldier that goes by the name Shifty asked.

"I doubt she's in a hurry." The doc shook his head. He spoke with a thick Cajun accent that was new to the girl when she looked at him.

"I finally found you missus." She sighed and glared at Liebgott who lets go of her arm as her watch dog came to retrieve her. "You sure are a lot of trouble missus but I'm begging you not to run away anymore or the Lieutenant will have both our heads." He pleaded but all she did was rolled her eyes.

"Run away?" Liebgott raised an eyebrow at Evans and turned to his fellow friends.

"Oh well, this isn't the first time." He began but was cut off when someone shouted 'Hi-Ho Silver'. Aurora took this chance and stomped on Evans's foot before running off again. "Ouch! Not again, missus!"

The young private went dashing off after her leaving Shifty, Liebgott and Roe speechless as they try to absorb what just happened but their train of thoughts were interrupted by Sobel's yelling. Today wasn't the only event that occurred whereby Evans is running around chasing after the young maiden much to the amusement of the men, it was a daily routine. It was late one afternoon when Eugene bumped into her; she looked tired of running at the time so he just sat next to her. The other men were watching some movie in one of the quarters so he might probably be the only one not with them. He noticed her appearance had changed a little; her golden hair was beautifully trimmed but remained long, her dress is fresh, clean and white but the only thing that remained the same was her lack of flesh. She's much too scrawny but not so much as though she was starving.

"How come you're running away all the time?" He asked but she didn't respond. "You're not gonna answer me at all are you?" He sighed and made to leave when she tugged at his shirt.

She tapped her throat. "You can't speak?" She shook her head. He finally realized her condition so he sat back down. "So what are you doing here?"

She fingered her chin while thinking how to answer him when she made a gesture of a steering wheel. "Wheel? Steering? Uhh, car? No? Bigger? A truck?" She nodded before placing both her hands together. "Together? Hands together?" She shook her head as Eugene scratched the back of his head. "This is tougher than I thought." Then it struck him." You were tied up?" She nodded in reply.

"Did we tie you up?" She shook her head and pointed towards the sky. "Sky?" She got a little frustrated with herself and spelled it out on the ground with much difficulty. 'Home tied me.'

"If it's your home that tied you up, why are you running away all the time?" He asked her.

She stood up and placed both hands on her hips. "Would you stay here?" She mouthed those words although no voice can be heard, he more or less understood her. "Well, what can you do?" She slapped his head. "Ouch! What? What did I say?"

"What are you here for?" She mouthed.

"I'm a medic here." He said with an uncertainty in his voice. She placed his hands in hers and smile; he figured it was the first genuine smile he's seen so far.

"What is it? I? Me? Same? We're the same?" She nodded and then shook her head. She pointed at Eugene's cross arm band all the while mouthing a word which he didn't quite catch so she had it spelled; 'hiler', he didn't understand what she meant but when he placed the word with medic he raised an eyebrow at her. "Do you mean healer?" She nodded.

"One? No? Umm, first? First clock? First time?" She nodded. "Your first time look? Meet? First time meeting another healer?" She nodded in delight. "Well I guess a medic is a healer too in some sense." He chuckled slightly. "Oh I never introduced myself, I'm Gene. Eugene Roe. Your name was Aurora right?" She nodded. He extended his hand for her but she didn't get it so he took her hand in his and shook it.

That afternoon, they spent their time trying to talk to each other; it was rather difficult since she wasn't able to speak, he also learned that she wasn't able to read or write properly either, kinda like a young toddler who just started elementary school. He offered to help teach her read and write starting with her name; it wasn't long before the other men joined in as well when Eugene introduced her to them as well as explaining her situation to them. She still tries to run away from Evans and Sobel but the men of Easy Company were busy teaching her in their spare time she didn't try to run away as much anymore. Winters and Nixon who were finally informed about her situation a month after she was brought to Camp Toccoa were quite shocked to find out about her inability to speak, Doc Roe was probably the only one she told willingly and it was a good idea he informed them.

"She says she's a healer." The Doc revealed to Winters privately while the men were busy teaching her some words.

"A healer? You mean like a nurse?"

"I think she's more like an actual healer rather than a nurse. A nurse wouldn't be tied up and brought somewhere in an army truck but she don't know where she was going."

"She was tied up?"

"Yes sir."

"Alright. Thanks Doc." Winters dismissed Eugene who went to join the men in teaching her.

"So all this time you was not speaking not because you didn't like us?" Bill Guarnere asked; he spoke with a kind of Italian mafia accent. She nodded and recalled she did have someone she didn't like so Aurora raised a finger.

"One? Guy? One guy? You don't like one guy?" Joe Toye asked.

She looked at them with an are-you-seriously-asking-me-that face but before she could answer them the guy she dislikes made an appearance while yelling. "You people are to stand before me at attention." Aurora sensed he didn't seem to be in a good mood so she sat a bit farther away but close enough to hear him fussing about something at them.

"Private Perconte, have you been blousing your trousers over your boots like a paratrooper?"

"No sir." The one name Perconte replied; a short twenty five year old guy with dark hair and eyes.

"Then explain the creases at the bottom."

"No excuse sir." He said after hesitating for a moment.

"Volunteering for the parachute infantry is one thing Perconte but you got a long way to go before you prove you belong here. Your weekend pass is revoked."

Sobel went off to inspect the others and stopped. "Name."

"Luz, George." Aurora noticed Sobel inspected his gun for about a second or two before commenting on it. Aurora remembered that Luz is always all smiles but when in front of Sobel his smile was upside down. Luz is a bit taller than Aurora's height although today he seemed to have shrunk when in front of Sobel.

"Dirt in the rear sight aperture. Pass revoked." He gave the gun back and started going around inspecting more of them before stopping at a Sergeant Lipton. "When did you sew on these chevrons Sergeant Lipton?" He pulled something from his sleeve.

"Yesterday sir." Lipton answered.

"Long enough to notice this." Sobel said holding up a string. "Revoked."

"Sir." Aurora noticed Lipton glaring at Sobel as he moved towards another soldier and stopped.

"Name."

"Malarkey, Donald G." Said Malarkey as he presented his gun to him.

"Malarkey that is slang for bullshit isn't it?" Sobel asked while snatching the gun from him.

"Yes sir."

"Rust on the butt plate hinge spring private bullshit, revoked." He tossed the gun back at Malarkey after a thorough inspection.

As Sobel walked away, a soldier name Warren "Skip" Muck who was in front of him glanced over his shoulder and gave him a worried look before looking in front again in case Sobel noticed it.

"Name." He heard Sobel say to Liebgott. Aurora remembered him to be the first one to speak to her when she was first brought here.

"Liebgott, Joseph D, sir." Liebgott held up his gun for Sobel to inspect but Sobel had other ideas as he reached for his Bayonet.

"Rusty Bayonet Liebgott. You want to kill Germans?"

"Yes sir."

"Not with this." He replied while smacking Liebgott's helmet with the Bayonet before making his way towards the front with it where everyone could see him.

"I wouldn't take this rusty piece of shit to war and I will not take you to war in your condition. Now thanks to these men and their infractions, every man in the company who had a weekend pass has lost it." He paused. "Change into your PT gear, we're running Currahee." He glared at them before leaving, he really didn't seem to be in a good mood today.

"2nd Platoon, fall out. You have two minutes." Winters ordered before he turns to Aurora. "You, my dear girl, will join us."

"You want her to run with us?" Lipton asked when he heard.

"Well, seeing as how she's going to cause trouble for Private Evans yet again, we might as well train her to run better." Winters joked but Aurora took it seriously as she boxed the palm of her hand as though an idea has struck her.

"Sir, I think you just gave her a mischievous idea." Lipton chuckled. He went back to his bunk to change into his PT gear before assembling the men into formation to run Currahee.

About 5 minutes later, everyone was already in their PT gear and running up that damn hill; a while back there was a slight tension in air when Martin was telling Perconte off for making Sobel angry but he defended himself by saying Sobel was angry at everyone. Lipton came in just time to save the day and they were okay now; mostly it was because they were trying to figure out what the golden haired mute was doing running with them in her white dress and bare footed at that but she didn't complain at all.

"Young lady, what are you doing here?" Sobel yelled at her but she didn't respond so his face began to change colour. "I asked you a question and you will answer it."

"Permission to speak sir?" Winters began, Sobel nodded. "She's a mute sir, so even if you yelled, she wouldn't be able to answer."

"Very well, carry on." He ran further in front yelling 'High-Ho Silver'. Aurora tugged the red headed lieutenant's shirt in thanks.

"What do we run?" Sobel began shouting from the front.

"Currahee!" They replied.

"And what does Currahee mean?"

"We stand alone!"

"How far up? How far down?"

"Three miles up, three miles down!"

"What company is this?"

"EASY COMPANY!"

"And what do we do?"

"Stand alone!"

"Ah!" Skip Muck rolled his ankle and Malarkey supported him with his arm when Sobel started yelling.

"Do not help that man! Do not help that man! We do not stop!" He ran forward. "You got 30 minutes to get to the top of this mountain, if you want to serve in the paratroopers. High-Ho Silver."

Aurora wished she was deaf instead of mute around this time, she also finds it a rather odd motto but ignored it and tries her very best to run along with them even if she was about to faint. Weeks had passed since she first tried to run with them, the first few days she practically felt like dying but after a while she was able to catch up with them. Aurora became less scrawny but not as muscular as the guys; just a toned, healthier body although she was still skinny as heck. She mainly runs with them instead of going through all the training sessions although there were times she joined and became used to following the men. Speaking of the men, she became a lot closer to them as the weeks passed; particularly with Eugene and Shifty although the others grew attached to her too but they still have a hard time speaking to her; she was more often with Winters, trailing behind him like a kitten. Aurora was looking for Winters when she witnessed Sobel yelling something at Private Walter "Smokey" Gordon; she tugged at Shifty's shirt to get his attention as Talbert and another soldier smiled at her.

"Oh hello Aurora." He smiled at her and she pointed towards Smokey. "Smokey seems to have made him angry one point or another although we don't really know the whole story."

"Sobel's been ticked off lately so Gordon is just the victim." Talbert added.

"What is it Aurora? Run? Are we gonna run with him?" She nodded. "It's a good idea."

The three of them bid her goodbye to join Smokey running Currahee; she smiled at their loyalty towards each other and went of looking for Winters. She found him talking to Nixon in their quarters so she joined the two of them while other Lt from different Fox and Able Company eyed her; they weren't exactly used to her yet. An hour later; Sobel came in to inspect the place so Aurora sneaked behind him and ran out; she waited for about half an hour before Sobel exited along with Winters to inform him he's been promoted.

"Col. Sink has seen fit to promote you." She heard Sobel telling him. She was hiding because she didn't want to have anything to do with Sobel. "As First Lieutenant, you'll serve as my executive officer. Congratulations."

"Thank you sir." Winters nodded as Sobel tries to put on the badge.

"And, as a test of your organizational skills and command potential, I am designating you mess officer for 14 days. Report to the mess kitchen at 0515 hours. Company breakfast to be served at 0600.

"Yes sir."

"Oh and Dick; there's rain forecast tomorrow." Sobel began as they walked and Aurora quietly followed from behind. "So the company will have a light afternoon of lecture and classroom instruction. I think a special meal before their afternoon off would be a welcome change of pace would you agree?" He asked Winters.

"Yes sir."

"I like spaghetti."

~Next Day. ~

Aurora was already up and about that morning because she wanted to see exactly what Winters will be doing under Sobel's orders. She followed him all the way to the mess kitchen where he was ordering them preparing breakfast for the Commanding Officers who have a meeting of sorts and lunch for the men before their afternoon off. She didn't know what was on Sobel's mind but she left Winters to his job and walked around a bit to see what new information she can obtain. As she walked away, the COs greeted her a good morning as they passed by to have their breakfast while the other men were up and about having a bit of relaxation before having lunch at 1100 hours. Aurora was snooping around Sobel's quarters to gather a bit of information and simply check on his mood swings so that she can warn Winters if his mood turned sour. Finally at 1100 hours, the men of Easy Company were headed towards the canteen to have their lunch.

"This stuff is orange. Spaghetti ain't supposed to be orange." One of them was complaining about the food.

"This ain't spaghetti. Its army noodles with ketchup." Perconte corrected him as Guarnere sat down with them. Aurora came into the canteen and was running towards Winters looking worried. "Oh hey it's Aurora."

"What is it?" Winters asked her. "Running? Someone is running?" She nodded and pointed towards the men. "Oh for crying out loud."

Crying out loud was right; Sobel barged right in telling them their orders has changed and that they're running up Currahee. "Three miles up, three miles down. High-Ho Silver!" He smirked at Winters and left.

"You're sorry?" Winters looked at her before patting her head. "Nah, I think he would still make their lives miserable anyway but thank you for warning us." He smiled at her. "Once I'm done here, I'll get changed and we can go run with them." She nodded in agreement and waited for him.

Aurora likes Winters because he's a damn good man and she wondered why Sobel was the one giving orders and not him. Winters finished his duties as mess officer and changed into his PT gear before the two of them headed out to Currahee. Along the way they noticed the men weren't feeling so good and Sobel was yelling something, they heard Luz started to encourage them with their infantry song and Winters followed suit.

We fall upon the risers,

We fall upon the grass,

We never land upon our feet,

We always hit our ass,

Highty tighty, Christ Almighty,

Who the hell are we?

Zim-Zam Goddamn,

We're Airborne Infantry.

Sobel stopped a bit because he was tired as he inhaled and exhaled. Winters passed by Sobel who looked proud of his accomplishment and smirked at the red head but Winters just ignored it and continued on with the song in order to raise morale. By the end of the run, all of them were sent back to their bunks to rest and recover since they did run Currahee after eating. Aurora was running to and fro making sure they all had taken their medicine before Sobel starts training them again.

"That guy is impossible. It's no wonder he ain't got a girl." Bill complained as Aurora placed a cold towel on his head. "Thanks Aurora."

"I'm sure he was put here for reason." Shifty defended the guy. Shifty is a good man, polite and a gentlemen so it wasn't surprising that he said it although he wonders about what he just said himself.

"You keep saying that Shifty but not even Aurora likes the man." Said Luz from his bed.

"Speaking of Aurora, you don't have to run with us all the time." Liebgott reassured her as she gave him a glass of water and medicine to swallow.

"Yeah. You've gotten a lot better at running; you can outrun Will now and leave right?" Said Joe Toye.

She stared at the lot of them and ignored that question; she finished handing out the medicine and treated them before making to leave when Eugene tugged her dress. "Thanks for today." She smiled but no sooner was it replaced with a frown the moment Evans came in out of nowhere. "Come on missus, out you go."

"Go on." Eugene smiled at her.

Other than Sobel, she found Private Evans to be a pain in the ass but he can't help it since he's following orders. She sighed, grabbed her stuff and made to leave when she bowed to her friends as well as pointing to them; a gesture they understood as 'eat your medicine'. Evans followed her from behind as he scurried along like a puppy following his master; the men found the guy tolerable as long as they have nothing to do with the man he works under.

"I don't get why she's being watched all the time." Guarnere commented the moment they left.

"She's kinda like a hostage here." Webster agreed.

"Probably that's why she won't leave?" Malarkey added.

"Either that or the Doc has gotten her to stay." Luz teased but there was silent in the air before all of them stood in front of Eugene's bed.

"What?" He looked at them.

"You don't suppose you could talk her out of it right Doc?" Luz began.

"We could take care of her here so there's really no need for her to go anywhere. We was only kidding when we wanted her to leave." Said Guarnere.

"Powers is able to talk her out of it." He pointed out.

Darrel 'Shifty' Powers and Eugene Roe were rather close to her; Shifty is because of his gentlemanly attitude that won her trust instantly while Eugene is because he's the first one who she told about her inability to speak.

Joseph Liebgott is close to her too but mainly because he always bumps into her when she tries to escape and much to her dismay he brings her right back.

Joe Toye has a certain attachment to the kid like she was his own sister so he can be overly protective of her. She figured he would be a doting father one day if he's such a doting brother to her now.

Bill Guarnere thinks of her as his little sister too but he's not as overly protective as Joe Toye although he nags at her when she's up to no good despite the two of them being the cause of the troubles.

David Webster is in charge of teaching her how to read since he's the only one who seems to have graduated from Harvard although in reality he probably hasn't finished yet.

She's often seen with Richard 'Dick' Winters because he's in charge of her so when she finds out new information on Sobel she relays it to Winters knowing that if she told the rest of the men they would probably gossip about it.

George Luz is the funny guy of the group and he often imitates people's voice. His trait won him many friends as well as enemies along the way but that's just the way it works. Aurora thinks he's funny although sometimes she didn't get his joke.

In the months to come they have been training jumping out of a mock plane; a training session that interested Aurora but Sobel wouldn't even allow her. She glared at him and pointed a finger at the guy. "What? What she's saying"

"What is it Aurora?" Winters asked her. "He? Capt. Sobel? Chopped? No? Three over two? Oh you mean unfair?" She nodded. "You want something?" She jumped up and down. "You want to jump with us?" She nodded again. "Well there you go sir."

"I don't understand." Sobel raised an eyebrow.

"She wants to jump with us sir."

"We can't bring her to war. She's a woman and she can't even speak." Sobel dismissed them.

"Don't think too much about it alright." Winters told her.

She felt so annoyed at Sobel but he wasn't wrong; being unable to speak is a liability for a soldier. Winters noticed her expression and pat her head. "Hey Lew, got a minute?" He left her to think while he talks to Nixon.

~Battalion Headquarters. ~

It was raining that day so Aurora had to stay indoors with the Colonel when Winters and Nixon asked permission to enter his office which he allowed. Despite being under Winters, there are times when she's stationed in Col. Sink's quarters especially when it's raining outside or when the men are out having a lecture class which she wasn't able to participate in but she didn't mind it. She was always being doted on by him as though she was his own granddaughter and she adored him as she looks to him like her own grandfather.

"I hope you have a damn good reason as to why you both are here when you should be in lecture." Said the Colonel behind his desk.

"Yes sir. I would like to ask for your permission to allow Aurora to jump with us." Winters stood before him at attention.

"I hear Capt. Sobel didn't allow it." He raised an eyebrow. The girl in question was looking at her two friends with curiosity.

"Permission to speak sir." Nixon stepped forward and stood in attention.

"Granted."

"The girl is unable to speak, that in itself is an advantage don't you think? She also has talent to gather information in a very discreet way. She doesn't know how to hold a gun or anything like that but her ability to heal is necessary in times of war. She can help the Doc as his medic assistant or something." He finished.

"You have a good point." Sink nodded and turned to Winters. "She's in your care isn't she Dick?"

"Yes sir."

"The decision is actually up to you and not Capt. Sobel." The old man smiled at him. Winters thanked and saluted him. "Aurora, did you get all that?" He turned to the girl; she hugged the old man in delight. "Alright, out you go now."

She was so happy that she left to find Eugene; Winters and Nixon were chuckling in delight too. "Aurora, don't run too fast or you'll-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence when she really did fall down but got back up again.

Aurora barge right into one of the quarters where Eugene was staying in along with Toye, Perconte, Malarkey, Guarnere, Luz, Liebgott and Shifty were present. "Hey Aurora." They smiled at her.

She sat down on the side of Eugene's bed and begins to tell him the good news. "What is it?" He asked. "You? Fall? You fell again?" She slapped his head although she did fell before she entered the bunk; she was rather clumsy that way. She stood up and jumped. "You're jumping with us?" She nodded. "Cold? You're cold? No? Snow? Winters?" She nodded at Luz.

The men of Easy enjoyed trying to figure out what she was telling them as though it's all a game. "Winters cross? No? Uhh, medic? Helped? Winters helped you along with Nixon?" She nodded and pointed at the sink. "Sink allowed it? Now you're under Doc as a healer?" She nodded.

"Well you better stay close to us young lady." Toye reminded her.

"Wouldn't want the enemies to shoot you." Liebgott ruffled up her hair.

"Yeah, like the enemy would want to shoot her. Her running abilities are bit over the top." Guarnere teased.

"I could teach you how to fire a gun Aurora." Shifty offered.

Once she's gotten they're approval, she was finally able to go for jump training sessions with the men much to Sobel's dismay. He didn't like it one bit, even more so than when Winters was promoted. Weeks has passed since her first jump training before they actually jump off a plane to earn their jump wings and she was enjoying it.

"So we all think we are ready to be army paratroopers?" The jump instructor asked.

"Yes sir." They replied along with a nod from Aurora.

"I hope so. This will be the first of five exits from a C-47 Aircraft scheduled for today. Upon the successful completion of your fifth and final jump, you will be certified army paratroopers. There will be a lot of men dropping from the sky today. Oh and woman. Sorry Aurora." He teased her and they all laughed.

"Hopefully under deployed canopies." He added. "Jumping from 1000 AGL sticks per aircraft. All you have to do is remember what you were taught and I guarantee gravity will take care of the rest. And rest assured any refusal in the aircraft or at the door and I guarantee you, you will be out of the airborne."

"Let's do this!" They shouted in delight.

Everyone left for their assigned groups; Aurora was with Shifty, Toye, Luz, Perconte, Malarkey, Guarnere, Popeye, Bull and Cobb.

"Are you going be alright Aurora?" Shifty asked her as they hopped on the plane. She nodded.

"You be careful now little missy." Toye ruffled her hair.

"All of us? Worrisome bunch?" Luz chuckled and she nodded. "Well we'll see you on the ground."

They had equipment sound check; she only had to tap the shoulder three times to inform the person in front of her that she was good to go before the green light turned on and she jumped. The feeling of jumping out a flying aircraft was too wonderful and she enjoyed it although months from now she would probably have a different opinion of it. She landed right next to Eugene who helped her with her parachute and checked if she was okay.

"Are you alright?" She nodded. "That's a relief. Mm? What is it? Me? Fell? Oh feel? How did I feel?" She nodded again. "It was alright I guess but once we go to war maybe it won't feel the same." She nodded in agreement before pointing back to camp. "Camp? Go back? Right. Come on."

The two of them made their way back to base to try again so that they would be used to it; the rest of the men were more than happy to get back on that plane and jump. After a number of jumps, they celebrated getting their jump wings; Aurora doesn't drink so Luz gave her a tall glass of fizzy soda. She sat in between Eugene and Shifty, celebrating together with them while counting down with the rest of the boys who were encouraging Guarnere to drink up.

"High-Ho Silver." He cried with a smile on his face. "Hey Aurora, aren't you gonna drink?" She shook her head. "You don't drink huh?"

"What are you doing corrupting her into a drinking looney like yourself?" Perconte teased.

"She's much better off drinking soda. I don't think she's ever drunk alcohol before this." Shifty told them. She tugged at his shirt and placed a finger on her lips. "What is it?"

"Attention!" They heard Sobel cry as Col. Sink made an appearance to congratulate the men on getting their wings; he also congratulated Aurora for achieving it as well. "Currahee!" He toasted and the men did the same.

That night was a night of celebration; the men had a jolly good time, Aurora had a bad feeling but casted it aside to join them and have a good time herself. She left the tavern to enjoy a little walk by herself; she sat down on the hill overlooking the tavern and glanced upon the moon.

"What are you doing out here?" She was startled when Liebgott came to sit next to her. "Sorry, did I scare you?" She shook her head and pointed towards the sky. "Sky?" He looked up and noticed the moon. "Oh you're glancing at the moon?" She nodded. "It is a nice night isn't it?"

She stood up, pointed towards herself and twirled around in delight. "You want to spin?" She raised an eyebrow and shook her head only to have him laugh. "You want to dance?" She nodded in delight. "Well, alright. Knock yourself out."

She was a pretty damn good dancer he thought with her white dress on; she kinda looked like a swan dancing in the night. "Well whaddya know. She can dance. Not great but not bad either." Liebgott muttered. She was so caught up in her dancing that she didn't notice some of the men came to watch as well. "Don't you guys know a date a when you see one?" Liebgott teased them. Once Aurora was done she bowed and everyone clapped their hands.

"That was really good." Luz praised her.

"You danced before?" Guarnere asked her and she nodded. She made a gesture like she was holding a musical instrument. "You was a dancer?" She shook her head. "A performer?" She shook her head again.

"A gypsy?" Popeye muttered and he thought she didn't hear him until she nodded in delight at him.

"You was them gypsy broad?" Guarnere asked her.

"So that's why you can heal and why your eyes are of a different colour from ours." Eugene added and she nodded her head sadly. "So what happened to your family?" She didn't know how to answer so she shook her head. "You don't know?"

"Maybe if you stay with us you'll find them?" Shifty suggested and she smiled instantly.

"Aww shucks Aurora. If you wanted to find your family you could have just said so, we'll help you find them." Said Popeye.

"Yeah, we could help you out." Liebgott offered.

"Did you look like your mom? Your dad maybe?" Martin asked her but she shook her head.

"You don't remember them?" Eugene asked and she smiled sadly. "So that means you were already taken from your family when you were young?"

"Gosh Aurora. What about your inability to speak?" Shifty asked her and she gestured as though she was cradling something. "So you weren't able to speak since you were a baby?" She nodded.

"Well, don't you worry about a thing. We'll do our best to communicate with ya." Popeye had his arm over his shoulder. She looked at her friends and smiled at them as they agreed.

"We'll start with your family first." Eugene patted her head.

They all agreed to help find her family and maybe it won't turn out so bad she thought to herself; that night they were alright but it won't be long before their lives will begin to change and it'll start with Camp Mackall, N.C.

~End of Chapter One. ~

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