Chapter I

Aurora

Aurora rolled out of bed, just as the sun was peeking from behind her horizon and through the window.

Rolling out of bed proved difficult on the top bunk.

She let out a grunt as she landed on her stomach. Aurora shook it off and grabbed the box of wizarding sweets she had saved just for this occasion.

In the package there was: one box of Bertie Bott's Every-Flavor Beans, four Chocolate Frogs, Droobles Best Blowing Gum (which filled the room with blue bubbles that refused to pop for days), Pepper Imps (allowed you to breathe fire) and, of course, Cockroach Clusters.

Aurora just wished that Fred and George would finish their prank candies so that she could get some good pranks in.

Of course, Aurora didn't write a card, Jason would know who it was then, and he wouldn't open it.

She snuck across the cobbled road and onto the Fifth Cohort boys' barracks. Nobody was awake yet, thankfully. She placed the colorfully wrapped present at the foot of Jason's bed.

Aurora took a moment to admire him drooling onto his pillow. Jason had a sweet tooth, she knew from being his nemesis all her life. He wouldn't be able to resist.

That was really the only word that could describe them properly.

Aurora snuck back into her barrack's and waited…

The first thing that happened was gagging, then there was yelling 'The frogs are alive! The frogs are alive! Pop the bubbles! Stop breathing fire! No, Dakota stop! Those are cockroaches!'

Aurora grabbed her camera, ran across the path, swung the screen door open, and snapped the perfect picture.

Dakota was on the floor gagging, Jake was trying to hold onto a Chocolate Frog like a bar of soap, and Jason was breathing fire. All in the midst of dozens of blue bubbles floating around.

Breakfast was fun, seeing as Jason kept hiccuping fire, and everyone appreciated seeing the picture of the boys in their barracks.

Their little group of friends all sat around the same table. Jake, son of Apollo, Paige, daughter of Venus, Dakota, son of Bacchus, and Gwen, daughter of Mercury. Jason too, son of the almighty Jupiter and Aurora, daughter of Vesta.

Aurora ate a peanut butter and honey bagel with a banana and lots of coffee, while having animated conversation with Dakota.

"What were those things I ate?" he asked.

"Cockroach Clusters," Aurora replied, sipping her coffee.

"They were real cockroaches!"

"Yep."

The brown haired boy looked down at his food and didn't look very intent on eating any more.

"When are you leaving for London?" Gwen asked.

"In a few weeks."

"You'll stay for your birthday though, right?"Dakota asked.

"Of course, my birthday's tomorrow. Oh, by the way happy birthday, Grace."

"I've had enough birth-" Jason hiccuped a plume of fire "-day wishes from you."

They laughed. It was nice to laugh. Somedays Aurora didn't laugh enough.

Babe, Aurora's eagle, came soaring down from the sky, carrying a parcel.

Opening the box, Aurora found a letter.

Dear Aurora,

Ron tried to call me on the phone the other day. Uncle Vernon picked up the phone, and Ron started yelling because he thought that we wouldn't be able to hear. It was terrible.

Anyway, happy birthday. I thought you'd like this.

Sincerely,

Harry

Below the letter was a framed picture of the two of them, both in their first Weasley sweaters in front of the Christmas tree in their first year.

They both smiled brightly, the picture didn't move, but it would've been nice if it did. Aurora wasn't sure how Harry had gotten his hands on this at the Dursley's, but she was grateful that he did, it was a wonderful gift.

Aurora stroked Babe's feathers.

"I can't believe you still call him Babe. It's a stupid name," Jason said.

"I can't believe you named him Bambino."

"It's a good name!"

"For a guy who's nickname is Babe."

"That's not the point!"

"It's the perfect point."

"You guys are going to be late for the senate meeting," Gwen warned them.

"Especially if Terminus gives you a hard time," Jake said.

"And he always gives you a hard time," Paige finished.

Aurora cursed, bumping the table as she stood, and started running. Jason stood calmly, and followed after her.

"As clumsy as ever, huh, Sleeping Beauty?" Jason taunted as they ran through the red-roofed buildings.

"Shut up, Grace. It's not my fault everything gets in my way," Aurora cursed again as she stumbled on a rock, and went straight through a lare.

Jason laughed.

"I said shut up, Blondie."

"You curse like a sailor."

"Yeah I know that, now shut it."

Hi, it's taken so long to get this out. I got a chapter up, but then I realised there was a flaw in the plot so I had to fix that, and it resulted in changing the first book entirely. Sorry about that. Please review.