Chapter 1
1992: Halloween
Corona is now 15 months (a year and three months) old, could sit up on her own, can talk with an amazingly well vocabulary, and is showing signs of impressively large amount of somewhat controlled magic. The Healer Andromeda took her too (Regulus couldn't go) said her memory was slightly photographic and when she used it she could remember anything in her mind. Currently it was almost midnight on Halloween night and Regulus puts Corona to sleep with difficult because she had the same bad feeling as him.
The next day Andromeda floo's over and tells him gravely "Voldemort is dead and he killed James and Lily Potter but was killed when the killing curse bounded off of Harry who lived." Than her tone changed to a cheerful one "Come on were going out."
"Okay I'll go wake Corona and then you can glamour—"
"No glamour charm needed. We're gonna go out without worry of being found out by Voldemort."
"What about—"
"Dumbledore won't know that Corona is yours. Now no more stalling! Get your daughter and meet me at the leaky cauldron. Hurry or you won't get to see me sream at Bella how much I love my big sister." Then she sang "I feel like I can siiinngg!" then she heard the sound of Corona calling
"A'drom'da! Co'ona want A'drom'da! A'drom'da? A'drom"da!"
"I am Sorry Cousin but my goddaughter calls for me."
"A'DROM'DA!"
"I coommmiing little crown!"
London, England: The Leaky Cauldron
At the leaky Cauldron Regulus and Corona were sitting with Andromeda, Dora, and Ted Tonks at a table with no disguises on when The Lestranges, the malfoys and, the elder Blacks came in the pub. "Regulus!?"
"Okay that is NOT happening again." Regulus said as Corona squealed.
"Bella! Da, look, Bella."
Everyone looked at the baby "You remember that day?"
"Yeah! Pwetty voice make dweam of pwetty wolfie come! Bella has pwetty voice."
"What does she mean? I have never met her before!"
"I 'member da did magie and made mem'wy go bye-bye. I fix!" she waved her hand "fix it magie!"
The entire family's eyes widened except for draco's and Dora's eyes widened than Bella ran forward and scooped Corona into her arms "Oh my goodness you've gotten so big and you're so smart and powerful. And it's no wonder you are my goddaughter! Do you go to school?"
"No I go too daycawre but I am wealy smawt they put me in a room with the big kids and I play shy because I get more attention fwom the other girls who play house. I am awesome!"
"Corona Narcissa who taught you to be that arrogant!"
"I watch daddy talk to the him in the mirwor."
*Thwap* "Way to go genius you gave your daughter the Malfoy arrogance you were trying to keep her away from."
"Why do you insist on killing all of my brain cells?"
"What is it that Bella used to say when you asked that? oh yeah. What brain cells dummy!"
"Do not set a bad example for my daughter—ooowwe Corona!"
"Wasn't me! Was Dora!"
"Tattle tale! Oh no! I was supposed to deny deny deny! Ugg what would Uncle Siri say."
Corona reached down and poked the back of her cousin's head and said "bwavo gen'us!"
"Oh shut up Corona!"
"You shut up!"
"No, you shut—"
"Okay knock it off you too I am not going to sit here listening to you argue. Corona say hello to your Grandmother."
"Yes daddy. Hi ga'ma!"
"Awe she's so cute!"
Dora pouted "Mommy who's my grandma!"
"She passed away remember?"
"Not that grandma your mummy!"
"Um… she-she… um…"
"Andromeda Isadora Black! I did not raise you as a stuttering fool. Tell your child who her grandmother is so she can give me a hug."
"Fine mother I will! Go hug her Nymphadora she is your grandma!"
"Mummy!" Dora whined "Don't call me Nymphadora!"
"Do not start with me on this you have a lovely name and I will not change it. Now do as you're told!" Dora scowled before running over to Druella.
"You want to know a secret?"
"Yeah, grandma, I do please!"
"Your daddy was born in the wizard world."
"How do you know?"
"My great-great-grandmother was a seer I have really good senses about things like this."
Andromeda cleared her throat and drew herself up to full height "I really am sorry but we have to go."
"Good bye then." And they left. The next morning word got out that the Lestranges were arrested for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom to insanity.
1993: Corona's Birthday
Corona was two now and her new favorite thing to do was run, that is until Ted got her a toy broomstick that she loved. The small family is at Malfoy Manor where Narcissa has thrown a small party for Corona. The party is only family; meaning only the Malfoys, the Tonks', and the Blacks are there.
For her birthday Corona gets a picture of her daddy, Bella, Dromeda, Cissa, and her uncle Sirius. She also gets a story book, a stuffed wolf, and a toy bow. She loved them all very much and when she and Regulus get home she falls asleep with her new stuffed animal not letting go of it once. When Regulus leaves her room he doesn't notice the bow glow bright silver as Artemis blesses it.
1994: moving to America
Regulus is moving to America; first, to get away from England; second, it is closer to New York; and third, he had reason to believe Rabastan's son Orion was there. He packs his and Corona's stuff into magic trunks and they apparate away.
It takes Regulus a month to find Orion Rabastan Lestrange. Dumbledore had put him in an orphanage; Orion is a son of Athena but he wouldn't know that until he went to camp. Reg sends a letter to their family telling them that he found Orion and was going to raise him with Corona.
1995, Salem, Oregon: Monsters
Living in the forest away from muggles was a good thing when you have two children with very active magic; it was bad when monsters attack. Orion hid under his bed, but Corona runs to see them. Reg has to lock the door behind him as he goes to kill them. He almost died once while he was fighting them off because he heard a window open and turned to see what it was. Corona, who was now four years old, was crouched in the window sill killing monsters with her little toy bow and giggling when they turned to dust.
Reg explains to them that he can take care of the monsters if they stay inside and away from the doors and windows. They nod than the small family of three then went out flying after all the monsters were gone. Regulus worried about them a lot more after that.
1996, Salem Institute of Magic: Kindergarten
Orion and Corona are going to their first day of school and Regulus wanted them to make a good first impression. He had taken them shopping and got them really fancy clothes that were very typical for a respected pureblood to were found wearing. "Corona hurry up."
"Daddy Why did you get this dress? It looks like something Bella was wearing in those pictures."
"Come on, Corona, you know you look better in it than she would."
"I would wouldn't I?" Corona looked into the mirror again. Corona was five years old and 4 ft' 3 in tall and looked very much like a pureblood princess. Her hair was strait, spikey and a beautiful shiny raven color that goes half way down her back, her eyes are bright silver and shined like two little moons and sometimes looked electrical when she was angry, and she has lovely dark, olive skin giving her the appearance of a native American with her high cheek bones.
Looking down Corona studied her dress. It was a beautiful dress that went down and then frilled out at the waist. The dress went down to her ankles and was a royal purple color with a black sash and a black petticoat and the Black family coat of arms on the front of the left shoulder. Regulus also got her black leggings and black dress shoes "Daddy, I'm not going to a party I shouldn't were this dress!"
"Nonsense you'll look beautiful and you and I both know it will give you a good image. Besides, Orion is going to were a suit that matches in color. Now get out here."
"I'm coming let me just get my bag." Corona grabs her bookbag and steps out of her room.
As Reg promised Orion was wearing a black suit with a purple dress shirt and a black tie. The tie clip had the Lestrange family coat of arms on it. He also had black socks and black dress shoes.
Corona thought Orion looked really good in it with his curly honey blond hair, grey eyes and his lightly tanned skin. "Hello Cousin how are you this fine morning?"
"I am doing well, Orion. And you?"
"I am well also."
Regulus grinned "Perfect you are ready to meet the minister!"
"But father! We are going to school not meeting the minister!"
"Same concept. Lots of nerves, lots of work, needed manors, and someone is going to want to cry."
"Father it won't look good on the Black family if you cry as we walk into the school."
"Oh shush you. Come on lets go." the three floo traveled to Salem Institute of Magic where they were met by the sight of other new kids in their best clothes circled around a teacher. "See I told you everyone else was getting dressed up."
"Father they didn't go out and buy thirty new outfits though."
"Be nice Corona Narcissa!"
"Yes father."
"You remember how I told you I was raised to act higher than everyone?" everyone was staring at the three now many with glares after the question.
"Yes Father/Cousin Regulus" The two cousins Corused.
"Do NOT act like that just because. I want you to be nice and make friends but if you must act like that to anyone make sure it's absolutely necessary. Am I understood?" glares turned into looks of shock.
"Yes Father/ Cousin Regulus."
"Can we go now father?"
"Yes its not polite to keep people waiting. Go on heres some floo powder to come back home after you are released from school." He handed them each a small pouch "It refills magically."
"Thank you. See you later!" and the two walked over to the rest of the class and watch Regulus floo away.
"Hello I am Drake Speller and I will be your head while you are here at Salem Institute of Magic. While you are here your year will be part of a tribe. As You are Kindergarteners your tribe is Cree. The other tribes are as followed in order from lower grades to higher grades; Hopi, Pawnee, Mohawk, Cherokee, Inca, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Apache, Navajo, Arapaho, Quileute, Aztec, Shawnee, Cathlamet, Shoshoni, Algonquin, Mayan, and Nez Perce. We also have three visitor tribes Ute, Sioux, and Inuit. Don't worry about any of that right now because there is nineteen years of schooling her for you to memorize that. Now follow me."
The rest of the day was like an intro to the school and rather boring. At home Corona immediately changes out of the dress but realized that Regulus would want her to dress like that for the rest of the school year.
1997: Running
Corona woke up to a beautiful sunrise shining in my bedroom window. The red-gold glow of the sunlight was so beautiful that she almost cried. She was happy this morning because her Daddy said that the three of them were going to spend all day playing instead of him going to work and caused Corona to be extra happy… but she had this gut feeling that something bad was going to happen and my gut was never wrong before. Daddy said it was because her Mummy was a Greek Goddess but he didn't tell me which one was her Mummy.
"Corona? Are you awake?" Orion asked entering her room. Corona lays on the bed thinking about what they might do that day.
After realizing that she got caught in her thoughts, she quickly answers Orion. "Yes, Ori I'm awake. Do you have a bad feeling too?"
"Yes. I don't like it. Can we do something to distract me? I'm scared and I don't want to think about it."
"Okay, let's play a game. I have a chess set on the table over there, go grab it." They play chess quietly until Regulus woke up.
"Hey kids, why are you up so early?"
"We have a bad feeling daddy. We don't like it. Please make it go away." It felt like something was in Corona's throat, her voice was shaky, and she felt tears coming on. Most of her bad feelings ended up being a few monster attacks but she felt like this was going to be worse than normal.
"Don't worry if there's another attack I'll take care of it and improve the wards just like always. Now let's go have some pancakes than we can go have fun."
"Okay!" the two almost six year olds cheer as they jump up still in pajamas and run to the dining room happiness radiating off of them like light radiates from the moon their worry temporarily forgotten. Regulus makes the best pancakes in the world in their opinion.
After breakfast Orion and Corona got dressed than ran outside where Regulus was setting up a miniature archery range for them because the two of them loved Archery and Regulus enjoyed it as well. They spent two hours shooting arrows before getting their broomsticks and playing Broom-tag. Corona was flying away from Orion when she looked down and saw something that caused her bad feeling to multiply. "Daddy, look! Lots of monsters!"
"Child of the Moon, Child of wisdom!" a Cyclopes shouts pointing at me. "I will kill you. Eat you for lunch."
"Kids get inside and stay there!" Reg said as he landed and pulled out a weird sword. Orion and Corona got his broom and went to the house. They watched threw the window with fear closing in like a dark cloud. As the monsters kept coming out of the forest that surrounded the house Corona saw them surround Regulus and knew what was going to happen. She grabbed her bow and ran out the door slinging her quiver across her back.
She started shooting all the monsters she could, watching them burst into the strange gold dust they become when killed. "Corona, get back! No, get back in the hou- aaarrgg!" Corona watched in horror as a Cyclopes drove a long curved knife into her daddy's back.
She got really angry and her vision went black. Next thing she remembers She's standing in a field of monster dust and no monsters were alive. She dropped her bow and ran to Regulus who was lying on the ground surrounded by his blood. "No daddy, don't die! Please, daddy, don't die! I'm sorry, please, stay alive! Ground me, take my bow for the rest of my childhood, put me in time-out just please don't die!" Corona couldn't breathe her vision was getting dark and tears were streaming down her face.
"Corona, it's alright. I'm gonna go see our family in elesium and we will watch you grow into a beautiful but deadly, powerful young lady. Corona don't cry you'll see me again sometime in the future." He started coughing and blood came frome his mouth "T-take Orion and get w-what you need from the house than… than run… run to long island… go—go east… G-go now. I lo-lo-lo…ve you." His voice faded away and his head fell back to the ground his open eyes staring up as if he were looking into space and seeing all the planets.
"No! daddy wake up! you-you can't die your too strong to die! Wake up! Wake Up!" I felt like my world was falling apart and it hurt so much.
"You could not have saved him child. You are only six years of age. Why don't you go respect his dying wish. Get your cousin and go to long island." A man in a dark cloak stood in front of Corona and she felt a dark aura flow off of him that felt like death. "Calm down, child. I will not hurt you I am simply here to take your father to a place where he will be happy and never pained. He will be safe but you must do what he said or you will die as well and I hate having to take children to the underworld."
Suddenly all Corona felt was an empty void. She felt numb. She stood and grabbed her bow before going into the house to pack a few things before getting Orion. Two nearly two six year old then ran not looking at the man or the body or anything. Corona couldn't let herself look back and Orion was so worried for his cousin who was like his sister that he forgot to look back at the house that was no longer their home.
The two of them walked or ran for days without sleep or proper food. They went through forest's and villages and small towns but Corona didn't want to stop in them because when she stopped and closed her eyes she saw her dad telling her to run and so she ran. On the fifth day of running Orion and Corona ran into a clearing full of girls in silver outfits. "Hello who are you?"
"I-" her throat was sore from not saying anything for a while and her voice sounded funny.
"Demi-gods, right? Come on we have beds you can sleep in. do you want to rest. No monsters can get you here."
Corona and Orion both stepped forward. When she did she felt what happens when someone doesn't sleep for five days. Her vision went black and she felt like she was falling… falling… falling into an endless void in the shadows.
Three days later
When she woke up Corona was in a silver tent lying on a camping bed looking up at the silver canvas of the tent. "Oh, you are awake! Good you have been sleeping for three and a half days. Your friend woke up yesterday." The girl who spoke to Corona yesterday was here. Corona jumped up in surprise and nearly fell again "I am sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I am Phoebe, Hunter of Artemis."
"Really?" Corona's throat hurt when she spoke. Phoebe handed her a glass of water. When Corona finished the water she try's talking again. "Really? As in the Greek Goddess of the moon? She's my Favorite Goddess to read about seconded by Athena. I am Corona Black, Daughter of Regulus Black. It's nice to meet you." Phoebe gasped "What did I say something wrong?"
"N-no! It's just—isn't Regulus supposed to be dead? Our friends in the wizarding war told us he was!"
"He faked it he is—was really smart. He was killed the day Orion and I started running." Corona took a few calming breaths. "So where are we?"
"Well we were in a forest in South Dakota but now we are in Ohio. Would you like to meet Lady Artemis? She is here in our camp and would like to see you and Orion both."
"Okay! I would love to meet Artemis!"
"Here's your things. Do you want to change first?"
"Yeah but I won't take too long."
"Okay I'll wait outside." And Phoebe left Corona in the tent. After she got her clothes on Corona slid on her shoes and jacket, slung her bow and backpack over her shoulders and stepped out of the tent. "This way, please, we have to get Orion first. He was talking to some of the younger hunters." Corona watched as some of the older hunters seem to avoid Orion. "We don't usually have boys in our camp because we all swore off men."
"Oh so that's why they act like he's as icky as a century old Banana Peel?" some of the older hunters who had walked over to us laughed.
"Yes we don't really like boys because we had some bad problems with boys."
"Oh. Okay, well Orion isn't like them. He doesn't like bullies; he makes them go away by making them look funny. He gave one boy donkey ears once because the boy called me a mean name. He called me a… um… a stupid little mudblood." Corona gasps "Oh no! Daddy told me to say that word again! I'm sorry. Oh if daddy were here he would put me in time out."
"Don't worry Corona we forgive thee." The hunter with a pretty band in her hair said "I am Zoe. Why don't you go show Orion that you are okay."
"Okay Zoe." Corona took a few steps before turning to a third huntress "Is your name Lita?"
The three of them looked at each other before Lita asks "How did you know?"
"I met someone named Lita a long time ago I think who you reminded me of. That and I think you look like your name is Lita." With that Corona skipped over to Orion and said "Hey Ori, how ya' doin'?"
"Corona your awake! I was worried you would never wake up! The way these girls live is amazing. They don't really like boys but they were nice enough to give me a few shooting tips. I can hit a bulls-eye like you now!"
"Calm down Ori I'm fine! Hey you see those three huntresses over there?"
"Zoe, Phoebe, and Lita? They really don't like boys. What about them?"
"I think I met them before. In fact a lot of these huntresses look familiar."
"Strange."
"I know right? Oh they want to talk to us now see?" Phoebe waved her hand gesturing for Corona and Orion to come over to them.
Once the two kids were over by them Zoe told them "Lady Artemis is waiting to see thee. Thy mustn't keep her waiting."
"Of course not, Miss Nightshade" Orion says politely "That would be rude."
Corona giggled and nudged his ribs "suck-up"
"Hehe hay don't do that it tickles. And I have a perfectly good reason to be extra polite. I be rude they kill me, you be rude they just ignore you."
"Good point, I would hate to lose my brother-like figure."
The hunters looked at Corona wide eyed than stopped glaring at Orion as much. The Hunters stopped in front of the largest tent in the campsite. "Here is Lady Artemis' tent. I will be entering as well." Zoe told them "After you." She held open the tent door for them. The inside of the tent was warm and comfortable. Silk rugs and pillows covered the floor.
In the center, a golden brazier of fire seemed to burn without fuel or smoke. Behind the goddess, on a polished oak display stand, was her huge silver bow, carved to resemble gazelle horns. The walls were hung with animal pelts: black bear, tiger, and several others Corona didn't recognize.
In the center of the tent by the brazier Artemis sat with a deer with glittering fur and silver horns, resting its head contentedly in Artemis's lap. "Hello Orion, Corona. Zoe tells me you were very mature for children your age I was curious as to how mature. Forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Artemis, Maiden Goddess of the hunt."
"Hello Artemis. I am Corona and I have always wanted to meet you. I had a few questions since I was really little but my Fath-father could never answer them."
"What sort of questions did you have Corona."
"Well, I read some ware that you are the goddess of childbirth but you are a maiden and cannot have your own children. How does that work?"
"I never really understood that either, although I did have a daughter."
"Really? But… I thought you swore off men… like, forever."
"I did but a while back I fell in love with a mortal man. I couldn't have a child with him so Athena decided to help me."
I thought as hard as I could "How did she do that?"
"You remember how Athena was born?"
"From Zeus' head."
"Correct. Athena therefore has her children the same way. That is how she is a maiden and still has children, she thinks them up."
"So Athena thought of a Daughter for you and the man you fell in love with and then you had a daughter?"
"Yes. Do you have any other questions?"
"Just a few more for me" Artemis looked at Corona "Do you know who my mommy is?"
"I do"
"Can you tell her that my daddy is dead and asked her to let me know that she cares. I need to know I have a parent to talk too, even if she doesn't answer I need to know she listens."
"Corona, your mother has always listens to you. She actually wants you to take this." Artemis handed Orion and Corona each a Greek style bow "It will kill monsters better than those small practice bows which I will take if you don't mind." we handed them over. "Okay now I will call my brother Apollo and have him take you too camp. How about you go play outside until he gets here."
"Okay, Lady Artemis. Thank you." And the two kids ran out of the tent. "Orion look at the pretty wolves!"
Corona ran around playing tag with the white wolves of Artemis until there was a bright flash a man who looked about twenty stepped out of an awesome car. "Hey sis. What's up?"
"I have two demigods that I need you to take to camp half-blood."
"Okay, these two?" Apollo points at Corona and Orion.
"Yes, those two. Corona, Orion, this is my twin brother Apollo. He is annoying but he is my twin. He is going to take you to camp now so get your stuff." The two cousins grabbed their bags and their new bows. "Well this is where I say good-bye, be safe, and good luck."
"Bye everyone!" Corona says and the hunters wave too her.
The ride in the sun chariot was Quiet and when they landed Corona was surprised when one of the campers greeted them quite loudly "Hello, welcome to camp half-blood! We are all family so you don't need to worry about us killing you." Looking down at what looked to be a normal summer camp but with armed kids Corona knew she would be at home here. Her heart told her she was home.
A/N: so here is the second chapter. review so I have inspiration to continue.
C.J. Potterhead- I appreciate your help and am glad you like this story more. as far as the name Corona goes I did research so I wouldn't have a problem with the name after Serena and I found that it is in fact a star in the Andromeda Galaxy. after you said something about it I went in and fixed it so it was explained in the Preface when they were deciding on her name. thanks for the review.
if anyone else has a problem just let me know and I'll fix it even if its a typo or a spelling error. please review - love Corona Black 1999
