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New Powers, Devastating Defeats and Sorrowful Visits
Part 2

Summary: She barely even knew him. Draco Malfoy was just one of those kids she passed in the halls between classes or asked to borrow a piece of parchment from when she had none. Thanks to the Dark Lord, however, Aurelia Finn and Draco Malfoy will soon find out they have a little more than just age and house in common. And maybe a little bit greater of a task than just "that Charms essay due next period" underway.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my made up character and plot. J.K Rowling owns all else.
Warnings: Sexual Situations, Violence, Character Death, Substance Use/ Abuse, Adult Language, Book 7 Disregarded, Book 6 Events Slightly Altered
A/N: See? I told you I would have a part 2 out later today. Here it is!

Aurelia stood in front of the wrought-iron gates of the Malfoy Manor. She had not thought on how she was going to get into the property. For a moment, Aurelia considered climbing the fence but shook that thought out of her mind when she realized she wasn't a muggle and neither were the Malfoys. She wouldn't be able to get in that way. Aurelia explored several different possibilities, each as bad as the next.

"Bloody hell! Let me in! I'm not going to go and kill them!" she yelled at the gate. "I'm a Death Eater! See?" She pulled back her sleeve and held up her left arm which bore the Dark Mark. "Death-Eater!"

Aurelia made a move to hit the gate with her extended left arm but it went right through the metal. Aurelia waved her hand back and forth through it. It seemed as though the metal bars of the gate suddenly turned to smoke at her touch. Aurelia tried her luck and walked through. It worked.

She stood on the other side of the gate, looking up at the place and all its glory. This was a place she recognized from many spent Christmas Eve nights. Aurelia only now paused to wondered how she had been to the Malfoy Manor every year for Christmas Parties since she turned thirteen and never once made friends with Draco. Odd.

Aurelia made her way up the gravel path to the front door of the Malfoy Manor. With a short hesitation, Aurelia grabbed the silver serpent-knocker and banged it against the door. The knock made a hollow echo on the large oak door. Aurelia stood nervously on the doorstep, waiting.

The door opened without a sound on its well-oiled hinges. A house elf stood at the doorway, looking up at Aurelia.

"Is Draco here?" she asked.

The house elf nodded and went inside, leaving the door open for Aurelia to walk in. She stepped into the front hall of the Malfoys' and waited patiently. After a minute, Draco walked in from the area of the sitting room. Upon seeing Aurelia, however, he sighed angrily and began walking away again.

"Draco, wait!" she called and he turn sourly on his heel to face her.

"What are you doing here?" Draco asked through gritted teeth.

"I came to see you," she answered. Draco's expression grew even more displeased. "I want to know why it is you're so mad at me all of a sudden!"

"I think you need to take the time for a vivid flashback of yesterday's events."

"Draco, I'm sorry!" she exclaimed.

"Oh, right. That settles everything, then," Draco glowered sarcastically.

"I am! I made a mistake and I'm sorry! What do I have to do to prove that to you?" she cried out.

Draco looked infuriated, he took out his wand and advanced towards her menacingly.

"Beg," he snarled in her ear as he held his wand up to her neck.

"Draco, don't," was all Aurelia got out.

"Not good enough," he growled angrily. "Cru--"

"No!" she yelled and fell to her knees, clutching her stomach. Draco stopped and looked at her curiously. "Draco, don't. I'm pregnant. Don't."

Draco's eyes widened and he lowered his wand. He fell to her side and examined her entire figure. Aurelia was holding back tears. Her cheeks began getting hot and her eyes burned as she tried keeping them open, knowing that tears would fall if she blinked. Aurelia drew in a deep breath, suppressed the water that threatened to flow down her cheeks and shut her eyes tightly.

"Aurelia, I didn't know…" Draco whispered.

"Coming here was a bad idea," she shook her head, not opening her eyes. She stood up slowly, discreetly rubbing her eyes on her robe before she tore them open. "I'll just leave."

"Aurelia," Draco called as she opened the door.

She ignored him and stepped outside into the cold winter air. Her hot cheeks prickled from the low temperature as though being prodded with needles. She screwed up her face and walked briskly down the walkway, the icy gravel crunching loudly beneath her feet.

"Aurelia! Wait!" Draco called to her from the doorway but she ignored him.

Aurelia could hear his hurried footsteps behind her so she picked up her pace. She had only gotten as far as in front of the gate when a pair of hands stopped her.

"Draco, please," she whimpered. "Just let me leave."

"Aurelia, I'm sorry. I really didn't know," he said, turning her to face him.

"Forget it," she shook her head.

"I didn't know," he repeated quietly.

"Draco I'm sorry," she threw her arms around his neck, unable to contain herself any longer. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. For absolutely everything. I'm sorry for everything and then some. I was stupid. I still am. I'm sorry."

Draco didn't reply, he simply rubbed her back in slow up and down movements. Aurelia felt a few tears sting her frozen cheeks. She stopped any more from falling and brushed her face against Draco's shoulder as she pulled away, to get rid of them.

"I should go," she whispered and turned away from him.

Draco wanted to say something to her but couldn't come to the proper words. By the time he had worked out what to say, there was a crack and she was gone.

Aurelia fell unto her bed and cried. She didn't really expect that to go better than it did. A part of her wished that it would have. Actually, all of her wished that it would have.

A/N: I know that was short. Don't forget, though, that this and the previous was all the same chapter. I didn't break it up like this because it would have been too long, I broke it up like this to torture you guys with another cliff-hanger. Buwahaha. So anyway, that concludes chapter 12. There won't be anymore until after the weekend. I'm going camping. That's why it was important I got all of this out today because I'm leaving for three days tomorrow. Well, hope you enjoyed it.

Any description as to the outside of the Malfoy Manor was made possible by the first two pages of Chapter 1 "The Dark Lord Ascending" in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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