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September 27, 1993

Aurora was coming back across the Hogwarts grounds after Herbology with Demelza.

Demelza was chatting to her about their lesson on Devil's Snare while Aurora remained silent.

She like Demelza found Devil's Snare to be fascinating.

"The way it just wraps around you when you try to touch it!" Demelza was exclaiming in awe as they walked.

It was true, Professor Sprout had to help a few stuck students who had gotten the plant wrapped around their arms.

Professor Sprout had been trying to teach them how to tame and work with the plant.

As they continued up to the school, Aurora heard Harry's voice yelling

"Shove off, Draco!"

Aurora and Demelza changed their path to go slightly to the left where there was a group of Gryffindors and Slytherins facing off with each other.

"Oh come on, Potty,' he continued to simper "we all know you love that oaf Hagrid."

"He is not an oaf! He is my friend."

"He's not an oaf" he mocked in a sing-song voice "he's my friend."

The Slytherins laughed. Crabbe and Goyle flexed their muscles.

"He's a beast!" Pansy Parkinson shrieked.

"Oi! Shut up, Parkinson!" Ron roared angrily.

"Oooh, Weasel's coming to Potty's defence" Draco sneered.

"what're you going to do Potty if Weasel isn't there to defend you anymore? Not sure how long Weasel will be around anyway. Last I checked, blood traitors don't last long."

"You-" Ron began as both he and Harry raised their wands.

"Stop, stop It right now" Hermione pleaded trying to restrain Ron with one hand and Harry with the other.

"Merlin," Demelza whispered to Aurora from their spot a little ways away on the lawn.

Aurora nodded watching.

"Get off Mione," Ron snapped trying to get himself out of her grip.

However, Seamus beat the other two boys to it and started wrestling Draco to the ground.

Dean was trying to untangle Seamus off Draco while Parvati and Lavender shrieked for them to syop.

When Dean finally got Seamus off of Draco, Draco glared at the Gryffindors.

"You're in for it now," he sneered before once again raising his wand.

"No! Draco stop!" Aurora yelled striding to catch up with the group of Slytherins and Gryffindors. Demelza was right behind her.

"Aurora, no" Harry pleaded, taking his eyes off of Draco's raised wand to look at Aurora.

"Draco, stop" she repeated ignoring Harry.

"Oh look," Draco sneered "it's my squib, muggle loving little sister."

The Slytherin third years howled with laughter.

"I am not a Muggle lover!" Aurora snapped.

"There's nothing wrong with liking Muggles, Aurora" Hermione whispered.

"Yeah," Draco sneered "there's nothing wrong with liking muggles" he said in a high pitched voice to imitate Hermione.

"Listen to Mudblood Granger" Pansy said in a falsely sweet voice. "After all, she is the know It all. "

"Hey, Robbis." She continued "are you mugleborn? We don't recognize your surname."

"You awful-" Hermione began, forgetting her restraint.

However, Demelza's quiet reply interrupted Hermione.

"Yes" she whispered, but everyone heard her.

"OOoh, she is!" shrieked Pansy. "We knew it."

"Go on, Aurora, if you're not a muggle lover call Robbins what she is" Draco jeered.

Aurora remained silent. Scared green eyes locked onto Demelza's sad blue ones.

"Come on" Draco urged.

"What do you think you're doing? Bullying first years" Harry snapped getting in Draco's face so they were nose to nose.

"If you know what's good for you, you'll back off Potty."

"No. Shove off."

Draco swung his arm back and punched Harry square in the face.

Ron immediately tackled Draco to the ground. Dean and Seamus tried to pull him off while Neville and Hermione attended to Harry's bleeding nose.

When Draco stood up, he was covered in mud and grass.

"Come on, Aurora," Draco tried again "call Robbins a mudblood and you can keep sleeping in the Slytherin dorms."

Right, Aurora thought to herself, she had to stay loyal to Slytherin, that was where she belonged.

"You're, you're a, a, a, a-"

"No," Hermione said gently. "Aurora you don't mean it. Go back to the castle. Come on, let's all go." She tried to approach Aurora and take her arm to steer her inside, but Aurora flinched and moved closer to Draco.

"Come on," Crabbe chimed in "Scared?"

"A, a, a-" Aurora tried again.

"She's scared," Goyle sneered.

"If you say it, you'll be welcome in Slytherin. You'll finally belong" Draco prodded.

"She belongs with us!" Harry yelled, rubbing his nose which Hermione had gotten to stop bleeding.

"m-m-mu-" Aurora stammered.

"IN GRYFFINDOR" Harry had shouted.

"Harry, we need to get inside. This is ridiculous" Hermione urged, grabbing the sleeve of his robe.

"If you don't say it, I'll-" Draco began, but was cut off by Aurora who finally had enough.

"FINE," she yelled "I HATE MUGGLEBORNS."

There was silence.

Demelza ran off, tears clearly streaking her face.

Aurora ran as well.

She didn't hear the remainder of the scuffle that followed.

Tears slid silently down Aurora's cheek, but Malfoys didn't cry.

No they didn't.

She couldn't.

But she was.

She was crying.

She didn't know where Demelza had gotten, but she didn't care. She just wanted to be alone.

When she passed through the big oak doors back inside the castle, she passed by numerous students who stared at her as she ran passed.

Aurora made her way up the staircases, remembering to jump as to not trip over the ones that moved.

She made it to the seventh floor and ran into the girls bathroom.

To her horror, Demelza was there already.

Aurora just stood there at the bathroom sink, staring at herself in the mirror. Her tear filled green eyes stared back at her. She looked pale and tired.

When had she not though?

"Demelza?" She whispered to the closed bathroom door.

No answer, but the sound of sniffles.

"Demelza, please" Aurora pleaded.

Still no response.

"Demelza-"

"Fine" the bathroom stall door opened and a sniffling demelza stepped out.

Aurora didn't know how to help someone who was sad, or upset because she was always taught not to cry and would be punished if she did so.

June 22nd 1986

"Grandma?" Aurora choked stumbling inside the house from playing. "I skinned my knee."

She showed her grandmother her bleeding knee as tears fell from her green eyes.

"What did I tell you about crying, child?" her grandmother snapped.

"Proper pureblood ladies don't cry."

"Yes, grandma" Aurora whispered, swallowing hard to try and stop displaying anymore signs of weakness.

Her grandmother scowled at her before attending to her knee.

"I'll let it go this time. Now off you go!"

Aurora scurried away before her grandmother could change her mind.

End of flashback

That was before the Malfoys, with her old guardians. Aurora shuddered at the memory.

How Id she comfort her fellow crying Gryffindor?

Aurora knew Demelza didn't understand pure blood politics, neither did she to be completely honest.

Aurora also knew that Demelza did not deserve what had happened.

Demelza had been nothing, but kind to her when the others in her year had not been.

Tentatively, Aurora reached out her hand and took Demelza's.

"I am sorry," she whispered to her friend gently.

"I know" Demelza said quietly. She wiped her eyes with the back of her sleeve.

"It's so complicated" Aurora sighed drying her own eyes on her sleeve as well.

"I know" Demelza said again.

Aurora sighed "I don't understand why blood matters so much, I am sorry. I-you shouldn't-you shouldn't come near me. I'm dangerous. I'm a Malfoy. I belong in Slytherin, not Gryffindor."

"You aren't dangerous, Aurora" Demelza said quietly. "It's all about the choices we make."

"I don't have a choice."

"But maybe you do. I could tell you didn't want to say it and then look, you came after me."

"Not intentionally."

"But you still did, you took my hand, apologized and look now you're even talking to a Gryffindor!" Demelza said laughing. Happy Aurora was doing more then just giving silence, facial expressions and gestures. That was a start after all.

Aurora smiled a bit more genuinely than Demelza had ever seen.

"Do you even know the other girls names in our dormitory other then Romilda Vane?"

"No."

"Okay, well there's Sage Brown, she was the girl who hadn't come up to bed yet on that first night. Then Ophelia Pypher is the other girl who was being mean to you Romilda."

"Right, Thanks."

Demelza smiled.

"Do you honestly really not like muggleborns?"

Aurora hesitated before sighing "No."

Demelza smiled sadly at her and Aurora returned the same sad smile back.

The bathroom door burst open and Harry, Ron and Hermione entered. All three were scratched up in some degree. Harry's glasses were broken, Hermione had mud on her robes and Ron was sporting a black eye.

"Are you two okay?" Harry gasped, clutching the stich in his side as he ran in.

They both nodded.

Hermione went over to Demelza to wrap her in a hug.

"Oh, Demelza," Hermione cried. "Aurora didn't mean it."

"I know."

"How?"

"She told me."

"She-"

"Yes," Aurora whispered softly, "I told her. I'm glad you all know I didn't mean it."

"Of course we do!" Harry said, gently taking her hand in his.

"But that's no excuse either" Hermione tutted.

"I know."

'You'll get through this Aurora. You're not just Draco's little sister. We'll help you" Harry reassured.

Aurora gave them all a sad smile.

"At least you're talking to us now" Ron said in exasperation. "Does that mean you'll sleep in Gryffindor tonight?"

"No."

"Aurora-'

"No."

"Aurora please listen, we'll figure something out-"

"No, I I can't."

"But you can," Hermione said gently.

"No" and with that Aurora turned and left.

"We'll figure out something" Harry promised as the door slammed shut behind Aurora.

As Aurora made her way to the Great Hall for dinner after leaving the other four, she was greeted by much staring and whispering in the corridors.

At dinner she saw Demelza, Harry, Ron and Hermione walking in and going to the Gryffindor table while Aurora sat at the Slytherin one.

"So." Astoria asked piling pork chops onto her plate, "What happened?"

Aurora told her and Lyra about the fight earlier.

"You should have just called her a Mudblood" Lyra scolded.

"I-"

"She couldn't" Draco snapped before she could respond.

Aurora sighed, but just then the Weasley twins came up behind her.

"Heard you're talking to Gryffindors now, little lion" Fred said.

"Yeah, congratulations! Took you long enough," George added playfully.

Aurora let out a small smile.

"Is this true, Aurora?" Talia snapped.

"Yes" Aurora clarified.

"So now she's openly talking to the Gryffindors? You aren't welcome here Aurora. Get over it. Go with the Gryffindors and the Weasels" Pansy snapped.

"But, I do belong here."

"NO" Fred, George and Lyra said at once.

"Why not?"

"Because you aren't a Slytherin" Lyra said simply.

That hurt.

"Because you're better thwn the Malfoys" Fred said quietly. "We know it. You're not them."

"Hey! Watch it" Draco snapped.

Aurora stayed silent, not hungry anymore. Not like she had really been in the first place anyway.

She pushed her plate away and got up.

"Aurora," Fred tried.

"No," Aurora whispered.

She walked off back to Astoria's dormitory feeling confused and hurt.

She knew she wasn't like the Malfoys, but she also knew that she was a Slytherin. A pureblood. Everything she was supposed to be, but the Slytherins knew better.

They knew she had no idea who she was.

But they didn't know who she was either.

Just speculation, it was all speculation.

She made it back to Astoria's dormitory and fell asleep instantly.