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"Diagon Alley," Sirius read the chapter title, looking over at James and Lily sadly. They both looked down, they were supposed to take Aurora to Diagon Alley for the first time, long before she turned 11, but most importantly, to get her school things.
I'll be at home in my cupboard.
"You are very pessimistic aren't you," Arthur asked.
"I've had to be," Aurora said. "I always think of the worst things that could happen." Everyone just looked sad that someone couldn't look at things with even a little joy, always expecting something to go wrong.
"She did better for a couple years, but then our fifth year happened," Neville defended.
Aurora scrambled to her feet, so happy she felt as though a large balloon was swelling inside her. Everything that happened during the night was real. She had finally learned her parents' names, and found out that the weird stuff that goes on around her was magic, and that she was going to go to the same school that her parents went to and learn how to use that magic. She went straight to the window and jerked it open.
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but it snapped its beak fiercely at her and carried on savaging the coat.
"I hate Prophet owls," Xenophilius said, rubbing the backs of his hands. "It's like they know I'm competition."
"We all canceled our Prophet deliveries in our 5th year," Amice smiled. "The Quibbler is a much more reliable source of news. Much more factual." Xenophilius, Pandora, and Luna all beamed. Luna knew this already, but this always reminded her of her friends' support.
Aurora pulled out a handful of strange-looking coins.
"How are they strange?" Barty asked.
"Most muggle money is paper, that has the amount that it's worth on it such as one, or five, or ten and so on," Hermione explained quickly. "Muggles stopped using real gold as a source of currency years ago."
Marlene, recognizing a Lily worthy rant, interrupted her, "Lily and I can teach you more about it later if you want?" Bary just nodded in agreement, looking at Hermione a little overwhelmed.
She had just thought of something that made her feel as though the happy balloon inside her had got a puncture.
"Not the happy balloon!" Fabian, Gideon and Fred exclaimed. Molly looked at her son in horror, if he and his twin were similar to her brothers, she and Arthur were going to have their hands full. Fred just beamed at his uncle's, while they smiled back pridefully at him.
"D'yeh think yer parents didn't leave yeh anything?"
"I mean, I've been told all my life that they were lazy drunks, so I just thought they wouldn't have any money," Aurora said, cringing back at the furious look on Hagrid's face. "I mean I guess they must have had jobs or something if I have money to go to school."
"Yer father was Lor' Potter, He'd of the Nob'l an' Mos' Anci'nt House Potter and was an Auror before yer mum and dad wen' inta hiding. Yer mum was trainin to be a he'ler while workin' on a double mas'ry in potions an' charms." Hagrid explained, easing her worry about money some. "Nah, first stop fer us is Gringotts. Wizards' bank. Have a sausage, they're not bad cold — an' I wouldn' say no teh a bit o' yer birthday cake, neither."
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"Yeah — so yeh'd be mad ter try an' rob it, I'll tell yeh that.
The trio just looked at each other with barely contained laughter. 'Well you had to be a little mad to be friends with Aurora,' both Ron and Hermione thought to themselves.
Fetchin' you — gettin' things from Gringotts — knows he can trust me, see."
"And there's clue number one that I was set up," Aurora mumbled to the other time travelers, who nodded in agreement.
"Flew," said Hagrid.
"Flew?" The Marauders, Lily, Marlene, Alice and Frank all asked.
"Probably on a thestral," Luna hummed, "They can carry immense weights and have incredible sense of direction after all."
Aurora still staring at Hagrid, trying to imagine him flying.
"I can't either," Peter admitted.
"Seems a shame ter row, though," said Hagrid, giving Aurora another of his sideways looks. "If I was ter — er — speed things up a bit, would yeh mind not mentionin' it at Hogwarts?"
"Hagrid," McGonagall sighed, he could get into so much trouble.
"They say there's dragons guardin' the high security vaults.
"There are," The trio, James, Sirius and Regulus all said.
And then yeh gotta find yer way — Gringotts is hundreds of miles under London, see. Deep under the Underground. Yeh'd die of hunger tryin' ter get out, even if yeh did manage ter get yer hands on summat."
"Unless you ride a dragon out," Fred whispered in Aurora's ear, causing her to shiver.
but it was very difficult, she'd never had so many questions in her life.
"Oh Ro, he wouldn't have minded if you asked him questions," Lily sighed.
so old Cornelius Fudge got the job.
"That dolt got the job?" Amelia asked, shocked.
"What about Father?" Barty added.
Everyone from the future looked at each other warily before looking to Aurora to answer. "There was some controversy surrounding your father's bid for Minister," she started, sending a very pointed look at Barty, which caused him to look down. "As for Fudge, he had several large financial backers supporting him." Lucius looked to his wife, who nodded in agreement, Cornelius Fudge would be very easy to maneuver with a little gold here and there, and by Aurora not actually naming names, he assumes that he is one of those bankrolling the future minister.
Amelia pursed her lips, both in frustration at the future events that she could glean from what Aurora said, but also the tactfulness of how she said it.
Nah, we're best left alone."
"Yes and no," Kingsley said. "We should be left alone, but we also need to adapt as well. Right now we are trying so hard to cling to the old ways, that they haven't evolved any and we are stuck in the 1600's."
"See that, Aurora? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?" Aurora didn't think that someone like Hagrid was very good at keeping magic a secret.
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"Wanted one ever since I was a kid — here we go."
"Wait," Amice yelled, "There was a dragon?"
"Well yea, what did you think Hermione and I were doing," Aurora answered.
"Oh my gosh, Ro! I'm so sorry! Ced tried to tell me!"
"It's ok Ami. I understood."
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
"Never understood the point of that," Regulus said. "No one ever wears it, except for the opening feast."
"At this point I believe that it is tradition more than anything," Dumbledore answered.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"You don't have the introductory books on your list," Lily and Ted said, looking confused.
"All muggle born and muggle raised are required to have the introductory books on their list," Augusta glared at the Headmaster.
"I got some eventually." Aurora said, also glaring at Dumbledore. "But my list was the magic raised list for a reason." This caused many of the room to glare at the Headmaster.
"As this is still many years in my future, I am unsure of my thought processes," Dumbledore said, and some of the people looked mollified; the future group, James, Lily and Sirius were not included in those that accepted his reasoning.
Aurora had never been to London before.
"Wait," Hermione interrupted. "If you had never been to London, that means that those people you ran into when you were younger were near Little Whinging, which means that the wards were useless."
"Yep," Aurora said, popping her 'p'.
Might this not all be some huge joke that the Dursleys had cooked up?
"Like my sister could come up with something like this," Lily scoffed.
If Aurora hadn't known that the Dursleys had no sense of humor, she might have thought so; yet somehow, even though everything Hagrid had told her so far was unbelievable, Aurora couldn't help trusting him.
"Always will too," Aurora added.
Aurora had the most peculiar feeling that only she and Hagrid could see it. She could see the haze around the place, and feel a tingle on her skin the closer they got to it.
"You can feel that," Alastor asked, leaning to get a closer look at Aurora.
"I'm more accustomed to it now," Aurora explained, "but any place that's saturated in magic, that I haven't spent a lot of time in before, yes I can feel the magic in the air, and see some of the spells around it."
"Can't, Tom, I'm on Hogwarts business," said Hagrid, clapping his great hand on Aurora's shoulder and making Aurora's knees buckle.
Amice elbowed Draco in the gut before he could make fun of Aurora, while Aurora shot him a friendly glare, pointing a finger at him, "Don't even." He just chuckled at them before miming locking his lips.
"Bless my soul," whispered the old bartender, "Aurora Potter… what an honor."
'Just what the girl needs, a big head,' Severus thought. 'She'll be as bad as her father if this keeps up.'
"I've seen you before!" said Aurora, as Dedalus Diggle's top hat fell off in his excitement. "You bowed to me once in a shop."
"He was actually tasked with keeping an eye on me as well," Aurora said.
"He didn't do a very good job of that, did he," James scowled.
"Professor Quirrell!" said Hagrid. "Aurora, Professor Quirrell will be one of your teachers at Hogwarts."
Fred shot a look so scathing at the mention of the name, and pulled Aurora onto his lap, that several people thought the book might catch fire from his gaze.
He looked terrified at the very thought.
"Please tell me you didn't have to deal with that stutter the whole year?" Remus asked.
"It got worse in the middle of the year," Draco answered, as he was the only one of the time travelers not clenching their teeth hard enough that they were about to crack.
"Man and for your first year too," Frank said.
"We didn't have a good Defense Professor until third year," Aurora said, trying to calm Fred down some.
But the others wouldn't let Professor Quirrell keep Aurora to himself. It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all. At last, Hagrid managed to make himself heard over the babble.
"Merlin, how did you make any real friends if adults are like that," Marlene asked. She could tell that this group of people were close, and she was curious how they saw past Aurora's fame.
"Honestly, in the beginning I forgot that I was famous," Aurora said, looking curiously at Amice, Neville and Ron, her first friends. "I just got lucky I guess."
now, where's me umbrella?"
"Yea, a vampire," Hermione scoffed quietly.
He grinned at Aurora's amazement.
James and Lily were torn between excited to hear about Aurora's first trip to Diagon Alley and sad that they weren't able to be with her for the trip.
"Dragon liver, sixteen Sickles an ounce, they're mad…"
"I remember my first trip," Lily said, "There's so much to look at and places to go."
new Nimbus Two Thousand — fastest ever —"
"Nimbus Two Thousand," James and Regulus sighed dreamily. All the Quidditch players imagining how fast that broom would be.
"Do you play?" James asked, bouncing in his chair.
"Here and there," Aurora teased, seeming uninterested in the sport.
"Oh," James said, losing some of his enthusiasm, "that's ok, flying isn't everything."
All the time travelers were finding new ways to hide their smiles so that James wouldn't notice, unfortunately Sirius spotted them, fortunately, he liked a good prank and didn't say anything to his best friend.
He bowed as they walked inside, Aurora bowing her head in return, earning a toothy grin in reply. Now they were facing a second pair of doors, silver this time, with words engraved upon them:
...
A pair of goblins bowed them through the silver doors and they were in a vast marble hall, Aurora returning the bow once more, it was only polite after all.
"We could use someone like you in our department," Amos stated. "Some of the people I work with wouldn't know manners if they were cursed with them, and they really piss off the goblins."
"Got it," said Hagrid at last, holding up a tiny golden key.
"Why does Hagrid have your key?" Andromeda asked.
"My 'magical guardian' gave it to him," Aurora said, trying to infuse as much sarcasm into her statement as possible.
"It's about the You-Know-What in vault seven hundred and thirteen."
"Well that's not subtle at all."
The goblin read the letter carefully.
"Very well," he said, handing it back to Hagrid, "I will have someone take you down to both vaults. Griphook!"
"Hello Mr. Griphook sir," Aurora said, bowing to this new goblin. He looked startled for a moment before bowing back, "Good day Heir Potter-Black." Hagrid jumped at the addition to her last name. "I'm sorry sir," Aurora said, looking in askance at the goblin, "Potter-Black?" she asked.
The goblin that had taken her key and Hagrid's letter, looked over Aurora again, this time seeming to notice the state of her clothes and how small she was, before replying, "You are the heir of your father, Lord Potter, and the Heir to your godfather, Lord Black. As he is also your blood adoptive father, you also bear his name."
The goblin had barely finished his sentence when Hagrid had finished cramming all the dog biscuits back inside his pockets, and he pushed Aurora towards the doors leading off the hall.
"Why are they hiding this from you," Sirius stopped reading to ask. "I get that Black isn't the nicest name, and I'm assuming that because of the war it's reputation is even worse, but it's your heritage."
"Decisions were made, that there were some things that I just shouldn't know," Aurora stated, again avoiding looking at the Headmaster. "Mum and Dad's will were locked, so no one was really sure who my guardian's were supposed to be, and a lot of 'little things' got lost." Aurora sighed. She really didn't want to give much away but something had to be said. "You're still alive," she looked at Sirius, "but were indisposed. Frank and Alice weren't able to take me," she started, looking first at Neville, then to her godmother, before Neville continued.
"You guys were in hiding as well, but when news of James and Lily dying, and Aurora surviving, you left the house to petition for temporary custody, and then full custody. In all the commotion, you forgot that Lily was the secret keeper for your Fidelius Charm, and when she died, all the people she had told became secret keepers themselves, and someone overheard one of the people saying our address."
"Are we dead," Frank asked, pulling Alice closer to him.
It took everything within Neville to keep from looking at Barty, "You were held under the Cruciatus Curse for several hours. You are both in the Janus Thickey Ward at St. Mungo's."
Alice got up and ran over to hug her son, "I'm so sorry."
"Don't be," Neville said, "You were trying to help my sister. And I had Gran," he added looking over to Augusta, who was sitting in her chair, one hand on her heart, the other wiping tears from her eyes.
"With all that happened with you guys, it was decided that I was safest where I was, and that all decisions would be up to my magical guardian," Aurora said, "that included leaving out the name Black on everything. I had it all changed after third year."
More'n my job's worth ter tell yeh that."
"So it's something Albus wants you to know about, but wants you to figure out on your own," Alastor said. He wasn't too impressed with what he was hearing about his friend's future actions. The only person who could be the girl's magical guardian, if she was as famous as implied, as well as have the power to seal her parents' wills was Dumbledore himself. The lack of answer from the time travelers was answer enough for him.
Aurora tried to remember, left, right, right, left, middle fork, right, left, but it was impossible.
"That's rather impressive," Amelia stated.
An' don' ask me questions just now, I think I'm gonna be sick."
"That's not a very good explanation," Remus frowned.
"I know now," Aurora shrugged.
Inside were mounds of gold coins. Columns of silver. Heaps of little bronze Knuts.
"Your trust vault then," James smiled"You would have gone much deeper if it was the family vault."
Hagrid helped Aurora pile some of it into a bag. As they were walking out the door, Aurora saw a small envelope and put it in the bag as well.
...
"One speed only," said Griphook.
"Not true," Fabian said.
"They can go faster or slower, Griphook just must not like Hagrid," Gideon continued.
"He was rather rude -"
"To the teller."
"And he did interrupt him when he was telling,"
"Aurora about her name."
"Godric, is this what George and I are like?" Fred asked.
"Worse," Aurora teased, placing a soft kiss on his jaw.
"About once every ten years," said Griphook with a rather nasty grin.
"That's why it's important to have a goblin with you if you are going to break in," Ron laughed.
Then she noticed a grubby little package wrapped up in brown paper lying on the floor.
"I'm guessing that's the stone then," Pandora said.
He did still look a bit sick, so Aurora entered Madam Malkin's shop alone, feeling nervous.
"He left you alone!" Lily, Alice and Molly yelled out.
In the back of the shop, a boy with a pale, pointed face was standing on a footstool while a second witch pinned up his long black robes.
Draco groaned, hiding behind Amice, while she laughed. Aurora had shared this story when herself and Draco had first gotten together.
He had a bored, drawling voice.
"I did not," Draco argued.
"When you were trying to be overly impressive, yes you did," Aurora snickered.
Aurora was strongly reminded of Dudley.
"Aurora Jasmine, you take that back right now," Amice yelled, only half serious, she knew how badly Aurora and Draco had disliked each other when they first met, and honestly, Draco wasn't making a good first impression.
"You're right Amice, that was uncalled for," Aurora said. "Even at 11 you are nothing like Dudley."
"No," Aurora said again, wondering what on earth Quidditch could be.
James whimpered a little.
"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been — imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?"
"DRACO!" Narcissa yelled, "This is not how we behave in public. And this is never how you conduct yourself upon a first meeting with someone."
Draco looked down in shame, hearing this all again, he was ashamed of his younger self. "I know Mother," he replied. "A Black must always…"
"Remain respectful and dignified," he finished with Regulus, Andromeda and Sirius. "Never an embarrassment upon the family."
"What's wrong with Hufflepuff?" Aurora asked, her thumb pressing down on a joint in her pinky finger.
"All that dud about loyalty, honestly, I think I'd barf."
Aurora didn't agree with the boy, as someone who'd never had one loyal person in her life, she'd thought the house sounded awesome. Maybe she could have some real friends for once.
"I say, look at that man!" said the boy suddenly, nodding toward the front window. Hagrid was standing there, grinning at Aurora and pointing at two large ice creams to show he couldn't come in.
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"Yes, exactly. I heard he's a sort of savage — lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed."
"Draco!" Narcissa scolded again.
Aurora laughed, "He's like this for a couple years Mrs. Malfoy. From the stories you and Andi have told me about Mr. Malfoy, he is very much like his father, and he just needed the right woman to whip him into shape."
Lucius scowled, but it was tinged with love as he looked at his wife, Andromeda laughed heartily, while Narcissa smiled lovingly at her husband, "You may call me Cissy, dear," she said to Aurora. "I must guess that I have told you this in the future as well, if you are hearing stories about our courtship."
"You have, but I didn't want to be rude," Aurora replied. She really did like Narcissa, and held a great respect for her, especially after all that had happened.
What's your surname, anyway?"
"I feel like I really should have answered you here," Aurora said.
"Especially if you had said Potter-Black. Father would have had a heart attack," Draco drawled, much like his younger self.
"Why," Andromeda asked.
"Father had been voting the Black seat on the Wizengamot, and was telling everyone that I was to be the next Lord Black when I came of age. It wasn't well known until fourth year that Ro was Potter-Black, not just Potter."
Lucius scowled, he would not like being wrong in this case.
"Hagrid, what's Quidditch?"
"Just the best game ever!" James exclaimed.
"It's ok," Aurora replied.
Look what she had fer a sister!"
Lily frowned, and James pulled her closer to him.
"School houses. There's four. Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o' duffers, but —"
"No they aren't," Marlene, Ted, Amelia, Amos, Amice, and Sprout exclaimed.
"I bet I'm in Hufflepuff," said Aurora gloomily.
"Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin," said Hagrid darkly. "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one."
"Honestly Albus, what are you thinking of sending Hagrid for an introductory meeting? He's turning Aurora against two houses before she even sets foot in the school," Flitwick demanded of the Headmaster.
books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all.
Lily and Hermione sighed in wonder.
yeh'll need a lot more study before yeh get ter that level."
It didn't stop her from sneaking that and a couple other books on advanced potions and dark curses though. She also grabbed some etiquette books, she remembered the boy from earlier, and despite his attitude, he reminded her of the Lord's and old fashioned people that she had heard on the television from her cupboard.
... Aurora herself examined silver unicorn horns at twenty one Galleons each and minuscule, glittery-black beetle eyes (five Knuts a scoop).
It was then that she noticed the other people in the store, a tall man, with a scrubby brown beard, a woman with dirty blonde hair and bright gray eyes, who was walking with a girl that seemed to be her daughter. The girl looked to be the same age as Aurora, she had dishwater blonde hair that was flowing down her back in soft waves, and the same gray eyes as her mother.
"Mum, did you restock my kit," a boy said, walking around the corner and almost knocking Aurora over. He quickly reached out his hands to steady her, and that's when she got a good look at him.
Aurora stood up suddenly, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry," she whispered, before running into her room, hand once more wrapped around her necklace. Amice stared after sadly, wishing that there was some way that she could comfort Aurora.
"I'll get her," Fred said, standing up, following after his girlfriend.
This boy was the most handsome boy that she had ever seen. "I'm so sorry, are you okay?" he asked. His voice was soft, and soothing, and made her feel butterflies in her stomach.
"I - I'm okay," Aurora stuttered.
"Getting your things for Hogwarts?" he asked, releasing her arms. He was smiling at her, and it made her knees go a little weak. "You're going into your first year?"
"I'm not sure I wanna hear this," James grumbled. "Isn't she a little young for these kinds of feelings?" This made all the current Hogwarts students, or anyone who had attended Hogwarts in the last seven years laugh. He had been the same way around Lily from the moment that he met her.
"Yea, I just got my letter," Aurora said, before pointing to Hagrid. "Hagrid is showing me around, and helping me get all my things."
"My sister is also going to be starting her first year too. Amice!" he yelled, looking around for his sister.
Everyone looked at Amice for a moment, before looking at the sleeping baby that Columba Diggory was holding. "That's Cedric," Amos boasted. "That's my boy, the handsomest boy she's ever met."
The girl that she had seen just a few short minutes ago walked over, and wrapped an arm around her brother. "I'm Cedric by the way, Cedric Diggory, and this is my little sister Amice."
Aurora looked down shyly, after what happened at the Leaky Cauldron, she didn't really want to say her name, but she wanted to know this boy so badly, and his sister was going to be in her year, so she could have a friend before she even went to Hogwarts. "I'm Aurora," she mumbled.
Amice's eye flickered to the scar on her forehead for just a moment, but Cedric's eyes never left hers. "Well it's nice to meet you Aurora." At that moment, his parents came around the corner calling the two of them away, and Hagrid was waving her over as well.
Fred and Aurora walked back into the room, and Lily got up and ran to her daughter at the sight of her red rimmed eyes, and the slight tear tracks still visible. She enveloped her daughter into a bone crushing hug that Aurora returned after only a second's hesitation. Lily eventually let Aurora go and they both made their way back to their seats, Amice and Neville both giving Aurora's hand a squeeze as she walked past them.
"Hope to see you on the train Aurora," Cedric called back to her with a wave as the family walked out the door. She couldn't wait to see him again already.
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"I know I don't have to. Tell yeh what, I'll get yer animal. Not a toad, toads went outta fashion years ago, yeh'd be laughed at
"There's nothing wrong with toads," Alice and Neville exclaimed.
Aurora now carried a large cage that held a beautiful snowy owl, fast asleep with her head under her wing.
"I have a snowy owl too," Sirius stated.
"Hedwig is the best," Fred said for Aurora, knowing that the subject of Hedwig would just start Aurora crying again. Even now, four years later, she still hadn't wanted to get a new owl, but Fred had persuaded her by telling her that the owl would be his, but she could use it. Just to make sure she didn't think of Hedwig too much, he bought a black, male, eagle owl and named him Felix.
A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window.
"Does anyone know who's that is?" Fabian asked.
"He says it's Merlin's," Gideon continued.
"It's the first wand his great grandfather ever made," Luna answered.
The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic.
Again, Alastor looked at the girl.
Nice wand for charm work."
"Charms is one of my best subjects," Lily said.
Mr. Ollivander touched the lightning scar on Aurora's forehead with a long, white finger. Aurora cringed back from the finger.
"Normal people just stare at it," Aurora groused.
"I've still got the pieces, though," he added brightly.
"If it was snapped how is he able to do magic so well," Marlene asked.
"Alas, his wand was so long that snapping it did not affect the core," Dumbledore answered. Aurora scoffed, she knew that he had used the elder wand to fix it. It was the one secret that Hagrid would always keep.
"Which is your wand arm?"
"Er — well, I'm both, but mainly left-handed," said Aurora. She had had both her arms broken so many times that she could use her left and her right hand equally.
...you will never get such good results with another wizard's wand."
"There has to be great trust between two people to use another's wand," Pandora said. "Or you have to win its allegiance."
Mr. Ollivander snatched it out of her hand almost at once.
"Rude," cried Alice.
the more wands Mr. Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become.
"How many did you go through?" Remus asked.
"I'm not sure, we were in the shop for almost 2 hours though."
"Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we'll find the perfect match here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination — holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple."
Aurora took the wand. She felt a sudden warmth in her fingers.
She raised the wand above her head, brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls.
"A Gryffindor already," James cheered.
"Sorry," said Aurora, "but what's curious?"
"What's curious," Regulus asked.
why, its brother gave you that scar."
Dumbledore scrutinized the girl in front of him once more.
After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things — terrible, yes, but great."
"Did he just compliment You-Know-Who?" Columba asked.
"I think it was more the magic that Voldmort performed, not the man himself."
Aurora wasn't sure she could explain. She'd just had the best birthday of her life — and yet — she chewed her hamburger, trying to find the words.
"We'll make sure that every birthday out does the last," James said, sad that she didn't have any good birthday memories.
"But not so much that you become spoiled," Lily added, har and Aurora both thinking of Dudley and how he acted on his 11th birthday.
But yeh'll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, 'smatter of fact. Those extra books you bought will help you too."
...
she blinked and Hagrid had gone.
Sirius let out a sigh. "That's the end of that chapter."
Ron summoned the book before anyone else had a chance. "I'm next," he said, bouncing in his seat.