A New Dawn: Part 5
Aurora, Ice and Minerva stood at the entrance to Diagon Alley. They had come to buy dress robes for Ice and Aurora. Aurora begged Dumbledore to let Ice come, and said yes. Aurora and Ice were instantly friends after Ice tried to teach Aurora some English words. Ice had appointed herself fashion consultant.
"Are we going to Madam Malkin's?" Aurora asked.
"No way! I know a much better shop. Ukalina! And they have the coolest dress robes!"
"Ukalina? Weird name…Where is it, anyway? I didn't see it last time." Aurora replied.
"It's across the street from Ollivander's, and slightly behind The Apocathary. Let's go!" Ice exclaimed, dragging Aurora and Minerva into the shop. She whizzed through the shop, pulling out robe after robe, and holding them up against Aurora, and then pulling out some for herself. After about an hour of this, Ice proclaimed it was time to start trying things on. She sent Aurora off with four robes, and went into the other fitting room with 5 robes. Ice decided on a beautiful deep blue robe, with lace edging, that made her eyes look like the ocean after a storm. Aurora didn't really like any of them, and put them all back. She rifled through the racks while Ice went to buy her robe. They were about to leave when Aurora spotted a sign in the back that said 'Handmade by Faeries'. "Ice, Professor, wait! We didn't look back there!" Aurora pointed out.
"All right…" Ice said, as Aurora dragged her to the back, and started looking at the beautiful, delicate robes.
"Wow! Look at this one!" Aurora exclaimed, pulling out a purplish robe that shimmered in the light, and changed from violet, to pink-tinged purple, to blue-tinged purple, to royal purple with every movement. It was made of a clingy, silky material. It had no shoulders, and a form-fitting v-waist. Its sleeves were belled with gauzy material of the same colors, at the elbow. As soon as Aurora touched it she screamed and collapsed on the floor. "No! Don't hurt him! Please! Please…" She sobbed. Ice ran over and hugged her.
"It's ok, Aurora, it's ok. No one's going to hurt him!" Ice said soothingly, then hissed at Minerva, "Don't just stand there, help me!"
Minerva rushed over, and cradled Aurora in her arms. "Calm down, it's going to be all right…"
"It's not! They'll kill him! They…he-and then-NO!" Aurora babbled.
"Calm down, and tell me what you saw."
"I-I touched that robe, and then I saw this guy…Aaron…His name was Aaron! How do I know that?!"
"It's all right…Tell me the rest."
"So, we were in this forest, and I was wearing that robe and then he grabbed my hand and said 'They're coming', and we started running and then this man who looked kinda like a rat grabbed Aaron. And Aaron told me to leave, and I didn't want to but he made me promise! And then they dragged him away! They'll kill him!" Aurora broke down sobbing.
"Buy the robe." Minerva said. "We're going to get you an owl, and then we're going back to Hogwarts." Her face was pale, and determined. "You predicted the future, Aurora…You must buy that robe. Don't worry about it fitting, faerie made clothes always fit."
Aurora nodded meekly, in a very un-Auroraish way. Ice helped her up, and led her to the counter. They paid for the robe and left. Silently, Aurora picked out a sweet, eager-to-please, tawny owl. Aurora named her Skyfire. Then they used Floo Powder, and Madam Malkin's fireplace to get back to Hogwarts.
Coughing, Aurora, Ice, and Minerva crawled out of Dumbledore's fireplace.
"Really, Albus, you must have this entrance cleaned up. It's quite dangerous!" Minerva scolded, brushing herself off, while Ice and Aurora did the same.
"Back so soon, Minerva? Did something happen?"
"Yes, Albus, I'm afraid I was right…Aurora has the Gift of Prophecy. And it's not that wishy-washy, namby-pamby stuff some people practice around here."
"Really? What happened? What set it off?" Albus asked, sitting straighter and peering at Aurora sharply with curious blue eyes. She shifted uncomfortably under his gaze.
"It was this robe, Professor." Ice said, stepping in front of Aurora, and pulling out the beautiful robe, "She touched it and started screaming that they were gonna kill him…"
"Kill who?" Dumbledore broke in.
"She said his name wa…"Ice began.
"Thank you, Ice, but I can speak for myself." Aurora interrupted, stepping out from behind Ice. Her face was set, and it looked as though she had been crying, something Aurora rarely did. "His name is Aaron. I don't know how know that or why, but I do. It's really not that big a deal, though…Just one of my flashes, that's all."
"You mean this has happened before? What triggers it? Is it always inanimate objects?"
"Well, I never had one that involved me before…But, yes it's happened before. Er…Sometimes when I touched people I get flashes of their future..." Aurora said, her slightly bloodshot emerald eyes flashing over to Ice and then away. "Or their past…Professor, is it all right if I go take a nap in one of the dorms…" She added.
"Oh! Yes, I've been meaning to have you two Sorted, I don't think it would be a good idea to have you Sorted with the first years. Now is as good a time as any, I suppose…If you feel up to it."
"Of course I do! What do you want me to do?"
"Just put on this hat." Dumbledore instructed, handing Aurora a ratty old Wizarding hat.
She put on hat and sat down. It slipped down over her eyes. "Well, well, well. I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! I told them you were alive!" A little voice, presumably the hat, crowed in her ear. "Hm…Let me see…Quite brave, nice thirst to prove yourself, bit of a bookworm, a good friend. A tricky one! But…A bit too out-spoken for Hufflepuff, and just not…well, definitely not a Slytherin…That leaves Ravenclaw and Gryffindor…You'd do well in either house…Got preference?" Aurora shook her head. "Well, so much for making my job easier…But I think I'll have to go with…"
Author's Note:
I'm not telling what house! Mwahahahaha! Neway, I'll try to post quicker, but really, I'm very busy picking a high school! It's hard! And then there's all the homework! Neway, please r/r. No flames. They will be flamed!
Disclaimer:
Harry Potter and co. belong to the great J.K.Rowling. Icicle Black belongs to my friend Sam. Aaron belongs to my friend Aaron(actually, they're kinda one and same, but…). Thanx for letting me use them! I own Aurora Potter, and the Ukalina shop…Actually it's inspired by an organism…never mind.