Revised 16th June 2004
We don't own any HP characters. We do own Aurora, Mara, Serena and Lana.
I know that the thoughts can get quite confuddling, but please, stick with it. Thoughts to oneslf or others are in ITALICS, and speech is in "quotation marks"
About three hours later, Draco woke up with a start.
Sorry. thought Aurora.
Where are we meeting?
Filch is sneaking around downstairs. You'll have to come up here.
OK… Give me a minute to get dressed.
"You took your time," said Aurora.
"I thought I should get dressed first, but you are obviously still in your night clothes."
"This," she indicated the long Chinese silk gown she was wearing," was my mother's. It was the last thing she gave me before… you know."
"It's nice."
"It has been handed down through out family for ten generations of pure blood sorceresses. It's quite a big honour to get it. I'm surprised Mara didn't get it."
"Are you two related?"
"Kind of. Anyway, do you want to learn to see, or not?"
"Yes please."
"Now before we start, I'm going to have to tell you something. I am going to block people's mind from you, at least at the start…"
"But…" Draco interrupted.
Aurora put up a hand. "You can't see into some minds yet. You may find things there that may scare you senseless. You will be in hospital before we know it. Now…" She moved over to the small window, and picked some things up off the sill, two small vials, one filled with a clear liquid, the other with a deep purple one, a small black box and a locket. She then moved to the middle of the floor, put out her hand and said quietly "nirwae". Two large cushions appeared. Draco blinked once. "Sit," Aurora said quietly, indicating the pillow nearest the window. Draco sat down.
"Ready?" Aurora asked, fiddling about with the locket in her hands.
"What's going to happen?"
"Well, first I've got to initiate you…"
"What's that?" Draco interrupted.
"It's difficult to explain. Most sorcerers, and sorceresses, have some sort of psychic power. I've got all of them. Most wizards and witches don't have any sort of psychic power. The only person I can sense here is Professor Trelawney, and as I've already told you, her powers aren't that amazing. I need to open your mind to the psychic world, and because it's me, you should have most of the powers that I do eventually. It may take a while though. I have to break a few walls in your mind. After I've got you into the psychic world, you can go into basically anyone's mind."
"Except those that you…. What's the word?"
"Block. I can block you from seeing into minds that I know you desperately want to go in, like Harry Potter's. But eventually, you may be able to break through those blocks as well."
"Shall we get started then?" asked Draco.
Aurora moved to the other cushion, and sat down. She placed the vials and the box on the floor in front of her, but tossed the locket onto her bed.
"The purple potion is the one I told you about earlier. To keep you awake? If I have a vision whilst we are doing this, and I black out again, give me one drop of the clear one. Any more and something bad might happen." She opened the box, and brought out another necklace, this one silver and set with a deep blue-purple stone. She put the ring on and the necklace around her neck. "Would you mind closing the clasp please?" she asked.
"Sure."
Aurora opened the second box and brought out two things wrapped in black satin cloths. She laid them on the ground, and pushed the boxes to one side. "I hope these are all right," she said. "They're quite fragile." She opened the cloths, to reveal two bright black daggers, with some sort of writing shining on the blades. Draco recoiled. "They're not that bad," she said. "And it's not like I'm going to kill you or anything."
"And you're sure about that?" asked Draco, a terrified look on his face.
"Yes. No one has been killed for a long time with these," she answered, running her thumb along the blade, cutting herself in the process. "Seriously injured, yes, but not killed. The last person to be killed was… my great-grandmother."
"By who?"
"Her husband."
"You're all murderers!"
"No. I have never killed anyone in my life. Most of Rana have though."
"Rana?"
"All sorcerers and sorceresses, once they have taken the knife test, and if they are good, are put into an Order, depending on what ability they have, or will have. There are three main Orders – Estel, Herenya and Rana. The Estel's are trained assassins, Herenya's are seers, and the Rana's are… it's difficult to explain… They are different" She glanced at Draco, who nodded. "They are the most dangerous. My mother, Lana and Mara," her voice dripped with hatred at the last name "are all in Rana. Then there are us. Outcasts. We formed our own order, the Morion's. We have a mixture of different strengths."
"What's yours?"
"Everything. Now, we really must get on. Firstly, take this." A goblet appeared in her hand filled with pumpkin juice. She gave it to him, then unstopped the vial with purple liquid in it, and put three drops of it in the goblet. "Drink half." He did so, then passed it back to her. She drank the other half, then placed the goblet on the floor. It promptly disappeared.
"Now," Aurora continued, passing him one of the knives. "Trace a semi circle three times around you, then put the knife beside you." He did so, and so did she. "Now hold my hands, and close your eyes."
Aurora released her will, and slowly drifted into sub consciousness, taking Draco with her. She gently probed his mind, and found the block against reading. All witches and wizards seemed to have this block, but she did not know why. She broke it down slowly, for it was a hard task. Then she gently pulled them back out of the psychic world. Draco slowly opened his eyes, to see Aurora's eyes glowing amber, like a cat, in front of him.
"What did you see?" she asked softly.
"The minds of hundreds of people."
"Good, good," she said quietly, staring deeply into his eyes. "That's the first barrier down. The second..." she paused, thinking for a moment. "Give me the name of a student here, someone in a different house."
"Erm… Potter?"
"No. He is blocked. And all of the Weasley's, and Granger."
"Seamus Finnegan? He's in Gryffindor."
"OK. Now, still holding my hands, try and find his mind. Kind of call out his name, in your head."
"I've got it!"
"Well done. You are picking this up quickly. Now, what time is it?"
"Five o'clock."
"How did you know that?"
"I read it from your mind."
Aurora decided it was time to take steps towards more complex things. She immediately blocked her mind from his.
"Hey!" he said. "That was getting interesting!"
"Try and break it. Say break," she suggested, "and let your magic flow through your hands into mine. " She felt the warmth and familiar tingling of magic flow into her, and pushed back some sorcery of her own. It broke the barrier immediately.
What am I thinking? she asked him.
How good I am?
No, go deeper into my mind. The next step is emotions. Just by looking at me, or anyone, you can tell how they are feeling. Go… She cut off, let out a gasp, and fell backwards, her mind link breaking.
The next thing she felt was a drip into her mouth. The potion. That vision had been interesting. A mix of colours, and a voice. Draco's voice. She could not remember what he had said though, but it had been nice. She opened her eyes, and saw Draco's grey blue eyes over hers, with a frown knotted between his eyebrows.
Are you all right? he asked, concern in his voice and in his mind.
Yes. Aurora answered, probing into his mind and settling the concern.
"How did you do that?"
"What?"
"You know what. You went into my mind and did something, changed something."
"I settled your concern for me. I'll always be all right you know. I've never been unconscious for more than a week."
"A week?!" Draco spluttered.
"If something bad is going to happen, they hit me very hard. Anyway," she said, standing up, "time for you to go back to bed. Get some sleep, if it's possible."
"Night."
"Night," Aurora said, kissing him lightly on the cheek and giving him a warm hug.
"What was that?"
"A hug. Have you never had one before?" she laughed.
"No."
"I suppose, with a family like yours…" Aurora left her words hanging in the air, unsure whether to continue.
"Yes, with a family like mine," Draco sighed, and turned to go. Aurora caught his hand.
"It's powerful, this gift I've given you. Don't use it too much at first, it may tire you."
Draco turned back to face her, then took a step towards her and kissed her gently on the lips, before leaving.
A/N : OK, it got soppy. And I don't do soppy. So its rubbish. But you think I care?
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