A/N :
Hello all! I've not had the time
recently to update, and once again I'm sorry for that. Lots of c/w. STUPID SCHOOL!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I own Aurora, Mara will etc.
JK/WB own everything else.
Dedication: erm..... Skankers [who finally read most of it] and Darly [who typed
this up for me] ~ cheers me dears!
Anyway . . . onwards and upwards . . .
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Aurora sat
suddenly upright, her eyes wide; her lips forming a word, which she quickly
stopped her throat from saying. She coughed slightly, before placing a hand on
the top of her head, feeling a small lump there from where she had bumped her
head.
"Banged my head on...?"
"Miss Polgana?"
"Hm?" She glanced to the right of the bed, where a man was sitting in the chair next to the bed. "Sorry Professor. I was just wondering how I got here."
"You cannot remember?" asked Dumbledore, for that was who it was.
"No Sir"
Dumbledore smiled slightly. "You hurt your head because you bumped it on a tree root outside."
"I did?"
"Indeed. Miss Selde has told us that you... saw something disturbing in her mind. What she would not say, but that is private and between the two of you, for you to sort out. We just hope you get better soon."
"What day is it?"
"Thursday afternoon. It is about five o'clock I believe."
"I have been in here for four days?"
"Yes,"
"Then..." Aurora gripped her head as it began to throb. Suppressed memories began to flow back. "Bloody..." She slapped herself on the wrist. "Sorry Professor," she apologised. "Its just now I remember and..."
"It scares you?"
"Slightly."
Dumbledore smiled at her again. "Miss Selde has been in here about five times a day to ask how you were. She, for some reason, seems to think it is all her fault you are I here. But, going back to what I said earlier, I believe that to be for the two of you to sort out."
"What about Draco?" "Master Malfoy has also been here to ask after you." "Good. When will I be able to leave?"
"Madam Pomfrey wishes to ask you some questions, so tomorrow morning in time for lessons would probably be best."
"Thank you."
"Now I shall leave you to answer Poppy's questions alone."
"Thank you again sir."
"There are some get well presents on the other side of your bed I believe. Goodbye."
"Bye." Aurora settled down,
lying back onto her pillows. Madam Pomfrey bustled over from where she had been
standing in the corner, listening to the two converse. She asked Aurora some questions,
mainly about her life. When Aurora
admitted to getting severe migraines often, she prescribed a potion for when
they got too extreme. Aurora
knew these were caused by Addie, and the potion would not work, but she
accepted it without fuss to try and get session over with quickly. After about
half an hour of questioning, she yawned exaggeratingly, and Madam Pomfrey left
her, so Aurora
could sleep. Madam Pomfrey reinforced a point she had mentioned earlier, before
she left, that Aurora needed more rest, and that
she was working too hard, but Aurora
took no notice. She couldn't sleep now.
There was a parcel beside her
bed, along with an assortment of sweets and biscuits. She ignored these and
picked the parcel up. It was a large box wrapped in crimson silk and bound with
silver ribbon. She unwrapped it, almost gingerly, as though she was scared of
what she might find. Under the silk there was a note which read:
"Dear Aurora. I have sent you these as a sort of get well present. I know full well that you have seen what I told at the council meeting on Saturday night, but you must know this. You have no hope of finding him. He is being kept in a secure location so none of your lot can ever find him. Don't even bother trying, or pressing Mara for more information, because she will never know. Hope you like what I have sent; as they are rightfully yours anyway I thought you might want them. Love Amme x"
Aurora was quite shocked at
the fact her mother had actually written to her, and sent her some sort of
present. She studied the box for a moment before reading the letter again.
"Rightfully mine..." she said
to herself. The box was covered in black silk too, and had a small pentacle
shape set in silver in the top of it. She was sure she recognised it from
somewhere, but she could not place it in her mind. She lifted the lid off
carefully.
Inside were several more small
packages, all wrapped in crimson silk and bound by the same black and silver
ribbons. She picked the first package up, it was a sort of pouch, and she
opened the draw-string. Inside were several dark seeds.
"Bloody hell," she muttered.
"She must be out of her mind to give me these. Rose seeds." Aurora
knew, however, that they were not normal rose seeds, but one's that her mother
had specially cultivated to bloom into all different colours of the rainbow,
like they did in the special field by Aurora's
old home. She and Eldara had loved those roses, and had spent hours gazing at
their different shades of colours.
Aurora picked up the next parcel, and was
about to open it when she heard footsteps coming, from down the corridor. She
quickly shoved the seeds, still in her palm, back into the bag and then placed
everything back into the box, which she put under the low-lying bed. She lay
back down and heard someone enter the room. She could tell who it was by the
footsteps. The figure came over to the bed and dropped a note on the chair next
to it, before departing quickly. Aurora
didn't mean to actually sleep, but she slipped into a doze after the figure
left, waking several hours later to Madam Pomfrey's voice saying her name, and
something about food.
"Mm?" Aurora mumbled. "Food?"
"Yes. There has been some sent
up from the kitchens for you." Madam Pomfrey placed a tray on a small table
beside her bed. "You must eat to keep your strength up."
"Can I go back into normal
school tomorrow?"
"I'm not sure that it would be
advisable. Perhaps one more day in here would do you some good."
"But I've missed so much
already!" protested Aurora.
"The headmaster has said that
tomorrow can be a rest and catch up day. Back to normal school on Monday."
"But..."
"Miss Polgana I ...." Aurora lurched upright as
a sharp pain jolted through her head. She closed her eyes, and images flashed
before them. Her father, alive and well. Her mother, crying over a body. Draco,
smiling, running through a field. She jolted back out of the vision.
"Miss Polgana?" Madam Pomfrey
was standing over her, a worried expression on her face. "Are you alright?"
"Fine." Whispered Aurora
"No you're not fine," said a
voice.
"Why now?"
"I have to tell you something,"
came the voice again.
Aurora sighed. "Go on then."
She glanced at Madam Pomfrey, who looked slightly shocked at the sudden
appearance of this figure, shrouded in black mist, amber eyes prominent in her
pale face, white hair flying.
"I have to leave you." The
voice whispered
"Hm?"
"I have to leave you," Addie
repeated. "I have to go . . .somewhere."
"Fine." Aurora replied, her voice as expressionless
as her face, at seeing Addie.
"Your visions may stop," Addie
pressed on.
"OK."
"You might die." Addie
continued, trying to understand why Aurora
didn't seem to care.
"Alright."
"Did you hear what I just
said?"
"Yes."
"I'll go then."
"Sure. See you soon." Addie
just looked perplexed, then shimmered and disappeared.
"What . . ." started Madam
Pomfrey. Aurora
flicked her fingers, and Madam Pomfrey's face went blank for a second, her eyes
empty. Then she smiled. "You may go tomorrow morning Miss Polgana, but you must
remain in your bedroom or the common room except for meals. If anyone finds you
wondering around, the punishment shall be severe as you still need to rest. Now
sleep."
"Thank you."
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A/N :
No thanks this time because
Darly's typed this up for me. Chapter 14 I'll do double thanks to all!
Now please review!
Ok this is a note from Darly, to
apologise for it taking all ½ term to get this up, only have been really busy,
plus trying to work out how to get it to download onto fanfiction almost killed
me. Sorry again.
This is me back again. I've noticed some mistakes in the chappie so I've corrected them now. Yes, it is a slight filler chapter. But the bit with Addie is quite important!
