Chapter 10- Yule holidays Part 1

Hogwarts, Unplottable location, Scotland, Great Britain.

Friday the 10th of December 1991.

01:00 AM

Aurora was coming back from another night of stargazing when she was intercepted from the terror duo of Gryffindor. She had noticed them in the Marauder's map but she didn't think she would need to hide from them, so she let herself be caught.

'Well Fred what do we have here?'

'The Dark Lady is out and about again Georgie.'

'Hm but what was she doing?'

'Maybe wreaking havoc?'

'Spreading terror or'

'Maybe she was out late again marauding?'

They both set their heavy gazes at her.

'Sorry to disappoint but I was out stargazing. Now what do you want?' Aurora deadpanned.

'You see our dear Lady of chaos'

'Someone did some pranking recently'

'And surprisingly that wasn't us'

'So, we've been trying to find out who the culprit was'

'As they used the name of some people that we dearly admire'

'And we can't have their names and legacies sullied now right?'

'And after some thorough investigation we concluded that the culprit was you'

'What do you have to say for yourself young lady? And how do you know the marauders?' they asked together.

Aurora hadn't expected them to guess it was her and she definitely didn't expect them to know about the Marauders.

'And what is your proof?' she asked them.

'Well beautiful lady you see the night before the prank on

Our lovely potions master, we saw you in front of the potions class

And the way Snape has been looking at you

Since then, has confirmed our theory.'

Hm she was sure she couldn't have been seen, as she had been under her dad's invisibility cloak, so they were probably bluffing. Hm to confirm or to deny. They didn't really have proof but she wanted to know how they knew the Marauders.

'Well boys I'm quite sure you didn't see me but I won't deny your accusations, as I'm curious of some of the things you know. Yes, I did prank Snape and why did I use the name of the Marauders, well my father was one of them.'

Before she could continue and ask them how they knew them she had two red heads on their knees in front of her.

'Oh, glorious lady of darkness, '

'We knew there was a reason we liked you'

'A Marauder as a Father'

'Such great honour Miss Potter'

She shook her head at their antics.

'Ok get up and now answer me how do you know about them?'

They got up and looked at each other. She could she that they were having a silent conversation with their eyes. They nodded at each other and turned to face her. The twin on the right, who she was pretty sure was George took out a familiar looking piece of parchment out of his pocket.

Before they could say anything, she interrupted them.

'Oh, you have a Marauder's Map? How did you find it?' she asked.

They looked a little off balance for a moment but they recovered remarkably.

'We stole it from Filch's office back in first year'

'It is the secret of our success'

'Wait a Marauder's map?'

'There's others?'

'Well yes I have my fathers and the other three also had one of their own. Though two of them were accidentally destroyed and the other was lost, which is probably the one you've got. I thought mine was the last' she explained. 'Now boys I answered your questions, you answered mine and now I'm off to bed. Goodnight' she said and marched off to her dorm.

'Goodnight our Marauding Lady

'Keep on pranking'

It's good for the soul'.


Hogwarts, Unplottable location, Scotland, Great Britain.

Friday the 18th of December.

10:00 AM

'Theo did you pack everything you needed? The train will be leaving in an hour' Aurora asked her friend. It was the day that their winter holidays were beginning and Aurora and her friends would be leaving the school.

'Yes, I'm good' Theo said.

'Great let's get breakfast and then we leave' Blaise said.

Theodore was coming home with her and was telling his father that he was staying at Hogwarts. Blaise would be joining his mother and her new beau for some days in Italy and would be coming to join them two days after Yule on the 24th of the month.

Aurora was quite excited to be celebrating the holidays with company this year, especially as her company were her best friends.

After they finished breakfast they took their luggage, got in the horseless carriages and headed to the station to board the train.


Potter Manor (unplottable location)

Friday the 18th of December.

08:00 pm

After saying their goodbyes to Blaise on the platform, Theo and Aurora grabbed Mopsey's hands, who had arrived the moment Aurora called her, and apparated to Potter Manor.

The moment they arrived their luggage and Mopsey disappeared and Aurora got assaulted by her other overenthusiastic house elf, much to Theo's amusement.

'Oh, mistress is back and she brought a friend. Muffin will be cooking for mistress and guest right now.'

With that her house elf disappeared to presumably get to cooking.

Aurora shook her head and gave Theo an amused smile.

'Come on let's show you around.'

Theo had expected lots of things from Potter Manor but it wasn't this. The manor had a very homey feeling to it even though the lavishness that was showcased throughout the house was by no means ignored. It was easy to see that the house had been well lived in as it had lots of quirks left from previous generations, like some childish markings on the wall of the playroom. It was a house that has been loved and that the Potter family had resided in with lots of warmth. It was a great contrast to Nott Manor, where he had grown up in, which mostly felt like a museum. He found himself liking this place better. When he finally killed his father, he would change his house to be more like this. To feel more like a home.

Aurora had just finished showing him around and was leading him to the dining room where her house elves had prepared a feast.

It was easy to see that they held much love and admiration for her, another contrast to his own home life.

His house elves were afraid of even their own shadows after so many years in his father care.

His depressing line of thought was cut off by a loud laugh.

Enyo had sat on Aurora's head like it was a throne and was not moving no matter what Aurora did.

Theo had to give a smile at that as he watched her move her hands like a crazy person to get rid off the owl on top of her head and when that didn't work she tried bribing her familiar with pieces of chicken.

The owl tilted her head in contemplation for a moment and then nodded as if she had reached a very serious decision and accepted the offering.

After she ate her fill, she pecked her owners' ear affectionately and then flew out of the dining room window.

Aurora gave a laugh.

'As if that wasn't her plan all along. Cheeky bird'.

During the whole ordeal her hair had turned bright bubble pink, which according to her happened when she found something amusing.

That was another thing he had noticed. It was as if the moment they stepped in Potter Manor Aurora had lost some weight off her shoulders. She was much more relaxed. She always was more open and informal around him and Blaise but since they got here she was much more free and easy. He quite liked that attitude on her and as he listened to her narrate some of Enyo's more funny adventures he found himself relaxing too.

He had a feeling that he would be enjoying the Yule holidays for the first time in years.


A/N. So I am finally back. I know that this chapter is super short but I really wanted to update something.

I really have no excuses. My procrastinating habits once again got the better of me, add to that inspiration for two more stories and we end up here nine months since my last update.

Sorry.

I will hopefully be uploading the next chapter before September ends.

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