Sirius lay Caellum down on the healing bed Aurora had prepared ahead of time. The special bed would keep Caellum asleep for as long Aurora needed. Sirius had been forbidden from doing anything until the girls had scanned every inch of his body mind and soul, for a clear diagnosis. So the only thing left for him to do was wait for the girls to return. He paced back and forth anxious for his family to be back home and safe. Maggie arrived an hour after Siri arms loaded with shopping bags from things she had bought today. If would have looked to suspicious if she hadn't bought anything all day, so the others had a compiled a list of everything they needed or wanted and given her the money to get it all for them. Which included a few generic boy clothes and things they thought Caellum might need.
Aurora was stuck in the alley working for another hour before magical law enforcement finally come to talk to her. Which gave her plenty of time to hide what little evidence that might implicate her in any crimes. She gave it some time after Neville left her stall then turned to another girl working with her "Dawn I need a small break cover for me?" She than ducked into Quality Quidditch supplies used their toilet/powder room to dig out her make up kit. Using specially prepared wipes she cleaned herself of all make up and spell residue reapplied clean make up to her face, hid the contaminated lipstick in a secret warded compartment of her kit, and burned the wipes she'd just used vanishing the ashes for good measure. She even used the toilet just to make sure she wouldn't have to go later and risk her co-workers wondering why she'd taken so many breaks in such a short time span. Six minutes after she'd left Aurora returned to work and thanked the girls for covering for her, it was after all a busy part of the day.
Augusta Longbottom was sure the 'hussy' at the broom racing booth had lured her son off to do something wicked with him. The poor auror she'd grabbed and harped her story to; took that to imply her teenage grandson had snuck off for a booty call and wasn't all that worried about the kid. If he'd been stuck with that ancient old vulture (no he wasn't referring to her hat) he would have snuck off somewhere else to. It didn't help his mood that he was a high ranking and famous auror and baby sitting hormonal little kids was not a part of his job description.
"Hello, miss? I'm Auror Dawlish I need to ask you a few questions" Auror Dawlish asked. Looking her up and down and casting similar glances at the other girls working the temporary Stall advertising brooms from toddler safe to pro racing. Aurora had been organizing another goody bag and had to turn around to answer him. Looking up into his dour set face, Aurora gave him her best 'nice girl' smile. "First if I can have your name and business here?"
"Hello Auror, I'm Aurora Noir from De Lancret Racing. How may help you?" She made sure to give a French twist to her words.
"I'm here to inquire about a young boy whose wondered off I was told you might have seen him."
"No I'm sorry the booths are so packed I wouldn't have noticed a lost child I'm sorry but I can tell the other girls and we can keep a look out. Do you have a picture that we can view to be sure."
"No, I mean a young teenage boy."
"Oh, well you will have to be a tad more specific no," She gestured around to the crowed of boys all gawking the brooms and girls alike.
"Well I was told you kissed this one" Dawn who'd been listening in ever since she caught the words 'missing kid' suddenly laughed and then turned to the Auror to introduce herself and explain.
"We have all 'kissed' several boys today." Seeing the perplexed looking officer and a rather disapproving matron who'd been eaves dropping for as long as Dawn herself had she clarified quickly. "We have about ten to twelve goody bags each with free merchandise, things like a free backstage pass if you buy a ticket to see us race, posters, toys, mini games and the like and we wonder the crowds every now and then find a random 'winner' kiss them on the cheek and hand over the bag."
Louisa, another co-worker, chimed in "I've given away most of mine already, I know Aurora has too. We are only supposed to be here until five."
"This one was with his grandmother, older lady funny hat shaped like a bird." Dawlish's eyes widened as two of the previously pretty and sweet girls actually HISSED at him.
"Oh HER I remember and the poor boy she was dragging along with her. I accidently bumped into him you can see how thick the crowds are. I thought she would yell at me it was my fault but she started berating the poor boy instead so I gave him the prize but she made some remark about how he'd only loose it and didn't deserve it so I put the drawstring over his head like a necklace and gave him a big ol' smooch just to aggravate her. She drug him off muttering about his poor taste in girls never mind that he couldn't have known what I was going to do, let alone encourage me." Several of the others chimed in here and there giving there own opinions of the grandmother, none of them flattering.
"If I'd been stuck with a hag like that I'd of run off too." Louisa told him. "But that was last I saw either of them I know cause I kept a look out for the dear he's just my type shy and quiet I figured I'd get my own kiss in and see if he wanted to take my lunch break with me. He never came back this way." She was genuinely saddened by this and Dawlish thanked them for talking with him and went back up the alley this time looking far more troubled and he couldn't help but wonder if the grandmother hadn't been completely honest with him. When he'd searched the alley and alerted others to a missing teenage boy given his description out to all his colleagues and still found nothing, with a twist in his gut Auror Dawlish started a missing persons file and after some debating with himself, he added Augusta Longbottom as a suspect in the child's disappearance and flagged the whole thing as being very suspicious.
The rest of Aurora's work day was more or less boring as the Alley began to empty, she and others cleaned up there work stations, and the company rep supervising them closed up the stall and dismissed them to go home or shopping as there was a small about of time left still before the alley officially closed. Aurora set off for the Owl emporium, Sirius had insisted they needed a few more quality owls and Maggie had point blank refused to get them. Her argument that owls tended to hate her and the feeling was mutual thank you very much had only been accepted after a good deal of debating between the three of them.
Sirius had told her that her way with animals and the way she spoke to them seeming to know how they felt, what they were saying/wanting, was in fact not a normal witch thing unless that witch also happened to be able to beast speak. A trait that was rare but present in the Black family, was in fact common in the Slytherin's family line. He was therefore sure that she had it and had subconsciously been using it all this time, from the spiders in the cupboard under Petunia Dursley's stairs, to the various animals magic and mundane that she'd encountered to date.
Even untrained in it she'd be the best one to pick out Owl's who'd be loyal, hardworking, and intelligent. Sirius had asked they 'look' the part though that wasn't a nessicary requirement. So, first she found one that was also sweet and gentle for Maggie to feel more comfortable using, then three that looked majestic in addition to meeting the requirements. All them were either Snowy or All Black with a few grey markings. That way Hedwig wouldn't stand out with their owls.
Siri, tackle hugged her as soon as she returned home barely giving her enough time to set aside the cage full of owls. Maggie soon joined him, commenting that waiting and not knowing how things had gone on her end had been nerve wracking. They checked on Caellum to make sure he was sleeping ok, spelled some soup into his stomach a few spells to clean him up and another to activate the part of the bed that keep Caellum in a magically induced healing coma, just in case.
Tomorrow She would began the long process of diagnosing everything wrong with Neville to be sure nothing went wrong when she began reversing the spells so he could for the first time since he was an infant be himself again. Tomorrow was also the day they would begin the rituals to turn Maggie into Margose Cedrilla Black. Aurora went through her nightly routine and headed to bed early knowing another long day awaited them. She advised the others to do the same and had Winky take the owls to he owlrey where they'd be free to stretch their wings.
Caellum's blood was drawn and added to the nessicary potions and they were set to wait a wristband was added to his wrist with monitoring charms with its double wrapped around Auroras wrist so she would be informed the moment he needed anything and if his condition changed.
Several runic circles were drawn in a stone chamber and everything needed for the rituals was laid out. Because magic could interfere in the rituals once they got going only runic magic would be cast from here on out. So they had gathered several muggle bandages and devices to help where needed making everything a little bit safer.
The ceremony to reject Mr. Browns blood and strengthen her mothers was all up to Maggie unfortunately, so the new father to be contented himself with whispering words of encouragement and praise. Once finished with her part Maggie picked up the muggle bandages and adhesive and placed them where her athame had made the nessicary cuts to rid her of her former fathers DNA. She than with Aurora's help dismantles that rune circle and moved into center and larger circle where; and she had to remember to use his new name for this or they could mess it up, Orion Septimus Black was already kneeling waiting on her.
First Orion took a large muggle need out of the supplies beside him then plunged it into the side of his pelvis deep into the bone marrow. Once he had the required amount he pulled it back out and placed a bandage over the spot to slow the flow of blood until the ceremony was over and he could be healed. He took the tube of marrow and hooked it up to a clean needle.
Maggie moved giving her soon to be new father access to her side so he could place the new needle into her own pelvis with the bone marrow transplant done Orion started the chanting needed for the spell work to set the grounds for the adoption he than used his own athame to cut a place on both his arms. He used muggle medical tubing took into is arms than he cut Maggie's arms mirroring his own wounds. Then attached the other end of the tubing into her cuts allowing his blood to flow into her body all three of them were now chanting.
When the time was right Aurora gave the signal and they both stopped pulled out the tubing finished the spell and began to slowly and tiredly take apart the circle as soon as it was safe Aurora rolled both of them onto stretchers and with Winky's help got them up to the infirmary laid out on healing beds of their own she carefully using only mild potions cleaned and healed all the cuts and bruising accrued during the two rituals before leaving them to sleep it off. In the morning she would preform the tests to make sure all had worked according to plan. She checked on Caellum and started the next round of tests before making soup and once she'd eaten she slipped up to her room and fell asleep before she'd even finished laying down.