Disclaimer: Aurora Clementine Badeau, Aberto Adriano Badeau, Alicia Doireann Badeau (nee Riddle), Timothy Durante Badeau, Alfred Cillian Badeau, Holly Caoimhe Badeau, Nicola Sorcha Badeau, Italia Isla Badeau, Thekla Sophia Badeau (nee Metaxas), Maximus Eligio Badeau, Alexander Fidel Badeau, Massimo Cillian Badeau, Dolores Maria Badeau (nee DaSilva), Gloria Boxington (nee Badeau), and Henry Boxington are © me lol I know, really long list of characters and yes, they're all related in some way. That'll be explained later. All of these names are authentic Spanish, Scottish, Italian, Irish, and Greek names (Thekla is the only pure Greek though). There are some names in here that I added but I'm not saying their mine because they don't play huge roles and I'm too lazy to go through the whole story again and type more names to this already long list (like Professor Markis, Nikita, etc…)
Pippa Lupin © my friend, Ashley
All other characters are © Jo Rowling (if you've seen the names in the original HP series)
Now…Enjoy. Please review!
Lily walked into the Hospital Wing with Andromeda and Pippa. All three carried cards from everyone in their year from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. They looked at Aurora as they quietly approached her. Her back was towards them but they knew she was awake. They placed the cards around her bed and then sat down on the bed across from her. Lily sighed heavily.
Aurora had been crying ever since she found out about her parents, four days prior. Her eyes were blood-shot and puffy, her nose was pink at the tip and her cheeks were still wet with her tears. She hadn't eaten in days and it showed; she was becoming very thin and pale. If it weren't for the puffy pinkness of her eyes, anyone could have seen that she had very dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep. Andromeda was the first to speak today.
"Get your arse up. You're making me entirely too depressed and you know I don't like that feeling. I'm sorry about your loss, Aurora, but you have to move on and be strong for your younger sisters," she snapped slightly. Aurora's eyes moved to Andromeda, glaring at her. "Yeah, you heard me. Suck it up, you big baby."
Lily was about to say something but Pippa stopped her silently by placing her hand gently on Lily's arm. Lily stopped and then looked at Pippa. Pippa gave her a look saying 'just watch Andromeda work'. Lily looked back at Andromeda and watched as the two very stubborn girls faced off. Aurora was silent but her eyes would have killed if they could. Andromeda had a look of pure determination on her face and in her eyes.
"I said get up." Aurora shook her head at Andromeda and rolled over. Andromeda turned very red and Lily thought she was going to scream. Instead she hit Aurora's shoulder with a muffin. Aurora turned so quick, Lily thought she might have given herself whiplash.
"What the hell was that for!?" Aurora was furious and glared daggers at Andromeda but Andromeda stood her ground.
"Get up, damn it!" She snapped back. "Aurora, listen to me. We're your friends and we are your supporters. We know that you lost your father and that your mother is incapacitated, but you need to get your act together. If you continue with this, you'll flunk your last year of school. After all these years, do you really want to waste all of it? And what does that say to your younger sisters? Who does that leave them looking up to? Huh? You need to suck it up and turn the other cheek. You need to be the big sister now. You need to take care of those little girls because you know neither one of your brothers can. Al can't afford to take care of them and Tim has his own wife and kids to take care of. You need to step up. So get up!"
Aurora was silent and thoughtful the entire time Andromeda was talking. Lily, Andromeda, and Pippa waited and watched Aurora. Then, she slowly sat up and placed her delicate bare, white feet on the floor. She sniffled and then stood with Andromeda's help. Aurora looked at Andromeda and then hugged her taller friend around the neck. Andromeda, not used to such affection, hesitantly hugged her back.
"Thank you, Annie…" Aurora whispered softly to Andromeda and Andromeda smiled before she gently pushed her away.
"Get dressed. We'll wait for you out in the hall." With that the three girls left Aurora to get dressed. Madam Pomfrey brought her some of her clothes and smiled sadly at her before showing her to the bathroom. Aurora changed without looking in the mirror. After she had gotten everything on, she looked into the mirror to adjust her tie. She gasped at her appearance.
"I look so sick…" She touched her damp cheek and then started the water at the sink. She splashed her face a couple of times before she poked her head out of the bathroom. Madam Pomfrey stood next to the door and then handed her a bag of make up that Lily had brought for her. Aurora smile weakly and took the bag before returning her head to the bathroom. She fixed herself up nicely and then left the Hospital Wing with her three best friends.
'I couldn't ask for better friends…' She thought as she watched the three interact with each other. They hugged her and walked her to the Great Hall. When they got to the Great Hall's doors, everyone became very quiet and all eyes went to Aurora. She gulped and looked to Andromeda, Lily, and Pippa for reassurance. They all nodded at the same time and together, they all took the first step into the Great Hall. From that moment on, Aurora knew that those three women would never be far from her side.
The next day, Aurora was off to go to her father's funeral. All of her family, magical and muggle. Voldemort was there, hiding. No one knew that he was there except for Aurora. She felt his presence though and so did her older brothers Tim and Alfred. She noticed that Tim was acting strangely around Alfred and that Alfred was just acting strange. She blew it off as the death of their father that was affecting them.
Every five minutes, Aurora would look around the cemetery, looking for the bastard that had ripped her father from her life. About half an hour into the funeral, she saw him. He stood off to the far right, away from the group. He was wearing funeral robes and Aurora felt a flare of rage boil beneath the surface. Her eyes narrowed and she broke away from the group, lucky enough to have no one see her. She made a beeline towards him, her eyes set in a furious way upon him.
She stopped about five feet in front of him, her eyes narrowed and her jaw clenched in anger. "What are you doing here? How dare you come here?" She snapped, her eyes flashing. He smiled slightly at her, his hands clasped in front of him.
"What a tragedy, that which befell your parents," he ignored her angry questions. "You know, your mother could have prevented all of this."
"Oh? How so?" She asked venomously.
"She could have married a pure-blooded wizard and had children with him; she could have also joined my cause…"
"What cause? Death? That's all you do! You bring death to those who don't believe in your methods or the way you think!"
"Watch your tongue when you speak to me," he hissed, his blue eyes looking at her with such fury that she almost felt as if he were going to set her on fire.
"Leave…You have no right to be here, you monster!" She turned sharply on her heel and went back to the procession, where Tim reached out to her, his eyes hesitantly, but intently, watching Voldemort. Aurora took Italia's hand immediately and marched off with the young girl as Alfred and Tim kept watching Tom Riddle, the uncle that had destroyed their parents.
Every woman who left the cemetery was in tears, including Aurora. Poor little Italia had no idea what was going on and, as Aurora was holding her hand as they walked to the car that was going to take them to Kings Cross Station, Italia asked her what was going on. "Who did they put in the ground, Sissy?"
Aurora choked back a hard sob and squeezed her eyes shut, shaking her head. Italia didn't ask any more questions as Aurora and her grandmother and other sisters cried. Her grandfather was holding his wife as she sobbed, trying not to cry himself, while Aurora held Nicola, Italia, and Holly as Holly and Nicola cried and Italia remained quiet. Aurora didn't sob but she cried silently, a steady stream of tears leaking from both of her blue eyes. She had no idea that this would be the last time she would ever see her grandfather, Massimo, and her grandmother, Dolores.