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!

Silence; the entire room was completely silent except for the scratching of quills on dry paper; another quiz from Professor Binns. This was the fourth one that month. He said it was to prepare them for their final exams, more than four months away. Lily glanced out the window. Snow was falling already. It was a week before Christmas break and the tension in the school could be cut with a warm butter knife. She couldn't believe that it had only been two months since Aurora's father's death and a month and a half since her grandparents' deaths. And only one month since the girls had come to live here with Aurora. She looked over at said girl and frowned slightly.

It seemed nothing was going right for her friend. First her parents were attacked; her father now dead and her mother might as well have been dead. Then her grandparents were killed and two weeks after that, she was left playing mommy to three young girls. Not to mention that Mulciber was being extremely cruel to her. More than once, Lily had caught a glimpse of a bruise here or there on Aurora. She tried talking to her about it but Aurora just waved her off, saying that it was from rough housing with the girls.

Aurora looked tired and worn out all of the time. She tried to cover it up with make-up but Lily saw right through it and so did Pippa. They had both expressed their worries but Aurora insisted that they were worrying for nothing. They learned to let it go but she still concerned them. She needed a desperate break from everything. Lily sighed and returned her attention to her quiz.

'Who created the Love Potion?

A. Laverne de Montmorency
B. Claudine Florence Pewit

C. Didi Goria Horant

D. Hillard Dotard Linx

Um…Oh geez…I think it was…Laverne. Oh hell, it's Laverne for today.' Lily marked 'A' on the paper right before Professor Binns rang his little bell. Thank God. She sighed in relief and looked over at Aurora. She smiled and nodded. She did well too… The professor collected all of their quizzes and as soon as the bell rang, they were all up and out the door. Lily waited outside the door for Aurora, who had been at the front of the class room. She came out and the two walked down to the Great Hall for lunch.

Lily parted from her friend and sat down at Gryffindor table next to Pippa, grabbing a plate and filling it with tea sandwiches and some potato salad. She grabbed a goblet and filled it with pumpkin juice as she started a conversation with Rebecca Prewitt and Pippa. Lunch went by quickly and Lily caught up with Aurora for Potions.

When the bell rang, the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw classes filed into the dungeon, with the Hufflepuff and Slytherin classes following close behind them. No one was exactly thrilled that today's potion class was extended. They went to their tables and some students began to pull their supplies from their bags. Professor Slughorn was already there, his pudgy face smiling at all of them.

"I have a new seating schedule for you all. And yes, everyone will be moving." The entire class collectively groaned, many students packing their things back into their bags. Slughorn must have been in the match-making mood because he sat everyone with whom he thought should be an item. Narcissa Black was placed with Ewald Mulciber; much to Aurora's delight and Ewald's. Ewald was grinning like an idiot to his friends before he composed himself and made his way over to his new desk. Lily was put with James; Sirius was placed with Aurora, and so on and so forth.

Aurora noticed that Lily was blushing furiously as James accidentally brushed the back of his hand against her breasts. He was apologizing profusely, his own cheeks as red as a tomato. Aurora giggled and unpacked her bag. Professor Slughorn began to go over the lesson and Aurora listened as she wrote notes. Then they began their assignment.

After a few minutes, Aurora became warm and took her robe off and rolled the sleeves of her sweater up. She was about to begin stirring the cauldron when Sirius reached out and grabbed her wrist, turning her arm over. His eyes were on a pair of bruises on the underside of her forearm.

"What's this from?" He asked as Aurora blushed.

"Nothing…I was just rough housing with the girls---"

"Yeah…The same damn excuse you gave Pippa when she asked you what your bruises were from," he interrupted, his eyes and tone of voice telling her he didn't believe a word coming out of her pretty little mouth. Aurora's jaw went slack and her eye brows furrowed close together in confusion and slight anger.

"She told you about this?!" She hissed under her breath. Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, she did. She needed to vent to someone who wasn't a girl. Look, she's just looking out for you," he whispered as she snatched her wrist back and rolled her sleeves back down, her cheeks burning with embarrassment.

"I'm sure." She was pissed off. He grabbed her hands gently, catching her attention. He looked into her eyes and spoke softly.

"She's your friend. She'd never betray you. She didn't tell me it was you, but she said that it was her friend with a Slytherin boyfriend…"

"She might as well have just given you my name," she said a bit shrilly. Some people looked over at them, including Lily, James, Remus, Ewald, and Professor Slughorn.

"Shhhh!" Sirius scolded softly and squeezed her hands gently. "Is it him? Is it Ewald doing this to you?"

"Work, you two," Professor Slughorn said as he passed their table. Sirius let go of Aurora's hands and they both began on the potion again. But Sirius wasn't done talking to her.

"Did he hurt you?" He was met by silence. He looked at her and saw tears in her eyes as she tried to focus on the potion. He frowned and reached for her, gently grabbing her face to wipe away a couple of tears. She tried to pull away but he wouldn't let her. "You're crying."

She sniffled and finally pulled away from him. "It's the potion. It makes people's eyes water," she half lied. True, it did make people's eyes water and tear but that wasn't the whole reason why she was crying and she had a feeling that he knew that she was fibbing.

He pressed on, gently grabbing her arm again. "Did Mulciber do this?" Aurora looked away at first but then looked back at him, nodding as she sniffled again. She saw rage flash in his grey eyes and he turned slowly, his eyes glaring daggers in Ewald's direction.

"Don't, Sirius. You'll get in trouble." She warned. Sirius smirked and looked back at her.

"Honey, Trouble's my middle name." And before she could stop him, he had stridden over to Mulciber and tapped him on the shoulder. Ewald looked up and was about to say something rude when Sirius connected his fist with Mulciber's face. Aurora shrieked at the same time Narcissa did and suddenly James was at Sirius' side along with Remus, trying to pull Sirius off of Mulciber. But Ewald didn't stay on the floor long and soon he was joined by his friends too.

Before any of them knew it, there was a full out fight happening. Slughorn could be heard yelling at them to stop but no one could really hear him. It was mainly Gryffindor and Slytherin buys fighting, but some Ravenclaw and Hufflupuff boys joined in too. Aurora was shocked at Sirius' behavior but even more shocked when Patti Richardson got into a cat fight with Lily. Aurora winced, feeling very sorry for poor Patti.

As Aurora looked on in slight horror, she saw Patti go down and then saw Lily pounce on her like a cat would a mouse. As Aurora looked around, she saw that many Gryffindor and Slytherin girls were fighting but hardly any Ravenclaw girls were and no Hufflepuff girls were.

Aurora suddenly felt a body collide into her, knocking the air from her lungs as she fell over onto the stone floor. It was another Ravenclaw girl who was being attacked by Milly Girsh, a very pretty and very vicious Slytherin girl. Aurora glared up at Milly and gently pushed Rebecca Bones, older sister of Amelia Bones whom was in Hufflepuff, off of her and stood up.

Milly looked at Aurora and grinned evilly. She put her hands up, motioning for Aurora to come at her. "Come on, pretty. I've wanted to bust your face up for a while now."

"Really now?"

"Yes, really," Milly snarled and then lunged for Aurora, accidentally kicking Rebecca. Aurora grunted as she hit the edge of the table hard. 'That's going to leave a nasty bruise,' she thought as Milly grabbed her hair and tugged hard, making Aurora's head yank to the side. Aurora screeched and glared harshly at her.

"You fight like a girl! Stop yanking on my hair and try to punch me!" Aurora taunted. Milly blinked at her in confusion and Aurora took advantage, making a very nice blow to her stomach. Milly gasped and fell over, having lost her breath. Aurora rubbed her head where Milly had yanked on her hair. She frowned down at the gasping girl before stepping over her. Aurora helped Rebecca up and shook hands with her before she looked over to try and find Sirius and Ewald.

Sirius was beating the crap out of Mulciber but he exposed his side and Mulciber took the opportunity. His fist connected solidly with Sirius' rib cage and Aurora heard the breath leave Sirius as his diaphragm was put into shock. Aurora screamed his name and ran, towards them, jumping and dodging when she needed to.

She reached Ewald and Sirius and tried to pull Ewald off of Sirius. He had him on the floor and was kicking him continually in the ribs and stomach. Sirius was curled, grunting with each strike of Ewald's foot. Aurora got up behind Mulciber and hooked her arms under his, yanking him backwards as hard as she could but to hardly any avail.

"Ewald! Ewald, stop it now! Get off of him!" She pulled on Ewald's arm and shoulder as hard as she could. She actually knocked him off balance and he fell against the table. He turned his angry eyes on her and punched her hard in the face. She fell backwards with a cry; knocking over the cauldron Narcissa and Ewald had been working with. She landed hard on the floor, facing Narcissa, who cowered under the table, trembling and wide-eyed. When Aurora looked back up, Sirius was up and fighting with Ewald again. Aurora got to her feet and pulled the two apart with much difficulty. Slughorn had finally gotten the others to stop fighting as well with the help of the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws who weren't fighting.

Aurora placed herself between Ewald and Sirius; her body pressed close to Sirius', her arms hooked under his, her hands splayed on his back as she kept him standing and steady. He was trembling with rage and was teetering slightly in her arms. Her back was to Ewald as she looked up at Sirius and then pulled her handkerchief from her waistband. She began wiping the blood from his nose, eye brow, and lip as he glared dangerously at Ewald still.

Ewald was returning that nasty glare as he wiped his blood off on the sleeve of his sweater. His gaze then fell on Aurora and he couldn't stop himself before he said it.

"Our deal is off, Badeau." He saw her still her movements and slowly turn towards him. Everyone was watching them again. He glared nastily at her, his eyes sparking with fury. "Remember our little deal?"

"Ewald…Don't…please," she begged, her eyes pleading with him silently as she felt a thick wetness trickle down from her nose. She wiped at it and looked down at her fingers briefly before she looked up at Ewald again. 'That damn bastard made me bleed….' He shook his head as he smirked slightly.

"Do your friends know that Voldemort is your uncle?" Aurora stiffened and paled. He grinned wickedly. "Guess not." He spat some of his saliva and blood on the ground at her feet.

Aurora could feel everyone gasp. She began to hear them whisper and stare at her in shock. She felt Sirius stiffen against her and she stepped away from him. She looked around the room slowly and saw all of their faces. Lily looked absolutely shocked as many of the others did. James and Remus were speechless; both sporting new cuts and bruises. Slughorn looked completely lost and surprised with Ewald. Aurora knew that he already knew her secret. Sirius was the last one she looked at. She saw every emotion in his eyes and on his face. Anger, shock, disgust. Aurora and Sirius stared at each other for a few seconds before she bolted from the room and ran up the dungeon stairs into the entrance hall. From there she ran out of the school.

She ran all the way to Hogsmeade and just beyond it. She stopped when she had climbed her way up some high rocks. She sat down, shaking and breathing hard. The tears came suddenly and the sobs wracked her body hard. Her whole world had just finished crumbling down around her. Who could she turn to now?