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)

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Aurora walked into St. Mungo's, following Dumbledore closely. She gulped when she saw the pristine white walls of the hospital. 'I don't think I'm ready to see Mum…' She thought as they went to the front desk. Dumbledore got visitor badges for them and she followed him again. She was a bit relieved that Italia wasn't here and that Fudge had taken her back to Hogwarts. As they walked up stairs and passed healers, Aurora had a feeling that her mum wasn't the only one she was visiting that day.

Dumbledore stopped her in the middle of a hall. She noted that the door to their left read "Hexing Ward" and the door to their right read "Jinxing Ward". Dumbledore turned to her and looked her straight in the eyes. "Aurora, your mother is four doors down but just next to her ward is a ward called 'Victims Ward'. This ward is specifically for victims of just two of the unforgivable curses, victims that are not insane."

"What are you getting at, Professor?"

He just sighed and took her wrist in his hand and led her to the "Victims Ward." He knocked and a slider on the door opened, a young trainee looking out at them. "Who is it?"

"Albus Dumbledore and Aurora Badeau. We're here to see Holly and Nicola Badeau." The slider slid back and then the door opened and Aurora walked in hurriedly. She looked around and spotted her sister Holly and ran to her. When she reached Holly's bedside, she grasped the ten year olds hand in her own.

"Holly?" She whispered, her voice wavering with fright. Holly was asleep, her breathing steady. Aurora looked up at Dumbledore and asked with her eyes. Dumbledore was frowning as he sat down on Holly's other side.

"He went there last night, Aurora. Voldemort went to Tim's house."

"Where are the others?"

"Nicola is in that curtained off bed. She's a little bit worse than Holly here."

"And Tim? Thekla? What about them?"

"Aurora…I'm sorry."

"No, not again; please Professor, tell me they aren't dead too." Aurora felt as if the walls of St. Mungo's were crashing down around her. First it was her father and her grandparents; now it was her brother, his wife, and their two babies? 'I don't know how much more of this I can take…' She had been feeling stretched, almost weak the last couple of weeks.

"We found them late this morning, a good hour and half after you had left Hogwarts. Tim was gone when we got there. Thekla died only an hour after she arrived here. Holly and Nicola are the only survivors of the attack," he said as gently as he could. Aurora's eyes filled with tears for the umpteenth time that year but this time she held them back.

"Even the boys…?"

"Even Alexander and Maximus were killed." Aurora sucked in a ragged breath as she felt her sister's hand squeeze her own. Aurora looked down at Holly and almost cried out when she saw Holly's big blue eyes stared up at her through swollen lids.

"'Ror…a"

"Yes, Holly, it's me. It's Aurora. I'm here now. Everything is going to be ok." She was surprised that her voice was so calm and steady as she brushed Holly's bangs out of her eyes.

Aurora stayed with Holly and Nicola all night with Dumbledore right by her side. Holly had fallen back to sleep only an hour after waking and Nicola was still out cold when 6 am rolled around. Aurora had passed out in the chair next to Nicola's bed around 4 am, her chin being propped up on her fist, her legs tucked beneath her in the chair. Around 8 am, she felt a gentle nudging on her left arm. She opened her groggy eyes and blinked a few times before looking up at Dumbledore.

"I had someone you know and care about come to comfort you." He led her out of the room and into the hallway. It took Aurora only a second to see Sirius. She burst into tears and ran to him, burying her face in his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly to him. Sirius looked at Dumbledore as Aurora sobbed.

"What exactly happened, Professor?"

"Her brother Tim and his family were killed last night. Holly and Nicola are in that room. They're badly injured," the older man explained and Sirius became very grim as he turned his attention back to his girlfriend. He gently stroked her hair and kissed the top of her head as he held her and whispered to her. 'She's gone through so much lately. This is more than anyone could bear.' He suddenly became very worried for her mental and emotional condition and slowly led her back into the ward holding her sisters.

He sat her down in the chair she had slept in and then pulled another chair up in front of her. He sat down and looked her straight in the face, his face grim and his eyes carrying concern.

"Sirius, I'm not going to go insane, if that's what you're thinking," Aurora mumbled and sniffed as she wiped her eyes. "I've just been through a lot this last year. I'll be fine though. I have to be; for my sisters." She saw that he visibly relaxed and he sighed softly. He placed a strong yet gentle hand on her knee and she reached down, squeezing it. "Thank you for coming. I needed you here," she whispered to him and he smiled.

"Nothing can keep me away from you, Aurora, at least not for long," he said quietly as he squeezed her hand back. Aurora smiled and knew that her life would never be the same ever again but she wasn't afraid to see what was going to happen in her future. If Sirius was by her side, she would fear nothing.