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!
Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months; before anyone knew it, 1979 had come and gone. Holly had started her first year at Hogwarts in September of that year; she was sorted into Gryffindor. Aurora was quite excited for her; Tim and Al had both been in Gryffindor and Alicia and Aurora had both been in Ravenclaw. Aurora was interested in which houses Nicola and Italia would be placed in by the Sorting Hat when their times came. She had a very strong feeling that Italia would be placed in Ravenclaw.
1979 had been quite eventful. Dumbledore had created the Order of the Phoenix; a large group of Dumbledore's supporters, who were all opposed to Voldemort and his Death Eaters, had joined. It seemed like everyone was a member. James and Lily, Peter, Remus, Pippa, Sirius, Aurora, Mad-Eye Moody, Kingsley, Emmeline Vance, Frank and Alice Longbottom, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Ponoma Sprout, Fabian and Gideon Prewett, Aberforth Dumbledore (Albus' younger brother), Dorcas Meadowes, the McKinnon's (including Marlene McKinnon), the Bones' (including Edgar and Amelia Bones), the Abbott's, the Wood's, the Cornfoot's, the Jones', the Macdonald's, the MacDougal's, the Perks', the Moon's, and many others. Aurora was a bit edgy to be around Sirius so often but remained civil with him even though she avoided him a lot as well.
The Order had put Aurora with many people she never thought she'd ever meet, let alone fight along side of, like Dedalus Diggle, Elphias Doge (a good friend of Albus'), Hestia Jones, Sturgis Podmore, Caradoc Dearborn, Benjy Fenwick, and Arabella Figg, a Squib. It wasn't many all together but they also had the help of many people who were 'undercover'. They conversed with the Order but never joined because Voldemort knew everyone who had joined. It was like they were all being tracked, watched.
More than once Aurora had been attacked but luckily she had come away from each little skirmish with nothing more than a few bad cuts, some bruises, and, once, a concussion. All of the members of the Order of the Phoenix were being targeted and that scared many people who would have otherwise joined; they still helped though. The Ministry helped when it could, which was always a good thing but they were constantly being told of Death Eater activity inside of the Ministry itself.
Unfortunately, not all of the Order's members were so lucky when they were attacked. Edgar Bones, brother of Amelia Bones, his wife and their children were killed in January 1979 by Barty Crouch Jr., Bellatrix Lestrange and her husband. The death of Edgar and his family was taken hard and many of the women were quite upset because even the small children were killed.
Three months later Caradoc Dearborn went missing; then Benjy Fenwick was found 'blow to bits' in August, presumably killed by Macnair. And then, in September (about a week after Holly started school), Fabian and Gideon Prewett had been killed by Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange; the twin brothers had died valiantly, protecting a whole street full of muggles (none of the muggles were hurt or killed) and the two brothers were awarded Orders of Merlin, First Class for Muggle Safety. The only member of their Order who was killed by Voldemort himself so far was Dorcas Meadowes, in late September. From what they could tell about the house, she had fought as hard as she could.
The Death Eaters didn't get away unscathed either. Jonas Acker and Morty Boon were taken down by Fabian and Gideon Prewett before they died. Bradford Ely, Karl Riese, and Aifric Breen were all brought down by Dorcas Meadowes four months before she was killed; Bairbre Foley was killed by Mad-Eye Moody for resisting arrest and holding a young Muggle child hostage;Ruaidhri McGuire had been taken out by Kingsley. Sirius and James killed Dermot MacMathan and Delma MacMathan together; Sirius felt terrible for killing a woman but she was quite deranged and was constantly sending the Killing Curse at Aurora while she was busy with Travers.
Then, in June of 1979, Regulus Black, Sirius' younger Death Eater brother, was heard to have gotten cold feet and panicked; the Death Eaters had killed him. Sirius hadn't seemed so surprised or upset and he got a bit suspicious when Aurora and Lily reacted with sympathy and sadness. Aurora had been writing to Regulus for the last year and when she heard that he had panicked, she had blamed herself. She had been warning Regulus about his decision to join the Dark Lord; she had foolishly told him of the Horcruxes her mother had told her about. Foolish! Surely, Voldemort had killed Regulus himself? Had Regulus given her up to him while being tortured? Or had he actually died a noble, brave death? Was there such a thing as a noble and brave death?
Not all was so terrible though. James and Lily had been married for a year and a half by the time 1980 rolled around, and Lily kept dropping James hints about starting a family of their own. Sirius and Aurora were still apart though, mainly because of Aurora. She kept telling everyone, when they asked, that she wasn't ready but Sirius kept pursuing her anyway. He sent her flowers once a week and gave her presents on holidays and her birthday for an entire year and a half.
Aurora had visited Alicia in St. Mungo's many times that year. The first was on Alicia's birthday in January. Nicola and Italia both admitted that neither of them were ready to see their mother yet so Lily and James watched them. Aurora didn't know that it was going to be as hard as it was to see her mother in her condition. Alicia had been muttering under her breath of many things that didn't make any sense to anyone. She had stared out the window that was bewitched to show a beautiful blue ocean, small waves swelling and crashing against the sandy beach; her once beautiful eyes that used to hold so much life and laughter in them were glassy and glazed over, looking at nothing.
Aurora had tried to talk to her about many things; the girls, the tragedies, life in general. But she had the distinct feeling that her mother was lost to her completely. She had left the hospital, sobbing, and sat in the van that she had driven there for over an hour, just grieving at the loss of her mother. She had come back, with Italia on Italia's May birthday. She was surprised when Italia had climbed up to her mother calmly and laid with her on the bed. Alicia had stopped muttering and she closed her eyes.
The Mediwitches told Aurora later that that had been the first time that she had closed her eyes and stopped talking since she got there; she hadn't been sleeping at all either. Aurora came again for Nicola's August birthday and had to hold the ten year old girl as she cried, just watching her mumbling mother. Aurora had stopped crying for their mother since that February but this was new to Nicola, who took it harder than Aurora had thought she would.
Nicola and Alicia had been close but not nearly as close as Nicola and Aberto had been or as close as Italia and Alicia had been. Aurora only went once more that year, without any of her sisters, or anyone else for the matter. She quietly told her mother that she was not going to come back but that she would never stop loving her or missing her; and she had stooped down over her and gently kissed her mother's soft cheek. Alicia had become quiet and closed her eyes as Aurora straightened up, tears in her eyes. She turned and walked out of the Vegetative Permanents Ward for the last time on November 5th, 1979; the two year anniversary of Aberto's death.
The sun was setting in the November sky as Aurora stood out on her balcony that connected to her bedroom. Her arms rested on the railing as the breeze teased her bangs, the rest of her being pulled back into a clean ponytail. She looked very pensive as she watched the sky slowly change colors. Holly was safe at Hogwarts but Aurora would never feel safe until she and the other two girls there too. She sighed softly and shut her eyes briefly as she just let her mind go.
She didn't think about anything. She just let her senses take over. She heard a car drive by; she could hear the neighbors on her right having dinner. She could smell said dinner and the soft scent of the flowers from her front yard. She felt the cool breeze on her shoulder, neck, and face as it blew gently. It was cold and she shivered lightly. She opened her eyes and noticed that the sun was almost completely gone from their world. After a long day like that day, these were the moments that Aurora couldn't wait for.
They had gone car shopping again. Four days now and finally she had found the perfect family car; a red and white 1980 Volkswagen Vanagon Poptop. It shined like a brand new penny and the interior was great; they could go on a vacation in it. It was stocked with a fridge, cooking range, compartments and cabinets, a bed in the very back and very roomy, comfy back seats. Nicola and Italia were very excited and Aurora had to admit that she was too.
Aurora walked back into her bedroom, closing and locking the white door behind her. Christmas was about half a month away and Aurora could feel the girls' excitement. Lily, James, James' parents, Lily's parents, Sirius, Remus, Pippa, Holly, and Peter were all coming to the house for dinner. Aurora was excited too. Maybe all of this commotion would keep the girls' minds off of their parents and Tim.
She went to peek in on the girls and smiled when she saw that they were both fast asleep. She then made her way down to the living room and grinned at the brightly, colorfully lit tree standing in front of the windows in the living room. She had found all of their ornaments in her parents' house in London. They were hidden in the attic. Aurora looked down fondly at her half cat, half kneazle that was purring loudly and rubbing against her ankles. She picked Angel up and kissed her head, walking her into the kitchen. She placed Angel on the island and began to fill her bowl with her favorite food.
Isis, her mother's Snowy Owl, swooped into the kitchen with a soft hoot and landed on Aurora's shoulder, startling her. She looked at the beautiful bird and patted one of her clawed feet. She then took the letter from her beak and felt Isis leave her shoulder. She looked at who it was from and wasn't surprised when it was from Dumbledore. She opened the letter and smiled at his pretty handwriting.
Dear Aurora,
I have to inform you that you will begin work at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on the 28th of July, 1980. You must have with you these following items:
1. Your wand
2. All of your belongings (you may purchase different furniture for your room, classroom, and office if you wish to leave you original furnishings at your summer home; student desks will be supplied by the school)
3. At least three robes with the Hogwarts emblem on them (you can have these made by Madame Malkin in Diagon Alley) and at least one pair of robes that has your House emblem on it (again, Madam Malkin)
4. At least two plain black robes and one plain black hat (you may bring with you a different hat as well)
5. At least one set of dress robes
6. An owl
7. Anything else you deem necessary
Please be prepared with your plans for your class. We will be sending you the new copy of Psychology of the Magical Mind, Year 6; Teacher Edition in a few days time. We hope that we have given you a sufficient amount of time to acquire these items. If not, please let us know and we will try to extend the date a bit. We can not wait for your arrival on the 28th of July, 1980. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
P.S. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Aurora grinned as she folded the paper and placed it on the other counter. She gave Angel her food and the kneacat meowed in appreciation. She went to Isis next and fed and watered her as well. Another excuse to go shopping… She giggled and pat Isis before closing and locking the window she always came in and out of. She was startled when someone began to pound on her front door. She immediately pulled her wand out and cautiously approached the door, eyeing it warily. The pounding continued and she heard the girls walking to the top of the stairs. She turned to them and put a finger to her lips and motioned for them to hide around the corner.
The pounding still continued as she peeped out the peep hole. She looked completely befuddled when she saw who it was. She opened it and let Pippa walk in. She looked distraught and angry and soaking wet. Aurora hadn't even notices that it had begun to rain. "Pippa, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? You should be at Hogwarts."
"I know. I…Aurora, my mum was attacked. She's gone missing," Pippa responded, her voice cracking. Aurora felt immediate sympathy and pulled her younger friend into a hug, rubbing her back and holding the back of her head gently. Pippa didn't cry, she just clung to Aurora.
"Oh Pippa…I'm so sorry." Aurora led her to the sofa and let her sit down as she went into the kitchen and began to prepare some hot cinnamon tea. Nicola and Italia came down the rest of the way and sat near Pippa, watching her with wide eyes. Aurora came back within a few minutes and sat besides Pippa, handing her a china cup filled with the warm tea. "Where's Remus?"
"Somewhere…It's a full moon tonight."
"Oh…" She frowned. While Pippa was being afflicted with this terrible incident, Remus was being afflicted by another terrible incident. Aurora had known that Remus was a werewolf since their first year. She even figured it out before James and Sirius but didn't tell a soul because she and Remus became quick friends in their first year; he was the one who really introduced her to Sirius in their 2nd year. "Pippa…Do they have any details yet?"
"No…The house was destroyed and the dogs were all dead. It was so bloody…They're trying to figure out what blood belongs to whom. Father was in the bedroom, laying face down….face down…Oh GOD!" That's when Pippa broke and Aurora had to fight the urge to join Pippa in sobbing. She saw Pippa going through the exact same thing she had gone through not so long ago. From this angle, it was far more heart wrenching. She draped an arm around her shoulders and held Pippa as she sobbed and shook. Nicola had to take Italia upstairs because she began to get upset as well.
About an hour later, Pippa was fast asleep on the sofa. Aurora pulled a thick, soft purple blanket over her and placed a white pillow beneath her head. She then walked into her kitchen and picked the phone up from its hook. She dialed Lily's and James' phone number and waiting as it rung. Finally, after the fourth ring, a very groggy voice answered the phone.
"'llo?"
"James, put Lily on the phone."
"She's trying to sleep, 'Rora. Call back 'amorrow."
"James, this isn't about me right now. It's Pippa." She knew that James had woken up because suddenly he sounded very awake.
"What's wrong? Where is she?"
"She's here. James, her mother is missing and her father…I think her father is dead." She could practically feel James stiffen over the phone line and then heard his muffled voice waking Lily up. Then he spoke into the receiver again.
"We're coming." Click. Aurora hung up and then called Sirius. For some reason he was wide awake. She told him everything and he hung up on her. She took that as a sign that he was on his way but she frowned at the dial tone receiver before hanging it up. She even called Peter and he said he'd be right over as well. All phone calls finished, Aurora went back into the living room and sat down in the recliner, waiting for the doorbell to ring. Nicola came out to sit with her, climbing onto her lap in silence. She snuggled against Aurora and sighed softly.
"How many more, Aurora?"
"I don't know. A lot."
"Why is he doing all of this?"
"A lot of people want to know that answer but no one truly knows. Only he does and maybe his Death Eaters. All we know is that he wants everyone to be on his side. He wants to rule the world, both Wizarding and Muggle."
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