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All other characters are (C) Jo Rowling.

Sirius didn't come to Christmas dinner or to the New Year's party either and Pippa could see the toll it was taking on Aurora. Pippa noticed that her friend was growing a small bump but Aurora was doing a great job of hiding it under baggy shirts and dresses. Pippa tried to help her with everything and Aurora constantly let her know how thankful she was for Pippa being so kind and supportive. It was three days after New Years that Mad-Eye Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt made a stop at Aurora's house to tell Pippa that they had found her mother's body.

Pippa wasn't of much use after that but Aurora was being completely understanding. The two men hadn't given Pippa the details but they had told Aurora everything when Pippa had run upstairs to her room. They believe that Fenrir Greyback had had his way with her before and after she was murdered. They said that Lauren had been quite "cut up and bloody" when they found her "literally strewn" about the forest only five miles from the Lupin's home.

Nicola took over Pippa's chores and Italia even helped here and there, as much as a five year could. Pippa didn't leave her room until it was time to go back to Hogwarts. She cried as Aurora hugged her and waved good-bye to her. Pippa had her own compartment as the train lurched away from King's Cross Station and she cried the entire way to Hogwarts.

Aurora had gone back home and was very surprised to see Sirius waiting on the front porch for her. He was bundled in a long black wool coat with a Gryffindor sweater beneath it and a matching scarf wrapped around his neck. She walked to the porch and looked at him in surprise. "Sirius, what are you doing here?"

"Aurora…I love you no matter what. You should have told me that you couldn't get pregnant but I'm willing to forget that and move on with our relationship. I had a lot of time to think and I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you…"

"Sirius, this isn't going to work out…Find someone new…" She told him, her voice sad and heavy as she turned to the front door and opened the screen door as she pulled her keys out of her purse. Sirius reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her into him. Aurora gasped and tried to angle herself against him so he wouldn't feel the bump beneath her clothes but she knew it was too late when he tensed and looked down at her quizzically. She blushed and answered quickly. "I've been eating a lot…"

"Enough for two?" He snapped. Aurora's eyes closed and she pulled away from him slightly "When were you going to tell me?"

"Never?"

"Why?"

"Because…Because maybe you wouldn't get hurt---"

"What the hell are you going on about? Is this the whole 'if we're not together, you're safe from Voldemort' thing again? Aurora, he'll come after me regardless. I've managed to piss him off quite a bit lately." Aurora looked up at him with very wide eyes.

"What do you mean by that?!"

"Well, Dumbledore and a bunch of us guys were out when some Death Eaters showed up. We beat them and we all got away."

"Ooooh! Damn you, Sirius Black! You're not supposed to be that stupid!"

"Hey…It was quite brave if I do say so myself…"

"Oh I suppose all of you men think it's so brave to put your lives on the line!?"

"Well, yeah…Don't change the subject, damn it! You're pregnant and you were going to hide it from me; you have been!"

"Two months."

"Come again?" He looked taken aback.

"I'm two months along…"

"And you're already showing?"

"Mum did too; at least when she was pregnant with Al, Tim, and me she did. Holly, Nicola, and Italia didn't make her show until her fifth month with each…Look, let's go inside; its cold," she said as she unlocked the front door and let them in. She placed the keys back in her purse and put her coat, purse, and scarf in the coat closet, leaving it open for him.

"Put your coat and scarf back on." He said suddenly and Aurora looked back at him in confusion.

"Why?"

"We're getting married tonight…"

Aurora tried to keep up with Sirius as he practically dragged her behind him in through Dia Mond, a small wizarding town just outside of Dublin, Ireland. Italia and Nicola trotted behind them and Aurora constantly glanced behind her to make sure they were alright. She blushed and smiled at passerby as they stared at them in interest. "Sirius…slow down…" She panted and he stopped, making her topple into his back. He turned and looked around behind them. She looked up at him and then followed his gaze. 'Ah crap…' She thought just as four cloaked figures raised their wands at them. She pulled hers out quickly and so did Sirius. 'I didn't know that Dia Mond was being run by Death Eaters!'

"What have I told you about coming here!?" Someone yelled from behind them and Aurora spun around, her eyes falling on a tall wizard dressed in blue robes that had moons and stars upon them and a matching wizard hat. His wand was out in front of him, his blue eyes blazing angrily as he glared at all of the Death Eaters. 'Dumbledore!' She felt an immense sense of safety but shrieked in surprise when Sirius suddenly yanked her to the side, a red spell darting past them. He left her in an alley and joined Dumbledore against the Death Eaters. She huffed and watched in trepidation as Sirius and Dumbledore fought the Death Eaters; luckily they were soon joined by Remus Lupin, James and Lily Potter, Arthur and Molly Weasley, and Frank and Alice Longbottom. But just as soon as they appeared, six more Death Eaters appeared.

Aurora looked around and saw Nicola and Italia huddling behind a large sign that was propped up outside an Irish Pub. Aurora was seized by panic when a Stunning spell hit the sign and both girls shrieked; The Death Eaters had noticed as well for most looked their way and some even tried aiming at them. Aurora frowned and sent a stunning spell at a tall male Death Eater that was about to send the Killing Curse at Alice. Aurora glanced over her shoulder and saw Fenrir Greyback approaching, his yellow eyes set on the two young girls hungrily. Aurora waited till he was right next to the alley she was in and then she launched herself at him, her body weight catching him off guard.

He lost his balance and both of them fell into the snow, grunting and snarling. She quickly pulled herself from him and grabbed her wand, pointing it at his mouth. 'Ligamen Adstringo!' she said in her head and a needle and thick thread slithered out of her wand and manually stitched his lips together, blood squirting out as the needle punctured his upper and bottom lips continually, making him cry out and growl in pain.

She stood quickly and ran to her sisters, dragging them into a store, where there were people who were hiding. Aurora pulled them behind the counter and shushed them, putting a Disillusionment Charm on them. The two girls were invisible to everyone now. Aurora reassured them that she would be back to get them and that their safe word would be 'November'. The girls nodded and Aurora barely made it out before she left the store and joined the fray.

She noticed one Death Eater in particular and knew immediately that it was her older brother Alfred. He was currently fighting Molly and he was close to beating her. "Molly!" Aurora yelled and stepped in front of Molly just as Alfred sent the Cruciatus Curse at her. Aurora blocked it and glared at him. He removed his mask, his own eyes glaring back at her.

"Well, hello, Aurora…"

Aurora screamed the disarming spell in her mind and the spell caught him off guard. He was hit squarely in the chest and was sent flying backwards. He skidded across the snow, grunting as he hit a rock here and there. Aurora felt someone collide with her side and she fell to the ground, her wand falling out of her hand and into the snow somewhere ahead of her. She panicked and looked around for it desperately. Just as she grabbed it, she felt an immensely painful stab in her leg. She screamed and turned to see her brother kneeling where he had finally stopped sliding. He was panting hard and then began to look for his own wand as Aurora looked at her leg.

A silver and black handled dagger was embedded in her calve. 'Lowly bastard!' She reached down and yanked it out of her leg, crying out in pain as she did so. She looked up just in time to see Bellatrix aim her wand at her. Aurora dodged the Killing Curse narrowly and she stood, blood leaking down her leg, soaking her jeans, sock, and shoe. Aurora glared at Bellatrix, putting all of her weight on her good leg, her own wand was pointed at Bellatrix and that's when Bellatrix attacked again.

'Protego!' An invisible shield blocked the stunning spell that was aimed at her. 'Conjunctus!' A blast of bright blue shot out from the tip of Aurora's wand and hit Bellatrix square in the face. Her dark eyes began to swell and crust as she screamed and reached up to her face, trying to wipe away the mucus and crust from her eyes, which only made things worse. Aurora turned just in time to see Alfred stand and aim the Killing Curse at her. Molly blocked it and Aurora looked at her with a small smile but soon Molly was busy with a different Death Eater. Aurora glared angrily at her older brother. "So we're here now, are we?" She asked him as they began to circle each other, both glaring daggers.

"Where?"

"Killing each other…Don't act stupid, Alfred."

"Ah!" He shouted angrily and then a red flash came from his wand and hit Aurora in the chest. She shrieked and fell to the firm, snow covered ground. She writhed on it in pain; her eyes squeezed shut as she instinctively placed her hands on her belly. She suddenly felt very glad that she had put a Pregnancy Protection Charm on herself when she found out she was pregnant; she was sure that all of this falling and the Curse that she was being inflicted with would have dislodged the egg, causing her to lose the baby. She clutched her wand to herself, trying not to scream. She heard someone yell for her and then the pain was gone. She panted as she lifted her head from the ground, snow clinging to her hair. She saw Sirius battling Alfred now and she struggled to get up, her leg protesting.

She winced and looked around; Lily and James were working as a team against Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, Frank and Alice were fighting alongside each other against Alecto and Amycus Carrow. Molly was busy with Avery and Remus was ducking and sending jinxes and hexes from and at Wilkes. Aurora had to do a double take as she saw Arthur battling Severus. He hit Arthur with a stunning spell and Aurora hobbled as quickly as she could to him. She stood between the fallen, disoriented Arthur, and a very pissed off Severus Snape. He had his wand raised but blinked in slight surprise when Aurora stood in his way of Arthur. Her arms were at her sides, slightly spread out; her wand was in her right hand, not pointed at him. She was pleading to him with her eyes and he frowned deeply at her.

"Move, Badeau!" He yelled, his hand flexing against his wand.

"No, Severus…Please…What are you doing with them?"

"I'm fighting for the greater good!"

"What good is there in taking lives and torturing people!?" She snapped, her wand now pointed at him just in case he decided to attack her. He didn't answer her but instead sent a bright yellow stream at her but she blocked it. "Severus, please! Stop this!"

Again no answer but a dark orange hex sent her way. She again blocked it and frowned. 'This is tedious!' She blocked hex after jinx after hex. "Severus…stop---"

"Fight back, damn it!" He yelled at her and sent a stunning spell at her. She deflected it again and glared at him, her eyes narrowed to slits.

'Fine! Petrificus Totalus!' She didn't feel victorious when the spell hit him and rendered him immobile. His arms seized up at this sides and his hand was stuck around his wand as he tipped over, unable to move anything but his eyes. Soon she was hearing popping everywhere around her. 'They're leaving?' Alfred cursed and grabbed Snape before Disapparating. She looked around and before she knew it, it was just the group of her friends and her fiancé. She turned to Arthur as Molly said "ennervate", releasing him from the spell cast on him by Severus. "Oomph!" She gasped out when Sirius practically tackled her and held her to him tightly.

"Are you alright?" He looked down at her and pushed some tendrils of hair behind her ear. She nodded and he visibly relaxed. Aurora gently pulled away from Sirius and ambled gingerly over to the store that Nicola and Italia were still in. She went behind the counter.

"November," she said and removed the Disillusionment Charm from her younger sisters. She checked them over and then brought them back outside.

"We need to leave here now," Dumbledore suddenly said and everyone looked at him. He motioned for them to all follow them and they did so. Aurora limped and winced, looking down at her leg. Sirius noticed this and looked down at her wound. He grumbled angrily and bent down to examine her leg.

"I'll take care of this when we get to where we're supposed to be going to…" He said to her and lifted her into his arms. She squeaked, her own arms wrapping around his neck on instinct. Lily giggled at her and they continued to follow Dumbledore.

"Where are we going, anyway?" She asked him softly and he grinned.

"There's a little church up here that Dumbledore suggested we get married in. He's the one who invited everyone here. He didn't know Death Eaters were going to be here…We'll most likely have to make this quick…Do you mind?"

"I always wanted a small wedding…" She smiled at him and kissed his cheek. She made a face and wriggled her nose. "You need to shave…"

They had to walk a bit of ways outside of the town of Dia Mond but about half an hour later, they had reached the quaint little church. Sirius put her down and walked with the guys down the aisle to meet Dumbledore there. Lily, Molly, and Alice pulled Aurora, Nicola, and Italia into another room and began to conjure up a wedding dress, a veil, high heeled shoes, a tiara, a necklace with matching earrings and then dresses for themselves. Aurora quickly changed and then looked into the body mirror at her reflection. The dress was beautiful; beaded in the bodice which was a corset and also beaded in the arms. The veil hung over her face and she frowned.

"I don't like the veil…" She said and Lily frowned too.

"Yeah…It's a bit much." She agreed and made it vanish from Aurora's head. Andromeda showed up with Nymphadora and Aurora grinned at them. Andromeda did everyone's hair and make-up before she changed herself and her daughter. "So…are you nervous?" Lily asked Aurora and she blushed.

"No…Well, kind of. But I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with him," Aurora answered, smiling. Lily and the girls sighed romantically. Alice made all of the bouquets and filled Nymphadora's basket with rose white petals.

"Why the rush though? Why couldn't you have a big, flashy wedding like Lily, Alice, and Molly did? I mean, I didn't because I was pregnant before he married me…Oh my…You're pregnant!?" Andromeda shrieked and the girls had to shush her. Aurora just blushed and nodded. The girls squealed and then quieted when a knock came from the door. James peeked his head in and grinned at all of them.

"You ladies ready yet? We, unfortunately, have to make this quick. We don't know how long it will take for the Death Eaters to find us again…" He said and the girls nodded. "Aurora, did you want anyone to walk you down the aisle?"

"Yeah…Can you get Remus? No offense, James…I've just known Remus longer," she told him and he shook his head with a smile.

"That's alright; I understand," He took Lily out first and then Ted, Arthur, and Frank all came to take Andromeda, Molly, and Alice. Nicola, Italia, and Nymphadora stood with Aurora and Nymphadora looked up at her with large blinking eyes.

"Aunty Rora?"

Aurora looked down at her and then squatted down to get eye-level with the six year old. "Yes, Dora?"

"Why are you marrying Cousin Sirius?"

"Because I love him, Dora…When you love someone, you want to be with them for a very long time. Marriage is a way of keeping them with you."

"Really? What's love though?"

"Love is the best feeling in the world. You'll do things that you never thought you would when you're in love…You'd give up everything for that person."

"So…Daddy and Mummy don't love each other than."

"What? Dora, your parents love each other."

Nymphadora shook her head. "No, they fight a lot. They scream and yell and it makes me cry."

"Oh Dora…Sweety, every marriage comes with its good times and its bad times. But if the people in the marriage really love each other, they can last through anything. Your parents love each other dearly, Dora. They'll always be together."

"Really?" The little girl sounded so hopeful that Aurora almost cried. She hugged the little girl and kissed her cheek.

"Yes, really. Now…You get to go throw flowers all over the aisle for me." Nymphadora smiled and left the room just as Remus came in. Nicola and Italia followed; Nicola held Sirius' ring in her hands and Italia held Aurora's ring in hers.

"Ready, Rora?"

"Yes…Thank you for coming, Remus; it means a lot to me."

"You're like a sister to me; I couldn't miss this." He offered her his left arm and she linked hers with his, smiling at him. "Now it's time for you to get married."

"Yes…Yes it is." She responded softly and an overwhelming feeling of complete jubilation and exhilaration coursed through her veins as they stepped out of the room.

Ligamen: Latin- string or thread

Adstringo: Latin- to draw together, tighten, compress, compact

I don't know how accurate these are but I got them from a Latin to English website that I can't remember now lol

Thanks to zen-chic-78 for the add and review! I'm glad that you liked the last chapter :) I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. Only 10 chapters to go! Please review. Thanks -Siriusgrl88