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Sirius was gone again and it was dark out. Aurora paced the living room. Italia was fast asleep in her room and Annalisa slept in her crib in Holly's abandoned room. The baby monitor sat on the coffee table, small whimpers and gurgles from the baby girl coming from it occasionally. Pippa sat on the sofa, trying to read a book by some witch, but her eyes kept going to Aurora. Finally, Pippa closed the book with a heavy sigh and looked at Aurora, one brow raised.

"Aurora, stop; you're making me nervous," Pippa snapped slightly. The dark haired young woman stopped briefly, not looking at Pippa. Pippa watched her and noticed that her left leg began to twitch and then she was pacing again. Pippa rolled her eyes and opened her book again. About an hour later, Sirius walked through the front door and Pippa heard Aurora gasp sharply. Pippa turned and her eyes widened. Sirius was dragging an invisible someone through the door as Aurora rushed to it and closed it when Sirius had gotten the invisible someone over the threshold.

Aurora kneeled down and yanked the Invisibility Cloak off of a bloody and unconscious James. Lily suddenly appeared beside her and Aurora squeaked in surprise, one hand fluttering against her chest. Pippa stood and ran into the kitchen, grabbing the First Aid kit. She kneeled next to James and removed the blood from him with a wave of her almond wood wand. Sirius, Lily, and Aurora lifted him and placed him on the sofa before Aurora took the kit from Pippa and sat down next to James.

She hissed softly between her teeth as she gently moved his head to his left shoulder, exposing a gaping wound on the right side of his neck. "Severus?" she asked as she cleaned the wound. She glanced up at a panting and nodding Sirius. He looked grim and dirty, blood covering him as well. She frowned, took care of James quickly before she went to Sirius.

"I'm fine…Sectumsempra; his signature move," Sirius grumbled, explaining how James got so badly injured. Aurora wiped the grime off of his face and he sighed. He stopped trying to stop her as she fussed over him. Lily was sitting with James, silent tears running down her cheeks. Aurora went to her and gently placed a hand on her back. Lily looked up at her and Aurora pulled her up into a hug.

"Who were you fighting?" Pippa asked about five minutes later as Aurora busied herself in the kitchen, making hot cinnamon tea. Sirius sat at the kitchen table, holding a pack of ice against his head as Pippa stood leaning against the island counter; Lily refused to leave James' side. Sirius pulled the pack of ice from his head and gingerly touched the bump on his head; he winced and put the ice back on it.

"Well…Severus for one. Er…Avery, Wilkes, Karkaroff, Travers, Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan, Alfred…Oh and Voldemort himself was there," he whispered the last part but Aurora still caught it. She whirled around, her eyes huge.

"What?!"

"It's alright! No one died!" he rushed to reassure her.

"Who was with you?" Pippa asked to slightly change the subject. Sirius looked up at her again and answered.

"Frank and Alice, Molly and Arthur; though Molly should have been at home with the kids…Er…Ted, Marlene and her parents and brother, James and Lily…um…me and Dumbledore. Marlene and her parents had to fall back to their house about fifteen minutes into the battle. Ted was injured pretty badly but Molly got him out of there. She didn't come back though. Frank got Wilkes pretty good and Arthur deflected the Killing Curse from Voldemort that was aimed at Frank; I believe that's the second time Frank's been aimed at by Voldemort. Alice was battling Bellatrix and was stunned unfortunately. Voldemort was advancing on her, but she seemed to come around just as he was pointing his wand in her face. She was able to deflect that Killing Curse; making it the third time she's gotten away from him.

"Frank got Avery before he was wounded by Karkaroff; he and Alice Disapparated. Arthur got Karkaroff and then Rabastan before he told Dumbledore that he had to leave. I got Rodolphus pretty good, if I do say so myself. James was battling Severus the entire time and unfortunately, Snivellus was able to disarm James and then attacked him when he was wandless. After I wounded Rodolphus, he and Bellatrix got out of there and then Rabastan and Karkaroff followed them. Wilkes had to get Avery out of there too.

"Voldemort was battling Dumbledore, I was battling Alfred, and Lily was battling Travers. I got Alfred with the Immobulus Hex just as James went down. I Stunned Severus and grabbed James just as Lily Stunned Travers; Dumbledore yelled at us to leave and Lily deflected the Killing Curse that Voldemort sent at us. Then we left."

"Oh, I hope Dumbledore's ok!" Pippa exclaimed, looking worried. Aurora nodded but replied.

"Knowing Dumbledore, he probably scared Voldemort enough to get him going. He's probably fine." Sirius nodded in agreement and watched Aurora's backside as she bustled out of the kitchen to give Lily a cup of tea. Pippa saw this and hit him over the head with her book. He winced and glared at her.

"Hey!"

"Shhh!" Aurora shushed as she came back into the kitchen to grab James a cup. She poured tea in it and then walked back out of the kitchen. Again Sirius watched but when Pippa raised the book over his head, he grabbed her wrist and glared up at her again.

"I have a right to check my wife out," he growled and Pippa blushed, leaving the room to sit in the recliner in the living room. Aurora came back into the kitchen and sat in his lap with a soft sigh. She wrapped one arm around his neck as she gingerly pulled the ice pack out of his hand and away from his head. She gazed at the bump, a dark bruise already forming on it and around it. Sirius grinned as his eyes feasted on her cleavage, her bosom being right in his face because of her position. She placed the ice pack back on his bump before she scuffed his ear, twisting it slightly.

"Do you not have any manners, Sirius Black?" she asked, one brow lifting. He smiled sheepishly.

"It's not my fault you're attractive," he answered and grinned when she blushed, a small smile curving her lips. He gently pressed his lips to hers and she sighed softly against him as she settled in his lap.

"Quite the flatterer, aren't you?" she whispered as she placed her right hand against his left cheek, her thumb brushing at the skin beneath his left eye. He nodded.

"Do I get a treat for it?"

"You really are a dog," she giggled and kissed his forehead, leaving his lap. He whimpered and whined like a puppy and she rolled her eyes at him.

Christmas rolled around but there was no large celebration this time. Aurora spent it with Sirius, Remus, Pippa, Lily, James, Holly, Nicola, Italia, Harry, and Annalisa. Lily, Pippa, and Aurora were busy in the kitchen that morning, making breakfast. The men were just starting to come downstairs, their noses twitching with the familiar and delicious smell of breakfast.

Holly and Nicola both poured over thick books for school, parchment and quills out. The kitchen wasn't a quiet one that morning; the bacon and sausage were sizzling in the pans, toast was popping out of the toaster, plates and silver wear were clattering about, Annalisa and Harry giggled and rolled around with each other on the tiled kitchen floor as Italia watched them carefully, the women chattered, and quills were scratching against paper.

Sirius, James, and Remus all plopped down in the chairs at the table, Sirius sitting at the head of it. Soon, breakfast was done and served and silence filled the room except for the clinks of metal against porcelain and the cooing from the two new mothers at the table as they fed Annalisa and Harry. Finally, after Sirius, Remus, and James cleaned up, they all sat in the living room, surrounding the tall, fat Christmas tree that Sirius, James, and Remus had cut down.

Holly was overjoyed at finally receiving her own broom from Aurora and Sirius; she had become Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team earlier that year and she was ecstatic to tell Aurora in a long letter. She had been borrowing a broom from the school for the time being. She had also gotten a box of sweets from Pippa, a male kitten from James and Lily (which she named BoBo immediately), a Sneak-O-Scope from Remus, a copy of The Best Book of Jinxes and Hexes by Roland Boberniks from Nicole and Italia, a pair of wooly socks from Dumbledore (which she looked at quizzically before looking at Aurora, who shrugged and laughed), and a furry cap from Hagrid.

Nicola got a long, fur coat from Aurora and Sirius, a book of new spells from Lily and James, a crystal vase from Pippa, a gold watch with the Hufflepuff Badger in the center of it from Holly and Italia, a Sneak-O-Scope from Remus, a furry purse from Hagrid, and a woolly cap, with the same Badger from the watch on the rim of it, from Dumbledore.

Italia got a beautiful pink leather coat from Aurora and Sirius, a pretty floral shirt from Lily and James, a matching pink leather purse from Pippa and Remus, a gold chain necklace from Holly, a golden charm for the necklace from Nicola, a small, brown, leather bound diary from Dumbledore, and a charm bracelet from Hagrid (that he obviously made himself but nonetheless, she slipped it onto her wrist with a large grin). All three girls got ornaments from Molly and Arthur, and dolls from Andromeda and Ted. Annalisa got a Baby's First Christmas ornament from Lily and James and Harry received the same from Aurora and Sirius. Both babies received baby clothes and toys from everyone.

Aurora had gotten Sirius the flying motorcycle he had been ogling at for months whenever they went to Diagon Alley. He had gone outside to see it and nearly passed out in shock before he grabbed Aurora and swung her around in the snow covered front yard. He had given her a silver charm bracelet and everyone had chipped in and gotten a different charm for it. James had done the same for Lily and Remus the same for his sister, Pippa. James took a picture of the three women holding their right arms up, showing off the new charm bracelets, all of them grinning from ear-to-ear.

Aurora had gotten James and Remus a new pair of robes. James had received a new broom from Lily and a box-of-tricks from Pippa and Remus. As the day went on, the kids went upstairs to play or study and the guys went into the kitchen to drink coffee and talk about Order business. Aurora, Lily, and Pippa were cleaning the living room up when a sharp couple of knocks came from the front door. Aurora went to it and peeped out the peep hole. She smiled and began to open the door but had it shoved back closed by Sirius. She looked at him in complete confusion.

"Sirius! It's Dumbledore!"

"It is I, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore; creator of the Order of the Phoenix. I also discovered the 12 uses of dragon's blood and studied with Nicholas Flamel. I have my very own chocolate frog cards and I defeated the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald in 1945. Oh, and I don't care for Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans." The old voice spoke from the other side of the door. Sirius seemed satisfied because he opened the door and grinned sheepishly at him.

"Sorry, Albus…Just a precaution," he said but Dumbledore smiled as he stepped over the threshold.

"It is alright, Sirius. It is good that you're taking precautions." Aurora flushed and glared at Sirius before smiling at Albus.

"What brings you here, Professor?" she asked, gazing up at him.

He smiled at her kindly. "May I have some tea? I'm quite thirsty," he explained and Aurora nodded and went to go to the kitchen but saw that Lily had beaten her there. Sirius and Aurora led him into the kitchen and they all sat down as Lily gave them all tea. They sipped at their tea and listened to Dumbledore and the plans for the Order. There was another battle coming soon but Dumbledore didn't know when or where. He also told them of some more casualties; Gary Thomas had been killed two days before and three Muggle families had been killed the day before. Everyone was shocked to hear about Gary.

Gary had been a very charismatic and confident man. He was tall and dark skinned with a bit of an afro, like Kingsley's but not as large. He had married a young Muggle woman a while ago and had just had a son earlier in the year. Dumbledore explained that Gary had sensed the Death Eaters on his street and left his family in the middle of the night. He had fought five Death Eaters by himself and had taken two with him. Dumbledore said that the Death Eaters who attacked him were Travers, Rodolphus and Rabastan, Kovachev, and Grant. Gary had taken down Kovachev, a Bulgarian Pure-blood, and Grant, a Scottish Pure-blood. They made a toast to Gary and then swallowed the rest of their tea.

The younger girls came into the room and Holly and Nicola beamed at Dumbledore; they had always liked him. Italia climbed into his lap immediately and began to braid his beard. Everyone laughed and then Aurora and Lily went upstairs to bring down Harry and Annalisa. Dumbledore took turns holding each of the babies and was quite happy to see them all living normal lives, or, as he put it, 'as normal of lives you can possibly have'. Sirius and James took the babies back up to their cribs as Pippa and Remus went to finish cleaning the living room.

Dumbledore turned to Aurora and smiled at her as he took one of her hands in both of his. He placed something cool and metal in her hand and she looked down when he pulled his old, wrinkled hands away. A beautiful rose gold necklace laid in her hand, a carved Sickle-sized locket attached to it. She looked up at him, her brows furrowed.

"Your mother told me to give it to you in case he came after her. It was her mother's and her grandmother's before her. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get it to you; I had kept it somewhere very safe and I forgot the password," he explained, his eyes twinkling.

Aurora gazed back down at the locket and opened it slowly. Inside, on the left door panel, was a picture of her and her mother when she was seven years old. They were both laughing and waving, a beach behind them. Tears sprang into her eyes and she sniffed, impatiently wiping the tears away as she felt Lily gently pat her back.

Thanks to eloquent-dreams and AJ for the reviews! I hope you all like this chapter. Please review! Thanks. -Siriusgrl88