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Minerva took the three babies and Italia to Hogwarts as Albus and Aurora went to Molly and Arthur's house to let her change. She came out of the bathroom of the Burrow in tight jeans, a off the shoulder sweater, a thick jacket, tennis shoes, and a Ravenclaw scarf wrapped around her neck. Her hair hung about her shoulders, straight as a bone. Molly and Arthur gave her their condolences but Aurora was too dazed to really feel anything anymore. Albus and Aurora left them and then were quickly caught by Cornelius Fudge.

He looked very serious as he approached them and Albus smiled slightly at the smaller wizard. "Yes, Cornelius?"

"Excuse me, Dumbledore, but I need to speak with Aurora alone."

"No," Aurora said quietly, catching the little wizard off guard. "I want Dumbledore here."

"Oh alright then…Mrs. Black, do you know where your husband is?"

"Sirius? No…why?" And then it clicked; she had been so caught up in her sister and children's safety and James' and Lily's deaths that she completely forgot about how they could have ended up dead. Their Secret Keeper had to have given them up willingly for their whereabouts to be revealed to Voldemort; Sirius was James' and Lily's Secret Keeper. "No…Sirius…He wouldn't give up his best mate…" Aurora seemed flustered and almost lost.

"Cornelius, Sirius left their home with me earlier this terrible day; I know at least that he did not go back." Dumbledore spoke matter-of-factly and Aurora looked like she was lost in deep thought.

"Do you know where he is then, Albus?"

"Unfortunately, no."

"Minister! We have news!" A tall young wizard with a long face, small goatee, and dark eyes ran to Cornelius and handed him a letter. He read it to himself and then looked up at Albus and Aurora.

"Come with me," he stated simply and Aurora and Albus grabbed his arms. He turned on the spot and then they Apparated in a very crowded street. They hurried forward, pushing Muggles, witches and wizards aside as they went. Aurora staggered a bit when they came into the cleared part of the street. Her eyes bulged and her face paled. "Sirius…" she whispered his name under her breath as she gazed around the destroyed street.

There was a large crater in the middle of the street; a water line had been destroyed as well so water spouted out of the crater, making it seem as though it were raining which wasn't a good thing on a cold night like this. Aurora hurried forward, leaving Albus and Cornelius behind as she searched for Sirius. She saw that the crater had actually taken out a few houses and the bodies of Muggles littered the street. And then she saw him; he was leaning up against a 'cop' car that the ministry was using to keep the Muggles from getting too suspicious. His hands were behind his back and his black hair hung about his face in clumps due to the water. She ran to him but was caught around the middle by a Ministry Official.

"Get off of her!" Sirius roared and lurched forward but another wizard had to club him in the ribs with a fat black stick. Sirius let out a puff of air and doubled over. Aurora was able to fight off the officials and went to Sirius. She placed her hands on his shoulders and slowly straightened him up. She pushed his hair out of his face with trembling hands as she looked him in the eyes. He looked angry and frightened and devastated.

"What happened here?" she whispered.

"Peter…he---"

"You killed Peter Pettigrew and these twelve innocent Muggles," one fat wizard accused as he brandished his own stick. Aurora looked from the fat wizard to Sirius, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

He shook his head, his eyes pleading with her. "No, no, Aurora…I didn't betray Lily and James! I didn't kill Peter!" he objected and then she felt herself being pulled away from him. She didn't fight back; she was too shocked. They led him away but Sirius and Aurora never broke eye contact until he was loaded into the back of a cop car. He looked out at her from the window and he mouthed the words 'I love you' to her. She mouthed them back automatically as she watched the car drive away.

It was raining on November 3rd, 1981. Aurora, Holly, Nicola, Italia, Albus, and many others were crowded in a little cemetery in Godric's Hollow. The priest was reading from the bible as the two caskets were lowered slowly into the ground, the rain pouring down on the smooth, glossy surface of the caskets and the lilies and roses that covered the tops of them. Aurora stood impassively as every woman around her sobbed. Once the caskets were covered with dirt and completely buried, Albus patted her shoulder gently. She blinked, breaking out of her trance. She slowly looked at him but didn't convey a single emotion to him.

She turned to her three sobbing sisters and gathered them up. She led them away from the cemetery and to the car. They loaded into it and Aurora drove them away, following the flying car above them. They pulled up to the Burrow and went into the large, shabby looking house. The Weasley's followed them into the house but no one spoke a word. Aurora said nothing as she, Holly, Nicola, and Italia went to their guest rooms at the Burrow and bedded down for the night. Aurora didn't sleep that night; instead she cried.

Aurora sat in a circular court room with a high ceiling and many benches that surrounded a chair that stood in the very middle of the room and three other similar chairs sat behind that one in one row. In the lone chair, Alfred sat, chains binding his wrists and ankles to the chair. He looked dirty and disheveled; behind him, Travers, Mulciber, and Wilkes sat in the three chairs. Aurora sat next to Kingsley, Moody, and Dumbledore. It was late November now. Crouch Sr. sat at the front of the trial officials, his eyes narrowed at Alfred. Alfred, Travers, Mulciber, and Wilkes were found searching for Voldemort's whereabouts in Albania when they were found and arrested.

"Alfred Cillian Badeau, you have been brought here in front of the Council of Magical Law to answer charges against you. We've heard the evidence against you and we're very close to making our verdict. Is there anything you'd like to add to your testimony before we announce our verdict?"

Alfred remained still for a few seconds before he turned his head to look up at Aurora, his eyes filled with feigned guilt. She knew he was acting, hoping to convince her to stand up and defend him. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she looked down at him. "Aurora…Sis…Please…You know I didn't do any of that…"

"Do I?" she asked in a clipped tone.

"Aurora, please…I was under the Imperius Curse!"

"You're too damn head strong to be controlled with the Imperius Curse, you little liar!" she snapped, standing now. Dumbledore gently touched her hand but she flinched away from him, walking down the steps to the edge of the benches. She grasped the railing hard as she glared down at her older brother. "You killed Tim and Thekla! The Death Eaters and Voldemort didn't make you!" She felt the people around her flinch at Voldemort's name.

"Aurora, please! You know I wouldn't do something like that! He was my twin brother! I loved Tim!"

"Liar!"

The gavel hit solid wood, making a resounding crack echo around the room but Aurora didn't flinch like her brother. She looked over to Crouch Sr.

"Calm yourself, Mrs. Black," he warned her in a detesting tone. Moody settled at her side and tried to lead her back to her seat but she refused.

"Alfred," she spoke again, her voice commanding. He looked at her, a look of hope on his face. "Are you jealous of me now?" Alfred flushed and looked away from her. She shook her head slightly before turning on her heel and storming out of the court room. It didn't take her long to get out of the Ministry all together. She pulled her jacket on and zipped it up as she got outside, stuffing her hands into her jacket pockets. Sirius' favorite Gryffindor scarf blew in the breeze and she sniffed and watched her feet as she walked away from building, alone.

She still couldn't quite believe that her best friends were dead, and that her own husband was behind bars for a crime that she just couldn't believe he'd be able to commit. How odd that she suddenly became a single mother in one night. She was completely alone now. Pippa was still gone as was her brother, Remus; Peter was supposedly dead; Lily and James were dead; Harry was living with Petunia Dursley, Lily's last living relative; and now Aurora was all alone; alone to raise her three younger sisters, her own two children, and her friend's son.

Aurora hadn't been happy about leaving Harry with Petunia; she knew that Petunia hated their 'kind' and community with a passion because she hadn't been included. Aurora knew that Harry was going to have a difficult childhood. When the time came, she'd let Harry know that he still had family, even if they weren't blood relatives.

As for Voldemort…Aurora frowned slightly as she looked up from the ground beneath her feet finally, her eyes squinted against the cold wind; her hair wiped around behind her as she trudged on through the snow that was falling and the snow that had already fallen.

He wasn't gone; she knew he wasn't. She could still feel him as if he was standing right next to her. She knew that he'd be back. It was just a matter of time…

Kind of an Epilogue…

Aurora smiled as she looked up at the castle through her sunglasses. Her luggage was floating behind her; her wand was in her jean shorts pocket. It was a warm July afternoon and the sun was shining brightly. She felt a tug on both of her hands and she looked down at her son, Conri, and her daughter, Annalisa. Conri looked up at her with wide, light grey eyes. Each day he looked more and more like Sirius; it was a bittersweet sight. He was only three years old and Annalisa was now four. Italia stood to Conri's right, her hand being held by the three year old Rupert, whom Aurora was still passing off as her own son.

"Mummy? Where are we?" Annalisa asked and Aurora beamed.

"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," she answered and Italia, who was nine now, turned to her, smiling as well. Holly and Nicola approached them from behind. Holly was going to be starting her fifth year at Hogwarts this year and Nicola was starting her fourth; Italia was still too young but she was getting close; just two more years. Holly, Nicola, and Italia raced each other to the front doors and Rupert clung to Conri as Aurora led the three children towards their new home. The front doors opened wide after the three older girls ran over to the lake, and Dumbledore came striding out, his arms outstretched and a wide grin on his wrinkled face, his piercing blue eyes twinkling.

"Aurora!"

"Albus!" Aurora let go of her children's' hands and went to Dumbledore, hugging him like she would a grandfather.

"It is very good to see you…"

"Ditto…" she responded with a smile. "This is Annalisa..." she pointed to Annalisa, who smiled sweetly and then hugged Dumbledore's leg. "This is Conri…" she pointed to Conri who blinked up at Dumbledore, his little head tilted all the way back. "And this is Rupert…" she indicated Rupert, who 'eeped' and hid behind her bare legs.

"Hello, hello! Are you all excited about living at Hogwarts?" The three children nodded enthusiastically and then looked over at Italia, Nicola, and Holly as Italia let out a squeal and then there was a splash.

"Out of the water, you three; there's a giant squid in there!" Aurora called to them and she heard Italia say "Oh gross!" before the three were soon seen bounding towards them, giggling and smiling. Albus led them into the castle and Filch took their luggage from them. Albus showed Aurora her classroom and then showed her were she and her four little ones would be sleeping. Holly and Nicola took Italia, Annalisa, Conri, and Rupert on their own little tour as Aurora and Albus walked back towards the front doors.

"Are you glad to be back in the Wizarding community?"

"Mmmm…Yeah. I'm a bit iffy about it all but I think I'll settle soon," she replied truthfully and smiled slightly at him.

"You look a lot happier…"

"Do I? I don't feel that much happier…I think about them all every day, you know."

"As do most of us," Albus replied with a knowing look.

"How's Sirius?"

"He is well; his belief that he is innocent has kept him from going insane…He misses you and his children and your sisters, Aurora."

Aurora frowned and nodded, looking away. "Yeah?"

"Yes. Perhaps you should go see him sometime soon?"

"Perhaps…" And a long, comfortable silence stretched between them before he spoke again.

"Well, I have things I must be attending to…Do make yourself at home, Aurora; I daresay, it is your home now, isn't it?" he smiled at her and she smiled back before he turned and walked back into the castle. Aurora walked on and didn't stop until she was under the tree by the lake. She watched the giant squid stretch a few arms out over the surface of the water and she swore she heard the merpeople singing in its depths. She looked at the tree for a while as memory upon memory crashed over her in waves. She didn't cry as she would have done only a few years ago, but smiled instead, as she remembered the sunny days that she spent with Lily and Pippa out beneath this tree and the day that Sirius kissed her and told her that he would never let her go; good memories.

She turned and headed back for the castle a few minutes later. As she stepped over the threshold of the school again, she smiled to herself. 'Now it's time for new memories…' And so, Aurora really began her teaching career at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Wow...I actually finished a fanfiction! I'm really happy with this story. I hope you all really enjoyed reading it :) Please, please review as this is the very last chapter for this story and I want to know if you'll all be interested in reading the sequel. I will have the sequel up some time soon :D The sequel, which I've been working on while I've been posting this story, is already 50+ chapters :/ I might break that up into parts. Let me tell you now that I brief over the 1st and 2nd books/movies and get right into the 3rd book/movie (it starts in chapter 4, I believe). I wouldn't have gotten to the 5th book/movie had I done the 1st and 2nd book/movie.

Anyway, the sequel focuses mostly on Annalisa and her time with Harry, Hermione, Ron, her brothers, the rest of the Weasley's and so on. The Golden Trio is now the Golden Quad lol If you'd like me to go into a bit more detail for the 1st and 2nd books/movies in the sequel, let me know and I'll see what I can do. But that means that I have to push back the submission of the sequel :( Thank you all for reading this story and I really, really hope and wish that you all continue to read my stories here-after. Love ya! -Siriusgrl88

P.S. Don't forget to review! And thanks to EmSyd, cathopes, and CHEEKIMONKEY for the reviews and Neverending Shades of Grey for the add! I hope you all loved this last chapter :)