Hey all!

So with the way my hours are at work over this weekend it's easier for me to update today. Big thanks to everyone reading this.

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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 4:

Date: 1st September 1995

Place: Ministry of Magic Headquarters-London

Whilst Draco and Aurora had been on the train Lucius and Narcissa had instantly apparated to the Ministry of Magic and demanded to see someone in charge of the orphanages; particularly the one in London that Aurora had been in.

They had been waiting for quite some time when the Minister for Magic walked by.

"Fudge!" Lucius said and the Minister walked over to them.

"Please Minister we need your help," Narcissa said before Lucius could speak, "can we go to your office?" Fudge nodded and soon the three were sat in the Minister's office.

"How can I help you both?" the Minister asked looking at both Malfoys. Narcissa slipped her hand into Lucius's before explaining everything.

"Well earlier we arrived at King's Cross to get Draco on the train when I saw a very scared and vulnerable witch. I realised she must have been a First Year so I hurried over to her and comforted her before learning that her name was Aurora Edwards and she was an orphan. She didn't tell me which one but I managed to extract that from her head. She's from Mrs. Davis' orphanage for witches and it's here in London. She's got blonde hair like us and blue eyes. I then learnt that something had been going on; like she's being bullied or something because she jumped when I gently grabbed her wrist," she paused and had a sip of the drink provided, "and then I had the crazy idea and convinced Lucius to agree to foster her and that is why we are here Minister."

Narcissa waited in silence before the Minister spoke.

"Daws!" Fudge called and someone appeared, "get me the files of all the girls for Mrs. Davis' orphanage for witches in London now."

Soon Fudge was looking through the files and stopped on one.

"Aurora Edwards, Pureblood, 11-years-old, blonde hair, blue eyes…Is this her?" Fudge asked showing the Malfoys Aurora's file.

"That's her," Lucius said before looking through the file, "so many trips to St. Mungo's and nobody said anything…We're fostering her and we want this fast tracked through the system. This young witch has been in the system her whole life and been in hospital at least 12 times and nobody bothered to do anything?! How could this be allowed to have happened? That poor girl was so scared Cissa almost didn't make her get the train."

"Lucius please…" Narcissa said, "you keep this up and we won't be able to help her."

"I will fast track the application. A Scared 28 high society family fostering a child will be accepted immediately and look good for your image," Fudge said filling out the paperwork and getting Lucius and Narcissa to sign their names.

"I don't care about our image Minister. All I care about is saving that poor, precious girl from a system that has clearly failed to keep her safe," Narcissa said.

And with that an hour later Lucius and Narcissa had been approved as Aurora's foster parents and were leaving the Ministry. They'd travel to the Castle and tell Draco and Aurora at the weekend.

Date: 2nd September 1995

Place: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Aurora woke up the next morning and wondered where she was for a minute and then she remembered. She was at Hogwarts and away from Narcissa. Her first thought had been Narcissa, then Lucius and Draco and the Greengrass sisters. She wished one of them were there now because she was terrified. She sat up in bed before waiting until the rest of her dorm had left before she rose from her bed and got dressed and grabbed her bag before heading to the Great Hall deciding that breakfast would be a good idea if she could manage to find her way there.

She wasn't talking to anyone and she had no idea where Draco, Astoria and Daphne were and she only felt safe with them around. She held a secret; a secret that she hadn't told anyone. Of course she was unaware that Lucius and Narcissa knew about all her trips to St. Mungo's but she was hoping to avoid Natalie and Chloe.

She began to walk across the deserted Entrance Hall before someone grabbed her wrist. Aurora's eyes widened as she saw it was Natalie and Chloe was stood just behind her.

"Let me go!" Aurora pleaded before crying out as her wrist was being twisted.

"So you found the Malfoys and Greengrasses and spread lies about us? That's not cool Edwards. You know you'll have to pay for that," Natalie said before Chloe kicked her.

Aurora knew she was powerless and just cried out as it began to happen all over again before she felt both girls blasted back before seeing Astoria Greengrass falling down beside her and holding her close as she cried. Astoria gently took Aurora's bruised wrist and held it close as Draco instantly rounded on the two Third Years.

"What are you doing?" he asked as Astoria had taken Aurora over to Snape who had obviously heard something.

"Just telling her to stop spreading lies about us," Natalie said, "we just do it our way."

"For your information Aurora hadn't said anything so all you've done is outted yourselves," Draco said, "ah Professor McGonagall. These two here have already decided to hurt Aurora." The professor looked over at Aurora before marching the two up to her office. She had seen her fellow professor attending to the First Year and realised that something had happened.

"If it worsens then she needs to go straight to Madam Pomfrey," Snape told Draco and Astoria before sweeping away. The two led Aurora into the Great Hall and over to Daphne.

"There you all are!" she said, "I got your…what happened?" she asked seeing Aurora's wrist.

"Those girls from on the train basically attacked Aurora in the Entrance Hall. There's something going on but Aurora won't say," Draco said, "Pansy isn't going to do anything about it so I will just have to watch over her myself." He watched as Aurora looked at what to have for breakfast before his mother's owl arrived.

"Elara! Mother's sent me stuff already," he said before reading the accompanying letter and passing Aurora a bottle of perfume.

"What…?" Aurora asked.

"From my mother. She sends her love. She hopes it makes you feel safer and here's a couple of her cookies," Draco said before Aurora tucked into the cookies and finished them before she smelt the perfume.

"It smells just like her," Aurora smiled softly remembering the smell. It meant safety.

"Mother put a shatterproof spell on the bottle. In time I hope you'll be able to open up to me about those girls," Draco said before getting some bacon, eggs, toast and beans onto Aurora's plate before getting himself some food and watching Aurora as he ate.

"So you've still got her latching onto you?" Pansy asked.

"She's staying with me and my parents and I am looking out for her as us Prefects are meant to do Pansy," Draco said as he looked around the Hall and saw Natalie and Chloe walk into the Hall and he wrapped an arm around Aurora.

"If you haven't got anything nice to say then move on," Astoria said, "Draco and I have more important things to worry about." Pansy just scoffed before walking away and Draco relaxed. Aurora was eating but the main worry was when she had to go to class. She had no obvious friends and would be alone. Draco had promised he'd keep an eye on Aurora but he couldn't when she was in class. He examined her timetable and made a copy of it before explaining where to go for her classes.

"You will be OK Aurora. Us three will check in with you during the day," Draco said, "you're going to be alright. Maybe not at first but you will be. I promise Aurora; you're family and I will defend you no matter what. It started out with that being a cover but it's nice having someone to get protective over. You're going to be safe Aurora. Me, 'Stori, Daph and my parents will make sure of it." Aurora nodded softly, hoping Draco was right. All she wanted was her nightmare to be over and hopefully it would be now she'd arrived at Hogwarts.