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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 15:
Aurora couldn't believe her luck that she was going to be able to go to Hogsmeade with Draco and the sisters but there was a more pressing matter. Aurora had a second hand wand from the orphanage and she was trying to do some magic in Charms but she was failing.
"I think she needs to get the Malfoys to take her home. She's clearly not a witch," someone said.
"Leave her alone! Her wand won't work because it hasn't been brought for her," Charlotte said, "she probably needs to go to Ollivanders and get her own wand." Aurora smiled slightly before feeling Charlotte squeezing her arm gently.
"That is actually right Miss Lewis. Garrick Ollivander says that your wand builds a connection with you and becomes part of you and orphans tend to get passed down wands," Flitwick said, "so they won't connect with their wands. This is not Miss Edwards' fault at all and I'm sure when the Malfoys hear they will take Aurora to Diagon Alley and get her her own wand before the day is out. Lucius Malfoy has a way of finding out things before we can even inform him."
Malfoy Manor-Narcissa's study:
Narcissa was sat behind her desk getting things ordered for Aurora's room. She was just getting the window seat ordered when Lucius walked in.
"Lunchtime we are taking Aurora to Diagon Alley. She cannot perform a single piece of magic," he said and Narcissa looked up. Even just signing forms and ordering stuff she looked glamourous and Lucius couldn't take his eyes off her.
"We are taking her Lucius?" Narcissa questioned, "don't you have a meeting at the Ministry?"
"I've informed the Minister and he has allowed me to accompany you to Diagon Alley and purchase Aurora's new wand and have lunch and then I have to go to the meeting and you get Aurora back to Hogwarts," Lucius responded.
"You have everything sorted. Why won't her wand work?" Narcissa asked.
"Remember she's an orphan…"
"A second hand wand! How did we miss that?"
"I don't know but she cannot perform a basic spell or charm. It looked brand new…What are you doing?" he asked walking over to his wife's desk and looking.
"Her window seat. I think she'll like looking out over the gardens," Narcissa said, "the orphanage didn't appear to have one, well they had one but you could hardly call it a garden. I also think we should find out what she likes. I mean she loves unicorns and fairies and unicorns so I think some fairy lights and another unicorn nightlight would be an idea as well as the constellations on the ceiling. It needs to be calm and soothing for her."
"We'll get her room finished over the weekend. Can't believe Dumbledore's letting us have her over half term," Lucius said, "I mean it's never be done before. Should we bring Charlotte today?"
"The whole situation with Aurora is unusual. Yes I think we should as she is Aurora's friend," Narcissa admitted putting her quill down, "I'll finish this ordering when I return after lunch," she said before kissing Lucius softly and heading off to get ready as it always took Narcissa a while. Well she did have a status to maintain.
Hogwarts:
Aurora had received word that Charlotte was going to Diagon Alley and she was excited that her friend was going to be permitted to go. She followed Snape to the Headmaster's office and looked at Narcissa and gasped.
"Wow!" Aurora breathed, "you look stunning…I mean beautiful." She shrunk back, still afraid that she was going to get hurt for saying things before she felt Narcissa's hand on her shoulder.
"Thank you Little Flower. Now let's get you a new wand and both of you fed," the matriarch said softly before taking Aurora over to the fire and looked as Lucius wrapped something around her wrist and Aurora's,
"I'm not taking chances Cissa. You almost let her go last time," he said before doing the same with himself and Charlotte. Narcissa nodded before stepping into the fire and then securing Aurora in her arms before Lucius watched the two disappear in a sea of emerald flames.
Narcissa had just untied the tie as Lucius and Charlotte appeared.
"Let's get her wand first," Lucius said and Narcissa nodded and asked to see Aurora's wand. The young witch got it out and held it out to Narcissa.
"Second hand and cracked in places. No wonder she can't do anything," Narcissa said.
"They were teasing her in Charms about it but me and Professor Flitwick stuck up for her and he explained why it was happening," Charlotte said before Narcissa thanked her and they headed to Ollivanders.
"Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy," the wandmaker said and bowed, "what can I do for you?"
"This is our foster daughter Aurora and this is the wand she's been using," Lucius said taking the wand from his wife's hands and presenting it to the wandmaker, "she needs a new wand. I don't care what the cost."
The wandmaker assessed the wand before looking at Lucius,
"This wand should never have been given to her. It will not work with her magic at all," he said, "the wand is in poor condition and should have been snapped in half ages ago. I will assure you Mr. Malfoy she will have the wand that works best with her magic."
"Thank you Ollivander," Lucius replied before gently pushing Aurora forwards and she looked before doing as the wandmaker had asked before she flinched at being touched and Narcissa hurried forwards so there wasn't a panic from Aurora.
She remained by the witch's side before Ollivander brought some wands out and Aurora tried the wands but none of them worked.
"I'm not a witch am I?" Aurora said beginning to get upset, "that's why I can't do magic."
"I have an idea. There is a wand but…" Ollivander started.
"Just get it," Lucius said and Ollvinader hurried to retrieve the box and then just got the wand out and passed it to Aurora. The witch felt something tingling inside her and flicked her wand and a Daffodil appeared out of the wand.
"That's the wand!" Narcissa said.
"Curious, very curious…" the wandmaker said.
"What is?" Lucius asked.
"Well the wand is Ebony wood, unicorn hair and exactly the same length as Mrs. Malfoy's. The only difference is the studs form the shape of fairy wings and the core is different. Mrs. Malfoy's is Dragon Heartstring." the wandmaker explained before Narcissa pulled her wand out and placed it next to Aurora's. The similarities were obvious and Narcissa gasped before regaining her composure.
"It's Aurora's wand and we will have it," Lucius said, "it's just a coincidence the wand is strikingly similar to my wife's." He then paid for the wand and led the two Hogwarts witches out and Aurora's eyes fell on Flourish and Blotts, "fine but we need to be quick or we'll miss our lunch reservation."
Narcissa couldn't help but smile as she saw Aurora run inside the bookshop and luckily it was quiet or else Aurora would have been terrified. Narcissa hurried and found the young witch with the fairy and unicorn books and saw the girl looking at two books in her hand.
"What's wrong?" Narcissa asked.
"I don't know what one to get," Aurora said, "there's this book on Astronomy I heard about too…"
"You shall have all three books," Narcissa said gathering up the two books and then leading Aurora over to the Astronomy books and Aurora soon had the book in her hand.
"Now I have to pick one," Aurora sighed.
"Why do you say that little flower?" Narcissa asked.
"Because we were only ever allowed one book at the orphanage," Aurora said before feeling a hand on her cheek.
"You are a foster child of the Malfoys now you can have as many books as you want and fairies, unicorns and Astronomy will be featured in your room," Narcissa said before going and paying for the books.
The two headed outside and Narcissa caught sight of Lucius stood with Charlotte. The two hadn't entered the store and Lucius checked his watch before they headed to lunch.
"I have postponed my meeting until tonight at the Manor," Lucius told Narcissa as they sat down at their table.
"I don't want to keep you from the Minister!" Aurora said, "please don't…"
"It's my decision Aurora because the Minister understands the situation. Are you excited for Hogsmeade?" Lucius asked taking Aurora's hand in his own.
"Yes I am. Those girls are going but Draco will keep me safe," Aurora said before looking at her menu.
Lucius watched as Narcissa helped Aurora choose what she was having and saw people looking at them. He and his wife were Legillimens so they were currently talking to each other without Aurora and Charlotte being able to hear.
"So Charlotte. I hear you're a fantastic flier," Narcissa smiled as they waited for their first course.
"Yes I am Mrs. Malfoy. My father is a Quidditch player and he wants me to try out for Slytherin next year but I'd rather not until my third. That and Aurora hasn't been back on a broomstick yet. I don't blame her," Charlotte said, "not after what happened."
Narcissa's electric blue eyes looked up at Lucius before she turned her attention to Aurora.
"We're going to help you with that and everything. You will fly so well eventually," she said before their first course arrived. Aurora waited to see what cutlery to use and the four ate in silence before the plates were collected and the conversation began again.
"So classes are going well then?" Lucius asked.
"Yes they are. The classes are the same but so different at the same time," Charlotte said.
"I'm going to the toilet," Aurora said before getting up and hurrying off to the toilet. It came out of nowhere and instantly Narcissa looked at Lucius.
"Something isn't right," he said, "leave it a couple of minutes and then go and see her." A couple of minutes passed and Narcissa rose from her chair and headed into the witches toilets and found a cubicle locked and there was silence. She looked and saw Aurora's shoes and quickly unlocked the door to find Aurora sat on the floor crying silent tears. She quickly picked the young witch up and held her close and began to sooth her as she kicked out.
"What's wrong my Little Flower?" she asked softly.
"You wish Charlotte was me!" Aurora said before Narcissa tightened her grip on Aurora as the young witch lashed out once more, "you're always talking to her and not me!"
Narcissa looked at Aurora and knew she was being like this because she was scared and feeling left out.
"We're talking about school because we want to know how you're getting on," she said softly, "oh Aurora. We haven't done what we've done just to send you away…"
"The other people did that and then just sent me back…"
"Lucius and I have no intentions of sending you back there. You are staying with us and that is the end of it," she said before holding her little flower close and carrying her back to the table and keeping her on her lap. She told Lucius everything using their mind connection before Lucius went over wiped Aurora's tears away.
Aurora began to calm down just in time for the main course but Narcissa refused to let go of Aurora so she kept her sat on her lap as the two ate their food and kept reassuring her that everything would be OK. What nobody had realised was that Rita Skeeter had been watching and now had a juicy story about the Malfoys to publish and it would be published the very next day.