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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 18:
"Hat and coat," Draco said.
"Check," Astoria said, "scarf…"
Check," Daphne said, "gloves, check. One Aurora ready for Hogsmeade?"
"Check," Aurora said as she looked at the older three Slytherins. Hogsmeade day had arrived and Aurora was excited and nervous. She promised to remember everything so she could tell Charlotte everything she'd seen.
"We'd better go," Astoria said before the three made her way out of the Common Room and went to Mr. Filch to be ticked off. Astoria handed in her form before the attention shifted to Aurora.
"She's a First Year. She's not allowed to go," Filch said.
"Yes she is you cretin. Check under the name of Malfoy," Draco said, "you should see Aurora Edwards' name. She is under my mother and father's care and has been given special permission."
The tone of voice Draco had used made her jump but Astoria wrapped an arm around the young witch before Filch looked.
"My apologise Mr. Malfoy. You four may go," he said and the four joined some of the walkers.
"We walk to the village?" Aurora asked.
"It's not far," Draco said before he pointed out the village to Aurora.
"It looks so pretty," Aurora said, "can we go to Honeydukes first?"
"Yes we can," Daphne said before the four walked closer and closer to the village.
"The noise may startle you," Astoria said before looking at Aurora, "if it does one of us will stand outside with you." Aurora nodded before gasping as she could finally see the High Street and all the shops.
The four joined the chaos before Aurora looked in her pockets and gasped before starting to cry.
"I can't get anything! I forgot my purse," she said.
"Don't worry Aurora. We'll get you whatever you want. No buts Aurora," Draco said, "mother sent me money for you and you'll soon have access to our money account." Aurora nodded before finding Draco holding her hand and looking at her, "I have some earmuffs. Now I can put these on if you want. They'll make it less noisy in Honeydukes."
"Yes please Draco," Aurora said before Draco gently put the earmuffs on and took her hand and led her into Honeydukes and grabbed a basket before pulling Aurora's right earmuff off slightly.
"Whatever you want put it in the basket and then once I've given you a thumbs up we can go around and see what you want," he said before Aurora nodded and he put the earmuff back on her ear.
She looked around and gasped as she saw the sweets. It was a bittersweet moment for Draco as he was happy Aurora was there but reminded she'd probably never seen sweets in such vast quantities. He remembered she liked Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Botts' Beans and instantly put two lots of each and then 2 giant bars of Honeydukes chocolate before putting some in for himself and then he gave Aurora the thumbs up.
Aurora looked around before picking up a couple of chocolate wands, Mice Pops and Jelly Slugs. Then some sugar quills and sugared butterfly wings before telling Draco that she'd got enough. She watched as he spoke to Daphne and then took Aurora to pay for the pile of sweets before taking her outside and removing the earmuffs,
"We'll wait for the girls and then show you around the other shops. We'll see if we can get you your own writing set," Draco said.
"Tommes and Scrolls too please," Aurora said.
"OK but after the writing set," Draco said before Daphne and Astoria joined them, "we're going to see about getting Aurora a Malfoy writing set and a Unicorn quill and then Tommes and Scrolls and then The Three Broomsticks for lunch."
Draco made sure he had Aurora close to him as they walked to the quill shop and went straight up to the owner with Aurora.
"Hello Scrivenshaft. This is my foster sister and we want a Unicorn quill and a fairy themed one, neither very childish and that can be used for a few years. Then she also requires a personalised writing set with the Malfoy Family Crest on it," Draco said.
"Can I have a Unicorn printed on it and a fairy? And can it be unicorn colours?" Aurora asked.
"Well why aren't you writing this all down? Send the bill to Malfoy Manor and we'll be back to collect it at 4:30pm sharp," he said before leading Aurora out and then they headed to Tommes and Scrolls.
They walked in and Aurora gasped and ran towards the books before looking back at the three and her face was just so childlike and full of joy.
"Books…she loves books," Astoria said.
"Just like my mother," Draco said softly before watching as Aurora brought a couple of books over to Draco and he looked before Astoria took them out of his hands.
"I'll get these," she said.
"'Stori no. She's…" Draco started before he was interrupted.
"Like a little sister to both of us," Astoria replied, "you've brought her the sweets so let us get the books," she said before Draco eventually relented and let Astoria get the books before they headed to The Three Broomsticks.
They found a booth that was in a corner and someone came to take their order rather quickly. Draco ordered for Aurora so she wouldn't be overwhelmed before he suddenly moved closer to Aurora as Natalie stopped in front of their table.
"She's a First Year. What's she doing here?" she questioned.
"She has special permission," Draco said, "and my parents agreed."
"Throw the Malfoy name around why don't you?" Natalie said.
"Remember you're talking to two Prefects here Adams. Now leave," Daphne said before they were finally left alone and the Butterbeer arrived and the food. Aurora's eyes widened at the huge slice of chocolate cake and she took a fork and began to eat it, legs swinging under the table before she took a sip of Butterbeer and smiled,
"Butterbeer is yummy!" Aurora said before Astoria stroked her hair and Draco watched and Daphne smirked noticing before they finished eating their food before Draco looked at the time.
"We're due at Scrivenshafts soon to collect Aurora's writing set," Draco said, "you two finish up here and seeing as Aurora has finished her cake I'll take her with me and meet you outside. Ready Aurora?"
Aurora nodded and got her winter wear on before Draco led her back to Scrivenshafts to collect Aurora's writing set and quills. Aurora instantly fell in love with her quills and then she was shown the writing set and she gasped when she saw the box.
"I put Malfoy on it," Scrivenshaft explained, "I didn't know what surname to put so I put Malfoy," he said before opening it and there was the professional unicorn coloured envelope and saw the unicorn and fairy in three corners and the Malfoy Crest at the top and then her name at the top.
"It's perfect! Thank you sir!" Aurora said before Scrivenshaft bowed his head and packaged everything up and then the two met up with Daphne and Astoria and made their way back to the Castle. Aurora delighted with everything she'd got. For one day she'd been just a normal witch without a care in the world and she was going to use her new writing set to write to Narcissa and tell her everything even though she'd use the mirror and tell her everything. Aurora wanted to actually write using her new writing set because she couldn't believe how much her life had changed.