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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 21:

"Aurora! I know you're in here somewhere," Draco said, stood in the middle of the room, "mother's worried about you as am I. Please Aurora. I know you were mad at first but now everyone is worrying about you. Aurora please."

"Am I in trouble?" came Aurora's voice from the shadows.

"No of course not," Draco said before casting lumos and then saw a scared looking Aurora and he hurried over to her and wrapped his arms around her before picking her up and taking her over to the sofa.

"I'm in trouble aren't I?" Aurora asked as Draco sat her on his lap.

"Aurora no you're not," Draco said before turning serious, "however you have had a lot of people worried. My mother has been sorting out your bedroom and losing her mind because she hasn't heard from you. I know you're mad for us for not telling you but we wanted to protect you from the truth. You'd have been even more scared than you already are if you had known the truth," he said before pulling the mirror out of Aurora's bag and pressing the button and waiting for a minute before a gasp made Aurora jump and Draco tightened his grip on Aurora.

"Mother please tell her she's not in any trouble. She seems to think she is," Draco said.

"You lied to me!" Aurora said crossing her arms and having a strop, "everyone did! I don't like it when people lie."

Narcissa had been reminded that Aurora would be childlike, well even more childlike for her age.

"My darling girl. I wanted to tell you but everyone else decided to keep it a secret. Those two girls have put you through enough and we didn't want to put you through more pain. I was going to come and tell you as soon as I had permission from the Headmaster," Narcissa said.

"You…still lied to me!" Aurora said and Draco had to tighten his grip even more and Narcissa instantly began to sing Scarborough Fair and Aurora began to calm down and eventually fell asleep.

"Where are you?" Narcissa asked.

"The Room of Requirement, Forth Floor," Draco replied.

"I should have remembered. That's where your father and I went off to," Narcissa smiled as she remembered back.

"What did you come here for?" Draco asked.

"Let's just say I wasn't as innocent as everyone believes when I married your father," Narcissa said with a playful smirk.

"Mother spare me the details. Are you coming to check on her?" he son questioned before Narcissa nodded and said she was before ending the mirror connection.

Draco wondered when his mother would be arriving before the door opened. He instantly pointed his wand at the person before hearing his mother's voice.

"I see your father taught you well," she said before looking at Aurora and slowly waking her up.

"Mummy?" Aurora said without thinking as she woke up and rubbed her eyes.

"Yes darling it's mummy," Narcissa said before standing Aurora up and pointing her wand at the 11-year-old and moving it up and down her. Aurora just stayed still, a sign that she now trusted Narcissa.

Narcissa waited for the wand to finish telling her things before she looked at Draco,

"A little dehydrated and under fed but I get the feeling the House Elves have been feeding her whilst she's been in here but she's still not eating enough for her to get to the healthy weight she's been set," she said before sitting down next to Draco and pulling Aurora onto her lap, "Little Flower why did you come and hide in here?"

"Am I in trouble?"

"No darling. You just had everyone worried about you," Narcissa said.

"At first it was because I wanted to stay away from everyone because I was mad at everyone," Aurora said, "but then it turned into a place where I could hide and not be bullied by anyone. I just could be who I wanted and be left alone. I thought it was OK to be in here," she said.

"It is OK but you need to tell people where you are next time because we were all worried about you. I wanted to tell you and the fact that you didn't answer my mirror calls hurt me," Narcissa said before Aurora just looked at her and began to cry softly and Narcissa wrapped her arms around Aurora and held her close, rocking her gently, softly singing to her to calm her down.

Eventually Aurora calmed down and Narcissa stroked her hair,

"We got worried because of everything that you've been through. Anything could have happened to you and we wouldn't have known where you were. Now I want you to go back to the Common Room with Draco and tell someone you trust if you're coming up here and when."

"OK mummy. I'm sorry," Aurora said before Narcissa softly kissed her little flower's head and smiled softly before Draco rose from his seat and gathered up Aurora's bag and took her from his mother and headed back to the Common Room with her and Narcissa headed back to Malfoy Manor.

Malfoy Manor, Aurora's finished bedroom, Two days later:

Narcissa was just finishing off the final touches to Aurora's bed and went and stood by the door and looked around the room before feeling some arms around her waist.

"It's perfect," Lucius said, "she'll probably be scared about the size at first but we'll do what we have to to make her feel safe here."

"What if she doesn't Lucius? What if the Manor is too big and scary for her. She's just a baby," Narcissa said looking at Lucius.

"Cissa I think as long as you're around she'll be OK. I will be at the Ministry and I'd like to take her there at some point. I know her official announcement is at the Christmas Ball but I think she should meet the Minister for Magic."

"It's Aurora's choice Lucius," Narcissa replied, "it might be too much for her. I'm not ready to expose her to that."

"You are her main parent," Lucius said thinking, "I guess you're right. Lilly!" A sudden pop and the House Elf appeared.

"Master called?" she said.

"Yes. Miss Aurora's room is ready so please make sure it remains clean and maintained. She will be arriving in three days time," Lucius said before Lilly bowed and disappeared, "come and see what I've done in your study," he said before taking his wife's delicate hand and leading her to her study.

Narcissa wondered what her husband had done in her study before he led her inside and pointed to a corner and Narcissa gasped as she saw an area set up for Aurora with her own desk and bookcase and everything.

"I thought you'll have work to do for the Christmas Ball so she could sit in here with you and do her homework," Lucius said before Narcissa kissed him softly,

"It's perfect. Thank you," she said before Lucius pushed her against the door and kissed her hard before pulling away, "and so was that," she gasped.

"She's going to be OK Cissa," he said softly as he held her close and kissed her forehead, "she'll be fine once she's here I promise you. We'll make her feel so at home she won't want to go back to Hogwarts."

"I hope you're right Lucius. I hope you're right."