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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 26:

Narcissa's arm had snaked around Aurora and she felt the girl shaking. That was the one thing that made up her mind.

"Lilly! Daisy!" she called and the two House Elves appeared.

"Mistress called?" Daisy said.

"Take Aurora to the library. Give her drink and food and let her read to you if she wants," Narcissa instructed.

"Yes Mistress," Daisy replied.

"Mummy…" Aurora whispered and Narcissa crouched down,

"Go with them and I'll get you soon," she said softly and Aurora nodded and Lucius gave her her teddy before the Elves took her arms and apparated out of the room before Narcissa stood up and looked at her mother.

"I demand to know what is going on here. Who's the brat?" Druella coolly asked.

"We'd better go to my study," Narcissa said before she swept out of the room and down towards her study. Druella followed before Lucius followed behind.

Narcissa wasn't surprised to find tea ready to be served and she served the tea before she looked at her mother.

"First of all never ever call Aurora a brat," she said, "that child is wonderful."

"You still haven't answered my question about who she is," Druella said, sitting down. Lucius sat down and Narcissa sat next to him.

"Aurora is a Pureblood witch we found on the first day of term lost at the station so we helped her and then I found out she was an orphan and we decided to get her under our care so she wouldn't have to go back there," Narcissa explained, "she's been beaten and abused more times than we were initially told. I am her personal healer and she's staying with us."

"What about your missing daughter?" Druella asked.

"We will continue to search for her," Lucius said, "but we've agreed that, considering everything that she has been through, Aurora should be our priority. She and Draco. Narcissa and I have two children that need our attention…"

"How is Draco coping with all of this?" Druella asked.

"Draco has assumed the protective big brother role," Lucius said, "we are rather proud of him," he said, "he and the Greengrass sisters are doing everything in their power to protect her."

"From those girls who said those things about her to that Skeeter woman?" Druella questioned.

"That is correct mother," Narcissa said, feeling more confident with Lucius' hand wrapped around her's.

"Where are the child's medical reports?" Druella asked and Narcissa went to her desk and pulled out the medical report and an agonising few minutes as Druella read and reread the medical file before she put it down and looked, "so you are her personal healer Narcissa?"

"Yes mother and I'm at Hogwarts every weekend to get an update on her and then talk to her and see how she is mentally," the daughter explained, "it'll take years to undo the mental damage that place has done to her."

"I want to meet her. Properly," Druella said, stunning her daughter.

"No…" came Lucius' voice, "you've just scared her half to death Druella."

"She's seen me now and has probably calmed down," Druella said, "bring her now."

Narcissa sighed and knew she wasn't going to win the current disagreement and called Daisy and explained to her what she wanted before the elf nodded and snapped her fingers and disappeared before Aurora was brought to the study and stood in the doorway, Lilly and Daisy either side of her.

"Mummy…" Aurora said as she spotted Druella and she took a step back as Narcissa watched, trying to remain as her mother wanted her to but a whimper from her 11-year-old foster daughter soon broke that. She hurried over to Aurora and soon had her balancing on her hip.

"Narcissa Druella Malfoy! That is not the way you behave with an 11-year-old child," Druella said.

"It is the way with Aurora mother," Narcissa said before she sat down next to Lucius and sat Aurora onto her lap and watched as Aurora looked at Druella.

The older witch looked at the little witch sat on her daughter's lap and her scowl disappeared from her face.

"Aurora isn't it? I didn't mean to scare you the way I did," she said, "you see Lucius and Narcissa didn't tell me about you and I found out through Rita Skeeter…"

"That nasty woman…" Aurora mumbled.

"I usually agree with what she writes but not this time," Druella said, "I saw the report and there is no way you are crazy," she said before looking as Aurora just watched her.

"Stay for dinner Druella," Lucius said, "you can Floo home after. Cygnus is out isn't he?"

"Yes and I thought this issue needed to be discussed Lucius. Has your mother been yet?" Druella asked.

"No she hasn't. I think she was leaving it to you," Lucius said before hearing Narcissa talking to Aurora and the little girl went over to her area of Narcissa's study and began to do some colouring.

"She has her own area?" Druella questioned.

"Yes so she can do practice things whilst I'm doing business," Narcissa said, "she has the mental age of an 8 or 9-year-old so we have to factor that into everything," she said as she kept an eye on Aurora as the little girl did some colouring in.

Eventually the dinner was announced and Aurora skipped her way to the dining hall and Lucius held out an arm each for Narcissa and Druella and then was the gentleman and pulled out the chair for each of the women and then he warned Aurora he was picking her up and placed her in her special seat.

Narcissa kept an eye on Aurora as she spoke to her mother before the little girl finished her food and she watched as the girl wiped her mouth.

"We can talk more mother once my Little Flower is in bed. I need to bath her first," Narcissa said,

"She has supervised baths?" Druella asked.

"She has a fear of water," Lucius said, "so Narcissa's evenings for a bit are bath and bubbles whilst Aurora is here for half term," he explained before calling Lilly to start Aurora's bath in their ensuite and to move the bubble machine in there as well. The elf nodded before going off to do as instructed.

Aurora was beginning to get tired by the time desert had finished and Narcissa went over to her and kept her awake before being told the bath was ready so Narcissa excused herself and picked Aurora up and carried her into the bathroom and had the usual fight to get her in the bath but once the bubble machine was going there were bubbles in the bathroom and bubbles in the bath Aurora was distracted and Narcissa managed to get the little girl into the bath.

Druella wondered if bathtime was any different so she slipped away from Lucius and headed straight for the master bedroom and stood silently watching as Narcissa washed Aurora's hair before the little girl screamed softly as she almost slipped under the water. Druella watched Narcissa sooth Aurora before getting the girl out of the bath and wrapping her in her towel.

"Mother…" Narcissa said as she kept Aurora close and began to dry the girl and soon had the little one in her unicorn pyjamas and settled in the main bed.

"Why I here?" Aurora asked as she yawned.

"Because it's closer to where Mummy and Daddy will be," Narcissa said before softly kissing her head before Lucius did the same and then Aurora instantly fell asleep, exhausted after the day's events.

Draco arrived home for the weekend soon after and joined the adults for an adult conversation and Druella learnt just how much Aurora was changing life at Malfoy Manor and she couldn't see at first it was for the best but she could also see something in her daughter she hadn't see in years and if it meant having Aurora in the family then that is what she'd have to do; for Narcissa's sake if nobody else's.