Hey everyone. Penultimate updates before my birthday and I have planned the first Lydia Chronicles book (aka Secrets) until the end. Hope you're still enjoying this and thanks for reading still. Big thanks to LexiGrey2003 and Nadsnape for the reviews.

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LM xxxxx

Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 27:

Aurora was sat reading on the window seat in the library. Druella had not left and was now residing in a guest room away from the family area so Aurora wouldn't be any more scared than she already was. The 11-year-old was still rather scared of the witch and Narcissa didn't want her scared any more than she was.

Narcissa was constantly defying her mother when it came to Aurora and was spending time with the girl dancing or in the gardens and Narcissa's astronomy area. Even singing could have been heard. Draco was at the Ministry with Lucius for the morning.

Druella was sat in the ballroom. She knew Lucius was at the Ministry and Narcissa was in her study so she decided to do a little test for Aurora. She summoned the girl's House Elf and told Lilly to get Aurora's pointes and the witch herself and bring her to the ballroom.

It wasn't long before Aurora was stood in front of the witch.

"You asked to see me Mrs. Black?" the little witch asked.

"Put those pointes on and let's see your dancing," Druella simply said before she watched Aurora put the pointes on. The little witch was wondering what was going on and she looked at her.

The aging witch waved her hand and some music started and Aurora began to feel the music before she began to dance and let the music wash over her as she always did. She began to relax before she heard the music stop.

"You are not dancing the way a Pureblood was," Druella said.

"Well I had to teach myself at the orphanage," Aurora said, "so if you'll excuse me for not dancing the way you want me to then I can't help it and I'm sure Mummy would pay for me to get lessons to improve."

"Well try and extend more," Druella said before she started the music again and Aurora began to try and extend more and try and write the way Druella wanted her to.

The music stopped again and Aurora looked at the witch before going to her and standing in front of her.

"You will be having those lessons because you, for whatever reason my daughter has decided, are a member of this family now and you will begin to act like one and that hair needs taming and you need to be fattened up," she said.

"Yes Mrs. Black," she said, "I'm sure Mummy will see that anything you wish is taken care of."

"Another thing do not call her mummy."

"But she doesn't mind it!" Aurora said before Druella shouted at her about it and the little witch ran off in tears.

"Mother! How dare you shout at her after everything?" Narcissa was stood on the balcony…with Lucius stood next to her.

"I'll go and find her," Lucius said before kissing Narcissa softly and then he headed off and Narcissa headed down the stairs towards her mother to clearly give her a lecture about the way she'd spoken to the young witch. The blonde haired witch was heard shouting as Lucius tried to locate Aurora.

Eventually he grabbed the young witch's unicorn teddy and put a locator spell on the teddy so it would lead him to Aurora. He was worried about the little witch as they, well he, Narcissa and Draco, knew that shouting could trigger a flashback.

He watched as the unicorn teddy hovered and realised that Aurora was curled up under the table. He got down on his knees and instantly pulled Aurora out and then stepped back as she took the unicorn teddy in her arms and looked at Lucius.

"She's just being her usual wicked self," he said, "believe me she's a dragon compared to my mother."

Aurora looked at him before Lucius scooped her into his arms and that was when the problems began to rise.

"Narcissa you are letting her be the way she wants to be instead of raising her the way I raised you," Druella said, "you should be raising her to fit in with us."

"Aurora is different mother. She has to be treated differently as recommended by the healers," Narcissa said before she looked at her mother, "Aurora is special but in a different way mother and you and Priscilla would do well to remember that," she said before hearing a scream and hurrying in the direction of the scream.

When she arrived she found Lucius holding a crying and fighting Aurora. She gasped as Lucius was smacked around the face before rushing over and taking Aurora from him. Druella instantly went over to Lucius and began to check her son-in-law over and then turned her attention to Narcissa and watched as she carried a distressed Aurora around to try and get her to settle down.

"She shouldn't have hit you like that," Druella said.

"I shouldn't have lifted her up like that. Male contact doesn't go… She had some problems with boys and males at the orphanage and it left her scared," Lucius said, "Narcissa is the one she'll actually let pick her up and Draco if there's someone else there. It was my fault," he said before looking over at Narcissa.

Narcissa herself was still walking around singing Scarborough Fair and rocking the 11-year-old as she slowly began to calm down.

"How long will that take?" Druella asked, getting concerned that Aurora was taking a while to calm down.

"I've got it under control," Narcissa said before soothing Aurora, "you triggered something Lucius and I had no idea about," she said before finally hearing Aurora.

"Mummy…"

"Oh Aurora! My Little Flower," she said stroking the girl's blonde and slightly curly hair, "it's OK. Daddy didn't mean to scare you like," she said softly before Lucius cautiously approached and changed Aurora's shoes before Draco arrived and that made Aurora wiggle free from her foster mother's arms and Draco scooped her up into his.

"Hey you," he said softly, "want to come and see what I brought you from Diagon Alley?"

"Yes please," she said, "can I mummy? I wants Lilly though."

"Lilly and Daisy can both go with you," Narcissa said before watching Draco carrying Aurora away followed by the two House Elves.

"Was she…?" Druella asked.

"We think so based on her memories," Lucius said, "but instead of it crushing her it just turned her into the girl you see before you," he said.

"How did it go?" Narcissa asked.

"The Minister has officially launched an investigation and our report from Healer Jones is at the top. He still couldn't believe that nothing had been done about the orphanage and uncovered that Aurora was treated far more harshly than the other orphans," Lucius said as they moved to the parlour.

"You mean she was singled out by the adults?" Druella questioned.

"Yes and that's how most of the other children were able to single her out as well. We are still learning how to cope with all of this and help Aurora to get through it all. There's irreversible damage in that head of hers and that is what we will have to cope with her whole life now. She will finally get the justice she deserves," Narcissa said, "that's the most we can get her but anything is better than nothing," she said before sitting down. It had been a long and exhausting morning and Narcissa was grateful it was almost time for lunch. Hopefully the afternoon would prove easier and calmer than the morning because everyone needed it after the morning's events.