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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 31:
Narcissa frantically began to look around the Common Room for any sign of her foster daughter.
"Lucius she's not here!" she said and everyone looked. Never before had they seen Narcissa Malfoy panicking over something that much.
"She's in the Castle somewhere Cissa and she will be safe," Lucius said, "all this worrying won't help you. Now come and sit down and wait a few minutes."
Hermione had arrived in Gryffindor Tower and was finally able to look at the little witch in her arms.
"Aurora…?" she asked before realising that it was the Malfoy foster child. Harry and Ron walked over before Harry looked at her,
"Get her to the dorm now," he said, "if Natalie and Chloe find her then all hell will break loose."
Hermione looked and nodded before slipping out of the Common Room and up to her dorm and closed the door and sat the shaking girl on her bed.
"You're safe now," she said softly, "I'm Hermione. Gryffindor Prefect."
"Aurora Edwards," Aurora replied shakily and looked around, "this place is so bright compared to the Slytherin dorms under the Black Lake," she said softly, "why did you scoop me up?"
"Because you would have been hurt if I hadn't. It was the best way to keep you safe," Hermione said before looking at Aurora, "I don't care who you are. There is a troll loose in the school and I am charged with keeping people safe and that includes you."
Aurora looked and nodded softly,
"Thank you Hermione," she said before pulling out her mirror and pressing the button and seeing Narcissa's face appear.
"My Little Flower where are you?" Narcissa asked, relieved to see Aurora's face before her relief faded as she saw Hermione.
"Ummmm hello Mrs. Malfoy. My name is Hermione Granger and I am a Gryffindor Prefect. Aurora is safe with me in my dorm. She tumbled to the floor so I just picked her up to make sure she was safe," Hermione nervously explained.
Narcissa looked away from the screen and Aurora noticed the smile fade from her face before she looked back at her.
"Thank you Miss Granger. I know all about you from my son Draco. I am not happy that it's you who has saved Aurora but I would rather her be safe than out there with a troll loose in the Castle," Narcissa said, a hint of coolness in her voice.
Aurora wondered where it had come from but she soon saw the look on Hermione's face and she realised that the older witch had realised something in the tone from her foster mother and she didn't like the tone but knew there would have been a reason behind the tone. She decided to ask her about it later.
"I didn't mean to scare you mummy," Aurora said, "I got pushed over and I couldn't get up and catch up with you in time and someone picked me ups. I didn't know who it was though but Hermione did save me and as soon as she realised who it was she brought my in here so those mean girls wouldn't find me."
At that moment the door to the dorm opened and two smirking girls appeared at the door.
"Aurora who is it?" Narcissa asked before hearing a voice that sent chills down her spine.
"Well if it isn't the Edwards sorry Malfoy brat," Natalie smirked before walking over and looking at the mirror in Aurora's hands.
"That's from the Noble House of Black. You stole that," Chloe said before she tried to take it from Aurora but found herself shot backwards as she tried to touch the mirror.
"Nice try but the mirror will only be carried by myself or Aurora," Narcissa said and Aurora turned the mirror around so Narcissa could speak to the girls, "now may I remind you that there is an investigation going on and you should be nowhere near my daughter," she said before the two girls saw Lucius appear and they hurried out of the dorm.
Hermione allowed Aurora to lay the mirror on the bed and she found a reading book and let Aurora sit and read it. Narcissa helped Aurora as much as she could through the mirror knowing that her foster daughter was safe. It was obvious that she didn't like Hermione but would rather Aurora be safe than in the clutches of those mean witches or even in the hands of a troll. She listened to Aurora reading but couldn't help think how far behind Aurora was and it hurt her about all the things that Aurora had never had because of the orphanage. She was hoping the investigation would soon be over and the people that hurt her precious little flower would soon be paying for what they'd done.
"Her…mione… I need a dwink," Aurora said and Hermione nodded and got Aurora a drink of water. The small witch drank the water and Hermione left the witch alone and went and sat on one of her dormmate's bed and let Aurora be alone with Narcissa.
She watched and could begin to see the struggles and could understand why Malfoy and Astoria and Daphne were so protective of her. She could also see, as she looked closely, the scars that Aurora had received and wondered what the little witch had already been through, so much from what she'd heard.
"Have a nap Little Flower," Narcissa said, amazed that the dorm hadn't filled up.
"The Halloween Feast is carrying on in the Common Room," Hermione explained before watching Aurora lay down and she fell asleep curled up as always. Hermione sat on the bottom of the bed and began to do some homework and watch Aurora as she slept.
Eventually Hermione found herself being gently shaken awake and she then woke Aurora up and picked up the girl and told Aurora to shut the mirror off and she did before securing it in her cloak.
"Where are we going?" Aurora asked.
"You'll see," Hermione said softly before walking down the stairs to the Common Room and then talking to Harry and Ron.
"We'll keep those two girls away from you," Harry said, "just not as obvious as Draco and the others do," he said.
"Thanks," Aurora said before Hermione carried her out of the Gryffindor Common Room and was soon snatched into some arms and she instantly sank into them. Narcissa.
She instantly buried her head into the matriarch's chest and breathed in the scent of her foster mother and settled down.
"Thanks Granger," Draco said, "for…well you know."
"Was that a thanks I heard?" Hermione said before spotting Narcissa had walked away with Aurora.
"Watch what you say Mudblood," Lucius warned, "the fact that you protected my foster daughter changes nothing. Come Draco," he said before turning and walking away; Draco following him.
"I didn't mean to scare anyone," Aurora said, "I couldn't keep hold of whoever," she said before Narcissa kissed her head,
"It's OK. I'm just glad the troll never got to you. If anything ever happened to you…I…I don't know what I'd do," she said softly as she walked to the assigned room for herself and Lucius and then laid Aurora down in the bed for her and watched as the little witch instantly fell asleep and then signalled for Lucius and Draco to be quiet as they walked into the room and Lucius walked over and checked Aurora over.
"Good. No damage done," he said before pulling her close and kissing her softly before Draco made a hurried exit from the room and Narcissa laughed softly and got ready for bed. She went and laid down with Aurora and Lucius just left her to it but couldn't help wonder when Narcissa would decide the time was right to adopt Aurora. After all Druella did have a point and the one thing he'd learnt about the Blacks was they always got what they wanted in the end.