Hey everyone!
So I remembered to post finally. It's been a rough week and then Crimes of Grindelwald messed with my head. If you're reading Flora I'm looking at getting that going again with the very first plot I had. Only problem is that it is similar to the start of CoG but we shall see. Big thanks to everyone still reading this. Means a lot.
Lots of Love,
LM xxxx
Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 35:
Narcissa arrived on the Saturday morning and instantly headed to the Headmaster's office.
"Aurora and the Thestrals will have to be addressed sooner rather than later. It is frightening t think that she has seen someone die already," Narcissa said to Dumbledore and then sat down, "I intend to poke around in her mind as soon as she is asleep. She doesn't know about me being a Legillimens. That is the one thing I have kept from her so she won't be pushed away by me. I know she'll be in the room assigned to Lucius and myself because it is time for her weekly check up. I am concerned that, whilst she is settling down, her mental health is showing very little signs of improvement."
The Headmaster nodded and thought,
"We may have to get her assessed by Healer Jones again soon if there is no signs of improvement and yes Draco and Aurora are in the room you and Lucius have been assigned and I believe Astoria is as well," he said before Narcissa excused herself and headed down the corridors and people hurried to get out of her way. Of course everyone knew who she was.
She ignored the whispers and arrived at the door and said the password before being allowed to enter and she saw Draco, Aurora and Astoria on the bed waiting for her.
"Mother," Draco said and nodded his head towards his mother.
"Narcissa," Astoria said, copying Draco's head nod before the matriarch found herself nearly being knocked over by Aurora. She instantly wrapped her arms around the girl and smiled,
"Yes Miss Aurora. I'm guessing you're happy to see me," she said before feeling a nod on her hips. She carefully picked Aurora up and turned to Draco, "You can get down to Hogsmeade if you want," she said, but, to her surprise, Draco shook his head.
"I'll go after her assessment," he said, "I'd rather be present for that."
Narcissa nodded as she understood her son's worry about the little witch they'd taken in. She then proceeded to sit Aurora down in the chair and waved her wand in the air and began to run all sorts of scans on her foster daughter; a piece of floating parchment recording the changes to the witch's condition if there was any.
Narcissa could see that Draco was also holding Astoria close and she noticed the two watching Aurora in case the girl got scared and began to try to escape. That was happening less but sometimes a certain scan would frighten her because it felt like she was being punched.
Draco was on his feet suddenly as Aurora whimpered and tried to run but Astoria was there first and she held Aurora still so the other results wouldn't be affected by her moving too much.
"Rora…" Narcissa started, "Draco told me you can see the Thestrals. Can you remember why you can see them?" she asked, knowing Astoria had hold of the little girl.
Aurora looked at Narcissa; her big blue eyes watching the witch.
"I…I don't know. I can't remember," she said softly, "did I see something?"
Narcissa and Draco looked at each other before Aurora spoke.
"I need helps with my dress," she said softly as Narcissa put her wand down.
"I'll talk to you about the check up later," Draco said before he dragged Astoria off the bed, "see you in Hogsmeade mother!" he called as he walked out the room.
Narcissa said OK before she pulled out the plans for Aurora's dress out and looked at them.
"Where did you gets them from?" Aurora asked.
"I had Draco con… take these away from you so I could stop you from driving yourself crazy with trying to figure out ideas," Narcissa said before she pulled Aurora onto her lap and showed her the designs for her dress and smiled as Aurora pointed out things that she spotted that she liked…basically the whole dress and the matriarch just laughed before she looked and asked Aurora to describe her dream dress and listened, "basically a child's version on my dress then," she said, "that can be arranged," she said grabbing some parchment before waving her wand and making bubbles appear and smiled as Aurora slipped off her lap and chased after the bubbles. She finished writing her letter to her dressmaker before hearing a knock on the door and went to answer it.
After learning that Lucius had arrived she went up to Aurora and told her that they would be heading to meet the others in Hogsmeade and then they were heading to a restaurant in a nearby town for dinner because Lucius had managed to get a reservation in an exclusive restaurant and they had to hurry up.
Aurora stopped running after the bubbles and looked before Narcissa casually waved her wand and Aurora was suddenly in a pretty and shimmering pink dress and a matching silver headband and a winter cloak before she checked her little flower over and then took her hand and the two began the walk to the Castle Gates and once they were there she held Aurora close and apparated them to the meeting point.
"Cissa," Lucius said before he looked, "the Portkey is ready for us. Everyone place a finger on the boot please," he said watching as Narcissa placed Aurora's hand on the boot and then her hand on top so the little witch wouldn't get lost. Aurora screamed as the Portkey pulled her off the ground and Narcissa wrapped an arm around her tiny waist before they landed outside the restaurant and Lucius put the boot away and the group walked in.
Lucius walked in first with Narcissa on his arm and Draco walked with Astoria on one arm and Aurora on the other and the little witch tried to hide her head as people looked at her and she looked down at the floor as they were shown to their table,
Lucius was trying to be the public person that everyone knew she was but he couldn't when Aurora let out a whimper and he hurried and picked her up and warned everyone who glared at his daughter that they would be sorry. Narcissa didn't bother correcting him. At Christmas they had planned to give Aurora the news that they were going to adopt her and he sat her down in the chair between him and Narcissa.
The meal was slow and Aurora soon began to struggle to stay awake and she never made it to desert. The little one was asleep before her desert could even be ordered.
"I will carry her through the Portkey," Lucius said.
"I'm tempted to get inside her head to see what happened," Narcissa said, "but once we're back at Hogwarts," she said. Lucius nodded and then proceeded to eat his desert asking Aurora's to be placed in a box and then he watched Astoria and Draco talking.
The meal finished and Lucius prepared to leave and he took Aurora in his arms before wrapping his travel cloak around them, picked up his cane and then the group left the restaurant and Lucius gave Draco the Portkey to hold as they all placed a finger on the boot.
They managed to apparate straight into the room Lucius and Narcissa stayed in when they were at Hogwarts and Narcissa retrieved Aurora from Lucius' arms and got her ready for bed before sitting on the main bed. She was nervous but felt Lucius' hand on her arm before she removed it and delved into Aurora's mind and broke through a wall.
5-year-old Aurora was stood at the top of the stairs at the orphanage and was arguing with an older girl and she snatched her doll back before being called names.
"Freak!"
"Baby!"
"Ugly!"
Aurora looked and watched before she stepped back unaware she was backing towards the stairs. One of the girls pushed her and Aurora screamed as she fell and one of the older girls had been coming up the stairs and she and Aurora went tumbling down the stairs and Aurora cried as she reached the bottom and tried to wake the girl up.
One of the carers hurried and looked before telling Aurora that the girl was dead and she cried and screamed believing it was her fault.
Narcissa pulled back out of Aurora's thoughts and turned to Lucius, Draco and Astoria,
"She was pushed down the stairs and a girl was killed and she believes it was her fault," she explained before she looked and held Aurora tight, unaware that by breaking down the wall she would unleash nightmares Aurora had forgotten about.