Happy December everyone! The most wonderful month of the year has arrived. NaNoWriMo was a write off... if you'll excuse the bad pun in there so I just decided to get some writing done for my fics. My hours have gone down at work now so I'm hoping to use the time wisely to plan and write all my fics. Whether that happens though is always a different story with me.

Lots of love,

LM xxx

Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 59:

The day in Hogsmeade had helped to calm Aurora down but now the start of the new term had arrived and everyone was nervous about how Aurora was going to cope.

"Cissa… she will be fine," Lucius said softly as he stroked his wife's golden waves. He'd joined his wife at the Castle soon after dinner and had spent most of the night reassuring her that their little princess would be OK as people wouldn't mess with her now they knew she was a Malfoy but that was failing to reassure the mother. She had been bad over Draco but she was far worse with Aurora and he couldn't really blame her for that.

The two adults were sat at the staff table when Aurora walked in with Charlotte and sat down at the Slytherin Table. She was unmistakable with the fairy and unicorn themed back that her parents had given her for Christmas. Lucius watched as Draco walked in with Astoria and wondered where Daphne was when she arrived moments later and the group were soon sat down with their breakfasts.

Aurora was just eating toast and strawberry jam and Narcissa couldn't help but smile as she was eating the same thing and then watched as Aurora began to eat the strawberries that had been placed in front of her.

"She'd have been a Hufflepuff if she wasn't a Malfoy," Narcissa said, "you know that right?"

"Of course I do. The Hat did debate on Hufflepuff for her but she wanted Slytherin to not disappoint us," Lucius said, "I asked it when I arrived last night."

Eventually breakfast finished and the warning bell sounded for classes and Narcissa had wanted to follow Aurora but knew she was expected at the Hospital Wing and had to trust that Draco would be able to manage the situation.

Aurora and Charlotte had Charms and the Malfoy girl was excited, Charms, Flying and Astronomy were her favourite subjects.

"You got the bracelet on?" Draco asked and Aurora nodded

"I never take it off," she said before showing it to her older brother and she waved bye as she went into the classroom and sat down. Draco made sure she was settled before heading off to Potions.

Charlotte was keeping an eye on things as she worked. Charms was one of those subjects where somehow could shoot something harmful albeit mildly harmful at Aurora and Charlotte was going to make sure that nobody would harm her friend.

Luckily Charms passed without any dramas and the two had Transfiguration now and they were walking alone through the corridors when they walked into Chloe and Natalie.

"I'd step out of the way if I were you," Charlotte said, "you don't want to mess with a Malfoy now do you?" she asked as she looked at the girls, "don't forget her mother works at the school now as well," she smirked before Natalie and Chloe turned to Aurora and looked at her.

"Aurora," Natalie began, "we should not have bullied you like that in the orphanage, not just because you are a Malfoy but because bullying is wrong and something that no child should ever have to go through."

"What we did to you was wrong and we are sorry. What's going on with you now is because of us. We understand that now," Chloe said, "everything that is wrong with you is because of us. Can you forgive us?"

Aurora remained silent, clearly processing the words that she'd just heard and eventually she decided to speak.

"I won't simply forgive you. It doesn't work like that," she said as she looked at the girls, "technically what you did to me was unforgivable but if you can earn my forgiveness then I will see about forgiving you," she said the two girls nodded.

"Then we will try and earn it then," Chloe said before she and Natalie left and the two First Years carried on to Transfiguration. Charlotte hoping that would go well and then she'd have to fill Draco in over lunch and Merlin knows what Narcissa would say when she found out as well.

Lunchtime came and Charlotte waited until Aurora was distracted before she turned to Draco and looked at him.

"Natalie and Chloe cornered us earlier and asked Aurora to forgive them but she said that they had to earn her forgiveness and they agreed to. How serious they are about it I'm not sure," Charlotte said, "they sounded it but I couldn't be sure."

Draco looked at Aurora before rising from his chair and walked up to the Staff Table and instantly went to his mother and explained everything and she was instantly on her feet and walking over to the Gryffindor Table and everyone watched as she walked up to Chloe and Natalie and soon the two witches were following the blonde out of the Hall and Narcissa led them to a private room.

"What in Merlin's name are you doing approaching my 11-year-old after you have been warned to stay away from her?" Narcissa asked.

"Just trying to apologise. We've had a term talking to and realise that…"

"I don't care what you were told you are to go nowhere near my Aurora WITHOUT my permission. Everything that is wrong with her is because of you two. Nobody else!"

If steam could be coming from Narcissa's ears then it would be and she looked at the two witches in front of her.

"You two are to blame for what has happened to my treasured daughter and having to see day in day out what the intense bullying has done to her is heartbreaking and I so wish that you two could see what she has to go through," she said before taking a breath, "I shouldn't be angry at you as I am now staff but right now I am a mother protecting her daughter. It is not just Aurora's you will have to earn. It is mine, Lucius' and Draco's. Someone ripped her away from us when she was a baby and now you two haven't help her growing up and now we, her family, have to try and help her as much as we can. If I hear that you have been near my daughter without permission then I will not hold back. Am I clear?"

"Yes Lady Malfoy," the two girls mumbled before being dismissed. Oh yes Narcissa would be watching their every move and if they did something that she didn't like them they would surely know about it. Narcissa would do whatever it took to protect her children against anything. A mother's love was stronger than anything and Chloe and Natalie would learn that if they ever crossed her again.