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Finally Belonging Somewhere-Part 60:

A few days passed and things began to settle down. Natalie and Chloe were keeping their distance from the recently discovered Malfoy daughter. The theory was that it was they were figuring out a way to make it up to Aurora and her family for everything that they had done to the girl at the orphanage.

That was the one bit of good news that was received by Lucius and Narcissa. The bit of bad news they did also receive was a bad one… an extremely concerning piece of news and Narcissa was now frantically worried about her daughter.

A witch had been seen lurking close to the wards and enchantments protecting Hogwarts from the outside world and there were fears that it could have been Bellatrix. Narcissa and Lucius had been waiting for something like this to happen now it had been revealed that Aurora was back home with her parents and brother. It was only a matter of time before Bellatrix would have come out of hiding.

"We cannot be sure that it is Bellatrix," Narcissa said, part of her still in denial that her beloved sister was behind what had happened to her daughter, "she hasn't made any attempts to enter the Castle if it is her," she pointed out.

"Cissa…" Lucius sighed, "Bellatrix wouldn't even dare enter the Castle with it being so busy. She's not stupid enough to just walk into the school and the Floo Network is monitored. I still think that your sister is behind what happened to our daughter."

"Bella loves me… but I do have to admit that she was jealous of me being the golden girl in the family. I know it's possible but I really don't want to believe that Bella could be behind it all but then part of me knows how insane she can get," Narcissa sighed as she looked at Lucius, "what are we going to do?"

"Keep Aurora safe. That is all we can do and act normal so she doesn't know that we know she's around here. Your father has some news and will be here soon I believe to inform us of it but I think, for now at least, Draco and Aurora are told nothing about any of this. It won't do Aurora any good at all."

A perfectly manicured hand ran through blonde waves and another sigh. The mother knew the husband was right and yet she was halfway between denial and accepting; twisting thoughts playing on her mind as one tried to dominate the other and eyes rejected contact with her husband's as she clearly got lost in thought.

"You say there's news from my father…?" she asked.

"Yes and he will be on his way as soon as he has clearance from Dumbledore to enter the Castle. We have permission to come and go as we want but your father doesn't," Lucius said as he looked at her, "I know this is hard for you to understand but Bellatrix may have been the reason Aurora was taken."

Narcissa remained silent and just picked up her book again, beginning to read it, waiting on her father to come and sighed softly. She just tried to read her books, partly to stop Lucius speaking to her and partly trying to distract herself from it all.

Eventually there was a knock on the door and Lucius quickly answered it before Narcissa hurried to greet her father and watched him as he sat down.

"I won't ask how you are because I can tell but, as you both know, I have been looking into the events of the day Aurora was taken," Cygnus said seriously as he watched the parents take a seat. His daughter reluctant but Lucius forced her into a seat.

"What have you been able to find out?" Lucius asked.

"Well a woman fitting Bellatrix's description was seen around St. Mungo's and then she disappeared and a Healer appeared from out of nowhere saying that she was a new Healer working with the birthing team and then she disappeared after Aurora was taken," Cygnus said, "they tried to track her down but she gave a false name and there was no record of her at all."

"What about her appearance?" Lucius asked as he looked at his father-in-law.

"Tall, slim, hair was out of control," Cygnus said, "everything that looks and sounds like Bellatrix. She wouldn't let anyone get near her left arm either."

"That is where her Dark Mark would be," Lucius confirmed, "I haven't had Aurora find out and we haven't really figured out how to talk to her about it either," he said, "she will have to know though."

"Bottom line is this all points to a Bellatrix stunt that she would pull. Druella and I never helped matters by saying Narcissa was the perfect child but Bellatrix clearly was jealous and hid it well. Draco was born and he and Narcissa were the centre of attention and then Aurora was born…"

"And that tipped her over the edge and Aurora was the one she took it out on…" Lucius sighed as he looked at Cygnus.

"So she was responsible for what happened to my daughter…?" Narcissa said as she uttered her first words since greeting her father, "my little flower was the one who suffered because of me! I was seen as the golden child and that made her jealous and she wouldn't risk harming an heir so she went for an innocent little baby who was barely alive! How in Merlin's name did Aurora survive? If she was removed from the hospital before she was ready then she would have died…"

"We suspect that somehow it was an inside job and we are now tracking down possible suspects on that as well," Cygnus said, "I've had to drag Abraxas in on that one as it requires Ministry of Magic things and I do not have the authority in the Ministry but Abraxas does so that's why he's now involved."

Narcissa looked before the tears began to fall, reality setting in as she realised that her beloved sister was behind everything that had happened to her daughter.

"I want Bellatrix found and justice for Aurora, not just the orphanage but Bellatrix too. They are responsible for what happened to her," Narcissa said.

"Rest assured," Lucius said, "we will get justice for Aurora. I promise you that and I promise her that as well."