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From there on, Regulus could not understand as to what had changed. She was simply at home with father... Reg doubted that is what truly changed her, perhaps it was the books and she had finally snapped? 

But truthfully...he was thrilled, he could finally discuss it without ridicule or even the pretend confusion. He always had these ideals, and it was heavily laid on him the times his siblings were off at Hogwarts without him.

His friend group and all of his Slytherin house were similar, like minded individuals were attempting to come together and form an inner circle to present themselves to someone very high on the chain...

And that is what Rabastan was all the more thrilled about this coming day, his brother and sister-in-law were more than excited to tell him about Cassiopeia's first introduction with the Dark Lord. 

He wondered if it was the confusion about Sirius' departure or her own views.

But seeing her all happy and full of life, completely dressed for the occasion as greeted him with a kiss on the cheek, it dismisssed all theories on the change of her heart,

"Well someone woke up on the right side of the bed aye?" He joked, attempting to lighten the mood as she did look nervous no matter how much she smiled.

He could already sense it once she flooed from her home with her father on tow.

"Rabastan, how are you this afternoon?" A wide grin appeared on the young man's face. "Swell, especially when this one looks rather lovely today." The blush on his daughters face made his stomach lopsided, course a comment like that would throw her under a stray of emotion.

But it could be much worse.

The young Lestrange was going to present the girl to the Dark Lord, but she knew already prior to this event that she would not get the mark. Although Voldemort wished to mark those in school, Dumbledore would cease their education and he wanted his Death Eater's educated, not thick and lacking.

A few generations of those in masks had started to flood through the Malfoy manner, one of which was obvious Lucius due to his long slick hair flowing down his robe and from underneath his mask. It was a rather organized approach as they circled around and around, and the young Cassiopeia had watched in awe at the formate.

"Cassiopeia Black, The Dark Lord has requested your presence..." The voice echoed off behind the mask, she nodded and squeezed Rabastan's hand as she followed to of the Death Eaters. One he could assume was Bella as she wasn't seen before and tied hair was finally contained for once, but then again it was a very special event.

Rabastan was just a bit behind her, like the proud 'unknowing' fiancee he was meant to be. A smile rallied, this Aurora was less judgemental, vocal, and surprisingly easier to talk with.

He could share views he had questions about, much like Reg had finally a new branch. A more intelligent way of constructing their thoughts more fluently to be actually looked at by the older generations.

As the double doors opened to a study, the two highest members found their place beside the Dark Lord while the rest found their place in the circle. Those who were higher were every other, and those a step back in between the break did not meet the standards just yet.

However her eyes weren't paying attention to that, instead it was the Dark Lord and his mere presence that was dictating her hearts erratic beating as she politely to the man before her and bowed her head in respect.

Rabastan had told her it was a very polite gesture in terms of service and rank, especially to the females as she had added a small curtsy as well.

Looking in his direction once more did she wait for the true reasoning behind the meeting, however when the hooded figure had waved his hand, all those who had spent the time circling about had been granted permission to leave and mingle outside until the true meeting commenced just after this.

Aurora looked back to see Rabastan give her a slight nod before following the crowd, and even glanced up towards to her closest family members as they nodded and give the bit of confidence that allowed her chest to rise.

"Come closer...Cassiopeia...My my have you grown." He spoke softly, but there was an eery chill that rendered her a bit slow in following the order. However she managed to get close enough, even with shaking legs.

"Our little...Ravenclaw...Gave your elders quiet the run for their money, unlike your disgrace of a brother...Turning to those who favor other blood traitors and mudbloods alike." Aurora nodded at the response, but underneath the hood she was curious.

The only effort of skin she had seen was his hands, and they were quite boney...Skeleton-like. She didn't know what she thought of as a face when the Dark Lord popped in her mind, but this wasn't it.

"You don't agree with your older brother's views, do you...My young Cassiopeia?" She firmly rose her pride and shook her head. 

"He is no brother of mine, my Lord...Nor do I pitty his views." It had been a rather brave response, and he smirked underneath his hood as he closed the gap between himself and the young girl.

She had barely reached the legal age of sixteen, two years and she'll be married off to Rabastan. His hands possessively and with mail intent had grazed her cheek in some sort of odd affection. But his deep hum rang through from his thin skinned hands as she felt every vibration.

"Perfect...Do you know the story I've heard of you little one?" That her narrow her brows in confusion, and it was then he felt the need to uncover himself from the hood.

She had trained herself in the mirror to stop any and all emotions to expose on her face, yet confusion was not one she managed to maintain.

However, the reveal was seemingly...Expected, an old age generation as she knew well enough that she was born close to his start up...But how old is the Dark Lord really?

"I see...The questions racing in your mind, little one...Curious little Raven...Haven't you heard that saying, 'curiosity killed the cat'?" She smiled up towards him, the effects of 'Immer Rein' still potent in her mind as she simply replied.

"But satisfaction brought it, my Lord. And cats are always cautious..." His chuckle came in bits and pieces as he rounded her in a circle, much like his father's had.

"It had...Been about four days after your brother was born when I heard of this...Vision, your mother had received...She sought for the blessing of a second child, that they grow in favor...To me...You, little one...Are that child." Her eyes widened at that bloody explanation, her mother had been so out of it and deranged that Sirius' birth had manifest a fake Ephiny to produce her birth?

Is that why she's standing here now?

"My mother had a vision?"

"A promenade one yes, If there is any stake that the ability has been passed Cassiopeia. I want word of it instantly." She nodded downright, but did not speak of what she and Dumbledore had proclaimed. It was too dangerous, and yet the teachings were allowing all that was hidden memories and thoughts from his probing eyes.

"Your father tells me you wish to go into potions...A wise choice, a surprising choice...Why is that?" She explained how Salem opened the door her love of it, and the differences between either school opened a wide verity of ingredients and substitutes.

Wanting to be the bridge and experiment was all she truly wanted.

"Creativity...A trait in the Ravenclaw house indeed." 

"There is still cunning in my bone my Lord, always will be." His ugly smile revealed rotten bits of remaining teeth as he found her responses not...In pursuit of pleasing, but rather to be interacting with him at a level of understanding.

"I have plans for you once you graduate from Hogwarts, you and those selected few have been...Pleasing to hear...Sixth year is going to prove to be eventful, I urge you to make allies." 

"Allies in who?"

"Branching to those in your house, Emila Harper is of the same standing...That is going to be your first task." She nodded, already brainstorming ideas and solutions as to bring her into the fold.

"There will be others as well, your 'Raba' for instance." Her blush marked rather heavily in that, it was one thing for her father to tease her...But the Dark Lord?

"Weakness is an opening, Ms.Black...Those who let it consume them will never reach their full potential...What is your weakness Cassiopeia?" She thought for a moment, then a moment longer. He was more than patience to her ideals as it had finally happened to her accepting her true nature.

"My family...My brother...And--And Rabastan." He noticed how it was singular and not plural, another instance that she's been throwing slurs left and right. A little politician in the making when he changes her views.

"Hmm yes, but as they grow in my circles Cassiopeia. It will be much easier to protect them from the threats surrounding our kind..." The curse swarming her mind from improper thoughts was constraining, but it was truly eating up the protection of her kind that she adored.

"I have a special place right beside your cousin, but do not look too much in the future little one...Focus on your studies, and your 'Raba'." She looked towards him in embarassment, her cheeks reddened, but she bowed once more and smiled in delight as she walked on from his presence and exited the room. 

Only to meet Rabastan awaiting just outside the door.

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It had gone like this for the rest of the summer, and here she was standing in front of the mirror attempting to fix her hair. Although her father thought it quite funny to sneak on up behind her to spook her. "Papa!" She shrieked, making him chuckle in delight.

The strain on the relationship had been little to non, if anything...The relationship between everyone in the family had skyrocketed since Sirius had left the home, it had been less toxic.

"Sixth year...You're growing up too fast Cassi. I remember just the other day you could fit in my arms." She smiled up to her father and hugged him. The two have been more than affectionate, her mother hasn't but that didn't matter at this point. Walburga was just being difficult and that was that.

The family finally made their way off towards the platform and she stuck talking to her father for a few extra moments as she knew all too well that there were multiple eyes on her.

"Come on Cassi, I wanted to find Nott before the train gets moving." She nodded and said goodbye to either her parents properly. Only for her mother to lightly hold her in place. "If he bloody dares or even thinks to—" 

"Not a chance." She smiles, placing a give kiss on the cheek and promising to write all before she followed in pursuit with her brother. He aided her up onto the train and finally, after all those months of switching from wanting to return to school and not, she was quiet relieved to be out of the house and in the company of fellow classmates...

Even if they are mudbloods and halfies.

As she dropped her brother on off with his mates, she decided to continue to the prefect compartment. On the way she saw a few friends or acquaintances and she politely made her way threw the tight-knit crowd before getting a glimpse off behind her.

She had heard Sirius' voice, of course, he had to have been smiling so bright after having the worst summer of his life. The young Black daughter caught sight of his aura and refused to believe any of his words from that blasted book, making a mental note of destroying it or throwing it into the Black Lake when they get settled into Hogwarts.

So she simply turned off around and continued her journey...Being rudely interrupted with her thoughts as Sirius managed to spot her through the crowd and call out her name. 

James was rather delighted to see her, and thanked Merlin that she looked alright.

Sirius had confided in James all that had happened during his childhood and above, how their father had hit her and cursed his own son to the high heavens.

But to see her healthy and not sporting any visible injuries, he was thankful on the spot.

"Rory!" Sirius smiled, brighter than the star he was named after. He forcibly brought his sister into a hug and started rambling apologies and spews of love that only rendered her confused...Until the curse came through, she pushed him away, causing him to stumble back a bit shocked as to why she had done that.

"Stay away from me, blood traitor." She spit, turning around and not bothering to look back towards his reaction. Sirius could've cried right on the spot had James not taken him into the first empty compartment he could find. Closing the blind did Sirius attempt to hold himself together at that repeating voice ringing in his head.

"They did something—THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING TO HER!" He shouted in agony, falling down onto one of the seats to finally get a moment of darkness as he stuck his head into his hands.

"I...I'm sure it's just—" 

"Just what? What Prongs? What is it? They made her hate me! I shouldn't have left! Look at—Did you see her?!" He cried, and it was then that James kneed down in front of Sirius with a calm and deep expression.

"We'll get to the bottom of this mate, whatever it is we'll figure it out." Sirius looked away, hating that out of all people...James was the most sensible at the moment. He tried to breathe and retain himself, maybe Rory is okay...Maybe it's just after trying to lie all this summer it clicked with her by accident?

No...This was the same girl who didn't like the 'm' word. He knew he should've visited! Just to make sure she's alright, and with the line of curses and misses did the two other marauders formally make their way into the compartment. Only to soon realize that this wasn't going to be a joy-filled ride.

"Pads what's wrong?" Pete asked, looking wide up to both James and Remus but then all eyes landed on James to restate the scene.

"I don't get it, she's never been the type to be racist to anyone...Why...Why start now?" James asked, but Remus was looked torn as Sirius was at his Witts end. His eyes were red and leaking tears that he couldn't manage to get dry fast enough, but Remus shook his head and sighed.

"That's correct, so until we can properly talk to her and sort this out. You need to breathe Sirius, it'll be alright." 

"She didn't push you away and act disgusted with you Moony, somethings not right." They were right at the center of the issue, that there was indeed something not right.

It was a very dark and very deep magic that her parents had tapped into, there was no use on Sirius as he didn't believe a lick of anything they had to say. But Aurora, she was impressionable, the words seeped through her brain and multiplied so quickly that her father almost felt guilty for doing it to her.

But alas, it needed to be done. He had to admit, the family had been better off without Sirius, and Cassi seemingly improved just days after.

At the current moment, Aurora was talking to her fellow Ravenclaws, although her mind ultimately sought out the halfies and the muggle-borns quickly...Quicker than normal at least. She blinked a few times over but the ability to differentiate was still there.

"Rory?" The familiar voice made her smile up to Raba and she greeted him with a quick kiss. "How was the rest of your summer?" 

"Hmm, France isn't all that exciting believe me...You sure are looking beautiful today." She smiled up to him and took a seat in the back of the cart in general, knowing that the two heads of house would be stationed at to tell everyone the plans for this year.

"Had a little run in with him already, sure I've handled it." She smiled, leaning into him. It was all too easily that he smirked with pride, and the rest of the Slytherin's knew about the stakes, however when Lily smiled off in Aurora's direction it failed to compute with the girl's new politic and home-based standings, so she completely ignored it.

"Don't take it to heart Lily, Sirius left home." Lily gasped behind her hand as she looked towards Aurora who was all too comfortable with the Slytherins and her Ravenclaws. It wasn't a new picture but it definitely another reason as to what had happened over holiday.

"W-what happened?" 

"She called him a blood traitor just a bit ago, we don't know anything more than that." She nodded, knowing that she...As a muggle born, needed to be careful at a time like this. So she sat beside Remus and tried to intently follow all that the head boy and girl could overlay this coming time only for them to be soon dismissed and thus off to fend for themselves to contain all the first years and beyond.

Course Aurora and Rabastan stayed behind as she silently fought the curse to not look at Remus. To keep his secret, she forced herself not to do it.

Instead she managed to snog Rabastan right then and there as he too assumed that the majority of people left or had gotten the hint at the very least. "You know...After you visit with the Dark Lord—" 

"Yes please Raba, shout it to the world." She giggled, and he leaned in fairly closer.

He had to admit she was a bit more frisky when it came to their relationship, but he wasn't going to push her any farther than a few nips and kisses. Course he would always warn her when it'd be too much and tell her. She'd listen, but the knowing glint in her eye didn't aid anything as he fought the urge to finish in his trousers.

She had grown a bit taller over the summer, filling out the rest of her chest as well as the fact that her waist and especially her arse looked Devine.

The two stayed with one another for the rest of their patrol before they needed to get dressed, Aurora seemingly surpassed Peter without any knowledge. And he frowned as he hadn't done anything wrong, neither did her brother but something wasn't right here...

Remus was struggling the most just under Sirius as he...He did still have feelings for her, and for her to think of him as a half-breed just threw him off course entirely. It was like he failed, placing him in the same boat as Pads as he wanted nothing more than to return back to the house and steal her.

Aurora was welcomed into her flock, and it was just a bit of luck that they were all well standing in pureblood society, and undecided between politics.

She made sure that her back was facing the Gryffindor to not get any sort of look from her sorry excuse of a brother, and Sirius had taken another strike to the heart. Especially when he saw both his brother and Rabastan smirking up a storm in his direction.

"They did something..." Sirius muttered under his breath, which caused Lily to look sort of pitiful towards the marauders and she nodded. "Remus told me what happened...After she completely ignored me." James looked off between Lily and Sirius and whispered the simply explanation of no.

"She honestly can't move from not saying the word to—" 

"From Remus said, Potter, I doubt she had much of a choice...Rory never told me much, but what she did tell me...I'm really sorry that you had to go through that—" Sirius shrugged it off and tried to focus on his plate. The Slytherin's were taunting him profusely, the girl was all on their side except having the mark.

And that's when it hit him, causing his fork to clatter down to the plate. 

"If...Do you think she..." His staring of disbelief made him his heart plummet further, if she was this vocal at home there's no telling what sort of praises that were fueling her.

"Uh Pads? Mind finishing the sentence so we can-" 

"What if she took the mark?" Now it didn't click with James or Peter, but for someone who reads the paper frequently, it did for Lily and Remus as they stared in question of the same thing.

"No...No I don't think she'd...Pads...Come on." 

"She called me a blood traitor James, she screamed it in my face as she pushed me away. How else am I suppose to take it?!" He hissed rather lowly, and now he thought even further...

Without his sister, it'd be more difficult to help Remus during the full moon.

This was beyond anything he could've expected, at the very least he assumed they'd have to speak in private and that wouldn't have been an issue. That he could live with, but this...This is too much.

As Sirius watch Lily and Remus, plus the rest of the prefects combining off to show the new first years in their respected house around Hogwarts...He thought of sneaking up to drag her into a broom closet to knock some sense into her but it was thought against as perhaps it was too strong of a force.

After a few days he assumed it'll get better, the nagging of pureblood supremest wouldn't be that potent in her ear, but he was bloody wrong.

They had more than a few classes together due to the NEWT qualifications. So that intertwined the houses into a few, but the lesser classes such as Astronomy it was easier to at least be near her. Yet Rabastan found the need to wait outside to escort her back.

Whatever they were doing was brainwashing her to the core, and with seeing Moony as depressed as he is just made matters worse.

At first she wouldn't even look his way, but the product of teasing was all too enjoyable as he caught her locking lips with Lestrange in the hallway and it was surely the wrong time to discuss family affairs so James tugged him off.

However, after a bloody month and a half of waiting did he finally find her walking in the hallway alone and with her face buried in a book. Only for it to be yanked out of her hand and her hand gripped as he dragged her to the closest classroom he could.

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"GET OFF ME! YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE—" He pushed her into the room and leaned against the door as he threw his hand up and over one another as he frowned.

"That outta your system yet?" She stared at him in confusion, and with the constant addition of Regulus and her sharing words of 'Immer Rein' it was a recycling effort and a refuel.

"What Siri, was it not enough that you went and joined your little gang of misfits that you have to drag me too?" She spat towards him, but to be frank that was the weakest slur in his direction and he'd take it but it all looked like raw anger. Her anger...There was nothing he could do as his sorrow was properly displayed on his face.

"Did...Did you find the book under my pillow?" She blinked ever so calmly and while her brother might look distressed, she clearly wasn't. 

"Of course, apology after apology...Pointless really, did you really think it'd work?" 

"What...What would work?" He questioned, still unable to properly get what is happening.

"That you want me to join you? I'm not a blood traitor Sirius. To run away and join the Potters?" The way she spat at the name made him furious, as he pushed himself from the wall.

"I remember distinctly you liked being at the Potters, actually...it made you question whether Orion and Walburga actually love us. They don't Aurora. That's not love! If it was love they'd care, they'd—"

"Father and Mother cared! Father was the first one out the door to look for you! And you know for someone who left you're making more than enough assumptions..." It surprised him that Orion had done that, or perhaps he simply took a drink out with his group of merry men to toast the occasion.

"After you left I became the oldest, I became the heir. Didn't you even think as to what that meant?!" That took him off guard once again, that she became the eldest in the eyes of the public.

"If it wasn't for Cissy, Rabastan, and Father, then I wouldn't have found the way. They were right! They've always been right, we wouldn't be alive and pure if our family and those like us didn't stick to the rules."

"That's just it then? I'm an outcast? Merlin sakes Rory I'm your brother!" She shook her head, but it was slowly breaking the curse as its weakness was simply. Love.

There hadn't been much history of love in these families, less on the children but lesser on the spouses. 

Aurora loves her brothers dearly, even if this one had run off.

He needed to, and deep down those days before Immer Rein was placed on her.

"Not anymore. I only have one." Sirius squeezed his eyes closed as every word, every breath she directed towards him was of pure malice, to make him suffer. 

Must be his mother's doing, all the lies, it's wreaking the in the air as he couldn't even see his sister in this girl anymore.

"...And who held you after a nightmare? Who snuck food after midnight to make sure you ate."

"You mean who does that after you leave? Rabastan, Regulus...Mother, as I've been raised for my accomplished."

"You've been praised because that's what they do! They're lying Rory! That's how they suck you in! You don't think I've gone without saying mudblood or halfbreed in my life?!" She stared at him in awe, and a single tear started to slowly make it's way from her eye down to her cheek. And although it hurt him even more it was what she needed to hear.

"That's until I met Muggle borns like Evans and Mary! Until we met Remus! Merlin sakes you were the first one to know, you—y-you helped him. Is all that gone and over because of what they bloody said?!" She stayed silent, knowing that this is what the Dark Lord and those around her had warned her of Sirius' persuasion and he was breaking the wall more and more...

"I don't want anything to do with him and his kind. Nor to do I want to associate with you, mother was trying to help you!" 

"Help me? By beating it into me, was the curses out of love Rory? You healed me after each of them! Did that look like love?!" She would have to be careful now, Sirius anger wouldn't be the same if he lost her, and he was the spitting edge of thinking that.

"She was shaping you to be the eldest...And now that's on me!" The repeat of that sentence had him numb his curled fists as he swallowed roughly. They beat her into submission, he was right...He was bloody right!

"What did they do Rory...Please...Please tell me..." He begged, his hand offering towards her but she jumped as though he was offering acid.

"They showed me the way...They showed me what the true meaning of Immer Rein and what it stood for..." He stood in awe as her eyes widened with intent and clearing, if he wasn't raging with anger he would've seen the issue straight away.

"T-tell me you...You agreed just—just to be safe Rory...Please." She shook her head, possessed like as it was rather creepy. Her eyes never blink nor deviated from their position on him and he stood under her judgmental eye now.

"How you can go from barely saying the 'm' word to ignoring Lily?... You defended her!" 

"I was wrong, I didn't know the truth..." With that she finally felt like all was said, and tried to surpass him.

His weakness in his sister is what's breaking him at the moment, and his thought from the first night came to haunt him. "Show me your wrist." He growled, and that took her by surprise but she withheld from the information. What would he do?

"Show. Me. Your. Wrist." He spit through his gritted teeth but she didn't do anything, he didn't deserve to know if she was following the Dark Lord. But he held her and dragged up either sleeve and breathed in utter relief that there was nothing there.

"Get off me!" Perhaps he was a bit selfish, so even when she was slashing and screaming, he needed her near him and that was the bitter compromise.

Yet her screams and shouts had echoed and been overheard by the Slytherin's patrolling, Rabastan was one of them conversing as they were meant to find Aurora. But the second he heard her voice echoing though the halls he became rather determined and enraged.

Following him were Regulus as well as the Carrow son twin, even Nott, Avery, and McNair. This was too many at the stake as Sirius still had his sister in a hold.

"I suggest you let her go...Sirius." The cooling voice of Rabastan had her calm down quick a bit, and although she herself was strong but he was sporting his own strength and held his wand on up without letting his sister go.

"What did you lot do to her?!" He shouted, but the laughter continued off, yet the only one who didn't was Regulus who seemingly was torn between either sibling...

"Let her go Sirius." The voice had taken either of the two back, course it was their little brother and for him to be demanding in such a tone had Sirius gulp. More than outnumbered by five people he needed to be cautious.

"What did they do to her Reg...?" Her narrowed his brows and shook his head. 

"Nothing, we're a family now. We're all happy without you!" He deemed, the rest were simply allowing this to follow through in hopes of getting back their prized Ravenclaw.

If any harm came to her, they'd hear it from the Black family as well as the Dark Lord himself...Either of which was just as bad if not worse than the ladder.

But what did catch him off guard was Aurora's ability to grab her wand and press it deep into his neck, and his only option right then and there was to let her go.

"Warum müssen Sie immer einen Weg finden alles zu ruinieren?!" 

[Why must you always find a way to ruin everything?!] 

She shouted, spewing german in a rather defensive and erratic tone that shocked everyone other than the brothers.

Not bothering with anything more as she took off through the sea of green and hurried on back towards her previous destination.

But that left Rabastan to nod to the rest of the Snakes to have a one on one catch with the disowned son. "What. Happened?"

"You mean after she didn't talk for a bloody two weeks? She managed quite well don't you think?" It just screamed that there was something more deeply route.

"T-two weeks? It sure doesn't look like-" 

"Course not, everyone's disgusted on how her parents forced her to be what she obviously isn't. I know she's changed, and for the better. Stay the bloody hell away from her or there will be consequences." Sirius chuckled with a roll of his eyes as he wasn't that terrified with the likes of Lestrange.

"You know...Rory has made some more friends. Some in high places...Goodnight, Mate." He cooed awfully admitting to the truth, but it felt rather swell to be top dog for once. And as the final Slytherin left to go and consult Rory, Sirius just remained in the classroom with his elbows connected to the table and his head in hands.

After missing out on dinner his mates seemingly found that something had been very wrong. And with the power of their map it was all too easy to find him, yet he wasn't really planning to host a get together at the moment.

Remus voiced that they should be mindful at how chaotic this could turn into at any moment, so it was then decided that Remus should take the lead in sorting through this mess.

"Pads? You missed dinner, how 'bout we go to the kitchens and get you something to—" 

"I don't fucking want anything to eat damnit. I want...I want Rory." He ushered, his hand engulfing more strains of hair as he tugged each and every way.

"T-the things she said...I was right Prongs, they made her the eldest barely a minute after I left! No wonder she hates me!" He howled, and after each explanation, it was shot down by even bitter words explaining how his brother managed to distract him only for Rory to threaten him.

"It couldn't just click like that though! She adored Evan's and Marlene. That can't just be gone!" The three of them managed to coax Sirius to the kitchens and nibble on the smallest bit of the meal his friends put together for him but it just didn't work.

He wasn't eating, his grades were poor, and had it not been for Professor McGonagall's time for patrol she would've missed his own depressed expression. It wasn't like Mr.Black to sport a look of sorrow for more than a few days, perhaps in the first year or when his sister and he were expecting to return home. But this wasn't like anything she could've predicted, listening to the rumors wasn't something that she wanted to actual find to be true, but him being disowned sounded rather...Correct.

So after a quick discussion with Mr.Lupin it was starting to put the pieces together, however more pressing concerns is how Mr.Lupin was healing after the full nights, and it was sad to say that he wasn't doing his best.

Without Aurora they were rather screwed, Madam Pomfry confirmed that she hadn't been there for the last three moons and it was on choice. Sirius didn't want to rat out his sister but it was the truth, and either of the elders could see straight through the lie.

Even with Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail at the given stakes there was no doubt a secret that Rory took with her that really made everything easier.

But it was simply that Moony favorited the said feline.

Remus wasn't doing his best either, without Aurora it felt like their group was never complete anymore. The sibling bickering was nullified, Sirius was strained and it made it a task to even get him to smile...

All the sixth year Gryffindor's were being loudly effected by the lack of Aurora. And it was time for their head of house to get to the bottom of it.

"Ms.Black...A moment?" The student still favored her transfiguration professor to bits, especially after all the help. But the stern look suggested that this was not a friendly conversation.

"Something wrong professor?" The innocent voice carried further into the mind of the elder witch, it just didn't sound right. Like it was a higher pitch and faked. 

McGonagall just couldn't put her finger on it.

"I've heard a bit of a rumor around the school Ms.Black, that your brother was disowned?" Aurora's complexion lost whatever color was remaining as she swallowed, it was still a rough topic for her to get through and so she nodded.

"Does that mean you've disowned him yourself?" 

"I don't think it's rightly your concern professor." Ah so the Blacks have been shaping her to be a feisty little witch, and with the addition of her Witt and made for an even better challenge.

"Of course, as deputy mistress, I place all the students and their wellbeing. Mr.Black's grades and spunk haven't been the same since last year...Not to mention Mr.Lupin is struggling during his monthly issues, is it true that you've stopped accompanying him?" The professor questioned, and she simply nodded in compliance.

"Ms.Black, your selfish actions are reflecting on Mr.Lupin's health without you being there at his side durning the—" 

"My selfish actions?... Sirius is the one who left!" Finally. Finally a bit of emotion, and it was rather raw to her tearful and full of remorse but she needed to dig deeper.

"Then I suggest a conversation, a sit-down discussion with your brother—" 

"We did. He dragged me a classroom and tried to apologise. I don't want anything to do with that blood traitor professor." That had the strict but fair professor straighten her back within the instance.

"Ten points from Ravenclaw for the use of—" 

"Blood traitor isn't a term one cannot use, and I can't have anything to do with him. It was a choice and he left, the house has never been more peaceful and perfect. Now excuse me professor, I'm late to Defense Against and I doubt you'll give me a pass." Before Minvern was able to replay she was suddenly met with the back of her head as she was cleanly exiting the room.

"Those god awful...Albus!" The women shouted, not caring that she had a class in about an hour, this called for an investigation. The kindest gal in the whole school suddenly turned...Turned into that?!

Dumbledore thought for the majority of the next few days, and perhaps he had finally found a theory that could be offered in returning the young girl to her former self. It had been Alastor's suggestion actually, a joke.

"That girl was nothing but a sweetheart, they brainwash 'em kids Albus. You and I know it! Should've set her up with the Potter's like her brother and maybe she wouldn't be possessed." Thus enacting to put the theory to the test, McGonagall was entirely engaged to see who Aurora mingles within and outside the classroom.

And it seems she's neglected her friendships with anyone associated with what her family deems as blood traitor or unworthy.

So when McGonagall called Mr.Black into her study for a moment he was highly confused, but as she offered some tea and elaborated the discussion she had with the headmaster...Sirius simply stood in awe as it wasn't even a bloody thought to pass through her mind.

Course brainwashing with the entent of throwing curses left and right, but what sort of bloody curse gives ultiment thoughts to confuse her?!

"P-professor...Is...Is there anything..." The women nodded and suggested that they set a little bit of a trap, and for a moment she saw the ghost of a smile retain on his face as she had indirectly asked for the help of the Marauders.

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Date Posted: 03-29-19

Time: 12:03

Words:6669 

Whoops a lil late, but a longer chapter to make up for it :)