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 Aurora had been merely studying in the common room before an older prefect had come over to call her, she smiled brightly to the boy and he digresses his problem. In a shorter version with less of a ramble, the boy was asking her to try out for her Quidditch team, making her eyes widen in complete and utter shock.

"Q-q-quidditch? You want me to play with—" The boy soon found out from others that she had the best experience during their flying classes and nobody dared to play with the Gryffindors and Slytherin's being as gruesome as they were against one another or just for their pride being damaged.

She licked her lips, and it was a final act of an attempt that he blurted out a good source. "We watched your brother play, you must be good as well." Her fear in failure found itself within the instant, biting her lip as this was something she truly wanted so she nodded.

But before he could get too excited she spoke: "I need to owl my mother...b-before I can join, I'm sure it'll be—" The firm nod, so the girl hurried and went to write her parents a begging bit of a letter.

Even digging deep and saying how much of a skilled player Bella was in her time of playing, as well as allowing Sirius to play. Even adding a tiny dabble of them thinking she's a disappointment and not wanting her to play as some sort of punishment.

Oh the girl could wrap her parents around her finger, but only through words. Seeing as how she was at this game a lot longer than previously planned.

The next morning she smirked in triumph and Levon was all too pleased with himself, however when he asked what position. She blanked.

Claiming to get back with an answer later she found her brother and her mates out in the courtyard only plotting another bit of trouble. Rumor has it they had planted stink bombs of all sorts in the dungeons.

Mother was not entirely pleased.

"Oi, Rory...You busy? We were wondering if—" She held a hand and stopped him in the instant. "Mother is going to have your neck if I'm roped into anything you lot are concocting, besides...I had a serious question to ask." Sirius smirks at his sister's humor, whilst everyone else let out an annoyed groan.

"You get used to it after a decade...Besides, I don't know which position I want to play for Quidditch." James stopped whatever he was doing to push past Sirius and began talking bloody nonsense that even Aurora couldn't manage to follow. But the second the heir of the Black fortune let his head back to cackle, everyone went silent.

"If you think mother or father will all you to—" Roy snorted, and Remus instantly infatuated with that little quirk managed to place it as one of his top three noises for her to hear.

"I just said that Bella had the opportunity so why shouldn't I be allowed to, come now Siri there has to be a bit of cunning in you." He smirked and tackled his little sister, only making Remus' second favorite sound on his list. Her giggles penetrated the air.

"Heard you two tried out already, what are you—" 

"Chaser doesn't sound like your cup a tea Rory." James tries to joke, but Sirius is in awe. He knew the position would be all too perfect.

"You haven't seen her throw then have you James? Think you'll do great...Although, come game time..." He tilted his head, family competition? She huffed in an agreement, as if it wasn't a daily competition to even be in their parent's pleasance of moods.

Her final bit was a smirk before heading off, shouting her platitudes before demanding each and all the bits of knowledge she could as well as talking to other people on the team.

To be quiet honest, Ravenclaw was mostly a group of readers and scholars, so the idea of a tryout was mainly a formality among anything else. They haven't won a cup in more than half a century so there wasn't much of a qualification. However, when Professor Flitwick had watched the performance of Aurora, he found his way to Professor McGonagall and proudly stated: 

"It appears that Mr. and Ms.Black will be competing against one another." That had caught the deputy mistress off guard and was entirely pleased with this little feud.

She took her sports very seriously. And Flitwick never had a reason to be proud of his own team. "Then it appears to be a fantastic match, do you suggest she has any similarities to her cousin...In the sport of course." The tiny adult could also scoff.

"Aurora Black is a very intelligent young woman, a Salem graduate. I am sure she is sophisticated enough to know the difference between sane and insane." He tutted continuing out the door, he was about to defend the girl to the end of the universe.

She was anything but evil.

The middle Black child was now faced with a dilemma, her family had bought her the newest broom. Completely ignoring the one she had been gifted for her birthday barely a year ago, however Sirius was not given a single bloody thing. So Rory found herself sending a letter to her Uncle Alfie in hopes he could order something along the lines of equipment. And he so happily complied. Sirius narrowed his eyes at the beautiful broom his Uncle suddenly gifted, and while James was gawking at it. He caught his sister smiling to herself afterward, the first game was set in a few weeks and it wouldn't be against one another. Rather it'd be against Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, just to get the season on a rather calm note.

However, through all this, Aurora did not ignore the shifting changes in her brother's best mate. Perhaps it was last years suspicions, but this year they completely manifested further. He was defiantly hiding something, and she couldn't fault him for that.

She asked him, always showing concern, and while he did appreciate the attention. Other times he found himself angry for prying or snooping, either would always end in him apologizing profusely.

So when the going got tough she returned to her safe haven to look for the answer. And the answer was surely going to be found sooner or later.

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Aurora Black stood proudly with her team on either side of her, she was excited to be up in the air. Although she was tiny in comparison to the rest of the boys on the Ravenclaw team, she's grown up with two brothers who adored to pick on her so this is no difference between the two.

James himself had never seen her on a broom before, so he watch with almost as much interest as Sirius, but it was Remus who was clutching his robes in utter fear for her. She was indeed graceful, swift, and wasn't afraid to jump off and be a bit...Reckless.

Yes, she was indeed a Black.

"She has a certain fire in her Filus, these will be a very coming year to see her truly take the field." The laughter interrupted the teacher banter as Albus showed his hindsight. "Yes, I haven't seen a prominent flyer since you Minerva." The compliments continued, and even rallied to the soon to be Marauders.

"So...We're sporting blue for your sister then?" James, smirking as it was going to be a plan every time they weren't to play with them. "Of course, red and blue!" Sirius shouted within the stands.

However the sibling banter and cheering always came with more than a bit of confusion, James didn't rightly understand it. Nor did Remus or Peter, they were all only children. Although they were attempting to bind their brotherhood to get the feeling that they've been missing.

It wasn't even near a tied game, nowhere close. Ravenclaw showed the capability of surprise and everything in the source. It made the rest of the teams anxious to see that they could hold their own.

And most of it was to Aurora Black's eagerness and damned nation.

She sported the party through and through, gaining respect and writing a very happy letter to her parents as she gained their support. Rabastan had seemingly told his parents of the game he had witnessed, that she was 'beautiful in the air' and it had their parents both pleased with the young girl as well as how their son had described her.

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However, it was a given complain to her head of house that she was having trouble seeing. So with the guided help and a permission slip was Aurora allowed to go into Hogsmeade to get her vision checked, as it was crucial for the young girl not to strain her eyes any more than she has.

All the reading over the decades certainly did their damage, or that's what her mother was raging off about. However, it was a blessing that she picked out a frame right then and there and she left with a thick frame that pushed upwards whenever her smile rose her dimples upwards. However, it felt as though she had finally opened her eyes for the first time, not realizing how bad she had let it go rendered her the misfortune of missing out on the beautiful scenery of Hogsmead. Granted that only third years and above are only allowed to participate in these scheduled trips, but the prefect she had come down with, Fabian, was all too eager to get out of the stuffy castle and aid one of his younglings.

Especially considering the poor girl couldn't see.

It was a blessing that her parents hadn't nagged her about it, she already felt discouraged to even talk to Flitwick and remedy the situation had Clem and Harper not dragged it out of her.

When she emerged out of the small office building Fabian had just been returning from his own needed purchase, but seeing her in her large glasses made him laugh and cheer. "You've joined the true ranks!" He spoke, making her giggle and hide further into her cloak.

He knew all too well of who the young girl is, related to and otherwise. Indeed he was a sixth year and had the fortunes opportunity to see the two Black sisters in their prime. Fabian had doubt of the girl's views, whether they were her own or her family's propaganda that spread too thin.

Then again, what one reads, it's the author's control of what point of view they are able to get.

Seeing as how they weren't due back to Hogwarts for another hour he decided to treat her and go to the bookstore, the girl had undoubtedly been brought to heaven seeing the lists and titles that the store offered.

Whether it be chatting up the elder behind the desk or just running her fingers against the book bindings. The girl had enough money in her pouch to purchase the whole store if she had the whims to do so, but instead she picked out a few books of mythology. And bought a book for Fabian as a personal thank you for allowing her to come to the bookstore.

Professor Flitwick was almost expecting them to return with books as he purposefully gave them the extra time to do so, while he took note of which ones Aurora had purchased. He couldn't help but think the girl chose the best glasses for reading.

Course when she is older there would be spells to heighten her vision and return it, but as of right now she would need to remedy this.

Her goggles for Quidditch would be arriving in the mail in a day or so, meaning there wasn't anything else to worry about. And with her new ability to see she treated herself to reading in the library, sprawled with the new books that shined from Greek and Norse to Egypt mythology.

Remus was on the last few days before the full moon would hit, and thus it brought him to separate himself from his crazy mates and their ridiculous plotting as he needed to get the work done before it was too late.

He had seen someone in his regular spot and had almost glanced over them had it not been the way the young girl had pulled her long black hair back behind her head, he issued a smile. Knowing well enough that a conversation from her would sooth out the aching bones in his body.

"Rory?...Thought it was you." Her head popped up from behind the book and rendered a smile to the boy in front of her. In truth, he adored the glasses on her and relayed a number of compliments. Only for her to place them at the top of her head to look at him completely.

"Thanks Rem, they still feel a bit odd...I'm trying to work up in telling Siri." She pouts knowing full well it was going to become a reality once dinner came and he saw them.

It wasn't that she had to wear them all the time, but it defiantly aided her headache.

When it came time to head to the grand hall for dinner it took some convincing to get the girl up and moving. And it was all with proper clause considering Sirius couldn't stop himself from bursting out in laughter which pushed her close to tears and sent him a rather nasty jinx in response. 

She shrieks out a counter cause of: "Your a nasty bloody git, I don't see you laughing at James!" It was cold for him to do it, which he realized far too late as he attempted to reach out to his little sister, only for her to flinch and storm away from where they were going towards the same place.

That anger, that flinch, it hurt more than words or a jinx could've managed. Her walking away in tears was more or less the worse than anything else he could've imagined.

"W-wait Rory!" He shouted one last time, it left the rest of the boys in awe at how royally the brother had managed with his sister. And it caught a rather defensive Remus as he shared Aurora's fear in showing them to her brother just for that very reason.

Luckily, Rabastan and his mates were walking down the hall as well. Surprisingly enough he had almost missed the girl too if he didn't recognize the necklace. "Rory? You alright darling?" 

Unfortunately, she had wiped her eyes at the wrong time and that hardened the boy's heart as he demanded to know what had happened to make her cry.

Even the rest of his mates, Avery and Mcnair were rather defensive just as Remus had been.

The girl dismissed their worries and she continued off to the dorm, only to meet another boy, Fabian had offered her a smile and she broke down even further.

"He's a downright git!" She spewed, and that had left him in a confused sat as she hurried off upstairs. As a team member, and just having been with her to get her glasses did he follow her up to her dorm. Using his prefect ability to pass over the girl dormitory protective charm to knock at the girl's door.

It was then that a female prefect in Fabian's year took over the incident and merely said that Sirius is jealous of these awesome glasses.

Honestly it bothered her to high heaven, whatever possessed him to laugh at her brought down her mood. And although everyone in Ravenclaw adored them, if it wasn't Harper's nagged and demand Aurora wouldn't wear them.

Aurora still heard her brother's laughter at them, not taking into account that she loves them so much.

This bickering had stayed for longer than Remus felt comfortable with, of course she stayed and talked to him. At Sirius' downfall was Lupin's uprise, as well as Rabastan's seeing as how it gave him ample time to come into the school picture as well.

The eldest Black realized when his empty chair in Charms would stay open that he realized that he messed up, and he begged Remus to get her to talk to him. But the girl didn't acknowledge it at all.

Something he needed to fix, and soon.

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Date Posted: 01-19-19

Time: 8:55

Words: 2826