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Aurora had a very good time in America, the allowance her parents was a little overboard. Two hundred Galleons was a little much for a young witch, but Orion knew that his young daughter was smart with her money. If there was something she absolutely had to then she would purchase it, and she had found the one thing she absolutely had to have.

And that was a tattoo.

It took all the convincing in the world, but they had free time after the sessions were done for the day and they'd get to explore the likes of Salem. And since they were under the condition of other ministries that allowed passes for them to use their magic when need be. Course they would also need a wand pass as well as identification, but it had been all too easy for the girls to go into the tattoo parlor and get said ink on their skin.

The others went for more noticeable ones on their arms or neck, Aurora knew quite well that hiding it would be the main issue and so she had her favorite symbol of the Triquetra onto her stomach, patterned around with a flowers stem as it took into account the moon as well.

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It meant a few things for the young girl, firstly the religious aspect that she had learned that 'mother, daughter and crone' was a viable response. But when thinking of mother she didn't think of her own, there had been another glossy picture of someone else having the spot, but she never deemed a clear glimpse of whom it was.

Sometimes she even thought the symbol with her and her brothers, as blue was the segway between green and red. Even with the two being polar opposites her blue standards were dividing the two from killing one another.

She assumed that if she hadn't been born that her parents would've kept the age difference the same, and that Regulus and Sirius would be at very odd stances between each other.

And the week away had proved it, given the fact that Sirius had been belittled to the point of being tormented with the curse once again to the point of passing out. And even worse, Reg watched and had done nothing in the realm of help.

He was either too scared or he shared the same view as their family, whatever it was, seeing his own brother being tortured barely five feet in front of him was ludicrous.

But everyone stayed silent when Cassiopeia returned as neither brother wanted to disappoint her or worry her in case the day were to come when she wanted to return back to Salem again for the summer.

Her birthday went off without a hit, nothing dramatic had happened. But it was on that night that she was on the balcony looking up at the full moon and wondered how Remus would be doing at his home.

"He's alright you know...He's been doing this for quite a while." She hummed, playing with her nails as she didn't dare look at her brother. 

"Assumed so, he had this little orderly operation every time for the full moon...How bad would it truly be if we told him that I knew? We can skip the essence of you telling me because I know that would just go down lovely but—" 

"No. Prongs thinks it'd give him a heart attack, he was a blubbering mess when we cornered him about it. Not that we truly cornered him, and we probably could've discussed it better than Peter blurting it out than—"

Her groaned stopped him from talking any further, they had gone and visited the Potters another counted two times this summer but didn't want to risk so much for a few hours stay.

But at the current moment they were just talking, Sirius asked how her classes were and if it hadn't been for her feline senses then she wouldn't have heard her father being behind them. She whispered it low enough for his dog senses to catch it, but he failed to understand how she managed to have eyes in the backs of her head.

"And OWLS? Sure you're ready to take your NEWTS at this point Rory." She giggled behind her hand, and for an awfully long time, Orion thought that the twins hated one another but just tolerated each other for the sake of being closest in age. But he was proven wrong as he heard Sirius' worries, as well as asking an important question.

What do you want to do after Hogwarts?

It pained him to know that she was going to marry Rabastan days after her eighteenth birthday. That his little Cassi had dreams of being a potion mistress, that she wanted to find cures and maybe even teach at Salem when it becomes boring. He adored that response, so at that moment did he make a promise to himself and a silent promise to his daughter that it will happen no matter what.

Even if she is married.

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It had been a normal morning, mother had an appointment so it was just father in the house that day. Which was better for everyone as Sirius could've claimed, their father was only ever enraged after their mother had caused a start of it.

The updated map had seen it's final completion and Sirius was excited to return and share the product with the rest of the boys, however at the current moment the three of them were having a rather competitive game at the dinner table.

Yet the interruption of the family's owl came screeching into the hallway from the designated window and dropped the letters in the middle of the board. 

"Bloody owl," Sirius growled, offering a bit of a cookie before shooing the damn thing off. Passing it out did he look through the warnings of their the school's attempt in trying to calm the fifth years in taking the OWLS.

However Aurora had received a rather thick package, she just assumed it was because she was taking Alchemy. But the second she read the second letter she had dropped the teacup she had been currently sipping from, and to make matters all the worse Walburga had returned from whatever errands she had.

"WHAT IN SALZARDS NAME WAS THAT?!" Sirius tried to coax his sister to just fix it and risk the idea of underage magic, but he himself left his wand upstairs and Regulus wouldn't dare do such a thing.

Their mother had stormed into the room but Aurora had been too in tune in reading the letter as she looked terribly in distress as she dug further into the envelope to take out the Ravenclaw badge that signified her new status.

"Prefect?" She whispered, but Mrs.Black had been ecstatic to hear such a title being given to Aurora and she yelled out for their father.

Her eyes locked onto Sirius and he knew her worries, so he himself looked further into the envelope to discover a personal letter from Flitwick.

"Siri I wanted to take Alchemy this semester, how am I going to—" Orion came downstairs in wonder of why Kreacher was cleaning under his daughter's seat, or why she held a stressful face and so greeted the tension of the room with hesitation and questioned what the yelling was about.

"Cassiopeia had just dropped her teacup, nothing to worry about darling...But it was all because of the letter she had gotten!" The mother cheered, and Sirius understood the argument the two of them had to another caliber.

She only was noticed when she was granted a new title or accomplishment, especially in their mother's eyes.

Orion had taken the letter and read it through before he smiled brightly. "Congratulations darling...Has it already been five years?" He sounded more shocked than anything, but Aurora excused herself from everyone in a fitful of tears as she had taken the entire contents of the envelope before dashing up to her room.

The pressure was gaining her at the moment, but Flitwick said that she was more than capable of learning the ropes. And this would give her ample time to get to know people in other houses.

But personally she had been worried about sports, Alchemy and the idea of evening studying for OWLs seemed to blow her mind to the brim. How was she going to tackle it all? There was only twenty-four hours in a day and she barely managed to sleep for five, merlin she needed to start studying now before—

"Aurora please do yourself a favor and breath, you're indenting the carpet by how much you're pacing." She glared in his direction but continued her action.

Twenty four hours in a day, she'd need about five to sleep, an hour dedicated to prefect duties a day, practice for Quittach, hopefully the slug club isn't that compact this year and—

"RORY!" She stumbled out of her thought process and looked bewildered at her brother, he knew well enough to never desturb her but at a moment like this she desperately needed coaxing.

Downstairs the rest of the family heard Sirius' shout and Orion had questioned, while Regulus simply stated. "How else are you suppose to get her out a trance father...I bet she's trying to plan her studying schedule now." He joked, but he had been dead set on the money.

Telling his parents she needed to work it out herself had been something that they were both adamant about but by far at cause of. She had been battling a hyperactive mind for a decade and it only became noticeable in the spotlight, which is probably why it was obvious to her siblings but not to her parents.

"Look, Rory, you're going to be fine. You think Dumbledore or Flitwick would've chosen Clemintine or Harper, or Isabella for that matter? No. They chose you because you aren't afraid to take points away or to stand up to anyone." He smirked while mentioning it, but then smirked. 

"...And I know you won't take any points away from your own brother so—" Then it turned into a fitful of laughter as she fell to the ground at how damned he was going to be this year.

"Oh haha bloody ha Aurora, we'll get you back if you dare to try it." She giggled again as she smiled. "Will you behave this year then?"

"I solemnly swear..." He spoke, but then tackled her with a hug to make her giggle even further. 

"...That I'm up to no good." He finished, making them share in the laughter yet again.

Regulus smiled knowing that it was safe to come upstairs to see his two older siblings laughing and smiling. So Aurora tried and tickled her youngest brother, and the little boy did not find it all that grand himself.

However, while Sirius was boasting about his sister making prefect and how she would help them out, Remus groaned as he watched the book glow back and forth of responses.

He had been still healing after the full moon, with the book propped up in one hand while he was glancing back at the letter Dumbledore had written specifically for him about why he was chosen for the prefect status is because it would make him sneaking out from the common room at odd times. And the benefits of being able to go to the kitchens more often was sinking in as he continued to hear the inner voices of his mates through the likings of the books.

Remus had heard his parents talking about Aurora and Sirius, more so in worry than curiosity, but it was still there. His mum thought the uncomfortable feeling that Rory felt around her was because of her distaste, but instead of was the fear of what will happen if her mom caught her.

It was as though her mother had these inner senses but in reality that wasn't the case. Instead he kept quiet about the given prefect status and wrote soul to Aurora who wanted it to be a surprise to the boys that day. But personal it was a blessing to hear that she knew someone with the same title.

In reality he was just one of the many, Aurora had been a social butterfly during her time at Hogwarts. Not scared to talk to anyone, and since she played on the Ravenclaw team it was bound that people in her house knew who she was.

And for once...It wasn't because of her last name.

An even better letter the girl had received just a day later, was Rabastan's congratulations and a hilarious introduction of being his own houses' prefect. Now the girl was largely excited due to the fact it would give them ample time to be alone and patrolling.

It made her giddy, as well as holding her secret of knowing that Remus was a prefect as well? Oh this was going to be a brilliant year!


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Date Posted: 03-07-19

Time:1:55

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Fun Fact: I'm planning on actually getting that tattoo in the summer after this semester is over :)