Brave

Imperio

"You did what?"

"Listen, I'm sorry, Rory," Harry sighed, "I know I should've told you I was gonna talk to Sirius so you could too, it was just really important."

"I don't care how important it was, he's my father!" Aurora exclaimed.

A few hours prior, Harry snuck into Professor Umbridge's office to use her fire to talk to Sirius, and now, Aurora heard about it from Ron.

"You could of at least let me know, so I didn't have to spend my afternoon worrying about you!"

"What, is it your business to know where I am all the time? Are you my mother? Cause, last time I checked, she was dead!" Harry said, now shouting.

"Erm..." Hermione started awkwardly. She and Ron were sitting tightly next to each other on the edge of Harry's bed in his dorm shared with the other male fourth years, "I feel like you too should, you know, calm down a bit."

Harry turned to the muggleborn, seething, "What, so now you're telling me what to do, too!"

"Don't bring Hermione into this!" Aurora yelled, "You know what?! Maybe I wanted to know where you were because I worry about you, Harry!"

"What?" Harry asked in response, breathing heavily.

"I care about you, Harry! I'm your friend for Merlin's sake!" Aurora exclaimed, "The past couple months you've been avoiding me for some reason, but that doesn't mean I don't want to make sure you're alright.!"

Jarry was far to caught up in his thoughts to respond, so after a few seconds of silence, Aurora stormed off.

As Aurora walked through the halls, she reflected on her argument with Harry. Why did his safety bother her so much? Before she could even answer that question, she bumped into a mysterious figure.

"Just the person I was looking for," The voice said, "the little monster, Lupin-Black!"

"Who are you?" Aurora asked, wanting to know who the voice belonged to so she could beat them up.

"Honey, I'm surprised you didn't recognize me," the voice sneered, "I'm your cousin, after all."

Out of the light stepped the craziest, deadest looking woman Aurora had ever seen. Bellatrix Lestrange.

"Bellatrix?" Aurora seethed, "What are you doing here? How did you get into the castle? I don't-"

"Silence, girl!" Bellatrix snapped. Aurora couldn't understand why, but the sound of the womans voice immediatley shut her up.

"The Dark Lord is rising to power, girl," Bellatrix began explaining. Aurora tried to talk, but her mouth was unable to open, "I know of your gift, and so does the Dark Lord. He believes you would be of good use to him."

Bellatrix glared at Aurora, who provided an eye roll and nasty look in return.

"I believe you are no use to us," Bellatrix started again, "After all, you are just an annoying little girl. No power of yours could match to the power of the Dark Lord. He tries to convince me that you are valuabule, but I think other wise. Anyway, he wants you on our side. Of course, I know that you will resist, which is why he sent me to convince you."

Bellatrix released the spell she'd cast on Aurora, allowing her to talk.

"So, the choice is yours, little Lupin-Black. You can either join me, the Dark Lord, the people with real wealth and power, or stay with your pathetic little friends and monstrous of a family."

"You're the one who's the monster, Bellatrix," Aurora responded, "I'll never join you, or Voldemort."

"Well, you leave me no choice," Bellatrix said, "I don't waste my time trying to get pathetic girls like you to join our ranks, so I'll make this quick."

Aurora gulped in fear, but still tried to keep her confident stance.

"Imperio."

The girl walked back to her dorm as her eyes formed a dazy look over them.

I don't own Harry Potter. The series belongs to J.K. Rowling. I only own Aurora and anything you don't recognize from the books or movies.