Aurora's POV
Pancy and Daphne are both asleep in my bed. I carefully get up and take Zephyr in my arms.
Daphne: Where are you going?
Me: Doesn't matter, stay with Pancy and for whatever reason don't leave the Slytherin common room....
Daphne: You're not coming back next year, are you?
Me: I don't know Daphne, I'm not the one giving the orders.She stands up and hugs me
Me: Take care of her...even though I already know you will ....
Daphne smiles and gets back on my bed.
I put on a hoodie and leave my room with Zephyrus in my arms. In the lounge I find Mattheo and Theo.
Me: Let's go.We start running through the corridors of the school until we reach the troll tapestry.
Theo: What are we doing here?The door to the Room of Requirement appears, leaving both my brother and Theo speechless, I take his hand and we enter. Draco is just in front of the Vanishing Cupboard, which starts making strange noises and when it opens, we are enveloped in a dark mist.
Bellatrix: Well, well!says my mother, smiling, followed by seven other Death Eaters. She comes up to me and my brother and kisses our cheeks. We start to walk down the corridors; we meet a few Aurors who are pinned down or killed within seconds, but still they had held back the Death Eaters, keeping me and the other three boys going. We climbed the stairs to the Astronomy Tower and froze when we saw Dumbledore leaning against the wall. Me, Mattheo, and Theo remain hidden in the shadows while Draco points his wand at the headmaster, but he is trembling.
Albus: Good evening, Draco. What brings you here on this lovely spring evening?
Draco: Who else is here? I heard you talking to someone...!
Dumbledore: Oh, I often talk aloud to myself. I find it extraordinarily useful. You have many questions, Draco... Draco, you are not a killer... none of you are!
Draco: How do you know what I am... I could shock you!I wanted to grab his hand to give him some reassurance as he was trembling too much.
Dumbledore: Like with the curse on Katie Bell, hoping she would give me the cursed necklace, or mixing poison into a drink, forgive me, but these attempts have been so feeble that I think you haven't really given it your all...
Draco: But of course... we've been working on this all year... I have been working on it, moreover... he trusts me... I was chosen!Saying this, he raises the sleeve of his shirt, showing the Dark Mark. I look towards my brother, shaking my head. Draco was rambling; at that point, Dumbledore could have attacked Draco, and he wouldn't have been able to counter. I had to intervene.
Me: ExpelliarmusI whisper from the shadows. His wand rolls to the ground, and the man raises his hands in surrender.
Dumbledore: Very well... I see you are not alone, there are others... how?And at that exact moment, the door to the astronomy tower opens, and I stand next to Draco and take his hand.
Draco: The Vanishing Cabinet, in the Room of Requirement... I have fixed it.
Dumbledore: Let me guess, an identical twin.
Draco: From Borgin and Burkes, they form a passageway.
Dumbledore: Brilliant... years ago I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices... let me help you.
Draco: I don't need your help! You don't understand... I have to do it... I have to kill you... or he will kill me and hurt the people I love...
Dumbledore: Come to the right, Draco. We can hide you better than you can imagine. I will also send members of the Order to fetch your mother and keep her safe as well. As for your father... he will be safer in Azkaban. When the time comes, we can protect him too... come over to the right side...Me: And what makes you think he's not on the right side already?
I say, going over to him and taking his hand; Draco is about to lower his wand, but the footsteps of the Death Eaters come closer and closer...
Dumbledore: Miss Nott... or perhaps I shouldn't call you that, I must admit it was difficult to pin you down, but in the end I managed it.
I start to speak, but my mother's giggles silence me.
Bellatrix: Well... look who we have here... well done, Draco.
Greyback: Dumbledore.
Dumbledore: Fenrir...
Greyback: You don't seem happy to see me here...
Dumbledore: No, I'm just disappointed that Draco brought you here with all his friends.
Draco: I didn't want to...
He whispers, trembling.
Bellatrix: Enough, we have no time to lose.
She looks at me with satisfaction, but I can't not worry about Draco's reaction...
Dumbledore: Good evening, Bellatrix, it's nice to see mother and children together at last... I think it's time for introductions, don't you?
Bellatrix: I'd love to, Albus, but I think we're all a bit busy! DO IT!
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-The Children of Darkness- The Riddle Siblings
FanfictionAurora Riddle is the daughter of Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort. She grew up with her brother Mattheo in the Malfoy family. After her father's rebirth, her undercover adventure at Hogwarts will begin with the help and support of her cousin D...