Set in seventh yr. Aurora Potter was engaged to Fred Weasley and two months pregnant when he died. While grieving the death of Fred for months, she begins to realise she has feelings for Charlie. Charlie through the advice of George finally tells Au...
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Chapter Two, Going Home
When Aurora woke up she appeared to be alone in the Hospital wing and for a moment she couldn't remember why she was there in the first place, that was until everything that had happened in the last few days came flooding back and she tried to stifle a sob but was unsuccessful when she was pulled into strong muscled arms and a hand running soothingly through her hair. "Shhh it's alright Pup it's alright I'm here. Everything's going to be alright I promise." a man said and she belatedly realised that it was Sirius who was hiding her and trying to calm her. Aurora held tighter to her adopted father as she cried for all that she'd lost in the last couple of days if not years.
After a while Aurora calmed down slightly till she was only hiccupping occasionally with her head still buried into Sirius's shoulder. "Dad where's Remmy, Tonks and Teddy?" Aurora asked. "A-and is G-George mad at me?" Aurora asked so quietly that Sirius could barely hear her even with him sitting next to her and with enhanced hearing. Sirius kissed his daughter on her head pulling her gently to sit in her lap so he could offer her more comfort.
"Oh baby," Sirius sighed kissing his daughter's forehead as he ribbed her back soothingly. "Of course George doesn't hate you. Why would he? He loved you as if you're his little sister and I doubt anything will change that pup. As for Moony, Tonks and Teddy they've gone back to Grimmauld Place as Teddy was getting cranky, but they said they'll be waiting for us in the Drawing Room ready for when we go home." Aurora looked at Sirius sceptically as if she didn't believe a word he was saying about George but she didn't say anything instead she asked. "Daddy? When can I go home? I just want to go home." Aurora asked with wide puppy dog eyes filled with tears. Staying in Hogwarts was too painful the memories of the war still fresh in her mind she just wanted to get away from it all, to stop being reminded of the dead.
Sirius looked at his daughter sadly holding her together as if he could ward off her thoughts and her bad memories just by holding her close to him. "Soon baby. Once Madam Pomfrey has checked you over we can go home I promise and you never have to see this castle again if you dong want to." Sirius told her smiling when he saw the first smile in what felt like forever which it probably might have been as before she went on the run it was rare of Rory to smile as she was always so worried about someone, but when she did smile she lit up the room and lifted the atmosphere in the room and Sirius had treasured all those times he had seen her smile and he knew Remus did to as they were worried about their cub, they hated seeing her so upset and depressed that they just felt so useless and where at a loss of what to do to make her feel happy and to smile again especially now but he knew they would figure away to do it even if it took them years to do it.
Sirius and Aurora sat in a comfortable silence, Aurora snuggled into Sirius her head resting on his chest as they waited for Madam Pomfrey to discharge her. Sirius had spent the time his little Rory was on the run, when he wasn't looking for her of course, re-decorating and re-furbishing the whole of Grimmauld Place making it feel more like a home for his adopted daughter for when she returned from the run as he had refused to believe that she was dead like so many people had. He couldn't wait to get her home and show her the new and improved Grimmauld Place and her own room which used to be his brother's room that was opposite his, he was so glad he had finally taken down the portrait of his mother but it had taken him and Remus to blast the wall away that had her portrait on it before re-building the wall.
Sirius and by the looks of it Aurora were pulled from their faults by the arrival of Madam Pomfrey. "Rory dear let's see how you're doing and then Sirius can take you home as I know both of you are eager to get home not that I blame you what with everything that had happened," Madam Pomfrey cleared her throat and ignored the glare directed at her curtesy by Sirius. Pomfrey waved her wand over Aurora checking her baby but also the injuries she had gotten throughout the war.
"Now your baby is doing perfectly fine and is healthy considering everything that has happened. I would say that your magic had been protecting your baby since you conceived it a month ago. Your injuries appear to be healing nicely but I will give you a pain potion for the pain of your bones re-growing and your likely stiffness due to the curses you endured, a scar and bruise salve that will need to be applied twice a day once all of your cuts have gone which will hopefully reduce the amount of scaring to being barely visible and I will also give you a nerve re-growth potion to rectify the damage caused by the Cruciartus Curse." Madam Pomfrey said as summoned the bag of potions to Sirius with stern words that he better make sure that she takes them or there'd be hell to pay Sirius promised that he would make sure that she took every last potion even if he had to force them to her.
Satisfied that Aurora would get all of her potions Madam Pomfrey finally let them go telling Aurora in no uncertain terms that shed want to see her in the hospital wing unless it was checkups to see how the baby was with that said she left the two to head off home she went off to see to her other patients. "Come on Rory let's get you home." Sirius said as he carefully and slowly led his daughter to Madam Pomfrey's Floo that she had practically ordered them to take to get Rory home quicker. Aurora smiled softly for the first time in what felt like the first time in years. She was finally going home to be with her family though she wished Fred was still here but she was happy that Teddy could have both of his parents as he grew up something she had thought hard for her little godson in the war. She couldn't wait to just be with her dad, Remus, Tonks and Teddy again and with that happy thought she rested her head on Sirius's chest as he guided her into the fireplace she was finally going home to her family.
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