Brave

First Day of Classes

Aurora woke up early to get ready for classes. She still had eye bags under her eyes from lack of sleep. All she saw when she closed her eyes was the dream again. She didn't know what it meant and it kept her up all night. She brushed her hair, got dressed, and then went downstairs after grabbing her things. Her friends were already downstairs, waiting for her.

"How'd you sleep?" Harry asked when they started walking.

"Alright," she mumbled in reply. They walked into the great hall and all sat down at the Gryffindor table. Instead of getting food, Aurora got a pot of coffee and poured it into her cup while yawning.

"You know it's not good to have that much caffeine," Hermione said when she was on her third cup.

"It's fiiinnnee," Aurora replied while yawing. Soon, Professor McGonagall handed them their schedules.

"Ooh we're starting some new subjects today!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Um... Rory... don't you think you're schedules a bit full?" Ron asked wearily.

"I've sorted it all out with Professor McGonagall," Aurora replied stiffly.

"But they've got it all wrong, see, Divination 9:00, Arithmancy 9:00, Muggle Studies 9:00."

Rory huffed. "Oh, what's it to you if my schedules a bit full!" She grabbed her things, snatched her schedule out of Ron's hands, and went over to the Hufflepuff table to sit next to Cedric.

"Do you think there's something she's not telling us?" Ron asked.

* * *

"Welcome, to the art of Divination," Professor Trelawney's misty voice said.

"Oh what rubbish," Aurora huffed, taking out her things. Ron fell off his chair in surprise.

"When did you get here?" Ron asked. "Did you see when she got here?" he asked Hermione and Harry.

"I've been here the whole time."

"In this class, you will find your inner eye to see into the future. Unfortunately for many, books can only take you so far in this class." Ron and Harry looked to Hermione, who looked scandalized at the fact that books wouldn't be much help, and smirked. "You, dear boy," the professor said to Neville, "is your grandmother well?"

"I- I think so?" the Longbottom boy stuttered.

"Hmm. I wouldn't be to sure. You, Miss," she turned to Lavender. "The think you are dreading will come the 16th of October. Miss Patil, beware a red headed man." Parvati scooted away from Ron, who was right behind her.

"This term, we will be studying the art of reading tea leaves. I want everyone to get a cup and drink the tea until only the dregs remain. Mr. Longbottom," she turned to him, "if you would be so kind to get the blue cup after you drop the first one, I'm rather attached to the pink."

Sure enough, Neville dropped his cup.

"What do you see in mine?" Harry asked Ron, who was across from him, after they drank their tea and traded cups.

"Hmm. I see a sort of wanky cross, that's trials and suffering, and a sun, which means happiness. So you're going to suffer, but be happy about it?" the redhead guessed.

"No you idiot!" Aurora said, snatching the cup from him.

Ron pretended to be offended. 

"In this case, the cross probably means that some one you lost will come back into you life, since there is a sun next to it. There's also a broken heart- sorry about that considering it'll probably be me who does it- and there's, oh merlin!"

Suddenly Aurora's vision was black. She saw a big black dog hiding behind a bush and turning into Sirius Black. Aurora visibly paled. She's seen that dog before.

"What is it dear, what do you see?" Professor Trelawney asked her.

"I...um... I have to go," Aurora mumbled and ran out of class.

* * *

Aurora didn't show up to classes for the rest of the day. She was to worried about Sirius Black and the dog to put her energy into learning. She got thinking about Sirius Black, and how he had three friends, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew.

Based on what her papa told her, they did almost everything together. So if Sirius became an illegal Animagus (She knew he was doing it illegally, she checked), would the others be one too?

Aurora thought that Sirius was guilty, but knowing that he didn't have a trial, she was determined to figure out if this was the truth.

She walked to the library and went up to Madam Pince.

"Excuse me?" the young girl said politely.

"Yes," the librarian snarled.

"I was wondering if you had any books on Animagus'."

The woman raised an eyebrow at Rory's request. "Isle 16," she answered.

Aurora looked at books about becoming an Animagus, along with news papers that talked about Sirius going to Azkaban and when he escaped it, which were located in the corner of the library.

By curfew, all Aurora didn't really get anywhere with determining his innocence. But she began to realize that him being a murderer wasn't certain, considering he never even had a trial.

I don't own Harry Potter. The series belongs to J.K Rowling. I only own Aurora any anything that wasn't in the Harry Potter books or movies.