Invisible String

5.

"You've got very gorgeous hands, you know?" said Aurora, distracting him. She reached out to hold them.

Draco pulled her hands up and kissed each of them, looking at her. They sat in silence, simply looking at one another. Aurora could see the agony and misery that resided in Draco's eyes, and wished she could do more. She knew she was powerful, but not enough that she could meddle with Voldemort's insider politics with the Malfoy family.

Before she knew it, she leaned in and kissed Draco's lips, that were longing for hers already. Her hands made their way around his neck and his around her waist.

"Aurora, please..." Draco pulled back and rested his forehead on hers, and tears escaped his eyes against his will.

Aurora had, for a moment, thought the sudden feeling had come from her sympathy towards the boy she was holding. Within the same time, she also realised it was the same energy shift she felt during the previous December.

It was Harry.

Her mouth gaped, and she stared at Draco with wide eyes. How was she supposed to leave this boy in such a position?

"I- Draco..." she stood up, "...I have to go."

He sulked. "Now? But... I need you."

Aurora turned from him before he could see her cry.

"There is a lot you don't know, Draco. There's a whole lot that not a lot of people know, and I cannot tell you just yet. Listen to me, darling. You have the strength to conquer anything you wish. I know the Dark Lord's plans may be far too difficult to deviate from, but I promise you that if your heart is in the right place, you will be able to get through this. I love you, okay? Always have and always will, and... I'll see you later." She pecked his lips once more, before running out of the room before her mind could rest with Draco's emotional turmoil.

She had been mindlessly sprinting towards Harry, before she realised that he too was running in her direction.

They stopped in each other's tracks and Harry grabbed her arm.

"You have to come with me," He said, looking petrified.

As they speed-walked towards what Aurora assumed was the hospital wing, Harry spoke of what caused his commotion.

"V... Voldemort has Sirius. I accidentally fell asleep during my exam and I saw it. The same way I saw Mr. Weasley. I can't just sit here, Aurora, I have to go," He explained.

Aurora was stunned. There's no way...

They entered the infirmary, and Harry asked Madam Pomfrey where Professor McGonagall was, and she explained that she was recently checked into St Mongo's Hospital.

Aurora heard of the attack upon McGonagall that was enforced by Dolores Umbridge but did not realise it was this bad.

They walked out, and Harry felt almost hopeless. Everyone he could possibly go to about this had been, in some form or another, hounded out of Hogwarts by the wicked woman in pink.

"Harry, you have to go to Severus. He'll know what to do. He's in the Order!" Aurora stopped Harry in his tracks.

"You're right! Could you..." Harry pleaded that Aurora was the one to talk to Snape, and she agreed.

"Don't do anything just yet. Wait until I find you again. Just go and find Ron and Hermione." she said, rubbing his arm and then heading towards Severus Snape's office.

She had intended to knock on his door, but due to her overcrowding thoughts, she ended up banging on it. He opened the door in anger, but it calmed down once he saw it was her.

"Who—Oh, Aurora. What's the matter?" Severus asked, looking at her with his eyebrows furrowed.

She walked in, pushing him aside she closed and locked the door.

"You need to check in at the headquarters. Harry's just had a vision that Voldemort has Sirius and I just told him to not take further action until I got back to him, but you know he won't listen so please, are you able to check if Sirius is safe? Or would it be quicker if I did it?" said Aurora.

"I... believe it would be quicker if you were to go there. If you wish, I could go with you?" said Severus.

"Okay... yeah. No, you stay. Make sure Harry doesn't do anything stupid. I just really want to get back here quick."

"He already did something stupid by making me put a halt to our Occlumency lessons."

It was not too long after that she found herself at Grimmauld Place. Aurora anxiously looked around for who was inside.

"Hello?" her voice echoed throughout. She was met with mumbling from the dining room that she knew belonged to the awful elf that resided in the household.

"Darling! What are you doing here? Is everything alright?" Remus had appeared from upstairs and had questioned her wellbeing as he saw the look on her face.

"Is Sirius around?" She asked.

"Yes, of course he is. Should I call him? What's happened?" He asked, concerned.

Everything started to click. If Sirius was here, then Harry was panicking for no reason. And he was panicking because Voldemort showed him something that isn't true.

Aurora ran up the stairs, and into Sirius' room, where he was tending to Buckbeak. She looked behind her to make sure Remus had followed.

"Voldemort made Harry have a vision of you being held captive by him. He is currently losing his mind trying to make sure you're okay. Fuck..." Aurora collapsed, trying to catch her breath. She continued to speak and explain several things from the previous months.

It had taken a minute for the three of them to be on the same page. Sirius didn't know where to begin.

"You have to go back and tell him I'm alright! Knowing him, he's already working on a plan to reach the Ministry. Aurora, go! You know how to contact me," Sirius exclaimed, standing up. Aurora hugged him and Remus, who kissed her forehead, and she disappeared once more, shortly finding herself back at Hogwarts, in Severus's office.

"Aurora! Harry's gone."