Invisible String

5.

Harry hesitantly obliged with Snape and Dumbledore's orders to take Occlumency lessons from Snape. He had just finished his first lessons, both of them livid over Harry's incapability to keep Snape from invading his mind. Not for a minute, though, did Snape wish to give up.

Snape went through this first lesson knowing that the two of them were not alone and had waited until Harry left to call out the uninvited guest that was lurking.

Snape sat back at his desk and said out loud "Just because you're free to stalk that boy whenever you please, does not mean you can eavesdrop and watch something like that, especially when others are involved. I, personally, feel violated."

Aurora laughed, walking to Snape's desk and hugged him. "You act like there's anything more to know about you than Potions and your undying love for a certain Potter," Aurora whispered, her laugh fading.

Snape looked up to her and shook his head in displeasure.

It was only when the Order had reformed, that Aurora found any sort of interest in Severus Snape. Prior to that, she thought he was a boring arsehole who found pleasure in harassing everyone around him. Though that truth still lingered, she now knew he wasn't all that bad and adored him much more.

Severus, on the other hand, always appreciated her and the power she possessed. Other than Dumbledore, and perhaps the Dark Lord, he believed he was the only one who could best her in duel. Though, they never dared test this theory.

"The same could be said about you and your little obsession with Potter. Speaking of which, what the hell were you thinking? Having Draco find out about DA?" Severus's mood changed, having remembered what he heard from the Order recently.

He stood up and crossed his arms, looking down at Aurora in utter disappointment.

"Well, I'm not going to explain this for the third time. You can ask Dumbledore, or, if you could get your head out of your ass you could talk to Sirius and Remus..." She tiled her head to watch his reaction to what she had said. "...you could hear a better explanation!"

Severus scoffed, slowly walking away to a table that had potion ingredients on it.

Aurora continued, knowing this was annoying him. "But nooooo, oh! They bullied me when I was in school! Poor little Snivellus!" She spoke in a mocking tone, trying her very best not to laugh.

That was enough to make Severus stop what he was doing, turn around and walk towards her. She had run towards the door when he started taking out his wand.

"You insensitive little b- "

"Bye darling! Take care!" She yelled from outside his office door.

Besides, she had someone else to see. Many others, in fact.

Harry had been lying in bed, exhausted from not only the day's work but from having his mind and memories invaded that way. It was in that moment that he remembered who he had been longing to see for weeks. He rolled to his side to reach for the Marauder's Map, and once he opened it his eyes longed to find one name only.

He saw the footprints of one 'Aurora Whitehall' rapidly leaving Professor Snape's office, and had watched them head towards the Slytherin dorms. Harry had assumed she was going to bed, when in fact, that was not the case.

Aurora had gone to see Draco. She owed him and Harry an explanation, and a damn good one.

Draco was sitting in the Slytherin common room, talking to Pansy Parkinson, when Aurora walked in. Pansy saw her and groaned. No one at Hogwarts understood how Aurora got herself into the ranks of Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter, and coexisted in peace within the both of them. Nobody understood why she was constantly in Dumbledore's office, nor where she came from; her parentage was unknown. Draco, on the contrary to Pansy's reaction, glowed when he saw her.