{the dawn of aurora}

aurora bates | twenty | cheerleader | BHU student | theatre major

[aurora-bates]

eye of the storm | victoria & aurora

[victoriabouvierarchive-blog]

Victoria took one look at the small kitten in Aurora’s arms and her heart melted. It was such a precious, small thing and to know it was out on its own for who knows how long, broke her heart. “She’s so little.” Victoria cooed, looking up at Aurora before following her gaze towards the sky. It was getting increasingly darker and a sick feeling settled in Victoria’s stomach. This storm would be anything but minor. Looking at the gray sky, the half-breed wished she had paid more attention to the news. Quite frankly she had no idea how big they had predicted this storm to be in the first place. All she knew was with each minute Victoria and Aurora stood outside, their lives dangled on the line.

Victoria ripped her eyes away from the sky and looked at Aurora. She bit her lip, unsure. “It’s in the Snow Estates,” A crack of thunder interrupted her mid speech. Victoria gave a quick glance towards the sky before staring at the Fury, worry in her eyes. “But, we’ll have to run like hell if we want to make it.” Victoria grabbed Aurora’s arm as the rain began to fall, pulling her away from Piggly Wiggly and towards her house. She shook her head. “No. I searched for hours but I didn’t find anything.” The rain become to fall with increasing speed and power, the winds picking up. “Fuck.” She whispered, picking up the pace. Her hand was still on Aurora, afraid to lose her and the kitten she held. “Do you know a short cut?”

[aurora-bates]

Aurora hated that there were so many feral cats and dogs. There were always an abundance during this time of year. She wished she had room for all of them. Aurora wrapped her arms around the kitten gently, shielding it from the rain that was starting to fall. "It's so annoying that people allow their cats and dogs to run away. We shouldn't have so many feral animals," Aurora frowned as she said. If one person in the town was to understand, it would be Victoria. The other girl was constantly trying to find strays. But Aurora was more worried about the storm. She couldn't help it. They were still in the middle of town with a storm about to be raging. Aurora didn't have time to discuss the annoyance of stupid people who mistreated animals. Besides it would only make her angry. With each passing second, they were more and more likely to die.

Aurora tried to swallow, but her mouth was suddenly dry. "I'm at the school. That's closer, I think," Aurora watched as lightning crackled through the sky. It was a good thing her rain boots were made out  doing a good job of keeping her emotions in check. "We can run to the school faster," she declared. "I only came for milk, but I figured I'd find something on the way," Aurora admitted, beginning to walk-- or run-- towards the direction of the school. "The only short cut I know will only take a few seconds off our route, but that's better than nothing."

The fury headed in the direction of the school. She kept the kitten from getting as wet as possible. She struggled to keep herself from freaking out. Aurora wondered if Naomi was okay and she made a mental note to check on her best friend the second she got back to safety. Aurora walked for a few minutes, and then the rain started to pour down. "I think this calls for an oh shit," she shook her head, trying to run under any bit of shelter she could find. The girl frowned at Victoria. "We don't have much further now. You can see BHU from here."

[aurora-bates]

eye of the storm | victoria & aurora

[victoriabouvierarchive-blog]

As soon as she heard about the impending storm, Victoria knew what she had to do. Grabbing the nearest coat and whatever bits of food she could find, the demon ran out the door. Something about little animals being stuck outside during the storm broke her heart. They were so helpless and innocent, surely they wouldn’t survive by themselves. So, without hesitation, Victoria headed out her door. Once outside and seeing the nearly ash black sky, Victoria gave a hesitant look back towards her house. It was a hurricane and the half-breed knew that meant damage could ensue. Everything that kept her human was in that house. If something happened… With a shake of her head and a prayer, Victoria left without looking back. The animals needed her more than her house.

Victoria had been searching for hours for animals but she had yet to find anything. The demon hoped it was a good sign and that it meant they had found refuge or someone had already taken them in. Still, there were a few places Victoria hadn’t checked. Heading towards Piggly Wiggly, Victoria carefully searched the bushes and plants near the grocery store. Out of the corner of her eye, the brunette caught sight of someone looking in the bushes as well. Then she heard it. A faint meow coming from where the figure was. The demon ran towards the figure, who she now recognized as Aurora, and looked at her, a worried expression on her face. “Did you find a cat?” She asked, before a crack of thunder sounded. It was deafening and Victoria knew they were running on borrowed time. “Yeah, we need to hurry.”

[aurora-bates]

Aurora knew she needed to hurry. It didn't take long to spot the kitten. It was loud. She finally managed to coax him a little ways out of the bush. The poor kitten was only a few weeks old, looking at it. Aurora pulled out the small black and white kitten from the depths of the green bush. She held the small wet creature in her hand. She felt bad for her. She was so tiny. Aurora wondered if she was the runt of the litter. She couldn't leave the poor cat, she had to take her. The girl whipped her head back to Victoria, who had probably been out searching for dogs or something. "She was just in the bushes. I couldn't leave her." Aurora looked to the sky. It was turning dark. Soon enough the rest of the hurricane would be here and she was not about to take a second shower for the day. 

"Is your place close?" Aurora asked, glancing around. "Mine isn't too far, but it will probably start raining before we get there." All Aurora knew was that the hurricane was well on it's way to raging in Barton Hollow again and Aurora didn't want to be out in a category three hurricane. She turned to Victoria, a look of pure worry on her face. Why had she decided to even go out? It was stupid. Even though she was sure that someone would have let her stay over, she should have never gone out in the storm. "We should just hurry." Aurora said, starting to feel rain drops falling. Big heavy rain drops. "Did you find anything?" she asked.

[aurora-bates]

ooc do you ship aurora with anyone in terms of brotp or otp?

In the sense of OTPs, I don’t really have them. I tend to not ship my character as a personal preference, due to a ship I had a long time ago. It takes a lot of chemistry for me to be able to ship something romantically. For me a ship develops over time, and time requires me to know my character through and through and know be able to channel every emotion that they feel the instant that they feel it. I still have a long way to go before I get that far with Aurora’s mind. Though I’m working on it, I don’t feel comfortable having a romantic relationship with her.

Brotps, though, I have a lot of those! Of course, Aurora and Naomi are my top brotp. I adore their relationship. It’s so different from a lot of relationships that I’ve seen. Aurora and Naomi make me smile because they’re so different. Another brotp I have for Aurora is her and Thomas. I don’t know how, but from the moment they talked, they were completely and totally one of my favorite things. Aurora and Thomas are so different that I enjoy watching them chat. Aurora and Olive are slowly becoming a brotp of mine. They’re similar in ways and opposite in ways. This is the same for Victoria and Aurora, they’re both pretty similar and it makes for interesting conversations between the two of them. I also like Aurora and all of the other furies, because those are her best friends, the brotp feels are real.

[aurora-bates]

eye of the storm | victoria & aurora

Aurora had forgotten milk. How could she have forgotten milk!? She really needed to get milk. A fourth of a carton was in her fridge, but she would drink all of that shortly. She had cookies. Aurora wanted to watch a movie, but suddenly she had the urge to go out in the storm. She really needed to get some groceries. Aurora looked out the window. It was only a category three storm. She noticed the sky had turned a funny green color, meaning it was the eye of the storm. A sigh escaped her lips as she closed the curtains.

"If I'm going to go out, it might as well be now," she muttered. Aurora grabbed her purse and put her hair up. No need to look perfect, not when she was just going to get rained on. Aurora closed her door and locked it. She made her way out of the building and found herself staring at the storm outside her window. She opened the door to the storming world and stepped out. Even though it was storming and windy, it still was hot. Not as hot as it normally way, but the temperature was still pretty warm.

It was eerie how dead the streets were. Sometimes it seemed like Barton Hollow never slept. She hurried through the lightness that the eye of the storm brought. Aurora wanted to hurry and get back so she could watch a movie and curl up in bed. It didn't take her long to get to the Piggly Wiggly. She hurried into the store, not surprised that it was open. She grabbed a gallon of whole milk and checked out as quickly as possible. Aurora walked out of the store and started walking down the street.

"Meow," she heard coming from the bushes.

Aurora stopped in her tracks and frowned. The poor creature! She looked around. She needed to find the poor little kitten before he or she got scared by the storm, they were already probably terrified. Aurora looked around, peeking in the bushes. "Here kitty, kitty," she said lightly, looking to the sky. The poor kitten, she thought. Aurora had to find it. The sky was growing darker and she knew she needed to get back soon.

[lylikedeer-deactivated20241219]

[mooringsbuiltonsand-blog]

if you can think of a ship, i will answer either of these sets of questions for them:

big spoon/little spoon:

favorite non-sexual activity:

who uses all the hot water:

most trivial thing they fight over:

who does most of the cleaning:

what has a...

[olive-king-deactivated20141222]

I’m pretty sure high school was rough for everybody, I mean, scheduled lunches? Ugh. What do they try and get you to do? Are they just as bad as in high school, because I’ve been trying to avoid them since I started high school and through to university. And you don’t really really have to defend wanting something or when somebody gets hurt, because isn’t that the same for everybody? At least for me, it is.

You’re majoring in acting? Cool, do you like doing any performing of other sorts? Because there’s this one guy in our class who looks so run down, I’m sure he’ll drop out by the time this performance is done.. so there may be an open spot if you’re interested. And when I mean failing to answer my phone, it’s really failing to find it from wherever it’s hidden itself.

[aurora-bates]

I didn't think high school was all that bad. But peer pressure is really strong among the rest of the furies. So it's really difficult for someone like me. I didn't have too hard of a time though, so I can't complain. No one really bothered me. They sort of feared me. I do the same thing they do. Just torture people. But I just... hurt the people that deserve it. No one should be bullied. They tried to get me to be the bully to other people. I don't think I have it in me to do that.

Well I'm majoring in theatre. Which is basically the same thing. I want to act though. I do plays with the school sometimes. I can't sing, no matter how much I try, so I hope you don't need someone would could sing, but I will totally be interested in something like that! Any chance for experience. {Aurora laughed.} I always answer my phone calls, but sometimes texts take a little longer for me to answer. Phones can be tricky objects to find.

[lydia-pryce]

I do, I do. I think I’ve seen you before, too, not to sound weird. Are you going to be a junior this fall?

[aurora-bates]

No, it would be weird if you hadn't. I spend most of my time at school. I am going to be a junior this fall!

[lydia-pryce]

Like the princess. It’s nice to meet you, too. Even in such dire situations. 

[aurora-bates]

Yeah, but I'm not princess. Nice to meet you too. I feel like I've seen you before. Do you go to BHU?

[raw-unmedicated-heart]

The largest debate that could be had was whether Nate’s cooking skills were better than his social skills.   He was a man without a filter and a knack for more often leaving people offended and shocked than anything else.  He made a point of keeping other beings at a distance, and thus far had done an outstanding job. 

He looked away from the signs above him to a woman, seemingly directing her question at him.  His eyebrows raised, idly glancing over her for a moment, making no attempt to hide the fact that he was appraising her body.  "Depends on what you’re offering." Nate could always be counted on to pull the ‘asshole’ card. 

[aurora-bates]

Aurora stared at him. She'd never seen him before in her life. She narrowed her eyes. Aurora wasn't one to fear strangers, but she didn't let that make her any less aware of the situation. She pursed her lips, grabbing a box of muffin mix from the shelf with her perfectly manicured nails. She watched him closely, trying to read him as well as she could. Aurora was pretty good at reading people. Even strangers. It had been how she'd started talking to Thomas, who even though she hadn't seen in a while, she considered to be one of her best friends. But she wasn't getting that feeling from this man.

Aurora pulled her phone out of her purse, checking for text messages. She looked back up at him. "With your grocery shopping. You look like you're struggling. I can help you," she said quickly. She knew he was up to something, but she couldn't tell what from just that moment.

[lydia-pryce]

Clearly. I’m Lydia, by the way. 

[aurora-bates]

{Aurora laughed} Nice to meet you Lydia. I'm Aurora.

[raw-unmedicated-heart]

Twenty-eight years of life and going to the grocery store was still a mix of confusion and frustration for Nate.  His diet consisted of anything that could be microwaved or put in the oven; his cooking skills competing with crumpled tin foil for ‘worst cook of eternity’.  The last attempt had resulted in a burnt sauce pan (he never understood exactly how a pot of boiling water could burn) and and emergency call to the nearest restaurant that provided take-out.

He stood silently in an aisle, eyeing the rows of cereal, contemplating the chances of disaster.  With the danger level determined as ‘low’, he picked up a box with various cartoon characters across it and tossed it into his near empty cart, ignoring the packaging that was most certainly designed for children.  It was at that moment that he realized he’d have to move to another aisle.  The frustration returned as he stood in the middle of the aisle, looking one way and then the other, attempting to determine where he was heading.  

[aurora-bates]

Aurora had needed to go to the grocery store for quite some time. She's been contemplating going for hours, but things just kept holding her back. Finally she grabbed her purse, finally putting the sheet music away and headed out the door. It was a nice evening outside. Not too hot for the south, but not too cold either. She mentally made a list of the things she needed. She wasn't sure if she'd be spending the fourth of July with a group of people or just her parents and their friends, so she planned on just grabbing a few things.

When she reached the store, she hummed to herself, going up and down the isles trying to grab what she needed before getting out. She didn't really want to run into anyone she knew. Aurora wanted to get back to her music as soon as possible. She walked down an isle and looked at directly at a man. He looked stressed. Trying to figure out where he was and what he needed. She chuckled to herself.

"Do you need any help?" she asked, suddenly forgetting what she wanted to get home.

[lydia-pryce]

Uh, Lydia stared at the newly killed spider in awe, thank you. That was a lot easier than I thought it would be. 

[aurora-bates]

Well not everyone is as skilled at spider killing as I am.

[olive-king-deactivated20141222]

Ah, yes I’ve seen the cheer leading team around, it’s hard not to. And yeah, you seem a bit different from the others, but I guess it’s kind of good though, being unassuming?I won’t try to mess with you, I promise, unless you don’t something worth it.. which I doubt you will. And great! It’ll be good. There’s singing, dancing, acting, it should be a really good show, if I do say so myself. {Olive took the phone and put her number in before handing it back to Aurora} There you go. I’m terrible with my phone, though, so don’t be offended if I don’t reply for days.

[aurora-bates]

I love being a cheerleader, but sometimes I shake my head at what they want me to do. Like in high school, they always bullied people. I thought it was wrong. I stayed out of it as much as possible. Not that I'm not as bad as they are. I have my ways when I can be... manipulative and abrasive, but that's only when I want something. Or if there's someone getting hurt. Acting? Then I ought to love it. You've got me hooked now. That's what I'm going to BHU for. I want to be an actor. {Aurora took her phone back, smiling at the blonde.} It's okay. When I get involved with a project, I can be terrible about answering mine as well.

[olive-king-deactivated20141222]

That’s true. I agree, treat others the way they deserve and all that. And I guess nice means you’re nice all the time, so no, you’re not nice, but maybe you’re… fair? I don’t know. But at east I’m not threatening! that’s a plus! It’s this weekend, at the BHU Theater, for one of our assessments. We need a good audience to pump us up.

[aurora-bates]

Some people are just assholes and I hate that. I'm a firm believer that only people who truly deserve to be punished should. It makes me sort of an outcast to the other furies, but I don't really mind. Not threatening is a good thing. Trust me. We cheerleaders aren't a group most people should mess with. I will put it in my calender right now. {Aurora pulled out her phone.} Here you should put your number in. {Aurora handed her the phone after she put the date and time of the show in.}

[furynyx]

Gossip Sesh || Nyx & Aurora

[furynyx]

Nyx grinned as she hugged the girl tightly and took a deep breath. Aurora really did smell like sweetness and light. She wasn’t sure how or why but she didn’t let the thought linger. “Then why on earth are you stressing yourself out for no reason? I mean schools out, you know? I really need to teach you how to relax. Or I need to get you really drunk. One or the other.” The shorter girl said with a little shrug of her shoulders as she lay on her back on the girls bed. It bothered her that Aurora was constantly stressing, she didn’t want to see her best friend burn out before she had time to become the best she could be. 

"Sawyer fucking Woods.” There really wasn’t much more to the situation. That was the best explanation she could come up with. What were they, who knows. Would they last, probably not. Were they in any way official? Nyx didn’t have a clue. “I don’t know what more to say.” At least with Aurora she could be honest about her confusion over the whole situation and she didn’t have to act like she’d planned everything out ahead of time; her bravado was left in her own dorm room. 

[aurora-bates]

Aurora wasn't stressed about it, but she hated to be bored. She hated lazing around doing nothing. This was fun to focus on for now and she was glad that she had the opportunity to study this while she did. "I'm not stressed about it. It's just something to do." Aurora turned to Naomi smiling lightly at her. She sat up, gathering the papers from her bed and making room for her best friend, even though her bed was big and they were already sitting close together. She put the stack of papers on her bedside.

"Sawyer? Are you...?" Aurora asked, knowing Naomi would know exactly what she was talking about. Aurora grinned and squealed at them. "Well someone had been busy doing something," she smiled. "Tell me everything." Aurora was happy for Naomi. The girl was her best friend. She wanted Naomi to be happy. True she hadn't had much luck in the dating department herself lately, but she was happy for Naomi.

[sawyerjwoods]

I’m not sure, but I think there has been an UFO following me around all day.

Maybe the flying alligator. No! Don’t look, ‘cause then it’ll know I’m onto it. Just keep walking.

[aurora-bates]

What if UFOs and the flying alligators are working together? Wouldn't that be a scary thought?

Let's get out of here before we get abducted.

[abelginzburg-deactivated2015010]

At least I’m in good company for now, then.  And hey, we share the same goals so that’s a plus.  My boyfriend and girlfriend might get a little angry about it sometimes, but I can be a little protective when it comes down to it as well.  {laughing with her, dropped his hand into a pocket with a slight shrug as he joked back}  Well, for all I know you could pull the rug out from under my feet at any moment, so I gotta be suspicious of you now, Aurora!  Though I love that; helping people, acting, fame, and experience…all good things!  I don’t suppose you’re too bad of a person.  But let’s be honest, isn’t working with kids the same as animals?  It just takes a little bit of patience!

[aurora-bates]

{Aurora beamed} I'm glad that you think that. Or at least for now anyway. Sharing the same goals is a good thing. I suppose that is how you meet people. Yeah, I understand that. My best friend... she and I can be opposites at some points. She's protective as well. {Aurora smiled at him.} I would never do that. You don't seem like someone who is capable of angering me. At least not on purpose. Plus I'm pretty difficult to get angry as it is. {A small laugh escaped her mouth.} It's something I'm passionate about. So I love doing it. {Aurora laughed at his next statement.} I suppose they are similar. In certain ways they're very similar.