Prologue

November 1977

"Maria! Maria!" a young girl with fiery red hair ran up the Gryffindor stairs, chasing after the best best friend she had ever had. She had been sat on the couch snuggling up into James Potter's chest when Maria Evergreen came tumbling through the portrait hole, tears streaming down her face and her bright blond hair a mess. Maria had ran straight up the stairs, and without giving a second thought Lily had ran after her.

Lily ran into the dorm room that she and Maria shared with three other people to find Maria sobbing into her pillow. She went straight to her friends side and attempted to pull her up into a sitting position, only for the girl to flop back down. Lily was persistent and eventually Maria relented and instead started crying on her friend's shoulder.

"Oh Lily!... Oh... what am I... going to... do?" she sobbed.

"Maria, what has you so upset?" asked Lily, trying to discover the cause of her friend's distress.

Ignoring her friend, Maria continued to sob and bubbler. "What am I going to do? What am I going to do? He'll be upset. He'll leave me"

"Who will leave you Maria?" there was pause where Maria continued her blubbering. Lily continued, "Is it Sirius? Has he hurt you? Maria, if he has you need to tell me."

"No. He hasn't hurt me. It's my fault. My fault." Maria continued to sob.

"What's your fault Maria? Maria you have to tell me what's wrong in case I can't help you" Lily demanded sternly.

"Lily, it's terrible. I'm ruined. My parents... they'll kick me out for sure. I'll be... one of those homeless single mothers... that you see on a muggle street. Oh Lily. I'm ruined. What am I going to do?" Maria sobbed, making slightly more sense than she had a few minutes ago.

"Maria, stop blubbering and tell me exactly what is wrong" Lily demanded shaking her friend, demanding her to calm down.

Maria took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant" there was a silent pause. Lily was shocked into silence. "And Sirius is the father" continued Maria. "I got Madame Pomfrey to give me a test. I got the results today"

Lily's mouth was like a gaping fish. She didn't know whether to smile or scream. She didn't whether to say 'good luck' or 'unlucky'. How would Maria react to what she said? she thought. She decided to go safe. "Have you told Sirius yet?"

Maria shook her head, tears still leaking out her eyes slowly. "I don't know how Lily. How do I tell someone that I'm going to have their baby. I'm sure that the last thing he wants is a baby tying him down and away from his dream"

Lily shook her head sadly. "Maria, Sirius is mad for you. He loves you more than anything else in the world. He would do anything for you. He wouldn't be mad at you, he wouldn't leave you. He may take a while to come around but he'll be there for you, he'll support you no matter what you do."

Maria looked up to look Lily in the eyes hopefully, "Really?"

Lily nodded with a smile. "Of course he would. He loves you. Now, tell me, how far gone are you?"

"Two months" Maria replied with a small smile.

"Come on. You need to tell Sirius." Lily said pulling her friend up.

"Okay" whispered Maria, her eyes watering slightly.

The pair of them headed downstairs. James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew were sat in their usual couches. Lily took her friend's hand for support and pulled her over to where the boys were sitting.

"There's my baby" Called Sirius Black as he jumped up and ran to his girlfriend, pressing his lips against her's in a kiss. It was only when he pulled back that he saw the red puffy eyes and the tears stain marks down her cheeks. "Baby, have you been crying? What's wrong?"

"Sirius, we need to talk" Maria said, grabbing Sirius' hand and pulling him up to the boy's dormitory.

Once in, Maria let go of his head and went to sit on the edge of Sirius' bed. She looked down into her lap where her fingers were fiddling with one loose piece of thread. Sirius approached her, his eyes worried. He knelt down at her knee's. He cupped Maria's cheek and lifted her face up so he could see into her eyes. "Baby, tell me what's wrong?"

"Only if you promise not to hate me" she demanded quietly.

"Why would I ever hate you?" he asked.

She looked pleadingly at him until he corrected his sentence. "I promise I won't hate you."

"I forgot to take the potion... The potion that I made for after we... you know. And now... I... I'm pregnant."

Sirius froze in shock.

A few moments passed. Maria's fidgeting increased. "Sirius? Sirius? Please say something. Please."

Suddenly Sirius spoke. "I'm going to be a dad." he said almost unbelievingly. A grin so wide it would rival even the Cheshire cat's grin spread across his face. "I'm going to be a Daddy". He jumped up pulling Maria into a hug. "We're going to have a kid." When he pulled back his eyes flashed, like he had just remembered something. "James. I'm going to go and tell James." He ran to the door and turned back to face a now smiling Maria and said once more, "I'm going to be a Daddy". He ran out of the room and down the stairs laughing to himself.

The others were still sat where Sirius and Maria left them and when Sirius came down the stairs, James stood to ask what was wrong, only to be tackled to the ground by a laughing Sirius.

"Guess what James" Sirius cried, still on top of James.

"What Padfoot?" James replied, almost cautiously.

"I'm going to a Dad" Sirius shouted so loud that everybody in the common room heard and turned to face him.

Most people who knew Sirius turned back around thinking it be only a prank, but those in Sirius' friend group could tell he was being serious. Maria slowly approached the shocked group. Remus spotted her first and stood, "Is it true? Are you -?"

Maria nodded. "I am. We're going to have a baby"


May 1978

"SIRIUS! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR THIS!" This is all that the friends of Sirius and Maria could hear through the doors. The angry and painful cries of Maria as she gave birth.

"AHHHH!" Another scream pierced the air, making the four of them flinch. James Potter, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin and Arabella Figg stood waiting anxiously for news.

A joint screamed pierced through the air. The one of Maria and another one, a newer and higher pitched one. The cry of a baby. The four breathed a sigh of relief. It was over.

Inside, things were much the same. A grin spread across Sirius' face as he was given his beautiful baby from the Medi-witch. He couldn't believe it. His baby, his baby girl, in his arms. She had stopped her screaming. Her grey eyes were wide starring up at her proud father. The small amount of dark hair that she had already on the top of her head displayed clearly that she was, in fact, a Black. The rest of her face had traits of the Evergreen wizarding line, especially her cute and small button nose.

Sirius smiled as he handed his beautiful girl over to his Maria, who was still pale white and shaking. He kept an arm on his daughter to help support her as Maria looked as she hadn't enough strength to lift her on her own.

The Medi-witch approached him. "Have you a name for her?"

Sirius shook his head. "We haven't discussed it yet?"

"Godparents then?" she asked.

"That we have discussed. James Potter and Arabella Figg. Both of them are outside if you need to see them" Sirius said.

The Medi-witch nodded and headed out of the door.

"We need a name baby" Sirius said sweetly to Maria.

"Helena-James" whispered Maria. "Helena-James Black. Lena for short"

Sirius' heart rose. He loved it. And it had his best friend's name in it. "Little Lena" he whispered to himself. "My little Lena"