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So I was watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix yesterday and an idea popped into my head of Harry having an older sister who was raised by Remus after Lily and James died, and I decided to write it out.
Pairings: OC/Oliver Wood, eventual Remus/Tonks, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Hermione, Ron/Hermione, Past Sirius/Marlene McKinnon, I don't even know who else but we'll see as the story goes on
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
June 1978
Lily Evans let out a breath, looking from the small object in her hand to her best friend and roommate, Marlene McKinnon.
"What am I going to do?"
For once, the redhead didn't have an answer for the problem she was facing. Smuggling the muggle object into the school had been difficult enough, but now that the result of the test in front of her was staring her in the face, the young witch had no clue how she would handle the fallout.
"Well," Marlene began calmly, "You're going to tell James. The term will be over in another week, and then you and James will be moving in together six weeks after that. You can do this, Lils." She smiled warmly at her friend.
"But what if he doesn't want it? What if he doesn't want me? Merlin, Marlene, we're only eighteen!"
"Lily, if James is half the man I believe him to be, then he will not only stay with you, but he will be ecstatic about this baby." Marlene's words cemented the idea of the new life forming in Lily's mind. She was having a baby. James Potter's baby. And it would be okay. She could do this, she was strong. With a determined glint in her eyes, Lily finally met her friend's gaze.
"Let's go find James."
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It didn't take long for the girls to find James, who happened to be with Sirius Black, notorious prankster and Marlene's quasi-boyfriend. They were sitting on one of the couches in the Gryffindor common room, watching a couple sixth years play wizard chess. Sirius was messing with one of the players' pieces, making them move to squares that would get them wiped out by his opponent.
"Sirius, can I have my boyfriend for a moment?" Lily requested, smiling charmingly at the two boys. Sirius looked slightly annoyed, while James simply stood up with an adoring look in his eyes, the same expression he got every time he saw his girlfriend. Marlene took James' place next to Sirius as Lily pulled the boy out of the room.
Hand in hand, the couple moved through the school, searching for a quiet place to talk. Settling on a small alcove on the fifth floor of the castle, they sat.
"Well Lils, what is it you needed me for?" James asked, curious.
The head girl looked down at her now empty hands, letting out a shaky breath. "I need to tell you something. Its important."
Nodding for her to continue, James took in the redhead's appearance. She seemed to be nervous, though he had no idea why.
"Well, there's no easy way to say this. If there was I probably wouldn't have so much trouble. And I want you to know that its okay if you don't want to deal with it, I'll completely understand. And if you want to break up, I'll understand that too. I just –" She was cut off by James pressing his lips to hers softly.
"Lily, whatever it is, I won't leave you. I love you. Now would you please tell me?" He asked, smiling slightly at Lily's cute rambling.
She took another breath, and nodded. She could do this. "I'm pregnant." She sighed. It was out now. She couldn't take it back.
"You're pregnant?" James squeaked, shocked. At Lily's nod, he became quiet. The dark-haired man couldn't believe it. He and his beautiful flower had created a life? And though they were young, James knew he would take care of them both, that their child was a gift. "Lily that's fantastic!"
The redhead, who had been waiting for James to run away, was shocked when he pulled her into a tight hug before standing and lifting her into the air. "We're going to be parents." He marvelled, excitement clear in his face. Lily nodded, speechless at her boyfriend's joy.
"You're not… upset?" She asked hesitantly.
"This is the best thing that could have happened. I know we're young, but I believe that this was written in the stars."
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The Evans-Potter home,
January 1979
Seven months had passed, and Lily's due date was March 8th, meaning she had two more months of waiting for her child to be born. The parents-to-be had found out that they were having a little girl two and a half months prior, and were now choosing godparents for the baby.
"I'd like to ask Remus to be her godfather." Lily requested. "He's been there for me since we told him and the others that I was pregnant. Every time you needed to be away these past few months, he's helped me."
James nodded. He himself would like Sirius to be god father, but his friend had already told him he didn't feel ready to take on the responsibility. "The next one." Sirius had assured. Remus had been James' next choice, so the couple was easily in agreeance.
"And godmother?" James questioned.
"Marlene. I know she would be there for our little girl if something happened to us."
Nodding, James smiled. "Shall we call our friends then?"
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Both Remus and Marlene had been ecstatic at being asked to be the godparents to Lily and James' daughter.
Lily was grateful that James hadn't pushed for Sirius to be their child's godfather. Lily loved the man, but she didn't consider him mature enough to handle a small child. In a few years, maybe he would have matured enough, but at present Lily didn't trust him to care for her daughter.
The redhead had also been bouncing names around in her head. James wanted to name the girl after a flower, but Lily refused. She knew how awful it could be, having to deal with sharing a name with a flower.
Instead, the redhead thought of different names, ones that were unique but not strange. She quite liked Finnely, and thought that calling her daughter Finn for short would be adorable. At the same time, when not pushing for a flower name, James wanted his daughter to have a traditional name.
"Elizabeth is a perfectly acceptable name." He would say.
"Yes, and perfectly boring as well." Lily would counter. She didn't want her daughter to have a common name. The girl would be unique and deserved a name that reflected that.
Eventually though, they settled. Lily chose her daughter's first name, and James could pick her middle name, so long as it wasn't Elizabeth or something equally as plain. And so, two months later, Lily and James' daughter's birth certificate would read 'Finnely Victoria Potter', and the couple would proudly present her to the world as such.
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The Order of the Phoenix Headquarters,
November, 1981
Remus Lupin wrapped his arms around his small goddaughter, wondering how the hell he could ever explain to her that her mummy and daddy were gone, and they weren't coming back. How could he tell her that she couldn't see her baby brother Harry again? How could he tell her that she couldn't go home? That Auntie Marlene was never coming back either. How could he tell his goddaughter that her uncle Sirius was responsible for her parents being gone? That her uncle Peter was somewhere with her aunt and parents, never to return?
The werewolf didn't know how he would ever explain what had happened to Finn, but he knew that he would never let her forget her parents, never let her forget Peter's bravery and Sirius' cowardice. He would teach Finn about her brother, about how one day she would meet him, but she couldn't know him until then.
With those thoughts in mind, Remus picked up the two-year-old and carried her towards the nearby fireplace. For now, he would take her home, and later he would begin to explain. The young man's last thought before he threw down the powder to floo home, was that it wasn't fair that the Potter children would never truly know their parents.
And there it is, the prologue. I debated having Finn be older, but that would mean Lily and James would have had to have her in fifth or sixth year, and I figured it would interfere too much with their schooling.
