Okay, I began writing this because I had a random wee dream about Sirius having a daughter, and I thought to myself, he can't look after her in Azkaban can he? I also hate the fact that Lily and James were killed in the book so I thought what would it be like if they lived? And Sirius had a daughter he didn't know about until a few years after she was born? I realise this has been done a lot so if you've seen it before please don't hate me! As I love all my readers, I truly do. Anyway please read on and if you find time then look at my other fanfic, "The Unknown Twin". That is all (:

DISCLAIMER: Harry Potter and all his adventures, etc belong to J.K Rowling, which I have to say is, quite unfortunately, not me.

Chapter 1

31 October 1981

***Lily's POV***

"He's here! Take Harry and leave, I'll hold him off," I heard my husband tell me before running down the stairs to fend off Voldemort. How could this happen? I think to myself as I run into Harry's room, where I see him still sound asleep in his cot. I hear the door behind me creak slowly open, as Lord Voldemort walks into the room. I turned, wand raised as he grinned evilly and disarmed me. "Where's James?" I asked, backing away, standing between Voldemort and Harry. He laughed coldly, before replying, "He is downstairs. Dead." I stifled a gasp. What would I do without James? My thoughts were disrupted by Voldemort speaking once again. "Stand aside, and I'll let you live."

"I won't let you touch Harry!" I shouted angrily.

"There's no need for you to die, Lily. All I want is the boy." Voldemort told me calmly. When I refused to move he raised his wand, and said those terrible words as I screamed. "Avada Kedavra!"

1 November 1981

***James POV***

My eyes opened suddenly, and I tried to sit up, only managing to lean on my elbows. I looked around, seeing my home, destroyed. I quickly jumped up, remembering the events of the night before, not thinking of how I'd lived, but of Lily and Harry. Picking up my wand from the floor, I went slowly up the stairs. "Lily? Lily?" I called, hoping she was okay. I needed her. Her and Harry. My family. "Lily?"

"James?" I heard Lily say groggily from Harry's room. I quickened my pace and looked into the room, and saw Lily crying silent tears, seeing Harry was not in his cot. "Lily, it'll be okay. He'll be okay, I promise." I said, as I took her into my arms. "We need to see Dumbledore, he'll know what to do." Lily just nodded. She wiped her tears away and stood up, dragging me up with her and bounding down the stairs and going into the living room. "James? Lily?"A voice said from the door way, making me turn, my wand held up in front of me ready to attack. "Sirius? What are you doing here?" Lily asked, confused.

"I heard that you'd...I just had to see if it was true. And it's obviously not." Sirius replied slowly, just as confused as Lily.

"Well, we're going to see Dumbledore, you wanting to join us?" I asked as I embraced my best friend. He nodded as Lily walked into the fireplace. "Dumbledore's office!" Lily said clearly, and moments later, Sirius and I followed.

***Normal POV***

Dumbledore was shocked when he saw his three guests. "James? Lily? I heard you were dead? Hagrid saw you dead?" he said, shocked.

"It was a shock to me too Sir, believe me." Sirius chuckled.

"Very well, my dear friends, how did this happen?" Dumbledore asked kindly.

"Well, we don't really know..." James started, but was cut off by Lily who was frantic with worry.

"What happened to Harry? Please is he alright?" Dumbledore merely smiled, and summoned three purple squishy armchairs and motioned for them to sit. "Harry is just fine, he is at your sister's at the moment."

"What! She hates magic!" James exclaimed loudly, receiving a glare from Lily.

"Dumbledore knows what he's doing James. Anyway, he won't be there long." Lily told her husband, who seemed to calm down a little.

"Well, you three need somewhere to stay, and obviously a new secret keeper. Which brings me to another point, if Sirius didn't tell, then how did Voldemort know where to look?" Dumbledore asked curiously.

"We swapped secret keeper at the last minute to Peter, and didn't tell anyone so that if Voldemort did come looking, he would be lead off track, which clearly didn't work." James replied, getting a little angrier.

"If I ever see that little bastard again he's dead" Sirius added coldly.

"Ah I see, I'll inform the Ministry to look out for him then." Dumbledore muttered, more to himself than anyone else before adding, a little louder, "well if you'll be so kind as to go to the Hospital Wing, just so Poppy can check you over, then you can go get Harry. Sirius, would you allow your friends to perhaps stay at Grimmauld Place? With yourself of course. I heard that you inherited the house when your parents died." Dumbledore gave him a look, making him understand it was what had to be done, like it or not. Sirius sighed and nodded. "Very well, I'll meet the three of you there with Harry at 6 this evening to cast the Fidelius charm." The three friends agreed with the man, and shook his hand before leaving the office.

Once they had been checked over by Poppy, the healer, they quickly flooed back to Godric's Hollow, collecting a few necessary possessions and chucking them into a small luggage bag, and apparating to Privet Drive. "What number is it again Lils?" James asked, looking up and down the street.

"Number 4, down this way a bit I think." Lily said, quickly walking in front. "Yes, that's it there." She walked up to the front door, straightening her robes and knocked twice on the door. A few moments passed before the door opened, to a shocked woman staring at them. "Lily? I was told you were dead!" the woman whispered, before sobbing, and throwing herself onto Lily.

"I'm not though Petunia, I'm fine. You can't get rid of your sister that easily!" Lily told her smiling. "Now where's Harry?" Petunia, wiped her tears, and looked a little ashamed when she was asked this. She allowed her sister in, and pointed to the small cupboard under the stairs. "This is a joke right?" James asked, glaring at his sister-in-law, as Lily slowly opened the cupboard, and saw her beautiful baby boy, in a small cot that had obviously been forced into the small space. When the door opened, he looked up and beamed. "Mummy!" he said happily, as Lily picked him up and held him close to her. Turning around, she gave her sister a look of disgust, and without another word, she grabbed hold of Sirius and apparated, leaving James to give her one last dirty look, before apparating as well, leaving Petunia to cry a fresh load of tears, as Dudley began to wail.

As they settled into their new home at Grimmauld Place, they sat mostly in silence, all thinking about different things. How they survived, where Peter could be, how much it sucked that he was back in this house again. They noticed a small, lightning bolt shaped scar on Harry's head, the only mark left by Voldemort. Dumbledore came to cast the Fidelius charm, at 6 precisely, making them all feel a little safer.

That night, Lily began to have nightmares of what had happened, and what could've happened. She woke up with dark circles around her eyes, nearly every morning for the next 7 months. Otherwise things were fine. With Voldemort gone, at least for now, the wizarding world was much happier, and people could trust one another again. Harry had begun to walk, slowly but surely, his first teeth coming in, god teething was stressful, beginning to expand his vocabulary. Remus was around at the house many days, happy to see his friends alive and well, though at first he was upset that they hadn't trusted him enough to tell him that they had changed secret keeper. Nevertheless, life was good. The best it had been in about 14 years.

5 July 1985

All was well at Grimmauld Place, Lily having her morning coffee to wake her up, James reading the Daily Prophet before work, Sirius chasing a giggling Harry around the kitchen table. Lily sighed smiling. And Harry was supposed to be the four year old? She laughed, as James suddenly picked his son up, who tried to get away, still giggling, and failing miserably. James hugged Harry tightly, and put him down ruffling Sirius' hair and giving Lily a passionate kiss, making Sirius cover Harry's eyes, mocking shock, before apparating to work. "Harry, come and choose something for breakfast dear." Lily said kindly, sitting Harry in a chair, before adding to Sirius, "and don't wind him up so early in the morning. I hate trying to calm him down when I'm half asleep!"

"Only because he always wins!" Sirius retorted cheekily, earning himself a gentle whack around the head from Lily. Tap tap tap.

"Sirius, get the post will you?" Lily said, absentmindedly, as she buttered Harry's for his scrambled egg. Sirius opened the window and let the small, brown owl in. Taking the letter, he fed the owl a biscuit. Seeing the letter was address to him, he sat down next to his godson and opened the letter, not recognising the handwriting. He was surprised to find that it was normal paper, not parchment.

Sirius

I don't know if you remember me. I'm Alana Smith, I used to live a few doors down from you in Grimmauld Place. We went out in 1979. Anyway, I had to tell you that you had a daughter. Lydia Melodie Black. She was born June 6th 1980, so incase you didn't figure out, she's just turned 5. I guess you're probably wondering why I'm telling you now, years after she's born. I swore, when I found out you were a wizard, I wanted nothing to do with all that, which is why I broke up with you. I didn't know at the time of course that I was pregnant. I hoped, that she would be like me, but she has done magic. I can't live a normal life with a witch living with me, though I love her very much. I hope you understand. Please send a letter back soon. It's not my owl you see, though I would've thought you knew that already.

Alana

"Sirius? You've gone awful pale, what's wrong?" Lily asked, turning to him, as he wordlessly handed her the letter.

A/N - I know its short but I'm writing this at half one in the morning so I can post it tomorrow (well today by now) in college. I'll try to update soon, please tell me what you think and sorry for any grammer or spelling mistakes. There'll be more description in the next chapter, I realise there's not much. Also the years I wasn't sure about so I made it up, if they're wrong then please correct me and I'll change it.

Jazzmyne16 (aka abi)

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