Chapter 1
It was the most horrific night in Harry Potter's life, but a miracle for others in the Wizarding World: the night the notorious Dark Lord, Voldemort, and his campaign of evil met their premature downfall. But there is another side of the story that most don't know, and that is the story of Julie Potter. It all started that momentous night.
Sirius Black stalked through the pitch black forest, wand in one hand, and a baby cradled in the nook of the other. His wand was giving out what seemed to be a feeble light in the darkness, barely illuminating the path before them. He growled in frustration as he stumbled over yet another tree root, but he couldn't risk being seen by anyone with his best friend's daughter. His motorcycle was only a mile or so away now, and he tried to focus on getting to his destination, but Julie's crying was distracting.
"Shhh," a man whispered "It's okay, Julie." He muttered, trying to comfort the wailing child. His efforts to silence her were proving unsuccessful, and he wondered if he was going to have to resort to magic to hush her up. Sirius heard a rustling behind him and froze, trying to hear what was coming up on his rear. "Silenco." he muttered, successfully quieting the baby. He stood there for a minute or more, trying to hear any signs of life, but heard nothing. He moved on, but cautiously, trying his best to avoid tripping, and still be aware of his surroundings.
Finally, he arrived at the clearing where his motorcycle stood. Sighing with relief, he readjusted the infant in his arm, and quickly progressed to his bike. Suddenly, a large crashing rang out through the forest around, and Sirius panicked, sprinting the rest of the way to the bike, wand ahead of him, defensive spells ready. He threw one leg over the bike before hearing:
"'Ello? Anyon' there?" called Hagrid. Sirius' panicked heart calmed at the voice of an old friend.
"Over here, Hagrid!" he called gruffly. A large stomping of branches and small logs came from his right, and Hagrid emerged, looking disheveled but strong.
"Blimey, Sirus. Have you heard?"
"What?"
"James…and Lily, he got them, Sirius." Spoke Hagrid remorsefully, Sirius' looked shocked before he limply hung his head.
"How?"
"Dunno. Dumbledore thinks someone was sendin' you-know-who information."
"And Harry?"
"We dunno. I'm headin' to Godric's Hollow right now."
"Here," motioned Sirius "Take my bike. I can apparate, and this will be faster for you." Hagrid raised a skeptical eyebrow
"You sure? I know you spent lotta time on this bike…" Sirius nodded
"Take it, make sure Harry is safe." He surrendered the bike and Hagrid took one arm of it, and just noticed the baby that was now asleep in Sirius' arms.
"Is that Julie?" Sirius nodded
"James--" he choked up a bit at the mention on his now deceased best friend's name "He told me to make sure she's taken care of." He stepped back from his beloved motorcycle "Go get Harry, I'm sure we'll meet up later." Hagrid swung a leg over the bike, and roared it to life.
"See ya, Black." Said Hagrid "Oh, an' when things calm down o' bit, Dumbledore wanted ya to check in." Sirius made a sound of consent, and watched the half giant speed away, above the trees, on his bike.
And that was the last Rubeus Hagrid ever saw of the red haired baby girl.
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Sirius slithered on to the dewy ground in the clearing, hopeless and unsure of what to do next. Going to his house seemed out of the question, especially if James and Lily had been…murdered. He choked out a sob, and let the tears fall down his face, unashamed. What was he going to do? Where was he going to go? Voldemort's spies and subordinates were everywhere. He promised James he would keep his daughter safe, but how could he do that if wherever he went, he was followed by danger? Not only that, but who would raise her? He was hardly adult material, let alone parent material. Julie was fast asleep in his arms, looking content despite the happenings of the evening. He sighed, sniffling and rubbing the tears from his eyes. He would go back to his flat, and get his things and some items for the baby, and he would run. He would lay low with her until things calmed down. He would contact Moony and Wormtail soon afterwards. Disapperating, he left the field.
A few days later, Sirius had finally settled in a small cabin, in an area of secluded woods on the west side of England. Julie was napping in her crib, and he glanced at her every couple of minutes, irrationally worried she would disappear from under his nose. He had finished the defensive spells on the small residence, including muggle repelling charms, and a number of jinx's that would be cast if any of his wires were tripped. No one would find them here.
Now that he was settled, he had time to think upon the events of the past few days. He felt as if there was a hole in his heart, he had let everyone of significance in his life down. James and Lily were both dead. Little Harry had somehow managed to annihilate the Dark Lord, God knows how, but the wizarding world had been celebrating and rejoicing it for days now. It was of no matter that the boy was now an orphan, or that his life was now flipped upside down. If he went into town, he could still hear the occasional firework being shot off. Sirius ran his fingers through his black hair. But how? How had they found Lily and James? The Fidelus Charm they had cast, had been perfect. Hell, Dumbledore was the one who had cast it. So what had gone wrong? Had Peter…? Been captured? Or...Sirius felt a light bulb come to life in his head. Peter, Peter had been the secret keeper. Before then, for the duration of the year, the Potter's had been running around like mad, trying to avoid the spies that some how seemed to keep finding them. At first Sirius suspected it had been Remus who was letting their locations become public knowledge, since he had been so distant and aloof as of late, and refused to come see the twins. Therefore Peter seemed like the perfect choice, no one would suspect him as the secret keeper. He blended in, and was hardly noticed by their group, let alone anyone else. Everyone would suspect it was Sirius who kept the secret of the Potter's household, and the Dark Lord would come after him, it had been a great plan. But now Lily and James were dead, and the only person it could come back to was their secret keeper, Peter.
He had no choice; he had to check up on Peter. He wrote a letter to Remus about his suspicions of the rat, which he decided to send in the morning when he returned. He checked on Julie once more, giving her a kiss on the head, and one last longing glance. Sirius Black departed from the cabin off to find the traitorous rat, Peter Pettigrew.
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Julie, now awake looked around the room curiously, but unable to lift her head very well. The door creaked open, and there were hoof beats resonating through the wood floors. A small foal appeared before Julie's line of vision, and she giggled, trying to grab his mane. The foal's mother appeared next to her baby, looking at her with interest. The mother had a small horn on her forelock and a fait flutter of wings could he heard in the background. There seemed to be a silent conversation going on between the mother and foal, and after several minutes, the large Pegasus lowered her head, and touched the infant's wrist. There was a bright flash of silver light, and when all had dimmed, none of them were to be seen.
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Sirius Black was arrested the next day. Those who survived the horrible incident, reported seeing Black both crying and laughing as he was being shipped away. He yelled in his cell for days on end about a child in some remote cabin, that someone had to make sure she was taken care of. When authorities looked into the matter, they found no traces of any of infant besides a crib in the cabin Black spoke of. As the years went by, those who passed his cell sometimes heard him cry out in his sleep, "Julie! I'm so sorry James, I'm so sorry…"
Authors note:
Well it's been a terribly long time. But I've finally started editing this story. The plot is completely different from before, well maybe not completely different. But there are significant differences. I'm pretty happy with this edition, it's much better than the last.