Edelweiss

Chapter One: Five Years

Sirius awoke to complete silence, something that was rare in the Black household, and sighed blissfully. Adelaide was laying beside him, her stomach swelled up to an almost comical size, and her mouth hanging open as she slept. Sirius brushed some of her hair out of her face, before flopping over onto his back and staring at the ceiling. He remembered what today was, and smiled.

It was July 31, Harry's sixth birthday.

As soon as he thought it, there was the pitter patter of feet as they neared the door, which slammed open as Aludra bounded in and jumped onto the bed with a grin taking up over half of her face.

"Daddy! Wake up, wake up!" she screamed. She scrambled up to him and sat on his stomach, bouncing up and down in an attempt to 'wake him up'.

"I'm up, I'm up," Sirius said loudly, and Adelaide stirred beside him, her eyes fluttering open and she yawned.

"Wassis?" she murmured sleepily.

"Mummy."

Adelaide turned her head towards the door, where a small two year old boy stood, still dressed in a pair of pajamas and a stuffed dog clamped in his arms. His dark brown hair was hanging in his eyes, which he rubbed tiredly with his fisted hand, and he looked like he had been woken up much earlier then he wanted.

"Hey, baby," she coed, and the child didn't waste time in scrambling over and standing at her bed side, the mattresses stopping at his chin, "what's wrong?"

"Ally woke me up," he murmured sleepily, "I wanna sleep." Adelaide sighed.

"Don't worry, Aludra-"

"Don't call me Aludra!"

"-woke me up too."

Aludra stuck her tongue out at her mother, before saying, "Well, if Noah didn't try to sleep all day then we wouldn't have a problem!"

"Be nice to your brother," Sirius said, and Aludra turned and looked at him with wide, incredulous eyes.

"But daddy! You're supposed to be on my side!" she whined. Sirius raised his eyebrows and smirked slightly.

"Well, I'm Noah's dad too-"

"I was here first!"

"-and I don't chose sides; it's part of Dad Law 101." Sirius finished. Aludra whined angrily, and huffed as she crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. Sirius raised his eyebrows, "That isn't going to work on me, and you know it."

"It might!" she said in determination. Sirius laughed, but shook his head.

"Get off. I need to get up," he said and Aludra shook her head with a pout. Sirius raised his eyebrows again, and in a swift movement hooked his hands under Aldura's arms, lifted her up, swung his legs over the bed, and sat Aludra down onto the floor. Aludra glared at him, huffed a little, before stomping out of the room. Noah watched with wide eyes, before turning and looking at Adelaide for answers. She chuckled with a small smile, and ruffled his hair.

"Don't worry, it's not your fault," she said. Noah seemed to relax slightly, and looked up at Sirius with wide eyes. Adelaide nodded, "Yes, it's daddy's fault she's upset."

"Isn't the first time," he murmured. Adelaide sat up with a grunt, before glancing at the clock. She sighed.

"It's ten o'clock," she murmured, "Harry's party starts at twelve." Noah padded over to the other side of the bed and tugged at Sirius' pants. Sirius picked him up and Noah smiled happily, but stayed quiet as he watched Adelaide stand and pop her back. She sighed, before glancing around the room with a raised eyebrow.

"Did you clean up after I went to sleep?"

"Just a little," Sirius admitted. Adelaide smiled appreciatively.

"Thank you," she said happily, "I would never have gotten to it." Sirius didn't say anything, but looked over at Noah.

"Are you excited to see Harry today?" he asked. Noah nodded with a small smile. Adelaide rolled her eyes.

"He's so quiet," she murmured, "I have no idea who he takes after." Sirius snorted.

"Well, eight years ago I would have said you, but that really isn't the case anymore," he teased. Adelaide blushed before walking out into the hallway and towards the bathroom.

"I'm taking a shower," she called, "I expect you to get Noah dressed when I get out!" She closed the bathroom door behind her, and Sirius shared a look with Noah.

"So, what do you wanna wear?" Sirius asked. Noah shrugged and Sirius sighed, "I know you or I don't care, but Mummy wants you to look nice." Noah pouted, before sighing in an exasperated tone, causing Sirius to grin in amusement.

"Fine," Noah said with a dramatic roll of his eyes, "I wanna wear what makes mummy happy." Sirius chuckled and headed towards his bedroom, the green bedroom that had previously belonged to Adelaide when she first moved in.

"A wise decision," Sirius added, setting Noah on the bed and looking through his wardrobe, "What about blue? You like blue, right?"

"Blue's my favorite color," Noah said softly, watching his feet as he moved them back and forth with a bored expression. Sirius sighed, before pulling out a pair of dark jeans and a blue button up shirt. He hesitated, though, and glanced at the shirt again.

"Is that too formal?" he asked, mostly to himself, "it's a birthday party, you'll probably get cake everywhere and Mummy won't like that."

"Then get a different shirt," Noah said, eyes not straying from his feet. Sirius rolled his eyes, but handed him the blue shirt. Noah took it with a bored expression before Sirius left the room and headed downstairs. He bumped into Aludra, who was dressed in a pair of ratty old muggle jeans and a tee-shirt. He raised his eyebrows.

"You know that you won't be allowed out of the house in that, right?" Sirius asked, and Aludra pouted.

"What's so special about Harry?" she asked angrily, "Why do I have to dress up for him?" Sirius rolled his eyes and ruffled her hair, causing her to bat his hands away.

"Think of it this way," he said, "You dress up nice to make mummy happy, and when mummy's happy I'm happy, and when we're happy you guys are happy."

"But what if I don't like being happy?" Aludra pouted, scuffing her foot along the ground, "What if I like being sad?" Sirius rolled his eyes again.

"No one likes being sad," he countered, "Now you need to get up stairs and put on something nice. Or do you need me to do that for you?" Aludra groaned theatrically before moving back up stairs and (presumably) to her room. She brushed passed a still sleepy looking Noah, who stumbled slightly on the last step. His shirt was buttoned incorrectly, and he looked up at Sirius with a pleading expression.

"Help?" he asked. Sirius chuckled again before kneeling and fixing his shirt. Noah was blushing slightly, but was still very quiet as Sirius readjusted the buttons. After he fixed the last one he ruffled Noah's already messy hair.

"Are we even going to try and fix your hair, or is it not worth the trouble?" he asked. Noah shrugged. Sirius resisted the urge to sigh. Noah was definitely a smart kid, but he was so quiet over half the time that more then once they had thought he was a mute.

"Daddy!" Aludra screamed from up stairs, "Noah didn't flush the toilet last night!"

"Then flush it!" Sirius yelled back. He heard the whirl of the toilet, and looked down to see Noah smiling sheepishly. Sirius raised an eyebrow, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

"Maybe," he said slyly. Sirius let out a loud bark of laughter and ruffled his hair again before putting on a strict face. Noah grinned before ducking under his arm and darting back upstairs, and Sirius sighed as he heard his door slam loudly behind him. He stood, and Aludra came back down stairs, this time dressed in a pink sleeveless dress. She was frowning and she walked right past Sirius and huffed dramatically as she took a seat on the couch.

"Okay, you're blowing this out of proportions," Sirius said. Aludra furrowed her eyebrows.

"Por-por-shuns?" she questioned.

"You're making a big fuss over nothing," Sirius corrected. Aludra shrugged, as if to say why should I care, and went back to staring at the fireplace. Sirius sighed and took a seat next to her.

"You're going to start your second year at primary school soon," he said, shifting the conversation quickly, "are you excited?" Aludra had one of those odd birthdays, and even though she was born close to September 1, she had to wait a whole year before attending school. That meant that she and Harry were both in the same year at their primary school, one that didn't know who Harry was and was well protected by James, Sirius, and Remus.

"No," she huffed angrily, "Muggles are so stupid!" Sirius sighed, regretting the change in conversation.

"Why do you say that?" he asked. Aludra shifted in her seat awkwardly.

"Maurice stole my cookie," she murmured. Sirius felt the urge to chuckle, but didn't. Instead he gently patted her back in a soothing manner.

"The fact that she's a muggle doesn't mean anything," he said, "Don't let one person ruin your opinion on their whole kind. It's thinking like that that leads to wars and the like." Aludra sniffed, but otherwise didn't respond. Sirius knew that he had gotten as much of a response as he could, and stood before heading back up the stairs and knocking on Noah's door.

"Noah, you need to head downstairs," he called. He noticed that the bathroom door was open and that the master bedroom was closed, alerting him that Adelaide was getting dressed, "Mummy's going to be ready to go soon." He walked away from the door and went back down stairs and he heard his door open and shut behind him. He moved into the kitchen, when he heard Adelaide sigh.

"Sirius, you're still in your pajamas," she said with a small grin. She was wearing a black blouse that managed to cover her large stomach, and khaki slacks. Sirius blinked and looked down in surprise while Noah giggled happily.

"Huh. You're right," he said nonchalantly. Noah giggled.

"Daddy isn't ready!!" he said, before toddling over to the couch and crawling up and setting beside Aludra, who ignored him for the most part. Adelaide chuckled, and as Sirius walked past her to get up stairs she slapped his backside.

"Hurry up!" she chuckled. Sirius stuck his tongue out at her playfully, before continuing up the stairs. Adelaide sighed before moving to the couch and taking in her kids appearances. She nodded in approval, "Not bad. To bad he can't dress himself." Aludra giggled softly while Noah grinned toothily. Sirius came back down stairs quickly in a button down red shirt and nice blue jeans. Adelaide nodded her approval.

"To the floo!" she called happily.

-

"Happy birthday, Harry!"

Harry blew out his candles with a large smile, and everyone cheered happily. Adelaide smiled before grabbing the cake knife.

"I don't know about you all," she said happily, "but I've been craving cake since I woke up." Lily chuckled and got the plates ready while James poured the drinks into cups. Harry was still smiling, and a less-then-please Aludra sat beside him with a small frown.

"Why are you so happy?" she asked grumpily.

"Because I made a good wish!" Harry said proudly. Aludra snorted.

"Yeah right; you're only six, you probably wished for a dog or something stupid like that," she snapped. Harry glared lightly at her and crossed his arms.

"You're only six, too! You can't decide whether or not my wish was good!" he countered. Aludra glared.

"I'm almost seven! And I can do what I want!"

"Aludra! Stop pushing Harry's buttons!" Adelaide snapped. Aludra huffed and sunk into her seat, but her face lit up when her slice of cake was placed in front of her. Harry grinned and grabbed his fork before digging in.

"Hopefully, no one will get cake in their hair," Remus said with a small smile. Sirius blushed slightly while the others laughed merrily. There was a loud pop, startling everyone, as Dumbledore apparated into the room with a smile.

"Hello," he greeted merrily, "I hope your day has been going well so far?" Lily smiled, but you could see the worry hidden in her eyes.

"Yes, everything is going just fine," she responded, "How has you're day been?"

"Wonderful, really," Dumbledore hummed, before he glanced at the cake, "am I right in assuming that Adelaide made the cake?" Adelaide blushed.

"Actually, no," she said bashfully, "I was, but it got…messed up. So I ordered one for them from a nearby muggle bakery." Sirius chuckled, as if he knew something the others didn't, Adelaide lightly bumped him with her foot, her blush deepening. Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, but didn't comment.

"Well, I believe I have a sort of present for Harry," he announced, clapping his hands together lightly, "It seems that with Sirius' capture of Austin Mulciber last weekend, that almost all the remaining Death Eaters are in Azkaban or awaiting trial. As you might have guessed by now, this means that Harry will be allowed to come out of hiding."

There was a second of silence, before everyone began to laugh or cheer in relief, hugging each other, and Lily and Adelaide both burst into tears. They at first thought it was happy tears, but Adelaide brought her hands to her stomach and winced.

"Ow," she murmured, before looking at Sirius with wide eyes, "Oh shit, I think I'm going into labor."

Everyone pushed the happy news from their minds and quickly say Adelaide down on the couch in the living room, while she winced in pain. Lily stood by her and held her hand, and Adelaide attempted to calm down.

"How far apart are your contractions?" Lily asked immediately. Adelaide shrugged but gave no other verbal sign of acknowledgement. She was mostly silent, and Sirius held her hand tightly. Noah and Harry looked at her in confusion, while Aludra looked bored.

"What's happening?" Harry asked.

"Mummy's about to give birth," Aludra said nonchalantly. Harry's eyes widened.

"Really?" he asked excitedly. Aludra rolled her eyes, but otherwise nodded. Noah looked slightly confused.

"Where's the baby gonna come from?" he asked. Aludra rolled her eyes again.

"Duh, out her mouth!"

"Ow, shit, that was maybe eleven minutes, give or take a few, it was hard to count," Adelaide said. Sirius tugged on his hair, and a forgotten Dumbledore watched with slight curiosity. Noah tilted his head curiously.

"Shit?" he asked innocently, but no one heard him.

"We should take you to St. Mungos," Sirius said quickly, "Right? We should, right?"

"After going through this two times already, you would think he would be a bit calmer," Remus murmured to James, who nodded. Sirius didn't hear, and instead helped her to her feet while she winced in pain.

"Yeah, the hospital's a good place to go," she said sarcastically, "Someone grab the kids."

To say the birth was quick would be an understatement. Compared to Aludra's birth, it was very quick. Adelaide groaned as Sirius moved her sweat-soaked hair out of her forehead as the doctors cleaned up their baby, another boy.

"Did we ever decide on a name?" he asked her softly. She smiled and her eyes only barely hung open.

"I liked Ryan. Ryan Sirius Black," she murmured, "It's fitting, I think."

"I love it," Sirius murmured, feeling his heart swell up with pride, "It's very fitting." The doctor turned and smiled, before handing her the small bundle of blankets. She cooed happily as she saw him and Sirius felt his heart swell up. He had no hair to speak of, unlike his siblings, and blue eyes that were wide and staring at everyone in amazement. He was a miniature Sirius, to Adelaide's joy. She felt tears build up in her eyes and she smiled happily up at Sirius, who was beaming with pride.

"Lemme see!" Aludra yelled, bursting into the room with Lily, James, Remus and Harry hurrying in afterwards while Noah took his time, gnawing on his thumb. Aludra was the first to reach the side of the bed, but her loud entrance had disturbed Ryan causing him to start screaming. Adelaide sighed and Aludra made a face.

"He's loud," she complained, "and ob-naw-shush."

"I think he's adorable," Harry countered, watching him curiously. Noah made his way to Aludra's side and tilted his head, before looking up at Adelaide.

"Mine," he claimed, reaching out and patting his foot, the only part of him he could reach. Adelaide felt as if her heart was going to burst, while Lily 'awed' loudly. Sirius, Remus and James all beamed at each other.

"I think they'll get along just fine," Sirius said, "much better then Aludra and Harry."

"Don't call me Aludra!!"

-

"Happy Birthday, Sirius!"

Sirius laughed in surprise as the lights turned on, and his friends greeted him with smiles and cheers. He met Adelaide's eyes, and she just smiled and held Ryan close to her while he stared up at the ceiling quietly, blinking in confusion. He was just three weeks old and still looked confused no matter where he was.

"I thought I said I didn't want a birthday party," Sirius said with a small smile. Adelaide shrugged.

"Must not have heard you," she said slyly, "besides, you always celebrate everyone else's birthday, but we've never celebrated yours! I thought it was time for a change." She winked, and Sirius laughed at her and Aludra came running up to him with a large smile.

"Happy birthday, daddy!" she cried. He picked her up easily and she giggled happily.

"You know, Sirius," James said from his spot against the wall, "Don't you think it's odd that you, Sirius Black, rumored to have slept with every girl of age at Hogwarts-"

"That is a bold faced lie and you know it!"

"-is the only Marauder to have multiple children?" James grinned, "I just think it's a bit odd."

"Actually," Adelaide said slyly, gaining everyone's attention while Lily blushed slightly, "He isn't the only Marauder to have multiple kids." James blinked, and whirled around to look at Remus in surprise.

"Mooney! You have kids!?" Remus choked on his punch and blushed while Lily smacked her forehead with a sigh.

"No! I don't even have a girlfriend!" he coughed out. James blinked and frowned.

"What about that Miranda bird?"

"She was sleeping with ten other men," Adelaide reminded, "and Alyssa Hardrow ended up murdering her whole family; apparently she was a sociopath, not to mention schizophrenic. She got moved to a mental institution just last week." James whistled.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Wow, Mooney, you don't have much luck with women." Remus raised his eyebrows.

"Thanks' for reminding me," he said dryly.

"That isn't the point!" Lily cut in, before smiling, "To put it simply, James, I'm pregnant." James blinked before grinning.

"I'm going to have a brother!" Harry said happily, cutting of his response. James looked at Lily.

"Another boy?" he asked, and she just shrugged with a small smile.

"I don't know," she said, "but Harry wants a brother." James smiled, and Harry pouted.

"Well, I wouldn't mind a sister," he said slowly, scuffing his foot on the floor, "but what if she hates me? Most girls in my class hate me for one reason or another," Aludra coughed lightly into her fist, causing Sirius to raise his eyebrows.

"Aludra?" he asked. She laughed nervously.

"I just said that he had a rare disease and if you touched him you'd die," she said innocently, "Of course, the boys thought it was neat, but the girls are all terrified of him.

"Aludra Hope!" Adelaide scolded while Sirius held back a laugh, "Why would you do such a thing?" She shrugged.

"I was bored?" she offered. Sirius burst out laughing, and ignored Adelaide's soft glare and ruffled Aludra's hair affectionately.

"She really is my kid," he chuckled, "Hopefully she can cause all sort of mischief when she gets to Hogwarts, eh?"

"Sirius!!"

-

"We're early," Adelaide commented idly as they stared at the empty platform and the red train that gleamed in front of them, beckoning to them. Adelaide smiled softly, "I can't believe we're here again. I can't believe Ally's going to Hogwarts."

"Thank merlin Harry isn't in my year," Aludra said with a dramatic sigh, "I was terrified that not only would I be older then almost everyone, but I'd have to put up with him."

"I like Harry," Noah spoke up suddenly, his hand tightly holding on to a four-year-old Ryan, "he's fun." Aludra rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Of course you like him," she said, "you're a boy." Noah tilted his head in confusion and narrowed his eyes, trying to work that out in his head, and Sirius chuckled and wrapped his arm around Adelaide's waist and kissed her temple.

"I think she'll do just fine," he said softly, "if anyone annoys her she'll either curse them, or sucker punch them." Adelaide laughed quietly and shook her head.

"It's going to be so weird without Aludra there to wake us up in the mornings, or berate Noah."

"Too bad Harry couldn't come," Sirius said, "He would have loved to see the train, but Aster wasn't planning on going any where without a fight." They both shared smiles as they thought of Lily's three-year-old girl, who was the spitting image of Lily with her fathers hazel eyes. She was very small, and Harry spent most of his time doting on her and doing whatever she wanted him to do, which included letting her ride on his back like he was a horse (whenever Lily wasn't around, of course).

The platform was starting to fill with people, and Adelaide took Ryan into her arms and held tightly to Noah's hands. "You're going to be good for all your professors, right?" Adelaide asked, and Aludra smiled innocently.

"Well, why shouldn't I be?" she said cheerfully, "I've never been mean to a teacher in my life, right daddy?"

"Uh huh, sure," Adelaide said with a small smile, not giving Sirius a chance to respond. He held his hands out, and Aludra eyed him warily.

"Promise you won't pick me up?" she asked. He nodded, and with a smile she lunged into his arms. She shrieked, though, as he picked her up and squeezed her tightly, "Daddy! You promised!" He laughed, and she giggled as her back popped.

"I'm going to miss you," he said, and she sighed and buried her face into his neck.

"I'll miss you too, daddy," she murmured, holding back tears, "I want you to bug Harry for me until he can come to Hogwarts, okay? And make sure that Noah matches before he leaves the house, because it's embarrassing when he try's to wear his Halloween costume mixed with his normal clothes. And cuddle with Ryan for me, too, unless he's crying, then you just need to bop him on the head and he'll get real quiet; don't tell mummy I told you that, though, she doesn't know I do that." Sirius laughed and set her down, kissing her forehead.

"I promise," he said. Aludra turned to Adelaide and hugged her around the middle tightly, but it didn't last as long as her dads hug did.

"Love you, mummy," she said, "tell Aster that I say hi."

"Of course," Adelaide said softly before kneeling and kissing her forehead, "I want you to do well in school, and make sure that you write us as soon as you know where you're getting sorted, okay?"

"Mmhmm!" she agreed, "Pinky swear." Adelaide smiled and Sirius took Aludra to the train and helped her get her stuff up, and lifted her up onto the train. She smiled and kissed his cheek, "I'll see you at Christmas!"

"I look foreword to it," he said. She giggled, before pulling away and dragging her trunk down the hallway. Sirius returned to Adelaide and took Noah into his arms and they waited patiently as the students began to board the train.

-

"Okay, I can do this," Aludra said softly as she hurried down the aisle, "I just need to blend in, but where the heck am I going to sit?" she found a compartment quickly and pulled the door open, and drug her trunk after her. That was when she noticed that she had to some how get it up on the baggage rack. She groaned.

"Need some help?" two voices chorused, and she turned to see two red-headed twins looking at her with smiles. She blushed and nodded.

"Yeah, I do," she said, "I'm too short." They smiled at her and quickly grabbed the trunk and hefted it up with ease.

"There you go-,"

"I'm Fred,"

"And I'm George,"

"We're in our second year."

"Are you a first year?" George finished, and she giggled before nodding.

"Yeah," she said with a smile, before holding out her hand, "I'm Aludra, but please call me Ally."

"No problem," Fred said happily, "as long as you call me Greg,"

"and me Forge." George finished. Aludra smiled, and the twins both glanced around. "Oi, do you mind-,"

"If we sit with you?" Fred asked, "We're getting ready to leave, and we never find any good compartments like this one." Aludra nodded.

"Sure, no problem," she replied cheerfully. The twins grinned and grabbed their things before hefting them up beside her trunk. They took a seat, and Aludra glanced out the window and saw her parents. she grinned and lowered the pane and stuck herself out the window and waved. They spotted her and smiled, before waving in return.

"Those your parents?" Fred asked curiously. Aludra nodded.

"Yeah, with my brothers," she said, "Do you have any siblings?" she asked as se turned from the window slightly to ace them. She didn't see Sirius frown at Adelaide and point out the twins, while she just laughed at him and slapped his shoulder. Fred and George grinned.

"Loads of them," Fred began,

"Percy's a fourth year,"

"Real snobbish,"

"Bill graduated last year and works with Goblins in Egypt, and Charlie is in Romania working with dragons,"

"Ron is out there with Ginny, Ron's going to be a first year next year and Ginny is only nine," Fred finished. Aludra felt her eyes grow wide in amazement.

"Wow, you have a lot of siblings!" she said in awe. The twins shared identical grins, and then the compartment door opened to reveal a dark skinned boy with a large smile.

"Fred, George, who's your pal?" he asked. The twins grinned in return, and Aludra watched with interest.

"Lee, this is Aludra, who prefers to go by Ally," Fred said, "Ally, this is Lee Jordan, also a second year. I must say, though, that we have quite the reputation." Aludra smiled, and the train began to move. Fred and George helped Lee with his things, and she turned and gave a last wave to her parents, who smiled. She noticed Adelaide and Noah were crying, and Ryan was waving with a large smile.

"So, what kind of reputation do you have?" Aludra asked as her family faded from view, "Hopefully nothing too terrible." The three shared grins before turning and smiling at her.

"We, my dear friend," George said

"are pranksters," Fred finished.

"Rather good ones, if I must say so," Lee put in. Aludra grinned and closed the window before taking her seat.

"Pranksters, you say?"

-

Dear Mum and Dad;

Hogwarts is awesome. Seriously. I almost fainted when I saw the castle from the lake, and then when I got to the Great Hall…wow. Why didn't you tell me it was so awesome!?

Anyway, I met three second years on the train, Fred and George Weasley and Lee Jordan. They're pretty cool, and it seems like we have a lot in common. Guess what? Fred and George have five other siblings! I'm glad I only have two siblings, or else I might loose my mind. Anyway, the sorting hat is pretty cool, and it debated between placing me in Gryffindor and Slytherin for a while. The conversation went along the lines of this:

Hat: A Black, eh? You really are a lot like a Black.
Me: am I really? I wonder why! (note the heavy use of sarcasm. You should be proud, Dad.)
Hat: You could be a bit more polite, I hold your future in my hands.
Me: Wow, that sucks, 'cuz you don't have any hands! Oh merlin, I'm going to die aren't I!?
Hat: A lot like your father, too, I see. Said the same thing when he was sorted (I thought that was pretty cool) and nothing like you mother, what a pity, such a nice girl (I wanted to hurt him when he said that. You think I'm nice, right??)
Me: So, Mr. Thinking Cap, what is it gonna be?
Hat: Well, you're…(I kind of faded out during this bit, so I can't say what he said about me. Sorry about that.)
Me: ::snore::
Hat: It's between Slytherin and Gryffindor. What do you think?
Me: do you really have to ask Mr. Thinking Cap?
Hat: GRYFFINDOR!!

So, I got placed in Gryffindor. Tah dah! I think he just did that so he could get rid of me, really. I think I started to annoy him. Anyway, Fred, George, and Lee are all in Gryffindor, so that was pretty neat. But the best part about the sorting was when people hear my last name; they all almost had a heart attack. That's what you get for living in secret for almost eleven years! Tsk, tsk.

So, that's about it. I can't wait to see you all, I miss you already!!

Love,
Ally

P.S. Bug Harry for me, will you? He needs to be on his toes for when he gets to Hogwarts. Why? Oh, no particular reason really…

-

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all things concerning belong to J.K. Rowling. I own Adelaide Black, Annalisa Bertucci, Aludra Hope Black, Ryan Sirius Black, Aster Lily Potter, and Noah Antares Black.

A/N: I'm BACK!!!!!! :DDDDD Earlier then I thought, too. :DDD Ah, Aludra and Harry. :D So much fun. Just wait until the next chapter. MUAHA!

Oh, and reasoning's behind the names:

Aludra (star symbolizing purity) Hope (hope for a better world)
Ryan (Little King) Sirius (Duh)
Noah (I watched the Notebook again) Antares (star, rival of Mars)
Aster (flower, love and daintiness) Lily (duh).

I would like to thank EdwardFanpire for the name idea for Ryan. I liked so many of the suggestions, but I would google the meanings not like them. Oh, well.:D I wanted to name him Jacob, but goddamn Stephanie Meyer ruined that for me, same thing with Edward or Jasper, names I all liked before stupid Twilight came out!! (though I do like Twilight. :D)

Song of the chapter: "Don't trust Me" by 3OH!3, because it's actually very insightful. I mean, 'don't trust a hoe?' that's pretty deep. :P

Yours truly,
B.E.N.

P.S.: my L.A. teachers name is Mary sue. How awesome is THAT?????? But she's a bitch, I hate her. :(

P.P.S: You know what movie I saw? "The Boy In Striped Pajamas". I cried SO FREAKING MUCH!!!! And you know what's funny? Bruno's dad is played by the guy that plays Remus in HP3-7, David Thewlis. LOL! Remus is a Nazi. Pft. The image is stuck in my head. I recognized him because of his voice, though. Lol. He does have a really soothing voice, once you think about it. :D And more on movies; in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", the guy that captures the little kids reminds me of Snape because of his nose and his greasy hair and his dislike for kids. :D