I Promise

by happywriter780

Little orphan Victorique Potter has always known that life wasn't fair, and she has always believed that magic was not real. So when her 11th birthday arrives and her Hogwarts letter comes in, her whole world is turned upside down. and when she suddenly finds herself in a school for magic she finds out just about how unfair life can be, and yet, how beautiful it can be as well.

1. Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: I Promise

London Orphanage

It was another cold and rainy night in London and the streets were empty, all except for the red headed female with an infant in her arms. The red head was calmly walking, but despite her calm façade, she was scared and distraught. She had given birth to the infant in her arms only a few days ago, and already she loved her child enough to let her go. The overwhelming urge to cry and turn back almost impossibly seemed to increase as she set her child in the woman's arms.

"Are you sure you want to do this Lily, I can always tell Albus that –"

"I'm sure," Lily replied shortly, "Albus says this is her best chance and he has never given me a reason not to trust him and James thinks it's also her best chance right now. After you-know-who is defeated I will come back for her and then Victorique, James, and I will be a family." Lily kissed her daughter's soft and tiny forehead one last time and said "I will love you, always." And with that she ran off in the other direction the pain in her chest was enough to make her drop to her knees and cry but she didn't. Lily kept running, putting more distance between her and her daughter, because she knew that if she ran back for her she would put her daughter in danger and she refused to be a danger to her daughter.

After she was a good five miles away from the orphanage, Lily went to a secluded spot in an alley and apparated back to her home in Godric's Hallow where James was sitting outside waiting for her. Without words he stood up and ran to her, and was holding her, Lily couldn't hold in her tears any longer and she cried holding onto James's shirt so tightly that her already pale knuckles went white from holding on so tightly.

"It's ok Lil, we will get her back. I promise." He whispered into her ear, his sorrow showing through his voice. Lily remembered the day she had first told him about her pregnancy, how his hazel eyes had lit up like the lights on the Christmas tree beside him and the excitement in his voice as he said he was so happy that he always wanted to be a dad.

It wasn't long until she saw Peter, Sirius, and Remus come out to the yard and join in the hug and tears streaming down their faces. When Lily and James told them about her pregnancy they too had been excited and had bought everything from baby clothes and a closet full of diapers for them. And she remembered the excitement and tears on Sirius's face when James had asked him to be the godfather to their child. And most days after that would consist of daydreaming and promises that now they can never keep, because, although they didn't say it, they knew that they will not live to keep that promise of returning to their daughter. They knew that those short few a days were all they had to spend with their daughter, and all she had to spend with her parents.

Victorique Rose Potter, Lily thought, one way or another we will be together again

I Promise.

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