This is my first attempt at Harry Potter fanfiction so go easy on me would you? This story is likely to be second priority after my other story so updates will probably be fairly sporadic at first until my other one is finished. Sorry rambling. Enjoy anyway! Reviews, favourites and follows are greatly appreciated.

Lily Evans wasn't entirely sure why she was going this but she knew she had to. Tomorrow was her wedding day and tomorrow night her wedding night. The nightmare she'd had seemed so real that she had followed the advice the dream gave her which meant working through the night to create an illegal potion. She- like all in the wizarding world- already knew that the Potter line hadn't had a girl in centuries but the dream told her why. Potter girls were always exceptionally powerful with gifts that every wizard would crave even Dumbledore! No one knew why this happened but it did and eventually the power began to drive the girls mad so much so that the patriarch had been forced to well kill his own daughters and granddaughters. Then a potion had been concocted, the recipe of which was long gone, that ensured that no girl will ever be born into the Potter line again.

But the dream had told Lily Evans that it was time that a Potter girl to be born and that this was the only way to end the war, that she must be the mother and her beloved James the father. Lily knew she'd never processed the seer's gift but that didn't stop her from knowing the dream was true. Part of her was scared at breaking such an ancient enchantment but the other part of her, the louder controlling part, was screaming at her to get over it and that it was necessary.

The green potion suddenly turned a pale lilac which snapped Lily into action. Grabbing a flask she decanted the purple potion into it and without thinking anymore she drank the foul tasting potion quickly before it lost its power- there is a very short window of opportunity with this potion.

Setting aside the now empty vial Lily almost retched but she looked at the vial proudly. Slughorn would be so proud! The school girl inside her was screaming in triumph and she couldn't help the little giggle that escaped her.

"Lily?" Dammit, she'd forgotten that she wasn't alone. "Are you alright? I thought you were sleeping."

Minerva McGonagall had volunteered to be both Lily and James' 'mother' as she'd been their Head of House and both Lily and James' mother was dead. And to Lily she was doing a bang up job of intimidating her as a mother-in –law should. "I'm fine Minerva. Just happy." Minerva made an odd 'humph' and then retreated form Lily's door.

Lily looked at the cauldron in front of her which had turned to a maroon colour thereby making it useless now so with a wave of her wand the potion evaporated. With a soft smile on her lips as she thought of her wedding in less than 12 hours Lily changed into her nightgown and fell asleep, dreams filled with her and James smiling as they held a beautiful girl.

Nine months, two days and 4 hours later and Lily Potter holds in her arms a baby straight out of the dream she'd had the night before her wedding. James had dashed out of the room to tell the fretting people in the next room that both mother and babe were fine. The midwife, Andromeda Tonks, had handed Lily the baby silently but now James has left she looks at Lily seriously. "Lily is that truly James' child?"

Lily looked at the woman in horror. "Of course it is! Why would you ask that?"

"Because it's a girl. You may not know this but the Potter line hasn't had a girl for the last five hundred years."

Lily shifted the bundle in her arms and looked at the sleeping baby, knowing exactly what she was about to do might hurt a lot of people in the long run but it's the only way to help her daughter. Andromeda goes to leave, probably to tell James that the babe wasn't his, when Lily lifts her wand and with a sad whisper and a tear running down her face, she flicked the wand at the woman. "Obliviate!"

Andromeda's eyes turned glassy for a moment and then returned to normal. "I'll go and tell the others that it's fine to come in now and see you."

When she'd left Lily hastily got up, with the baby still in her arms, went over to her set of draws and pulled a vial similar to the one she drank from nine months ago. Without thinking about it for any longer Lily tilts back her daughter's head and drains the vial into the little girl's mouth. There was a slight blue glow around the sleeping babe for a moment and then crying. Bending over quickly and checking the potion had worked Lily straightened up and was ready to meet the onslaught of well-wishers about to come through the door.

A few moments later with James in the lead and Padfoot not far behind him the door burst open as half the Order of the Phoenix and a few others came inside. James put an arm around his wife, huge proud grin on his face as he spoke to all their friends. "Come and meet our son, Harry James Potter!" The couple had agreed on the name beforehand because James knew it was going to be a boy but Lily had suggested just for fun that they come up with a girl name. So actually in her arms she held Viola Lily Potter.

A year later Lily Potter woke in a cold sweat whilst her husband slept on peacefully. Getting out of bed she walked to Harry's room. Looking at the innocent babe Lily felt a stab of guilt as she thought about the constant lie she was telling her husband but Harry's safety had to come first and Harry would not be safe if her true gender was known.

The dream that had woken her suddenly came to mind and she felt tears prick her eyes as she looked at the babe. It seemed, from her dream at least, that she was not going to be able to explain things to Harry when the time was right. She was going to die soon and Harry would be left alone. Of course when Dumbledore had put the charm on the house she'd known they were in danger but to know that they were going to die is a different matter.

Swiping away the tears staining her face Lily grabs some parchment and a quill and sits by her child's crib as she begins to write.

Harry,

I'm so sorry I can't be there to tell you all this. As much as it breaks my heart to know that I won't see the beautiful person you've become I also know that I don't need to see because I know. You're probably going through some changes at the moment and I know it's hard but this is who you truly are. Either Dumbledore, Padfoot or Moony can probably tell you about the history of the Potter line and the lack of females.

Let me just clarify you're a Potter- take any spell test you want and the result will always be the same. The night before my wedding I had a vision of the battles and trials you'll have to face and the vision told me you had to be born a girl for you to survive so I took a potion that made sure that I became pregnant with a girl.

I also knew that you would be in so much danger as a Potter female in your youth so I gave you a potion after your birth to disguise you as a boy until your full powers came and you can protect yourself. Please know that all I've done I've done to protect you because I love you.

You're probably very unsure of how this leaves you. But let me clarify- you're a girl and you're my daughter with James Potter. He doesn't know that you're a girl and believe me when I say that that is one of the most terrible thing I've ever had to do- lie to James about his own child. He obviously thought you were going to be a boy but we did decide on a girl name- Viola Lily Potter. This is your true name although not your official name.

I'm so sorry. I love you so much, we both do.

Love.

Lily Potter

Lily signed off the letter and folded it up quickly and slipped it into an envelope which she addressed: Albus Dumbledore, to give to Harry when the time is right.

Two days later Lily and James Potter were murdered by Lord Voldemort and little baby Harry, the boy who lived, was handed over to his muggle relatives. Nobody, not even Dumbledore, knew that the baby held a secret.

Over the next twelve years the secret remained unknown. Harry faced Voldemort twice more. Sirius, Remus and Harry finally reunited. And Harry completed his first three years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And Harry went back to the Dursleys waiting impatiently for the Quidditch world Cup to begin and escape to the Burrow.

I'm not really sure whether I'll continue this or not it kind of depends on the reception this gets. Anyway I hoped you enjoyed this, thanks for reading.