Holland's grin faded as Sirius came rushing through the door. He cursed as he stumbled over the coffee table and grabbed an old piece of parchment. "Where are you going?"
Sirius froze and turned to his gorgeous girlfriend. Her amethyst eyes were guarded and he couldn't think of what to tell her. "I'll be right back. There's something wrong, I've got to warn the Potters."
He kissed her strongly before disapparating. Speechless, Holland turned back to the kitchen to dig out the last bit of ice cream. Thankfully she didn't have any strange cravings, but her pregnancy wasn't very far along yet.
When Minerva came knocking at her door later that night Holland was heart broken. She had already heard the news. Sirius would spend his life in Azkaban Prison, and Holland would raise her child alone.
Genevieve Lily Black was born on March 15th, five and a half months after Harry Potter disappeared.
Holland became a gardener. She sold flowers, seeds, potted plants and honey, anything to make ends meet. She took her daughter to work and instilled in the child a love of plants. During the winter they went ice-skating to keep themselves busy. Hyper, bright and loving, her little girl could do no wrong.
Holland loved her daughter and spent all her time with the little girl. Between ice skating, shopping, gardening and lessons the two were always doing something new. Evie's magic developed quickly, her first act had been sneaking a cookie and making it dance before she ate it.
On November 22 1984 Evie's mother was murdered.
Little Evie had gone inside of her mother's flower shop to get some chocolate. At almost four- years old Evie could climb the chairs and get to the high cabinet with ease.
Skipping outside she stopped when she saw a woman with dark curly hair and a crazy expression. The woman held a thin wand in front of her mother. Evie screamed and dropped the chocolate, running as a green flash enveloped her mother. Horrified Evie knelt by her mother's head.
She remained that way until the police arrived. Someone had reported the screams. After an investigation and an autopsy they took Evie away and placed her in the Elm Street Orphanage.
The muggle case workers were baffled at the magical outburst that began occurring, and agreed never to speak of them after it stopped. Several had been admitted to the psychiatric ward.
"Excuse me" A little girl with bushy brown hair tapped Evie on the shoulder one day as Evie struggled to read Alice in Wonderland. Reading, Evie had discovered, was hard without her mummy to help with the bigger words
"My name is Hermione. You can call me Minnie if you want. Can I read that with you?"