Chapter 1

Ilaria Black, 22, sighs as she looks out of the window of her Ministry bought car, wondering how this is going to go; ever since she disappeared of her own free will in her fifth year, which was seven years ago, after a mission she had gladly volunteered for after Albus Dumbledore had asked her to, she's been called back to England to an Order meeting, where her parents will be attending in less than an hour. She takes a breath, her grey eyes with an amber ring around the edge and obsidian flecks showing her worry, but her confidence that everything will be alright overthrowing the worry. She adjusts her black leather jacket over her Slytherin green tank top, her black leather jeans showing off all of the right curves and her dark brown combat boots completing the outfit, all of her knives hiding and her blue bladed Katana hidden in a special symbol on her chest. She smirks as she puts her crimson coloured hair up in a messy ponytail before thanking the driver as they park outside of No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

She takes a fortifying breath before exiting the car and grabbing her backpack from the back seat, "Thanks Richard, here's something to compensate for your time." And she hands him a dozen Galleons and he tips his hat to her before driving off after she'd shut the door, Let's get this over and done with… She puts her backpack on one shoulder before heading up the five or so steps to the front door, before knocking the knocker. A few minutes later and she's face to face with her father, "Hello dad, fancy seeing you here." She greets and Sirius Black faints, being caught in his daughter's arms.

Fifteen minutes later and Sirius is yelling and screaming at Albus with Ilaria lighting up a tailor-made in the kitchen where they're yelling and she takes a drag, blowing it out slowly and smirking at the put-out expression on Albus' face, "You deserve it." She says unsympathetically and he glares at her before Remus walks in, looking at his Dominant in concern, "Siri, what's going on? Why are you yelling?" Sirius calms down enough to state, "Because this bastard lied to us about our daughter's death!" Remus chokes and he looks at Albus with wide, hopeful eyes, "Where is she…?" Albus points behind him at the young woman taking another drag of her cigarette at the back door and Remus chokes on a sob, "Illi…? Is that you my baby girl…?" She takes a last drag before chucking it outside and standing on it before shutting the door. She puts her hands in her pockets before turning and leaning against the doorframe and smiling slightly, "Yeah Ma, it's me. How you been?"

Remus whimpers before he rushes over to his daughter and hugs her close, realizing she's taller than him by about her chest and up, as his head rests just on the top of her breast and he breathes in her scent, with which he hasn't smelt since the day they had seen her off at Kings Cross Station in the year of 1988, "We thought we'd lost you… We thought we'd never see you again…" He murmurs and Ilaria sighs, stroking her mother's hair lovingly as she kisses his forehead, "Ma, things will be explained when the Order meeting starts, okay?" Remus' head snaps up and Sirius looks at her in disbelief, "You know about the Order?" He asks and she laughs, "Yes Dad, I do. I'm art of the Order, have been since my fifth year…" Remus pulls away and turns to Albus, his honey eyes full-blown amber, Sirius' a steely grey and Albus gulps, turning to Ilaria for help. She smirks darkly and states, "I think I need some whiskey. Try not to hurt him too much Mum and Dad. Have fun!" She stalks out of the kitchen and chuckles when she hears yelling and screaming and furniture being thrown, when she feels eyes on her.

She frowns and looks up, to find a young man with round glasses and un-tameable raven coloured hair, his skin a slightly unhealthy colour and his body too thin for his age, the most brightest green eyes she'd ever seen, I wonder…? Alarm bells go off when he notices her and he bolts after paling dramatically. She jumps the railing and rushes after the young man, her footsteps light and not allowing any sound. She follows him to what appears to be his room and she knocks on the frame, watching as he startles from where he'd dived onto his bed, "You alright kiddo? You seem pretty pale looking and frightened." The young man shakes his head and replies, his voice soft and reluctant, "I'm fine, thank you miss… I just, um…" He trails off and Ilaria comes to sit down on the edge of the bed, within arm's reach of the young man and she smiles reassuringly at him, asking, "What's your name kiddo? Mine's Ilaria Black." His eyes widen and he replies, "I'm Harry Potter… Are you Sirius' daughter that he told me about?"

She smiles slightly and nods and she asks, "Are you the Saviour by any chance?" She asks kindly and he scowls darkly and her eyes soften, "Not wonderful I take it?" He shakes his head and he pulls his knees up to his chest and he hugs them, "Need a hug?" She offers and he looks at her, startled and alarm bells go off again, "Why would you want to hug a freak like me…?" She hisses quietly in anger and pulls him close, stating firmly but kindly, "You are not a freak, you're a wonderful young man with a brilliant mind. I want to hug you because you're hurting and no-one should hurt alone." He snuggles close and she kisses his hair, but little did they know that Harry would soon be having a new father…

A couple of hours later and all of the Inner Order Members, the ICM's, are sitting around the formal dining room table, with Albus at the Head and Ilaria on his right, her father across from her and Harry next to her. Remus is next to Sirius with Hermione Granger next to him, Ron Weasley across from her. Next to him is his father, Arthur Weasley and across from him is his wife, Molly, who is sitting next to her eldest son and his wife, Bill and Fleur Weasley. Across from them is Percy and Charlie Weasley, the Weasley twins across from them and Ginny Weasley and Minerva McGonagall sitting across from them. Two places away from everyone is Severus Snape, with Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnegan and Lavender Brown filling the last four places before Severus.

Said dark haired man sneers at Ilaria and she rolls her eyes, before turning back to Albus and raising an eyebrow. He glares before clearing his throat and standing, stating, "Everyone, welcome back. As you can see, we have an old friend, Ilaria Black, here with us again, as her death was faked by myself and her." The eldest Weasley's-Arthur, Molly, Bill, Charlie and Percy-begin asking questions rapidly and Ilaria sighs before digging in her pocket and pulling out a cigarette and lighting it, before pulling a knife out and throwing it lazily past Bill's head and into the wall behind him, silencing everyone. She raises her hand and calls the blade back to her before re-sheathing it and taking her second drag, "If you would all kindly shut up, I will explain." They quieten down and she turns to Bill after another drag and she smiles slightly at him, "Sorry Billie, didn't mean to." He glares at her and she grins, undeterred by his glare and he grins back after a few, "No mind Illi." He states and she chuckles before sobering.

Her eyes become grim and so does her expression on her face before she recounts what happened the day she disappeared;

(Flashback)

Ilaria is crouched behind some statues in Avery Manor, watching the Death Eater's have their meeting, "We should take up the mantle on this mission, even if our Lord is gone!" Rants Bellatrix and Ilaria scowls, "But how!? He never told us his goal, he never told us anything! The only one he really seemed to trust is dead!" Rabastan LeStrange counters and Bellatrix rolls her eyes and sends a Crucio at him, watching him scream with glee, "I know what his plans are! He told me, and I'm not dead! You imbecilic fool!" She screams at him and puts more power behind the Crucio. He continues to scream and writhe on the floor before Rodolphus sends a blue coloured spell at Rabastan, which shields him from the curse and allows him to slowly recover, "That is enough my dear, you have had your fun, now can we please get back to the matter at hand?"

She pouts angrily before agreeing reluctantly and he kisses her on the mouth. Ilaria fake gags, remembering the many times her parents had kissed in front of her and wondering why on earth anyone would want to do that in public. She tunes back into the conversation when Nacrissa Malfoy speaks up, "If you ask me we should be looking for my rat of a husband and that swine, Severus Snape. They will probably betray us the first chance they get!" Antonin Dolohov groans in frustration and turns to her, stating, "They are his Lordships most trusted advisors, Nacrissa, and just because our Lordship only took them into his bed doesn't mean you have to be all jealous and try to get rid of them! Severus cannot help that he is under the old coot's watchful eye all of the time, and Lucius cannot help that he works at the Ministry, unlike you, you useless, jealous bimbo!"

She chokes on her tea-much like Ilaria chokes on her spit-and she draws her wand, aiming it at his chest and he draws his, aiming it at her head, "Say that again you bastard!" She hisses and he stands, leaning over the table and screaming in her face, "You're not worth his time or his attention you useless, jealous bimbo!" She stares at him in shock for a moment and he begins to smirk, before he's blasted off his feet and thrown backwards into the statue Ilaria is hiding behind. She holds her breath as the statue cracks and then crumbles into a heap right in front of her, showing Antonin's unconscious form and showing the others Ilaria, "A spy!" Bellatrix cries in shock and Rabastan socks her one on the head saying, "Well duh!" Before ducking when he sees the green light of the Killing Curse aimed at him.

Ilaria laughs whilst she holds her stomach, before growing serious and throwing the knife in her hand at Rabastan, successfully distracting them from her as she turns and sprints out of the hall and down the corridor, taking a right towards the stairwell leading outside. She skids around the corner and comes face to face with Yaxley, "Howdy!" She greets politely, before firing off a stunner with her right hand and missing him by a centimetre, "Shit." She murmurs, falling to her side and sliding through his legs and standing and going at a run towards the stairwell and sliding down the railing and hopping off at the end, and crashing right into Fenrir Greyback, "Double shit." She says before being punched in the face, hearing her nose crack and her eyes water.

She suddenly feels herself being flipped and she shakes her head, clearing her eyes and allowing to deliver a kick to his stomach, which winds him and she rolls to the side, leaping to her feet and running towards the door. She mutters a quick Episkey and directing the spell to her nose, snapping it back into place. She gasps as she's struck with a stunner, before the last thing she sees is a bright green light.

(End flashback)

She dumps the finished cigarette in the ash tray and shrugs as she finishes her tale, "I woke up three days later in a small Practice in New York City with Dumbles over here looming over me. He told me I was never to go back to my parents until he told me it was safe and then proceeded to knock me out again. Afterwards, I woke up in Japan where I trained for the past 7 years in Hakone, a small village in the mountains." She takes a sip of her whiskey and smirks when 21 sets of eyes turn to Albus and glare at him and he shrugs uncomfortably, "I had to do what was best for everyone…" Sirius laughs harshly and Remus whimpers, "You made us believe our only daughter was dead… Gone forever!" Remus screams and Ilaria pulls Harry closer into her side when he stiffens, "Mum, calm down, you're frightening Harry and shut your mouth Snape, now's not the time." He wisely shuts his mouth but proceeds to sneer at her, "This is your fault Albus! We have missed out on 7 years of Ilaria's life, and most of Harry's! Anyone else you want to keep from us!?" Sirius yells before standing and storming out of the room, Remus and Harry following suit. Ilaria tsks before lighting her third cigarette and taking a drag, "Fix it Albus, or I will." She threatens, her voice icy and dangerous. He gulps as she stands and follows her mismatched family into the lounge room, knowing things were going to get interesting over the next few days.