This is a little story I have been working on for some time now, I have a few chapters all ready to go I just have to give them the final read over, please let me know what you think reviews favourites, anything is highly appreciated.

Chapter One: Die to Live

You know those happy moments, those truly beautiful moments when a woman tells the man she loves she is carrying his child. You know the moment when the guy stands still in shock, a mix of pure happiness and shock all wrapped into one unique expression and then he will embrace his love as she laughs, there may have even been a twirl around the room. Perhaps you haven't felt this yourself but you would have seen it in a movie, read it in a book and you can't help but smile and feel happy. It is something woman don't necessary think about a lot, it is more like an underlying desire one that may not even be realised, until it is taken away.

"You're pregnant?" The words gasped out in shock

"I'm pregnant." The woman's stinging eyes glistened with fresh tears; tears of fear.

"Who knows?" Her friend grabbed her arm as she whispered as though they were no longer safe and to be honest they weren't.

"Only you, I haven't even told him yet." The newly found mother had spent a long time debating this topic. "I have a plan and I need your help."

/

"Lily my love." Sirius enveloped his best friend's wife in a hug

"Sirius how many times do we need to remind you that one is not your girlfriend?" His old friend wacked him on the backside whilst wrapping around his love.

"Oh right, I do believe it is you that belongs to me." Sirius turned to most beautiful woman he had ever set eyes on.

"Last time I checked I belonged to no man but I do believe there is a dog around here that has my name on him." Rose blinked her clouded blue eyes up at her love, they glistened with glee.

"Oh a dog you say?" Sirius smirked proceeding to flip her around and land her delicate frame on his backside.

"SIRIUS! Let me go!" The woman growled as she couldn't even see out of her tattered blonde locks

"I'm sorry I only speak dog." Sirius began to bark incessantly

"Alright that's enough, I believe two people are meant to do their patrol?" Lilly smiled gently, it was a delicate topic as who would go outside.

"Yes you are right." Remus pulling on his coat and giving a sly yet telling off look at his friend who currently had a young girl squealing as she strained to reach her wand.

"Very well let's get going moony." Sirius carefully flopped Rose onto a couch and before she could yell anymore abuse or worse get a hold of her wand he kissed her, passionately taking her breath away; there was always passion with Sirius.

"Till we meet again." He whispered, a small rather sadistic joke The Order had created

"Till we meet again."

/

The next morning everyone woke up for yet another day, the sun shone through the windows and woke up the happy people in their beds. James and Sirius both rolled over, greeted by their already awake loves, which although not dwelled on may have seemed strange from the women who loved to sleep through a morning.

"Good morning." James pecked his wife hello "Gosh how much did I drink last night?" James could barely remember a thing of the night before

"Oh you know how you and Rose can drink." Lily laughed it off but had to roll over to hide her tears

"Hello there." Sirius pushed a lock of Rose's hair to the side to join the rest of the mess that her hair had concocted overnight.

"Good morning." She kissed him tightly as she embraced her love

"Affection before your morning coffee, it must be my birthday." Sirius grabbed her waist, pulling their bodies close.

"You know what else happens on your birthday." Rose smiled devilishly as Sirius clicked on faster than a light switch.

By the time Sirius and Rose found their way out of the bedroom everyone was in the kitchen stuffing down a hot meal before the big day. Today they were to gather together and execute the planned attack on one of Voldemort's strongholds, he wouldn't be there but his death eaters would be and it would be a massive blow. Today was also the day that a woman would die in her service. You wouldn't tell the solemn day a head though, they hardly looked like warriors about to fight as they all chatted away. The boys laughed and began a rather interesting conversation about werewolves walking on the moon and the logistics of it all, a conversation of boys rather than men. The women of the table talked about the latest spell they had encountered along with how silly men could be as they overheard the conversation next to them. Sometimes it was as if there was no war, however reality always caught up with them.

"Till we meet again." It rang through the house as people kissed and hugged each other goodbye

Till we meet again, it was a small phrase that had been said to correct the "I'll see you soon", no one could remember who was originally correcting who but it came out. After all the fact of the matter was you may not see that person again, no matter what promise is made, what hope you have, as all it takes is one death eater and one spell and you may never see them again. You may however meet again, you may meet in person or perhaps your souls will day grace each other again. It was a very solemn meaning and yet it stuck, it simply stuck. I know one day we will meet again and I hope I will do you proud, till then my love.

That was all Sirius could say at the funeral of his beloved; the funeral of Rosaline Elizabeth Malfoy was the most brutal blow The Order had yet to feel. The woman of wit and grace had touched the lives of so many and had on many occasion saved so many lives, she was loved by all those who met her, even if it did take some time to warm up to her sense of humour. It shocked many when she came into The Order, a number of years younger than the friends that surrounded her she had left Hogwarts before the end of her sixth year and even more of a shock was the house she came from. A Slytherin of heart she did her family name proud when she was sorted, perhaps that's why she did it; why she asked her best friend to fake her death. The day she found out she was pregnant was the day she made up her mind, she would give anything to protect her child and with Voldemort around she resorted to hurting everyone close to her just so her child would be safe.

Mia Elizabeth Black was born in the earlier hours of the 31st of July 1980 a beautiful child who was instantly calmed by her frightened mother. It was hard for Rose to go from having so many people to being by herself, hiding amongst a muggle world she knew nothing about. The last eight months she had struggled for money, for her home and living. Yet not a day went by she didn't worry about her friends who fought a much more dangerous battle. The one prayer she had was that she would return home and Sirius would see his little girl, Lily and James would agree to be the god-parents, Voldemort would be gone and everyone would be happy and safe. It was little over a year later that she received the most bone crushing news, it ripped through her core and left the most proud woman bitterly crying in a corner. Gone, everything she had once dreamed of was gone and it was at the hand of the one she had loved.

/12 years later/

Knock Knock

The small little rasps on the door of 4 Privet Drive where made by a young Mia Black, her excitement could hardly be contained as she fidgeted with the gloves that encased her hands.

"Stop jumping you're making me nervous." Her mother put a shaking hand on her daughter's shoulder

"HARRY the DOOR!" a man's voice boomed through the house, it put both Rose and her daughter off as they had never yelled in their own house, not like that.

Slowly the door opened, behind it the small frame of Harry Potter, he was draped over by the clothes that were too big, his pants held up by a belt that looked like it has been ripped from a grave. He was shy and almost looked scarred as half his body was hidden by the door, yet his eyes were clear as day as they scanned every inch of the people in front of him. It was the eyes that almost broke Rose.

"Hello, are you Harry Potter." Mia however was not as taken back by the boy's appearance

"Y-yes I'm Harry." Now the boy looked even more frightened, Rose stepped in, her daughter taking a step back as her mother crouched down.

"Hello Harry, my name is Rose and this is my daughter Mia. I was very close friend of your parents, I was hoping we could come in for a cup of tea." Rose beamed one of her most calming smiles at the boy and it seemed to work as he nodded.

"Harry for God-sakes boy who is it!" Vernon's demanding voice bellowed at the boy who once again was cowering, Rose straightened as her eyes narrowed.

"I remember you." It was cold and harsh but it was true, the fat lug was the same as when Lily had introduced them years earlier.

"What is it you want?" His manners were just as fine as before

"As I was just explaining to Harry I was hoping to have a cup of tea and talk about a few matters." Rose smiled flashing her teeth but her fingers pointed to a wand sitting in her jacket.

"Well one cup of tea won't hurt." Harry was shocked at how quickly his Uncle's temper had changed.

"Petunia!" Vernon screeched again out into the garden, his wife dropping a shovel on her own foot when she looked up and saw Rose.

"Thank you Harry." Rose smiled as he handed her tea, the went to leave the room

"Umm Harry would you mind taking a seat" Rose smiled and motioned to the free seat next to Mia, Harry gave a look to Vernon who nodded his approval.

"So I must ask why it is only now you come looking for Harry?" Petunia had never liked her sister's friends and they had never liked her.

"Well you see I have been rather dead these last couple of years." Rose smiled mischievously, she did love to play with people; her daughter giggling at the joke. "You see during the war I found out I was pregnant and knew that I wasn't safe so I faked my own death, with your mother's help of course." Rose nodded at Harry.

"My mother helped you fake your death?" Harry gasped in shock

"Yes she did, she was the only one who knew my secret. My only regret was that I wasn't there to save her and your father." Rose still had to bite back the tears, this time she couldn't even look Harry in the eye.

"Tell you what have you seen the garden?" Vernon quickly tried to take over the conversation but he was too slow

"It was just an accident, there is nothing you could've done." Harry shrugged it off, he didn't really care that much.

"Harry that was no accident and I promise you if I had of been there I would've fought to the death for them." Rose now had a new sense of conviction, she had often played over the what-ifs in her life.

"What do you mean fight for them? My parents died in a car crash." Harry's eyes told the truth, he truly believed his parents had died for nothing.

"You never told him." Rose snapped up at the two terrified hosts.

"W-well we never really knew what happened, beside I don't want any of that nonsense in my house." Petunia had found herself again.

"What didn't you tell me?" Harry was confused but anger flashed in his eyes

"Harry are you aware that you are a wizard?" Rose's question was confirmed by even more confusion, he had no idea; he has lived his life not knowing his parents or even his true capabilities.

"A w-wizard, that's impossible." Harry stuttered

"Nothing is impossible Harry." Rose flicked out her wand, Vernon practically fainting at the sight, but she did no harm rather whispered a simple fire charm a small dragon made completely of fire flew out from her wand. It didn't scorch or burn anything it simply flew around Harry's head, Mia laughed as it did circles around her, she did love her mother's magic, Harry simple looked in wonder.

"C-can I do that?" Harry asked when the flames retreated back into Rose's wand.

"Not just yet, but one day." Rose laughed and patted the boy on the head. "Your parents were wonderful wizards Harry, in fact it was your father who taught me that trick."

Rose snapped immediately as she head the very snide tsk of a tongue, Petunia had always loathed James and everything he stood for.

"Mia would you like to take Harry outside to play, Dudley perhaps you should go with them." Rose's voice was as cold as ice and Mia slouched down an picked up Harry's hand, dragging him from what was about to be an ugly scene; Dudley didn't even put up a fight against the woman.

"Why was your mum so angry?" Harry ask as he kicked a stone with his shoe

"I don't know but I haven't seen her like that mad in like, forever." Mia thought back on her life and had in fact had never felt such deadly aurora come off her.

"Well I don't know why we had to come out side." Dudley spat in disgust at the outside world.

Harry and Mia continued to converse as they sat down on the pump grass, Mia began to pick at the almost perfect blades of grass, Harry was more happy just to have someone to talk to, especially someone who wanted to talk back to him. Dudley had found more entertainment with throwing rocks at a birds nest, laughing to himself. It had seemed like a lifetime before Rose emerged from the back door, they hadn't heard one bit of fighting or yelling, it had always been eerily quiet inside. Rose looked the picture of calm and collected as she slowly strolled over to the children carefully bending down to meet them on the ground. Harry inspected the woman as she put a calm yet firm hand on his shoulder, her eyes never left his.

"Harry, how would you like to come live with me and Mia?" There was something about the way she smiled Harry couldn't quite understand it but he liked it.

"Ummm I don't understand." Harry stumbled on his words as his mind tried to comprehend, his eyes however had already lit up at the idea

"I would like it very much if you would come and live with us. We will go and get you some new clothes, you can have a room to yourself; we will be like a family." Rose smiled again yet sadness panged through and only dared glisten in her eyes.

"Is that alright?" Harry gave a nervous glance between Rose and a now bounding Mia

"Yes Harry, it is perfect." Rose smiled and this time Harry smiled too as Mia lunged at him.

"So we are going to be like brother and sister right?" Mia's voice rang with joy

"Yes you will be, now we should leave." Rose laughed as the two children got up and followed her

Harry had spared a moment to look back at his Aunt and Uncle, for as horrid as they had treated him they were all he had known for his whole life. Even as Harry left he was looked upon with hatred as they sneered at his face, Harry may have had his doubts about the people he was leaving with but he had no doubt that they would be better than the Dursley's.

It had been a long day by the time the new trio had found a hotel to sleep in, it was a small place with one queen bed and a sofa, Harry and Mia had shared the bed as Rose subjected herself to the couch, something she would regret by morning. Rose woke up with a horrid kink in her neck, knot in her back and a completely dead arm, she moaned and wondered what ever happened to the young girl who could sleep anywhere, anytime. Harry however had never slept better, he had new clothes which included a set of pyjamas and had eaten his own weight in pizza, not to mention the bed time stories of his parents. Once Harry had woken up he stayed completely still, he didn't want to wake up Mia, nor did he want to ruin such a perfectly serene moment. No one as banging on the staircase above him, no dust fogging his view and clogging up his airways, no loud TV in the background or someone summoning him to do something. There was none of that, just the quiet shuffling of what must have been Rose trying not to wake them up. He had the most wondrous sight to look at, the entire night sky had been charmed to appear on the ceiling of their room; it was all so surreal. Suddenly before he even had time comprehend what had happened the full weight of Rose had bombed directly in-between the two children. Mia groaned and mumbled incoherent words of disgust as she was much more familiar with her mother's antics, Harry simply smiled in amusement as Rose continued to poke at her daughter.

"Come on Miss grumpy guts" Rose practically sang, Mia just stuffed her head under her pillow begging for peace.

"Oh well looks like she isn't getting up, more for breakfast for us." Rose winked at Harry as they shuffled to the edge of the bed

"What's for breakfast?" A still grumpy Mia whispered from her own blanket cave

"Oh it's nothing you would like, just some bacon with a bit of pancakes." Rose laughed as she teasingly waltzed out of the room with Harry, Mia hot on their heels.

Rose hadn't been lying, room service had delivered a full buffet of every food possible for breakfast, some of it Harry wasn't even sure was meant to be for breakfast. They all quickly helped themselves to the food, Rose happily sipped at her coffee as Mia took to slurping up the maple syrup on her plate.

"So what's next on the list mum?" Mia asked as she grabbed another pancake.

"Well you two start school in just over a month so we just have to get everything ready before then." Rose said it innocently

"What is everything?" Harry was still a bit taken back by the whole Hogwarts and magical world thing

"Well we have to find a house for starters, then we will probably need to furnish the house and then we have to get all your school books, clothes, trunks, owls and we have to get your wands of course oh but first of all we have to go to Gringott's and get money out otherwise we won't be going very far." Rose almost ran out of breath as she began to think of all she had to do

"Umm I don't have any money." Harry practically whispered it as he realised all these things would cost money.

"Oh Harry darling you are part of this family now and that means I will worry about money, you may also be surprised at what your parents left you" she smiled knowing

"Now I suggest you both go and get dressed for the day." Both children nodded and Rose began to slowly tidy up their mess, gradually heading for a hot shower that would hopefully be the cure to her aches.

As she undressed the woman now in her late twenties didn't even glance in the mirror, she knew what starred back at her. She had come to know every tenderly smooth scar that traced her body, every stretch mark left from her daughter, every tattoo she had once thought a good idea; she never looked at her own body. Still the hot water was relief and as every muscle relaxed, as the water gently folded over her she couldn't help the tears that rolled down her cheeks. It could have been the bad night's sleep, it could have been the hectic last week of political crap she had gone through with the ministry but she knew herself better; it had been Harry. Seeing the animals he had lived with and practically served on, seeing his shy nature with zero knowledge of how his beautiful parents loved him and what they had given for him. The last 24hours had been the most testing Rose had faced in years and she finally allowed herself a moment to crumble because the moment she stood back out she couldn't be weak, she had to be strong. Malfoy's are strong, they do not lose face, mother's are strong, they do not show weakness; she would be strong.