Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does. Santa never got my letterL

AN: Sirius Black died in the Final Battle in my story!

"Don't get detention before Halloween, don't try to sneak to Hogsmeade, and show off nicely in flying class." ordered Ginny Potter, to her godson Teddy Lupin and his friend, Maggie Holland. The two nodded looking for Lilah Black, the third member to their trio. "Hey there, you four!" exclaimed Charlie Weasley, Ginny's brother and Lilah's godfather/legal guardian, as he approached. He was holding hands with a confident, almost cocky, eleven year old with a sleek black ponytail and mischievous blue-grey eyes.

She smiled at her two friends, her expression saying "I'll tell you later". She looked up at Charlie, and said, "It's ten till eleven, if you're going to get emotional, do it know before we cross the barrier." She said it so firmly it was obvious she had had poor Charlie wrapped around her finger since she was few weeks old. He had the famous Weasley blush creeping up his neck as he said, "Me? Emotional? You must be mistaken, Lilah, love. I work with dragons. I'm not going to cry because my goddaughter is going to Hogwarts for the first time." Lilah rolled her eyes at him, and preceded to run at the barrier between platforms nine and ten.

Ten minutes later, Lilah was sitting with her friends in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express. They had their heads out the window saying goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Potter, and Charlie, as Maggie was muggle-born. As the train started to move, Teddy began a conversation they had had only a few days ago. "Think we'll be on the quidditch team?" Lilah laughed. Maggie grinned. "I've been raised by Charlie Weasley, who was Hogwarts best. Maggie grew up next to you, who was raised by Harry and Ginny Potter! First years rarely make the team but I hear that they lost everyone but their Keeper and a Chaser on Gryffindor!" said Lilah. The other two nodded and talked for a while longer about quidditch.

Then, two boys entered, one blonde and the other brunette, both with sparkling blue eyes. "Can we sit here? All the other places are full." asked the brunette. Lilah smiled, "Sure, I'm Delilah Black but please, oh please call me Lilah. The one with blue hair is Teddy Lupin and flame head is Maggie Holland, surprisingly she is muggle-born with no connection to the Weasleys." Maggie rolled her eyes at her babbling friend and addressed the two boys, "And you are?" The blonde spoke, "I'm Colton Elliott and this is my twin Dustin."

The five new friends chatted for a long time about nothing in particular until the subject turned to family. The other four told about their parents, godparents and sibling but Lilah was quiet. "I know you live with your godfather but who were you're parents?" asked Colton, true interest sparking in his ocean like orbs. "My mother was Amanda Sparks-Black. My father was some Black bloke, never knew who he was. Uncle Charlie says Mum and Dad were married, but it was private and he didn't know till later."

And that was that. No one came back to the subject and Colton and Dustin noted it a sensitive subject to be left alone. They were sitting there eating chocolate frogs from the food cart when Lilah looked at her frog card. She fainted, the guy had to be her father.