Prologue

Sirius smiled down at his three year old daughter as they walked up the walkway to James and Lily's cottage. The little girl chatted away happily, skipping every now and then in her pink puffy tutu and blue rainbow shirt with black leggings and butterfly wings. Lilly opened up the door to great them giving the little girl a big hug as she picked her up and set her on her hip. She led them into the house and to the sitting room where James laid on the floor playing with one year old Harry. "Uncle James!" The little girl squealed running towards him and flopping on top of his back. James grabbed her and sat up swinging her around and started to tickle her, causing everyone in the room including Harry to laugh along with her infectious giggle.

"James, Lilly, I want to say thank you for agreeing to watch Audie while I get things together." Sirius took in a gulp of air trying to get the image of his wife's lifeless body and his three month old son lying next to her still and cold. Poor Audie had been with him that day two days ago and he tried to keep things normal as possible for her as tried to make arrangements for his wife and son's funeral

"Sirius, it is no problem. We just want to help you." James told his friend, clapping him on the shoulder. "Are you okay mate?" Sirius nodded his head and stepping towards the little girl who was talking to Harry. She noticed her dad was watching her and turned her head to face him and smiled brightly at him.

"Daddy, what is it?" She asked, tilting her head to the side and scrunching her eye brows together in concentration.

"Sweetie, Daddy is going to leave and will come and get you in the morning." Sirius whispered to his daughter as she flung herself into his open arms.

"No tricker treating?" She whined, pulling away and sticking her bottom lip out in a pout.

"Next year we will go. Daddy's going to go now. Can you be a good girl for aunt Lilly and Uncle James?" She nodded and gave him one last hug before he stood up straight. "Thanks again." He told his friends before leaving.

Lilly laughed as she realized what her niece was wearing. "Audie, did your daddy dress you today?" She mused as James snorted.

"I'm a butterfly aunt Lilly!" Audie giggled, flapping her arms up and down, running around and pretending to fly. Harry clapped his hands and cheered her on.

James picked the little girl up and threw her on the couch. "I think it's time for you to calm down and get ready for bed." He told the little girl, trying to keep a straight face but the little girls smile was addicting and he ended up smiling back. She was the girl version of Sirius with his gray eyes and curly locks though instead of black hair it was a reddish brown like her mothers. James knew that once she was a teenager Sirius would have a handful trying to keep the boys away from her and he himself would gladly help his friend.

"It just got dark! No bedtime yet!" She replied, shaking her head in agreement with her statement.

Lilly picked up Harry and walked up the stairs to get him into his pajamas and by the time the two got back downstairs she found Audie sitting in James lap as he held up a muggle children's book and read to her. James looked up and smiled at his wife and son before returning to the story. Lilly went to sit next to her husband and sat Harry in her lap. He sat still and listened to his father's voice, he was a quiet child but a happy one. A flash of light went off through the window and the couple leapt up off the couch into action.

"Lilly, take the kids and hide! I'll try my best to hold him off." Lilly gave her husband one last kiss before she grabbed Audie's hand and held Harry close to her chest and ran up the stairs and into Harry's room, slamming the door shut and locking it. She placed Harry in his crib and told Audie to hide underneath and to stay there. She ran to Harry's closet and grabbed a few things but dropped them a second later after she heard a loud scream. The door knob started to jiggle before the door burst open.

Lilly threw herself in front of the crib and begged for him to not kill her son. Audie peaked out from under the crib and saw the flash of green light that caused her aunt to fall to the floor and the man disappeared only leaving his black cloak lying on the ground. She got out from under the crib and tried to wake her aunt up but the body of Lilly just laid there. Harry started to cry and Audie joined in, scarred as a three year old should be in a situation as tragic as that. Ten minutes later Sirius flew into the room and rushed to his daughter's side, holding her in his arms and trying not to cry in front of her. Remus came in after him, followed by other members and took Harry out of the crib, giving him to Hagrid who had to follow orders from Dumbledore. The next few minutes went in a blur and left poor Audie cryingafter her father..

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A couple hours later, Remus walked into Dumbledore's office, laying a sleeping Audie on the couch in the office before taking a seat in front of the desk where Dumbledore sat. "Where's Harry?" Remus asked, worried about the little orphaned boy.

"He is with Lilly's sister." Remus became furious but Dumbledore spoke up before he could say anything. "He is safe there. He is away from the wizarding world where he can grow up as a normal boy until he returns to Hogwarts. The decision is final. Now about Audie..."

"I will take her," Remus told him not giving it a single moment of thought. "I know Sirius, he didn't do this and after his trial he will be set free and get to raise his daughter."

"Sirius isn't getting a trial. He has betrayed Lilly and James trust and has killed thirteen muffles and Peter Pettigrew." Remus shook his head at the professor.

"I can't believe it." He whispered in shock. "What's going to happen to Audie?"

"She will stay with you for the night and tomorrow we will meet at the ministry. Sirius is to go to Azkaban in the morning. He has been allowed to say goodbye to his daughter" Dumbledore stood up and walked around the desk and towards Remus to stand up. "After she sees him, Emma's brother will come get her and she will stay with him and his wife."

"The Scotch's are death eaters! She can't stay with them!" Remus roared, appalled that Dumbledore would suggest such a thing. "Emma had been disowned from her family and thrown out to defend for herself at age fifteen and labeled a blood traitor! Sirius would go even madder then he already has if he were to learn she will be raised by them!"

"Sirius has betrayed us and Emma is dead. Audie is the only heir of two highly regarded pure blood family's. The Scotch's have made a deal with the ministry and there's nothing I can do to stop the child from being placed with them. Her godparents are no longer alive and they won't let her stay with someone with your condition." Remus nodded and went over to the couch to pick up the sleeping girl and apparated to his house.

A/N: This is the prologue and the story and each chapter will be much longer. I haven't read the books since fifth grade and only have a couple of the books at home but this story's been playing around in my head and I decided to give it a whirl. If there are any errors, let me know and I accept criticism, just don't get mean. The Harry potter books and all characters belong to J.K. Rolling except my characters Emma and Audie.