Lorna

Chapter 1 –

Remus sighed; he still couldn't quite get over it as he stumbled into the empty and grey kitchen of number 10 Grimmauld Place. It had been less than 12 hours since he had witnessed his only living best friend fall through the veil and to his death. Remus didn't know whether his heart could take any more, after all it was coming up to 15 years since the death of his best friends James and Lily Potter and now Sirius? Someone certainly had it in for him.

Remus sat down at the large but dusty table and put his head in his hands, the house was currently silent but he knew that soon enough the kitchen would be full of people fussing over him and gossiping about the events of the department of mysteries.

His thoughts strayed to how young Harry would be taking this after all; Sirius was the last of his family and connection to his parents. Sure enough, Remus had had a connection to Lily and James but not as strongly as Sirius who would talk nonstop about the good old days, but for Remus the memories were too painful to relive. He himself had blamed Sirius for the deaths of Lily and James and could never forgive himself for thinking such lies even if Sirius could.

At that moment, Remus truly believed that he knew how Harry would be feeling. But Remus had to trust that although Harry would be hurting, he would be surrounded by friends which was something Remus no longer had.

As Remus hid his face deeper inside his hands to try and stunt the tears that were threatening to flow, an owl flutter in through an open window and settled by his side. Remus looked up to see Sirius' owl Strider who had been loyal to him since the Potters had given it to him on his 17th birthday. Remus' wolf senses told him that Strider knew his master was no more and that the owl wanted Remus to open the letter addressed to Mr. S. Black.

Remus took the letter from the owl and gingerly opened it, it was from a muggle orphanage which confused Remus immensely. But forever the curious one of the marauders, he divulged into reading the formal letter to discover what Sirius had to do with a Muggle Orphanage.

Dear Mr. Black,

We find your method of communication rather obscure and old fashioned and due to this we hope that this letter finds your with haste as it bears good news.

In light of your recent inquiry as to the location of one Lorna Marie Potter...

Remus' heart skipped a beat; Lorna Marie Potter was the youngest daughter of Lily and James Potter. The tyke was barely a month old when Lord Voldemort killed her parents but she was never found in the wreckage of the house at Godrics Hollow and was presumed missing and later dead.

... we can confirm that she is one of our residents here at North Brook Orphanage in London. Lorna has never been put up for adoption or fostering on request of her godfather, a Severus Snape. Mr. Snape takes Lorna to stay at his home every summer but she resides with us whilst he works at a boarding school up in Scotland.

We can also confirm that Remus John Lupin is her second godfather but we have never had any contact from him. It is on our records that an Albus Dumbledore dropped her into our care, but once again he has had no contact with Lorna since that October night.

If you wish to see Lorna then please contact me for further arrangements,

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. A Barden

Head of North Brook Orphanage.

Remus couldn't believe it, he drop the letter in complete shock. Lorna was alive? The apple of Lily's eye was actually alive? How was this possible and why had Dumbledore not told them? It was only now that Remus could truly appreciate how amazing Sirius' senses were, he had sensed that Lorna was still alive and had been searching the orphanages both muggle and wizarding and had final found her.

Lily and James' little girl was alive after all these years, how was he going to tell Harry?