When Rachel Edwards told Sirius Black he was going to be a father she didn't expect him to take it so well, shocked but happy was the emotions that played across his face. He told her he loved her and will always be by her side and their child. When Rachel Black nee Edwards gave birth to a perfect baby girl, named Nyx Ella Black, she didn't expect to be only in the life of this sweet baby girl for only a year and for her father to be in it only a little longer than that. On 21supst/sup of August 1981 Rachel Edwards was tragically murdered by Death Eaters. Her baby girl was a year and two weeks old. On November 1supst/sup Sirius Black left Nyx Ella Black in the hands of her maternal grandmother, Jessica Edwards, to find Peter Pettigrew after the murders of James and Lily Potter. And we all know what happened next.