Lily Black
Chapter 2
Both stood shocked for a moment, before Lily realised what she was doing and turned away, her head and heart filled with anger, but also uncertainty, a feeling she did not like at all. She took only a moment to calm herself then faced her father. Both father and daughter studied the other. Lily could see the years in Azkaban had taken a toll on him, but in her mind that was no excuse for forgetting her, James wouldn't have. Then again, Lily was surprised he even recognised her, or even remembered he had a daughter for that matter. The few times as a child he had seen her, he had been unsure of how to act, and when she first called him Daddy, when she was about three, she had seen the panic in his eyes. She had cried herself to sleep in her stepfather's arms that night, not understanding why her Daddy didn't want her.
Surprisingly enough, similar thoughts were running through Sirius's head. He knew he had not treated her, as he should have done, even forgetting her for several weeks at a time, until he visited the Potter residence, and watched James play with her while the older Lily fed Harry. But he did remember the day she had called him Daddy, the panic running through him, again asking him what he was thinking, sleeping with Lily. He also remembered the other events that night. Her death. Lily should have been his and Araianne's, not his and Lily's. Then again, Little Lily had grown into a beautiful young woman, flowing dark hair, and deep sapphire eyes, like his own but darker. He had never given her a thought when he went after Peter, never asked what had happened to the daughter, that, considering everything, he did love in his own way.
Lily broke the uneasy silence.
"Well Mr.Black, where would you like a portkey to?" Lily asked snidely. Sirius came out of his stunned stupor and said
"Oh my God Lily, you look-" he was interrupted
"Mr Black, I have other things to do today if you please. Give me a location."
"But Lily, I am your father! I'm the only family you have!"
"Family means no one gets left behind, family means unconditional love, love cannot be forgotten, but you did forget me didn't you? You did not think to make sure I was safe, for the love of God, Sirius! I was bloody mute for-" Lily stopped herself before she could say any more. She found an old, rusty, ring and set it for 12 Grimmauld place. Somewhere she had gone to once, because she knew it was a Black house. She hadn't gone there in recent years because of the Order, not that she wanted to. She had just taken anything of interest and left. She gave it to Sirius and simply said
"Obliviate. Fallen Angel." The first to erase his memory of having seen her here; the second and third to activate the portkey. In a small flash he was gone.
Lily rubbed her now sore temples and went into her bedroom and sought out her photo album. She looked through the assorted pictures. The marauders at school, James and Lily's wedding, herself as a baby in her mother's arms and her stepfather looking down on her with pride, Harry's birth, a similar scene, except with Lily kissing him on the cheek, a picture of the four of them playing. One tear fell. The next set was slightly different. Pictures of Harry growing up. She loved her brother dearly. In her mind he was the only family she had left, but if Dumbledore ever had inkling that she had been helping Harry through the rough times she would either be dead or in Azkaban herself. Dumbledore, she knew, would to anything to achieve what he wanted; a 'perfect little weapon'
A closet Slytherin she was sure. Lily had mended Harry's injuries as best she could, would give him a steady source of nutrition potions, not enough to show Dumbledore he was being fed more then enough though, and she was generally his guardian angel. But when he was six, she knew she would have to stop soon, only checking on him from afar. He could not remember her, for if he did, Dumbledore would find it with legilimency.
In actual fact, she had an ally in watching Harry, Charlie Weasley, her soulmate and fiancé had kept her updated and did his true best to make sure Harry was Ok through his family.
He was also careful not to look the Headmaster in the eye, the fact that the little occulmency he could muster could only be enough to make the Headmaster suspicious.
So he was out the country most of the time, but made a point of visiting Lily at least one a week, if not more. They had met when the Angel Araianne, Sirius's soulmate and surrogate mother, ordered her to take a holiday, and while she could not enter earth, another angel could. So Lily took a trip to Romania. She had always had a curiosity of dragons. Her and Charlie, who was simply a guide at the time, had hit it off instantly and by the end of the two months had become lovers, two months later, were prepared for a long engagement. It had been almost two years now. Lily looked at her adorned ring finger. Charlie earned an honest living with the dragons, but he could only afford a small, but beautiful, sapphire ring.
Lily had never liked anything showy and had loved the ring instantly. Even more fantastically, Leo and Charlie got on well; Leo had already found his soulmate, a young female Wiccan called Blaise Zambini. But, Blaise was still underage so he had to wait, but the minute she graduated they planned to elope.
Lily looked at the clock and seeing the time made herself a cup of herbal tea, drank it and went to bed, resolving to absorb the information in the morning.
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