When I decided to leave, I thought I was just going to go home, not to a bar, but people's minds will change and I ended up spending the rest of the day in a tavern by my house, drinking myself blind and just barely managing to get home and to bed. The next day I woke to the sound of crying, something that was not only unusual, but extremely unwelcome for the time being. I reached over to my nightstand and got a pain potion, I always kept some there for the morning after, but what do you expect? I live next to three bars for Christ's sake! The crying seemed to have intensified and I could feel someone's distress coming from my front door and so I decided to go and investigate. To my utter shock, it was my little half brother from yesterday, I guess that's what Dick meant when he said, 'I know where to put the little mistake.' He was just sitting there in a blanket with a little note on him. I picked him up and started to bounce him in my arms to make him feel better, the note only said this:

Holmes Onyx No Name

Born: April 9th, 1993

Did James's disown him when he was born or something? I like how Lily kept to the Black tradition of naming your child after something that was to do with space, Holmes is a comet and an onyx is black, wow, real play on words there, I see what she did. I had managed to calm little Holmes enough to put him to sleep, but I didn't know what to do. I put him on my bed and told Elios to watch him while I was gone. I then put on a coat and flooed all the way to Fred and George's shop in Diagon Alley. It was a real hit with the people of the wizarding world and was naturally, very busy, seeing as it was noon on summer break, but this was a real problem I had and I didn't know what to do.

"Diana! What are you doing here?" Fred asked, coming up and kissing me, but I backed out of the kiss after about a second, there was no time for intimacy at this moment.

"You've got to come with me." I said, grabbing his wrist and trying to pull him away, but he was much bigger than me and didn't move an inch.

"Diana, I have a store to run!" He said, still not moving.

"Yes, I know, but I have a problem and I don't know what to do. The shop will be fine while you're gone." I said, stilling trying to pull him away. With one last look at his shop he sighed and gave in, following me to the floo and for a split second, I realized that this was going to be the first time Fred saw my townhouse. When we arrived at home, Fred looked around a bit and I could feel he was impressed, but just as he opened his mouth to say something, Holmes started crying from my bedroom.
"What's that?" Fred asked instead of what he was going to say.
"Come with me, I'll explain." I walked off towards my bedroom, feeling Fred walk behind me, looking around as we went. When I got to the bedroom, Elios looked up at me, clearly confused. I walked over to the bed and scooped up Holmes, bouncing him like I had before and turning around to see the freaked out look on Fred's face.
"Is he mine." My face went flat, I couldn't believe what he had just said.
"Do either of us have black hair? Also, I don't recall being pregnant last year, seeing as he's one." I said, trying to yell at Fred for being so stupid.
"Okay, sorry, I wasn't thinking, but why do you have a baby?" He asked, not taking his eyes off the child in my arms.
"Well, I went a couple days ago and claimed the Potter name, taking all the money and dissolving the name, disowning both Lily and… Richy. I than went over to the Potter Manor to watch the two break down, what I didn't think about was the son Lily had last year. I than left, not a care in the world until, this morning, I woke up to the sounds of a baby crying. I went out to find him on my doorstep that said he was Holmes Onyx No Name and when he was born. They don't know who I really am, but they did indirectly, give me my brother. I don't know what to do!" I said freaking out, I accidentally raised my voice and Holmes started to cry once more. Seeing as he was trying to reach down my shirt, I figured he was hungry and so I walked passed Fred, who followed me into the kitchen, I fastened Holmes to a chair as I searched my kitchen for something that little kids could eat. Fruit, he was eighteen months old, he can eat fruit! I quickly cut up a watermelon using magic and handed to him, he ate it quickly and so I was guessing he was pretty damn hungry. I looked over at Fred, who had been watching me this entire time with a curtain admiration.

"Wait, so he's your brother? He looks nothing like you." Fred said, looking over at Holmes who was still eating the watermelon I had given him, managing to get it everywhere.
"Yeah, Lily's a little whore, he's Sirius and Lily's child. Lily only had one child with James and one with each of his best friends."
"Jesus, what are you going to do with him?"

"I don't know, he doesn't have anywhere to go other than an orphanage and I don't want him to end up like Voldemort or anything, I mean he's my brother, I could make sure he didn't become a little Dick, I don't think anyone could stand another one of him." I said with a laugh, but Fred was shocked.

"You're actually thinking about keeping Holmes?" He asked, completely incredulous.
"Yes, he's my brother!" What was wrong with Fred? Did he think I was just going to throw away Holmes like Lily did?

"But you're only fourteen, you can't raise a child."

"I could do better than most." I said coldly, thinking about James and Lily.

"No you can't! You're nothing more than a child and you're going to ruin your life if you keep him!" Fred yelled and I was so shocked, he had never raised his voice to me, ever.

"Get out." I said with tears in my eyes, pointing towards the front door. Fred sighed loudly and walked out without another word, clearly pissed off. Once more, I was all alone with Elios, and now Holmes. I didn't care if he ruined my life, he wasn't going to be thrown out in the streets, he was my brother and had never done any wrong. He was just as unwanted as I was, but this time things were going to be different, he wasn't going to be like me, always in someone's shadow, beaten and abused, he would have a good life. I didn't need to go back to Hogwarts, I had mastered the use of a wand and there were only a couple people I'd miss. There was one thing I knew though, I didn't anyone, I could do just fine all by myself.

In a couple days I had all the supplies needed for taking care of a one year old, I even condensed my study and library to make a little room for Holmes, I was going to change his name though, Holmes seemed like a careless name and was a bit to out there, even for the wizarding world, I was going to change his name to Aries, after the greek god of war and the constellation in the skies. Everything was going just fine, I was reading as many parenting books as I could get my hands on to find out the basics of parenting and how to raise a child and I think I was getting the hang of it.

It was a week before my fifteenth birthday and you what I got? My blood work back from the doctor saying I was two months pregnant with Fred's baby. Great. I hand' talked to him since the day I got Aries and now I really didn't want to, either way, he was going back to Hogwarts in a month and I didn't want to put this kind of stress on hm. Along with that, he seemed opposed to me having any children and raising them, so why should I tell him I was going to have another? He'd probably tell me to go get an abortion. I knew I was going to keep the child, there was nothing that could change my mind about that, but I was fifteen and I would have two kids two years apart. I feel like this was going to prove to be harder than facing Voldemort. I asked Dobby to watch over Aries as I was leaving, Dobby didn't ask questions, he just complied with my orders as I got ready. I than apparated all the way across the world, all the way to Michigan, all the way to Jaxy's grave. When I saw the overgrown flowers and colossal tree, I burst into tears and blamed my confused hormones for it completely. I sat down, taking off my locket and holding it in my hand, opening it and looking at the picture of the two of us smiling. I looked back at the grave I had dug six years ago with tears in my eyes, every year I came here to cry and talk to Jaxy.
"Jaxy, I messed up. I just wish you were here with me, but you'd be so disappointed in me, I don't think I could stand it. Jaxy, I'm pregnant, I know who the father is, but I just took in my one and a half year old brother and now I'm going to have a baby! This is all too much, but I'm not going to throw away Aries like my 'parents' had done to me and I'm not just going to ask for help, it's just going to be me, Elios, and two little babies. I'm fifteen, I don't know if I can handle this." My hands fell into my hands and I cried my eyes out, wishing for nothing more than Jaxy to be with me.

It was now mid August and I had a small bump, it wasn't much, but I still had to go get some new pants. I couldn't stop thinking about Fred and wishing he was here with me, but he would only tell me I was too young, I was, but I didn't want to get rid of the child, even if it ruined me. Fred, on the other hand, would tell me to get rid of it and then leave in frustration.

"Mama." Aries said and I smiled, he always called me that, I knew I should stop him, but it was just so cute.
"Aries, you know I'm your sister." I said, looking up at him.

"You're mama." I raised my eyebrows, he was determined for me to be his mother.
"Whatever, I feel better that I told you the truth. What child?" I asked softly.

"Why are you fat?" He asked, pointing at my small bump and my face lit up red. Fat was a word that had never been used to describe me before, but here I was, getting dragged by a child.

"I'm not fat, you niece or nephew is in there and you better be nice to them." I said and his eyes went wide.
"Did you eat them!?" He yelled, distraught.

"No! No, they're growing in there, they're not ready to come out yet though, they have to grow, but they should be here in about six months. Okay?" I really didn't want to have to explain sex and pregnancy to a one year old, that would be a bit weird and damaging to Aries.

"Oh, okay." He said and went back to playing with his 'toys', which was just a book, I was so proud of him. During the night, I wished for something to take my mind off of the sadness that covered me like a wool blanket in the summertime, but no, I was pregnant and couldn't drink, smoke or do anything that would help. This was not going to be fun.

Around Christmas time was when it really hurt the most. Not only was I reminded of Fred's undying love for me, but also James's Potter rapeing me and beating me and trying to hang myself afterwards. I tried to stay happy for Aries and for my baby who was a healthy six months along, but it was so hard with my emotions all over the place along with my memories. This was Aries's second Christmas, but it was his first real one with me, last time he was just left in the room while the Potter's went out and so I wanted to make it special, just like my first Christmas with Jaxy. I was going to get a tree and fairy lights, the whole shabang, I just hoped he loved it.

I got up at three in the morning to set everything up, it took almost two hours, but I went back to sleep to let Aries crawl out of his crib and wake me up. About an hour and a half later that's just what he did, buzzing with excited energy.

"Wake up mama! It's snowing!" This was something I wasn't expecting, it never snows in actual London and sticks.

"Hold on Aries, I'll be out in a second." I said and he left, I spent an entire minutes trying as hard as I could to sit up, accomplishing it after a bit and then just sliding my aching feet into my slippers before going out to living room.

"Mama, the room has transformed!" Aries said with stars in his eyes.

"I know! Santa must've come last night and set everything up for us." His eyes went wide and he just looked around in utter awe.

"Wow!" He whispered and I couldn't help but smile, I guess I had succeeded in making his first Christmas magical.

"Come on, breakfast before presents."

"Presents?" He asked, confused. I couldn't believe he didn't even know what a present was.

"Yup!" We ate breakfast quickly before we went back into the living room and I realised I would have to sit on the floor with Aries. I walked over and used the coffee table to help me sit on the floor then scoot over to where Aries was sitting, holding a beautifully wrapped box in his hands.
"Go on, opened it." His eyes sparkled with happiness as he looked at me then back down at the gift in his hands. He ripped into it and gasped, seeing what he had gotten, it was a book, a piano book. One of the first months I had him, he walked in on me playing the piano and asked if I could teach him to play, I agreed, but I decided it should be a Christmas present. He opened the rest of his gifts I had gotten him and I opened the ones I had gotten for myself and he was extremely grateful for every little thing. By the time we were done, it was nearing ten and that meant it was snack time, but there was wrapping paper and toys all over the floor and it all needed to be cleaned up and put away.

"Aries, go put up your toys so we can have lunch, okay?" I asked and he nodded, gathering them all in his arms and running off to his room to find a place for it. This was one of the times I was extremely thankful for magic because there is no way in hell I would been able to bend over and pick up all the little pieces, nope. With one swish of my hand all of it was cleaned up and in trash and I walked into the kitchen and started to cut up some things for a small salad. I had just finished when I heard a pecking a the window and walked over to see a generic owl wanting to come in from the cold with a letter in it's beak. I let it in and set out some food and water for it, it flew over and hooted with pleasure as I opened the letter.
"What's that mama?" Aries asked walking back in and sitting down at the island.
"Nothing Aries, I made salad." I said, giving him his bowl, he didn't like salad as much as fruit, but he still ate it with a passion. The envelope was blank, other than my name written in a very familiar handwriting. Without thinking, I ripped open the letter and pulled out the paper inside, reading it quickly.

Dear Diana,

I'm sorry about what I said about Holmes, ever since I walked out, I regretted it and wished I had never said it. I hope you still love me, you're not too young to take care of him, you're older than you are and can be a better parent than some others. I want to come see you, I'll be dropping by in the afternoon hours of Christmas day, I hope that's okay. I'll leave if you want me to, but I just want to see your face.

Love,

Fred

I couldn't believe it, he was just going to drop by after almost six months of no word? I was mad, but I was also relieved, there was a part of me who couldn't wait to see him, but also a part that was wondering how he would react to me being pregnant. Either way, he could leave me, but he couldn't tell me to go get an abortion, it was too late, it's illegal now.

"What's wrong mama?" Aries asked, sensing my distress, but I just put on a fake smile and tried to act happy, I really didn't want to ruin his Christmas.

"Nothing Aries, everything is fine, but we may have someone coming over later." He didn't ask anymore questions thankfully and we went on to eat our snack and then we even started to piano lessons. I lost track of time, but around five or six we stopped with the piano and ate dinner together. I was cleaning up the kitchen when I heard the floo being activated and that's when it was too late to run, I had to face Fred and it was making me panic on the inside.

"Hello?" I heard Fred asked and the sound of his voice broke me, I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. I heard his footsteps coming closer, I couldn't believe he still knew the way around after being here only once, but sometimes people will shock you. I hear him come into the kitchen and stop when he saw me.

"Diana?" He asked, but I could force myself to turn around, showing him my belly and the fact that I was crying. "Diana, are you okay?" He asked, walking over to me and I tensed up more and more as he got closer. Finally, when he was only a few steps away, I put down what I was doing and turned to face him, his eyes immediately went down to my belly. He looked back up at me and sighed loudly, turning around and clutching his head in frustration.
"I knew I should've never left." He whispered, but loud enough for me to hear.

"I wanted to owl you and tell you, but after what you had said, I just figured you'd tell me to go get an abortion." I said, walking closer to him.

"No, I would never tell you to go get an abortion! What I said about Holmes… I wasn't thinking, of course you would never throw him in an orphanage! He's your brother and I should've thought about the things I had said before I actually said them. Diana, I was being stupid and the things I had said were things I didn't mean, the entire reason I came here today was to apologize to you about what I had said and just leaving on you. I hope you can forgive me." He was now looking at me, straight in the eyes and I knew he was telling the truth based on his emotions, but I still didn't want to believe what he was saying. Then again, I was carrying his baby and I don't want to even try to raise two small children on my own, or at least without Fred. I took one step forward, my belly was almost touching his as tears once more, welled up in my eyes, but I managed to hold them back this time.

"I don't want to go on without you." I whispered and almost smacked myself after realizing how typical this was, it was like a goddamn soap opera. He leaned forward, wrapping his arms around me and I fell into his chest, it was just like before, but there was a bump in between us.

"Mama, what's wrong? Who's this?" Aries asked, coming out of his room where he was playing.

"Aries, this is Fred, and no, I'm fine." I said over Fred's shoulder, he seemed to have gotten a bit taller since I last saw him.
"Are you crying for no reason again?" He asked and I smiled, Aries knew me so well.
"Yes, now go back into your room and play."

"Okay." He then turned and walked back into his room without a care in the world, Fred however, was looking at him in confusion.
"I thought his name was Holmes." He said.
"It was until I changed to Aries. The name may not be the best, but it's better than Holmes."

"True, but why Aries?"

"Because, he's a Black and they name all their children after stars and planets and whatnot." I said shrugging, nuzzling Fred in the chest, I never wanted to let him go.

"How far along are you?" Fred asked after a bit of a silence.

"About six months, I've got to go to the doctor sometime, but I keep forgetting." I said, my words slightly muffled by his chest.

"Really? I would've thought you were like eight months." Fred mumbled, but I still heard him and looked up to glare at him.

"You thought I was eight months pregnant? You must have a big child because I looked perfectly fine for six months!" I yelled, hitting him on the arm.

"Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way! Give me a break, I never took biology or whatever you muggle people call studying the human body." Fred said and despite my eyes staying narrowed, I wasn't as hostile.

"I forgot, you're a pureblood who only knows about magic and not anything else." I said with a smirk, thanking Jaxy for raising me right.

"That's right, don't blame me, blame my heritage." He said with a laugh, I had missed this. As much as I wished to stand in Fred's arms like we have been doing for the past ten minutes, I only had socks on and so my feet were really starting to hurt.

"Come on." I said, wiggling out of is grip and grabbing his wrist, walking him over to the couch and sitting down, I could already tell my belly was going to start getting in the way of me sitting down by the was I practically fell on the couch. Fred sat down next to me and I curled up into his side where he held me tightly.

"I missed you so much." He said, looking down at me.

"I missed you to, I really missed hugging you and I hated being alone to take care of Aries, I love him, but he can be a handful sometimes." I said with a laugh, looking over at his closed door. I need to either get a bigger house or have Aries and the child share a room, because I still needed a room and study to keep all my books and my piano and the harp. I really had a lot of junk. "Will you stay with me?" I asked into his chest for fear of rejection.
"How could I leave, you're practically laying on top of me." I smirked, pleased that he was going to stay, I knew he didn't want to go, but he also didn't want to admit it. I was fine with it, as long as he was here with me.

"Well, if you're staying then I'm going to finish what I was doing and then go to sleep because I'm very tired." I sat up and used the arm of the couch as a bit of support. The kitchen was done, but I still needed to get Aries ready for bed. I walked in the room to see him playing with one of the little trains I got him. He heard me come in and knew it was bedtime, but continued to play so I wandlessly put up all his toys.

"Mama, why'd you do that?" He asked with a little pout.
"Because, it's your bedtime and you have to get ready." He pouted even more and then got up walking past me to go into the bathroom where I gave him a quick bath. Afterwards he brushed his teeth and went back into his room for me to put him into his pajamas then tuck him in. Overall this took around forty five minutes and to my surprise, when I got back to my bedroom Fred was still awake.

"I would've thought you'd be asleep by now." I said, walking in.

"I couldn't really sleep without you." He said and if that was true how could he fall asleep for the past fiveish months? I changed into my pajamas quickly and walked over to my side of the bed, laying down and relaxing instantly under the warm, heavy comforters. It's funny, one year ago we were in a bed having sex, but now I was pregnant with Fred's child and was taking care of my infant brother, it's strange how fast things can change in a year. Fred flipped over to look at me and I smiled, knowing I'd be using him as one of those giant body pillows tonight, I'd been meaning to get one, but I seem to be having problems with my memory for some reason. I snuggled up close to him and fell asleep in a blink of an eye with the heat of a person next to me.