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Mrs. Black
Prologue.
February 14th 1979, Godric's Hollow.
For the first time in Sirius Black's 19 years of life, he had absolutely nothing to say. No smart-ass remarks, no words whatsoever. His brain had completely shut down.
"I think you broke him McKinnon" James Potter snorted as he finally broke the stunned silence after 5 minutes.
"Well, what the hell else was I supposed to do? He didn't return any of my owls. I knew I needed to corner him, or he'd just find some bullshite excuse to run away. You guys always spend Valentine's Day together." Marlene snapped, clearly in no mood for any of James Potter's humour. Marlene McKinnon was a beautiful woman with uncontrollable blonde curls, amazing curves and stood at only 5'3. She had bright blue eyes that seemed to be able to look directly into your soul. Eyes, that were currently sending a death glare directly at an ashen faced Black heir who still had no brain to mouth function.
"I think we need to be asking the important questions here. How far along are you and what do you want to do about the situation?" Remus asked before James could put his foot in his mouth.
"What, in the name of fuck do you mean 'what do you want to do?'" Sirius mimicked in a high-pitched mocking voice. "We are going to keep it!" Remus' comment had finally made Sirius snap out of it and everyone looked to him in complete shock. "What? That's my pup in there." He said defensively while pointing dramatically to Marlene's stomach. "I'm not getting rid of it. I didn't even know I wanted kids until now. I know this is shitty timing and I mostly act like a child myself but fuck, I know I need this."
"Holy shit, you really did break him" Lily exclaimed.
"You're funny." Sirius said, deadpan. "I'm seeing this as having something to fight for. For all our futures. Marly? Wanna make a go of it?" Marlene walked right up to Sirius and only said "don't make me regret this Black." In an instant Sirius turned back into his excitable childish self, clapping his hands and yelling. "Drinks! For everyone!" and then added as an afterthought "not you Marly."
XxxX
A few hours later the only ones left awake were Sirius, James, and Remus.
"We need a plan. If something happens to any of us and we don't make it out of this, we need some sort of a backup plan if the rest of us can't be there for any of the pups we have" Sirius said as he poured the next round for his friends.
"What about Wormtail?" James looked to Sirius "Shouldn't he be a part of this too?"
"We can tell him later when we actually have a plan, and when he hasn't passed out from drinking too much" Sirius responded, "You'd think after all our years together he's have learnt to drink by now."
"Muggles!" A slurred shout came from Remus an hour later startling his two friends.
"What the bloody fuck are you on about Moony?" James said holding his hand to his chest and glaring at his friend as if he had grown a second head.
"Muggles." Remus repeated "Think about it, no one would ever think to look for any of the cubs in the muggle world. We each find a decent couple, obviously watch them for a while to gather information to make sure they'll take proper care of the cubs. Add a slight glamour to hide a few main features and no one will know any different. When it's safe for the cubs to come home we go and collect them. If none of us can get them then we know they'll be raised in a good home."
"Moony" Sirius said, "I think that is the best plan you've ever had." None of them knew at that point that 14 years later they would be extremely grateful they never told the fourth marauder their plan.
XxxX
September 19th, 1979. St. Mungo's Hospital.
Sirius was staring at the baby girl sleeping in his arms. "Lyra Hermione Black. I swear to you, no matter what happens you will always be looked after." He glanced over to Marlene to make sure she was asleep before looking over at James and Remus who were smiling at the sight of Sirius with his new daughter, "I found a muggle couple. I've been trailing them for just over a month now, they have been trying for a baby but so far have not had any luck. Daniel and Jean Granger, they are some sort of teeth healers. They have their own practice in Notting Hill and own seven different investment properties throughout some of the richest suburbs in muggle London. They are extremely well off but are also genuinely nice people who want nothing more than to have a family. So, they will definitely treat Lyra as she deserves. I have a folder in my flat with all the information I have on them. For some reason I feel like something won't go to plan I need you both to keep the promise we all made that night."
"We swear on our magic." James and Remus said in sync.
