Disclaimer: I wish I own everything, but unfortunately I don't. Damn it, damn it, damn it! ^_^ But I do own the plot and the characters that are not from the original HP books. Please read and review, okay? I wanna know if anyone is even interested in this story, cause if not, I might just scrap it. Here's Chapter 2!!

Chapter 2: A New Beginning

Emily now found herself staring out the window of the old truck that was making it's way through the busy streets of some new city. She couldn't believe how her life had been shattered in just one night that had only occurred less than 48 hours ago.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" asked the dark featured man that was sitting in the driver's seat. "You haven't spoken a word since we left your home back in Canada."

Emily was brought back to reality when he spoke and she looked over at him showing no emotion whatsoever on her usually happy face. "Where were you all those years?" she asked with cold eyes. "You didn't even call...not even once."

The man looked over at Emily with a tired expression on his face, "Sweetheart, I couldn't..."

"Why not?!" she shot back almost in a yell.

"Because it was for your safety. Mom and I-" but he was cut off by her words.

"Yeah, like I haven't heard that one before. You weren't there. Why don't you just own up to it?" Emily's hatred was welling up inside of her - no, not hatred, but instead a deep and profound hurt.

"I'm sorry...when I left you and your mom, I honestly thought I was doing the right thing - I never thought they would..." but he stopped himself before saying what was going to say. He had already said too much already.

Emily looked at him with wide eyes, "They would what? And who's 'they'?"

Sirius looked back to the road and cleared his throat.

"Don't you think I at least deserve an explanation?" Emily felt like she was going to cry, but she didn't. "What happened to mom? Who did that to her? Why did they do that to her?" Emily had about a thousand more questions but couldn't find the right words to spit out what she wanted to say.

Sirius shook his head. "I'm so sorry. As soon as I found out that they knew where you were, I came as quickly as I could. But I'm afraid it was just too late. Thank Merlin that you weren't at home. They would've killed you as well."

"Who was it?!" Emily was near tears. "I mean, what did mom do to deserve that?"

Sirius shook his head, "Marry me..."

Emily looked at him in surprise, "What?" she asked in a hushed whisper.

"Listen, sweetheart, I wish I had enough time to explain everything to you, but I just can't. My first priority is to make sure that you're safe. And to do that, I've enrolled you in a new school." Sirius looked over at his daughter who just looked down at her hands. He reached over and gave them a squeeze. "I know you'll be safe there. Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts knows that you are coming and he is a very powerful wizard. And besides, I know you'll make lots of new friends. I went there when I was your age and I loved it."

Emily looked up at her father with uncertainty in her blue eyes.

"Won't you at least give it a try?"

Emily nodded slowly.

Sirius looked at his daughter carefully before looking back to the road and pulling over the car. "Well, this is it."

Emily looked out the window. They had parked in front of large train station. She had never seen so many people in her entire life. "King's Cross...?"

"Yes, this is where you will get on the train."

"But is this not a muggle train station?"

Sirius nodded as he got out of the truck and went to the back to get Emily's trunk and few other bags out.

Emily climbed out of the truck as well and went to the back to help Sirius lift the trunk onto a trolly cart. "I don't understand. If this is a muggle station, than how I am supposed to board the Hogwarts Express?"

Sirius looked down at his daughter and smiled. "Just follow me and I'll show you."

Sirius lead Emily through the crowded station towards the space between platforms 9 and 10. "Ah, here it is."

Emily looked at the pillar in confusion, "Excuse me?"

Sirius let out a half laugh, "You just walk through that pillar and you will be on the train platform." Sirius then dug a ticket out of his pocket and handed it to Emily, "Here's your ticket..."

Emily took the ticket from him and examined it, "Okay. But what about my new books?"

"Dumbledore assured me that it's all been taken care of. Everything will be waiting for you at the school." Sirius sighed heavily. "And Emily, there's one more thing," he handed her an envelope that looked like it was old for it had a yellow tinge to it. "I meant to give it to you a long time ago, but never got it sent away."

Emily took it reluctantly and looked at the scribbled letters on the front that spelt her name.

As if reading her mind Sirius said, "I know that no letter will make up for the 17 years of your life I missed out on. But I just hope that it will explain some things."

Emily nodded her head a little without looking at him which left an awkward pause between them.

"Well, I guess it's time for you to get going. The train will be leaving in fifteen minutes." Sirius looked at her trying to catch her eyes but to no avail.

Emily looked at him briefly and started to push her trolly away and towards the train.

"Oh, and Emily..."

Emily paused without looking back hoping to hear him say something that would let her know he loved her.

"Try to find someone by the name of Harry Potter. He's in your year and would be of help to you." Sirius sighed as she didn't turn around to face him and shoved his hands in his pockets. He knew that she had a right to be angry with him, but he just wished that she would understand why he did what he did.

Emily's jaw tightened as she listened to the words that her father said to her. They didn't bring her the comfort that she had hoped for. She pushed her trolly over to the train and loaded her stuff in. She then got onto the train and excused herself by all of the students and walked down the corridor to the last compartment. She poked her head inside and found it to be empty. She shoved the door open farther and then shut it behind her and took a seat by the window.

A few moments later the train slowly started to move and as they were moving by the platform, she saw her father still standing there looking on towards the train. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make the hurt she felt inside disappear. She felt bad for the lack of words that she had said to him, but she wasn't able to say what she really felt. She pulled the letter out of her robes and looked at her name sprawled across the front of it again in her father's handwriting. She wanted to read it. Perhaps she would find out why she was kept in the dark all these years. Emily flipped the envelope over and lifted the flap. She paused for a brief moment before moving her hand to the piece of paper that was inside. But just as she was about to pull out the letter, the compartment door swung open to reveal three other Hogwarts students. The one that had flung open the door was a girl who appeared to be shorter than Emily with brown hair that was a little on the bushy side. To the girl's right stood a boy with flaming red hair and a few freckles on his face who seemed to tower over the girl. Then, to the girl's left was a dark haired boy who was a little shorter than the one with red hair. His hair was somewhat untidy and he had the most indulging green eyes that Emily had ever seen. He was holding onto the girl's hand which indicated to Emily that they were a couple.

Emily looked back to the girl who gave her a warm smile before speaking. "We're sorry. We didn't know anyone was in here." She paused for a moment before continuing, "Would you mind horribly if we sat in here with you? All of the other compartments are full."

Emily smiled back as she tucked her letter back into her robes. "Sure. I don't mind."

The girl beamed again as she lead the way into the compartment and took a seat across from Emily. The black haired boy sat beside the girl, leaving the red haired boy to sit beside Emily. "Thanks," the girl said. Both boys nodded with a smile.

"Really, it's no problem." Emily smiled again. She was kind of happy to have some company on the journey.

The girl looked at her carefully, "Are you American?"

Emily let out a laugh, "Canadian, actually."

"Are you a new student?" The girl asked with interest.

Emily nodded her head.

"Well my name is Hermione Granger. It's a pleasure to meet you..." she extended her hand.

"Emily. Emily Black." She shook Hermione's outstretched hand but was surprised to find her looking curiously at the two guys.

The boy with the untidy hair smiled and extended his hand, "My name is Harry Potter. Are you Sirius's daughter?"

Emily smiled as she remembered the name of a boy her father had said to look for. "Yes, yes I am."

"And I'm Ron Weasley." Said the boy sitting next to her.

She smiled at him before looking back at Harry. "But I don't understand. Harry, how do you know about me?"

Harry reached into a pocket on his robes and pulled out a letter. "By this," he held it up. "Sirius owled it to me last night."

Emily looked at the letter in his hands. "May I see it?" she asked with slight nervousness in her voice.

Harry nodded and handed it to her.

Taking the letter out of the envelope she began to unfold it. "But, how do you know my father?"

Harry looked at her in confusion. He looked at Hermione before saying slowly, "I'm Sirius's godson."

Emily's eyes went immediately to Harry but she stayed silent.

"I thought you would have known?" Harry looked at her unreadable expression.

Emily looked back down at the letter she held in her hands, "It would seem he told me a lot less than I had thought." Her eyes than began to scan the letter:

Dear Harry,

I hope that this letter finds you well. I am writing to you because I need you to know that I have a daughter who will be attending Hogwarts this year. She is in the same year as you and is transferring because I need her to be under the watch of Dumbledore while I am away dealing with some unresolved issues. Her name is Emily. She is a very bright and talented young witch whom I am sure will give Hermione a challenge! Some unfortunate happening has caused me to bring her to England where I know she will be out of harms way at Hogwarts.

I hope that she chooses to befriend you, Ron, and Hermione as I hope you three will also befriend her. And Harry, if you could, please keep an eye on her. I know I can trust you.

I would be there if I could for her, but I know that she wouldn't be safe with me at the present time. She is in grave danger and I need to make sure she stays safe. That is my first priority.

Thanks Harry,

Love,

Sirius

PS- Tell Hermione and Ron I say hi.

Emily folded up the letter and replaced it in the envelope before handing it back to Harry. She had no idea that he had a godson. She had never felt so lost in her entire life as she did right now. However, it gave her a good feeling to know that her father felt she was a talented witch.

"Are you okay?" Hermione asked quietly as she saw that Emily was lost in thought.

Emily looked up to meet her eyes, "Yeah. I'm fine." She shrugged her shoulders, "I never knew that he had a godson." She looked up at Harry, "Please don't take that the wrong way Harry." She was relieved to see him shake his head and smile.

"But didn't he explain anything to you?" Ron asked from her side.

"Ron!" Hermione snapped.

"What?" he asked in defense.

"It's alright," Emily quickly said. "He didn't explain all that much to me. I know about as much as you all do." She managed a weak smile.

Harry looked at Emily, "She doesn't look very much like Sirius," he thought silently to himself as he looked at her wavy gold hair and blue eyes. He smiled at her as she looked up at him a little embarrassed to be caught staring at her.

But the question that the trio couldn't push from their minds was what happened to have made Sirius feel it necessary to bring her to Hogwarts under Dumbledore's watchful eye.

Harry let out a little laugh.

Hermione looked over at him and smirked, "What's so funny?"

"I didn't know that Sirius was married. I just couldn't picture that," but his smile faded when he looked over at Emily. "Oh, I'm sorry..." he didn't know what he had said.

Emily face showed a sad frown but she shook her head and gave a faint smile. "It's fine...There's no way you could've known."

The trio looked at her carefully.

"Known what?" asked Harry.

Emily looked down and took a deep breath to help fight back the tears, "My mother was murdered...and that's why he brought me here to England."

There was an awkward silence as no one knew what to say. Finally, Hermione took her hand in an attempt to comfort her. She didn't have any words to say, but instead she offered a warm smile. This made Emily feel a bit better. The trio at least knew now a little as to why Sirius wanted her at Hogwarts. But why was he so scared for Emily's safety was the question.

Just then, the compartment door flew open to reveal three other Hogwarts students. "Well," the one in front said with a drawl, "if it isn't Potty, Weasel, and the Mudblood."

Well, I guess that's all for chapter 2! I'll try and post the third chapter in the next couple of days!!