Disclaimer: I do not own any HP characters. I do not own JKR's plot, but the characters such as Phoenix, Elly, Ami, Kelly, Ally, Ashanti, Will, etc. are mine and only mine. The plot of this particular fanfic is mine as well.
Author's Note: Well, I decided to delete my first story attempt; there was too much conflict in the timeline. . . anyhoo. . .here's the story!
Elly Dalia woke up to the sound of a crying baby. She sighed. Ever since that day Elly has never really been the same. She forced herself to roll out of bed. As she walked passed the mirror in her room, she looked at herself. Elly never thought herself as ugly, but she also never thought herself as drop dead gorgeous either. Sure she had a fit body, long red hair, and amazingly blue eyes; but she always just thought herself normal on the "beauty scale". How could this happen to me? she asked herself as she walked to her daughter's room.
She opened the door and walked in. The second her baby saw her, she stopped crying and stared at Elly happily with her piercing blue eyes. Elly laughed to herself; yes, she was his great-great granddaughter. Elly made sure everything was okay; then walked out the door.
As soon as she closed the door, she began to cry again. Typical, Elly thought to herself. The baby stopped crying immediately following the opening of the door.
"Phoenix," Elly moaned as she lifted her daughter into her arms, "why must you do this to me?"
Phoenix, the baby, giggled. You're too smart for your own good, Elly chuckled. She carried Phoenix to the rocking chair that was in her room.
Elly couldn't help her mind from wandering to everyone's expression when she told them she was pregnant. . .
"How in the world did that happen?" Erin, Elly's one year younger sister, yelled at her.
"I was drugged!" Elly yelled back.
"And how in the world did that happen!" Erin bellowed again.
"I don't know!" Elly sobbed.
"Erin, stop," Elly and Erin's legal guardian and also great grandfather said quietly. His blue eyes looked over his half moon spectacles. This was the first time Elly had ever seen Albus Dumbledore look worried.
Everyone was quietly looking at each other until Dumbledore asked a simple one word question, "Who?"
Elly knew he was going to ask this question, but no matter how much she prepared for this question, she knew she would never be prepared.
Elly's thoughts wandered back to the present when she heard Phoenix's breathing become deeper and steadier. She carried her baby back to her crib and stroked Phoenix's fluffy red hair. Poor Phoenix, she has no idea what lies ahead of her. . . she's so little. . . who would have thought that something so small could have so much power. . .
Elly wandered back into her room and just lay there in her bed. How am I going to explain this to everyone? I still haven't told Lily, and she's Phoenix's godmother! Or James. . . or even . . . Sirius. . . She sighed and thought of when she asked her best friend Lily Evans and her husband to be Phoenix's godparents. The young Mrs. Potter received the "honor" happily and even accepted it when Elly didn't want to tell her who the father was. James mused that it was his best friend, Sirius Black. "After all, you two have been fancying each other for years now." But due to Sirius's reaction, James changed his theory.
Sirius Black's normally handsome face was distorted with shock. "You had a. . . baby?" he tried to ask calmly.
Elly tried to keep the tears from her eyes and didn't answer. She figured it was a rhetorical question, considering Sirius was holding the few month old Phoenix in his arms.
After a very quiet moment, Elly said very quietly, "I'm sorry" as she tried to fight back the tears.
Sirius looked at her sadly; he felt betrayed.
The moment was ruined by Phoenix's restlessness. Elly sighed as she took Phoenix up to her room in their house in England.
When she came back downstairs, Sirius was gone. She sat on the couch and began to cry in her hands. As she was doing this, she felt arms wrap around her. Elly knew who it was; she rested her head on his shoulder.
"It's okay, Elly. Tell me when you're ready," Sirius said quietly, and he lightly kissed her temple.
Elly found herself crying again, but this time Sirius wasn't here to comfort her. She found her thoughts drifting back to her sister. It's all my fault. . . she thought.
The American newspaper, The Oracle, had an article about her sister's death. "No one knows the cause of her death" was an excerpt of the article.
I know, Elly thought miserably. Erin died because Phoenix is Voldemort's daughter.