A/N: Thank you for reviews! I'm so sorry it took so long to post this but I'm having a huge writer's block on what to do during Sky's first years and how to deal with the Stone and Quirrell etc. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be happy to read them.

Answers to questions: This story is an AU. While Tonks is originally much older than Harry in this story they're the same age. Also the fact that Dora is Sirius cousin and Sirius is Sky's godfather doesn't make them related.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter

'Thoughts'

"Talking"

Sky had decided to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas. He wanted to keep a closer eye on Quirrell and see if he could figure out what was wrong with him. It was Christmas Eve and Sky was on his way to the kitchens. He had promised to get Sirius and Remus – who had snuck into the castle to spend Christmas with him – some food before meeting them in the Room of Requirement.

As he walked towards the kitchens he heard a faint sound of sniffling coming from the classroom nearby. He walked to the classroom and peeked inside. He saw a first year girl with a black hair curled up in the corner crying. Sky debated for a moment whether to go in or just leave her alone before deciding to see if she was okay. He slipped in and walked quietly towards the girl and asked:

"You okay?"

The girl jumped and looked up straight into his eyes. Sky felt like someone had just poured a bucket of cold water to his neck. Her eyes were deep blue, just like Dora's. The next words came out of his mouth in a whisper without even thinking.

"Dora?"

"H- How do you know that name?" the girl asked him standing up and changing her hair back to pink. 'That's right, she's that Metamorphmagus in my year, her name is Nymphadora Tonks…It's just a coincidence, she's not Dora. It's not possible. You know Dora's dead'

Sky's eyes shifted into her hand where she was holding a medallion, a very familiar looking medallion. 'It can't be…My medallion. She gave it to me on my sixth birthday…'

"Where did you get that medallion?" He demanded.

"From a friend… Why? And why did you call me Dora?"

"You… Can I take a look at that medallion?"

"No! Not before you tell me…?" Tonks tried to argue but Sky had already taken the medallion. Inside it was a picture of what could only be her parents, and another one with a four people in it.

"It's really you" Sky whispered. "You're alive."

"What are you talking…?" Tonks started but was cut off by Sky morphing back to his real self.

"Sky" she whispered and pulled him into a bone crushing hug. "You…What…How? I thought you were dead" she sobbed.

Sky answered the hug with same amount of power.

"I thought you dead too." Sky said.

"But how?" Tonks asked. "How did you survive?"

Pulling back to look at her Sky smirked:

"Magic"

"Haa haa… you haven't changed at all." Dora murmured.

"You say that like it's a bad thing." Sky smirked.

"Seriously, what happened to you? Where have you been all these years?"

"I've been travelling pretty much all around… the world" Sky started. "Oh shit, what time is it? Sirius is gonna kill me!" He said and grabbed Dora's hand. "Come with me, I'll tell you there."

"Where? Where are we going? And who's Sirius?" Dora asked while running after him.

"You'll see soon. Just follow me. Oh, and in public call me Ray." Sky said and morphed back to his disguise.

They ran to the seventh floor and stopped in front of the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy.

"Sky! What are we doing here? Why did you stop?" Dora whispered.

"You'll see." Sky said and started to pace in front of the tapestry.

"What are you…?" Dora started but was cut off by a door that appeared in front of them. "Oh."

"Well come on, open the door." Sky said smirking at Dora's gaping face.

Dora moved towards the door and opened it. As she stepped inside two wands were pointing at her face.

"Sirius, Remus lower your wands, she's a friend." Sky said coming from behind her.

"Sky, what happened? You were supposed to be here an hour ago, Sirius has been all freaked out that something bad had happened to you. Have you any idea how hard it's been to keep him from going to look for you?" Remus asked pocketing his wand.

"I know, I know, and I'm sorry. I just got caught up in something."

"Aww… our little Prongslet has a girlfriend. Moony, what are we gonna do? Our baby boy is growing up!" Sirius said wiping a fake tear from his eyes.

"Sirius!" Sky exclaimed glancing a very confused looking Dora. "Moony, Padfoot, this is Dora. Dora this is Remus Lupin and Sirius Black."

"You mean The Dora?" Remus asked his eyes wide. "The one from your childhood, who…?"

"Died" Sky finished. "I was wrong, she was alive all along."

"Wow, well it's nice to meet you Dora. We've heard so much about you." Remus said shaking Dora's hand. "And sorry 'bout the wands, Harry has never brought anyone else down here."

"Nice to meet you too. I've never heard about you." Dora said before looking at Sky pointedly. "Harry?"

"Oh, right. We better get comfortable, this may take a while."

The four of them turned and saw that the room had been morphed to look like one of the Hogwarts common rooms. Sky dropped down on one of the sofas and waved Dora next to him.

"Well, you know what happened at the Dursleys, right?" Dora nodded. "But I don't think I ever told you my real name."

"No, you didn't. I don't think any of us ever did."

"Well, my name was Harry Potter."

"Come on, be serious."

"He can't be Sirius, I am!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Padfoot!" Sky and Remus yelled together. "That is so old." Remus continued.

"I am being serious." Sky said, shooting a warning glare at Sirius. "My name was Harry Potter and I survived a killing curse when I was one; ask them if you don't believe me."

"You mean you're telling me, that you are The Harry Potter, the Boy-who-lived, The Vanquisher of You-know-who; The Hero of the wizarding world?" Dora asked incredulously.

"Wow, I didn't know you had so many titles Harry." Sirius said.

"Shut up Padfoot."

"First of, I did survive the killing curse, but I don't know about those other titles and secondly Voldemort isn't dead, he only lost his body and most of his powers."

"You mean he's still out there? How do you know?"

"I've got a photographic memory."

"Wow… Wait, what do you mean your name was Harry Potter?" Dora asked confused.

"I don't use it anymore. Nor I'll use it in the future. I haven't been Harry Potter since the day Voldemort killed my parents. At the Dursleys I was always Boy or Freak and since I met you and Blake and Fox I've been Sky. So as far as I'm concerned Harry Potter died with his parents on October 31, 1981."

"So why Sirius and Remus call you Harry?"

"They knew me when my parents were alive, so it's easier for them. No one else is allowed to call me that, to others I'm Ray Evans or just Sky." 'Or Shade' Sky thought.

"Okay, so will you tell me now, what happened to you after the fire?"

"Sure… I don't remember much about that night. I remember walking with Blake in the alley towards the house. When we reached the house there was a loud boom and it exploded. The last thing I remember was a strange tingling feeling, I don't know how else to describe it. That was probably my magic. The next thing I know, I wake up in a villa and some old man, who introduced himself as Marcus Lee, and started telling me all about my heritage and magic."

"You're lucky Marcus is not here. He would hex you for calling him old." Sirius said.

"Nah, he wouldn't be able to catch him, Harry's too fast." Remus commented.

"Yea, you might be right. I wonder which one of them would win a duel. I mean a real one. Not like one of their mock duels."

"I would pay to see that…"

"ANYWAY, Marcus told me about my parents and why they died and about the prophecy of me and Voldy and…"

"Wait, what prophecy?" Dora asked, while Sky grimaced. He had been hoping to pass the prophecy part.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies ..." Sky recited dully. "Total bullshit if you ask me... Unfortunately our beloved potions master told Voldemort the first part of it and in his all stupidity Voldy believed it and came after me."

"Snape's a death eater? No wonder he's so mean."

"Yes he is, and well the mean part… that's mostly Sirius, Remus and my dad's fault, but that's a story for another night." Sky said smirking. "Anyway my parents and I went into hiding under Fidelius charm with Sirius as our secret keeper. After a while the war was getting worse and Sirius knew that they would come after him as he was the obvious choice for the keeper, so he came up with a plan where they would switch the secret keeper to Peter Pettigrew and have him go hiding. What they didn't know was that little Wormtail was already Voldemort's man and right after the switch Peter told Voldemort our location and on Halloween he came over to finish me off."

"Not a day goes by that I don't regret that." Sirius said grimly.

"Let it go Sirius, you know I have forgiven you about that." Sky said. "And I don't think my parents would want you to dwell on that for the rest of your life. Besides, do you want me to give you another lecture about 'what ifs'?"

Sirius just shook his head mutely and let Sky continue.

"Thought not." He said before continuing his story. "So my parents died and dear old Dumbles left me on the doorstep of my lovely and loving relatives and you know how well that went." Sky said his voice dripping with sarcasm. "I have lived with Marcus since then and after a few years these two mutts joined us."

"Hey! I take offence in that!" Sirius exclaimed before transforming into Padfoot and tackling Harry to the ground while licking his face.

"Padfoot! Geroff !" Sky yelped before transforming into his panther form.

"Don't mind them." Remus said turning to Dora who watched the scene bemused. "They do that all the time."

"Are you an Animagus too?" Dora asked.

"No, I'm a werewolf." Remus said casually studying Dora's expression. During the years with Sirius, Harry and Marcus he had learned to accept his wolf form and had found out that his transformations had gotten a bit easier after it. He no longer felt so self-conscious about it and had learned to ignore the comments about him being a dark creature. He knew his friends and family loved him and that was enough for him. His engagement with Sirius only confirmed it.

"Really?" Dora asked and Remus could sense no disgust or fear in her – only natural curiosity.

"Yea, been one since I was four."

"Wow, I've never met a werewolf before, but I've read about them. They're not regarded in a very positive light, but you seem like a nice man."

"Thank you, Dora." Remus smiled at her. He decided he really liked her and was glad that she and Sky had found each other again.

After a while Sky and Sirius calmed down and reseated themselves.

"So that was my story. What happened to you?" Sky asked.

"I don't know… I was telling something to Fox and the next thing I know, I wake up in the Saint Mungo's hospital." Dora said a faraway look in her eyes. "When I woke up there was a man and a woman by my said claiming they were my parents. I didn't believe them of course, and demanded they tell me what happened and where you were. They tried to calm me down and told me they didn't know and that they'd found me unconscious outside their house.

"Suddenly an image of a fire appeared in front of my mind and I panicked. I had to get back to the shack and find out what had happened. I ran out of the hospital room to the corridor with the couple chasing after me and shouting to me to stop. The healers I came across tried to catch me too, but I managed to avoid them and get out of there thanks to Blake's self-defense and parkour training. I had no idea where I was or where I was going. I just kept running and wishing to get back to the shack. Suddenly I found myself in the cemetery and ran to the shack.

"There were people around it, whispering, while the police worked carrying the body bags away from there. They said there were no survivors and after seeing what was left of the shack, I knew it to be the truth." Dora said pausing for a moment. "I don't know how long I just stood there in shock, but the people around me started clearing out of there until I was the only one left. I remember slowly walking towards the ruins and finding the medallion I gave you for your birthday covered in blood just outside where the shack's door had been. I picked it up and just broke down crying… I never cried, remember? Not when I fell down and hurt myself. Not when the bastards tortured me on that alley. Not when we killed for the first time. I never cried… until then. Until that moment when I thought you all had died and I was alone." She continued lost in her memories, barely registering Sky's comforting hand on her shoulders or the shocked looks on Sirius and Remus' faces when she told them they had killed. Sky had never mentioned it.

"That's where the Aurors found me a few hours later… I was brought back to the hospital and kept there for a few days. The couple who claimed to be my parents stayed with me for the whole time. During the third day of my stay it was verified that they really were my parents. I was released for their care as my mother was a healer and could take care of me. They brought me back home and told me how I had disappeared.

"It appears that I had been on the platform 9 ¾ with my mum because she had promised to pick one of her cousins kids up and take him home. She said that she had taken her eyes off me only for a few seconds when the train arrived and then I was gone." She finished.

"Do you believe her?" Sky asked.

"Yes, I do." Dora said. "I learned Occlumency a few years back and can now remember it. My Metamorphmagi powers decided to show themselves and I wandered through the barrier to the Muggle world. My mum came looking for me, but couldn't find me due to my changed hair color and features. The son of my mum's cousin convinced her to leave and go alert my dad and the Aurors and then she was gone. Few hours later Fox found me and you know the rest."

"I thought Blake and Fox made a report to the Muggle police about you in case someone was looking for you." Sirius said. "Or at least that's what Sky told us."

"They did, but I had a different look then. The look I took that day stayed way over a year before I was back to normal. My parents wouldn't have recognized me from the pictures."

"How did Fox and Blake react when you changed back to normal?"

"Fox was really surprised, but Blake just raised his eyebrows. It took a few minutes to Fox to calm down, but she did eventually when Blake explained it to her. It turns out Blake was a squib, so he knew quite a lot of the wizarding world."

"I thought he might have been one." Sky mused and they were silent for a moment.

"Are you happy?" Sky asked studying Dora's face and seeing there things Sirius and Remus couldn't. "With your parents I mean."

"I – I don't' know. I mean they're great people and I know they love me, but sometimes… sometimes it feels like they're smothering me. It's not the same our family was." Dora sighed. "It's really hard for them to accept my maturity and independence. They refuse to understand that the little girl they had is gone and there's me instead.

"I feel like I don't fit in anywhere anymore. Not the Muggle School my parents sent me, not here, not even in my own home. I'm always the odd one out whom no one wants to befriend with. I never had any friends after I lost you and it was fine for a while, but sometimes I just feel so alone…"

"I'm here now Dora." Sky said hugging her. "And you better get used to it again, since I'm not going anywhere."

"You better not be." She said burying her face into his shoulder as she hugged him back.

The sweet moment between the two friends reuniting was interrupted by none other than Sirius, whose stomach grumbled loudly, making them all burst out laughing.

"Right… the food." Sky laughed. "Sorry Padfoot, I totally forgot to feed you."

Sirius in all his maturity stuck out his tongue to Sky making them laugh even harder.

"You're such a child, Sirius." Remus laughed.

"That's why you love me." Sirius said.

"Right you are." Remus said kissing him lightly, which Sirius quickly turned to a full snog.

"Geez, they're like a pair of hormonal teenagers." Sky muttered. "Oi! There are children in here!"

They paid no heed to him and just continued their snogging.

"Unbelievable." Sky muttered. "Come on, let's go get the food. They'll be at it for some time."

"So they're together then?" Dora asked as they stepped out of the Room of Requirement their disguises back on.

"Yeah, been for a few years now. It's only a matter of time till one of them pops the question." Sky said grinning widely. "They're really good for each other. Sirius helps Remus recover from his years of loneliness and Remus helps Sirius recover from his years in Azkaban."

"He was in Azkaban?" Dora asked.

"Yeah, for seven years." Sky said. "They threw him there without even a trial, but it's a long story. I'll tell it to you some other time.

Dora just nodded before asking.

"So why do you go by Ray? I mean, I understand why you wouldn't want to go by Harry Potter, but why not use Sky? Better yet, why do you pretend to be blind?"

"Erm… I can't answer that." Sky said. "At least not yet. I need to talk with dad… er Marcus…before I can tell you anything."

"Okay, so what can you tell me?"

"Um… I don't know… How about you ask me questions and I'll answer the ones I can."

"Fair enough." Dora said. "So tell me about your dad."

"Marcus?" Sky asked and Dora nodded. "Well… he's a great man. He was a good friend of my parents. I remember him babysitting me quite a few times when my parents were still alive. I guess he was kinda like a big brother for my dad. Anyway, he had a wife and daughter, who died during Voldemort's Era. After their deaths he took a leave from his work and travelled all around the world only returning to Britain for their anniversary, which was where he found me. His wife and daughter are buried in Saint Mary's. He found me from around the shack and took me under his wing and helped me recover from my past and gave me something to live for.

"I had very hard time accepting that other people than you, Fox and Blake could care about me, and trusting, especially adults. Even now I sometimes get an urge to flinch or hide when I encounter someone." Sky said. "I know there's no reason to, but sometimes the past just caught up with me."

Sky was silent for a moment before continuing.

"Blake talked to me about that, you know, that night. He gave me this dagger and told me not to live in hatred and bitterness, like he did. He told me to learn to trust and that if I ever had a change to get out of the streets, I should take it." Sky said tears forming in his eyes. "He told me he was going to give up his revenge and create a new, better life with Fox and us. He was going to ask her to marry him and get a proper job. Then he would buy a house and sent us to school and we could live like that, happy as a real family." Dora hugged him tightly, tears running down her cheeks as he continued.

"I had never felt so happy when he told me that. I could almost picture it… us living happily ever after out of the streets and danger. And then, in a blink of an eye it was gone, vanished in the ashes." Sky said a faraway look in his eyes and a single tear fell down his cheek. "I have a family now and I wouldn't trade them for anything, but sometimes I wonder what it would've been like had they lived."

"It would've been nice… but there's no point in living in the past." Dora said.

"I know."

They entered the kitchens in silence and took the food before returning to the RoR, both lost in their thoughts. As they entered the room, Dora noticed a third man had joined them.

"Dad!" Sky exclaimed and ran to hug the man. "What are you doing in here? I thought you had to stay at work."

"I did, but then someone reminded me that Christmas is a family holiday." Marcus said hugging him back.

"It was Panther, wasn't it?" Sky grinned.

"Who else?"

"I bet she gave you quite a lecture." Sky said his grin widening as Marcus grimaced.

"I see you have brought a friend with you." Marcus said with a raised eyebrow when he noticed Dora.

"Yea." Sky said grinning widely. "Dora, this is my dad Marcus, Dad this is Dora."

"You mean… your Dora?" Marcus asked his eyes widening.

"Yes! Her magic saved her like mine."

"It's nice to meet you, Sir." Dora said smiling.

"Likewise and please call me Marcus." Marcus said and soon they were all chatting and eating and enjoying their Christmas with each other and as he looked at Dora alive and well, Sky couldn't help but think that it was the best Christmas possible.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Please review and tell me what you think.

By the way, does anyone else have the problem of getting ideas for new fics all the time while you haven't even finished your earlier ones, or is it just me? I have four fic ideas in my head begging to be written and I'm not even halfway through this story. :/ But don't worry this one's my priority! ;)

The next chapter will be posted as soon as I get over my block and figure out what to write. Might take a few weeks, but hopefully I will manage to write it earlier. Thanks.

- Dalnim