AN - This is going to annoy the followers of my other story, so apologies to them. But as a peace offering to them, and to prove the other story isn't abandoned, I promise to have the next chapter up by the end of the year. Anyway, enjoy, and I'll have notes about this chapter at the bottom.

Edit - I was a bit hasty putting this out, and made some mistakes. I also had an idea that I wanted to add.

Chapter One

The Potters and the Longbottoms were celebrating their sons' first birthdays together, since they were only a day apart. The Marauders, James Potter's best friends since they were first years at Hogwarts, were also there. Lily Potter and Alice Longbottom had insisted on celebrating together. They had always been close, but the common danger both families found themselves in served to bond them to the point where they wanted their sons to see each other as brothers. They tried not to think that that might come about because one set of parents was gone.

Everyone was currently watching Harry and Neville interact in the playpen. "The next generation of Marauders, right there," Sirius Black stated with a grin.

"Merlin, I hope not," Lily said with a laugh, and everyone joined in.

"I agree. Our sons will be gentlemen," Alice said, giving The Marauders a smirk.

"Hey! We're gentlemen!" James exclaimed.

"Sometimes," Lily replies.

"Best take it, Prongs. That's honestly pretty generous," Remus Lupin tells James with a grin.

Suddenly, a flash of flame interrupted their banter, and a phoenix appeared with a letter in its beak and a small, oddly coloured, sleeping child in its talons. Wands were drawn, though not pointed, as the phoenix placed the child on the couch, then dropped the letter at Lily's feet and perched on the back of the couch.

"That's not Fawkes, so how'd they get through the fidelius!?" James asked in a minor panic.

"I don't find it too surprising that a phoenix could ignore such a thing. A better question might be why is it here, and with a child, who, based on the fact that she has purple skin, is of a magical race I've never seen," was Frank Longbottom's input.

Lily, who, along with Alice, had went to check on the child, spoke up then. "Well, whatever race she is, she's gorgeous."

James could hear the awe in her voice and tried to head her off. "Lily, we can't-"

"Let's read the letter before we make any decisions," Lily said, cutting James off.

"Fine," James sighed out.

Lily opened the unaddressed envelope, and pulled out the letter inside, as well as a pin showing an unknown symbol. Putting the pin aside, she unfolded the letter and began to read aloud.

"Dear humans,

Apologies for the poor form of address, but we only know your appearance, and that you can give our daughter something we can't. A safe and happy home. One of us has seen it. Only small flashes, but enough to know we're making the right decision.

You must have many questions, and we will do our best to anticipate them in this letter. First off, the basics. Our daughter is an elf, and her name is Adrielle."

Lily stopped there, feeling a need to say hello to the little girl. She leaned over what she now knew was an elf child, and gently brushed her jet black hair out of her face. "Hello, little Adrielle."

"A pretty name for a pretty girl," Alice said as she moved to stroke her hair.

"An elf?" Peter Pettigrew asked. "Aren't they a myth?"

"Apparently not, Wormy," Sirius replied.

"I think you're all missing the issue. They say we can give her a safe home. Anyone else see the problem? They say they saw it, but seers don't remember the prophecies they give!" James said with irritation in his voice.

Everyone sees the problem, James!" Lily snapped. More calmly, she continues. "They weren't talking about a prophecy. That's only one form of divination. Talented Seers are capable of more than just giving prophecies. Anyway, I think we should have all the information before we decide it's a bad idea."

Before James could respond, Remus decided to add his two cents. "James, Lily is right. Very little is known about the elves, scholars can't even agree on if they existed, but one thing they do agree on, is if they did exist, they were magically very powerful. So if an elfin Seer had a hand in this, I think it's important to at least listen to everything before making a decision."

James sighs. "Alright, Lily, Moony, let's see what they have to say."

"Thank you. You too, Remus." With that, Lily continues from where she left off.

"We will come back to Adrielle being an elf, as there are thing you need to know about that. But first, we're pretty sure you'll be uncertain of your ability to keep Adrielle safe, even with the visions that prove you can. But we have more reassurance to offer, though that reassurance also comes with it's own worries. We know there is a prophecy hanging over your head. We don't know what it says, we are only sure that it exists. We believe this because of another prophecy, one focused on Adrielle. You obviously need to know, so here it is."

Lily stops again, needing a moment to brace herself. She didn't even know this little girl (though she had to admit that she desperately wanted to), but yet another child burdened by prophecy broke her heart.

"Lily, you want me to take over?" James asked. She nodded and handed it over, and James continued.

"The elves best hope against their dark counterpart is here. Born to three, raised by four, claimed by a phoenix, she will return to the birthplace to grow into her power, and gather her followers. She will return as prophecy breaker, and master of dual magics. Her return will either end the elves isolation and corruption, complete her dominion, or bring her end. She is hope. She is despair. Her choices will determine which she embraces. Well, fuck"

"I assume you added that last part?" Sirius jokingly asked.

Sirius' joking nature often annoyed Lily, but she found she appreciated it for the moment. "I don't know, Sirius, seems rather appropriate." That got a small chuckle from everyone, except Peter.

"Guys. She's- she's dangerous. Maybe... maybe we should-"

"Stupefy!" Lily cast and Peter dropped to the floor.

"Lily!" James shouted.

Before he could say anything else, Alice spoke up, who everyone now noticed also had her wand in hand. "James, just be happy Lily was faster than me. I wasn't going to use a stunner."

James, once again, sighed. "Just to be clear, I was about to tell him to shut his mouth. I just don't think attacking him was necessary."

"Let's move on, shall we? Now, there was some scary stuff in there, but some good, too. Prophecy breaker, anyone? Sirius said.

Remus and James glanced at Peter, but decided to follow Sirius' lead and left him there.

"With that in there, if it's our prophecy it's talking about, which seems extremely likely, then only one can happen. They seemed to be implying that theirs takes precedence. Hopefully they explain that," Remus said.

"Yeah, and the born to three, raised by four part. Bit confusing, that," Sirius replied.

Alice and Lily shared a look. They had both noticed the instant attachment of the other to Adrielle, and had a fairly good idea about the raised by four part. But they both chose to keep it to themselves for the moment.

"Best to finish the letter, then," Frank declared.

"Yeah, it's lucky Adrielle is still sleeping," James replied. He turned to the ladies, who seemed to be watching the little elf sleep. "We're continuing, girls."

"Alright."

"We don't know how Adrielle will break the prophecy, but we suspect it has to do with an ability of hers. She can sense people's magic, as well as any active magic in her viscinity. Now, when we say she can sense people's magic, we don't just mean she can tell how powerful they are. That is only a small part of it. Everything you are is in your magic, so Adrielle can get a good feel for someone's personality before she ever speaks to them. As for sensing active magic, as of right now, she can tell its there and whether or not its dangerous. As she matures she should be able to tell exactly what it does. So we think if you just listen to her, you'll be alright.

Now that we've hopefully given you at least a little belief that you can raise her safely, we'll explain a bit about elves, both to make the prohecy easier to understand and because you should know if you're going to raise one. First of all, the elves are an entirely female race. So if you thought the female pronouns were specific for a prophecy, that's why. We are polyamorous by nature. Born to three. That's us by the way, Marella, Persephone, and Elwyn. And yes, Adrielle comes from all three of us. Elves can do that.

Now, the elves dark counterpart. That would be a corrupted elf. Pay attention to this, because if Adrielle takes the path of domination the prophecy gives as an option, it will most likely be because she was corrupted. There's two ways for an elf to become corrupted. They're not actually the same, but they're close enough that we consider both corruption. Now, it is said that elves are made of magic. What this means is that heavy use of a certain type of magic has an effect on the elf. For example, an elf partial to fire magic might have a resistance to fire and high temperatures, and using it against them would be foolish. I'm sure you can imagine the effects dark magic can have. That's one way to become corrupted.

The second way is harder to prevent. Elves form bonds with those they are close with. We will form these bonds with family, close friends, and of course romantic partners. The bond allows us to always be able to find our bonded, know if they are in trouble, and establish an empathic connection. On a side note, bonds formed in childhood can lead to romance later in life. Now, the issue with these bonds is that the death of a bonded takes a toll. It can drive the elf mad, and if there's someone to blame, she will be filled with a desire for vengeance. This isn't actually as big a problem as you might think. Elves are immune to things like sickness or aging. Only accident or violence can kill an elf.

But Adrielle will be bonding with humans. We think the bond might give a human some elven traits, but we don't really know. If she loses someone, the most important thing to do is to make sure she is in close proximity to as many of her bondmates as possible. Not all bonds are equal, so it's important that at least the strongest ones are there. That will help heal over the tear in her psyche that is created when a bond is ripped away. Do not let her isolate herself. That's in all capitals. That is the absolute worst way for an elf to grieve. And you should know one other thing. We don't know how it would work with humans, but with elves, corruption can spread through bonds.

We wish we could explain everything, but we're running out of time. Just know that our system for containing corrupted failed, and now we're in trouble.

Now, the part that says raised by four. We were a bit confused by that at first, as we understand humans to be mostly monogamous. But then Elwyn had her visions. So there can be no doubt, we will describe your appearances. A woman with red hair and emerald green eyes. Very attractive. A woman with shoulder length light brown hair, brown eyes, and... um," James looks at Alice nervously.

"I promise I'm not going to smack you for reading what the letter says," Alice assures him.

James nods and continues. "A woman with shoulder length light brown hair, brown eyes, and... large breasts. Also very attractive. A man with glasses, and messy jet black hair. A large man with dark brown hair and blue eyes. We have to admit, we prefer that Adrielle has more than two parents. Three or more is the norm for elves. We're sorry, but because of that, and because we couldn't trust in your generosity, we placed a spell on Adrielle that would cause any mother that sees her to feel as if she is theirs."

At this point, everyone was looking at Alice and Lily in question. They in turn looked at each other for several second, then both nodded, not just in agreement to how they felt, but also to what had to be done.

"Well, that explains Peter on the floor. If that had happened in response to something Peter said about Harry or Neville, we wouldn't have questioned it," Sirius said.

"So they're manipulating us into taking her," James complained.

"It doesn't matter. Frankly, I understand it, and it doesn't change how I feel. Alice?"

"I'm with you, Lily."

"So what are you ladies saying? asked Frank "The Potters and the Longbottoms should just raise a child together?"

"And why not?" Alice challenged. "Harry and Neville already spend lots of time together. It wouldn't be hard."

"Whose last name does she take?" James asked.

"Okay," Lily answered, "there would obviously be things that we would have to discuss, but we are doing this. Just accept it."

Alice took a different tack. Placing herself directly in front of Frank, she put a hand on his cheek, looked him in the eyes, and said "Please, Frank?"

Frank crumbled. With a sigh, he replied, "Alright. James?"

"I guess Harry and Neville have a big sister."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" came from both women before they leapt on their husbands and kissed them passionately.

The women dropped back to their feet and went back over to Adrielle. "Shouldn't she have woken by now? We haven't been quiet," Alice said in a worried tone.

"I suspect she's been charmed to stay asleep until the letter is finished," Remus said.

At this, the phoenix, who, until this point, had been quiet, chirped to get their attention. When all eyes were on her, she nodded.

"Well, that's a relief. Thank you," Lily said to the phoenix. She chirped again, which everyone took as acknowledgement.

"Alright, I'm going to finish," James announced. Everyone nodded and turned their attention to him.

"Elwyn saw your other children as well. It should be noted that that is all the spell does. Make you feel like Adrielle is yours. Any emotions associated with that are your own. You don't need to worry about other mothers seeing her. The spell should have already faded.

There are three more things we need to address. First, why we think our phophecy takes precedence over is known that only elves can have prophecies involving elves. Because of this, it is believed that elven prophecies supercede any they conflict with. For your sake, and Adrielle's, hopefully that's correct. Like we said, we don't know what your prophecy is, but prophecies generally don't bode well.

Secondly, the pin. You need to see the goblins. They will know what Adrielle is as soon as you enter their realm. The pin will tell them that Adrielle is now yours, and they will help you.

The third is about Adrielle. We kept her as long as we could. She's not old enough to bond with, but that won't be true much longer. That's why we sent her now. To ease her transition, we altered her memories. She will remember that she's an elf, that she used to be somewhere else, and her phoenix. (who, by the way, doesn't have a name because Adrielle hasn't decided on one yet) But she won't remember any people. When she wakes, she will be very susceptible to suggestion, so if you tell her you're her parents, she'll accept it. One last thing. She will turn 4 on September 6th, by your calendar. She will start bonding around then. Thank you, and good luck.

With Gratitude,

Persephone, Marella, and Elwyn

With those last words, Adrielle, who Alice and Lily had been watching, started to stir.

"She's waking up," Lily said softly.

Everyone started to crowd in, but Alice waved them back. "We don't want to overwhelm her. Lily and I first."

The little girl sat up and brushed her black hair out of her face and looked at Lily and Alice with completely blue eyes, lighter around the outside and darker in the centre. She says something that seemed to be directed at the phoenix, but it doesn't sound like any language any of them are familiar with. Lily and Alice's eyes widen. Lily decides she should say something back.

"Hello, sweetie."

At this, Adrielle closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again. "Hi. Who are you?"

Lily and Alice breathe a sigh of relief that she responded in English. Without hesitation, Alice replied, "We're your mommies."

"Okay. Why do you look funny?"

The women smiled at this. "We're humans. This is what humans look like," Lily answered.

Adrielle studied them for a moment "Humans are pretty."

The women smiled widely at her, while Sirius said quietly to the rest of the men, "Remind me to figure out how to use that line." That got a few quiet chuckles.

"Thanks, baby," Alice said. Want to meet some more?"

"Yeah!" Adrielle cheered and held out her arms in the universal sign that she wanted to be picked up. Alice nodded at Lily to indicate she should do it, so they didn't both try.

Picking her up, Lily silently observed that she was lighter than expected. "Want to meet your daddies?" James and Frank moved forward at this.

"What's a daddy?"

Remembering that Adrielle was from a race of women, Lily rolled with it. "It's like a mommy, but a boy."

Adrielle's eyes go wide. "Wow! I've never met a boy person before!"

"Well, here's your chance, sweetie. Here's your daddy James," James waves at this, "and your daddy Frank."

"Hello, little one.."

Adrielle waves shyly at them while cuddling close to Lily, less sure of them than the women.

"They look even funnier than you and other mommy. And she sounds weird," Adrielle said, pointing at Frank.

Frank laughed. "Men have deeper voices. And I'm a he, not a she."

"Okay. Mommy, what are you and other mommy's names?"

"I'm Lily."

"And I'm Alice."

"I like those better than Frank and James."

"I agree," James said with a smile.

"What about them?" Adrielle asked, pointing at Remus and Sirius.

Lily walked over to them and answered, "This is your uncle Remus and your uncle Sirius."

"Are uncles like aunts?"

"That's right, baby," Alice replied, "You're very clever."

Adrielle beamed at her. "Thank you." She turned her gaze to Lily. "Can mommy Alice hold me now?"

"Of course, sweetheart," Lily said, and handed her over.

Once Alice had her, Adrielle spoke again. "Are you okay, Uncle Remus? I feel magic making you sick."

The letter had mentioned this, but Remus still had to ask. "You can feel magic, Adrielle?"

"Mm-hmm. Yours feels clever and warm and nice, but its... its... I don't know the right word," Adrielle said, looking down in embarrassment.

"That's okay, baby. Can you say it another way?" Alice asked.

"Um, I can feel bad magic in uncle Remus' magic, but it doesn't feel like him. It feels like it's hurting him."

I'm okay, cub. I get sick once a month, but I can handle it. And I think you wanted to say that my magic is infected with the bad magic you feel."

"Oh, okay. You're really alright?"

"Yes, I promise."

Alice hugged her tight. "You're such a sweet girl. So, you can feel all our magic?" Adrielle nods. "What does mine feel like?"

"You feel... very kind, but also... scary." Alice's eyes widened, but Adrielle continued before there was time for any other reaction. "Anyone who wants to hurt someone you care about would have to deal with you." Everyone nodded, remembering her comment about not using a stunner.

"You know you're one of those people I care about, right, baby?"

"Yes. Your magic is wrapped around me. It feels safe."

"But..."

"But what, sweetheart?"

"I can feel the magic on you! Someone's making you love me!"

"NO!" Lily exclaimed. "No. The love is real. The magic makes you feel like ours. If we were bad parents, it wouldn't matter. We don't care about the magic so neither should you."

"Okay. Thank you. But I know I'm forgetting things! I don't like it!"

"You don't have to like it, baby," Alice said. "But I promise, it was done with your best interests in mind."

"Okay. I trust you. Who's the sleeping man? I don't like him."

"That's Peter," James said. "Why don't you like him?"

"He cares about himself the most. And he has bad magic on his arm."

The Marauders' eyes went wide and Lily wasted no time in rolling up Peter's sleeves. The first arm she checked was blank, but the second made her gasp. "The Dark Mark!" was Lily's horrified exclamation.

The Marauders' expressions shifted into ones of deep anger. "The bloody traitor! I'm gonna kill him!" Sirius declared with hatred in his voice.

"He's our secret keeper," James said softly, terror on his face.

"Adrielle," Alice said loudly. "would you like to meet your little brothers? They're our other children."

"Like sisters! Yeah!"

Alice walked her over to the playpen. "That's Neville," she said, pointing, "and that's Harry. Its their birthday."

Adrielle gasped, then closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly, there was a stuffed facsimile of Adrielle's phoenix in front of each boy. "Happy birthday!" she said, breathing a little heavily.

The boys' faces erupted in joy as they grabbed their new toys, while Alice's face was one of shock. If Adrielle could summon detailed toys as a toddler, it boggled the mind what she'd be able to do as an adult.

"That was... that was very sweet of you, Adrielle. But are you okay?"

"Yes, mommy. I didn't want their toys to go away, so I had to use a lot of magic, but I'm okay."

Doing her best to hide her astonishment, Alice replied, "Okay, baby, but be careful using magic, okay?"

"Okay, mommy. Can I play with Neville and Harry?"

"That's a great idea," Alice agreed, and placed Adrielle in the pen. "We'll be close if you need us, okay?

"Yes, mommy."

Alice returned to the adults. "Okay, we need to discuss what to do about Peter, but I should mention that Adrielle can consciously use magic. Quite well in fact. She conjured two stuffed phoenixes for the boys when I told her it was their birthday. All she seemed to do was think about it, and it happened."

"Okay, we'll discuss it with her. But right now, Peter."

"Can I ask if you still think I'm a traitor?" Remus asked quietly.

The other Marauders looked guilty, while Lily looked furious. "You thought Remus was a traitor? Why didn't I know that?"

James looked down at the floor, knowing his answer would further anger his wife, especially given the revelations of the night. "Uh, because I knew you'd disagree."

James was right. "And I would've been right! But by all means, don't tell your wife what you're thinking because my opinion might be different! I cannot bloody believe you! And you, Sirius Black, you once almost put blood on his hands and got his soul sucked out, and you dare even think that he'd betray us!? You two disgust me! I... I need a minute." With that, she went over to the children, with Alice following.

"Well, that was way worse than anything I could've said to you. I'll have to thank her for that," Remus said with a vengeful smirk.

"I'm sorry, Remus. We thought it was you because you were gone a lot, and you were tight lipped about it. And we figured... he'd actually want you."

"Unlike Peter."

"Yeah," Sirius replied. "I'm sorry, too, Remus. We knew it was someone, and we were paranoid. And Peter never occurred to us because we didn't think he'd want him."

"Honestly, he didn't occur to me either. I forgive you both. Lily ripped you guys apart to my satisfaction, and I've just lost one friend. I won't lose more. I'll talk to her for you, if you need it.

Frank, who had been quiet due to not really being involved, spoke up. "Now that you've dealt with that, we really need to figure out what we're gonna do with Peter." He raised his voice so the women could hear. "Ladies? I'm sorry, but we need to deal with this."

They came back over after saying something to Adrielle. "We'll talk about this later," Lily said to James. "For now, I say we make sure the traitor can't go anywhere, question him, and obliviate him. If he hasn't come yet, he's waiting for something. We could set a trap."

"As much as I want to end Peter, that's probably best," James agreed. "We should get Dumbledore here."

"I'll go for Dumbledore. Give me the letter, he'll want to read it. You guys get him in a room upstairs and ward it against animagi transformations, " Lily said, taking the letter from James. "I'm just going to say goodbye to Adrielle. She walked over to the playpen.

Adrielle looked up. "Hi, mommy! I really like my brothers! They're so cute!"

Lily smiled widely at her. "That's wonderful, sweetheart. I just wanted to tell you that I need to leave for just a little bit. I won't be long."

Adrielle looked sad for a moment, but then brightened up. "Phoenix can take you! She'll make sure you get back okay!" Hearing her, the phoenix swooped over and landed on Lily's shoulder.

"How will she know where to go?"

"Just think really hard about where you want to go."

"Thank you, sweetie. See you soon." And in a flash of fire, they disappeared.

AN2 - First of all, I know it looks like I'm setting up Adrielle to be OP, and that will be true for the canon enemies, but not the ones that I will create. So as of right now, I'm definitely missing some pieces to this, so suggestions about relationships and plot points are welcomed. I'd like a beta, for both this and my other story, but if you're only interested in one, that's acceptable. Oh, this is also on AO3, if you prefer that site.