Chapter 2: First Magic

25 Minutes Later

Doctor Griffin says, "One more push and it'll be over." As he finishes Marlene pushes her hardest one more time and the child is out of the world. Doctor Griffin says, "Senta, take the child and clean her up. Wrap her in the best blanket we have. Then come back."

Senta says, "Yes, Dr. Griffin."

Dr. Griffin turns to Molly and says, "Would you mind, Mrs. Weasley, to go and get the men waiting outside. They can come in now."

Molly nods, goes out, and says, "Sirius, Remus, James, Dumbledore, Lily, Mr. Mrs. McKinnon you can come in now. Marlene finished giving birth." As soon as Molly finished Sirius rushes past her to get to Marlene.

As soon as everyone is in there Dr. Griffin says, "Congrats, Mr. Black and Ms. McKinnon. You had a daughter. Nurse Shafiq should be back in a minute with her."

As he finishes Nurse Senta Shafiq comes in cradling a purple and silver blanket. She walks over to Marlene and places the bundle in her arms and says, "Here you go, Ms. McKinnon. This is your daughter. She hasn't opened her eyes yet."

Marlene and Sirius look down at her seeing that she has the wavy black hair that is common among the Blacks. Marlene says, "She looks like you, Sirius. Here hold your daughter. So I can tell them who her godparents are." Sirius takes his daughter gently with a small smile on his lips.

Remus comments, "I don't think I have seen Sirius hold anything that gently. Maybe him having a daughter will do him good."

Marlene then says, "Shut it, Remus. Okay everyone. Sirius and I have decided that she would have one godfather and two godmothers. Remus, will you be the godfather to Sirius and mine's daughter?"

Remus says, "I'd be honored."

Marlene says, "Good. Lily, would you be willing to be one of her godmothers?"

Lily smiles and replies, "For you, anything."

Marlene says, "Thanks, Lil. Now for the difficult one." She sighs and turns to McGonagall, "Minerva, I know that you taught both Sirius and I at Hogwarts and will probably end up teaching her there also. But would you do us the honor of being her godmother also?"

McGonagall says, "In all of my years teaching and living. No one has ever asked me to be the godmother of their child. If it is what you and Sirius want I would love too."

Marlene says, "Thank you."

Sirius says very softly, "Marlene. Marlene."

Marlene says, "What is it, Sirius?"

Sirius says, "It looks like her name is going to end up being Athena Elizabeth Lillian Andromeda Black. Look at her eyes." Sirius hands Athena to Marlene.

Marlene looks down at her child, gasps, and says, "She has your eyes, Sirius."

Sirius says, "I know. That's why I said that her name was Athena like we decided before."

Marlene says, "True. Hey, Remus, would you like to hold your goddaughter?"

Remus says, "If you are okay with me holding her. Yes, please."

Marlene says, "Then come over here."

Remus goes over and takes Athena. He sits down in the rocking chair by the bedside with Athena cradled in his arms. Next thing anyone knows Remus jumps from shock while Sirius quickly goes over to make sure that everything's okay. However, no one is expecting what Sirius ends up finding. Remus hands the child to Sirius and says, "I swear I didn't do anything. Please don't kill me, Sirius."

Sirius takes his newborn daughter and says, "What are you freaking out about, Remus?" However, as he asks that he looks down at Athena, gasps, and drops her. They knew right then and there that Athena Black was a witch because if she wasn't she would have hit the floor. Athena dropped only around six inches before she stopped in midair. However, she doesn't look like she did when she was born. She now has light brown hair like Remus and bright blue eyes like her mother.

McGonagall gets over the shock quicker than anybody and grabs Athena who turns her hair back to black but her eyes turn to green to mimic McGonagall.

Dumbledore chuckles and says, "Well, little Ms. Athena Black is only 15 minutes old and she is already showing a lot of magic. She is going to be a very powerful witch one day. What time was she born, Dr. Griffin?"

Dr. Griffin says, "She was born at 12:15 a.m. on September 2nd, 1977. That is what will be put in the records."

Dumbledore says, "Very well. It looks like Ms. Athena Black will be starting Hogwarts the day before she turns twelve. At least she won't be without friends her age since Molly is three months pregnant with twins she will at least have those two as her friends in the same year as her. I'll see you guys later. Congrats on your new family member, Sirius and Marlene."