I hissed at the man for what must have been hours to let go of my wrist. He didn't. His grip only became tighter.

We were still in the alley. I shivered. I was only wearing a rather short skirt and red tank top that I bought at a store in Diagon Alley. I didn't feel right buying a robe. I still had trouble believing that I was a witch.

"What your parents would have said if they seen you in that." Sirius muttered before he started undoing the buttons on his robe. I was about to cover my eyes when he tore it off his back and revealed an outfit. He wore a baggy grey shirt that read Joke's on you! And a pair of holey black jeans. He wrapped his robe around my shoulders. "Do it up." He ordered me.

Was he kidding me? This stranger was ordering me to cover up? I glared at him and was about to pull out of it when he grabbed on to the robe and pulled me forward.

"You might be a witch, but what if I had been some creep?" He asked me.

"Thought it." I said bluntly.

"Just like your mother." He said just as bluntly.

"My mother? You know her? I mean you knew her? Who was she? How do you know her? What was she like? Was she happy? Was she smart? Did she look like me? What color hair did she have? Is she Harry Potter's mother too? What did she do for fun? How did she die?" I rambled questions so fast that he didn't have time to answer them until I stopped.

A thoughtful look came across Sirius' face. "Her name was Lily Evans. She was a very intelligent girl actually, but stupid in someways too. She was stupid not to give your father a chance sooner." He rolled his eyes. "Oh, wait. You wouldn't understand that. Voldemort's apparently your father."

I was so confused. Was he trying to tell me my father wasn't my father? Obviously he was!

"Your mother seemed kinda depressing to me through the beginning of Hogwarts. She was always studying. Little did your dad and I know that she was actually scheming most of the time herself." He laughed.

"My dad? Which one of my so called dads are you speaking of?" I didn't think this stranger knew much about my father.

Sirius scratched his head thoughtfully. "I'm going to have to explain everything to you, aren't I?" He asked.

I tapped my foot impatiently. I wanted answers and since my father was not willing to give them to me I had no choice but to listen to this stranger.

"Your mother was Lily Evans as I said. She completely avoided a boy named James Potter, who we went to Hogwarts with. She despised him from day one. She used his pranks as the reason why she didn't want anything to do with him. I find it hard to believe after the prank she pulled on the final day of school." Sirius laughed at the memory. "I think the real reason she had no interest in James was her crush on a git we went to school with." He added.

"A git?" I wanted a name. I wanted to know everything about Mum.

"Snape. Severus Snape." My eyes went wide. "Us Marauders prefered to call him Snivellus, but that's neither here nor there." He put a hand out to say moving on... "That git has more of a chance of being your father than Voldemort. Lils wouldn't have cheated on Prongs with the dark lord who killed her and Prongs."

Sirius looked at me. I could tell he wanted to make sure I wasn't freaking out about all of the information I was gathering.

My father wasn't my father. James Potter or Severus Snape was my father. Severus Snape! Dad's...Oh Lord I didn't know what to call him! He had been my Dad for eleven years straight! His co-worker might be my father!

"Professor Snape might be my father?" I asked in bewilderment.

"Over Prongs' dead...er... never mind." Sirius stopped for a minute. "I am more than sure Lily never cheated on James. It's not her sort of thing to do. Wait, Professor Snape?" He asked completely alarmed.

"Whatever you want to call him. He teaches Potions at Hogwarts." I informed him. "He was the one who the head master got to escort me to Diagon Alley and such. He's rather scary."

"Voldemort's daughter is calling Snivellus scary?" Sirius asked.

I tugged at my arm trying to get it out of his grasp. He didn't budge. I hissed some more at him.

"You know for not liking snakes you sure hiss a lot." He mentioned to me casually.

"You're bruising my arm!" I told him angrily. "I want to know more about my Mum. Can you please let go of me and tell me more? It's not like I have anywhere to go." I mentioned to him.

He hesitantly freed me then said, "she was a brilliant woman. It was terrible when she found out about you."

I looked at him angrily. Was he trying to upset me? It wasn't going to work!

"Her and James were in hiding. She was a muggle born. Your grandma and grandpa Evans weren't magical. Your Aunt Petunia wasn't magical either heaven forbid." Sirius rolled his eyes again.

"I have an Aunt Petunia?" I asked curiously. "Tell me about her." I said when he nodded.

"You don't want to know about that one. She was so jealous of her sister." He shook his head before continuing. "Your mother was muggle born as I was saying. Your so called father doesn't like that sort. He killed them. She found out she was pregnant for her second child. She was willing to do anything for your safety and I only want you to be safe." He told me.

"How do I know you're serious?" I asked him unsurely.

"I'd be a pretty awful God father if I didn't want to protect you." He answered and my eyes went completely wide. "Enough chit chat. Follow me." He ordered before turning back into a dog.

"Sirius!" I hissed. He hadn't answered all of my questions. He barked. Did that mean to follow him or shut up? I decided to do both.

The two of us walked through streets. Children asked their parents if they could pat my doggy. I would have told them to be careful of the dirty mutt, but I wasn't sure what type of dog Sirius even was. I kept thinking of all I found out about Lily...Mum. Apparently she was intelligent. I doubted I was anything like her.

I became tired. I slowed down. Sirius moved to a corner of the road when we were left alone and lifted his back right leg up to have a pee. I put my hands to my forehead and shook my head tiredly. I was sweating and absoloutely exhausted. I started walking when Sirius finished his business.

Hours later I found us at Diagon Alley. He led me right to the hotel I had seen four dead bodies at.

"No dogs allowed!" The owner said strictly.

I wasn't good with showing emotions realistically. How could I possibly fake them? I didn't know how I managed it, but I brought on a full stream of water works. "He's my dog and I have no one else, Sir. He needs a place to stay. Remember when I was here earl...earlier? My Dad...I can't stay with him, but I need someone." I told him hopefully.

"This way, Miss Riddle." He said as he led us to a room.

I walked in ahead of Sirius. The room didn't look clean like my last one had been. Of course he wasn't going to treat me too kindly after finding out that my father was someone who apparently killed many. The floor looked like people walked around with their shoes on. I thought about taking mine off, but decided that until I went to bed I would wear mine around like slippers. I locked the door after Sirius followed me.

"One bed?" He asked when he transformed.

I might not have had much at my house, but I did have a comfortable bed. Sirius was in prison, which I still hadn't questioned him about. He was apparently my God father though and he gave me the information I so badly longed for. "Take the bed." I told him, but he shook his head. "Take the bed." I said again. He shook his head again. "I said take the damn bed!" I screamed.

He gently pushed me on to the bed. "I don't know anything about you, but until it's proven differently you're James' daughter. He was my best friend, my brother. I don't know you. Maybe I won't even like you. I'll make sure you're ok though." He said promisingly.

I pulled myself into a sitting position. The room had a chill to it so I pulled a plain grey blanket around myself.

Sirius went to turn a light on. He played with the switch quite a bit. The light was burnt out. I hated the dark. He muttered inaudibly and went to turn up the heat. "It's going to be one cold dark night." He said as he turned back to me.

"I have a bit of money." I told him as I pulled it out of my pocket. "Professor Snape says it's not much, but it's a bit until I seen or was supposed to see him again." I told him.

Sirius looked at me then at a small table sitting in the far corner of the room. He walked over and picked up a menu. "Go down and pick some food up. Don't forget no one can ever know who you're with. Ask for another blanket too."

I left the room and went downstairs. The man was still there, but so was another. I didn't walk right over. I stayed on the staircase.

"That's brilliant, Professor Lupin."

The new man smiled weakly. He looked so tired. His voice was so hoarse when , he thanked the other man, Tom was his name apparently.

"Umm..." I said nervously from where I stood. I slowly walked over. "Did you call him professor? Do you teach at Hogwarts?" I asked quickly. I was so excited.

The man, Lupin, smiled and nodded until he turned to face me. It was like when Sirius stared at me.

"And you called yourself Lupin...do you know Sirius Black?" I was about to find out if Sirius had been honest with me.

"Of course I do. Best friends until...until that awful night." He said.

I sat down on a chair. "Can we talk?" I asked hopefully.

The owner of the hotel nodded to Professor Lupin before walking away to likely clean or welcome other guests.

"I'm Professor Lupin as I know you heard. Great hearing by the way." Professor Lupin mentioned with a smile.

"I'm supposed to be at Hogwarts. If you're a professor then why are you here?" I asked curiously.

"Er...I wasn't feeling well today. I figured I would take a couple days to myself, but you'll be needing to get to Hogwarts and you will..." Suddenly Remus went silent and stared straight at the staircase.

I turned to see what he was looking at. "Oh, umm...don't worry. That's my dog ah...Siren." I came up with a name on the spot. "He doesn't bite." That I know of. "He's really friendly. I'm Maybaleen by the way. Maybaleen Riddle." I held out my hand with a bright smile on my face, but Professor Lupin stood. He was about to go after Sirius when Sirius ran off at a super fast pace.

"Follow me please, Miss Riddle. You have to get to school. As a professor I wouldn't feel right not getting you there." He told me in a rush.

"My dog!" I said worriedly.

He said my name again. This time he was impatient. He didn't want to hear any buts. He wanted to get as far as he could from the dog.

"He's not dangerous!" I whined. "You know. You know, don't you?" I asked quietly.

Professor Lupin looked at me. He was obviously considering what to say. It was clear that he didn't want to say too much in case.

"You know who that dog is. You think he's dangerous." I said hurriedly

"You don't?" He asked. "That man helped kill thirteen people. C'mon Miss Riddle. You don't have to worry about him." He told me.

I frowned, but nodded and followed him. Where would Sirius go without me? This man, his best friend, thought he killed thirteen people! Sirius was my God father! I had to help him. I had to find away to help him, but first I would let Professor Lupin get me to school.

Author's note: Thank you for the reviews. I'm happy you like this. I'm really enjoying writing this story, though I think I might have to watch the prisoner of azkaban again hahaha. Please keep reading.