It was two days before Halloween, and I had finally begun to get my ducks in a line. I was getting my homework done, and taking care of Ally. I had even made a new friend. Liz was a Gryffindor and we met because Ally had found her make-up and decided to give herself a make-over when I had accidentally dosed off for a nap.
I woke up to Ally shaking me, and when I opened my eyes her face looked like a canvas,
"Ally where did you get that make-up?" I asked her knowing I didn't own any,
"Over there mommy! Don't I look pwetty?" She giggled, pointing to a chest across the room, right when a girl walked in.
The girl walked over to the bed where Ally had gotten the make-up out of the chest, and stood there staring at all of her stuff tossed on the floor. I immediately jumped up, and ran over picking up her items.
"I'm so sorry, I fell asleep and my daughter decided she wanted to play make-over with your stuff. I'll replace anything she damaged…" I began rambling before she cut me off,
"She's so cuuuuute!" She used her wand to clean up the mess, and ran over to Ally, "What's your name?"
"Awy." She smiled and turned to me,
"I'm Liz, and don't worry about anything. I need to remember to lock my trunk anyways. So what's your name?" I looked at her, a bit cautiously, and replied,
"Chloe, and your sure you're not mad?" She looked confused,
"How could I be angry at such a little angel?" She hugged Ally, and hopped onto my bed. "So why haven't I seen you around before?" I sat down,
"Well with schoolwork and Ally I pretty much go to class, do homework, and am asleep before anyone comes back up to the dorms before bed."
"Ok, so have you met Josh Higgins? He is so cute!" I laughed at the randomness of the statement, and knew we'd be good friends.
I smiled at this memory, and pushed open the door to the Gryffindor girl's dorm. I set Ally down, and began to unpack my bag with all of my school dances. I felt Ally tugging on my shirt and brushed it off. She continued, and I said without looking up,
"One minute angel, let me just unpack my…" She whined,
"But mommy you has to look!" I turned around to tell her to be patient, when I stopped, my mouth agape.
Sitting on my bed was a princess costume. It was a mixture of bright and pale pinks, and was very elaborate. It was just Ally's size and was covered in rhinestones. It also came with a tall, cone shaped princess hat, with a sheer pink ribbon coming off the top. After the surprise had worn off, I noticed a note attached to the costume. I went over and picked it up, reading over the messy hand-writing,
Dear Chloe,
This is for our little princess. Get her ready and bring her to the Great Hall at 8 on Halloween night because every girl deserves to feel like a princess.
Sirius
I stood there wondering if this was just another trick of his so he could sleep with me, but as I saw Ally's face glow with delight over the dress I knew there was no turning back now. I grabbed the dress, and hung it up over my bed all the while wondering Sirius Black what are you up to?
Sirius' POV
It was Halloween day and I was busy running around to all of the staff making sure everything was ready. I was ecstatic when Professor Dumbledore had agreed to let me do this for Ally I hadn't thought about anything else. After I was finally done making sure everyone was on board with the plan for tonight I made my way to Remus' room to thank him for the great idea. As I walked in I saw James, Peter, and Remus sitting together discussing something. They all looked up at me, and I sat down with a huge smile on my face. James started talking before I could say anything,
"Look who finally showed up." I gave him a confused look, "Tonight's the full moon, Padfoot. We always meet to plan before we go out, you didn't forget did you?" I rubbed the back of my neck,
"I can't make it tonight guys. I have other plans…" I stopped, not wanting to reveal anything to the guys,
"What? You know we need you! You can't just decide not come help Remus." I gave Remus a look hoping he picked up on it,
"Prongs I'm sure if it wasn't incredibly important Padfoot wouldn't be missing this tonight. We can do it with just us three, just this one time." Prongs opened his mouth to argue, but Remus cut him off, "Drop it, okay?" He nodded, and they went back to discussing the nights plans, with James shooting me looks every so often.
Chloe's POV
Ally and I had just finished the Halloween feast, and were now in my door with Liz trying to get Ally ready for her surprise. Liz was doing Ally's hair, like Ally had asked, and we were talking about what was about to happen,
"Do you really think he'd do this just to…you know? This isn't a cheap dress." Liz asked putting the final touches on Ally's hair,
"I don't know. I always knew Sirius was a player, and that has just confirmed more when I came here to Hogwarts."
"But what if he really is doing this to apologize or something?" She asked and I fell back onto my bed, my hands covering my face,
"I don't know!" I sat up, "I guess I'm going to find out."
I waved good-bye to Liz and led Ally down to the Great Hall, just hoping Sirius wasn't using our daughter. When we got to the Great Hall our Charms professor was waiting outside the door, dressed in a older style outfit. He walked up to me and Ally and extended his hand towards Ally in a bow,
"Princess Ally will you please allow me to escort you into the Great Hall?" Ally looked at me, and I nodded telling her to take his hand.
I followed as he led her into the Great Hall which was decorated from top to bottom in pink banners and other decorations. All around the hall Professors were dressed in costume, looking like a royal court. Ally was led to the front of the hall where the professors normally sat, and was seated in a small throne. Her eyes were wide with wonder, looking at everything that was just for her. I watched as Sirius stepped out in front of the "court" in a jesters costume and unrolled a scroll. He began to read,
"Tonight we are celebrating a gathering of Princess Ally's court. It is a night of merriment and good will for all of those who are here. Without further ado, I must ask Princess Ally, do you like candy?" She nodded her head, eyes wide, "Then let the trick-or-treating commence!"
Out of nowhere bowls of candy appeared in front of the different professors. I nudged Ally to go around and collect her candy. She ran off with a pillowcase Sirius had given her. As she ran off giggling, Sirius approached me,
"I know you probably think this is some big plan to get you in bed or whatever, but it's not. I did this to apologize and to give my little girl a night she will always remember." I eyed him up and then sighed,
"Well Sirius this is amazing, but you can be halfway in. Either you are in Ally's life as her father or you're not in her life. She deserves to know if you want to stick around." He nodded,
"I know which is why I was hoping you could introduce me as her father?"
"You know what this means right? You don't always get to be the good guy who gets her stuff. Sometimes you will have to discipline her, and she'll say she doesn't like you. You'll also have to help me watch her, which means balancing your school work and a child. Are you sure you are ready for everyone to know you are a father?"
"Chloe the biggest mistake I made in my life wasn't getting you pregnant it was leaving you when I found out. Ally is a beautiful little girl, and I want everyone to know she's mine. I know it'll be hard sometimes, and I'll mess up but what I don't want is to not try." I gave him one final look over, and nodded,
"Okay tomorrow we'll tell Ally. You do realize though that we're still just friends, right?" He nodded vigorously,
"Whatever you want as long as I can help raise my little princess." With that we sat down, and watched Ally finish her trick-or-treating.