This was what Harry and I had created, and she was perfect.

I desperately tried to hold back my tears as I looked down at my baby girl and saw the boy, no man I loved; it was her eyes, his eyes, Lily's eyes.
Apart from her eyes it was hard to tell who she looked like, as it always is with newborns, the only other trademark gene was the tuft of red hair on her tiny head.

Neville gently broke into my train of thoughts as I stared down at her. "Ginny" he whispered, "Ginny".

I looked up at him, and was surprised to see his outline blurred. Furious that I had let my emotions get the better of me I wiped my tears with the back of my hand and again looked up at him.
"What are you going to name her?"
I thought long and hard before replying to him, so many names had been swimming around my head these last few weeks, mostly boys names in preparation for the son I was so sure I would have. Both of our families were known for producing boys, and it was with awe that I looked down at my baby girl.
There was only two girls names I had thought of, and both were unusual, to start I had thought of Lily, before I realized how painfully obvious it was. The connection would be instant, and as I had constantly been reminding myself these past months, any child of Harry's would be in serious danger.

And so in the end the two names I had come up with were Teagan and Sephie. Sephie had come from the name Persephone, which I had considered, but had seemed a little too much.
I took one last glance at my baby, and finally decided which would suit her more.

"Sephie" I told Neville.

I carefully wrapped Sephie in her blanket before placing her gently in her carrier, just two weeks later and she was still so tiny, and I was worried. I never had much experience with children before and so being a mother was a terrifying experience, thankfully it seemed I had inherited my mother's instinct, although it didn't stop me from fretting.
I stood up and moved back a few steps to stand next to Neville. "Ready?" he asked, I nodded and pulled out my wand. First I cast a silencing charm over her, so that she would not be heard, and then I cast a disillusion charm, so that she would not be seen. I slowly reached down to where I knew the handle for her carrier was, and grabbed it, I then used a charm to make it lighter, although she was small, and didn't weigh a lot, her weight combined with the carrier was a lot to manage along with my trunk.

Getting onto the train was hard, there were a lot of people pushing and shoving, Neville had gone ahead, to save me a seat. I carefully made my way through the crowd, Sephie's carrier still grasped tightly in my hand, scared that someone would unknowingly knock into her. It was a relief to finally be able to sink into the train seats.

I waited for the train to start moving, before shutting the blinds in our compartment and removing the disillusionment charm on Sephie, and checked to see she wasn't crying, before also removing the silencing charm. Neville quickly cast muffliato so that if she did start crying, it wouldn't cause any unwanted attention.

"Ginny…" Neville started, and I looked up from my baby to him "Your parents… won't they, I mean what will… I…" he trailed off.
"I'm going to tell them everything" I replied simply.
"You mean… Even that she's Harry's?" I looked at Neville, shocked. I thought he might have realized, but it was still surprised to hear him say it out loud.

"It's obvious Gin, there's no way you would ever have slept with anyone else" he said, turning bright red. "Besides, look at her eyes" he said, lowering his gaze to my daughter.
Her eyes were still strikingly similar to Harry's, which I was glad, I didn't want them fading into another colour like some baby's did.

I became more and more stressed as the journey wore on, thankfully no one disturbed us, but I was still jumpy every time I heard someone pass our compartment.
At lunch Neville waited outside our compartment for the trolley, and slipped back in, without drawing attention to himself, with plenty of sweets to share.

I was glad when the time came to get ready to get off the train; I recast the charms on Sephie and her carrier and headed over to where my parents were anxiously waiting for me. I gave them a brief hug, careful not to hit them with Sephie's carrier.

When we finally arrived home I was relieved to find it empty, no brothers and no order members to complicate things. I discreetly set Sephie's carrier on the floor in the kitchen, just under the table where I was sitting, the enchantments still in place.
Mum busied herself, making soup for the three of us, when she had finished and set a bowl in front of each of us and sat down with a bowl herself I spoke up.

I fiddled nervously with my spoon as I addressed them and spoke into my soup bowl.

"Mum... Dad, there's something I need to tell you" I glanced up at my parents, their expressions concerned.
"I should've told you at Christmas..." I continued. "I'm so so sorry... I've been so stupid, really stupid; I should've told you straight away, I'm so sorry..." I took a deep breath to calm myself and ploughed on "Two weeks ago, I, uh, I had a baby, a baby girl." I said quietly and calmly.
"Ginny what are you talking about, what baby? You can't have had a baby..." my Mum spluttered.

Silently I removed the charms on Sephie, and heaved her carrier her onto the kitchen table, she was fast asleep.
Both Mum and Dad stared for what seemed the longest time. Mum was the first to react; she started fussing over Sephie, checking her temperature, pulse, breathing...
"Mum! What are you doing? She's fine!" I exploded after she had checked her temperature for the fourth time.
"Sorry! Sorry! I just... got carried away, oh Ginny you should have told me earlier, you know I would have helped you, supported you..." Mum's babbling was cut short by Dad,

"This is ridiculous!" he shouted. At his outburst Sephie started to cry, Mum started to reach for her, but I got there first. I picked her up and gently started rocking her,
"Shh, shh, shh" I crooned. I looked up at my parents, both their expressions curious and concerned.
"I think," Dad started carefully, "that we deserve some answers Ginny..." He looked at me sadly. I nodded my head, and set Sephie gently back into her carrier, where she fell straight back to sleep.

"Okay" Dad started after we had settled ourselves into the lounge, Sephie asleep at my feet. "We need you to be honest with us Ginny" I nodded again and he continued, "Ginny we need to know who her father is..." I hesitated before remembering what I said to Neville, they deserve to know everything, they need to know everything.
"Harry" I whispered. It was quiet for what felt like a long time as they took in what I had told them, Mum gasped and Dad ran his hands through his hair, pulling at it.
"Ginny" said Dad sounding exasperated, "you do realise how much danger this puts you in."

"It's not me who's in danger" I said indignantly, "she is the one they'll come for, but that's only if they find out, which is why I need your help."

Mum let out a sob "Of course we'll help you Ginny", Dad nodded his head in agreement.

"Ginny, you never told us her name..." Mum said as she held Sephie the next morning. We had talked more the night before and my parents had agreed that they would look after her for me while I went back to Hogwarts, although they wanted me to stay home they agreed to let me go back after I pointed out that it would look suspicious if I didn't return.
"Oh! It's Sephie." I told her; surprised I hadn't done so before.

"So pretty... what about her middle name?"

"Lily" I replied "Sephie Lily Potter"

I want to get a chapter up before I go back to school on the 5th september, but please don't hold it against me if I don't... I have a lot on. :) Thanks for your follows and favourites :)