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Author's note: I managed to edit this so that this chapter flows a little bit better. If anyone thinks of any more suggestions on improvement, please feel free to review! I am continuing to edit it as well, so hopefully it will eventually be much better!

Apologies for taking so long. I had trouble writing this chapter!

Closing the door behind her, Crystal quickly spoke. "I know you're both wondering why I wanted to talk with you. And I'm aware there is another meeting tonight, so I'll make this short and simple. Sirius already knows, but your mother was a Seer, Jessica. It was that gift which led to her death that night October 31st, 1981. Also, before you interrupt me, Sirius… your mother knew exactly who your father is, Jessica. She knew the moment you were born. All she had to see were your eyes."

Crystal stood up and left the room, no doubt in search of Fred so she could relax; leaving Jessica and Sirius in silence.

Pondering on the rushed piece of information Jessica began to laugh. Why on earth would Crystal tell her something about her eyes? She'd never met anyone with the exact same eyes as her. She knew they weren't her mother's, Jessica had been told time and again Maria's eyes had been a violent deep ocean blue, so her eyes had to come from someone else: her father. Which she'd already guessed long ago. So why would Crystal tell her something she already knew? And why did Crystal tell about her mother being a Seer?

Looking around the room, Jessica spotted a picture of a beautiful young woman who looked oddly familiar to her. Perhaps she had seen her someplace before? That's when she remembered that she carried a picture of the same woman in her pocket at all times. The woman was her mother. But what was a picture of her mother doing in this house?

Sirius's mind was working rapidly back to a night long ago, when things had seemed much simpler. Maria had told him first, not her family, that she was pregnant. Although he could remember very little of their relationship before that night, he remembered they had been together for two months just before she'd discovered she was pregnant. But then something had happened that had prompted Maria to avoid him. Two months later she'd announced her pregnancy.

What was it Crystal had said before she left the room? After Maria being a Seer. Maria had known exactly who Jessica's father was… no, is. Crystal had said Maria had known exactly who Jessica's father is, not was. All she had to do was look into Jessica's eyes.

Drawing his gaze to her face, Sirius looked straight into Jessica's eyes. Indeed they looked familiar. But where had he seen them before? Grey eyes… who did he knew that had those same grey eyes? It wasn't James or Lupin, and definitely not Wormtail. Maria had never liked him at all. But then, whose…

Then it hit him like a 10-ton Hippogriff. He'd seen those eyes in a mirror everyday of his life. They were his eyes. But how? He couldn't remember any nights where he and Maria had gone that far. Then again, they had been together during the summer, when Maria wasn't at Hogwarts, since she was younger than Sirius and the other Marauders. But if they had gotten into that serious of a relationship, wouldn't he remember? Or had Maria done something so that he couldn't remember?

"She must have modified my memory."

"What did you say?" Jessica asked, looking confused.

"You're mother, Maria," He pointed to the picture of Jessica's mother on the wall. "We spent two months together during the summer, and then something happened where she avoided me for a month. Then a month later she told me she was pregnant. I never knew what caused her to opt out of the relationship, but now I figure she must have modified my memory at some point."

Sirius clenched his fists out of frustration. When would Maria have modified his memory? She had never mentioned doing so, but often when he would think about the events leading up to James's and Lily's deaths, he would sense that something was missing. Like a piece of the story had been hidden from him. He remembered meeting someone just before he'd left to check on Wormtail. But who could it have been?

Gazing at Maria's picture, just as Jessica had only moments before, he wondered why in Godric's Name would his mother have hung a picture of Maria on the wall. Unless there was something extremely important that he was missing.

"Memory charms can be reversed, you know. It's usually quite simple, so long as the charm isn't all that powerful." Jessica said matter-of-factly.

Sirius turned his gaze back to Jessica. Looking more closely at her in the dim light available in the room, his eyes widened. He could recognize many more features than just her eyes. There were features which reminded him of Maria, of course, such as the subtle curve in her lower jaw and the natural streaks throughout her hair. It was the features in Jessica which he recognized outside of those that startled him the most. They were the same features he saw in himself as well.

"Why are you staring at me like that again?" Jessica asked, cutting into Sirius's thoughts.

Sirius shook his head. "No reason. I just recognize some things in you that are the same as… Never mind. You're too young to understand."

Jessica laughed. "I understand more things than you older adults give me credit for. I'm old enough to understand that a picture of a woman seemingly unassociated with your family isn't normally found on the wall of this house. There must be a reason for it, and I think the reason has been withheld from you by a memory charm. A charm powerful enough to affect a good deal of your memory, it seems."

Author's note: I had MAJOR problems coming up with this chapter! A big thank you to AuthorSwimmerPoet and Lady Elizabeth of New York for helping me work on it so that I was able to get what I do have up. PLEASE review! I would LOVE to have suggestions on how I can improve this chapter!