It had been five bloody god forsaken years. James Pryor had been living in New York City, working for a big oil tycoon company that was planning on oiling up in the North Pole. He had a five year old daughter by the name of Nora Alexandria Pryor who was his life and joy. Yet, he had noticed while she was the exact carbon copy of her mother to the T. She had his pranking abilities.

It was her first day of Kindergarten and James had been up with her for two hours trying to do braided pigtails with curls at the bottom that weren't lopsided. And it just wasn't working.

"Nora, darling are you sure you don't just want a ponytail? Daddy knows how to do that" James said hoping that she would take the bait and just give up with this crazy hairdo that she wanted.

"NO!! Daddy! All the girls get their hair done by their mommy and I don't have a mommy so Janie's mom said that YOU need to learn how to be a MOM!" Nora screamed out. She was in hysteria and James couldn't blame her I mean he'd be angry to if his hair looked the way hers was looking right now it was in two big knots to put it nicely.

"FINE!" James yelled out more out of frustration at himself than at Nora "We are going to go get your hair done, there has got to be a hair place open on the way to school. I promise you Nora we will fix this mess up okay?" James asked and for the first time since he had begun fixing her hair this morning she smiled

"Okay" Nora said

So here James was walking up and down 222nd street looking for a hair salon open. He finally saw one name Charissa Hair Studio "We make the wicked witch into Glendora" read the sign outside the door. James sighed "thank God" he muttered to himself. Nora had been acting up for the past five minutes about being outside with her hair like that. As he walked inside it looked like a simple normal hair studio nothing spectacular just another mom and pop shop.

"Hi may I help you?" asked a girl at the desk

"Umm…yeah" James said ruffling his hair he was about to explain the situation, when all of sudden Nora spoke up

"Hi my name is Nora" Nora said with her normal cheesy smile "And my daddy can't do my hair, and my mommy died when I was little. So I was wondering if you could fix my hair?" Nora continued to smile and James just looked at the girl at the desk and shrug

"Of course darling my name is Jenessa, and I'll fix your hair now what do you want done?" said Jenessa with a huge smile on her face. She was a pretty girl James thought to himself blonde hair that went to her mid-back with black underneath. She had a couple piercing, but nothing to extreme. He was pulled out of his thoughts by Nora's voice

"Yeah, I wanted two pigtails braided with curls on the bottom please." Nora said to Jenessa

"Well okay sweetie, we can do that for you. So where are you going to school?" Jenessa asked her.

"Oh I'm going to PS 289" smiled Nora."I can't wait to go and learn to read and write and do math"

"Oh, I have a sister going to PS 289." Jenessa said quietly

"You do?" James asked ruffling his hair again.

"Yes, yes I do. She'll be a kindergartner this year too." Jenessa said as she was brushing Nora's hair "My your father got your hair in one big fur ball"

"I know" Nora stated smugly looking at her father

"So whats your sisters name?" James asked "Maybe she and Nora will have the same teacher."

"Oh well her name is Neela I don't know her last name." Jenessa said. "And honestly if I were you I'd stay away from her."

"Oh why is that?" James said he found it odd that the girls name was Neela. It brought back memories of Sirius and Izabella and Lily. Yet, it couldn't be the same Neela. Sirius daughter was probably living the high life right now back in London.

"Oh well, firstly we are orphans. Or well she is, I'm just in foster care 'cause my mother couldn't care for me. But, Neela has done some really weird things a couple times. Mostly to people who are mean to her." Jenessa finished saying as she went onto braiding Nora's hair. James could tell that Nora was going to want to come back here for Jenessa to do her hair more often.

"They say that she killed her last foster father. Just he dropped dead one night, the other boy living with them said he saw a flash of green light and the guy was just dead." Jenessa said she shuddered a little bit "Sweet girl, just horrible past."

James couldn't' stop thinking about the similarities between this girl and Sirius daughter, but again he shrugged it off it couldn't be possible Sirius daughter was living in London with him and her mother and all her siblings.

"All done" Jenessa said "Does it look good?"

"Yes ma'am" chimed Nora with a big smile on her face.

"Uh will twenty do for the hair and tip?" James asked

"Oh yes, that's more than enough it was nice seeing you! And please come back whenever." Jenessa said as James and Nora were walking out the door.

All the way to the school James couldn't get that little girl Jenessa had been talking about out of his mind. He had to know if it was Sirius daughter. He knew it was farfetched, but what if it was. What if Sirius had just left his entire family? He knew that wasn't like Sirius, but then again the old Sirius would have never lied about James killing his family.

"Nora, can you do me a favor?" James asked Nora as they crossed the street next to her school

"Yes daddy?" Nora asked

"If you find that little girl, that Neela girl. Try to befriend her okay?" James said

"Of course daddy! I love you!" Nora chimed as she began to skip towards the gate.

"Hold up little one" James laughed I need a picture of you.

"Ugh, really daddy?" Nora asked rolling her eyes

James chuckled "Yes, yes I do sweetie pie I'm going to show your husband these pictures on your wedding day. Just be happy I don't have a picture of MY hairstyle"

"DADDY" Nora cried. Yet, to James excitement she just stood there with her huge smile plastered on her face. James couldn't believe his little girl was growing up in front of his eyes, she was beautiful just like her mother. She had her long red hair that went down to the middle of her back, with huge green eyes that seemed to always sparkle. She was wearing her new outfit today, the one that had taken James, his assistant, and Nora two hours to pick out. She had on a green plaid shirt, with a white shirt, and black vest. Her shoes were just plain black boots with a pair of black tights, and in one hand she was holding her lunchbox the one that had that new children movie star on it, and her backpack just a plain pink backpack.

"See you after school darling" James cried out to Nora

"Love you daddy!" Nora screamed back to her dad. As she went running through the gate towards her new school.