29th of September 1985.

Heidi had been visiting her uncle Sirius for almost a year now. Whenever she was bought to visit her mother, Heidi would be greeted by the woman who bore her and then be asked to go back to the main gate and wait for her aunt and mother to finish their conversation. It was all very odd and Heidi had to admit, she was getting slightly curios, though she'd never voice it to her aunt or uncle. Pure-blooded woman were not allowed to ask questions, after all.

"Uncle Sirius, who are the potters?" Heidi asked as she sat in front of her uncle, face innocent and juvenile.

Eye's slightly narrowed, Sirius asked in an almost harsh voice; "Where'd you hear that name Little one?"

"I often hear my mother rant and rave over them. I've always been fascinated over who they are and since my mother doesn't like them I assumed they were good people."

"They were very good people Little one. Friends of mine from long ago in fact," Heidi's uncle answered in a wistful voice. "We went to school together, best of mates me and James. Even made me the godfather of his and Lily's son," Sirius often smiled coyly and smiled politely, but he'd never smiled out of pure joy like he was at the mention of his old friend.

"What happened to them?"

"They were betrayed."

"By who?"

"Someone we though was our friend. He framed me for their deaths and here I am. Locked away like common scum while he lives! Free!" Sirius growled from the darkness.

Most of Heidi's visits had been in the day, but her aunt had bought her in the middle of the night for this one, which had surprised Sirius when she had plopped down in front of his cell, smiling her warm and caring smile and the offering of light. Sometimes he had trouble thinking of her as his cousin's daughter. She just seemed so lovely and light.

"That's not right uncle. Why does no one look for him? Have you not reported this to others?"

"Of course I have Little one. But no one believes me. I come from the 'bad family' remember? People were more than willing to believe I was a true Black at heart," Sirius spat eyes darkening.

"Do you think I'm like the rest of our family uncle?" Heidi's small voice asked, breaking through the momentary silence.

"No Little one. You're much too nice to end up like the rest of us. Now, what have you bought for me this time? I finished 'The Grapes of Wrath' not too long ago."

Smiling widely Heidi pulled a book out from seemingly nowhere again and clenched it closely to her chest. "It was originally called 'Les Trois Mousquetaires' but I wasn't sure if you could read French so I grabbed the English version. I don't like it as much, but translated books are never as good as the original. In English it's called-

"'The three Musketeers,'" Sirius finished for her, smiling warmly as he reached out to take the book. "A studios little wolf gave this to me once. Pissed my parents off I'll tell you that."

"Uncle Sirius! I'm learning such bad manners from you!" Heidi said around a fit of laughter, grinning like an idiot.

"Shush love," Sirius said grinning as he opened the book. "Too dark to read to you Love, otherwise I would."

As Sirius squinted at the page, Heidi bit her lower lip, eyes down cast.

"Heidi is everything alright?"

In a small voice, eyes staring at her folded hands in her lap Heidi asked; "If I did something, would you tell mother or aunty about it?"

"Love your family doesn't even know you come to see me. Why would they ask me anything about you?"

"Uncle Sirius promise me you won't tell mother or aunty," Heidi stressed, eyes flashing to her uncle's face before returning to her lap.

"Year, sure whatever. Now tell me what's wrong with love?"

Heidi answered with a sigh before scrunching her face up. It looked quite funny to see that expression on Heidi's face, rather than the easily offered smiles she usually gave out.

Within a few seconds a soft glow from her hair began to appear, a few more later her usually black hair was illuminating the cell and the surrounding areas.

Heidi had told Sirius on her second visit that she was rather strange. He joked that it came with the LeStrange name. But Heidi had always feared being odd or different. And this just added to the worry she felt over her own existence.

"Bloody hell!" Sirius yelled, his face alight with both the golden glow of his nieces hair and his own smile.

"I'm a Metamorphmagus," Heidi said in a small voice, eyes once more down cast. "Aunty doesn't like it that much. She claims that every time I use it I'm destroying my natural Black beauty. I don't think the Black family has any beauty in them though."

"OI!" Sirius suddenly yelled, a look of mock hurt on his face. "I'm a Black and I'm beautiful thank you very much!"

Heidi stared at her uncle for a moment in pure shock before a wide grin spread across his face and the bark laughter that she had come accustom to over her year with him, ripped it's self from his throat.

"Oh Love, you are so much fun to josh around!"

"Uncle Sirius! That's not very nice!" Heidi called in an angry tone, but her face graced with a light smile.

The two sat there, Heidi offering a warm hand to her uncle's otherwise dark and dismal life. Sirius in return offering a chance of what she could be. Even though he had ended up in Azkaban like most people had predicted, he was an innocent man, of that she was sure. Heidi wasn't really sure when it had happened but over the course of visiting her uncle she had decided that she wanted to be just like him when she grew up.

(Short chapter here. Just a little more Heidi Sirius family love. I want her to be different from her family, but family influences people growing up, so I want her to have a reason for being different then just because. I want her to see both sides of the argument and come to her own conclusion on which she belongs to.

Also I'd like to thank everyone who faved or followed this. I'd also like to thank ultima-owner for being the first person to vote on what house Heidi should be in.

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