This might seem a bit shorter then normal and that's because it is! I had a problem writing it! Anyways enjoy!! Review please!! Thank you! -Lena Knight
It was January 1st 1981 and instead of attending the many parties he could have attended this New Years day Dumbledore sat at his desk. In his hand he held a picture of the whole Order of the Phoenix. Time after time the Order's efforts had been thwarted by the Death Eaters and Dumbledore knew that there was no way they could know all this without a spy. So he had finally admitted that there was a spy within in their ranks but who could it be he wondered.
As he looked over the picture Ashlynn Black's smiling face shown out. Could she be the traitor all this time? It wasn't possible as Ashlynn had not been an active member of the Order for some time and after the attack on her daughter she had seemed a bit too eager to kill the Death Eater that had harmed her.
Yet could it Sirius Black himself? Dumbledore thought as Sirius' handsome face smiled at him from the picture. Could he be the traitor? Sure he had been attacked a few times, and Aludra was his daughter but could it all be a cover? What would please Voldemort more then a Black-Malfoy marriage which she thought was of her own choosing? No it would not be either of the Blacks and he knew it.
He quickly eliminated Caradoc Dearborn, Dedalus Diggle, and Elphias Doge from the list of suspects. After them came Mundungus Fletcher, he was a two bit crook but was he smart enough or brave enough to spy for Voldemort? He highly doubted it and it upset him.
He quickly dismissed Alice and Frank Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, and Marlene Mckinnon. Could Sirius Black be right about Remus Lupin? He had been spending much of his time with the werewolves, and most of them were in Vodemort's league. He stroked his beard slowly thinking of how many missions Lupin knew about. He had not known what day the Blacks were coming back.
Yet he lingered on ruling out Lupin as the potential spy, he had the opportunities and one of his good friends had accused him. Dumbledore sighed as he let his thoughts turn to other members of the Order while not putting Lupin out of his mind completely.
The next set of members he quickly dismissed from his list was Dorcas Meadowes, Alastor Moody and Emmeline Vance. He smiled at Peter Pettigrew's smiling picture. The little man was hardly a threat to a fly much less the Order. He sighed and looked at the remaining three people, James Potter, Lily Potter, and Arthur Weasley and he knew none of them were the traitors. He sighed had really only had one viable suspect and that was Remus Lupin. Yet something didn't feel right about that, Remus had always been loyal to James and Sirius he would never put them in harms way. He heard a knock on the door and he put the picture in his desk drawer. "Come in." He said softly.
After a nice New Years Day dinner with the Potters and the Longbottoms in the Hogwarts apart of the Black's Ashlynn and Sirius sat on the couch together watching their two year old daughter play with a dancing teddy bear. Sirius chuckled and kissed Ashlynn's cheek. "So I was thinking." He said with a smile.
Ashlynn gasped and turned to look at her husband. "Well that's a miracle; I just thought there were rocks in your head." She said with a giggle.
He grinned and kissed her softly. "Thank you for that vote of confidence love." He said as Aludra came over and pointed at the now lifeless teddy bear.
"Again!" She cried in her lisping baby voice.
Ashlynn smiled as she waved her wand and the teddy bear sprang back to life. Aludra cried with happiness and ran over to the teddy bear. "So what were you thinking about love?" She asked looking over at Sirius.
"I was thinking about maybe having another child, I mean Aludra needs a little brother or sister to play with." Sirius said with a small smile.
Ashlynn sighed and shook her head. "No." She said simply and pushed herself off the couch and walked over to her daughter. "Come on Aludra it's bath time."
Sirius sat amazed as he watched Ashlynn picked up their daughter and take her into the bathroom. He sighed and followed them into the bathroom where Ashlynn was taking off Aludra's outfit. "Why not?" He asked with a raised eyebrow as he crossed his arms and leaned against the doorway.
Ashlynn whipped her head around and glared at her husband. "Did you really just ask me that? Are you bloody thick?" She cried.
"What?" He cried unhappily.
"Sirius, we live in Hogwarts in fear for our lives! Our daughter was attacked and barely made it through the night! We are wanted by the most evil wizard to ever walk the earth. He wants us dead; Sirius and you want to bring another child into this, when we can't even walk down a street without worrying about being attacked!" She cried unhappily.
"I know but we can protect them Ashlynn." He said.
Ashlynn pointed angrily at the scar on Aludra's face. "We protected her real well Sirius." She cried.
Sirius sighed and looked at her. "We were ambushed it will never happen again love, I promise." He said as she dumped water over their daughter's head who giggled in delight. Aludra always loved her bath time even if her parents were arguing during it.
"But it could happen again very easily." She mumbled as she shampooed Aludra's dark blonde hair. As she rinsed the soft hair Ashlynn turned and looked at her husband who was almost pouting, she sighed and said. "I want more children Sirius I really do but I can't see the sense in putting more lives in danger. I love Aludra and she deserves our full protection."
Sirius sighed and nodded. "But you are up to having more children eventually?" He asked with a smile.
Ashlynn nodded. "When there's no more danger love." She said.
Sirius nodded and smiled. "When there's no more danger we will have a blessed little boy right?" He said with a chuckle.
Ashlynn laughed and smiled. "Yes Sirius we will have a son, when and only when Voldemort is defeated will we have another child."
Sirius nodded and kissed Ashlynn's head. "Deal." He said and then made his way into the nursery where he picked out pajamas for Aludra.
James and Lily apparated into Godric's Hallow following the dinner New Years dinner with the Black's and made their way down the lane. James carried Harry as they slowly made their way though the small village. "It was a nice dinner." James said with a smile.
Lily nodded and smiled. "Ashlynn's gotten better at cooking pretty well for a pureblood at least." She laughed.
James stopped in his tracks s she looked up at the sky. A dark green glow permeated by their houses. The dark mark rose above their house and Lily gasped. James quickly handed Harry to Lily. "Go to my parents' house quickly." He said in a hurried whispered.
Lily shook her head. "I'm staying James." She whispered.
James glared at his wife. "No take our son to safety Lily; I will be there soon enough. I promise." He said.
Lily nodded as she blinked away tears. She turned on the spot and was gone with a pop. She appeared inside the home of James' parents. It had been empty since their deaths since then it had lost all its warmth and now held a creepy feeling. She waited in the darkness till she heard a pop outside. She stashed Harry in James' old bedroom and made her way down the steps her wand at the ready.
James stood there with a letter in his head. "Is everything alright James?" Lily asked.
James shook his head. "We can't go back to our home Lily. We are going to be to be staying here for a while." He said softly.
"What why?" Lily asked.
James sighed as he held out the letter. "It says that if we go back they'll kill us Lil." He said softly.
"We have to contact Dumbledore." Lily said with a sigh.
James nodded. "I already did and Sirius." He said with a smile hoping to make Lily feel more comfortable about the situation.
Lily sighed and nodded. "Come on we'll stay in your room for the night. Then we'll start clean up in the morning." She said with a sigh.
In the morning Ashlynn and Sirius arrived bringing all sorts of pastries for a quick breakfast. "We've come to help clean the house up and get it a bit more livable!" Ashlynn said as she kissed Lily's cheek hello.
"Thank god, I thought I'd just have James to help me clean." Lily said as James quickly took a muffin out of the basket Sirius was carrying.
"Who baked these?" He asked as he took a bite of the lemon poppy seed muffin.
"I did." Ashlynn said with a smile.
"Hey! Where's my goddaughter?" James cried suddenly amazed that neither of the Black's was carrying her.
"We left her with Madam Pomfrey we figured it would be easier to clean with only three children around." Ashlynn said with a smile.
"Three?" James asked.
"You, Harry and Sirius." Lily said finishing her friends though.
"Go play outside while we adults get to work." Ashlynn said with a giggle.
The girls worked in the kitchen and living room all morning singing and dancing while cleaning the rooms. Outside James and Sirius entertained Harry all the while clearing the snow from the walkways and tending the shrubberies. Around noon the Longbottoms showed up.
"Hullo!" James cried waving his hand.
"We brought lunch!" Frank called with a smile.
The door opened and Lily glared at James and Sirius. "Before you two come in you better dry yourselves." She said to them before greeting the Longbottoms.
Once everyone was settled into the now cleaned kitchen for the hot soup and sandwiches that the Longbottoms had bought Frank began talking about the new house they had just moved into. "It's a ministry house, twenty four hour guard patrolling our neighborhoods, I feel much safer there." He said with a smile.
"That's so good." Lily said. "I think I feel safer here for now, James' parents never registered their house here so hardly anyone knows about it."
"I bet that makes it easier to sleep at night." Frank said with a smile.
"Well last night yes it seemed like it." James said. Ashlynn stood up and made her way over to the windows. She opened it and in flew an owl that landed next to James.
He quickly took the letter from the leg of the tawny owl and read quickly. He sighed as he pushed his chair back with a long scrape. "What's wrong James?" Lily asked as Sirius snatched up the letter and began to read aloud.
"James,
I write this letter in haste as I am about to start a mission that will take me out of contact with the Order for a week or so. I am glad to hear that you have found a new hiding place, if you ever need a new place to stay Hogwarts is always opened to you and your family.
Anyways I write to inform you that Caradoc Dearborn has gone missing for sometime now. He went to see his family over Christmas but left earlier Christmas day and has not been seen since. I myself fear the worst yet I hold out hope. Please keep everyone near you safe and sound until my return.
Your friend,
Albus Dumbledore.
With that the easy feelings of safety were gone and everyone's good mood vanished. Ashlynn cleared her throat and nodded. "Well we better finish getting the house livable." She whispered. Everyone nodded and all the adults split up taking a room to clean before night fall as none wanted to be caught outside after dark.