Evie spent her time divided between writing letters, ice skating, and play dates with Astoria Greengrass, Ginny Weasly, Luna Lovegood and Katherine.

One morning Narcissa took Evie shopping. Evie, who was insisting on a new broom stick, decided to go look at her vault and get the money for it. As she dug into a pile of galleons to find a sickle she came a cross a bit of parchment.

Evie, having spent a majority of her recent time writing letters knew that this parchment was important.

Dumbledore, I hope you never get this paper, but in case of emergencies, I wanted to let you know that I, James Harold Potter, and my wife Lily Ann Evans Potter, made our friend, Peter Perry Pettigrew, our secret keeper on this day October 30, 1980. We felt that death-eaters would go after Sirius right away and Remus was away when we decided this. Couldn't find you to tell you this, but this parchment will be placed in Sirius's Vault and destroyed when we tell you ourselves.

Evie's eyes widened as she realized what the parchment meant. The enigma that was her father was innocent. Bella had always told nasty stories, but Cissy and Andy avoided the subject of Sirius. Evie had learned that her father was accused of killing his best friends, and several muggles. She knew he never got a trial, he was simply placed in Azkaban.

Evie shook as Cissy appeared in her vault. She handed her aunt the paper and watched Narcissa read it. "Can we use this to get him out of prison Aunt Cissy?" Evie asked in a whisper.

"Yes. I believe we can."

Evie's shopping trip was canceled and Cissy called up her sister Andy, and her good friends Molly and Arthur Weasly. Andy told her she needed to be sure that it was James Potter's handwriting and Arthur wrote to Dumbledore.

Molly fussed over everyone and every thing until Dumbledore arrived with Minerva, who looked delighted, and Severus who looked as if Christmas was canceled.

Dumbledore confirmed that, indeed it was the handwriting of James Potter, but that the Ministry of Magic wasn't about to do anything about it.

Nevertheless he dropped it off and told his friends what had happened. The promised to keep it secret, but push where they could.

Evie, who believed that her father would be free immediately, deflated as months went by. She got a new broomstick for Christmas, as well as many other things, but it was a fleeting joy after someone mentioned that her father liked to fly.

Her 11th birthday presents included a Hogwarts Letter, which made her smile, Dora had given her a huge supply of sweets, Uncle Ted got her an ipod and showed her how to work it, Her friends chipped in for a laptop, which she knew how to use from the years she spent in the muggle orphanage. The shopping trip for school supplies went well - Narcissa had bought her a special trunk which had several compartments and a hidden room.

But as Evie stepped aboard the Train she wondered if her Father had felt this nervous, where and with whom he sat, and which sweets he bought from the trolley?

Lost in her thought she crashed into someone. She accepted an hand up and apologized. "Harry!" she hugged him, laughing. Harry had written her back almost everyday and Evie felt close to him. She turned and hugged Hermione, whom she still called "Minnie" and then Ron. Ginny was there, along with Luna and Neville.

After saying their hellos, she found Draco and Katherine along with other Slytherin- hopefuls, She sat with Ginny and her friends, because the other compartments were full, and pulled out her wand Cedar with unicorn hair 12 inches long.

"wingardium leviosa" Evie had been told how this spell had saved the lives of her friends. She promptly began sneaking Cissy's wand away from her and practicing the spells that her friends told her about. She was Great at charms, good in herbology and transfiguration and horrible at potions and history of magic. Narcissa had been giving her lessons and she had picked things up from her friends letters. Now though, was the real test.