Sirius stepped into number 12 Grimmauld Place and gave a sad look around the house. It was a little dirty, maybe not the best place to be raising his godson, but with the protections he had in place, combined with the ones his father put in place made it near impossible for Dumbledore to easily find him. He went up to his room. He conjured the spare crib he kept in his apartment and placed the sleeping Harry in it.

Sirius sighed and laid down on his old bed. He hated being in this old house, but he had little choice, he laid his head down and went to sleep, hoping that Harry would not be to upset in the morning.

**** two weeks later*******

"Coral can we speak!"

Coral Pumilum Black looked into the eyes of Snape. She shifted her gaze " He can't hear you here, why use my alias?"

Coral had long hair almost down to her waist. It was elegant and perfectly straight. It was a very dark black. It shined in the sunlight streaming through the Malfoy Manor's Garden. She stood poised and tall no more than an inch shorter then Snape. Her eyes stood unblinking. Perfectly rounded and a light mossy shade of green. Her skin was a bit pale, but she was thin and all in all was the usual perfect pure-blood that the blacks expected

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Snape laughed to themselves. Bella and Narcissa raised full hell when they heard that Lilly Potter would be impersonating a distant relative that would be living with none other than their 'favorite' cousin Sirius.

" You are Coral now, at least for the next 10 or so years, Dumbledore can not find out you are still alive, and I will not be the slip that puts your life in danger." Coral gave him a small smile.

" You will keep in contact with me once you leave correct." Snape was nervous. Over the last two weeks they spent almost every second together and he would miss her company. However, Coral was not his Lilly. Yet there she was. She might look nothing like Lilly but Coral still was Lilly.

Snape was nervous that someone would slip. Everything had to be perfect over the coming years. "I must return to Hogwarts tomorrow after I drop you off under Sirius'' fidelius he put on the place."

" I know Serv, don't worry everything will go good." she took a small pause " So where is the great dark lord, I have not seen him since I got here?"

" I do not know the full details, but no one will be seeing him until Harry goes to school. What he's doing, it is complicated at best, and will take a very long time."

" Ok Serv. I hope everything works out. I can't wait to see my son again. I'll write as often as I can. It's your job to not draw suspicion to yourself."

The two adults looked at each other, Lily the happiest she had look since she arrived here. It would all be good. He knew nothing would ruin there friendship this time.

******** December 25, 1981***********

Coral was dusting the things in her room, across from the room that Sirius slept in. She hated Kreacher doing it. Despite the elf greatly liking her. A small boy tugged at her robes and she smiled at her son.

Her son was very attached to the woman she had become. Maybe he knew it was her. She was happy that Harry was enjoying his Christmas although the boy forever asked for 'daddy'.

Coral never really mourned the loss if James. With so much going on it was hard. She gave a small sigh at the picture on her desk while Harry had taken to playing with his small toy elf he got for the holidays. She had no desire to look at the picture any longer. Coral could not look at James. She could not know why but she accepted his death to easy, and did not care as much as she felt she should have.

" HOW DARE THAT VERMIN BESMIRCH THE HOUSE OF BLACK. GET THAT MONGREL OUT OF THE HOUSE OF MY FATHERS." Lilly laughed, Sirius mother's portrait was entertaining and although she knew exactly how to remove it, she never would, it warned her who was there, so she could play the right parts.

Lupin walked into the room and was greeted by a small hug from Harry. " How are you holding up Lil?"

" I'm as good as could be expected Moony." She smiled at the man. "Let's head down to dinner." She walked all the guys down through the spotless House of Black. Her and Kreacher really worked hard to make the house spotless everyday. They all sat around the table and started off with a toast their fallen friend, the loss of James Potter.

******** 2 Years Later*******

" Corral, Padfoot says it's time to go" She saw her adorable little three year old standing in front of her. They had a busy day. They were going to the Cemetery at Godric's Hollow to moran for James (and her technically), then going to Lucius Malfoy's Halloween Party. However Lilly was very much looking forward to seeing her best friend, Snape.

She felt glad her and Snape were so close again. "Corral, we gonna go without you."

"I'm coming Harry." She whipped out her wand, and Harry's hair turned blonde and his eyes became blue. His scar faded into his skin and his face became rounder. They did this whenever they left. They did not want Harry to know about his fame until he had to, although she knew she could not hide it as long as they would if she had let Dumbledore have his way 2 years ago and sent him to her horrible sister.

************ A couple hours later************

Coral was watching her son play with the Malfoy's son on toy broomsticks racing around the garden. The boys seemed to get along well. Lilly hoped Harry would be a good influence on Draco and not the other way around. Snape sat next to her telling her about the latest failures at potion making he had this year.

"Lilly, I found something rather disturbing out, I did not want to tell you, but I can't... keep this from you." Snape sighed, clearly a little bit nervous.

" What is it Serv."

" I was going through some record that Dumbledore has, and stumbled upon your records." He paused expecting a glare but she looked more annoyed as if she had a basic idea of what he was already going to say.

" There was a deal. Your parents wanted another child, however your father could not, provide for another baby. I don't really know how. But in some way a Man, helped you mom who, was a friend agreed to... well pretty much help her get pregnant. His name was Zachris Trowle. His one kid was named Rosa Trowle who now a days goes by the name Rosa Zabani, she was 2 years ahead of us at Hogwarts. Trowle is a pure-blood family in the wizarding world, but not very anti-muggle like the Zabini's are."

Lilly looked at him prompting him to finish. " So you were born with him knowing he was giving a daughter the life of a muggle-born when she was not. Dumbledore knew this and sealed it away, not wanting you to ever find out. I could not keep this from you." Snape looked nervous.

" How much of my life must that man control. I taught he was supposed to be the lord of light?" Lilly smirked at her own joke. She then started to break down and crying " Because of him I can't be myself, Harry has no dad... I mean everything is gone... and he sits there... bugging Sirius every other day... and is trying to still control the life of the Potter's."

Snape put a small hand around her. " Don't be upset Lilly. Dumbledore did what he felt was best, some things he did where horrible, but he can do nothing but complain now."

" I... know... Serv... but still... when is enough, enough...?" She was close to him now. He looked down.

" I don't know. For now.. we have to wait." The two adults were very close now. Lilly place her hand in Snape's and leaned against him. They looked out at the sparkling plants in Malfoy garden and watched the two boys zooming over them racing back and forth. This was the paradise. For the first time in two years Coral felt complete, for the first time in two years she truly felt like Lilly Evans.

************ 3Years Later*************

For Coral Black the last 3 years had been crazy. One month after the Halloween party she decided to try and contact her half- Sister and found that they actually had a lot in common. She was rather shocked that Lilly Potter, someone who was supposed to be dead, contacting her but Lilly knew it was safe. Rosa was one of the most neutral people in the world. She hated Dumbledore a lot and would never sell her out. Their children got along extremely well and Lilly visited them every Sunday, on her sole day off from work.

For the last 2 and a half years she worked as the official Potion Brewer for the Auror Office which was a very fun job. She also had managed to keep her 6-year old son relatively unaware of their past and hopefully she also kept him unaware of her identity. She then looked at a small ring on her finger. It a pure Jade colored diamond magically shaped into a almon. It was a clever joke by Snape for her engagement ring. In fact she would be moving into Spinner's Edge the next day.

Dumbledore was too suspicious about her, and her and Snape planned a wedding as a cover for why Coral did not move on with her life here. It meant fairly little to Coral. Snape was her best friend, and she might have had feelings for him, however the future was her main concern.

Secrets and Lies that's how Dumbledore and Voldemort both lead their lives, and the more she lived she realized that's true for all wizards who want to succeed. She want her son's life to be as great as possible so she also started to adopt that mantra.

It was very Slytherinish but she was starting to feel like she might have belonged there at first and Dumbledore paid off the hat to not do it. She would not put anything past the evil 'lord of light'. Smiling she grabbed her one bag, everything squeezed in with undetectable extension charms and apparated away. It would be hard not seeing Harry everyday, but she could not risk Dumbledore catching on to her. That was the last thing she would ever do. Harry was not a pawn for her. Smirking to herself she laughed at the taught, Dumbledore's end was coming in a few more years, and she could not wait for it.