Hi, in case anyone reads this you have to know several things:

-I've been writing this Fanfic for a while, as a hobby, and I never thought about posting it so is not finished yet and the updates might take a while.

-I'm a die-hard shipper of HarryxHermione, it's been like that ever since I got into this fandom so if you don't like that ship you shouldn't read this.

-I don't like Ginny so she won't be a nice character here and while I like Ron I won't be nice to him either due to plot reasons.

-There won't be Voldemort in this story, he's dead, end of the story.

-I love the Malfoys so you can bet that Draco will be treated well in this Fanfic.

-There might be quite a fair amount of teenage drama.

-Remus Lupin and Sirius Black love each other and you can't convince me otherwise, there will be a lot of wolfstar scenes here.

-Finally, English is not my mother tongue therefore you might find some grammar mistakes, I apologize beforehand.

Thank you for giving this a try, enjoy!

Chapter 1.

Sirius Black was happy and miserable at the same time and he couldn't understand how that was possible.

He was having tea with Remus and James, they were celebrating lots of things, first of all the Potters were inaugurating their house in muggle London. Lily was sick and tired of people calling her baby "the boy who lived" so she and James decided to buy a house in a nice muggle neighborhood. Second, they were extremely happy because Sirius was finally free. He spent three months in Azkaban, the worst three months of his life, and now he was free and ready to claim his family fortune, not because he wanted it but because he needed it.

He didn't want to abuse from Lily and James's kindness.

"Why the long face, Padfoot?" James asked grinning "you're free! We'll make you Harry's godfather again in no time and now you can claim your fortune."

Sirius sighed, when the Ministry sent him to Azkaban he lost all his rights, including Harry's guardianship. So he told Lily and James to assign Remus as soon as possible because they were been followed by Voldemort and they wouldn't take any chances about Harry's safety.

Looking at them he decided that it was time to explain his friends the reason of his distress.

"I went to Gringotts yesterday" he said gloomily "the Globins surprisingly apologized for my time in Azkaban and assured me that my fortune was intact and since I'm the last one of my family everything, including the properties and the vaults, belongs to me now."

Remus frowned and James smiled.

"Then, why are you so bitter?" Remus asked confused.

Sirius smirked.

"Unfortunately the Ministry has frozen my funds" He said "they can't touch my gold but unless I prove them that my fortune is going to be use for something useful they won't let me use it."

"Can they do that? Something useful? Like what?" James asked dumbfounded.

"Well apparently our useless Minister of Magic passed a law in which ex-convicts must be under probation when it comes to money and that stuff so he is only giving me two choices, either I invest some of my money in their politics or..."

"Or what? Padfoot?"

Sirius smiled at him.

"Or I get myself an heir."

Remus spit the tea he was drinking while James's eyes widened.

"WHAT?!" They both asked with widened eyes at the same time.

Sirius shrugged pretending to be unaffected by it.

"They want to make sure that the Black fortune we'll be well spent, I guess that investing in the future generations is a good choice."

James couldn't speak.

"What in Merlin's name are you talking about?! Are you going to go out and get a wife?!" Remus asked shocked.

Sirius laughed.

"My dear Moony that would be impossible, there is no woman capable of winning my heart." Sirius said dramatically.

"Then?"

"I'll go to a muggle orphanage tomorrow and I'll adopt a child." Sirius said smiling.

It was too much information to handle at the moment so Remus and James exchanged a look of pure shock.

"ARE YOU MENTAL?!" Remus asked finally.

Yes, Sirius was crazy.

That was the only thing that was going through James's mind at the moment but of course he would support him. That's why he was in muggle London with Sirius and Harry without telling Lily about Sirius's plan because she wouldn't approve, Remus didn't approve either so he decided to give cold treatment to Sirius expecting him to realize why this was a terrible idea, unfortunately that didn't work.

"Remind me again why it has to be a muggle child" James said as he watched Harry approaching some of the orphans with curiosity.

"Well, I believe that they gave me those choices so I would give them my money, because let's be honest I'm not a parental figure, but can you imagine Fudge's face when he realizes that the Black fortune will belong to a muggle?!"

James shrugged.

"I'm not sure Padfoot, I mean..."

Sirius cut him before he could continue.

"Listen I know that I'm not ready for parenthood but I won't let them control me, not again."

James sighed. He knew that Sirius was bloody afraid of Dementors, he also knew how bad he wanted to be Harry's godfather and after his time in Azkaban the guardianship was taken away, he resented the Ministry in every single way, he just wasn't sure that this was the best way to take revenge.

Unfortunately he couldn't hex him to make him come back to his senses and perhaps a child could help him to start thinking about other things besides his time in Azkaban. There was also something funny about the Ministry going crazy after finding out that one of the most ancient pureblood house's fortunes would belong to a muggle. Sighing, James left Sirius to go and see the kids by his own.

The orphanage was an old looking house with several rooms, a big backyard and a playroom, Sirius walked straight to the backyard.

He couldn't help but think that he was really glad to have a family, even if it was a twisted one, he couldn't imagine his life without his own room, besides knowing where he had come from helped him to become who he was. He wasn't the most responsible person alive but he was quite successful.

Several kids were playing happily, lots with their friends.

One of his would have to be, but he didn't know how to choose. These were kids no pieces of meat for Merlin's sake! His son would have to get along with Harry and watching the kids play he realized that none of them were exactly a good choice. A muggle boy would be jealous about Harry's magic and Sirius wanted to avoid drama.

He groaned, this was a bad idea.

He kept walking until he found a big oak tree with a bench underneath. A little girl was sitting there reading a heavy book, he sat next to her. The girl had a cute face and bushy hair, apparently she didn't notice him.

"Hi" Sirius said carefully.

The girl tensed immediately and looked at him with widened eyes. He wondered if this was her reaction to every adult.

"Hi" she said with a shy voice, Sirius noticed with amusement her two big front teeth.

"What are you reading?" Sirius asked.

She showed him the cover and he read the title; "Alice in wonderland" Sirius supposed that it was a muggle fairytale.

"Interesting" Sirius said checking the book and then he turned to look at the other children "why aren't you playing with them?" he asked.

The little girl looked away blushing.

"They don't like me" she said sharply.

Sirius frowned.

"Why?"

The little girl shrugged.

"I'm different."

"Because you like to read?" Sirius asked with a smile, she looked completely normal to him.

She was so used to adults coming and going, wanting to adopt her, so she didn't care talking about why she was different with anyone. After all, she knew she would end up getting old in this place.

"Not exactly, but when I'm happy or upset weird things happen. That's why no one wants to adopt me" she explained "they say that I'm a freak and that maybe that's the reason why my parents left me here."

Sirius contemplated the girl for moment. Could it be possible that this girl was a muggleborn? If that was the case the decision was easier, he was going to adopt the child in a magical way which would make her his child even in blood and if she really was a muggleborn that would mean that she had already a place in Hogwarts.

"What's your name?" Sirius asked.

"Hermione" She said "what's yours?"

"I'm Sirius Black."

"A black dog!" She said laughing.

Sirius smirked, the girl was smart.

"How old are you?"

"Four years old." She answered proudly.

Harry's age, it was a perfect choice. The only problem was that well, she was female and he was going to be a single father, a girl was going to be way more complicated than a boy, but he knew that Lily and James were going to help him, no big deal, right?

"Would you like to be adopted?"

Hermione nodded violently.

"It would be great! My own room, no more mean boys and my parents will probably help me to understand what's wrong with me" she said hopefully.

Sirius laughed.

"There's nothing wrong with you, I used to have the same problem when I was little."

"Are you serious?!" She asked.

"Yes, I am." He answered grinning.

Hermione frowned understanding his joke immediately.

"I'm serious." She said.

"Really? So am I." Sirius said.

Hermione couldn't help it so she laughed. It wasn't going to be easy, he knew it, and he wasn't sure that this girl in front of him was a witch but watching the other kids he supposed that she was the best choice, besides he was completely sure that Harry would get jealous if he were to adopt another boy of his age.

"Would you like to be my daughter?" he asked.

Hermione looked at him startled. Was she dreaming? She couldn't remember her parents, all she knew was that she was left like a milk bottle in the doorsteps of this awful place and after years of waiting finally someone wanted to give her a place to call home.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

Sirius shrugged.

"Well, you need a family and I need a daughter, I have enough space in my house for both of us, even a pet if you want."

She bit her bottom lip.

"I... I can make things move and if I get too upset I break things like dishes." She explained worriedly.

"In that case we may have more in common than you believe." Sirius said winking at her.

Hermione was beaming.

"So, what do you say?" Sirius said while standing up to face her "would you like to be my daughter?" he asked bowing slightly.

Hermione couldn't find her voice so she threw her arms around his neck and started to cry.

"Then it's settled." He said patting her back.

When Miss Olga saw Hermione for the first time she decided that she was a lost cause, she just didn't fit with the other kids and when she read her file it became a fact that Hermione was a weird girl. That was the reason why she couldn't hide her surprise when a handsome young man came to her asking for the papers to adopt her.

"I believe that I heard you wrong Mister...?"

"Black, Sirius Black" the handsome man answered her smiling.

Miss Olga was an old lady with a serious dislike for children, how she became the responsible of an orphanage? No one knew. They were at her office, Sirius and Hermione were sitting in two really uncomfortable chairs in front of her horrible desk.

"You'll see Mister Black, Hermione is special" the old woman said with a sneer.

Hermione blushed with fury and frowned at the older woman.

"Her roommates have complained several times, she's sort of a troublemaker."

Hermione looked down at her hands on her lap and Sirius smiled.

"I was quite a troublemaker at my school days too, Ma'am."

The older woman blushed under his smile.

"Well, Mister Black I would like to know, is your wife willing to adopt a child she's never seen?"

Sirius laughed.

"I'm single Ma'am."

Hermione wasn't surprised, she figured that much when she saw him alone.

"Well Mister Black, you are a young good looking man, you still have time to..."

"With all due respect Ma'am, I really want to adopt this girl" Sirius said with a tone that suggested that he wasn't going to listen to any of the woman's advice. It wasn't as if this woman could understand that finding a magical child in a muggle orphanage of all places was extremely weird and a chance that Sirius wouldn't miss.

Miss Olga frowned but before she could say anything another kid entered the office followed by another young handsome man, she wondered what was happening with the young ones, why would anyone want to adopt an unknown child with all the possibilities of having some of their own?

"Hey Padfoot! Are you...?" James couldn't keep talking after stepping into the office. His eyes widened, there was a huge wave of magic flowing all over the place. Was Harry going to have an outburst?

When Harry saw Sirius with a little girl next to him in an ugly office he couldn't contain his curiosity, he approached her immediately.

"Who are you?" Harry asked to the bushy haired girl. Despite of Neville comments he didn't believe that girls had cooties, quite the opposite, he found them really funny and sometimes cute but of course he wouldn't tell anyone about that. This girl felt quite different, what was it?

"My name is Hermione" she answered looking at him with equal curiosity "who are you?"

"I'm Harry" he said smiling and she smiled back.

"Prongs, is something wrong?" Sirius asked frowning after seeing James's expression.

"Don't you feel it?" James asked.

Sirius tried to focus on whatever had his best friend acting like that and then he noticed it was magic, all over the place, who? Looking down at the two kids he realized that the magic was coming from both of them. So, he was right.

"Are you going to adopt her uncle Sirius?!" Harry asked with a smile.

"Yes pup."

Harry beamed.

"He's your uncle? So, we'll be cousins?" Hermione asked.

Harry shook his head.

"We're not blood related, he's my dad's best friend so we'll be" Harry seemed to ponder it for a minute "best friends!"

Hermione's smile couldn't get any wider.

"Where's your room?" Harry asked suddenly.

"Upstairs, why?" she asked confused.

"I'll help you to get your stuff" He said and taking her hand they both started to run outside the little and ugly office.

Sirius and James couldn't ignore the powerful rush of magic leaving the room but they could swear that it intensified when the kids held hands.

Sirius cleared his throat.

"So Ma'am about the adoption papers..."

Hermione couldn't believe it, she woke up with no hopes of change and now she had a father and a best friend, she had to be dreaming. She didn't have too many things in her room, she decided to take her book, another silly old dress and her personal items, she just put everything in her little bag and went downstairs holding Harry's hand, Hermione tried really hard to ignore all the stares of the other kids. She didn't blame them, it wasn't everyday she would go running around with a boy holding her hand.

"You're going to love home" Harry promised her.

And she really hoped so.

Lily Potter knew something was wrong the moment she got home to find her son laughing at something on the TV with a little girl she didn't know by his side. Considering how she hadn't see her before she got to the conclusion that she was a muggle from their neighborhood, perhaps.

"Mum!" Harry said running straight to his mum to hug her.

Lily smiled at him and kissed his forehead.

"Hi honey I missed you! Who's your friend?" she asked him kindly.

The little girl was blushing madly while looking at her with widened eyes.

"Mum this is Hermione! Uncle Padfoot's new daughter." Harry said.

Lily's mouth dropped open. Sirius Black with a daughter?! Her mind was running miles per second, when? How? Why?

"Nice to meet you, Miss Potter" the little girl said offering her hand to the beautiful redhead in front of her. Her blush was the worst.

Lily took a good look at the girl, she had bushy long hair and a pretty face. She was thin and she was wearing a cute old dress. The witch smiled warmly at her.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Hermione." Lily said shaking her hand.

She was going to kill the marauders.

"YOU ADOPTED A CHILD TO PISS OFF FUDGE?!" Lily yelled outraged. She had left them alone for a day, a single day and suddenly there was a little girl in the living room.

James and Sirius winced, they didn't imagine that Lily would find out so soon, it was a good thing that they were using a privacy charm, otherwise the children in the living room would hear everything.

"Lily, the girl needed a home" Sirius excused himself.

Lily couldn't believe it, she was seeing red. That was the most ridiculous argument ever. It wasn't as if Hermione was a puppy for Merlin's sake.

"Yes Sirius, a home with a mother and a father who would want her for what she represents! A daughter! Not a bloody way to show how much of an anarchist you are!"

Sirius sighed heavily.

"Lily, she'll be officially my daughter when I take her to Gringotts tomorrow."

Lily sighed, this was taking her nowhere. He wasn't going to hear her and besides everything was done, they just couldn't go back to the orphanage and leave the little girl again.

"Are you really going to raise her?" she asked finally.

Sirius nodded.

"You'll make sure that she never finds out about the true reason of her adoption." Lily said.

Sirius nodded again.

"Do you have any idea of how to raise a child?" she asked with a heavy sigh.

Sirius simply shrugged and James chuckled.

"What are you doing here?" An annoyed Remus Lupin asked.

"Would you let me in? This is important." Sirius answered nervously.

For some reason, both men felt like they were seeing an ex-lover. Lupin let Sirius in without further comments, the werewolf thought that this was going to be an easy conversation like always but the moment Sirius took a step inside he hugged him.

"SIRIUS! It's okay! Let's go to the living room" Remus said awkwardly.

When they sat down facing each other Sirius took a deep breath.

"I need your help."

Remus raised an eyebrow at him.

"I know you're mad with me because you warned me that adopting a child would be a bad idea but..."

"But you're stubborn and I believe that you didn't listen to me."

"No, I didn't" Sirius admitted.

Remus groaned out of frustration.

"Seriously Sirius?!"

The last heir of the house of Black grinned mischievously.

"My dear Moony but that's not why I'm here, we're parents now and you're going to move in with me." Sirius said.

"We're what?!" Remus asked indignantly.

"Our beautiful daughter goes by the name of Hermione, after the adoption she got my hair and obviously your brown eyes."

"Sirius stop right there! You adopted a girl?!"

"She's a really independent child I must say because for the last three days she's been making all the meals."

"She has been doing what?! What about Kreacher?!" Remus asked.

"Kreacher can't stand her, I had to punish him after he called her a mudblood."

"Mudblood?" he asked with widened eyes "but I thought that you were going to adopt a muggle child."

"Oh, I went to a muggle orphanage but apparently I'm so lucky that I ended up finding a little muggleborn witch" Sirius explained "explaining the magical world to her has been difficult because she's extremely skeptical and also pretty smart for someone her age."

Remus just looked at him with disbelief. Lots of things were running through his mind, Sirius Black adopted a girl, a muggleborn girl. He was sure that Sirius was going crazy and he couldn't blame him after being in Azkaban so many months, still he tried to tell him how this was a bad idea, a horrible idea, Sirius wasn't ready for a child and Grimmauld place wasn't the best place for a little girl to grow up.

"And what makes you think that I'll go and live with you?" Remus asked.

It was a risky question, after Sirius left Azkaban they hadn't talk about their relationship but the fact that Sirius was offering raising a child together made him believe that he hadn't give up on their future together. Remus didn't know how to feel about that.

Sirius didn't answer, he just stood there looking everywhere, Remus was starting to feel annoyed.

"Grimmauld place looks way better than this."

Remus laughed hard.

"Do you expect me to believe that?!"

Sirius nodded.

"She's terrified of dark places, since she got there she's been cleaning along with a reluctant Kreacher and everything looks brighter. I tried to stop her but she's stubborn."

"How old is she?" Remus asked.

"Four years old."

Remus's eyes widened.

"Are you really that stupid?!"

"What do you mean?" Sirius asked frowning.

"She has the same age as Harry! If the Ministry finds out they'll think that you're planning to link two of the most powerful families."

Sirius couldn't help but laugh. Moony was completely right! He didn't think about it and he was against marriage contracts but his friendship with the Potters wasn't a secret. For now, no one knew that Sirius had a daughter but it was a matter of time, the girl needed new clothes, Sirius saw her face when she saw the Black library so he was planning on buying her new books too, a trip to Diagon Alley was going to be necessary.

Hell would break loose.

"Sirius would you stop smiling?! You're creeping me out!" Remus said exasperated.

"We shouldn't worry about that for now, just go upstairs and pack your clothes. We'll send Kreacher for everything else later."

"Why do you want me to move in with you?!"

"Because we don't know how to raise a child and we're going to figure it out together."

Remus sighed, he couldn't leave Sirius alone for this.

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