disclaimer: I don't Own Harry Potter.

A.N. Sorry it's taken me so long to update this story, but I've had writer's block when it comes to this story, but I'm not giving up on it, I'll update whenever ideas pop in my head. I also sorry this chapters kind of short. And nothing really has been happening, but I'll try to make the next chapter longer and it should start picking up soon.

Chapter 12

Lily sat at her kitchen table kicking her feet back and forth, she kept glancing from her plate to her Mom to Sage, who would glance up at Lily with the same question in her eyes. Had Teddy found Bandit and was James out there right now trying to talk their dad into letting them keep him. Lily hoped her dad would give in, she was sure he didn't care if they had a dog. It was their Mom that would be stubborn about it. It wasn't that Ginny was mean or anything. It was the fact Ginny knew she would be the one to end up cleaning after it and feeding it. Mostly when they went back to school and had to leave the dog behind.

"Mum?" Everyone looked to the doorway to see James had come back in. "Dad said to ask you to meet him upstairs in your room he has something he wants to talk to you about. He'll be there in a couple of minutes. Oh and he wants someone to sit another plate, we'll be joined by someone."

"Who?" Ginny frowned.

"Dad will tell you." He said.

Ginny sighed, put her fork down, and stood up then she turned to Albus. "Al, sit another place."

"Why do I have to?" Albus demanded. Ginny opened her mouth, but James cut her off.

"I'll do it, Mum." James said.

Ginny looked at her eldest child in surprise, before nodding and walked out of the kitchen just as they heard the shower upstairs turn on. Lily and Sage traded a look then they both turned to James and open their mouth, but he held up a hand.

"I want to talk to you two." James said, sitting in the chair his Mother had just got out of.

"James, dose daddy know about Bandit?" Lily asked. "And whose joining us for dinner?" Whose taking a shower?"

James held up a hand. "Slow down, I can only answer one question at a time. Now, yes dad knows about Bandit and actually I wanted to talk to you about that. You see Bandit-"

"Who's Bandit?" Albus demanded.

"He's a dog I found in the Forbidden Forest." Lily told him. "James snuck him home on the train."

"You did what?" Albus demanded, looking to James. Who ignored his brother and forced on his little sister and her friend.

"Lily, you remember who Sirius Black is don't you?" James asked. Lily gave a nod.

"Good, do you two girls remember what an Animagus is?" James asked. They both nodded.

"Yes, of course I do, James." Lily said. "Grandpa Potter was a stag animagus." James nodded again.

"Okay, do you remember how dad said Sirius died?" James asked. Lily frowned trying to remember.

"I do." Albus said. "Dad was lured to the Ministry of Magic by Voldemort thinking he had Sirius, but it was all a trap, and when Sirius showed up to save dad he was killed by his cousin Bellatrix Lastrange when she cursed him and he fell through a veil."

Sage giggled they all frowned her way, she lowered her hand. "Sorry, but Bellatrix Lastrange.?It's a funny name." James gave her a little grin, then looked toward Albus.

"You are right, Ally." James said. Albus glared at the name, and the shower upstairs turned off and James stood and went over and got a plate out of the cabinet.

"Albus is right." James said, laying the plate on the table. "Sirius didn't have a funeral because no body was ever discovered." He laid a couple of pieces of chicken on the plate and picked up the big bowl with the mash potatoes and started putting some on the plate. "Lily, Al, do you either of you remember what Sirius' animagus form is?"

"A dog." Lily said, as James now loaded macaroni and cheese on the plate. "Right, listen Lily, Sage, Bandit isn't really a dog."

"What do you mean he's not a dog?" Sage demanded. "He sure isn't a cat." Lily giggled and Albus gasped.

"You're not saying what I think you are saying?" Albus demanded. James glanced his way before turning and getting a fork out of a draw, then grabbed a glass and filling it with pumpkin juice.

"James, come on, there is no way that Lily's dog is Sirius Black." Albus said.

"What?" Lily demanded, she looked at Albus to James. "James, what's he talking about?"

James glared at Albus as he laid the glass of pumpkin juice next to the plate. "Way to break it to her, Al.."

"It's true?" Lily asked. "But Sirius is dead. How could he be Bandit?"

James took a breath and then explained everything to his brother, sister, and sister's friend. About Sirius not really being dead and coming back. How he realized who Bandit was and didn't tell anyone. Everything. Lily just sat there staring at her brother in disbelief.

"Are you pulling our legs?" Albus demanded.

"No," James said, he smirked then raised his hands. "My hands are right here. How can I be pulling anyone's legs?"

"Very funny." Albus rolled.

"I thought it was." James said.

"I can't believe this." Lily cried standing. "He was supposed to be my friend. I would sit in that nasty bathroom and talk to him for hours, and he never told me who he really was. He was just using me to get to dad."

"Lily, that's not true." James said. "Sirius just didn't want to scare you r your friends. If he suddenly turned into a human. You might even had run to a teacher."

"No I wouldn't have." Lily said. "I would have gave him a chance to explain. But he didn't want me to know. He used me to get here to see daddy."

"Lily..."

"It's true." Lily said, she turned and ran out of the kitchen and up to her room where she slammed the door behind her. She sat down and crossed her arms. She was hurt and mad, but she was not going to cry. No, she wasn't a big cry baby. So she wasn't going to cry. Lily sat on her bed ticked off for about seven minutes, before someone was knocking on her door. Then it opened and her dad walked in.

"Hey, Lil." He said. Lily glared at him and turned away. "Hey, now, you can't be mad at me I didn't do anything."

"Yeah, well, you'll take his side just because you haven't seen him in like a zillion years." Lily said. The one she was really mad at wasn't in here so she had to snap at who was. Harry chuckled use to Lily taken her temper out on everyone in sight.

"I might be old, Lils, but I'm not that old." Harry said, making his way over to his daughter's bed. Lily just huffed. Harry crawled onto her bed, reached out and tickled her. Lily squealed and begin to laugh.

"Stop, daddy!" Lily laughed, as she smacked Harry's hands away. He smiled and stopped.

"You still mad at me?" Harry asked. "Or would you like to come meet the actual Sirius?" Lily shook her head.

"No," Lily snapped. "I don't want to see him ever again. He lied to me. He used me to get to you. I thought he was a dog. I thought he was my friend." Harry sighed.

"He didn't really say he was a dog?" Harry said. "So, how did he lie." Lily huffed and glared at Harry. "Lily, look Sirius didn't mean to hurt you, he just didn't think it was a good idea to let you know. And he's very sorry. He really does want to be friends with you. Sirius is my godfather. So, I guess that makes him your god-grandfather." Harry frowned. "If there even is such a thing."

"Well, I don't want to meet him." Lily said. Harry rolled his eyes and stood.

"If you want to see your sisters, you're going have to go down and see him." Harry said. "They're in the family room with Sirius and everyone else." Lily glared and crossed her arms, but soon gave in and followed her dad downstairs to see her sisters.

When Lily entered the living room her mom was holding one of the sisters and Sirius was holding the other. His hair was wet from a shower, also been cut and he was wearing some of her dad's old clothes. Lily didn't even look his way as she walked over to her mother and asked if she could hold the twin she had. Ginny smiled at her and had Lily sit next to her on the couch and her Mother laid her little sister in her arms. Lily smiled down at the brown-eyed baby looking up at her. She had messy black hair. So Lily know this one was Dreama. She was glad they had different hair and eye color or else she wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Sirius glance as her dad, he gave Sirius a nod and a pity look he glanced at Lily and sighed. Lily ignored the exchanged and went on playing with her little sister. They heard the front door open and soon Teddy, Victorie, Ron, and Hermione came running into the room.

"See told you." Teddy said, pointing to Sirius. Hermione and Ron looked his way and their mouths dropped and eyes widened. Sirius who had already handed Destiny back to Harry sat back in his chair, put his arms behind his head and grinned at their shock looks.

"Man, you two have gotten old." he said. James, Albus and Harry started laughing. Ron blinked and closed his mouth.

"Us," He cried. "Look at you."

"Can't." Sirius said. "I have no mirror."

"How is this..." Hermione stumbled, she looked to Harry. "Are you sure he's really..." Harry nodded. Hermione's face broke into a grin and she rushed over to hug Sirius. "Oh I can't believe it. Sirius you're alive. It's so wonderful."

Lily huffed, handed Dreama to Ginny and stood. "Come on, Sage, let's go to my room and find something to do."

"Okay, Lily." Sage said, she got up and followed Lily from the room.

"What's with her?" Ron demanded.

"She's not very happy with Sirius at the moment." Harry said. "I'll explain all that later."

Lily stayed mad at Sirius for the next week and every time he tried to speak to her she would just throw her nose up in the air and walk from the room. Harry felt bad for his godfather but understood how Lily was feeling. James on the other hand thought Lily was being a big baby about the whole thing and told her so every chance he got. Sage of course took her friend's side even though she wasn't mad at Sirius, but didn't want Lily mad at her. Besides she was still trying to hide who her family was from Harry.

All that changed on Christmas morning, Sage was lying in her coot sleeping peacefully, when someone started shaking her shoulder.

"Sage!" Lily cried. "Come on get up it's Christmas."

"Lily, it's not even daylight yet!" Sage cried throwing the covers over her head.

"Yes, it is, the sun just came up." Lily said. "Now come on." She grabbed Sage's covers and jerked them off onto the floor. "Sage get up now!" Sage glared at her best friend and slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Come on. Our gifts aren't going to open themselves." She ran from the room wearing light green pajamas. Sage grumbled to herself as she slowly made her way up out of bed. And headed out of the room forgotting about the fact she was wearing her dad's shirt to sleep in.

When Sage entered the living room she hard Harry laughing as Lily tore open her gifts. Everyone was already in the room. Even Sirius, boy people around here got up way too early.

Harry caught sight of Sage standing there and smiled. "Come on in here, sweetie. Open your gifts." Sage stared at him for a moment.

"Gifts?" She asked. "I got gifts to open?" Harry frowned at her a moment, his eyes dropped to her T-shirt and he raised an eyebrow at it, before shaking his head and grinning.

"Of course you do, silly." Harry said. "You don't think we'd ask you over for Christmas, then make sit and watch everyone open gifts and not get you anything?"

Sage just shrugged. Harry laughed. "Well come on and open them." She smiled and ran over and sat by Lily under the large tree.

"These are yours." Lily told her sitting a large pale of gifts in front of her. Sage's eyes widened and she picked up the smallest gift first. "Look what daddy got me." Sage looked up to see Lily holding out a tiny gold snitch that hung on a gold chin around her neck. "Isn't it pretty?" Sage nodded and began to open the gift she picked up. To her surprise it was from James when she got the wrappings off and opened the little book she laughed when she so a tiny Gryffindor T-shirt.

"It's for your toad-frog." James told her. Sage laughed and said thanks and went and opened her other gifts. Albus got her a box of Chocolate frogs, Lily gave her some Honey Dukes sweets, Harry and Ginny got her a book about wizard fairy tales and a stuff owl that hooted like a real one and even flew at on command. Hermione and Ron sent over a gift that was from the whole family, a book called Hogwarts A History: New Edition. And some treats for jumpy. Luke had sent her a book on taking care of pet frogs and toads. And Sirius gave her some joke stuff. (something she knew she would never use) And Mrs. Weasley sent her a new jumper blue to bring out her eyes and some homemade fudge. Teddy and Victory had sent her some cakes.

Lily got loads of toys from her parents siblings and a Quiiddtich book from James, and Albus. Candy from Aunts and Uncles, and Sage got her a book on charms. (she had borrowed money from James to get it) When Lily opened the gift that was from Luke she cried out.

"Oh my god. I am going to kill him!"

"What?" Sage asked. Lily stuck her hand in the little box and pulled out a bracelet and held it up to show Sage. Sage burst out laughing. It was a silver bracelet with little white lilies all over it and the word: Luke's Girl covered in the middle.

"It's not funny." Lily cried. Which only made Sage laugh more. "He can't possibly think I would wear this!"

"What is it, Lily?" Ginny asked. "Let me see." With her face burning red, Lily handed the bracelet to her Mom. Ginny looked at it and smiled. "Well, Harry looks like Lily has her first boyfriend." Lily's face turned redder.

"Really?" Harry asked. Ginny handed him the bracelet. "Well, I think I have to meet this Luke." Sage laughed harder.

"He's just my friend, daddy." Lily said. "And you've already met him. He was at My Quidditch game." She hid her face in her hands as everyone laughed at her. "I don't even like him as a friend all that much."

"He sure likes you" James teased. "Luke's all my girl this and my girl that. He's crazy about her. He follows her around like a lost puppy, and has already made plans to take her to Hogsmeade in third year."

They all laughed as Lily's face was no even redder than her hair. "I think I know who you're talking about." Harry said. "Luke's that boy with the curly black hair right." James nodded. "I liked him, he threatened to make that Slytherin pay for hurting Lily during the Quidditch game."

"Harry," Ginny scolded lightly. Sirius looked at him amused.

"Yeah, he called her his Lily and then saw you looking at him and nearly wet himself." James laughed. Lily glared at him.

"Come on guys stop teasing Lily." Sirius said. "I haven't given her my gift yet." Lily looked up at Sirius with a glare. She was still mad at him.

"I don't want your gift." Lily crossed her arms. "You can just take it back."

"Well, at least see it first." Sirius said. "Then decide." He got up and left the room. A moment later he came back with a good size box and sat it in front of her. Lily glared at him. "Well, open it."

Lily's curiosity got the better of her and she reached over and took the top off the box, then jumped when a tiny little brown puppy popped its head up at her. Her mouth dropped.

"It's a chocolate lab." Sirius said. "Took me all week to get your Mum to agree to let me buy it for you." He leaned over and reached for the dog. "But if you don't want my gift. I guess the pet store will take her back."

"Wait!" Lily cried grabbing the sizes of the box. Sirius paused and raised his eyebrows. "Um...I guess I can take her. I.. mean...Don't want her think I didn't like her."

Sirius grinned and Lily grinned back at him, then suddenly jumped up and throw her arms around his neck. Sirius was shocked a moment, but then hugged her back.

"Thanks, Bandit." Lily said and Sirius laughed. A they pulled apart and she took her puppy out and started playing with her..

"She's so cute." Sage said. "What are you going to name her?" Lily frowned.

"I think I'll name her...umm..." Lily thought a moment. "I'll name her...Mia."

"Mia?" James asked. "Why Mia?"

Lily shrugged. "First thing that popped in my head." James rolled his eyes.

Later that day, after everyone had cleaned up, and picked up all the wrapping paper and put their gifts away, all the Weasley's and Teddy and Victorie came over to the Potter house to have a small lunch, and later they would have Christmas dinner. Molly and Arthur had started staying at Ron and Hermione's house for a while since it was not safe to go home. They had stayed with Harry and Ginny for a while, but had not wanted to wear out their Welcome and went to Ron's for a few days. Until after Christmas anyway. Teddy and Victoire were still staying in the quest house behind the Potter house. And since their house was bigger than anyone else in the family, every decided to have the family dinner there.

While the Mothers and Victoire were all pitching in and cooking Christmas dinner, they sent the grandkids out to play Quiddtich. Even though it was cold, it had not snowed. Sage who was afraid of heights just sat on the back porch steps and held Lily's new puppy Mia. While the others were off in a field playing Quidditch. When someone sat down next to her. She looked over to see Mr. Potter.

"Don't like Quidditch?" Harry asked.

"Don't like heights." Sage answered.

"Oh, I see." Harry answered. They were quiet a moment. Then Harry pointed over to one of the smaller trees in the yard. "My Aunt and Uncle Petunia and Vernon Dursely had a tree somewhat like that in their yard." Harry didn't miss how Sage stiffened at the names, but didn't show it and went on. "One time when Vernon's sister Marge came to visit. She wasn't really my Aunt, but I still had to call her Aunt. Anyway she breed bulldogs and had a favorite one, Ripper. I stepped on his tail and he chased me up the tree. She didn't call it off until after Midnight."

Sage couldn't believe it. The same thing happened to Mr. potter that happened to her. Which is the reason she was scared of heights.

Harry sat quietly again taken in Sage's reaction to his story. He had a pretty good idea on why she stiffed at Petunia and Vernon's names.

"You're Dudley's daughter aren't you?" He asked so suddenly Sage jumped. Then acted like she hadn't heard him and went to playing with Mia. "Sage, sweetie, answer me please." Sage sighed and gave a tiny nod.

"I thought so." Harry nodded. "When you said your grandparents didn't like you much. I didn't think much about it. Then Ginny mentioned you told Lily your dad was a boxer, then we get the letter from Lily begging us to let you come over for the holidays so you wouldn't have to go to your grandparents. You mentioned a great Aunt Marge, you came down this morning with a Dudley Dursely T-Shirt on, and there I also the fact at the start of the school year I got an OWl from McGonagall telling me there was a Dursely at Hogwarts. I put the pieces together."

Sage said nothing, she just started crying, now Mr. Potter knew who she was he'll make her leave, go home and make Lily stop being her friend. She reached up and wiped her eyes.

"Hey, why are you crying?" Harry asked. "What's the matter?"

"You're not going to let me be friends with Lily anymore are you?" Sage asked.

"Why would you think that?" Harry demanded. "Because Dudley's your dad? Sage I don't judge people on who their parents are. I was judged too much when I was a kid on my parents were, I know kids don't always turn out like their parents." Sage wiped her eyes.

"I can still be Lily's friend?" Sage asked.

"Of course, sweetie." Harry and. "Even if I told Lily to stop being your friend, do you think I would listen?"

"Good." Sage said. "Because Lily was my first ever friend. Zinnia scared off anyone whoever tried to be my friend."

Harry nodded. "I know how you feel. I never had any friends till I got to Hogwarts either." Harry said, while thinking: Like Father like daughter.

"Ever since Mum died daddy is the only one nice to me." Sage said. "Grandma and grandpa have never liked me. I don't know why. I've never done anything to them. I never knew the grandma on my Mum's side, and my granddad died when I was so young I don't remember him. So the Dursely's are the only grandparents I have and they hate me." She started crying again and Harry put his arm around her shoulder.

"It's alright." Harry said. "Let it all out."

"Zinnia, they treat her like she's a princess." Sage said. "Always buying her things and not me. They even took her out on my birthday and lift me with Miss. Figg."

"Mrs. Figg is still alive?" Harry asked.

"When we moved in with them Zinnia was given daddy's old bedroom." Sage said. "I got yours." Harry stiffened a minute. "I had to clean it out too, all the stuff you left was still there. They just put a padlock on your bedroom door and didn't open until grandma gave it to me. It was so dirty and dusty. It took me three days to clean out. I kept some of your old Hogwarts books. From the name inside is how I found out about you. Neither my grandparents or my dad has ever told us about you." Harry relaxed realizing she meant his old bedroom, not the cupboard under the stairs. "When Lily told me the stories about you and then McGonagall called out the name Potter, when she was sorted. I knew you were the same Harry Potter that lived in my bedroom. Do you want your books and the other things I kept back?"

"No thanks you can keep them." Harry smiled a little. He couldn't believe they had just locked his room up and never stepped foot in it for over twenty years. And they said he was the freak.

"Good." Sage said. "I made a flower-pot out of your old cauldron anyway." Harry laughed and they sat in silence again.

"They were mean to you too weren't they?" Sage asked, after a long moment.

"Yeah, Sage, they were." Harry said quietly.

"My dad too?" Sage asked. Harry nodded. "I'm sorry, you're a nice guy. You didn't deserve to get mistreated."

"Neither do you, sweetie." Harry said.

"Daddy's not like that anymore." Sage said. "I think he regrets being mean. He use to tell me a bed time story when I was little about a boy name Harry who lived under the stairs and grow up to save the word from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. That's how I was able to put two and two together when I heard Lily's last name was Potter."

"Dudley really told you stories about me?" Harry asked. Sage nodded.

"My cat Harry was named after you." Sage said. Harry chuckled. "I didn't know they were real though. I thought it was stories he made up, because he knew I liked that sort a thing. That was until I found the magic books in my room and got my Hogwarts letter and met Lily. I'm glad you turned out to be real." Harry smiled at that.

"I'm glad you turned out to be a witch." Harry said. "And I'm glad you became friends with Lily."

"My middle name is Harriet." Sage said. "I think maybe dad named me after you." Harry gave her a shocked look, then grinned.

"Sage, honey, when your home during the holidays and your grandparents are being mean or if you just don't want to have to look at their ugly mugs you just give me an Owl and I will pop on in there and get you." Harry said.

Sage laughed a little at what Harry said. "I don't have an owl."

"Well, then I'll send mine once a week to check on you and if you want to come here, just send a letter by him and I'll come get you." Harry said. Sage gave a nod and smiled.

"It's getting pretty cold out here." Harry said. "How about you and I go get us some Hot Chocolate and go bug Sirius."

"Sounds like fun." Sage said. Harry stood and helped Sage to her feet and she followed him in the house. Happy that she didn't have to hide who she was and that Harry Potter didn't care. And she had some place to go when her dad was gone and she wasn't at school. Seemed like things was looking up for Sage Dursely. For now anyway.

A.N. Even thought it was short I hope you like it. I decided to go ahead and have Harry find out about Dudley being Sage's dad. Instead of dragging it out. Hope you liked that part. They'll get back to Hogwarts next chapter.