Lily Black

Chapter 33: Mother

"Yes." Sirius said.

"What about her? She was a muggle who died in childbirth." I said.

Lupin and Sirius exchanged glances.

"She was not a muggle was she?" I asked. Lupin shook his head.

"Who was she?" I asked. Sirius pulled out a photo.

"Lily, do you remember the girl you saw in my office and asked about?" Lupin asked.

"Yes." I said recalling the blond women in a quidditch outfit I saw in Lupins office a few years ago."Her name was Marlen McKinnon right?" I asked.

"Yes." Sirius said.

"She is my mother isn't she?" I asked.

"Yes." Lupin said. Sirius slid the photo over further. It was a moving photo of the original order.

"This is her." Sirius said, pointing to the blonde girl. She looked the same as in the photo I had seen except for the fact that she was not in a quidditch uniform.

"Why?" I asked.

"Why?" Lupin repeated.

"Why keep it from me?" I asked.

"Lily, we did it to protect you. Your mother and her whole family were killed by Voldemort personally. Marlene was killed because she was in the order and her other family was killed because they were related to her." Sirius explained.

"So why am I not dead?" I asked.

"You were with me." Sirius said.

"So what did you guys have, like shared custody of me?" I asked.

"Yes. That is exactly what we did." Sirius said.

"Who all knew she was my mother?" I asked.

"Not many people. Marlene, Me, Lily, Remus. Maybe James knew but I don't know if Lily told him. Funny actually Lily announced that she was pregnant the next month." Sirius said.

"Why did Peter not know?" I asked.

"Well Remus overheard and Marlene turned to Lily for support. We wanted to keep it as low as we could." Sirius said.

"She was pregnant in this photo." Lupin said.

I looked closely at the blond girl. I saw a little bump.

"You were born 3 days after this photo was taken. Then she was killed 2 weeks later." Siruis said.

"Is there anything else you should tell me about my past that you're hiding from me?" I asked, annoyed.

"Lily-" Lupin started.

"So no? Ok then I am going to go." I said getting up.

"Lily, where are you going?!" I heard Sirius yell.

"Somewhere that's not here with you liars." I said walking towards the door.

I opened a door in the hall and found a broom,

"That's convenient." I said grabbing it.

"Lily, just wait!" Lupin said. I stopped.

"If you're going to ask me where I am going, I am going to go and not come back." I said.

"No I was just gonna say stay safe, stay out of sight." He said.

"Thanks." I said turning and walking towards the door. When I got out I had a vague idea of where I was going.