It was July 14th, Trinity Dastren's 15th birthday, she had finally decided to attend Hogwarts. She knew she was going to have to do a crap load of work in order to get to the level the other 5th years were at, but she was determined she would get in. She recently received a letter from a man named Sirius Black, stating that he was her biological father. She was quite confused, having never heard the mans name in her life, she knew she was a wizard, but she didn't know who her biological parents were, as she was told they had died in an unfortunate accident. Turns out, her father, was a wanted criminal, and her other father, was a werewolf. She wrote back to the man, she understood what it was like to be wrongly accused of a crime she didn't commit, she spent 15 months in juvie because of a simple wrongly pointed finger. He wrote back and explained the situation, and she immediately understood, wrote back to him, and kept it from her adoptive parents. Now, she was extremely close with Sirius, though she had never met him in person, and her father, Remus Lupin, had begun to write her as well.
As her alarm went off, she heard a frantic tapping at her window as she jumped up and let her owl in, she saw her Hogwarts acceptance letter, as she always had for the past 4 years, except this time it was different, this time, she was going to say yes. She saw 4 small packages tied to Spark, her owls, leg. She immediately untied the packages and filled Spark's food bowl. She went over to the packages and smiled, two were from Harry, who she had also recently begun to speak with, one from Remus, and one from Sirius. She decided to open them now, so that her mother and father wouldn't see the packages, she opened Harry's present first, as it was the smallest. inside was a pouch, full of Galleons, Sickles and Knuts, she couldn't believe her eyes. This was way too much money! She read Harry's note.
Dear Trinity,
Happy 15th! I hope to meet you on the Hogwarts Express, or platform 9 3/4, wherever I see you first. Anyway, in this box is money for the books, robes, cauldrons and other school supplies you'll be needing, there's more because I didn't know if you enjoyed quidditch or not, if you do, feel free to spend it on quidditch supplies, I have a feeling if you like quidditch, you'll be getting on a team, no matter your house. If you don't like quidditch, then I suppose you could spend it on whatever you'd like to. Anyway, in the other package, if you haven't opened it already, is your actual birthday present. I asked Ms. Weasley to pick it up from the shop, as I'm still stuck with these wretched Dursley's. She probably added something of her own in there too, knowing her, she'd be disappointed if she didn't get you a present whether she knows you or not. Enjoy your birthday kid! (I know your technically older than me, but deal with it.)
-Love your silly godbrother-
-Harry Potter-
Trinity finished the letter, smiling from ear to ear and giggling at the mention of those "Wretched Dursleys". The boy didn't even officially know her yet, but still sent her money so that she could pay for her school items. She decided to go against her usual tradition of smallest to largest, as she couldn't wait to see what else Harry had gotten her. She opened it and almost started crying.
Inside, was a framed photo of the people who she assumed were Remus and Sirius, as she had yet to officially see their current faces, holding a baby in their arms, and that baby was her, she had a lovely yellow rose in her hair, pinned back by ribbon, she was wearing a yellow dress, with tiny ruffles around the waist, and she was sitting a top of the two men shoulders, the man who had dark black curly hair, she assumed was Sirius, as he had described what he looked like to her. He was wearing a maroon suit that had a navy blue handkerchief in his breast pocket, he was holding he left hand to the picture, showing a beautiful diamond, this must have been taken when they got married. A man whom she assumed to be Remus was standing next to Sirius, and instead of showing off his ring, he had his hand holding Sirius' right hand, and kissing Trinity's cheek, his suit was a navy blue suit with a maroon handkerchief in his breast pocket.
Behind Remus, Trinity saw a man, he looked to be about as young as the other two, he had glasses, and he looked at the two with so much joy, you'd have thought he was the newly wed had it not been for her fathers and her in the middle. Behind Sirius was a woman, she had red hair and emerald eyes, and she looked ecstatic for the two, not as happy as the other man, but just about, she figured the two to be James and Lilly Potter, Harry's parents. She felt a tear roll down her cheek as she thought about seeing her fathers again.
She wiped away the tear quickly, and saw Harry had written a description on the back of the small picture.
Sirius Black and Remus Lupin-Black, the newly wed couple, with their best friends James Potter and Lilly Evans with the newest member to both the Black and Lupin family, Xylarane Lupin-Black.
So that was her given birth name, Xylarane. She loved the sound of it, it was so unique and fun. She really couldn't believe that she had found her biological parents, she did think they were dead after all. Behind it was a beautiful journal, it was a bright yellow, but it was sunny, not neon, it was a color that made you happy by just looking at it, but didn't hurt your eyes. She saw "Xylarane Lupin-Black" sewn in beautiful lettering on the cover, and she immediately knew that it was from Ms. Weasley, from hearing so much from Sirius and Remus about her. She opened the diary to find a pen inside a pocket in the front cover, she took it out and examined it, it looked as though it was hand crafted, and figured it must have been a gift from Bill, she rarely wrote to him, seeing as he was so busy, but when she did, she always had fun reading about all the fun he was having in Egypt. Her suspicions were confirmed when she clicked a button on the pen and saw a light shine out of it. It was projecting words so she shone it on the wall. It was a bit hard to read in the light coming from her window but she managed to read it. "To the most fun teenager I know, don't you DARE tell Fred and George I said that," Trinity giggles a little, "Happy 15th Birthday ya big dork, cant wait to officially meet you!" She laughed a bit harder, and noticed to notes written on the first page.
To Xylarane,
Hello there, I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you at all yet, but I do hope to when you come to Hogwarts, Harry, Ronald and Hermione all told me what had happened with your fathers. I always had a hard time believing he was a murder, he was always a fun person to be around, but enough about that, Harry asked me to pick up a present for you from Diagon Alley, but I couldn't bare the thought of having to send you a present without one of my own, I felt to guilty, so I made this. I hope you like it! I send my regards and hope to meet you soon!
-Written with love-
-Molly Weasley-
Trinity smiled and now couldn't wait to meet Mrs. Weasley, she'd have to write a letter of thanks later, but now she moved on to the second note.
To The Dork That I Don't Know Why I'm Writing This Letter To
Trinity laughed at just the intro, she knew the handwriting was Bill's, but what he wrote just confirmed it.
Happy Birthday stupid! I hope you have a horrific year! No, I'm just joking, mum asked me to write something for you in this when I visited the burrow for a few weeks, so happy birthday. I can't wait to meet your silly self whenever I can, you seem like an amazing person. Have fun this summer and I'll continue to write when I can!
-Bill-
P.S.
Hope your happy, mum got mad at me for the first thing I wrote.
Trinity laughed and felt a lot more sure that this year would be a good one. She decided to open the other 2 gifts later, pushing them under the bed and going downstairs, getting ready to face the day.
