Chapter 1: Prologue

"It's a little girl" the nurse said bringing the child over too her parents, the red-headed mother took the child gently and she and her husband looked at the baby with such love, James stroked his daughters cheek gently and shivered, as the nurse left to give the new parents some time

"What happened?" Lily asked looking at her husband strangely reaching out to touch her child's face too see why James was acting strangely, he hadn't acted this way at their son's birth, the moment her skin connected with the child's she too shivered

"What's wrong with her why is she so cold?" Lily cried, "I knew we should have gone to St. Mungos they would know what is wrong with or baby girl, they could help her"

The couple had not been expecting the child for another two weeks, so they had left their son with his old friends Sirius Black and Remus Lupin so they could have some time to themselves however by the time the contractions had started they were too far into the muggle world to get to the wizarding Hospital and had settled for a nearby muggle one

"Lily there isn't anything to help" James replied heartbroken

"What do you mean? What's wrong with her?" Lily asked again panicking

"She's got an active vampire gene" he whispered wishing it wasn't true

"Vampire?" Lily repeated horrified "What do we do?"

"There is nothing we can do, we have to keep her away from the wizarding world" James said urgently

"Of course but what do we tell people, we can't tell them we put her in an orphanage" Lily agreed

"Orphanage? We aren't putting her in an orphanage she is still a Potter, there is a family home not far that she can have and I will find someone to care for her" James snapped

"What happens if she shows magic" Lily asked suddenly placing the child into the bassinet by the bed

"She won't they don't have magic" James replied walking over and picking the child out of the bassinet "What are we going to call her? Do you still like Amaryllis Harriet?"

"No" Lily said slightly harshly "I think we chose something else"

"I thought you want her to have a flower name like yours" James said confused

"Of course" Lily said with a smile "It's just I don't think Amaryllis suits her, how about Ivy?"

"Ivy Potter" James sounded out "I like it"

And so James filled the form in:

Ivy Calla Potter