Chapter One

A/N: Here is chapter one of my sequel to I Promise. So, if you haven't read my other story "I Promise," you should probably read it first. (:

Okay so this story takes place twenty years after I Promise. Everything may not make sense with the first chapter, but I swear it will get easier.

There are kind of a lot of characters. This chart will help you keep track of them:

Families In Sun-Kissed Daisies:

Potters: Harry & Hermione
Sirius Potter- 18 yrs old [out of H]
Lilith Potter- 16 yrs old [6^th year]
James Potter- 15 yrs old [5^th year]

Jane Potter- 9 yrs old [G] [4^th grade]

Weasleys: Luna & Ron

Orion Weasley- 17 yrs old [7^th year]
Serenity Weasley- 15 yrs old [5^th year]

Zhangs: Ryu & Cho
Capella Chang- 20 yrs old [out of H]
Heaven Zhang- 17 yrs old [7^th year]

Malfoys: Ginny & Draco
Drasha Malfoy- 18 yrs old [out of H]
Luke Malfoy- 17 yrs old [7^th year]

Finnigan: Lavender & Seamus
Matt Finnigan- 17 yrs old [7^th year]
Ephram Finnigan- 10 yrs old [G] [5^th grade]

Darien Krum- 21 yrs old [out of H]

Faith Davies- 17 yrs old [7^th year]
Victoria Houghin- 17 yrs old [7^th year]

Okay, with that said, enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review. !!

Harry Potter yawned as he entered the house. His day at the Ministry had been long and tiresome. They were still trying to track down Lucius Malfoy who had been carrying on Voldemort's dark ways. Harry wasn't really having much luck. All he really wanted was a break.

Harry ran his fingers through his jet-black hair and took a seat on the couch. He picked up a copy of Witch Weekly and leafed through it. He was interrupted, however, when his youngest daughter ran into the room.

"School's out, school's out, school's out," Jane Potter sang as she danced around in circles. Harry laughed at his daughter's enthusiasm.

"Don't let your mother here you say that," Harry told her with a small smile on his face. "She was in love with school when she was your age."

"I thought she was in love with you," Jane giggled. She took a seat on Harry's lap, and Harry ran his fingers through her brown hair fondly.

"That wasn't until later. School was your mom's first love."

"I heard that!" Hermione came into the room followed by Sirius, their oldest son. He had just graduated from his final year at Hogwarts with the hopes of becoming an Auror just like his father.

Jane ran over towards Hermione and gave her a big hug. Hermione squeezed Jane and then took a seat next to Harry on the couch. Jane sat on her mother's lap. Harry stared at Hermione and Jane with a small smile on his face. Jane, at age nine, was a splitting image of her mother.

"Thank God seventh year is over," Sirius muttered, sinking into one of the chairs at the dining table, "I wasn't sure if I'd make it through Charms. Flitwick seems to get stricter each year."

"And shorter," a voice chimed in. Sirius turned around to see his sixteen-year-old sister, Lilith, came into the room, carrying a stack of papers. Her brown hair had red highlights in it, and her eyes were green. Other than that, she looked pretty much like Jane. "And not mention older."

"Er, Lil? Everyone gets older each year." Hermione and Harry's other son, James, had come into the room. He was carrying his school trunk and his broomstick. He dropped both items on the floor, and then picked Jane up.

Harry couldn't help but think of his father every time he looked at James. With Hermione's eyes, and his black hair, Harry knew his father looked exactly the same when he had been fifteen.

"James, put me down!" Jane squealed as James started to tickle her. Hermione and Harry looked at each other smiling slightly.

"Aren't we lucky?" Hermione muttered, resting her head on Harry as she watched her four children.

"Yeah," Harry agreed, kissing her. Hermione blushed and gestured towards the kids.

"Not in front of the kids," Hermione told him with a small smile. Harry look at her with an innocent expression. Hermione laughed and then leaned in to give him a peck on the cheek.

"I'm going to go start on dinner," she told him, standing up, "We're expecting Ron, Luna, and the kids over today."

"Isn't Cho's family coming today?"

Hermione shook her head. "No, Capella's much too busy with her new job. She really loves teaching at Salem."

"Cho and Ryu must be so proud of her. I know I'm proud of her," Harry mused, thinking about his maybe daughter.

Hermione smiled knowingly. Harry really loved Hermione. Not everyone would be so okay with Harry maybe having another daughter. Hermione, however, loved Capella as if she were her own daughter. She spent a lot of time with all of the kids, and everyone seemed to love her. Who couldn't love her? She was smart, attractive, and funny.

"Thanks for being so great, Hermione." Harry leaned in to kiss her when the doorbell rang. Hermione glanced at the door.

"Who could that be? We aren't expecting Ron's family for another hour…" Hermione wondered, staring at the door.

"I'll get it. You just go start dinner." Harry kissed Hermione and then headed towards the door. However, Lilith had already beaten him to the door. She was checking who it was through the window.

Lilith swung open the door and squealed. "Heaven! I thought you weren't coming back home till next weekend."

Heaven Zhang gave Lilith a friendly hug. "No, Capella was much too busy to spend time with her sister so I decided to come back. Plus, I wanted to spend some more time with you."

Lilith smiled. The two of them headed towards Lilith's bedroom. "How are things going between you and Matt?" Matt Finnigan was Heaven's boyfriend. They had been together for about two months, and Heaven couldn't go ten minutes without gushing about him.

Heaven's face fell a bit. She opened the door to Lilith's bedroom and sat down on the bed. Lilith sat down next to her, looking concerned.

Heaven shrugged, trying to make it seem like not that big of a deal. "I'm not sure if it's going to work out. I mean, he's like… perfect and I'm not."

Lilith hugged her best friend. "You are perfect to me. What exactly happened, though? I thought you guys were doing so well."

"Victoria Houghin happened," Heaven answered glumly, referring to the school snob. "She is so much prettier than me, and she likes Matt. Plus, she's way more experienced than me. And you know how Matt is, he has always-"

"Been girl crazy," Lilith finished for Heaven. She gave Heaven an apologetic look. "But did he do anything?"

"Not really," Heaven admitted, "But I just can't do this anymore. I mean, just because he acted in one movie, girls just swoon over him. I know I shouldn't be jealous or upset, but we never get any privacy. When we go out on a date, at least five people come up to him and ask him for his autograph. I never have his full attention. I know, it sounds selfish, but… sometimes, I just want him to only pay attention to me."

"It's not selfish," Lilith muttered, "You're right… you can't date someone who has girls all over him. It's just, I thought you both were really happy."

Heaven sighed and laid down on the bed. "I was. I don't know if I'm ever going to like anyone like I liked Matt."

"At least you have someone. Well, had someone." Lilith sighed. Towards the beginning of the year, she had gone out with Trey, but their relationship had only lasted a week. Trey didn't care about her at all, but cared about her last name. "Guys just hit on me because I'm the daughter of The Chosen One."

Heaven gave her a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry."

Lilith shrugged. "It's okay. Someday, I'll meet someone… right?"

Heaven gave her a small smile. "Yeah. Let's go help your mom get ready for dinner. I heard the Weasley's are coming."

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The doorbell rang for the second time that evening, and all of the kids rushed to answer the door. Sirius was first to reach and opened the door for the Weasley family.

"Hey you guys," Ron greeted warmly. Ron, Luna, Orion, and Serenity all entered the house one after the other. Orion was a seventeen-year old blonde. Serenity was fifteen and had long red hair. She was a lot more outgoing than her brother and was a good friend of Heaven and Lilith.

"You will not believe the news!" Serenity exclaimed jumping up and down. She pulled Heaven and Lilith into a hug.

Lilith was utterly confused. "What news?"

"Oh, Dad told me not to say anything until dinner, but let me just tell you, it's going to be so much fun."

Lilith was not very good with dealing with surprises or suspense. She jumped up and down. "Come on, Serenity, tell me."

Serenity shook her head and pushed passed Lilith. Lilith looked at Serenity and noticed that she was staring at something, wait no- someone. Lilith followed Serenity's gaze and found that she was staring dreamily at Sirius. Lilith hid a smile. Serenity had always had a crazy crush on Sirius, but being eighteen, he was a little too old for her.

"Still stuck on Sirius, aren't you?" Lilith commented. Serenity jumped back, slightly startled that someone had figured out whom she was staring at.

"Well, uh yeah," Serenity answered, flustered. "He does look better every year, doesn't he, Lilith?"

Lilith made a gagging sort of sound. "I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask that to, Serenity, considering I'm his sister."

"I guess I agree with you," Heaven chimed in. She glanced over in Sirius' direction. At that moment, Sirius turned around and caught Heaven staring at him. Heaven blushed and then quickly turned away.

"Thanks a lot, Serenity," she muttered, "Now he's going to think I like him."

"Wait, do you don't like him, right?" Serenity asked hurriedly, a look of alarm on her face. Heaven laughed.

"Don't worry, I don't like him."

"Thank God." Serenity sighed with relief.

Lilith sighed, feeling extremely exasperated. She had tried to get Serenity to move on many times, but Serenity was convinced that Sirius was the one for her. She didn't understand that Sirius thought of her only as a younger sister. After all, the two of them were three years apart.

"And our first names begin with the same letter," Serenity muttered dreamily, "How perfect is that? It's like we were destined to be together."

Lilith looked at Heaven, who gave her a hopeless sort of look. The two of them exchanged smiles.

"Dinner!" Hermione called from the Kitchen.

"Coming," Lilith yelled to her mom. Lilith, Serenity, and Heaven headed towards the dining room for dinner.

Lilith smiled to herself as she thought about her two best friends. The three of them had grown up together, and even though Heaven was one year older than her and Serenity was one year younger, it didn't really matter. It felt like the three of them were the same age.

Lilith told Serenity and Heaven everything. She could never imagine telling anyone else what she told them.

"You guys sit down," Lilith told her friends, "I'm going to go check if my mum needs any help."

Heaven and Serenity nodded, and Lilith wandered into the Kitchen. "Hey Mum, do you-" Lilith stopped midsentence, realizing her mom was obviously occupied with her dad's lips.

Hermione pulled away from Harry, her face scarlet. Harry was avoiding his daughter's obvious look of disgust.

"So, I was wondering if you needed any help with the food," Lilith muttered, not looking at her parents. Couldn't they make out somewhere more private? It wasn't exactly a pleasant sight to see your parents kissing.

"Uh, no, Lil, I'm fine," Hermione answered, flustered.

"Okay then," Lilith answered, turning around and taking a seat at the dining table. Everyone other than Harry and Hermione were already seated. Harry came into the room, still red in the face, and took a seat. Lilith looked at him, but he glanced away, avoiding her gaze. Lilith couldn't help but crack a smile. Even if her parents were gross at times, they were still adorable.

"Your stomach is quite large, Aunt Luna," Jane commented, smiling at her aunt. Luna grinned, and rubbed her unusually large stomach.

"Well, I'm due in two months… I'd be worried if I wasn't so big." A few people laughed, and then the room became silent again.

"So," Sirius smiled slightly, turning to face Ron, "Tell us the exciting news, Uncle Ron. Serenity said something about there being exciting news." Sirius seemed to not notice that Serenity's face had turned the color of her hair when Sirius had mentioned her name.

Ron cracked a smile. "Well then, since it seems like an appropriate time…" Everyone listened closely as Ron continued, "I've been promoted to… Minister of Magic."

Lilith gasped. Her Uncle Ron was Minister of Magic? That seemed unbelievable. She knew the Minister of Magic. Lilith stood up at ran over towards Ron. She gave him a gigantic hug. Squealing, she exclaimed, "Uncle Ron, that's amazing!"

"You haven't heard the best part," Ron answered, trying not to look too pleased with himself, "To celebrate my victory, I've decided to take all of my closest friends to Palm Springs, California for the rest of the summer. Which, of course, includes all of you guys."

Heaven squealed, positively delighted. "Can Capella come also? Gosh, I've never been to Palm Springs!"

Lilith's face broke into a small smile. "It's going to be amazing."

For the rest of the dinner, all the kids and adults began to discuss their trip to Palm Springs. Nobody could hide the excitement on their face.

A/N: End of chapter one. Please leave me some feedback; I really want to know what you guys think of the story so far. Thanks <3