Author's Corner:
I apologize, but this is going to be an AU, otherwise known as Alternate Universe. And so, there will no longer be a Voldemort. Say, he was defeated by Baby-Harry, he never made those Horcrux and he died. Fully. So, Lily and James are alive. Peter's in Azkaban. Sirius is married and is alive. Year: 1983.
Chapter I
It was one of those Sundays in the Lupin Household. The mother of the family, Nora Janet Lupin, was called in for an emergency. She was a Healer, see; the best one in Saint Mungo's. And apparently, they needed the best healers they have since there have been many Aurors injured after a raid. Or so, that's what the father of the household says.
And so, Remus John Lupin, the man of the house, a werewolf, and the father of a pair of three years old twins, Hyacinth Soluna Lupin and Romulus Lysander Lupin, was assigned to tuck the twins to bed. Unfortunately for the twenty three years old man, his twins weren't in the mood for bed.
"C'mon, Hy, Ro," Remus called, patting the bed he was sitting on. "You two should really go to bed already. It'll help you grow bigger."
The father's coaxes fell into deep ears as the twins stayed were they are. Remus sighed before closing in on the twins and carrying the two on his shoulders.
"Now, you two," he said, dropping them onto their shared bed. "Your mother won't like it if she finds out that you two won't sleep, you do know that, right?"
Hyacinth, the female of the two had their mother's curly black hair but her father's eyes pouted. "But, Daddy," she whined. "We dun wanna go to sleep yet."
"Yeah," her brother agreed. Romulus, luckily, had their father's hair albeit their mother's color. He was usually very quiet, preferring to only speak with his sister. He doesn't even socialize with Harry (James's kid) or Alhena (Sirius's daughter). "We ain't sleepy. We wan' Mummy."
Remus had to stop himself from gushing at his twin's cuteness. He was lucky that the werewolf genes didn't passed onto them. They were, admittedly, cranky during full moon, but that was it.
"How about we make a deal?" he compromised.
"A deal?" the twin's chorused.
"Yes," the former Marauder nodded. "If I . . . say, do something for you, you'll go to sleep for me."
The twins thought for a minute. And gosh, they were cute while doing so.
"Okay, Da'ee" Hyacinth, the official spokesperson of the twins nodded.
"Wonderful," he smiled.
"But, Mummy will be back soon, right?" Romulus's question caught his father off guard.
Remus, whose smile had faltered for a moment, fixed the twins another loving smile. "Of course," It wasn't exactly a lie, of course. "Now, what do you want me do for you?"
"Uhm…" Romulus raised his hand, just as he had seen students do. "Can you tell us a story, Da'ee?"
And Hyacinth nodded her assent. "Yep, story."
"A story?" he asked, perplexed at his children's request. "About what?"
"Hmm?" the twins scrunched up their noses in thought.
"How you met Mummy!" Hyacinth exclaimed proudly.
Romulus brightened, absolutely loving the idea. "Yay!"
"How I met your mother, huh?" Remus raked a hand on his hair. "Well, I guess I could tell you…"
And the room was brightened by the children's squeals of delight.