Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I totally own Harry Potter… eyes lawyers Ok, maybe not.
A/N: Hello, this is an experimental fic, more for my pleasure, the idea popped into my head at 1am gasp. Ok, so this is just the introduction, it is just introducing the characters, which are the children of the trio and more.
THIS STORY HAS BEEN REPOSTED! Sorry! I wont go into details, it involved my brother and a left-open webpage...
Memory Lane
Remus and Dora sat on the floor in the lounge room of their house. Dora leaned against her husband's chest as he ran his fingers through her bubblegum-pink hair. She opened the book lying on her lap, and began flipping through the pages. It was a photo album.
She stopped at a page where a man with greying hair stood at the alter of a magnificent church. A young woman with long, wavy, brown hair linked arms with her father and began the walk towards him.
Dora turned from the page of her wedding day to a picture of the birth of her first child. In the photo, Liam, now 16, was squirming and crying. The photo Remus was dancing around the room. Remus chuckled. Dora looked up to his face and smiled. He looked as happy as he did in the picture.
Remus sat up on the couch and pulled his 41-year-old wife onto his lap. He took the photo album from her hands and flicked through to a sunny day 8 years ago…
A little girl with mousy brown pigtails sat on her mother's lap. Her mother was slowly changing her hair from red to green to blue and every colour of the rainbow. The two-year old giggled. Her name was Caitlin, and she was the youngest Lupin. Her big grey eyes were wide with excitement. Although she hadn't inherited her mother's talent, her bigger sister Alexis had. Alex came up to the duo, hand in hand with her 'cousin' Ronnie. They sat down and began to play with the dolls they brought over.
Veronica and Chelsea Weasley were read-headed twins, not unlike Fred and George, and daughters of Ron and Hermione Weasley. They were hyperactive and imaginative, and could always get out of trouble. Ronnie, Chelsea and Alex were all six. Alexis' other 'cousin' Siruis Potter was also six. He truly looked like his namesake, although his eyes were chocolate brown. He was running over to the sandpit, to play with Chelsea. His dad was at work that day, so he was at the Lupin's with his mum Ginny and his little sister Hannah.
"Wotcher Gin!" Dora called as Ginny walked into the backyard. She had a fussy 3-month-old in her arms, a little tuft of jet-black hair sticking out of the blanket, and looked like she hadn't slept for a week.
"That bloody Harry Potter!" she growled, revealing a baby rocker from inside her bag. "Engorgio," she whispered, and the rocker grew back to normal size. She placed baby Hannah on it and strapped her in. She tapped it with her wand and it started rocking.
"What's wrong?" asked Dora, pouring a glass of lemonade for the younger woman.
"He left Hannah crying for me last night when I got home, and it took me half the night to get her back to sleep! He had a peaceful one, mind you, and I had a screaming baby in my arms. Thanks," she replied, taking the offered glass.
Dora leaned in, as not to be overheard by snooping neighbours. "Remus had a hard one last night too, if you know what I mean. His transformation was really painful. We couldn't figure out why. I've left him in bed all day; Liam and Tate have been really good. They keep making sure he is alright, it's so cute!"
Liam and Tate Lupin were the eldest sons of Remus and Nymphadora. Liam was only a year older than Tate, and was already towering over his tiny brother. He was tall for his age, reaching his mother's chin at his age of 8. Liam was a sporty boy, he loved playing Quidditch, and he also played muggle games with the kids on the street they lived on.
Tate was pretty quiet seven-year-old, enjoying reading more than sports, not unlike his father. He was also rather clumsy, like Dora and had more cuts and bruises than all his siblings put together.
Both women turned and began surveying the scene, making sure none of the kids were making trouble. Chelsea and Sirius were making sandcastles, jumping on them and building them up again. Ronnie and Alexis were playing with their dolls. Hannah was silently rocking, her eyes drifting closed as sleep overtook her. The only one missing was…
"CAITLIN!" Dora screamed, jumping off her chair, startling everyone in the yard and effectively waking Hannah. "Oh no, where is my baby, where is she!" she wailed, running around the yard, looking into the bushes, under tables. Ginny helped the search by ordering the remaining children (except Hannah, of course.) to help.
"Mamma?" a toddler called, waddling from the door back into the backyard. Her face was covered in blue and green spots, and her clothes had gone from a pastel pink to a shocking orange. Her hair was hot pink and her hands were red. Dora fainted. Ginny burst into a fit of giggles and went about cleaning the child up.
"Siri?" she called, "could you try and wake Aunty Dora up? Thanks, luv." Ginny snickered. Trust Caitlin to find some of Fred and George's products. She took a vial of magenta liquid out of her bag and conjured a face cloth. She proceeded to clean Caitie's face and hands, and to undress her to get her changed.
"Oh thank-you, Ginny," Dora exclaimed, dusting herself off, "I'll go get her some new clothes, shall I?" She got up from her spot on the floor and walked inside. As the children all went back to their games, Hannah fast asleep again, Ginny captured the moment; she took a photo. This was how life was supposed to be, not knowing how it would be 8 years and several grey hairs later.
Back to the present…
Alexis Lupin was running through the halls of Hogwarts, puffing slightly, her deep purple hair falling out of it's messy bun. She knew she shouldn't be running so fast, she would ware herself out. She approached a corner into a new corridor. Looking up and down she took of into it and kept running. As she looked back, a lightly freckled hand pulled her behind a tapestry. A second hand clamped over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Alex panicked.
A/N: In
case any of you are wondering, Dora Nymphadora… I just cant be
bothered writing her name, and Dora is such a cute name!
Please review and check back soon! I would love to hear what you thought of Dora and her kids! Oh and look at
my other fic, Heir of Gryffindor.
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Luv Maddie xxx
