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Author's Note - I'm actually a bit surprise by the positive feed back I got for the last chapter. I really did work for a while on that chapter because I wanted to come up with a decent idea but I was never, like, super duper happy with it, ya know? I am by no means a comedy writer, heavy sarcasm yes, but comedy…eh, not so much. But I tried and apparently I didn't do half bad. :)

Either way, I'm getting a lot of feedback and request now so I have to start kicking them out. Lets go!

Chapter Two - For Crazypotterchick

Okay, so this lovely reviewer asked for, well, quite a few things, one-shots about the entire Lupin/ Cahors family individually, one-shots about how they act around Harry and influence him and even one about Harry and Fleur. I'm completely ecstatic but, I can only do one at a time and by now I have other people making request so I'll start at the beginning and have another chapter dedicated to you in a while, 'kay?

Challenge of sorts: characters - Sabrina, Maribell, Leverett and Lianna (and Remus and Harry)

Plot Bunny - mini stories about the everyday lives of the Lupin/ Cahors family (I'm winging it here, hope that's okay ms. Crazypotterchick!)

Sabrina

A yawn broke the silence of the room in the early morning hours of the day and was quickly followed by the near silent sipping of hot chocolate. This is how Sabrina Cahors started her day nearly every morning. She woke with the dawn (or a few hours later, whichever) and she would have her morning cup oh hot chocolate before getting breakfast started for her family.

In past years only Remus would be up to help her as Mari refused to even acknowledge the light of day before noon and Levi usually remained bedridden until he was officially late for work and Lianna… well… /sigh/ that girl… But with Harry now here, the man had started to sleep in a bit later as the boy still had nightmares and he wanted to stay close, but Sabrina didn't mind.

She smiled at the thought of her newly acquired grandson. He was such a charming child, much like Remi had been. Remus had been the quietest out of her children and the most attached to her. Maribell and Leverett had always been independent, they hadn't known their father and she supposed that's what made them so. Even at young ages they were content to play by themselves and even planned firmly for the future. Sure the way they were going about that future nowadays left a bit to be desired considering the number of people they crushed to get into the positions they were in, but it was a bright and thought out future for them nonetheless.

She'd meet Remi and Lianna's father shortly after her first husband passed. He'd been undeniably sweet and completely willing to love her and her children. Maribell and Leverett had been oddly attached to him considering their less then friendly feelings towards people in general and saw him as their father. After only a few months of courting they married and Lianna was born not terribly long after followed by Remus and her family was complete.

It was years later, shortly before Remus had been bitten that her husband, Jonathon had died in an accident while completing one of his potions experiments. He liked to delve in little things and something just went wrong one day. They'd all been devastated and then with Remus being turned not long after, well, it was a grim period in the families life. But slowly they got themselves back together and dealt with it as well as they could and concentrated on Remus who's life would no doubt get considerably harder. The children grew and the sad feelings slowly passed.

Lianna had been her 'problem child' of sorts. The girl was bubbly and mischievous and brilliant in a mad scientist sort of way which was explained by the time she was about seven as a psychiatric disorder but Sabrina loved her just the same. As long as she took her medications she was perfectly fine if not a bit hyper. Being able to keep up with the girls energy had really been the only problem she'd had with her growing up, well that and the occasional complaint from the neighbors about the girls experiments on family pets or something of the like. They were all much to weary to actually do something about that though.

Remus had been and always would be in her heart of hearts, her baby. She loved all her children equally of course but with his quite and soft spoken demeanor, nothing like herself or his siblings, he'd always been special. Though obviously the odd one out in the family as far as personalities went, he took everything in stride. He looked up to Mari and Levi but didn't let them get the best of him and Lianna was his best friend despite his sisters… eccentrics.

When her little Remi went to Hogwarts that was the farthest distance and the longest time the family had ever been apart. It was a long standing tradition at Beauxbatons, where Maribell, Leverett and Lianna went, that the students who could were allowed to commute home if they so wished so they'd, for the most part, always been together even during the school year but the past headmaster of the school refused to take a werewolf in and by the time dear Madam Maxine had taken over the position, Remus had settled in nicely into Hogwarts with a group of friends he loved dearly.

Sabrina smiled slightly as she cooked breakfast thinking about how happy Remi had been when he'd first came home for Christmas break, all he could do was talk about a pair of apparent trouble makers named James and Sirius and how much fun they were. And now those Brits had brought even more joy back into Remi's life. He'd lost some of his friends but he'd gained something precious in return. They all had.

Harry was a joy and her new baby to smother with chocolate and love and he accepted both happily. She just adored spending time with him, speaking to him in French so he'd get used to the language and also singing softly in Italian which he seemed to find comfort in. He'd started recently coming to her too rather than Remus constantly when he had a question and though he was still shy he seemed to be growing more confident in himself and his place in their family.

"Gran?" a sleepy voice called to her and she smiled whirling around to face the object of her thoughts. Droopy green eyes watched her for a moment before a ghost of a smile spread across the three year olds face.

"Good morning, mon bebe. Did you sleep well?" A small nod was her answer as the child stuck his thumb in her mouth. Sabrina rolled her eyes amusedly at the gesture Maribell had been subtly trying to break the child but if it there was one thing Harry was adamant about, shy or not, it was that the liked sucking his thumb. Well, that and Maurice was the best toy there was.

Leverett

Sleep ridden eyelids clenched as the sun streamed through the window and hit them. Slowly they open revealing glassy blue orbs. 'Damn it all. I thought I closed that curtain.' Leverett thought irritably as the sun continued to shin right in his face. He bet Lianna he something to do with the rude awakening, she usually did.

Admitting defeat about the fact that he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep he opened his eyes and blearily looked at his alarm clock that showed the time accurately but that he'd never actually used the alarm on. He scowled at the red numbers glaring back at him. Technically, if he moved at a normal pace he would be able to make it to work on time… Well that just wouldn't due. If he came on time one day they might start to expect it of him.

Stretching, he decided he may as well take slow down his pace since he had a bunch of unwanted time to kill. He scratched his stomach lazily as he got out of bed and looked around the room for his towel so that he could take a shower. Despite the way he presented himself in public, as a smartly dressed political figure with dashing good looks, he had the bedroom of a teenage boy... With dashing good looks.

Clothes were left were they were when he came home and stripped down at the end of the day, exchanging his 'work clothes' for his 'play clothes' as maman liked to call them. He was a bit of a pig and he admitted that freely but he was a pig that was going to change the world some day and so he thought that compensated. Besides, who ever said a world leader needed to clean their room, he was an adult damnit, that work was for his future underlings.

With a shrug when he couldn't spot his towel he just left his room and went into the bathroom down the hall. He and Maribell were the only ones to sleep on the third floor anyway and she'd be sleep for at least four more hours. He showered quickly and went back to his room to shuffle through his closet to look for something clean to wear. Eventually he was dressed in a pressed black shirt and dark grey slacks and sat on his bed to try to manage his too long hair. He kept it long because it made him look better, no other reason. He wasn't so silly as to say he wasn't vain, he was and that was fine with him. He and Maribell had both always been that way. She was beautiful like their mother and even though he had taken after their father from what old pictures said he was no less appealing and he used it to his advantage. He wasn't so shallow to sleep his way to the top, no, but he knew he could if he wanted to.

Unfortunately maman had forced better principals then that on him and so he was stuck doing the dirty work to make and honest living… sort of. He may have destroyed some peoples lives but he did it all himself at the very least, after all, he didn't have quite the following as his older sister. Being 'popular' wasn't what he was aiming for, he'd much rather be feared. It was quicker. He was still very young after all and he was already one of the top unspeakable in the French Ministry and his next goal was for a few years from now and would bring him close to the position of power he so desired. His boss said he had resilience, but he was much more inclined to believe it was a fist of iron with an ego to match.

Finally managing to tie his hair back respectfully he headed downstairs where he was sure breakfast was already underway. He saw when he stepped into the kitchen that indeed it was. Lianna was slumped across the table with her eyes closed while she nibbled on a piece of pancake without a fork and Remus was eating calmly and much more upright than their sister next to his little nephew. Leverett smiled freely when the little boy looked up at him and gave a shy grin.

Levi couldn't deny the fact that he loved the boy. Not only because he'd brought the old Remus back to them but because he was himself. He was as cute as any childe Leverett had ever seen and painfully polite and quite a bit more aware of the world around him then most people would think. He was a quite but inquisitive and had a mind that soaked up information like a sponge. He listened intently whenever anyone said anything to him and took all advice to heart. In Levi's mind, he was perfect.

"Good morning uncle Levi," he said clearly, for once without his thumb hanging from his mouth.

"Good morning to you too, childling." he replied breezily as he sat down on the other side of the table. Maman turned from where she had been leaning against the counter sipping from a cup that no doubt contained hot chocolate and Lianna and Remus both looked up in surprise.

"Your up early," his brother commented with a bemused smiled which was completely justified considering his usual sleeping habits.

"Yeah, that's because someone" he shot a glare at Lianna "open my curtains last night making sure the sun would shine directly in my eyes."

Lianna sat up at the glare sent her way and smiled. "What makes you think I had anything to do with it?" she asked in a sugary voice.

"Did I say anything to you?" Leverett simpered back causing the girl to quirk her lips and slump down on the table again to finish her pancakes. Levi rolled his eyes and smiled again when he heard Harry giggle.

He may have been woken up at some ungodly hour and might actually /gasp/ be on time for work, but it still felt like a good day.

Maribell

As usual she made her way down the stairs at close to a quarter to one. The sun was high in the sky but she ignored it in her still sleep hazed mind as she sought out the kitchen and the sweet nectar of the gods that was coffee.

Depending on who was still in the house lunch may have already passed but that was fine with her, she was never very hungry after waking up anyway. She refused to let a yawn escape her as she entered her mothers domain and glanced around not very surprised to see it was empty. After a moment of consideration and deciding that she'd rather not wait for the coffee maker to make her a drink she slipped out her wand form the pocket of her lose fitting robe and conjured a cup for herself. Maman frowned upon it when they used magic for such simple things and usually while she humored her mother, she was feeling particularly drained this morning….well, afternoon, and needed her coffee now.

Taking the cup and sitting at the table she mentally started going through the things she'd have to do that day. They weren't numerous but would still take a bit of time. She had to call some of her minions back in Russia to make sure they hadn't yet done anything stupid and then she had a rather long missive to write to a small tribal leader in Indonesia, gathering allies was always tricky work but luckily she'd been born with her mothers good looks and her fathers ability to get people to do what she wanted.

She, unlike Levi, wasn't much for completely stepping over the little people. She was more than willing to manage things so that the little people happily carried her up. She appealed to the people who she tried to lead, of course their were those that disagreed with her but they were quick to change their minds once she sat them down and had a talk to them and got them to see things her way… Well, at least that's what she did in the old days when she was first getting started. Why talk to the rebels now when she had officers that dealt with that sort of thing for her now, quickly, quietly and efficiently. Besides, she only had so much patience.

Silently sipping her coffee she considered her other duties for the day. She agreed to purchase a few potion ingredients for Lianna as Leverett was once again mad at her for some reason or another and had refused to do it, but she'd also agreed to watch her little nephew for to day while Remus was dragged around town by Maman getting things for some silly dinner party she insisted on hosting…

Inside, deep inside, Maribell was happy to spend the day with Harry. He was as charming as could be and endearing too. She believed Levi had said that one day Harry would be 'the heart throb of the little ankle bitters'. Now Maribell wasn't as familiar with her brothers slang as, perhaps, Lianna was, but she assumed that meant he would be appealing when he grew up and that much she could agree with. She'd make sure of it. In fact, she was planning on Harry becoming acquainted with one officers daughter, Keyoshia Kupa, a sweet girl that reminded Maribell very much of herself. Yes, she smirked slightly, they would be great friends.

"Moony, tante Mari is in here." Maribell kept sipping her coffee not letting the startled feeling she had show on her face. Harry had been the only one in a long to time to be able to sneak up on her. She blamed it on his small size.

The little boy joined her at the table and stood a bit off to her right. "Good mo'ing aunt Mari."

Without looking she gently tugged the thumb out of him mouth. "I'm sure it's afternoon now, darling, but hello." she replied and was graced with a shy smile.

Remus poked his head in the door. "Oh, your up," he smiled. "Maman and I were just getting ready to go. Will you still look after Harry? Lianna's… well, I'm not sure what she's doing but I'm sure it's nothing constructive."

"I'll look after the little one Remus. Join mother, go have… fun…"

Her brother grimaced having caught her tone. "Riiight," he frowned and then flashed a smile at Harry. "Be good for you auntie, cub. Myself and Gran will be back soon."

Harry in response waved a bit with his left hand as the other trailed back to his mouth before being caught by Maribell. "Bye Moony," he smiled and a moment later the man was gone.

There was silence between the two remaining persons in the room for several long moments until Maribell finished her coffee and stood. "Let's go to Lianna's room. I'll show you the Reducto charm and we'll see how many things we can blow up before she notices." she ignores the wide green eyes that stared up at her as she put her mug in the sink. When she turned around and saw the child's still disbelieving look she offered up the barest of smiles which was returned hesitantly. "Then you can assist me in being invective toward any of my subordinates that haven't been doing there job. How does that sound?"

Harry blinked. "…Um…fun?"

In what would be considered a loving caress to anyone who knew her Maribell ran her fingers through Harry's hair. "That's right, darling, emotionally crippling attendants is fun…"

Lianna

The second youngest of the Lupin/ Cahors' family scowled at her ruined potion and then at the scorch marks around her work table and sighed. She took the cauldron off the fire and very carefully felt her face. Good. She still had her eye brows this time. Any nose hairs she might have had had suffered if the slight burning sensation was any indication but the most important things were still intact.

She looked around at the mess she caused and huffed out a bit of air making her fringe dance briefly and folded her arms. It would take her forever to clean this…

A/N - That's all my loves. Before it starts, this was a look into the everyday lives of the family. Lianna's part is that short on purpose and Harry and Remus didn't get an individual shout out because, well, I figure you all pretty much know what goes on with those too. If you think differently, well, request a one shot. /smiles/

Hope you liked it Crazypotterchick!

Next up will probably the first half of Fallen-Petals15 request (I'm trying to keep the request in order as much as I can) and after that Molto Alesato. Eventually after I get around to everyone I have on my list so far I'll come back to both Crazypotterchicks and Fallen-Petals15 other request. Don't worry you two, you won't be pushed back too far, another two or three chapters at most. Anyone who makes a request after this point will have to wait until I've finished with you both, doesn't that make you all warm and tingly inside? :)

Love you all, hitori