A/n: Two chapters in one go, there you have it. I had some much needed down time and I whiled away at this for you readers. Enjoy.

D/c: You know it by now.

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Over the next year and a half things settled into a comfortable routine. Lily and James got to work on planning their wedding, with the help of their friends, Remus and Allison started making plans of their own to start their family, and Sirius was allowed to adopt Destiny. Sirius, eventually, shocked Mina when he, in front of all of their friends at Christmas, proposed to her, causing Mina to burst into tears. She cried for nearly an hour before she finally said yes to him. Destiny grew and grew and started walking and talking, causing everyone to laugh when she finally called Sirius Dada for the first time. He was so happy that he had sparks shooting out of the back yard for nearly three hours while they celebrated.

Mina settled into her life as a mother and a wife, since she and Sirius had 'eloped' not three months after they were engaged. They had all of their friends present, and had a small private ceremony.

Lily and James were married the May after Sirius and Mina's wedding, followed by the announcement that Remus and Allison really had eloped and married the muggle way, in front of a Justice of the Peace in America.

Peter hadn't been heard from in several months. According to the last correspondence he had with the boys, he was in South America, visiting family and escaping the war. Mina didn't believe it for a minute.

The war had also gotten worse. People were coming up left and right. Dumbledore had come to all of them and decided that it was time for the Order to up it's activities, and asked if they would mind going on missions for him. They'd all promptly accepted, especially after what had happened to not only Mina's parents, but James' as well. This offer was followed by the devastated letter from Lily's sister, telling her that Lily's parents had been attacked as well, and murdered. Petunia cut off all ties with Lily at that point and told her that if she ever came around her sister again, then Petunia would call the police. Lily was heartbroken and, after the funeral, made a trip to her parent's graves, alone, to say goodbye.

On a happier note, it was November of 1979 when Lily discovered that she was a month pregnant with her child. The whole gang was so happy to hear about this that they threw a huge party, inviting only their closest friends. At the next Order meeting, they discovered that, not only was Lily pregnant, but so was Alice Longbottom, an old friend of theirs from school.

It's now January of 1980, and everyone is back into their settled routine, living their lives day by day, never knowing when they would hear the next word that someone they loved or knew was dead.

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Allison sighed as she sat in the bay window of Mina's living room. Once again, the boys were out doing something. Training, or doing whatever for Dumbledore. Lily and Mina were taking care of Destiny in the other room. It was lunch time and Destiny had become a little banshee when her schedule was disrupted. Lily was more active with the child now, learning what a child needed, since she was going to have one of her own. She was already nearly four months pregnant. She was due in July.

She really was happy for her friend. Lily had wanted a child for so long, and James was getting worried that something might be wrong. But she and Remus had been trying just as long, if not longer, to have a child, and nothing. She was getting worried that one of them might be sterile, which wasn't uncommon among werewolves. She hoped that it was just God telling them that they weren't ready yet to have children, but she had a sinking feeling that they would never have children.

Mina walked out of the dinning room to get a new shirt, since Destiny had decided that it would be fun to fling food at mommy, and found Allison sitting there silent tears streaking down her cheeks. She sighed. Allison had always wanted children, and then she'd been bitten. Mina shook her head and walked over. "What's up?"

Allison jumped and turned to look at her best friend. "Nothing, why?"

"You only cry when you're really upset about something." Mina told her softly as she wiped a tear away from Allison's eye. "So tell me."

Allison sighed and went back to looking out the window. "I want a baby." She murmured.

"I know." Mina told her. "Have you been tested yet?"

"Yeah, I went in last week. They told me that I was fine. Remus refuses. He says that there isn't anything wrong. He's mad at me right now for even and going to get tested myself." Allison told her. "Why can't I have a baby, Mina? I've wanted a family for so long." She rested her head on her friend's shoulder and cried. "Why me?"

Mina rubbed her back with a sigh. "Come with me." She sighed. "LILY, WATCH DEZZY FOR ME!" she yelled. "ALLI AND I ARE GOING SOMEWHERE FOR A LITTLE BIT."

"GOT IT." Lily called back.

Allison looked confused as Mina smiled at her. "Let me go change my shirt, and then we'll go."

Allison nodded and sat back.

Mina came back quickly and took Allison's hand. She hugged her friend to her and apparated away.

She reappeared in a grave yard. "Follow me." She told Allison.

Allison did as she was told. They came up to a grave stone. An old one, worn from years of weather.

"Who …?" Allison asked.

"My mother." Mina told her. "I did some research after dad told me her name. She was a werewolf. Dad never knew."

"What's this have to do with me?" Allison asked. "You're here, that's proof that she wasn't sterile."

"They told her that she was." Mina told her. "St. Mungo's, they let me look at her medical records. They had it down as she was sterile. Two years later she came in, seven months pregnant, and told them to shove their tests up their asses. Then she had me, and it killed her."

Allison looked at Mina's face, to see the pain there. She felt so bad that she had done that to her mother. "Mina …"

Mina shook her head. "Maybe the tests are right, and you are firtile, but, Alli, look what it did to my mother. There's a reason that most werewolves are sterile. Their bodies can't take the transformation and childbirth at the same time. It was a full moon the night she gave birth to me. I won out and she died because of it."

"But you know as well as I do that there are ways to do it early in the muggle world." Allison told her. "And, who knows, maybe I'll get lucky."

Mina smiled. "If you're supposed to have a child, you'll have one. Just be careful. I don't want to lose you because of it. If it came down to you or the child, it would be you Remus would save, not the kid. I'd do the same."

Allison threw her arms around her friend and they sank to the ground, both crying.

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When the composed themselves they returned to Mina's home to find Lily and Destiny sitting on the floor, Lily reading a book out loud for Destiny.

Destiny looked up when Mina appeared and squealed. "MOMMY!!" She said, getting up and toddling over to her.

Mina smiled and picked the girl up. Destiny hugged her before leaning to the right. "Auntie Alli." She said, smiling at her.

Allison couldn't help but take the child and hold her close, taking in her scent. "My pup." She whispered. "If I can't have one of my own, I'll have you, and Lily's baby, at the very least."

Mina stepped back and smiled at Lily.

"So what was that about?" Lily asked.

"She was feeling down about being the only one without a kid." Mina muttered to Lily. "I took care of it."

Lily nodded and turned to see Allison tickling Destiny. "I hope she and Remus can have at least one." She said. "They deserve that much at least."

Mina nodded. "Dezzy, who am I?" She asked as she transformed into Kitten. Sirius's nickname for her stuck, it was as simple as that.

"KITTY!!" Destiny yelled. "Auntie Alli, c'n you turn aminal?" Destiny asked.

"I sure can." Allison told her. "But you'll never see it because it could hurt you. It's not like your Mummy's"

"How come?" Destiny asked as she walked over to Mina and curled up in her side as Mina lay down.

"Cause I was bitten by a werewolf, Dezzy. Werewolves like to eat little boys and girls, or turn them into werewolves too." Allison told her.

"You no eat me, you to nice." Destiny said, happily playing with her mother's tail. "You other Mommy."

Allison smiled. She could find anything to say to that.

"Who's up for Sushi?" Lily asked, picking up the phone.

"Lily, you hate Sushi." Allison told her while Destiny rode Mina around the room.

"Well I want some." Lily huffed.

Allison picked up Destiny as Mina transformed back. "Lily, youre allergic to Sushi, too."

Lily froze. "Damn. Cravings."

"You're only just into your second trimester." Mina muttered. "Weird."

"Lets get you some chocolate covered strawberries instead." Allison suggested.

"Oh, those sound really good." Lily muttered, walking off towards the kitchen.

"Did Destiny do that to you and we just didn't notice?" Allison asked.

"No, you noticed. Those were they days that I could only eat the most disgusting foods." Mina told her. "The ones where I spent an hour praying to Flushy."

Allison nodded. "I remember."

"I'll bet you do." Mina muttered.

Allison smiled at her. "You know you love me."

"For some reason or another." Mina sighed.

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As January slipped into February things got hectic. The boys were so busy that they were hardly ever home, between the order and their jobs, thing couldn't have been more chaotic. Lily was now staying over at Mina's more and more so that someone was with her incase anything happened, and Allison was getting sick. Mina was starting to feel like a hotel manager.

"Mina, come here please." Allison called from the bathroom. Mina sighed as she got up, leaving Destiny on the floor with Lily reading a book in the chair.

"What's up, Wolfgirl?" Mina asked.

"Stay with me?" Allison asked. "I've been feeling really sick in the mornings and well into the afternoon. Some foods I can't eat right now, like chocolate. Remus says my scent has changed slightly, too."

"So you think you're …"

"Don't say it. I don't want to jinx it."

Mina nodded and say down on the edge of the tub. "How long?"

"I still need to take it." Allison told her. "I'm scared."

Mina sighed. She definitely felt like a hotel manager. "Relax, Alli. Sit down and just do it, or I can preform the spell. Madam P. made sure that Lily and I knew all of them and could preform them."

"Do the spell." Allison told her.

Mina nodded and pulled out her wand. With a muttered word and a wave a white mist floated out and surrounded Allison's hips. It faded blue then brightened to pink. Mina smiled up at her friend. "Congratulations, Alli, you're pregnant."

Allison smiled at her best friend. "I am?"

"That's usually what the pink indicates." Mina told her.

Allison jumped up and pulled Mina into a bone crushing hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She squealed.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome." Mina said, smiling. "Come on, lets go tell Lily."

Allison nodded and bounced all the way out to the living room, glowing with pride.

Mina laughed and followed.

They both smiled when they saw that the boys were home as well, banged up, but otherwise unharmed.

"Welcome home." Mina said, walking up to Sirius, kissing him.

"Glad to be here." Sirius told her. "I tell you, these missions are going to be the death of us."

"No they wont." Mina told him. "You're to stubborn to die."

Sirius smiled and kissed her again. "What has you in such a good mood?"

"Nothing big." Mina told him. "You'll find out soon."

Sirius grinned at her.

"Remus, I have big news for you." Allison told him, knowing that the others could hear her.

"What's up, babe? Did you figure out what was wrong?" Remus asked.

"Nothing's wrong." Allison told him. "In fact, everything's right. I'm pregnant, Remus." She stepped back to look at his face as she told him the news.

Remus' face was clouded with a number of emotions. Shock, happiness, fear, and finally concern. "I'm a father?" He finally managed to as.

Allison nodded her head vigorously. "Yes. We did it, Remus."

Remus picked Allison up and spun her around, laughing with her. The others watched on in happiness. They'd been trying for so long, that it was good that they finally got some results.

"When are you due?" Remus asked.

"I don't know yet." Allison told him. "I need to check."

Mina smiled. "Come here." She told her. "I can tell you now."

Allison nodded and stood still. Mina turned and waved her wand at Allison.

Boy and Girl, Developed: 1 month

Mother: Allison Wright, muggle born, werewolf

Father: Remus Lupin, halfblood, werewolf

Mina smiled at her. "See, only a month." She told them.

Allison sighed and nodded. "Eight months of hell to go, eh?"

"Pretty much." Mina and Lily answered together.

Mina smiled. "Who knows, you may have a better time of it than I did."

Allison glared at her. "Werewolf, remember?"

"Of course I do." Mina told her. "I only spend every month with you."

"What will it do to the babies though?" Allison asked. "Oh my god, there's two!" She realized.

Mina sighed. "Yes, there's two, but I don't think it'll do any harm. Look at me, My mother was a werewolf and I'm fine."

Sirius snorted. "Only insane." He muttered to James.

"What was that?" Mina asked.

"Nothing, love." Sirius said, immediately.

"Thought so." Mina said, smirking in satisfaction. "So now all of us are parents. What does that mean?"

"Means you girls aren't going on any missions." James told her. "We're not risking Allison and Lily's health."

"That means nothing for me." Mina told him. "I can still do everything you can."

"And what about Destiny?" Sirius asked.

Mina glared at him. "Bastard. What about you three? What if something were to happen to any of you?"

"Then you would move on with your lives." Remus said.

"So basically its 'Me Man, You Woman, Me Go, You Stay Safe.' Is that it?" Mina asked.

Sirius sighed. "You've got to be kidding me." He took Mina by the arms. "We only want you three to be safe."

"What about you guys?" Mina asked. "You're coming and going, staying gone for days at a time, working for the Order. No contact allowed. We don't know if you're dead, alive, or maimed until you come home. Look at you all now. Banged up, scabbed over, and bruised."

"True enough, but how do you think we would fair if you three were killed?" Remus asked. "We all transform into creatures that mate for life. Even with the children, you know for a fact that we wouldn't be able to go on."

"James turns into a Stag." Lily pointed out. "They're the biggest whores in the forest."

"But Sirius and I have been running with Remus long enough that it's worn off on us. Those last few years while we were chasing you and Mina, we didn't date at all. You know that." James told her.

Mina sighed. "Fine." She sighed again. "Fine. We'll stay put, but if one of you gets killed, then we are allowed to hunt down and kill the one who did it. Agreed? A lioness protects her cubs with all the ferocity given to them, as well as her Pride."

Sirius nodded and kissed her. "Now are going to heal us or not. I really don't want to have to go to St. Mungo's for this."

Mina nodded and started casting the diagnostic and healing spells that she was taught. Lily and Allison sat back and let her work, since she was the most proficient in them.

They'd come to an agreement, just because they didn't like it, didn't mean that they wouldn't abide by it.

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A/n: Yes, I know, two chapters in one sitting. How is she doing this and keeping up with her Senior Year. Well, I'll tell you that it isn't easy. However, I can type out full words faster than anyone in my class or below. I don't believe in text type and I refuse to use it, so I've mastered the skill. Besides that, I'm working fast, and the ideas are coming to me like nobody's business. I already have the timeline and ending for this planned out, but don't ask because I wont tell.

There are no thanks this time because I posted two in the same go, so R&R and I'll see you in the next chapter.