"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Lydia was woken up with a shout as she screamed back as she saw the people she called family laughing at her she cut her scream. "Seriously?" Lydia exclaimed breathless. "Good morning beast," Remus said with a smile on his face looking at his only child as her hair was getting redder and he saw sparks from her fingertips. "I'm sorry beast but please don't catch your bed spread on fire, as far as I know none of us got you a new one for you birthday." Lydia's fingers cooled off. As amazing as his daughter was, she had a temper, she could be dangerous at times but he wasn't going to admit that to her.

"C'mon pumpkin fluff, let's go downstairs and get some breakfast, we made your favorite." Sirius tempted. "I don't really want to get out of bed." Lydia admitted, even though she wouldn't say it, she was having a hard time with people knowing she was a werewolf, even if it was only Ron and Hermione. Lydia didn't trust them. "C'mon beast, just for today?" Remus and Sirius have been very lenient when it came to Lydia these past few weeks, but they really needed her to get up for the rest of this week. Maybe this is the push she needed. "Okay," Lydia sighed, defeated. "Alright, come on beast, breakfast awaits!" Remus got her out of bed and shooed her downstairs. The three Lupin-Blacks were met with a waft of bacon and eggs, Lydia was a simple girl, most foods were her favorites. Downstairs Lydia saw Lily, James, and Harry. Lydia's smile grew, it was still small but it was there.

As Sirius gave Lydia a plate and sat down he started talking, "so, Lyd, happy birthday," Lydia looked confused and Remus didn't blame her, Sirius was normally very confident, never this stiff or awkward, he was going to blow this wasn't he? "Pere, thank you?" Lydia's voice was hiding a hint of concern behind her "amused" voice. "Your dad and I realize it's your birthday," "as you said," "yes, we wanted to wait until we asked you this but we got a call this morning and it can't wait any longer." "What are you talking about? Is someone dying?" Lydia began showing her hand with the worry in her voice seeping through. "No. No one is dying cub, it's just, we didn't know if it would happen and we didn't want to get your hopes up if it didn't but we applied to adopt again and two boys, wizards, need parents, they are in a situation much like yours, kids of Death Eaters and we wanted to know if it would be okay with you if we added two new members to the family." Sirius finished weakly, Remus could tell Lydia was thinking about it.

"Do I get to meet them first? I mean how old are they? What are their names? Who were their parents?" Lydia tries to keep her calm but her hair is slowly turning pink and yellow, meaning she was flustered and panicked.

"All very fair questions, if everything goes according to plan then you should be able to meet them today, one of them is exactly one moth younger than you and his name is Evan, the other is two years younger, he's twelve, his name is David. Jugson is their last name."

"There are no Jugsons that go to Hogwarts."

"That's correct, their parents don't like Dumbledore so they sent them to Drumstrang, but if we adopt them they would be attending Hogwarts with you and Harry."

"Can I meet them first and then decide?"

"Of course dearest, what matters the most is that you're comfortable."

"Okay."

Later that day the same social worker who worked with Lydia, June, came by with two boys. One, assumed to be Evan, was a little gangly and had sandy brown hair, pale with freckles with an aura of confidence surrounding him. Lydia knew, however, he was scared shitless, she was an empath, he thought he could trick her, he's going to pretend to be an asshole to deflect but will absolutely feel guilty about it but Lydia was willing to put up with that because she does the same thing. The other, shorter boy, assumed to be Devin, was lacking severely in the confidence area, he had more brown hair but if the light hit it just right you could see strands of blond, he still had baby fat on him, lucky him, Lydia thought. Sirius led everyone to the sitting area.

"You're letting us get adopted by two men who have an malnourished ginger?" Evan asked but not maliciously, he wanted a family, he has one but his parents are in prison now, they aren't coming back, he was worried, Lydia's head was pounding Evan's thoughts were racing making Lydia dizzy. "Who looks sick by the way." Evan stared warrily.

"Evan, Remus and Sirius are great people and just like you have a past Lydia has a past as well." June explained.

"What past?" Evan continued with his eyes on Lydia. Lydia sat up straighter, "why do you need to know?" Lydia bit out.

"I'm going to be living with you."

"Okay fine, I was born a Carrow, if you don't know the Carrows are Death Eaters, they were arrested when I was three and was promptly adopted by Remus and Sirius, what else do you need to know?" Lydia emphasized on the "need" of it all.

"I don't know, why are you so skinny?"

"I was starved at the beginning of my life until I was three, torchered, we don't know why I can't gain weight, might be a curse, we don't know." Lydia turned to Remus and Sirius, "can I leave now?"

"No," Sirius had a light laugh and then the phone rang, the two younger boys jumped obviously not knowing what the muggle device was, "I'll get it!" Lydia jumped out of her seat, "expecting a call?" Sirius inquired, "no, just want to get out of this."

"Fine BUT we get to sonorus it." Sirius said strictly but still friendly.

"Okay." Lydia was quick to agree.

"Hello?"

"Hey Lyd!"

"Applebot! Thank Merlin you called!" A light laugh came from the other end of the phone.

"Well I couldn't very well not call my best friend on her birthday! What have you been up to on this glorious day? Please tell me you haven't been working."

"No, papa said I would be fired if I tried so," Lydia shrugged even though Hannah couldn't see it, "I don't know I had breakfast, I met new people."

Hannah stopped her, "that doesn't sound very Lydia birthday esc, I'm honestly shocked you picked up, I thought you would be asleep."

"Well that was my plan but apparently I need to be more social and have more friends, even though I keep reminding them they only had two friends besides each other." Lydia turned and raised her voice the slightest bit in annoyance with a glare. Sirius stuck his tongue out and earned a "don't encourage her" from Remus.

"Are your fathers listening in?"

"Yes, because I haven't earned freedom-" Remus cuts her off, "back, you haven't earned freedom back yet." Lydia only gave a roll of the eyes Hannah gave a laugh.

"Okay well bye my dearest I just wanted to wish you happy birthday and say that I have a surprise for you when we're on the train!" With that the other line was hung up.

"Papa, pere, can I please go to my room," she had huge puppy eyes but not in an obvious way giving away her intentions.

"Well, it is her birthday," Sirius pressed. "Fine BUT we are going to have a talk late about socializing," Lydia ran up the stairs with a "yeah, whatever!"

By the end of the day Lydia had two new brothers and a long talk about how she has no friends.