Potter characters I do not own anything besides the plot and Alexia.
This story is AU and begins at the summer holidays before their 6th year Sirius is alive and hid out in Australia for an extended period of time. The showdown between Dumbledore and Voldie did happen and the Ministry is aware of his return.
Chapter one:
"Stupid , bloody crappy muggle airports" mumbled a tall 16 year girl in an Australian drawl
Her long straight brown locks that were streaked with a fire engine red, whipped around her body as she struggled with a large suitcase dragging it through the terminal.
Wearing only a short jean mini and a red tank she shivered waiting outside in the cold English air for an extremely late chauffer.
"Where the hell are you Snuffy" she grumbled her golden brown eyes flashing with rage as an arm snaked it's way around her waist.
"Need a lift princess, it's kinda chilly out here" said a man in a low timbre
"The only thing I need asshole is for you to remove your arm before I pull out one of the nine types of martial arts I am trained in and kick your ass from here to Timbuktu" she sneered before turning abruptly to face the man who was surprisingly smiling.
"Good girl princess, exactly what I taught you" he laughed as the girl furrowed her brow scrutinising the we'll built man of about 20 with blonde hair and blue eye's.
Suddenly her eyes widened "SNUFFY" she squealed jumping into the man's muscular arms
"Hello to you to my dear" smiled the good-looking man
Looking around she didn't see another face she had been expecting to greet her at this strange and cold country.
As if reading her mind, the man put his coat around her bare shoulders and gave her a kiss on the head.
"Where's my daddy?" she asked disappointedly
"He's actually at the place cooking, what am I not a good enough welcoming party?" he asked cheekily ushering her towards an awaiting taxi.
She grinned and smirked naughtily "Well in that get-up Snuffy I may just forget you are my beloved uncle"
"What are my usual looks so hideous!" he exclaimed in mock horror
She rolled her eyes and laughed "You know you're a hottie uncle snuffy, but this look is more my age bracket"
He held his hand to his heart dramatically "First I get threatened, then I get told I'm ugly and now I'm old too! How I've missed my beloved niece" he said sarcastically
She giggled and squeezed his knee "Aww I've missed you too"
"10 Privet Drive please driver" said Snuffy
She watched the houses whiz by as they headed to some unknown destination, so far Alexia Lupin did not like England one bit. The skies were a dull grey with no rays off sunlight escaping at all, how on earth was she supposed to up-keep her hard earned tan in this godforsaken country! And everything looked the same the houses, the pale miserable people, the green patches of grass sprinkled in peoples concrete homes...nothing reminded her of home or felt comfortable that is except for her beloved uncle Sirius.
As if knowing how she was feeling Sirius squeezed her hand and gave her a comforting smile which she returned as brightly as she could, 20 minutes in England and she was already miserable.
The taxi finally arrived in Privet drive and the pair stepped out into the yard.
"This place is lame Snuffy, It looks like the whole streets been copied and pasted...why couldn't we stay in London that place looked like it had character!" she groaned
"Lexi this is the closest place we could find to Harry, and London has far too many places for you to get into trouble" he replied firmly
Alexia grimaced "Well it's still lame, I wanna go home"
He rolled his eyes "Hate to break it to you love but this is your home now"
"Hate to break it too you Snuffy...but I can get into trouble anywhere!" she responded cheekily
This brought a smile to the man's lips "You are far too much like your uncle you know that young lady" he said opening the door to reveal a beaming Remus Lupin.
"And Merlin help us all now that you two are under the same room" he laughed opening his arms to the young girl who promptly jumped into them crying with happiness
"I missed you so much pumpkin" said Remus beginning to tear up himself
"Me too" she managed to sniff giving him a wide smile and wiping her tears away
Entering the cosy house they all walked towards the kitchen where the most delicious smelling soup was cooking.
"Daddy is that what I think I'm smelling?" she grinned excitedly
"Oh Remus nooo is that what she thinks she's smelling" whined Sirius his face falling
Remus chuckled and rolled his eyes "Yes love it's daddy's famous pumpkin soup"
"I hate PUMPKIN SOUP" he pouted
Alexia elbowed him in the ribs "Well I love it!!" she exclaimed dancing around the kitchen laughing infectiously
Suddenly after joining in with her merry jig Remus stopped and grabbed a lock of her hair holding it up a mortified looked on his face.
"What have you done to your hair Alexia-Rose Lupin!" exclaimed her father horrified
"Oh yeah dad isn't it HOT! Wait I have to turn it on" she said shutting her eyes as her red streaked hair began to slowly change from red to pink to purple to blue to green to silver he father looked on with horror as her Sirius laughed hysterically.
"D d d did your mother allow this!" he asked shocked
"Course she did dad, you know mum's totally cool" grinned Alexia
"Yeah Moony you know Lydia's cool, never understood what she saw in you" laughed Sirius cheekily
Remus just shook his head and began stirring the soup and fiddling around the kitchen
"Come on Lexi, I'll take you up to your room" said Sirius levitating her suitcase up a set of stairs that led to the bedrooms.
"Not the time to tell him about the tattoo, I guess" she whispered to her uncle and they arrived at her bedroom door
"Oh Merlin no Lexi! Let's keep that one between you and I for a while ok" he replied opening the door
She stepped into the room and almost began to cry, they had recreated her sky-blue bedroom almost to a tee. Everything she owned from her bed to her crystal trinket collection had been brought over and placed in positions as close to her old room as the space would allow. One new item was a gorgeous crystal lamp/chandelier which lit up the room in beautiful colours.
"Oh it's perfect Sirius! And this lamp is gorgeous" she exclaimed happily hugging the man
"I'm glad you like it love" he replied
They headed back downstairs and sat at the table quickly ate their dinner before retiring to the lounge to begin a long and arduous discussion of new rules and when Alexia would finally meet the trio she had heard so much about.
"So you understand the new rules young lady?" asked her father sternly
"Yes daddy, curfew is eleven and I am not to go anywhere without giving you my exact whereabouts, no parties, no alcohol and no boys" she said rolling her eyes
Remus grimaced at her flippant tone, he knew she would follow them within reason but how was he supposed to punish her for misbehaving at 15 almost 16. He couldn't exactly spank a teenage girl and she had a mind of her own, plus he hated playing the disciplinarian her mother had always taken that role but with Sirius his only backup he knew it was going to be his total responsibility.
"So when do I get to meet them?" she asked
"Well tomorrow you will spend the day with Hermione, then she is going to stay with us for the week and you will get to meet Harry. Then the three of you will head to Hogwarts for the rest of the summer" explained Remus
"I hope this Hermione is a kind of girl i'd get along with" she said optimistically while not missing the look of worry which passed between her father and her uncle.
"Ok fess up what's wrong with this chick! Is she a totally bitch?" asked Lexi worriedly
The two men shook there heads violently "Oh no Hermione is a wonderful girl very sweet" said Sirius
"She's just a little studious and passionate at times" added Remus a slight smile gracing his face as he remembered Hermione's impassioned defence of the house elves.
"Ohh great a total bookworm, gee we're going to get along just great then" grumbled Alexia rolling her eyes
Sirius began to laugh "Missy you have no idea the mischief and adventure Hermione Granger has gotten herself into along with those two boys, nothing you have done even comes close"
"But what about the time I..."
"Nope"
"Or when I hexed..."
"No"
"When I took the..."
"No not even close" laughed her father
Alexia smiled half heartedly "Well we better get along considering all the time we're going be spending together"
Sirius squeezed her shoulder comfortingly and she leant back into him beginning to fall asleep due to the dull tones of her beloved father, when she finally did zone out of the lecture she was promptly awoken by a painful prod to her side.
"Go to bed love, you have an early morning tomorrow" said Sirius
Alexia groaned "You ever heard of jet-lag snuffy! Early morning my ass"
Sirius just laughed and her father shook his head "I'll have a nice pepper up potion ready for you when you get up, and the sooner you go to sleep the earlier you will be able to get up" he said highly unhelpfully.
She got up from her comfortable position and hugged her father and uncle before traipsing up the stairs to her new bedroom.
When the lights had gone out and she'd slipped into the highly comfy bed her father came in to wish her goodnight. He kissed her forehead sweetly and pulled the covers up over her shoulders before whispering a soft "I've missed you my little princess"
"I missed you too daddy" she yawned in response before falling into a fitful slumber.