Avian Anarchy
by Teddylonglong

All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling or Disney, and I am not earning anything by writing this story. I am merely borrowing the characters to play with them.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.

Warnings: Completely AU, partly OOC, magically powerful Harry. Dumbledore/Weasley bashing.

Harry woke up in the morning, when Paws stuck his tongue into his mouth. "Ah, Paws, leave that. It's disgusting." He sleepily opened his eyes, glaring at the puppy in disgust.

=Sorry, but I need to go for a weewee.=

#You could have told me, and I'd have taken you out.# Hedwig sounded annoyed. #It's time to get up anyway though. I wouldn't want to miss Santa's Christmas surprise, and I'm eager to hear about Petunia's reaction to Santa's suggestion.#

"What did he want?" Harry cast Hedwig a questioning look.

#You'll see. Some things are going to change – hopefully for the better.#

'Whatever it is, I hope so, too,' Harry thought, as he opened the door to let Paws out. 'This was the best Christmas ever,' he thought, absentmindedly observing the puppy dash outside into the snow, where he was joined by his siblings. 'I suddenly have a big family with Hedwig and Paws, Santa, Merlin and Claire as well as Sirius, Remus, Petunia and Dudley. I just hope Petunia and Dudley will continue being as nice as they were yesterday. Perhaps, they were only in shock after what Uncle Vernon did. I hope he will be arrested today. He really deserves being put into prison.'

HP

They were barely finished with breakfast, when Merlin instructed them to look at the screen. "The police have just arrived on Privet Drive."

Santa and Claire were still asleep, as they had spent most of the night delivering Christmas presents; however, everyone else gathered in front of the screen and observed how Vernon Dursley was arrested because of attempted murder of his wife, son and nephew.

"They are freaks," Vernon shouted.

'The whole neighbourhood will hear him,' Harry thought in amusement. However, the police officers completely ignored his statement.

"As this is a direct order of her Majesty, the Queen, including the magical world of Britain, you will not undergo any further trial but will spend the rest of your life in Azkaban, the magical prison."

Petunia seemed quite shaken by the matter. "Why do these police officers know about the magical world at all? I thought everything was kept so secret."

Sirius nodded in understanding. "That's because that was the Special Auxiliary Unit. Since the Queen is a witch, as Merlin explained to me yesterday, they know about the magical world and are aware that Vernon knows about it as well due to his relationship to Harry."

Petunia did not have much time to mull over the situation, as Santa finally arrived and ushered everyone out to the North Fir Tree.

HP

For Harry as well as Sirius, Remus, Petunia and Dudley, it was the first time to watch the North Pole's Christmas ceremony at the North Fir Tree. Actually, the ceremony should have taken place during the winter solstice; however, since Santa, Claire as well as the elves and reindeer were so busy before and during Christmas, it always took place in the morning of December 26. Hedwig had told Harry as much.

The ceremony was opened by the birds. Hedwig joined in with the owls, as they flew around the North Fir Tree trilling a special North Pole Christmas carol. After the birds, the puppies and reindeer gathered around the tree scraping up the earth around it. When the animals were done, the elves came and mixed the earth with a fertiliser that was especially meant for the North Fir Tree.

Finally, Santa spoke something in a language that Harry did not understand. Some bits and pieces seemed like normal English and were clear to him, however, others were not.

'It's old English, which was spoken during Santa's and Merlin's time,' Hedwig informed him.

Finally, Santa continued in modern English. "Remus Lupin, will you accept the holy powers of the North Fir Tree to help with your condition? The North Fir Tree will not be able to heal you, however, it can improve your condition. Do you accept?"

Remus stepped forward and bowed deeply. "I gratefully accept, sir. Any improvement will be very welcome."

Harry watched in excitement how Santa pointed his hand at one of the fir cones, which came off the tree and made its way to the werewolf, only to be completely consumed by the man's body.

Together with everyone else, Harry observed Remus in excitement. However, nothing happened, and Harry was slowly beginning to feel disappointed.

"How do you feel?" Santa asked.

"Somehow different," Remus replied. "I can still feel the upcoming transformation; however, I feel much better than before."

Santa nodded in apparent contentedness. "You will at least be able to keep your mind during the transformation. You will not have to hide away anymore, as you're completely harmless now. That I can promise, but I won't tell you more."

Harry had the impression as if a small smirk played on the man's lips. However, he realised in annoyance that Remus profusely thanked Santa and the conversation was finished. 'Oh well, there's no other way to find out than to wait.'

"Moony, I'm going to spend tomorrow night together with you."

"Thanks." Remus cast Sirius a grateful nod, before he looked back at Santa in apparent concern. "Will it be safe for me to just be out on the grounds?"

"Everywhere will be safe for you. You just might need some space."

Santa chuckled at everyone's clueless expressions, before he turned to Petunia. "Are you ready dear?"

"As ready as I will ever be. Hedwig, is that really all right with you?"

#Of course.#

"Do you really think Dudley and Harry will be okay with it?"

#I am certain.#

Petunia turned to Santa. "Yes sir. Please and thank you so very much in advance. I hope that I won't be too much of a hassle for everyone."

"Aunt Petunia, you will never be a hassle to anyone here." Harry's voice was firm and, while Sirius mumbled something sounding like "Too good for his own good," Paws came to join Harry, jumped up at him and licked his face.

"It's all right, Paws. I know that I need a shower, but not now."

Everyone had heard Harry's whisper and began to laugh, lightening the tension they had not even noticed existed. They observed in excitement how one of the fir cones came off the tree and made its way to Petunia.

In contrary to earlier, when it had been consumed by Remus' body, the effect was immediate and shocking to everyone but Santa, Claire and Hedwig. Harry stared at his aunt in shock, when her body shrunk, her skin became softer and her hair thicker. It took about a minute, before they could not see any further changes.

"Mum?" Dudley stared at the girl, who seemed to be about his own age, wide-eyed.

Santa stepped over to Petunia. "Congratulations dear. You're a witch now." He then turned around to face the others. "Please let me introduce Annika Evans to you, the twin sister of Dudley Evans and cousin of Harry Potter. Just like with Harry, Claire and I are now Annika's and Dudley's guardians, and Sirius and Remus will be their godfathers, provided that they agree."

"Of course." The Marauders grinned at each other, as they replied, simultaneously.

"Now, Annika does not know much about her former life, so please do not pester her about anything."

Everyone nodded at Santa's uncharacteristically strict voice.

Tears appeared on the eleven-year-old girl's face. "All I know was that my greatest wish ever was to be a witch like Lily." Looking around in confusion, she asked, "Where is she?"

Santa pointed at Hedwig. "She is a phoenix now and Harry's familiar."

Hedwig trilled a soothing melody, and Petunia smiled in admiration of the white phoenix. "She is beautiful. Thank you, Santa. This is the best Christmas present I ever received. Can I attend Hogwarts together with Dudley and Harry?"

#Of course. I'll see to it. During my Hogwarts years, I was the best at Charms for a reason. Ever since Santa told me about his plan last night, I have already charmed the magical book of children as well as the professors' memories. Both of you, Annika and Dudley, will receive your Hogwarts letters shortly.#

'This is absolutely strange, although it's nice of Santa to fulfil Annika her wishes,' Harry thought. 'So what? I now have twin cousins, who are going to be at Hogwarts with me? What am I going to tell my friends? I wonder where they are going to be sorted.'

His mind went haywire, before Sirius' voice brought him out of his musings. "During the two weeks before the beginning of school, you're going to be very busy, as you need to catch up with everything that Harry learned at school during the last four months. Remus and I will teach you."

"Thank you so very much." Tears of happiness were running down Annika's cheeks.

'I wonder why Mum didn't charm my memory to have me forget everything that Aunt Petunia and Dudley did to me,' Harry thought, although he could not help feeling thrilled at the idea of having two magical cousins.

HP

Sirius and Remus gave Annika, Dudley and Harry some time to get used to their new situation; however, first thing the following morning, they presented them a lesson plan for the remaining ten days of their winter holidays.

Before their training began, Santa handed them wands, which he had made using a feather from Hedwig, a piece of fir cone from the large, white North Fir Tree and two drops of blood from Harry.

"Usually, the wand chooses the witch or wizard, however, as we made them especially for you, I suppose that they work, and they are quite powerful."

The twins profusely thanked Santa, and Sirius and Remus ushered them into a room, which they had prepared as training room for the children.

Harry decided to watch their training, hoping that he might learn something from the Marauders that had not been taught at Hogwarts.

HP

In the afternoon, Sirius in his Animagus form accompanied Remus out onto the grounds, closely followed by Paws and his siblings.

"May I come, too?" Harry cast Sirius a puppy-dog look.

However, the Marauder vehemently refused. "We don't know how Remus' transformation is going to be. You can watch through the window, but you must not go outside."

"Let's watch together." Annika looked at Harry and Dudley in excitement.

To Harry's surprise, his new cousin was completely different from what his aunt had been. She was a seemingly happy girl, eager to learn all different kinds of magic and always in a good mood. 'She is really fun to be around,' he thought. Somehow, she reminded him of the Weasley twins. 'They're going to arrive tomorrow,' he recalled, feeling very happy at the thought of his friends joining them on the North Pole. 'I wonder if Annika and Dudley will join us in the Potions lab.'

HP

An hour later, the three children were standing in Harry's room eagerly looking through the window to get a glimpse at the werewolf. Hedwig was sitting on Harry's shoulder and appeared to be as excited as the eleven-year-olds.

"There!" Annika was the first to realise that the transformation set in.

HP

Remus became increasingly nervous and could not stand still in one spot. Then the moon rose over the horizon, and to his frustration, he felt the transformation set in. He told himself, 'Oh no, I am still a werewolf.' Turning around, he saw Padfoot and Paws staring at him. He tried to scream in his transformed state.

=I am still a werewolf.=

But all that came out was =Muh muh muh.=

Padfoot fell over. He rolled onto his back with his legs in the air and shook. Even in his dog form you could tell that he was laughing. Standing directly in front of him was a panicking reindeer going =Muh muh muh.= He had seldom seen something so funny as a panicking reindeer.

Remus saw something shimmering in the ice, and upon a closer look staring straight back at him was a reindeer. He got a fright and jumped into the air like a frightened cat.

Paws looked at him and said, =Hmm, that reindeer has potential to pull Santa's sleigh. Now all we have to do is to convince Rudolf that it's time for a test drive.=

tbc...

Thank you so much for the many kind reviews for the previous chapter. Please let me know what you thought about this one and what you expect from this story.

Sorry for the shortness. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!