All HP characters are the brain child of J.K Rowling who is an extraordinary writer and who thankfully does not take offense to those of us who like to mess with her world.

Warning: This will become eventual slash so if you gots a problem with that then read ne further!

All Remus could think was he was too old to be paid so little for such a shitty job (literally, he'd stepped in Hippogriff dung twice, thank Merlin for cleansing charms). He could barley hear a thing bar the ringing in his ears. Those demons had the most horrible high-pitched wail he had ever had the displeasure of hearing. Their cry had the ability to destroy most weak protection wards and when there was a group as large as the one at the Whitfield farm it could brake down stronger ones too. Not only that but they could burst human's eardrums and with his sensitive hearing he was amazed they were still intact, "Thank the gods for deafening charms too" he thought. Remus took stock of himself, he had been nearly been mauled by several hippogriffs' that felt he hadn't given the temperamental beasts the amount of respect they thought they deserved as he rushed through to round up the Terriloquus. "Couldn't have been the Pegasus enclosure, they take to the air when threatened, had to be the hippogriff paddock, who maul things when threatened." He thought dryly. Enraged hippogriffs were not Remus' favorite creature to deal with. Luckily he'd managed to avoid the powerful talons.

Digging his finger in his ear in a futile attempt to clear the ringing Remus wondered if there was any connection between the Terriloquus and Mandrakes. Shaking off that bizarre, not to mention biologically impossible, thought Remus disapparated back to his home. He ended up on the front porch and before he reached for the door he stopped and looked around. How had he ended up so close to the house? Didn't the wards prevent…?

"Oh the wards!"

Remus growled.

He mental smacked himself on the head. When he disapperated before he broke them. Had Sirius' presence really distracted him so much that he had forgotten his common sense? Well it certainly wouldn't be the first time. "Something's really don't change" Remus thought. He reset the wards and entered the house where he was greeted by a very odd sight.

Calisto and what looked like a freshly washed Sirius were huddled together on the couch watching a Quiddich match. With a device that looked like a memory globe (something that worked in a similar manner to a pensive but was used to record special events and could only store three hours of memories) attached to the radio you could watch a 3D projection of a quiddich match along with the radio commentary. Remus was intrigued by the spells used to make it possible but Cali gained the most entertainment from the invention. While he did enjoy Quiddich he did not take it the extremes that Cali or for that matter James, Sirius or even Harry did. At the moment it looked like Windenborn Wasps Vs Puddlemore United.

"Go on my son!"

Sirius cried

According to the commentary a Wasps chaser was nearing the goal. Remus watched as the miniature figure scored.

"Yes!"

Sirius cried

Then Calisto uttered a phrase in French that Remus felt she had no business knowing.

"Cali!"

He scolded on reflex

She gasped as she turned to face him throwing a hand over her mouth like the action could erase her guilt.

"Merlin I have got to learn French"

Sirius murmured

Remus gave Cali parent glare No.7 and she grinned sheepishly

"The Wasps just scored again"

She offered

Remus was about to start a lecture when a "Noooo chase him you fool" from Sirius pulled her attention back to the game. Remus scowled "He's been here a few hours and he's already undermining my authority. Yes, something's really don't change" Remus thought, remembering his days as a Hogwarts prefect.

A loud whoop from Cali distracted him from his thoughts and he tried to keep the smile off his face as Cali did a little jig on the spot and Sirius hung his head dejectedly. Puddlemores seeker had just captured the snich, ending the game and pushing the team ahead in points.

"Pay up Black"

She said sticking her hand out

"Well I don't have it on me now."

Sirius told her

"We'll just have to make a little I.O.U then."

Cali said, a superior smile on her face.

"Encouraging minors to gamble Padfoot?"

Remus inquired quietly

"Er, well, not encourage per say, more discourage 'cause I thought I'd win. Oh stop giving me that look, I hate that look"

Sirius said sulking

"He use to get you with that too huh?"

Cali with empathy

Remus couldn't believe it, they were already uniting against him! Calisto looked up hastily and bit her lip.

"Well, I bet there's gnomes out there just begging to fly thirty feet in the air so I'll just go do that."

She said whilst backing out the room. Then with a smile that Remus couldn't quite decipher she left.

Leaving Remus quite alone with Sirius for the first time in thirteen years. Rather then think about that he walked over and turned off the radio then settled himself gracefully into his chair, his tired limbs sighing in gratitude.

"Hard day at the office?"

Sirius inquired trying for sincere and failing miserably

Remus turned his eyes to Sirius as he answered

"You have no…"

But he was stopped short by Sirius' appearance.

Not only was he freshly bathed but he was wearing clean robes that Remus recognized and he seemed to have had a shave and a hair cut.

"You let Cali near you with scissors? You're a braver man then I thought Padfoot."

Sirius chuckled

"There were a few close calls but we pulled through. Not half bad really"

He said running a hand through his newly cropped locks.

There were a few moments of silence and Remus was surprised Sirius hadn't tried to brooch the subject of Cali's existence especially since she was as old as Harry. He didn't want to expose Cali's painful truth but he would have to say something.

"Listen Sirius, about Cali."

Remus paused to collect his thought but before he could go on Sirius spoke

"She told me"

"Huh?"

"Eloquent Remus"

Sirius teased

"Wait, what exactly did she tell you?"

Remus braced himself for the story, Cali was a good girl but she was ashamed of her past and Remus wasn't the ideal role model when it came to those kind of issues. It would be a tad hypocritical of him to lecture her on such things when you took a look at the way he handled such matters.

"About Romulas, about her mother and how you took her in."

Sirius said quietly.

Remus studied his friend carefully, he knew suppressed rage when he saw it. The sight warmed his heart strangely enough. Ever since he was informed of Sirius' arrival he was afraid of what his reaction would be to Cali. Seeing that Sirius was clearly appalled by his brothers' actions put Remus at ease.

"She's very resilient"

Remus said

"Well look who she's had for a role model"

Sirius said fondly

The two men lapsed into silence once again and Remus found himself unable to look away from Sirius' eyes. Some feeling, one that he thought was dead buried, began rising again. He blamed this nameless feeling for his increased heart rate when Sirius began to lean towards him. Remus arranged his features into a politely puzzled expression as Sirius all but stalked towards him. As Remus was debating whether to run, demand what Sirius was doing or just stay put and find out what Sirius was up to he reached forward and plucked a feather out of Remus' robes. Oh so that's what had been tickling him. Sirius grinned at him and flopped back down on the couch examining the feather.

"Hippogriff?"

He inquired

"Whitfield had a paddock full of them

Remus told him while silently berating himself for letting Sirius get to him again. At least the action gave him something else to talk about.

"Where's Buckbeak?"

"Would you believe me if I told you Whitfield farm.

Remus stared at Sirius who was idly twirling the feather in his fingers

"Unusual plumage isn't it"

Sirius said with a smirk sparing a glance in Remus' direction.

Remus couldn't help it. A small chuckle trickled from his throat, which soon turned into all out laughter. Soon enough both men were holding their sides howling with laughter. Which is how Cali found them.

"Insanity isn't contagious is it, 'cause if it I'm sleeping outside."

She said looking directly at Sirius

"What makes you think I'm the insane one?"

He challenged

"You do support the Wasps. Don't worry, you'd only be certifiable if you were a Cannons supporter."

She reassured him.

Sirius rolled his eyes at her and she poked her tongue at him. Remus was amazed at the easy interaction between the two of them but just as surly as he and Sirius were such good friends Cali and Sirius would get along as well. Sometimes looking at Cali was like looking at a more confident version of himself at that age.

"I suppose I should start on dinner."

Remus said pulling himself out of his chair, his laughter contained for now.

"Already started"

Cali informed him

"I thought you were outside"

Remus queried

"No I was in the kitchen eavesdropping"

She said matter-of-factly

Remus could do nothing but sigh as she grinned innocently at him

"Well let's see what kind of mess you've made then"

AN: Not quite right but I couldn't think on how else to fix it and I don't have a beta (that should be obvious) but this is just experimental so I'm not being to pedantic right now. Remus and Sirius will have a proper discussion about the things that they really should but they're both reluctant so they've picked up my favorite hobby, procrastination. I swear I've made it into an art form. The next chapters are coming along slowly so don't expect anything for a while (these are the parts that I had mentally mapped out but never written). Thanks to Rena Lupin, Kate, Kristen, wicked chic, Bookcrazy77, The little Crocodile, Linda Lupos (she's ecstatic, she wants Rem to be happy) and Sky (I hope you liked Cali's true story).

P.S. I'm not sure if all Harry Potter terms are spelt correctly as I'm away from home where my books are and won't be back for a while so I decided to wing it.