Remus gently pulled the blanket up to Leya and gently kissed her on the forehead after crawling out of bed. It had a few months since he had adopted his little angel. At night, he still heard her crying, but it wasn't as much now. She had still taken to curling up to Remus, where she would be calm and he could protect her from her nightmares. Still, the childlike sparkle was slowly returning. In a few weeks, he would be enrolling her in the muggle school down the street. For now, Leya went through intense English study, He hoped to avoid placing her in a special program as it would be hard for the child to adjust changing schools again when she tested out of the program. She was doing well. Every two evenings, a tutorial teacher came home to work with Leya. This was on top of Remus' talking with Leya solely in English. With any luck, she would be ready for school soon.

He left his office and went into the kitchen to make some breakfast for his daughter. She had a big day. He was going to take her in town to get school supplies and then he would take her to the park. Soon enough, she would meet some of the kids in the neighborhood and she could develop some playmates. It was a nice community. The family two blocks over belonged to the Higgs, a wizarding family. They had two kids, but they had been spending most of their days at friends' for the rest of the summer. However, whenever Remus needed a babysitter, they would usually take care of Leya. Leya had yet to meet the Higgs children. Terence was 8 now and Georgia was 3. Now Georgia, she was quite mature for a simple 3 year old. Terence had been adopted. It was a mystery what happened to his real parents. The Notts, Rooks, and Flints would be attending the same school. However, they did not live in the same neighborhood and for that, Remus was glad. He had a sneaking suspicion that those families were Deatheaters.

Remus looked up and smiled hearing Leya stir in the next room and slowly pushed open the door. Leya sat up the bed, slowly rubbing her eyes. Remus smiled proudly. In reality, she was a true princess, but to him she would always be his princess, his little angel. He walked over and lifted her up into his arms. "Morning Sleepyhead."

Leya yawned and lay her head on Remus' shoulder. "Daddy!" He kissed her head and set her down at the table and placed her breakfast in front of her. "Why don't we eat and then get you ready to go out?"

Leya smiled cutely, still not quite awake. Remus smiled and watched Leya eat. After breakfast, Leya practically ran into the room, now full of energy. She was laughing "Daddy can't catch me!" Remus chuckled and grabbed Leya around the waist. She squealed as Remus caught her. He took her small hand and took her into the bathroom, where he gave her a bath and dressed her in a t-shirt and pair of pants. Leya, although only 6, hated wearing dresses. She was a tomboy through and through. Remus laughed, remembering the first time, he had taken to dress her. She had made a big face and refused to cooperate. He brushed her long hair and plaited it. Molly had taken the time to teach Remus such things.

Remus knelt down to her level. "Ready to go, princess?" Leya giggled, nodded, and ran out to the door. Remus chuckled and locking the door behind him, walked Leya to a secluded area and they apparated into Muggle London. Leya skipped along the sidewalk happily next to Remus, several passersby stopping to smile at the child. Remus smiled and they walked into a school supply store. Leya walked along, looking at everything in curiosity. She watched the people with her childlike sparkle and jumped up and down, seeing a notebook with a picture of a forest. Remus smiled lovingly at his daughter and took her hand when they were done. They apparated with a pop in front of the house.

"Wait here, honey." Remus went inside and put away the purchases, coming back with Leya's beloved cap. Leya broke out in a grin as she plopped it on her head. Remus took her hand and they walked to the park, Leya squealing in excitement when she saw the swings. She ran towards the swings, Remus fighting to keep up with her. She pouted, seeing they were all taken. A little boy by the name of Justin, with a mass of brown hair, looked at Leya shyly. "You can have my swing." Leya grinned and jumped onto the swing. Remus smiled at Leya and the boy. "Leya, what do you say?" He looked at her sternly.

Leya gave a toothy grin. "Thank you" She laughed happily. "Daddy, push!"

Justin grinned as Remus ruffled his hair affectionately and toddled off to the sandbox.

Leya squealed happily. "Higher, Daddy!" Remus chuckled at Leya's excitement. Almost an entire hour later, Remus stopped. "Okay, princess, Daddy is tired. Let Daddy sit." Leya bounced off the swing and kissed Remus on the nose and headed towards the slide. Remus sat down tiredly. His daughter had so much energy!

Justin was building a castle in the sandbox when an older boy, known as the bully of the playground, with dark brown hair and buck teeth, sneered at the boy. He stepped all over it and then stepped out of the box. He smirked as the boy's eyes welled up in tears. Justin's little sister fell over and began to cry. Remus rushed over to the child along with the child's mother. Leya normally didn't get into trouble, so it didn't cross his mind that he was taking his eye off of her for a minute. However, he had not noticed the exchange between Justin and the boy. Leya glared at the boy and stomped on the ground. She ran to the bully and kicked him. "You big meanie!" Justin's eyes widened in fear, wondering what the boy was going to do. Time seemed to freeze as all the kids attention turned to Leya. Leya was simply glaring at the boy, as if challenging him.

"You're dead!" The boy whispered with venom in his voice. His eyes were stormy. Leya ran, the boy hot on her toes. She smirked, seeing the sprinkler system and ran towards it, the bully oblivious to Leya's devious ways. The bully may have been two years older and bigger, but Leya was fast. She picked up the sprinkler system and turned it towards the bully, soaking him. The bully growled, fighting through the strong whip of water. Leya just continued spraying him, her eyes glinting in mischief. Remus' turned his attention from the crying girl and whimpering Justin and his eyes widened.

"Leya!" He rushed over and picked her up, removing the sprinkler from her hand. He shook his head in disbelief.

"Leya, what am I going to do with you" Leya giggled and waved to the bully, a cheeky grin on her face. Little did she know, the bully was the one and only Marcus Flint and she had made an enemy long before she would start at Hogwarts.

Remus carried her, realizing he couldn't even take his eyes off her for one minute. Little Justin looked at Leya with pure adoration. His parents hid a chuckle as Remus tried to scold her,but was failing miserable as she looked at her with her adorable eyes.

"You are a handful, you know that? I don't even want to imagine when you turn 11," he muttered as he opened the door to their home, Leya drifting off in his arms, exhaustion taking hold of her.

Terence Higgs was half dragging his 3 year old sister to the park. He scowled. Georgia Higgs was a pain, but his parents demanded he take her to the park. Georgia, of course made a big fuss. She would have easily run off into the street. When they entered the park, Georgia finally managed to wrench herself away and wandered off.

"Georgia Kathleen Higgs!" Georgia flipped her hair and went to the swings and plopped herself on one of them, swinging out of boredom. Terence let out a sigh when he recognized a soaked Marcus Flint.

"Yo Flint! What did you do? Fall into a pond?" Terence smirked. Marcus growled and stalked off, muttering obscenities under his breath. Justin grinned from his spot in the sandbox. Marcus kicked some sand at Justin and stomped away. Terence raised his eyebrows. The young muggle was typically frightened of Marcus; most of the kids were. Georgia alone wasn't. Georgia absolutely adored Marcus. If only he hadn't missed it as it seemed someone got the better of him. Marcus may have been one of his good friends, but even Terence couldn't resist teasing.

Remus carried Leya inside and shut the door behind him. She was fast asleep. He looked at the time. It was about 2:00, past her naptime. He hated to wake her, but she needed to eat her lunch. He carried her into the bedroom and gently took off her shoes. After laying her down on the bed, he went into the cabinet and brought out a change of clothes. He smiled at his sleeping daughter lovingly and quickly changed her into a pair of clean clothes and tucked her in. Remus walked out into the kitchen and began preparing some lunch. He sliced the sandwich in half, put away the marmalade, and set it on the table before walking into the bedroom.

"Ley" He shook her gently. Leya yawned sleepily. Remus smiled. "Come sweetie, time for your lunch." Leya rubbed her eyes sleepily and raised her hands in a motion to be picked up. Remus chuckled and gently lifted her up and set her at the table. Leya's eyes sparkled seeing her favorite sandwich on the table. "Dank oo Daddy!" she mumbled sleepily. Remus smiled and watched Leya finished eating lunch. He chucked and wiped her mouth.

"Who has a milk moustache?" Leya giggled. She finished eating and jumped up. Remus laughed. "Ok kiddo. Time for your nap." Leya pouted. Remus raised his eyebrows. "Don't give me that look." Leya made puppy dog eyes. "Leya" He chuckled. Leya knew he couldn't resist that look. "Oh, alright!" He laughed. "But don't say I didn't warn you if you fall asleep."

"Can we fly Daddy?" Remus laughed.

"Ok sweetie, but on brooms, ok?" Leya, as a nymph, could fly without a broom. She nodded. Remus grabbed her broom, and took Leya by the hand and with a pop they apparated into the public Quidditch Pitch.