Disclaimer: I wish I owned all the characters. I really do. But I only own Amy Dadex, Antonia, Marcus, Helen, Jessica, Damien and Mathew. Oh, and the plot. Unless some miracle happens and I get Harry Potter. I'll let you know.

Chapter 2: The Letter

Remus had long ago decided that going on a holiday to a Muggle place with James and Sirius would be a massive embarrassment. He thought he would be safe. How wrong he was.

April 30th 1981.

Remus was sitting in the kitchen of the flat that he shared with his mate. Amy Dadex was not a girl to be messed with. A pure-blood, like James and Sirius, she had been raised believing that everyone should have a second chance. Lily had introduced her to Remus and she had been madly in love with him since their third year. It was not until their sixth year, when they started dating, that she had discovered his secret. Remus was a werewolf. After being discovered by James, Sirius and Peter in second year, the Marauders became animagus. James was a stag and also known as Prongs, Sirius was a dog and was nicknamed Padfoot and Peter, as a rat, was named Wormtail. Remus was the only exception. He did not become an animagus, but he was nicknamed Moony because of "condition". Amy had wondered for five years what Remus' condition was. He had sat her down and told her what he was. Amy smiled. She remembered the discussion later. Remus had expected her to leave him. He had been surprised when she just became more protective of him. The wolf part of him had told her that, as his mate, she would be expected to love him and be with him until he died. She had accepted that and now they were closer then ever. He had told her everything about the Marauders, the only exception was that she would not be told whether they would be pulling a prank or when or on who. In return, Remus had promised that only he would pull pranks on her, minor, non-embarrassing ones that they could laugh about later.

Now, five years after they became official, Amy was at the sink washing her hands while Remus was at the table reading the Daily Prophet and drinking orange juice.

"SCREEEEEEEECCCCHHHHHH"

Amy covered her ears as the owl came flying through the window. Remus took the letter from the owl and it hopped over to get a drink of water from the container that Remus insisted be left there for owls.

"It's from Helen," Remus said, "my cousin in Australia."

"What does she want?" Amy asked, as Remus read the letter.

FLASHBACK

Antonia Lupin looked around the room. Looking at the couch, she saw her brother-in-law Marcus holding his daughter Helen and her husband holding their son Remus. Six year old Helen was watching her baby cousin with interest. Remus was holding onto a roast potato and was trying to chew on it with his baby teeth. His father and hers had yet to discover that he had the potato, for it had been Helen that had snuck it to him. She watched with interest as half of the potato fell onto her uncles leg.

Remus was suddenly lifted off the lap where he had found a comfortable seat and handed to his mother, where the tasty thing he had been attempting to eat was taken. No, he thought, mine.

"Mine!"

"No, Remus. Yucky," Antonia told him.

Helen then covered her ears as Remus started to whimper. Her baby brother Mathew cried all the time. She knew how loud a baby could be. To her surprise Remus started giggling. Helen looked at him and watched as he was placed on the ground. Unknown to the adults, Remus had seen something sparkly that looked safe enough to touch. Remus was, in fact, crawling towards something that would give him an owie. Helen tried to get the adults attention but the men were talking about Quidditch and the women about babies so she did the only thing she knew that would get their attention. She screamed. Now, if you have ever heard a six-year old scream, you know that it's loud if they want something. But when someone they care for is in danger, a child can scream louder then anything you ever heard. Antonia, Jessica (Helen's mother), Marcus and Damian (Remus's dad) jumped and looked at Helen. Helen jumped from her father's lap and ran to where Remus was, grabbing him from the rug and pulling him back. His hands had been on the bricks directly in front of the fire.

END FLASHBACK

Had Helen not have pulled me back, Remus thought, I could have been seriously burnt. He really did like Helen, her being one of the only relations who did not stand 10 metres away at all times.

"She wants to know if we want to go over there for a visit. She says that we can bring some friends if we want and that she wants to meet the other Marauders. Helen also wants to meet you and wants to introduce me to her husband and children."

Amy was delighted. She had heard a lot about Helen from Remus and couldn't wait to meet her. "So what are we waiting for? Let's go talk to the Marauders and Lily."

To be continued….