Chapter Eleven

DC: I don't own Harry Potter

After lunch Lily took a long nap. The three Marauders guessed it was because she was up a lot the night before. This wasn't going to be good. This meant they would have to watch Lily, because she would be up the majority of the night, and Remus was going through his transformation that night. They needed to watch him.

And this would be a break. Every parent gets a break from their kid, or if you have more, kids, and this would be the break. But Lily couldn't come with them. It was the fear that either Remus was going to bite her, or eat her. She was little enough, Sirius and James guessed, that Remus could eat her. I mean he did skip lunch to take a nap, and he usually didn't eat dinner.

So they needed a plan. While Lily slept, the three of them talked about the possibilities.

"Okay there is the Doc—Madame Pomfrey." Sirius suggested.

"Yes but then she would ask too many questions." James said. "We'd eventually get in trouble for being unregistered Animagi."

"No point in telling McGonagall." Remus said. "She'll ask questions too."

"And Hagrid couldn't keep up with Lily." Sirius said with a sigh. "She's too fast, and secretive for him."

"You know…Lily isn't a normal child." Remus said. James and Sirius nodded.

There was a second of thinking. The only person left was…

"Meaning…" James said.

"Dumbledore doesn't ask questions." Remus said.

"Well…" Sirius said. "He's our only chance."

James and Remus agreed, and decided after dinner James and Sirius would ask Dumbledore to baby-sit Lily for the night. He better be prepared though. Lily was quite the talker, and could keep you busy and awake for as long as she could be.

Lily woke up around dinnertime, claiming her tummy was talking to her in her sleep, and Remus took a break. In about an hour he'd be going toward the shrieking shack to transform.

"Why aren't you coming to dinner, Uncle Remie?" Lily asked

"I'm not feeling good, Lily." Remus said, sinking into a chair.

"Why?"

"Because I just am!" He snapped.

Lily jumped, and ran behind James, and hid her face. Remus quickly changed his tone, and apologized. Lily poked her head around, and looked at him. She then slowly approached him, and after knowing he wasn't going to bite, for many reasons of course, she went to his leg, and hugged it.

"Hope you feel better…"

The three of them left Remus to go to dinner. Lily ate half her piece of chicken, and a lot of juice. After which she had to use the bathroom. James took her in, and then brought her back just in time for their dessert, which was chocolate pudding.

And after that, the tables cleared, and James and Sirius talked to Dumbledore. Lily chatted with Hagrid, as they did so.

"Ah…er…Professor?" James said.

"No need, call me Albus!" Dumbledore said cheerfully.

"ALBUS!" Sirius said. James looked at him weirdly. "I've always wanted to say that! I've also wanted to call Professor McGonagall, Minnie!"

"Not on my watch, Black." McGonagall answered. She was taking her time to return to her office. "And we still have to talk about what Miss Evans is calling me."

"Yes, ma'am." Sirius answered.

"Ah…back to my question." James said. "We were wondering if you could watch Lily tonight, because we have…to er…Remus…yeah…er…"

"Sure!" Dumbledore said. "I'd be delighted! Bring her to me tonight, and you can pick her up tomorrow morning!"

And with that Dumbledore left the Great Hall. Sirius grinned at James.

"See no problems! You didn't even have to really ask!"

"He didn't ask any questions either." James said, heading over to Lily. "Lily come here."

Lily stopped talking to Hagrid, and gave his leg a hug goodnight; she doesn't even reach his knees, before coming over to James and Sirius. "Yes, Daddy and Uncle Siri?"

"Now me and your Daddy are going to watch Uncle Remus tonight to make sure he is…okay…" Sirius answered.

"What's wrong with him?" Lily asked.

"He has a…" James thought. "Furry little problem… Don't worry… We'll take care of it, okay?"

Lily nodded, and they went back to their room. Remus was gone, and Lily needed to get her nightgown on.

"Now you're going to stay the night with Grandpa." James said, packing her pillow and blanket in a little bag, just in case.

"Oh!" Lily said happily. "Really? That's so cool!"

James made sure everything was locked up, you never know what could happen, and that Lily was with them, she liked to sneak away, and she had her things, because she sometimes left them behind. "All set?" James asked.

"Yep, yep!" Lily said. She really wasn't sleepy. They only hoped Dumbledore was up for it.

"How much pudding did you give her?" James asked. "You're the only one who seems to give it to her."

"Ahh…enough?" Sirius said with a laugh.

"Yeah…" James said.

Lily grabbed their hands, and they climbed up the steps, and to the gargoyle. James said the password, and they were soon riding up the steps to Dumbledore's office.

"Is this where he sleeps too?" Sirius asked, as James knocked on the door.

"I suppose…never really thought of it…"

The door opened, and there stood Dumbledore. "Ah! Great to see you! Come in! But you two don't want to keep Mr. Lupin waiting."

James and Sirius said their goodnights to Lily, and hurriedly left towards the Entrance Hall. Lily went inside, set her stuff down, and looked around. Last time she was in here it was only for a quick hi, and then she went on with the tour. But now she could take a good look around, and get into things.

"Ooh!" Lily said, pointing up to Dumbledore's weird instruments. "What are those shiny things?"

"Ah, just magical things I have too much of." Dumbledore said.

"Can I have one?" Lily asked.

"Ah, alas young Lily, you are just a touch bit young to have one." Dumbledore said.

"Otay!"

Lily went around. She waved to some portraits, that were still awake, and looked at more odd things. Dumbledore waited patiently at his desk, until Lily came around, and sat at in the chair provided for her.

"You do know, Grandpa, that I am not seepy yet." Lily said.

Dumbledore smiled. "Yes I do know, Lily, that you are not 'seepy' yet. What would you like to talk about?"

Lily thought for a moment. "Where is Grandma? I mean I thought she would sleep with you…but then again she is my mum so she should sleep with daddy…"

Dumbledore ignored that last part, and began his explanation. "You see when old people get…well…old, they tend to--"

"Otay!"

Lily jumped down from her chair, and grabbed her bag. "I have to show you something me and Daddy drew!"

She pulled out her family portrait, and went back to Dumbledore. "See it's our family tree!"

Dumbledore gently took the piece of paper with the paints, and such, on it. He smiled. He saw the glob of blue on top of his head. He saw McGonagall's red hair, that Lily thought she had, and how she was her mother, aunt, and Grandmother. This made him smile even more. 'Ah, how young people think!' He saw big Uncle Ruby, and Sirius with his long hair, and Remus, also with long hair even though he didn't have it.

"Isn't it bootiful?" Lily asked. "Oh and there's me!"

And there she was, the little stick figure girl, with long hair and green eyes.

"This is very nice Lily." Dumbledore said.

"Yeah, and the best part is that I become the warrior of spirits when I die!" Lily exclaimed happily.

"The warrior of Spirits?" Dumbledore asked. "I must say that is amazing."

"Yeah it is… What kind of business do you run? There are a whole lot of papers here, and is this a book of people's names?" Lily asked, pointing to a large book.

"That is indeed a book of names. I run a school. This book of names has all the current students that attend the school. These papers are just regular things I look at."

"Ooh really?" Lily asked. "Is my name in there?"

"It could be." Dumbledore said. "But it would take forever to look."

"I don't have forever!" Lily said. "Because tomorrow I'll be a day older, and that's like fifty years in cat years! That's too long!"

Dumbledore laughed. "I didn't mean it would actually take forever. I meant it would at least take most of the night."

"Oh!" Lily said. "Otay."

Dumbledore did show her the current amount of people on Hogwarts at the moment. This was the first page of the book. "It only tells me who is supposed to be on Hogwarts grounds at the moment. I'm sure there are a whole bunch of spirits and other people trying to get into Hogwarts, but the book won't show me."

"So that means you'd have to go look yourself?" Lily asked. "That's unfair."

"Not all magical things can do everything you want." Dumbledore said. "And if they did, it would be very rare."

"Look! It's my name!" Lily said. "And there is Daddy Jamie, Uncle Siri, Uncle Remie, Uncle Ruby, Grandma…but who's Albus?"

"That's me!" Dumbledore said. "My first name is Albus."

"Oh…I thought it was Grumbledorn." Lily said. "So it's Grandma Minnie, and Grandpa Albus! That's easy!"

"I would think it would be easy." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Where do you seep?" Lily asked.

"There is another room in this office. That is where I sleep."

Lily yawned. "I guess I am getting a little seepy."

"Are you sure you're not hungry or anything?" Dumbledore asked.

"Nope I'm fine!" Lily said. "But I should use the bathroom first."

Dumbledore led her through his room, and to the bathroom that connected with it. Five minutes later Lily was out. "I'm done!"

Dumbledore's room had a big bed, a nice looking big couch, and a big window. Everything was big. Lily looked out the window and saw all of Hogwarts grounds. "Wow this is so cool!"

"Isn't it?" Dumbledore asked. "I come here to think sometimes. It helps a lot."

Lily continued to look through the window. "Ooh, and you can see over the lake, and the forest!"

Lily took a few more minutes to admire the scene, before getting into her bag. "I claim the couch!"

"Oh but I thought you wanted the bed?" Dumbledore asked.

"No!" Lily said, taking her blanket and pillow to the couch. "It's your bed, and you should seep in it. I like the feeling of this couch!"

She hopped on, and covered herself up. Dumbledore went into the bathroom and changed, then came back out and climbed into bed. He turned off his light, and said, "Goodnight Lily."

"Night Grandpa."

And before Lily went to sleep, she heard a low howl come from outside. She snuck off the couch, and looked out the window. Her eyes scanned the grounds, and landed on the forest. She could have sworn she saw a big dog, a deer, and something else run in, before everything went still and quiet.

Lily quickly moved away from the window, and back to her couch. She pushed the idea past her, and covered up. Within minutes she was asleep.

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Lala Rue here, and I did it! This was depressing to write, but luckly ppl cheered me on. (Over at my house)

This is Dumbledore's sleepover! Not much of a sleepover!

Ahh... Lets see... I'll tell you one thing that's going to happen...The week of Holidays! Because Lily would get confused, and something might happen if she did (Like when she would grow up, which I can't tell you when she will), so they have the week of Holidays! Yay for the Marauders!

But that's all I get to tell... Shh...don't tell anyone else, LoL.

Okie now I must be off! More typing to do, and making sure I have everything set for school.

Love, Lala Rue!

(Oh P.S. I love your little P.S.'s you put in reviews Amanda!)