It was a Wednesday when the twins turned 12, yet it didn't deter Sirius in wanting a huge birthday party in the Gryffindor common room. Shaula wasn't expecting much for the day as it was a school day, if anything, she hoped the Professors wouldn't assign any homework. She may love learning all that she can, but even she has to say that writing a foot long essay on the benefits and drawbacks of the most recent potions she had learnt was a bore. What was the potion again? She'll ask Pandora later.

Either way, she woke up that day with a small pile of presents sat at the end of her bed. Shaula smiled widely, before crawling to the end of her bed and sat cross legged, pulling the pile towards and around her. She turned to look at Pandora's bed, noticing the blonde girl sat there watching her with a matching smile.

"Come here." The birthday girl said, patting an empty spot on her bed next to her. Pandora immediately shuffled across in her fluffy yellow and purple stripped pyjamas, sitting on Shaula's bed and giving the girl a large hug.

"Happy birthday!"

"Thank you! Let's quickly open the presents and then get ready. I want to see what I've got." Shaula said excitedly as she grabs the nearest present. It was a small gift in the shape of a book, a label attached to say it was from Regulus. She thinks back to when Regulus sent a letter after he had started talking to his new friend, Tabitha Snape. The pair had immediately hit it off, Shaula convinced that they both complained about their elder siblings in many of their letters to each other. She remembered complaining about her siblings to her friends when she was Chloe.

She shakes off her trail of thought and brought herself back to the present, quickly tearing through all the wrapping paper from her birthday gifts. She had got a new fictional book from Regulus, it was called In the Village and was about how a pureblood girl had been orphaned and was sent to a new village to live with a distant family relative. Yet the village held some sort of secret that she would later learn and realize that the village was actually cursed. Shaula couldn't wait to read it.

Her father had gotten her a new dairy, just as he had done so every year since she asked for her first one, whilst her mother sent her a new quill and blue ink to go with it. Sirius had given her some dungbombs and James a nose-biting teacup to go with the dungbombs. Remus and Peter had both given her a variety of sweets, Peter having been informed beforehand about her dislike of chocolate and remembered not to send her any. Lily and Severus had sent her muggles sweets, ones she had even begun to miss from her old life, like gummy bears and popping candy. Pandora however, had made Shaula a necklace out of string with a multitude of colourful muggle beads, feathers and bottle corks.

Upon seeing the necklace, she had put it on straight away and hugged her best friend, telling her thank you. Pandora smiled and she visibly relaxed, she must have been worried whether Shaula would like it or not.

"Lets get ready so we can go down for some breakfast food."

Quickly getting themselves dressed, the pair walked down to grab some food, arms linked and excitedly chatting away with a giggle. Shaula had felt odd about how she had grown attached to Pandora so quickly, a girl, child even. Whilst Shaula was really a 30 year old woman inhabiting the body of an 12 year old. Yet she had quickly grown relationships with 11 and 12 year old children. However she didn't regret these friendships she had made. Friends to both Shaula and Chloe had come in all ages, so the large age gap she currently has doesn't really bother her. If anything, she had grown used to the being the age she physically was. The only problem she felt like she had were when it came to dating. If she ever got into a romantic relationship with anyone, she knew it would be difficult for her. If it were with a person the same physical age as her, she would feel like a sort of pedophile. However, to go out with someone much older than her physically, then people could see her as possibly rebelling or using them for their money. At least she was only physically 12 at the moment, so she didn't have to worry about dating for a while.

Upon entering the Great Hall, Shaula made a beeline dash toward Sirius and jumped onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck. Sirius let out a screech of surprise, eliciting a laugh from her. Pandora sat down at the table beside Peter, grabbing a slice of toast and slathering it in strawberry jam.

"Happy birthday my wonderful twin!"

"Happy birthday you evil little pixie." Sirius grumbled out at her, glaring at his sister. Shaula laughed even more when she saw why he looked so irritated at her. When she had jumped on him, she had knocked his hand so the toast and jam had fallen onto his robes. Everyone else laughed at him as well, to which he soon joined in too. A nearby fifth year took pity on the birthday boy and vanished the toast, cleaning his robes at the same time. Sirius thanked the fifth year and grabbed a new slice of toast.

"Thank you guys so much for my gifts, although I don't understand why you got me dungbombs Siri. You know I probably won't use them." Shaula turned to look at Sirius as she popped a grape into her mouth. Sirius shrugged.

"Thought you'd like it anyway."

"Eh, I'll probably use it on you anyway now. Thanks for present. Where's Remus? I want to thank him for my sweets." She looked around the table, confused as to where he was.

"He said he had to go see his sick mum or something." James answered before his attention was grabbed by Lily, who had just walked up to them all.

"Happy birthday Shaula, Sirius. Shaula, I hope you like the present Sev and I got you." Lily smiled.

"I'm going to love them, I can already tell." Shaula grinned at her. "Thank you as well, I'll have to find Severus later and thank him as well."

Lily nodded, said good morning to Pandora and went off to sit with her fellow female Gryffindor housemates. The boys all quickly turned to Shaula in shock at how easily she was able to interact with Lily without her getting angry. Shaula had mentioned she studied with the girl and her Slytherin friend, but they hadn't expected her to be friends with them.

"Why are you friends with Snivelus?" Sirius exclaimed, the disgust in his voice apparent. Shaula turned to look her twin in the eyes, grey matching grey.

"Severus is a very nice person once you get to know him. Did you know he has a younger sister? She and Regi are actually friends you know. Also, don't call him Snivelus again, or I swear I'll hex you into your own butt." The twins stared each other down, neither backing off. It was like a contest for power, to show who was the top dog between them. Shaula released a quick and sudden sharp growl that had shocked Sirius out of his stare down with is sister. Shaula immediately plastered on an obviously fake smile, stood up and began to leave.

"Thank you all for the birthday gifts boys, now I'm going to head to my lessons now." With that, the birthday girl left, Pandora quickly following.

"Your brother is an idiot."

"Yeah, he is."

The two giggle slightly, the tension in their shoulders relieving as they head to their first lesson. The day seems to fly by for Shaula, yet once her last lesson had ended, she told Pandora that she would meet her in the common room later so that they could head to her brothers common room together. Sirius had shown her where it was late September. Pandora nodded and the two girls split off, the blonde to get ready for the evening, the black haired girl to the Hospital Wing. She had remembered this morning that James had told her that Remus had 'gone to see his sick mum', so she assumed that last night had been a full moon and Moony had come out to play.

Quietly walking into the Hospital wing, she looked around until she saw a bed that was surrounded with white curtains. Giving a quick scan for Madam Pomfrey and making sure it was all clear, Shaula speedily made her way to the closed curtains and stuck her head in.

Remus looked up at the sight of the curtains around his bed moving and saw a head he wasn't expecting to poke in. His eyes went wide with fear as his whole body froze. Had she found out? Shaula smiled softly at the boy, stepping towards his bed and sitting on the covers. It looked as if Remus had been reading one of his textbooks.

"Catching up on today's work?"

Remus nods stiffly, unsure whether to relax or not at Shaula's lack of disgust or fear. Shaula slowly reaches over, making sure that she didn't scare him. It was like he were more of a terrified rabbit than a werewolf. Grabbing the book from his hands and closing it, she gently throws it onto the small bedside cabinet and moves closer to the damaged boy.

"Thank you for my present Remus."

He visibly startles, but then he relaxes. Relieved to believe his secret was safe for now. Then confusion takes overs his face for a moment, and then his eyes widen in shock.

"Oh. Happy birthday Shaula. I'm so sorry I forgot." He looked so worried. She laughed softly.

"It's alright, you look like you have a rough night or something." She said, to which Remus responds with a stiff nod. Shaula inquires about the recent topics he's been learning so that she could help him go over the knowledge he missed in his classes today. Whilst they talk about their lessons, Remus finally fully relaxes. They talk for a little over an hour before Shaula moves to get off the bed.

"Sirius said he wanted to throw a party of something in your common room, so I best go find Pandora and arrive to the party. I am the birthday girl after all." Shaula says as she grabs the textbook Remus had been reading when she arrived and handed it back to her bed-ridden friend. Remus smiles at her in thanks.

"I'll see you tomorrow then, hopefully at breakfast if Pomfrey lets me out in time."

The pair chuckle at this before Shaula leaves, Remus yelling a final 'Happy Birthday' after her. The birthday girl quickly makes her way to her own common room to get changed out of her school robes and to collect Pandora before she meets her brother. Reaching the Ravenclaw entrance, she bangs the knocker lightly, releasing a large sigh as it tells her a riddle.

"I am a container with no lids or sides, yet golden treasure lays inside of me. What am I?"

She stares blankly at the door. She had no idea how to answer that, she was completely useless with riddles.

"Ummm... a tree? Cause, it's treasure is nature?"

The door doesn't open. The girl releases a curse in her head, she was a 30 year old woman, and still couldn't answer riddles.

"How about... the sun? That's golden-ish."

Still no response. Shaula releases an angry huff at the door, crossing her arms and leaning on the wall opposite the door. She thought over her answer for a couple minutes.

"Can I get a new riddle?" She looks up hopefully at the door, waiting for a response. One that she doesn't get. A moan escapes her lips as she bangs her head on the wall behind her.

"It's my birthday, why do you have to lock me out!" She whines out load to noone, slapping her hands against her cheeks as if the pain would awaken an answer in her head.

"An egg." A voice squeaks out, to which Shaula turns her head in shock to her tiny Head of House, Professor Flitwick. The door opens and Shaula slowly walks into the room in disbelief. Flitwick close behind her, a look of amusement on his face. She hadn't noticed the short Professor next to her.

"An egg? An egg! How is the inside of an egg treasure!" Shaula exclaims dramatically to noone in particular. Professor Flitwick only rolls his eyes at her display and walks towards one of the sixth year students who were sat on the sofa. Shaula payed no attention to this as she ran up the stairs into her room and tears through her wardrobe, searching for an outfit to wear.

"I put your clothes on your bed Shaula." Pandora said from behind the girl. Shaula spins round to find that Pandora had chosen and placed her clothes on the bed.

"Thanks Pan!"

Quickly changing into a pair of jeans and a navy woolen jumper and making sure her new necklace was proudly on display, the two girls walked down the stairs and out of the door to the common room. Shaula led the way to Gryffindor's common room.

"How is Remus?" Shaula doesn't look surprised that Pandora knew what she was doing.

"He is alright, still seemed tired but he was alright."

They arrive at the portrait of the Fat Lady and ask if she could fetch either Sirius, James or Peter. The two girls don't wait long until Peter opens the portrait up and the two girls make their way inside.

The room was decorated in multitudes of red, golds and yellows, like how the Ravenclaw common room was covered in blues, silvers and bronzes. However, it seemed as if everyone had already began partying as music was playing from somewhere and everyone was dancing and eating bits of food.

"Happy birthday Shaula."

"Thank you Peter." She smiles at the mouse-like boy, the three of them heading towards where hopefully Sirius and James were. Upon meeting them, Sirius and Shaula acted like their slight argument at breakfast hadn't happened. The five happily hung out with each, cracking jokes at each others expense, drinking the punch and eating bits of food someone had brought up from the kitchens.

Shaula and Sirius enjoyed the evening, a birthday brought out for them to blow the candles out on whilst everyone sang happy birthday. Games were played, which broke out with the whole room split into two teams when a heated game of Exploding Snap got extremely intense.

When curfew crept closer, Shaula and Pandora said their goodbyes and with a final happy birthday from everyone, they had left the Lions den with huge grins on their faces and pleasant memories etched into their brains.

This was certainly Shaula's favourite birthday yet.

A/N: My longest chapter yet, each chapter I write just grows longer! I know this one is a filler but I feel like the fillers sometimes helps to the reader to understand the protagonist better and the show the growing connections between the protagonist and everyone else. I hope you're all liking this fanfic and can I just say THANK YOU to everyone who has followed and favourited my story. Over 50 for each! I'm so happy, I'm aiming to see if I can get 100 followers and favourites on this. Now I just need 50 reviews to make a triad and it'll be perfect. But thank you everyone who reads my story, it really motivates me to carry on writing.