Laughter rang out in the long silent house. Children's laughter. A sound that hadn't been heard in years. Long strawberry blonde hair whipped out in an arch and hit Harry Potter in the face. He sputtered as the little girl giggled.
"Luna!" Another giggle joined Luna Potter's.
"Shush. Mia shush. They'll find us." Drake Potter hissed. Harry grinned evilly and jumped down over the banister and faced the alcove under the stairs.
"I'm behiiiiind you..."
Drake and Hermione screamed and clung to each other as they twisted to face Harry. Luna burst into laughter and fell to the floor. The force she was laughing at caused her to grab her stomach. Hermione straightened up and glared fiercely at the poor emerald eyed boy. Drake watched sympathetically with soft brown eyes. He was the only one of the Potter quadruplets to have brown eyes and his hair was blonde with black tips. The opposite of Harry's.
Harry gulped nervously as Hermione stalked towards him like a predator lion... Or an angry cat. Well. Kitten. Oh crap. He was screwed. "Ummm. Hi?" He smiled weakly. The six year old girl's glare hardened and she scowled at him. Luna and Drake winced as a sharp slap rang out.
Harry whimpered as Hermione stood over him (he was on the floor). "Harry James Potter, don't you ever scare me like that again!" She turned away eyes flashing. As she stormed into the music room they heard her mutter "boys...". Luna, Harry and Drake looked at each other. Finally Luna shrugged and ran after her sister.
Leaving the two girls to do whatever it was they did, Harry and Drake walked into the games room where a game of chess was already set up. "So..." Drake trailed moving a piece.
"Yeah?" The born Potter boy asked.
"Do you think Lola has read our letter yet?" He wondered. Harry shrugged his shoulders and took one of Drake's pieces.
"Dunno. Maybe she has. Maybe she hasn't. We may never find out." Just as he finished the sentence Jippy the House Elf popped into the room.
"Master Harry Sir, Master Drake sir. There is visitors for yous at the door."
Harry and Drake hesitated only a moment before bolting out of their chairs, as if they had just been lit on fire, and racing down the stairs to the entrance hall where Luna and Hermione were already waiting.
"Well what are we waiting for?!" Luna asked bouncing in excitement. The other three grinned at their younger sister and pulled on the door.
Lola shivered as she stood outside the giant mansion. "Rem what if they decide they don't want us here?" She asked her older brother.
He hugged her to his side. "They would never do that and you know it Gracie."
She looked up at him with fearful sapphire blue eyes. "But what if they do?" She whispered.
"Of course they- Little Gem why are you so afraid they'll reject us?" She looked to the ground. "Oh Gracie. You've been rejected before haven't you?" She nodded tearfully. "They'll never reject you. I'll never reject you." The siblings hugged before Lola sniffed and wiped her eyes. The doors opened.
Lola and Remus turned as one to look at the four siblings standing there. A black haired boy with blonde tips and green eyes was standing with his arm slung over the shoulders of a shorter girl with strawberry blonde hair and matching emerald eyes. Beside them was an auburn haired girl with black streaks and the same green eyes the other two had. Behind them was a boy with blonde hair that had black streaks and the only one with brown eyes.
"Lola!" Two of the children yelled before tackling the ginger to the floor in a hug.
"We missed you." The strawberry blonde girl mumbled into Lola's shoulder.
"I missed you too Lulu, Harry." She glanced up and saw Hermione looking like she wanted to give Lola a hug. "C'mere Mione." Hermione grinned and joined the hug.
Drake waved at Remus. "Hello sir. Drake Potter also known as Twitchy. Nice to meet you."
Remus hugged the boy loosely. "None of that sir stuff. It's Remus, or Uncle Remus, or Uncle Moony. You're a Potter, you're family."
Drake grinned and hugged Remus properly. "Okay Uncle Moony."
The four Potters and two Lupins sat in the spacious front room. Harry was slouched on the sofa facing Lola with Luna sitting on his lap. Hermione was leaning contentedly on Drake who was sat in a sofa that was facing Remus. Lola was in an armchair with her legs tucked underneath her whilst Remus was sitting up straight in another armchair. All in all they looked quite the sight.
"So what do we do now?" Remus asked. Harry sighed and rested his chin on Luna's shoulder.
"Well we can't stay here forever, no matter how awesome it is. Eventually someone'll come looking and there are spells that can break through a fidelius." Harry said.
"Quite frankly we want to spend more time just living in the muggle world where nobody knows us. Just live like normal kids for a while. We'll always be Pack but it'd be nice to be muggles as well." Luna continued on from him.
"We could pose as a family. A single father with two kids and a single mother with two kids. Drake and Harry, Luna and I. I know Harry is really my twin brother but Drake and Harry more or less have the same sort of hairstyle, even colours. Luna and I both have red hair and green eyes her hair's just a bit more blonde. Besides Lola has red hair and Remus has blonde hair so it would fit."
"It does make sense," Remus began, "but first there's something you should know. Quite often I babysit a little girl. She's your age. Her name is Kaliani. Kali is very sweet and a bit of a trouble maker. Her mother was a good friend of mine at school and your parents. But there's something else too. Something I haven't told any of you. Even you Lola as it a bit of a sore subject for me. James Potter had a sister. Courtney Potter. Neenie and I dated from fourth year and we...married...after James and Lily did. We also had a daughter Roseanne. Rosie is the same age as Luna was before your triplet thing. Courtney went abroad when James and Lily died because Dumbledore wouldn't give her Harry. But she took Rosie with her. I get to see them, not very often though, and I don't know wether Neenie would be willing to move back to England but she might if it involves living with Harry and Mia."
When he finished all five of them were staring at him with wide eyes. "I remember Courtney." Lola finally said. "I can't believe you married her-" Remus closed his eyes waiting for the backlash, "-that is so awesome!"
Remus' eyes snapped open and he stared at his sister. "Really? You're not mad?" He asked the ginger. She laughed and shook her head.
"Oh I'm mad alright Rem. But for now I'm focusing on the fact, I'm an aunt. Don't worry. I'll slap you later."
Harry, Hermione, Luna and Drake had, had enough. They burst out laughing. "Try and get them here. We'll be waiting." Hermione said. Remus nodded and walked to the Floo.
"Lupine Cottage!" He disappeared in a burst of green flames
