Connie was about to go upstairs to her daughter, when the fireplace burst into green flames. Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the person coming through. Another quickly followed. "Neenie? Rosie? What are you two doing over here? You're not due for another two weeks."
A little girl with sandy blonde hair jumped into Connie's arms to hug her. Her mother bent over, panting heavily.
"Courtney? What is it? What's happened?" The black haired woman didn't answer just looked frantically at Roseanne. "Rosie go upstairs. Kali's up in her bedroom." Rosie nodded and scrambled down from Connie's arms before running up the stairs two at a time. As soon as she vanished round the corner Courtney let out a sob.
Connie didn't speak, just pulled the shaking woman into her arms. "Merlin Neenie. What the hell happened?" She whispered. Courtney heard but didn't answer, instead shaking her head. She flinched as the fireplace once again flared with green flames, a man coming through.
He caught his balance, took in the sight before him and adopted a concerned look. "Courtney?"
Hearing the sound of his voice, Courtney tore herself from Connie's arms and flung herself into Remus'. Breaking down in quiet sobs, she buried her head in his shoulder. He gently rubbed her back. "Easy there Love. Is Rosie upstairs?" The question was directed to Connie.
She nodded. "With Kali."
Remus nodded and looked to the fireplace. "I'm going to take Neenie through to where I just came from. You get the girls and come down. Someone'll be here to meet you."
Connie nodded and jogged up the stairs, whilst Remus scooped Courtney up bridal style. He turned to the fireplace and somehow managed to get the Floo working. "Potter Manor!"
Lola Lupin gasped as her brother came back through the Floo holding Courtney Lupin née Potter in his arms. Bridal style, she realised amused. All amusement deserted her when she realised Courtney was sobbing her heart out and Remus looked frantic.
"Lola can you go through and get Connie and the girls?"
She nodded and stepped into the fireplace with a yell of "Lupine Cottage!"
Connie held Rosie on her hip as the little girl cried silently. Kali was holding her hand tightly, looking pale. The fireplace flared and a girl stepped through. She had bright red hair down to the middle of her back and large blue eyes. A few familiar freckles dotted her face, but it was the necklace she wore around her neck that told Connie who she was. "Gracie?!"
She grinned, the same grin Remus had. "Hello Connie."
Harry, Hermione, Luna and Drake ran down the stairs as they heard the Floo activate for a third time. They stopped short in the doorway seeing Remus hugging a woman, while Lola was hugging another woman who was crying and two little girls were watching slightly confused but very upset.
"Uncle Moony? Auntie Lola? What's going on?" The triplets asked in synchronisation.
All at once the noise stopped and all of the people in the large living room turned to look at them. The woman Remus was hugging had tears running down her face, but her hazel eyes widened in recognition as she stared at Harry, Luna and Hermione's eyes. "Harry?" She whispered breaking the silence.
Remus guestured for the triplets and their brother to enter. "Harry, Luna, Hermione, Drake. These are your aunts. Connie Black and Courtney Lupin née Potter. They are your cousins Kaliani Black and Roseanne Lupin. Rosie, Neenie, Kali, Connie meet Harry, Hermione, Luna and Drake Potter. Before you ask, it is a very long story that will be explained later." Kali got to her feet, pulling Rosie behind her, and walked towards the four six year olds.
She eyed them carefully. Luna met her eyes unblinkingly. The two girls stared at each other for a considerable amount of time before Kali nodded and stuck her hand out. "Kaliani Black. Nice to meet you."
Luna shook her outstretched hand. "Luna Potter. Nice to meet you too."
Luna looked away from the two girls as they greeted her brothers and sister. Her eyes connected with Courtney's and she gasped as images flew through her mind. Frozen to the spot, she could only watch the events causing Courtney's sudden appearance at Lupine Cottage.
The images stopped suddenly and Luna stumbled backwards, blinking back tears. "Aunt Neenie... I'm so sorry." She didn't hesitate, just ran and hugged Courtney.
Harry and Hermione led Rosie and Kali up to the third floor, East Wing bedrooms with Drake and Luna bringing up the rear. "So how come, if all four of you are Potters, you call Drake your brother when you two and Luna call yourselves triplets? Why not be qua-quad-quaruplets?"
"Quadruplets." Hermione corrected automatically.
"The reason we do it, is because Hermione is my biological (see I do know the word Mia) twin sister but Luna grew up as my twin sister. Other than that, Drake would be our quad. It's just easier on us and I guess it's our special thing." Harry explained.
"Hey Paws, Claws. Why don't we induct these two?" Drake asked the pair. They nodded and the siblings faced the two girls.
"Pack sisters. Place your hands within our own, join us in our home. Protection is what we give, this is the life you shall live. Fear not Pack Sisters any danger, from neither familiar or stranger. We take you as our own Sisters. Our magic binds, our hands unite, we are one."
There was a flash of light. Rosie's hair darkened to strawberry blonde and her eyes turned a darker hazel. Kali's hair stayed black as night but her silver eyes shifted to hazel brown. Luna smiled as the names came to her. "The Tiger," she said to Rosie Lupin-Potter, "and the Pup." She told Kali Black-Potter. The two new Pack members grinned.
After showing the girls to their bedrooms, they went back downstairs to the adults. Courtney showed no signs of crying and Connie was sitting as close to Lola as possible. They all gasped at the two girls. "Don't ask." Kali said before anyone spoke.
"So about that thing we were talking about earlier. Shall we discuss it?" Hermione smoothly distracted them.
Remus nodded, tearing his eyes from the two girls. "Yes. Connie, Neenie, earlier we were discussing moving to the muggle world. Harry pointed out that eventually someone would find us here and that they wanted to go to muggle school. We thought we'd ask if you wanted to join us."
Courtney nodded, determination shining in her hazel eyes. "Yes. We'll do it." Connie nodded in agreement.
"Brilliant," Lola grinned, "now we just have to sort out families."
"Harry, Draco and Kali should be triplets. They all have matching hair, the boys just have blonde in theirs. Aunt Connie can be their mum. Their dad can be," here she held up her hands to mimick quote marks, "'away'. Luna, Rosie and I can be sisters, Luna and Rosie as twins, me older. Irish twins, if you will. Aunt Neenie and Uncle Moony can be our mum and dad. Aunt Lola's just our cool aunt who lives with us."
They all stared at Hermione for a moment before nodding. "Yes. Yes that's good. We'll do that. You lot go and start packing some stuff. Get the House Elves to help you. We'll figure out getting a house." Remus said. They all nodded and got to work.
It was official. The Pack would be going muggle.
A.N: What happened to Courtney will definitely be explained in later chapters, but not yet. Review what you think happened. The person (or people) with the closest answer will get a special shoutout in the chapter where it is explained.
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