Silence fell once again as each Pack member registered what Luna was saying. Dumbledore knew. He knew all along that Sirius was innocent and Pettigrew was a traitor.

"He let them die," Harry muttered, causing all eyes to snap to him. Hermione gasped, as if realising what Harry had already realised. Tears filled her eyes and Lola pulled her into a hug. She buried her head in Lola's shoulder, soaking her sleeve. "He let Mum and Dad die!" Harry exclaimed.

Remus' eyes widened with realisation and he pulled Harry into a hug.

"We have to do this," Rosie spoke. "We have to. For Aunt Lily and Uncle Jamie."

Everyone nodded. "There's just one problem," Connie sighed. "None of us are animagus."

"Actually..." Hermione lifted her head and smiled shyly at them. "Harry, Luna and I...kind of are."

Hermione pulled away from Lola as Harry pulled away from Remus. They smirked at each other and shifted. Harry jumped forwards and shifted into a black wolf with startling emerald eyes and a lightning bolt patch of white fur. Hermione did what Harry had just done, but shifted not into a wolf, but a small ginger kitten. Luna bent backwards, did a walkover and shifted into a brilliant white unicorn as she reared up on her hind legs. A musical whinnie came from her mouth and she landed down, tossing her mane.

The adults gaped as the other two children squealed and began fussing over the animals.

"Well," Remus sighed eventually. "Learn something new every day."

"I need a drink," Connie muttered.

"Vodka maybe?" Lola suggested with a sly grin.

"Sure."

Remus was awoken by a quiet knocking on his bedroom door. He stood up and pulled it open to see Courtney, her face streaked with tears. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I shouldn't be here, I should go..."

"Oh hush," Remus interrupted, pulling her into a hug.

She rested her against his chest, her arms tight around his chest. Remus could feel her fingers digging into his back, trembling against him. He held her close, resting his cheek on the top of her head.

They'd had a friendly seperation, if a bit tense. After James and Lily, Courtney couldn't cope and had needed to get away. Remus was struggling in his own way and their relationship was being put under the strain. They had tried for Rosie, but in the end it was too much stress. The final straw in it was when Courtney had a miscarriage.

He still visited his daughter when he could out in America, she knew who he was. But he didn't have the money to visit very often and when he did he was often too tired and weak from the full moon. The last time he'd seen them was a good few months ago.

"Neenie, what happened?" Remus asked softly.

Courtney remained silent for a while. "I still love you," she finally mumbled. "But it was hard to come back, to see you and know how much I hurt you."

"Neenie-"

She raised a hand to silence him. "No, I did hurt you. You know it's true. We hurt each other, but I was the one who packed up and left with our daughter. You always felt you weren't good enough to have kids, then when you finally did I took her away from you." She sighed, glancing up at him. "I love you so much that it hurt," she admitted. "I didn't want to tell you and break your heart again, so I tried to distract myself. I went out, found a man, a wizard, got together with him," she sounded guilty. "He was sweet at first, sort of reminded me of you. But he changed. I protected Rosie from him at sacrifice of myself. We were stuck, but I managed to arrange something with Connie, for a time when I knew he would be away. But...it didn't work out like that. He flew off the handle at Rosie, threw a whole cup of tea at her, just made. He went to hit her but I got her away. I spiked his drink," she smirked slightly. "Stole my wand back, but he woke up as we got close to the Floo. He tried to hurt us, but I just about managed to stun him, got us into the Floo and to Lupine Cottage."

Remus kissed her head, fighting to keep Moony at bay. His Mate had been hurt. He'd get retribution.

"Rosie won't talk about it, she pretends it didn't happen. He can't follow us, but I'm terrified. I can't sleep. Everytime I close my eyes, I see his face."

"Stay with me tonight," Remus suggested, not moving from the hug.

"Okay," she whispered.

"I wanna be an animagus," Rosie decided as the Cubs of the Pack sat outside, looking up at the stars. She laid back in the grass, arms folded under her head.

"How did you guys become animagus?" Kali asked as Claws curled up on her lap, begging for a scratch behind the ears.

Luna titled her head to the side in thought. "Well...you're supposed to keep a Mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month, but we didn't do that."

"My insanely clever sisters came up with a new way," Harry grinned. "A way that doesn't take long at all. Mia's brains mixed with Luna's inspiration cooked up a new potion involving the use of Mandrake leaves."

"I think we have some spare actually," Luna mused. "Cas!"

"Yes Mistress Luna?" The elf popped in, eyes wide. "It is late, Mistress should be sleeping," she said warningly.

"Not tired at the minute Cas," Luna said airily. "Can you get our leftover Animagus Potion?"

The elf popped away and returned a moment later with a convenient three potion bottles.

The next morning Courtney and Remus were awoken by a small ginger tiger cub that almost seemed to be smirking at them.

A few rooms away, Lola and Connie - who were sharing a room - were awoken by a black labrador pup and a white snow fox with bits of grey.