A.N: I am so so sorry that it's been so long since I last updated. I've had so many things going on since, as well as a minor case of writer's block. Things have been hectic, especially with both my parents and my sister being ill. I promise I will try and update more often, but I don't know if I will truly be able to stick to that. I will try. Love you guys, please read and review. Constructive criticism welcome, hate reviews not so much. Thank you!

Daphne and Astoria Potter-Lupin had settled in well with the Pack over the past week since they'd been taken in by them. Astoria was coming out of her shell a bit more, speaking every so often, just a few words at a time. Daohne was letting down her guard a little, letting them in a bit.

It was a Saturday evening when the adult members of the Pack called the Cubs downstairs.

"We need to figure this out quickly," Connie said to them. "So Drake, Harry and Kali are playing triplets because of the hair. I think Stori should make it quadruplets."

"Quadruplets is rare," Hermione mused. "But it is possible."

"Rosie and Luna are playing twins, Hermione a bit older. I think that's rare enough."

"Am I not allowed to have my own kid?" Lola teased, mock-frowning.

"What?" Remus looked at her sharply.

She rolled her eyes. "Drake, Harry, Kali and Stori are quadruplets. Rosie and Luna are twins, with a sister that's only ten months older than them. That's rather rare, especially in the same family. So I'll take Missy Daffy here. And maybe, twins with a ten month older sister is too rare with quadruplets as well."

"She's got a point," Courtney nodded. "That is rather rare. Daphne and Mia can be twins. Two sets of twins and a set of quadruplets. Still rare, but not as rare."

"Aunt Connie and Uncle Padfoot have the quads, Aunt Courtney and Uncle Moony have Rosie and Luna, Auntie Lola has Daffy and Mia," Harry reeled off. "Sweet."

"Right, names," Sirius clapped his hands together. "Who's who?"

"We'll I'm Selene," Luna said dreamily. "Harry's Jamie, Mia's just Mia, Drake's Christopher, Kali's Lia, Rosie's Annie, Uncle Moony's John, Aunt Neenie's Dora, because Dorea would be too obvious, Aunt Connie's Amelia and Aunt Lola is Lola. You can't be Orion, that's too obvious. How about Patrick? Pat is similar to Pad. Like Padfoot. Stori can be Tiana, for the Tiana in Tatiana, while Daffy can be Emily, a nickname for Emilia."

There was a moment as everyone tried to digest the new names, getting used to them. Finally Sirius nodded. "Alright."

"What about surnames?" Remus asked. "We'll need some that aren't too obvious."

"White!" Sirius exclaimed. "Patrick White and my wife Amelia and our children Jamie, Christopher, Lia and Tiana."

Remus rolled his eyes, but nodded. "And us?"

Connie frowned in thought. "I have an idea," she muttered. "In the muggle world, two of the most common names are Smith and Jones."

"Of course!" Lola gasped. "Smith and Jones, most common names ever! In fact, people often use them as the surnames for aliases. I wanna be Jones! Lola Jones. And Courtney Jones."

"Jones?" Courtney blinked.

"Well, before marriage," Lola ammended.

"But...why?"

"Protection," Lola said simply. "I doubt that ol' Dumbles knows about me, or if he does, he's looking for Gracie, but it's certainly possible. If he does know about me - and good lord I hope he doesn't - but if he does, then he'll be looking for a brother and sister, not two sisters. It just makes everything that bit safer."

Remus was nodding in agreement as she spoke. "Good idea," he commented.

"I know."

He rolled his eyes. "Guess I'm Smith then. Good ol' Smith."

"So, who's ready to go to school on Monday?" Connie smirked.

Eight groans rang out as the adults laughed.

"Who's ready to go looking for jobs?" Hermione snarked.

It was the adults turn to groan.

Rosebury Primary School was a large, old, brick building. There were four different playground areas, a gated off bit for Nursery and Reception, a red carpeted area for Years 1 and 2, a green carpeted area for the remaining years and the astroturf for the Key stage 2. There was a small building by the back wall, diagonal to the astroturf, the classroom for Years 5 and 6. Nursery and Reception were on the ground floor of the main building, with the canteen and the Play Area. The floor above were Years 1 and 2, as well as the IT suite and the reception. The top floor was where Years 3 and 4 were, as well as the art room and the stage.

Hermione nervously reached out to grab Harry's hand, their fingers lacing together as they stood with their fellow Cubs, all in the new uniform. It was rather lucky that Sirius was Lord Black and believed innocent by the Goblins, as it meant he had a lot of money, and a discreet trip to Gringotts to collect said money wouldn't get him arrested. Said money was used to buy the Cubs all the school gear they needed.

Hermione had on the same as Daphne, a grey skirt to just above the knees with a white polo shirt, both wearing a navy blue cardigan with the logo of the school on it. The only difference really, was that Daphne was wearing black ankle boots with tassels and had her hair down, while Hermione was wearing black slip ons with her hair in a French plait.

Like Hermione and Daphne, Astoria and Kali were dressed the same, in navy blue and white checked dresses, both wearing the navy blue cardigan and the same tall black boots with sparkle up the outside. Astoria had her plaited and twisted up into a bun, held in place with a large sparkly scrunchie. Kali's hair was in a high ponytail, any escaping strands held back by the thick beaded alice band she wore. Harry and Drake were in grey trousers with white polo shirts and the navy blue Rosebury jumpers. They had on black plimsolls, their hair tousled and messy.

Luna and Rosie were wearing identical grey pinafores with a white polo shirt and matching butterfly shoes. Their hair was up in bunches, exactly the same way.

Each child was under glamours, as well as the adults.

The 'quads' all had the same sort of facial features as each other, Connie and Sirius. Sirius' hair remained black, like the 'quads', while Connie made her hair platinum blonde. Before, the 'quads' hair had been brown, but it was a rather dark brown, so they kept it black, instead tanning each of their skin and the two adult's. Harry's eyes lightened, with a hint of blue and Astoria's darkened to match his, Sirius changing to the same. Connie made her eyes the same brown as Drake and Kali, despite having green before. They might have lived at Marauder Manor for three weeks now, but barely anybody had seen them. A couple people saw them from afar when they were moving in, but other than that, they hadn't yet interacted with anybody.

Rosie and Luna were pretty much identical, although they weren't too different before. Their hair had already been the exact same shade of strawberry blonde, and Courtney's matched pretty much perfectly. The two looked identical to each other, although if one looked close enough, they'd see some slight differences. Their eyes darkened to a forest green, matching Courtney and Lola's. Courtney and Lola's hair was strawberry blonde, although Lola's was darker. Remus' hair was light brown, his eyes dark blue.

Hermione's hair stayed auburn, just a shade lighter, so it was closer to Daphne's, but not the same. Lola's was pretty much exact to Hermione's, while Courtney's was closer to Daphne, Rosie and Luna's. Both girls were pale, like Lola and Courtney, while Remus was tanned. Daphne had wanted to keep her eyes, she rather liked them, they were her mother's eyes, so they took sympathy on the girl and decided to pretend her father had blue eyes. Hermione's eyes changed to a forest green. They weren't as identical as Rosie and Luna, but it was close.

Each of them was holding a navy blue, Rosebury pack folder.

The bell rang and Astoria jumped slightly, giggling a bit afterwards.

"Right," Connie said, careful not to let her voice shake too much. "Guess this is where we take you in so you can be shown to your class."

"I still wonder how we managed to get a class with eight places," Sirius added.

The headteacher, Mariam Ashford, greeted the Pack at the doors, a large smile on her face, though her eyes did widen when she saw how many Cubs there were. "Hello," she greeted. "I'm Miss Ashford, the headmistress. Welcome to Rosebury Primary School. Now, I must tell you that we weren't able to have all eight in one class. We can do four in each class. Jamie, Christopher, Lia and Tiana White in one class, and Annie and Selene Smith and Mia and Emily Jones in the other class. Is that okay with you?"

"Pups?" Sirius looked down at the kids.

They looked at each other, holding a silent conversation. Eventually Harry nodded. "We're fine with that."

Miss Ashford looked slightly surprised by the silent conversation she had just witnessed, but nodded all the same. "Excellent. Do you wish to leave your children with me and I'll escort them to their classes, or would you rather come with?"

"We'll be fine on our own, Miss Ashford," Luna and Rosie said in unison, their voices eerily the same.

Courtney stifled a giggle at the look on her face as she nodded. "It's true. Our Cubs are highly independent. They'll do alright on their own." She smiled softly.

"Alright. Well, say goodbye to your parents here. Don't worry, you'll see them at the end of the day."

Harry threw his arms around Sirius with Kali, while Astoria and Drake pounced on Connie. Rosie and Luna hugged Courtney and Remus in turn, while Daphne and Hermione hugged Lola, mindful of her crutches, then they all rotated until each Cub had hugged each adult.

They didn't notice Miss Ashford watching with a fond smile.

"Bye, bye Mummy," Rosie waved as she held Luna's hand. "See you later."

The adults watched as the Cubs were led into the school, all with sad smiles. Courtney felt Remus' arm go around her waist. She laid her head on his shoulder. Connie laced her fingers through Sirius' and pulled him away, Courtney and Remus following, Lola hopping along behind.

Emerald Class was loud and busy when Miss Ashford knocked on the door, the Cubs behind her.

The teacher pulled open the door with a wide smile. Her hair was up in a messy bun and she had paint on her cheek. "Hello! You must be the new students," she beamed.

"Yes," Miss Ashford nodded. "These are the White Quadruplets, Jamie, Christopher, Lia and Tiana. Children, this is Miss Miller, the teacher of Emerald Class, Year 1."

"Come on in," Miss Miller gestured, holding the door open.

They hesitated, then Harry threw his arms around Hermione and Luna, hugging them tightly. "See you at break," he whispered. "Call me."

"We will."

Astoria and Daphne clung to each other for another moment, before Astoria kissed her cheek and stepped back, lacing her fingers through Kali's.

"See you guys at break," Drake said to them with a nod.

"See ya," Rosie waved.

With that, Drake, Kali, Harry and Astoria made their way inside the classroom.

Miss Ashford ushered the other four across the way, towards Sapphire Class. She knocked sharply on the door and it was opened by a tall man with dark hair. "Ah," he cried. "You must be our new students. The Smith and Jones twins. I'm Mr Mister. Come in come in."

Rosie giggled slightly and the four went inside the classroom together.

Mr Mister clapped his hands together and the students all scrambled to their seats, all in a big U-shape of desks and chairs. "Good morning class!"

"Good morning Mr Mister," the class chorused back, all looking curiously at the four Cubs.

"Today we have four new students," Mr Mister said jovially. "Would our new students like to introduce themselves and say one or two interesting things about them?"

Rosie and Luna nodded in synch. "Our names are Annie and Selene Smith, we're six years old, we live with our six cousins and our Mummy, Daddy, two Aunties and Uncle," they said in unison.

"That's a lot of people you live with," Mr Mister commented. "How about you two?"

"We're Mia and-" Hermione started.

"Emily Jones," Daphne continued.

"We live with our six cousins-"

"And our Mummy-"

"Two Aunties and-"

"Two Uncles."

The class looked slightly weirded out by the Cubs twin speak, but interested at the same time. One boy in particular raised his hand. Mr Mister called on him with a wide grin. "Yes, Sam?"

"How do you do that?" The boy asked, all toothy smile and floppy hair. "That speaking thing?"

Rosie, Luna, Daphne and Hermione all exchanged a look. "We don't know," they all said in unison. "We just do it."

After a couple more questions, Mr Mister guided them to their seats, Rosie and Luna sat next to a girl named Sierra, while Daphne and Hermione sat in between Sam and a girl named Maddi.

Maddi looked extremely familiar, her hair reminding them of Connie's, as well as her eyes. "Hi," she said with a beam. "It's nice to meet you."

"Hi," Hermione smiled.

"Do you like books?" Maddi asked curiously.

"I love reading!"

"I don't want to get a job," Lola whined as her brother stared at her evenly. "That's so bo-ooring."

"Lola, we're trying to look like normal muggles," Remus hissed. "You're getting a job!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Lola nodded. "But I liked my old job. Working with the kids. I liked that."

"Excuse me?" The siblings jumped, frantically wondering just how much the elder lady that now stood behind them had heard. "I couldn't help but overhear part of your conversation. If you like working with children, I can always interview you for a job at the nursery."

"Really?" Lola gasped, eyes alight with glee. "Even with, well, this?" She gestured to her leg.

"You can clearly walk on it," the woman noted, looking to where Lola was standing perfectly normally. "I don't see why not. I'm Marigold Eversleigh."

Lola grinned and shook the proffered hand. "Lola Jones," she introduced. "This is my brother John Smith."

"Smith?" Mrs Eversleigh blinked.

"In-law!" Lola corrected hurriedly. "He's my brother-in-law. Married to my sister. Courtney Jones. Brother-in-law and sister." She giggled nervously as Remus refrained from face-palming.

Mrs Eversleigh, however, laughed. "You're a strange one. I like you. Consider yourself hired."

Lola squealed and hugged the slightly startled woman. "Thank you thank you thank you!"

"It"s no problem dearie. I'll see you at work bright and early Monday morning. Work starts at 8:30, ends at 1:30, come to the Windmill Nursery, right by the old windmill. You can't miss it."

"I'll be there," Lola promised.

"I have just one question," Connie said, raising her head slightly from where it had been resting on Sirius' lap. After a long day trying to find jobs and only Lola, Courtney and Sirius (to the surprise of every member of the Pack) succeeding in doing so, they were relaxing by the pool. Or rather, the adults were relaxing and the kids were playing and babbling excitedly about school. "How come when the Pups accept another kid into the Pack they change age, but none of us did? Why did they even change age?"

Remus sat up thoughtfully, a disgruntled Courtney propping herself up. "I've wondered that myself," he said to them, trying to keep the kids from overhearing. "At first I thought it was just the magic was powerful and changed them, but that doesn't seem right. Then I thought it was some outside force needing them to be the same age, like Fate, and I still think it may be something along the lines of that. But I also had a theory that perhaps it's the kids doing it. Think about it. They all grew up isolated, never really having proper connections with kids their own age, never really having any friendships that could last them forever. Harry, Luna and Hermione are the Founders of the Pack and they felt that way especially. When they bonded with Luna their magic made her their age so that she would always be with them, never in the year behind, never being left out. I think that subconsciously they still have those feelings inside them and their magic is picking up on those feelings and when they bond another child into the Pack the magic changes them to the same age. It doesn't change adults because the Cubs don't view us as siblings, nor do they want to. To them we are their parents and the magic sees that so does not change us."

"That...makes sense," Lola nodded. "So, if they stop feeling that way...?"

"Any further kids brought in will stay the same age," Remus nodded.

At that moment Harry shoved Hermione into the pool, the girl shrieking with laughter. He highfived Draco, neither of them noticing Hermione nod at Astoria and Luna. The two crept up behind the boys and with a push, the boys were cannonballing into the pool. Luna and Astoria laughed, jumping right in after them.

It was only when Remus looked round for the location of the other Cubs that he noticed Daphne off to the side, watching longingly. Kissing his wife on the head, he stood and walked over to the girl. She looked up startled as he sat next to her.

"Why the long face?"

She blinked and tilted her head to the side in confusion.

Remus ran a hand through his hair in a very James Potter way. "It means why do you look upset. So?"

"Oh," Daphne nodded. "I just-it's nothing."

"Daphne," Remus stared at her levelly. "What's the matter?"

She hesitated, then looked away. "She looks so happy," she whispered, so quietly that without his wolf hearing Remus likely wouldn't have heard her. "Stori's never looked that happy." She turned to stare at Remus with tears in her eyes. "Thank you."

"Daph-"

"No," she shook her head. "Don't say it's nothing, don't say anything, just listen. My sister has only ever known fear and isolation. She was stuck in a dungeon for ages. Stori hasn't smiled in years and she rarely said a word to me. You brought her smile to life, you got her talking, all of you. Thank you. Thank you for bringing my sister back to me."

"You're our daughters now," Remus smiled. "Our Cubs. Omnes enim una omnium. Ignavique nihil crudele. Numquam desistas, numquam in."

"Omnes enim una omnium. Ignavique nihil crudele. Numquam desistas, numquam in," Daphne repeated. "Does...does this mean I...?" She looked away. "Does this mean I can call you Dad?" She mumbled, Remus having to strain himself to hear her.

Remus pulled the girl into a hug, simply holding her. "You can call me whatever you want to."

Daphne slowly reciprocated her first ever hug, snuggling into the warmth. "Thanks Dad," she whispered.