When the morning light hit Sirius in the face, he saw his husband and daughter sleeping peacefully. "Padfoot," Remus whispered. Sirius looked at him shocked. "I'll get up in a few minutes," he promised before Sirius gently rearranged Sabrina so she was laying cuddled in Remus's arms. "Padfoot?"
"You and our daughter had a long night. Rest as long as you need. I'll make something to eat. When Sabrina wakes up, I'll rewrap her bandages. Madam Pomfrey strictly said to rewrap them this morning since she needs 1 hour of her arm just resting in a sling so the skin can breathe," Sirius responded. Remus nodded and kissed Sirius as he laid back down with Sabrina and kissed her eye as she moaned in confusion.
Meanwhile, Sirius was planning breakfast. He wanted Sabrina to sleep as long as she could. So he coudn't make too much noise. He decided on a simple fruit salad. Remus walked out after 20 minutes and yawned. "I couldn't sleep. Not like this. Sabrina is on her back and I'm going back to her in a minute. I wanted to help make breakfast and then I'd wake her up," Remus explained.
"I got it. You take a book to Sabrina and read to her. She needs the comfort," Sirius answered. Remus smirked and grabbed the Tales of Beedle the Bard. As he walked in, Sabrina was sitting up with only her one arm and whimpering.
Remus put the book on the end of the nightstand and picked Sabrina up swaddling her in the quilt he left in his room for that exact purpose. She needed to move as little as possible. As he was certain she was wrapped up and safe, he picked up the book. "Which one do you want today?" He was praying she didn't want Babbity Rabbity. She and him loved the tale but it was starting to make the wolf in him hungry for rabbit.
"Three Brothers," she answered. That made Remus sigh in relief. A little break from Babbity Rabbity might just prevent Sirius from going Babbity. He had almost thrown the book in the fire until Remus calmed him down. Remus opened the book to that page that it began on. He noticed that there was a drawing. Remus looked at it confused and then opened it. Sabrina had made a drawing of Sirius and it was impressive. She had a bit more of a fine motor skill compared to other kids her age.
"When did you draw this?" He showed her the picture and she smiled at it. "When?"
"3 weeks ago," she answered with a tone of guessing. He didn't blame her. She probably thought that Sirius put it somewhere special and left it at that. She wouldn't have a good grasp on time. "Why there?"
"I think Papa wanted to protect it. You hadn't been reading a lot," he whispered. As Remus put the picture on Sirius's stand he looked at the words and smiled. "There were 3 brothers. They went out at twilight and knew that they would surely drown if they went in the river. Instead, they used their wands to evade death. Death wasn't happy with them," he began before Sabrina hit the picture with her good arm. "Comments?"
"Bad Death. Good brothers," she responded.
"You think so? Well Death offered them something as a reward. The first brother, he asked for a wand so powerful he was invincible. Death took the branch of an Elder Tree and gave it to the brother. With that he created the Elder Wand. The second brother, he wanted to see his wife. She died on their wedding day. So Death took a stone from the bottom of the river and gave it the power to bring back the dead. The Ressurection stone was formed. The third brother, he wanted to put something else in Death's face. He asked for something to allow him to slip into the shadows. So Death took off his own cloak that allowed him to be invisible. The 3 objects formed and now the brothers were gone to live their lives."
"What happened after?"
"I'm getting to that," he chuckled kissing her forehead. He noticed Sirius at the door with breakfast. But he wanted to listen to. Remus was able to find ways to bring the stories to life and Sabrina needed that at the moment since she wasn't able to move. She was missing saying goodbye to Bill and Charlie but they had plans to make sure she spoke to them. "Now, Death knew that these objects were special since the brothers cheated him. But the brothers messed around too much. The first brother, he bragged about winning a duel. Death decided that enough was enough. He went to the inn where the First brother lay and took him and the wand as a prize. The second brother, Death had to do nothing. The resurrection stone brought back the wife, but he learned that his wife enjoyed death. So to join her, the second brother assured that he would die too," Remus read. Sabrina rubbed her eyes and he smiled as he saw Sirius had joined them and Sabrina had begun on her breakfast with her good hand. "Then there was the third brother. He had managed to stay hidden all his life. But when he grew old, he gave the cloak to his son. Death was welcomed like an old friend," Remus read and smiled when he looked down to see Sabrina asleep. "Goodnight my cub," he whispered stroking her hair.
"I saw the picture on my stand. Where was it?"
"I'm glad I didn't let you throw this in the fire. Where the story Babbity Rabbity started, she had this. Our toddler is a talented artist," he noted. Sirius smiled and showed Remus a black covered book. As Remus opened it, he couldn't believe it. "You drew me?" Sirius had passed his artistry skills down to their daughter. Remus looked like a grey man with fur. "You handed it down to her."
"Nice work," he teased Remus for figuring it out. Remus smiled and as Sabrina slept, he called Madam Pomfrey. He didn't want Sabrina to have issues all week. He was going to ask for the Skelegrow solution and promied to be there for her. "Mooney are you sure?"
"Yes. We will be there for her. Through all the kicking and hte screaming. We'll be able to calm her. Even if we can't, we'll use a Calming Draught or even a Sleeping Draught," he promised Sirius. Sirius nodded and awaited Madam Pomfrey as patiently as he could.