As Poppy arrived at the home of the two men and their daughter, she saw Remus looking beggingly at her. "Fine. But you will be staying with her throughout the whole thing. I'll only give you one Calming Draught. The Sleeping Draught is only if she can't stop screaming or crying." Remus nodded and as Poppy handed over the cup, Remus made sure that Sabrina drank it all. "I'll be back to check on her in the morning," she promised the werewolf. He nodded and as Sabrina began her whimpers, Sirius came in and noticed.
"Did Pomfrey?" Remus nodded, so Sirius turned to his Padfoot form and licked his daughter's face. But it wasn't helping yet. Her face was still scrunched up. Sirius was worried and as was Remus. Padfoot was normally enough to soothe the frightened or in pain toddler. Sirius turned back and gently held her good hand and tried whispering to her, but nothing worked. Finally the stage Pomfrey warned Remus about came. The stage where she would begin crying. Sirius picked up Sabrina and began humming to her. "I know honey. I know. It'll be over soon. Just breathe. Focus on me. Focus on Pa'foo," he whispered. The botching of Sirius and his Marauder name tended to bring some giggles into Sabrina and it at least quieted the sobs. Remus was relieved at that.
"It's alright Sabrina. It's almost over," Remus soothed. Remus knew that was far from true, but if she settled enough to take the Calming Draught, then they may just be able to get through the night. But it wasn't working. Remus used the sling to hold her arm in one place, while trying to distract her mind. He found it only hurt severly if your mind was on it. But it wasn't working. "Shhh," he hushed uncorking the Calming Draught. Pressing the vial to her lips, she began drinking it wanting to choke. But she finally swallowed it all and whimpered before yawning a bit. "That's better isn't it? Sleepy," he whispered. Sirius smiled as her eyes were falling shut again.
"Just go to sleep Bambi," he encouraged as his larger hand stroked her hair and she closed her eyes. Sirius doing that was really calming to her. There was still whimpers coming out of her mouth, but that was to be expected. The matter was only in how loud it was. As she fell asleep, Remus laid her flat on her back in bed and kissed her forehead. She was tremoring a bit. He remembered small tremors and knew that it was painful. But he watched it. Finally, the whimpers died down and all they could hear was breathing. Remus looked to see Morning's glow on Sabrina's face. He sighed in relief but was astounded that he stayed awake until morning to make sure that Sabrina slept. "I've got her Remus. You need to rest. Your cub is fine with me for a while. Rest. I'm certain that's all that's on her agenda too." He nodded and kissed Sirius before laying down himself. He felt Sabrina's body against him and chuckled softly. Sabrina had this internal instinct to do so. But given that she transformed and then had to take a Potion cause he for once was greedy, he didn't blame her.
"It's alright my little cub. Daddy will always protect you," he whispered. Sabrina yawned and was out of it to the point where Remus could apply some pressure on her to place her on his chest. He felt safer when he knew she was there. He fell asleep and Sabrina stayed asleep until about noon. When she woke, Remus was sitting reading. Sabrina was in his lap and he noticed her head lolled to the one side. "You awake?"
"Yeah," she answered. Madam Pomfrey was around faster than he could even call for Sirius to retrieve her. As she examined the arm, she was amazed. No pain was evident. Sabrina looked rather impatient.
"Well it seems that the potion worked wonders on you," she noted pulling off the sling. "Now no running around you hear? I don't want to hear you did that again," she warned. Sabrina nodded at Madam Pomfrey and as she left, Sabrina was quick to get up.
"Sabrina Lily Lupin-Black," Remus began sternly. She turned to look at him innocently. "Innocent look won't work. What did Madam Pomfrey just tell you?" She looked at him still. "I'l give you a little reminder. Has to do with running," he added.
"Not to run around," she answered. He nodded at her and she looked repentant.
"Go to your corner. 5 minutes," he warned. Remus hated putting her in the corner for being excited to move, but he still had to keep her in check. She had just been given an instruction not to run. As he sat there reading his book, he counted to 300 and sighed as it was finally over. "Sabrina," he called and she walked over. "You know what you did was wrong. As much as you don't normally fall, your arm is still ging to be soft and sensitive. So for a week you can't be running around," he warned.
"Okay. I'm sorry," she answered and Remus smiled as she climbed onto him to hug him. He carried her downstairs and Sirius was nothing but relieved to see his little girl up and awake.
"How's the arm?"
"Better," she answered and yawned. Remus chuckled knowing that Sabrina would eat and then most likely fall asleep. But he was wrong. Just as Sirius put the Potato Salad on the table, Sabrina fell face first into it and was asleep.
"She'll eat later. She's tired from the transformation and from the Skelegrow," Remus promised. Sirius chuckled and wiped her face without waking her. "She's like you Padfoot. Dead to the world in sleep," Remus teased as he carried her to bed.