Sorry its been so long since my last update I had mayjor writers block, sorry it there is any mistakes and i hope you like it, let me know what you think in the reviews.

"Hey Lily," Hugo said as they walked down stairs to their Aunt Andromeda who was waiting for the two so they could disapperate to the Burrow.

"If you are going to ask about what I got you for your birthday then don't even bother trying," she told him.

"No it's not to do with that, did you go out last night because I thought I heard you leaving but I wasn't sure," he said hesitantly.

"Off course not Huey, I would've told you," Lily replied though she felt awful about lying to her cousin but for some reason she wasn't ready to tell him about the sandy wolf in their backyard.

"You kids ready," Lily was thankful at their Aunts interruption which effectively ended the conversation.

"Definitely" Lily and Hugo said together.

"Is everyone going to be there?" Hugo asked, they were both exited to see their family and were hoping everyone had attended.

"Everyone but Louis and Uncle Charlie they are still in Romania, something about a Hungarian Horntail, a goat and angry muggle farmers, no one wants to know what's going on there," Andromeda replied with a small frown.

"Lily baby, how have you been, have you been eating your vegies, you haven't been using magic have you," Ginny said hurriedly while crushing Lily with an iron hug.

"Mum please stop, it's only been a week," Lily moaned wiggling out of her mother's embrace.

"Well it felt like forever for everyone hear we missed you both, now head inside everyone is waiting to see you kids," her mother said pushing Lily and Hugo through the front door of the Burrow.

As soon as they were through the door lily's senses were assaulted with the noise and chaos from her entire extended family not the mention the mouth-watering smell of her Grandma Molly's food.

"Daddy," Lily cried out as she ran into her father's arms, in the corner of her eye she saw Hugo was in a reluctant embrace with his mother, her uncle Ron was trying and failing to get Aunt Hermione to loosen her grip on their son.

"I have missed you so much Lily-Pad, and don't you worry I will have you kids home in no time," her father told her.

"Dad it's really OK, I am actually quite enjoying Forks, and I have met some really nice people there,"

"Well that's good to hear, you just enjoy this little vacation with Andromeda I promise you it won't be long till I this whole mess sorted and you and Hugo can return home," her father said ruffling her already messy hair.

"Aunt Lily, Aunt Lily," she turned hearing the high pitch voice of her five year old niece Dora Lupin shouted running to give Lily a hug.

"She has been asking to see you for a while now," Teddy told her from the couch where he was sitting with Victoria and bouncing two year old John Lupin in his lap, from the last letter teddy sent she knew he was teething and was being a little fussy lately.

The girls mousy brown hair suddenly turned the same shade of red as Lily's own hair as she gave her niece a hug, Lily Picked Dora up so she could tell Lily about everything she had been up to while she had been gone.

"Now diner won't be ready for another half hour so Lily, Hugo why don't you two head upstairs the rest of the kids are up there," Lily nodded handing Dora to her grandma Molly who promised the little girl she could have some sweets she had hidden away, so with Dora being entertained by the rest of her aunts and grandmother in the kitchen she followed Hugo upstairs eager to see her brothers and the rest of her cousins.

The room was full of excitement, shouting and giggling could be herd from the bottom of the stairs.

On all the family gatherings the cousins all congregated in the play room, it used to be Uncle Fred and Georges Bedroom but after Fred Passed Uncle George didn't like to be in here anymore so it was turned into a room for all the kids to have fun while the grownups spent time down stairs, everyone got to be as loud as they wanted upstairs it's what happened every year, though Molly II wasn't here this year her and frank Longbottom were downstairs with the other adults and their baby Arthur who was only four months old.

It was the same with Victoria and Teddy once Dora came along they stopped coming upstairs during these occasions with the exception for Christmas it was the one time they always stayed upstairs for the majority of the night, it was an unspoken pact between everyone to ensure they were always close with one another no matter how far away everyone became in life.

Lily didn't realise how much she missed each of her family members until now trying of Roxanne and Dominique's new designs they weren't sure of, catching up with her best friend despite Alice refusing to stop staring longingly at Hugo who was talking passionately about Quidditch with Albus, and getting all the gossip from Lucy about the Prank Fred and James had planned for tonight's dinner and Roses ever turbulent relationship with Scorpius Malfoy, even getting advice of the best way to study for her seventh year NEWTS exams from Rose wasn't as torturous as usual.

"Hey James did you get what I asked," Lily whispered when Hugo had Left with Alice to go for a walk outside.

"Sure did Lily-Pad, this was a really good idea," he said handing over a poorly wrapped parcel to Lily.

"well I feel really bad, Hugo wants to be a Auror and the program starts a week after we will leave Hogwarts, this was going to be his and Alice's last summer together and now he is stuck in another country and isn't even aloud to contact her,"

"Hugo knew what he was doing when he agreed to come to forks with you Lil, don't feel too bad," patting lily on the back

"Hey Lily can you promise me something,"

"Sure Jamie,"

"If you get in trouble let me know, I will get help," we whispered lowly so their other cousins would not over here and slipped a small golden coin into her hand "The mirror wasn't the only thing I took from dad's office,"

"And what makes you so sure I'm goanna get into trouble,"

"You got marauders blood lily, always have always will," at that comment lily just nodded she couldn't deny what James had said so she slipped the coin into her pocket, she wasn't sure why but she had a feeling that she may need to use the coin in the future.

That night Lily slept in a sleeping bag on the hard floor the room was cramped and hotter than it should have been with all the bodies of her cousins and siblings cramped into the tiny space and at least half of them were snoring but she didn't care and she slept soundly dreaming of walking through a lush green forest with a large sandy wolf following close behind.

"Happy birthday Huey," Lily said the next morning handing Hugo his present, he teared open the present only to see a broken shard of glass, with a hiss he pulled a finger away after cutting it against a particularly sharp edge.

"Careful Huey you don't want to break it," Lily said reaching out to Hugo inspecting his cut.

"You got me a piece of glass,"

"it's not just any piece of glass Hugo it's a mirror, the mirror," Lily told Hugo exasperated, it took him a moment before he clicked it was the mirror shard that they only herd about in bedtime stories, the mirror that Sirius gifted to harry many years ago the mirror that saved Lily's own father countless times.

"What ... How?" Hugo asked speechless

"James procured it," Lily replied with a smile choosing her words carefully "I gave the rest of the mirror to Alice, I know you are giving up a lot to be here with me and I just wanted to show you that I appreciate it,"

"This is why you are my favourite cousin," Hugo said as he hugged Lily.