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The next morning dawned bright and early, and Lira was up with the sun, finishing her book until it was breakfast time. As soon as they'd finished eating their breakfast (along with the remainder of the cake), James went outside to fix the fence and Lily asked for Lira's help to do the chores.

"Argghhh!" Lira groaned, as she dropped the pile of washing for the third time. "Wingardium Leviosa!" The clothes rose up into the air, and Lira stumbled down the stairs, the levitating clothes following her like ghosts.
"Where do you want the washing?"
"Up here, please." Lily patted the kitchen counter, and Lira raised her wand so that the washing landed on the side.
"What else is there to do?"
"I've charmed the iron to do the ironing, and Harry's playing with his toy soldiers, James said that the fence is nearly done…um…would you take these upstairs?"
"OK, one second." Lira levitated the clothes again. "Are these clean?"
"Yeah, oh hang on, I got some of these out for you…they might be a bit big but I can always shrink them down…here."
Lily passed Lira a stack of clothes, and Lira grinned.
"Thanks, I'll try them on when I go upstairs."
"Cool, see you in a minute."

Lira skipped up the stairs like the Pied Piper, the clothes dancing around behind her. After putting them away, she tried on all of the clothes that Lily gave her, and made a pile of the clothes that she liked, and the ones that needed shrinking, before pulling on a pair of jeans, a yellow t-shirt and a blue jumper. A loud knock on the door sent Lira flying down the stairs to see who it was.
"Who is it?" Lily called from the kitchen, and Lira shrugged, even though she knew that no one could see her. Lira opened the door, and an unfamiliar man stood there.

Lira's first thought was that the man was sweating, even though the weather was cool and breezy. Her second thought was that he needed to brush his hair, and brush his teeth, and wash his hands. His watery blue eyes were darting around like he'd been caught doing something that he shouldn't, which, as a matter fact, he had. Despite the fact that Lira didn't know this about this, she still took an instant dislike to him, as he stood there, sweating like a pig, eyeing her like she was the one who looked out of place.

"Um…hi?" The man looked almost as nervous as Lira felt.
"Who are you?"
"I'm P-Peter, I'm here to see Lily and James. Who are you?"
"I'm Lira, I live here."
Lira was getting a bit frustrated, even though there was no reason for it.
"Lira, honey? Is everything alright?"
"Yeah, do you know someone called Peter?"
"Peter? Oh, hello!"
"Lily!" Peter called, relieved, and Lira gave him the evil eye before moving out of the way to let him in.

"Who's at the door?" James called from the garden, and then appeared at the back door.
"Hello, Wormy!"
"Hey, James."
"Who's the girl?"
"My name is Lira."
"OK, so what's she doing here?"
"Lira's staying with us."
"R-Really?" Peter stuttered slightly as he spoke, and Lira frowned, confused.
"Yeah, I'm staying here with James and Lily, because I can't go back home."
"Right. Okay. That's nice."
"What brings you here, Wormy?"
"Lily invited me around, said that Bathilda was coming around for tea, so I thought I might come round a bit earlier."
"Peter! How are you?"
Lily came out of the kitchen, wiping her sudsy hands on her jumper.
"I'm alright, thank you."
"Bathilda said that she'd be coming around in a minute, so you're just in time."
"Excellent."
"Sorry, Lira, this is Peter Pettigrew. He was our good friend at Hogwarts, and is still our friend now. Peter, this is Lira. She had a…accident with a Time Turner so she's going to be staying with us."
"Great. Thanks for letting me know."
There was a definite coolness to Lira's voice, and Lily looked at her curiously.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Just a bit…tired, I think."
"Okay." Lily said, but she didn't look convinced.
The atmosphere in the kitchen was tense now, and Lira went over to play with Harry, leaving the adults in the kitchen.

"You don't know what date it was, do you Harry?" The baby looked up at her, confused, and she sighed. "Of course you don't, you aren't from my time. If only I could remember the details…" Lira smiled weakly as Harry ran his little fingers through her hair.
"Broom?"
"Okay, one second. Lily?" Lira stood up. "Can Harry go on his broom?"
"Yeah, just keep a close eye on him!"
"I will!"

Lira picked up Harry's miniature broom and laid it on the floor.
"Up." It flew up into her hand, hovering in mid-air, and she placed Harry on it. As soon as his bottom touched the seat, he gripped it tightly and zoomed off around the room, screaming with laughter.
"Harry! Mind the table!" She shrieked, ducking as Harry flew over her head, guffawing with laughter. "Slow down!"
Thankfully, the baby did so, but only a little bit. There was another knock on the door, and Lily stood up, speaking to no one in particular.
"I'll get it."

Barely a minute later, Remus came into the living room, a smile on his face as he saw Harry zooming around on his broom. "Oony!"
"How are you doing, Moony?"
"Hello Harry, James. I'm doing fine, thank you. How are you, Lira?"
"I'm better, thank you."
Remus ignored the empty chair at the table and went to sit down on the sofa with Lira, who was watching Harry with a paranoid look in her eyes, as Peter, Lily and James started to speak again.
"Remus?"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course you can. Whether I can answer it though, is another matter."
"Um…when did you get those scars?"
Remus' face closed up like a hedgehog disturbed.
"They are from a long time ago, before I was fifteen."
"May I ask how you got them?"
Remus took a long time thinking about his answer.
"I am not going to lie and say that I am not ashamed, of how I got these scars, and if you feel any differently towards me after I have told you, I will not hold it against you."
"Okay…" Lira muttered, starting to get a little worried now.
"I got these scars because I am a werewolf."
Remus studied Lira's face carefully for any disgust, or fear that might have lurked there, but only saw understanding. Understanding, and a little pity.
"That's why they call you Moony."
"Yes."

"I'm a little relieved, actually. For a moment there I thought that you just went around mooning people."
"No, though Sirius did dare me to do that once."
"Why does that not surprise me…?"
"Sirius is quite a special man…"
"Where did you transform?"
"I'm sorry?"
"At Hogwarts. They must have planted…and there's the tree…the Shrieking Shack. The haunting…you transformed in the Shrieking Shack, didn't you?"
Remus smiled, impressed with her thought process, and nodded.
"But how did you get there? It's not near enough to Hogwarts…"
"There's a passage in the Whomping Willow."
"Uh…I hate that tree…"
"I don't like it much, either."
"And Sirius…he's an Animagus, right?"
"Yeah."
"But he's unregistered?"
Remus was shocked.
"How do you know that?"
"There's a list of the registered Animagi in Britain, I researched it for my homework, and he isn't on that."
"Right again! But the Ministry aren't aware that there are three unregistered Animagi running around."
"Three?"

Remus' eyes widened as he realised his mistake.
"No…I mean…"
"Not you…but James? And…Peter?"
Lira spat Peter's name like it had mortally offended her.
"What did Peter do?"
"Don't change the subject. They're Animagi, aren't they?"
"Maybe."
"What animals?"
"Peter is a rat,"
Remus started, and Lira coughed something that sounded like "Figures."
"And James is a stag."
"A stag? Like, a deer?"
"Uh-huh."
"Prongs..." She breathed, understanding sparkling in her eyes.

"Lira?"
"Yeah?"
Lily called from over at the table, and Lira kneeled up, peering over the top of the sofa. As she caught sight of James, she burst out laughing, and they all looked at her, confused, except Remus, who smiled and turned around to see what was going on.
"What?" James said, self-consciously touching his hair.
"Nothing, Bambi."
Lira grinned, there was a minute of silence, and then Lily and Lira started to giggle. A second later, they were both roaring with laughter.
"What? What's so funny?" Both James and Peter were sitting at the table, thoroughly perplexed, while Remus smirked and the girls shrieked with laughter.
"Bambi…that's genius…" Lily gasped, and Lira grinned.
"Prancer, too." They laughed again, and James stood up.

"Okay, Lily, what's going on?"
"Prancer…" Lily gasped, and James turned to Lira.
"Okay, Lira, I'm relying on you. What's going on?"
"Bambi is an animated movie about a cute baby deer…"
"You told her!" James turned to Remus accusingly.
"It was an accident! She was too smart!"
"Why, thank you!"
"Does she know about Sirius too?"
"Yep, he showed me yesterday."
"What about Peter?"
"Yeah, he's a rat. Can you show me?"
"What?"

"Can you show me your Animagus form?"
"There might not be enough room." James said, looking around, and Lily flicked her wand so that the sofa pushed up against the wall, and picked Harry up.
"Now there will be."

James closed his eyes, and his back lengthened smoothly, his arms and legs stretching and becoming hooves, his hair shooting back into his head, antlers sprouting from his head. Remus and Peter didn't react, having seen him transform hundreds of times, and Lily's eyes only widened very slightly; she'd seen James transform before. Harry clapped his hands and cried, "Dada!", but the best reaction was by far Lira's.

"Wow…" She muttered, running her hand along the length of his back, and he nudged her ribs with his muzzle. Lira giggled, and touched his antlers gently.
"That's so cool…" There was a tap on the door, and James transformed quickly, so that Lira's hand was in his hair as he straightened up.
"That'll be Bathilda!" Lily smiled, swishing her wand so that the sofa moved back into place.
"Hello Bathilda! Can I get you some tea?"
"Yes please, Lily dear, and then I think I'll sit down. These old legs don't work as they used to." A friendly voice floated in from the hallway, and Lily came in, along with a smartly-dressed lady, holding a tin patterned with Golden Snitches.
"Hello, James dear, oh and Peter and Remus, it's lovely to see you. Now who's this?"

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