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Tigerlily's POV

What on earth are they talking about, of course we are freaks and unlovable. Why would Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon lie?

I know I am not suppose to talk but I am so confused , they said Aunt Petunia lied, then maybe they don't believe the same as her, maybe. Just maybe I might be allowed to talk, not too much of a little bit, like when I'm with Harry.

Remus' POV

What is going through their little heads? We should have never had to tell them that, they should have never believed such a lie. What would Lily and James say or do right now? Because of Peter we shall never know. Oh, I wish the children would say something. This silence is unbearable.

"M-m-m-m-moony" Tigerlily stuttered, at that moment I remembered she hasn't spoken yet and Harry said she doesn't talk. Oh.

" Well , What is it sweetie" I have never felt this proud. She was speaking to me. She looked more than a little confused at what I just said.

"Y-y-you don't m-m-mind me t-t-talking?" How could she think such a thing. Damn that Petunia and her fat husband.

"Of course not, I'm really glad your talking." Trying to sound gentle right now is not easy. I am so angry at Petunia and at the same time so chipper and hyper.

"Really?" She sounded so shocked, I couldn't say a word, my face was starting to hurt from smiling but I couldn't care less. So I just nodded. She smiled a real smile and giggled and I couldn't think of any sound I would rather hear.

Snape's POV

That's it, if, well, when the Dark Lord comes back I will sign the Dursley's up for a lot of torture. How dare they treat children, magic children no less in such a way. Dumbledore told me they were loved and being spoilt rotten like James. Damn that old coot.

Then she started speaking, although she spoke in a small quiet voice I could hear every word. It is so sad to see any child afraid to talk but when it's Lily's child it's even more tragic. My goddaughter should be happy, well really she should be with Lily but that isn't going to happen.

Remus' POV

Tigerlily's face suddenly dropped '' What's the matter Tigerlily?" I was worried she had hurt herself.

"Can you call me Tilly please" I nodded "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that" What on earth was she on about.

"What are you sorry for Tilly" It felt a little bit funny saying that. But I would soon be used to it.

"For what I did before, I am really sorry" Oh that.

"Don't be sorry, I am really proud of you " How to explain about magic " You see, your a witch like your mother. And Harry is a wizard like your Dad and me and Sirius and Severus." She looked astonished, you can hardly blame her. I really hope the other two come and help me out "When you were floating before you were doing something called accidental magic, it means you can't control it, so there's nothing to be sorry for.''

"But I've done that before, and Uncle Vernon says magic is a bad word" Calm down, just calm down Remus.

"Tilly, listen to me. Magic isn't bad, it can be bad, but only if you want it to be. Your Petunia and Vernon were wrong. Please don't call them Aunt and Uncle. Just so you know, me and Sirius here are going to be nothing like them. Severus isn't like them either" I hope she doesn't remember how they treated her.

Later that night after the children had eaten another big meal, although they had barely touched it. The children had gone to bed, they had separate bedrooms, although there was a door linking them. There was also a door to Remus' and Sirius' shared bedroom.

Sirius was spooning his beloved Moony. The bed was big enough for 5, at the moment this was one of only 4 bedrooms that had been cleaned and personalised. Although Tigerlily's and Harry's rooms were bound to change. Severus' room wasn't going to change anytime soon. This room had the Gryfinddor colour scheme, and basically looked a bit like the dorm at Hogwarts.

Sirius smiled at his Moony "Well think of the fun we are going to have now with the children" .Remus smiled at his friends happiness, he had spoke of nothing else since they had gone to bed 3 hours ago. "Maybe we should go and check on them, you know them being in a new house, and all that maybe we could check on them." He seemed to be looking for Remus' approval.

"If we go and check on them, will you shut up and let everyone get some much needed sleep?" Sirius nodded eagerly. "Okay then , lets go"

With that they both got out of bed and went to the door. Sirius went to check on Harry and Remus' was on his way to check on Tigerlily.

When he got there the bed was empty, and he couldn't see her, so he headed towards the door to see if she had gone to Harry. He was in the hallway when Sirius came running towards him. "Harry isn't in his bed and I can't find him, is he in there with his sister?"

That's when Remus' started to worry " Tigerlily isn't in her bed and I can't find her, I had hoped she gone to Harry's room" Both men ran back to the rooms they had just come out of.

Remus searched Tigerlily's room, he checked the bed again, then under the bed and all around the room. Sirius came running back again, shaking his head, and it was obvious he was worried.

"Change into Padfoot, you might have a bit better luck" Remus suggested losing hope every second. Sirius just nodded and changed and ran back to Harry's room. Remus stood there in the middle of the room, looking around to see if he had missed anywhere. He just stood there staring at it: the wardrobe, it was the only place he hadn't checked. He walked slowly towards the wardrobe. He grabbed the handle and slowly pulled the door open. Children should only be in wardrobes when playing games, aren't most children scared about monsters in the wardrobe? He gasped at the sight before him, his little Tigerlily curled up in the bottom of the wardrobe. She looked him in the eye and looked terrified and Remus felt bent down and picked her up, she was so cold. He went over to the bed and wrapped a blanket around her. She still looked terrified but Remus held her close.

He walked into Harry's room to see Sirius on the floor rocking with Harry in his arms. "He was in his wardrobe and when he saw me he was so scared, he thought was going to hit him, Remus" Was all Sirius could get out between sobs.

'Why were they both in their wardrobes?' Was one of Remus' first thoughts followed by 'First thing to do is calm everyone, then get the children to talk'. Severus came into Harry's room to see what all the commotion was about.

He didn't say a thing he just raised an eyebrow at the sight before him. Remus said "Come on every one lets go and have some cocoa" Sirius had calmed down enough now to agree and carried Harry down the stairs while Remus went to Severus to explain what had happened, while carrying Tigerlily. " Sirius wanted to check on the children" Severus rolled his eyes " So he went to check on Harry while I went to check on Tilly" He looked down at the little girl as he said that. "Neither of them were in their beds, we originally thought they had gone to each others room, but that wasn't the case, both of them were hiding in their wardrobes, and when we found them , they both looked terrified.'' Now they were at the kitchen, Sirius was sitting at the table with Harry on his knee, Severus sat down, trying to process everything that had happened when Tigerlily got off her seat at the table and went over to Severus. Severus picked her up and she sat on his knee. He smiled, this felt natural, this should have been his daughter on his lap. Remus went over to the stove and started to warm up some milk when he saw Tigerlily and Severus, he smiled they were not going to be a normal family, but they would be happy.

He poured everyone a mug of cocoa and put them all on the table. He sat between Sirius and Severus and children. He looked at both adults and started "Harry, Tilly, your not in trouble, but could you tell us why you were both in your . "

The children looked at each other, the Tigerlily nodded to her brother but neither started talking so Sirius took over. "Do you not like your rooms, we can change them if it makes you feel better".

Harry looked at him and very quickly, a little too quickly said "No it's the best room we have ever had." Tigerlily nodded and agreed with her brother.

"Then why were you in the wardrobes?" Severus asked, he was now very curious, they hadn't acted spoilt all day and now... well he didn't know anymore. "What were your rooms like at Petunia's house?"

"We shared our room most of the time" Harry said the word room with care and slowly unlike every other word.

"Do you want to share here?" Sirius said quickly.

"What do you mean by room, Harry?" Severus said after all of his years he knew signs to look out for. Remus and Sirius looked at him like he was mental.

"Our room wasn't actually a room." Harry said quietly.

"What was your room?" Remus was now dreading the answer, also he couldn't believe he didn't pick up on it.

"The cupboard under the stairs" Harry whispered but everyone had heard him.

"I'm gonna kill Petunia" Sirius said, earning a elbow to his side from Remus.

"Is that where you thought you would sleep here?" Remus asked calmly but inside he was anything but calm. Then the children nodded, "We do not want you to sleep in the wardrobes, do you understand?" After a unconvincing nod, Remus continued " You have a whole room each, if you ever want to share, just ask, we're next door if you ever want to come to us." The children looked sleepy so Remus asked " Do you want to stay with us tonight?" Both children nodded, but Tigerlily was having a dilemma should she stay with Remus or Severus.

Severus could see what she was thinking, so said "You should stay with Remus, I am leaving very early in the morning" He then passed Tigerlily over to Remus, Severus wasn't cut out for all the jobs of a dad. He was starting to wonder how Lucius did it. With that Severus left the table and went back to his room to try and get some sleep.

Remus carried Tigerlily and Sirius carried Harry and they went back to their bedroom, and the 4 of them went to bed and had a good nights sleep for the rest of the night.