Mayla let out a yawn as the lullaby that started naptime started. Emilia turned to her then checked the time on her little watch.

"It's almost naptime," Emelia said. "They start playing more sleepy-time music to help the kids wind down". Emelia informed. "Usually Sun starts setting up for it sooner though." She tilted her head to the side.

"It looks like some of the littler kids are already asleep," Harriette noted. "Are there any blankets around?" She was looking around, probably for said items. Several kids with older siblings were being gathered and a little nest being built. But there were a few little ones who didn't have bigger siblings to look after them. Harriette offered her hand to a bleary eyed four year old who looked relieved to take it. Leaning against her side.

"I'll make them a den, want to help, we need a nice enclosed place for them, but make sure that they can get out easily, and we need toys, pillows, and blankets for them," Mayla said as she walked to look for the right place. Emelia grabbed her hand an pointed out a few spots for her to check.

Mayla and Emelia found a nice cave like area on the first level of the play structure. Harriette left the four year old and followed Genni to gather sleeping material. The two brought a few arm loads and a small group of littles. Mayla began putting the pillows, blankets, and soft toys into a comfy little den. A pair of twins who looked related to Genni had joined the activity. They were helping to gather the remaining tired toddlers, while Harriette and Genni continued collecting sleeping supplies.

The activity had caught Percy's notice, who quickly walked over to talk to Mayla, since she was the oldest, about what she was doing. That's when Fred and George walked over with a few almost asleep toddlers either in their arms or attached to their sides. Percy, still not understanding, opened his mouth wide to yell at them, even as Fred tried to shush him, until Mayla gave him the look all mom's seem to give their kids. Percy decided then to turn and walk away, as Fred and George went to finish gathering the sleepy little kids. Harriette and Genni brought over a final arm load when Sun came over to check on them; Percy practically pulling him along.

"What are my little Sunbeams up to?" Sun asked, before noting the sleepy group of toddlers. There were six in total. There were an unusually high number of kids today. Sun noted with a mix of worry and delight that Mayla, Emelia, Genni and Harriette seemed to have taken it upon themselves to gather them. Sun had been busy since earlier trying to get a pair of older boys to stop fighting. The pair of step brothers kept following each other and picking fights with each others. There had been four screaming matches between the two and finally it broke into a physical about ten minutes ago. Not only that but three older girl's were starting a game that was reaching toward inappropriate for the younger kids. Another group of kids had begged Sun to join them in a game. Then there was his usual duties.

Today had been so busy. Normally during the summer there weren't nearly this many. There were four sets of siblings, excluding the Weasleys. There were fourteen other children, and then there was this little group. The easiest by far to deal with.

Mayla and Harriette were helping some of the littles kids settle into the little nest. Harriette handing a Chica plush to a little girl who sleepily took it and settled into sleep. Mayla was arranging and rearranging the blankets and pillows around and over the littles, Emelia was setting one of the bigger blankets to act as a curtain. It was actually really cute, if not a little worrying. Emeilia and Genni seemed to be acting more like this was a fort game, which was purely cute. But Harriette, while smiling, had such a serious look in her eyes. Mayla didn't look nearly as serious, but Percy had said she was mothering them. Sun didn't really care how children chose to play, but Harriette didn't look like she was playing a game at all. She looked like she was trying to defuse a living bomb without upsetting anyone. Sun was just about to intervene when one of the children Harriette was helping settle thanked her and the stress seemed to melt away, leaving a pure happy satisfaction in it's place. Sun was relieved, and a little surprised. Normally he had to trick the littles into naptime. But checking the time revealed the culprit. It was way later than he normally liked to have naptime getting closer to pick up. Normally kids were taken home or out sooner, but there was some sort of conference or something. There were still a small hoard of older kids to get settled too. Mr. Raywood had come over to see what was going on, and smiled.

"Mayla will be a good Luna for our pack or whatever pack she mates into. Young man what are you still doing up is it not naptime," Mr. Raywood asked Percy. Sun thought it was weird that he was already talking about Mayla getting married. She was seven. The way he phrased it was a little concerning too, but maybe that was because Mayla liked to play wolf a lot. Her file was really extensive. Her Grandparents not stopping at required field. They'd even filled out favorite color, animal, games she liked to play, and a request to keep an eye on her anger levels so she didn't end up biting someone. They'd even added stressers to keep an eye out for, and signs of anger, fear and discomfort. She liked to play wolf a lot and even preferred wolf termanology. It was probably habit at this point.

Harriette let out a small yawn, and Sun's heart melted even further. How could anyone be so cruel to such a sweet kiddo. She was literally tucking the blanket around one of the littler boys like he's asked her to while stifling another yawn. Sun stepped in to help tuck the littler kids into the nest they'd built.

"You guys did such a good job," Sun whispered. "Normally it's my job, I should have started naptime quite a while ago huh?" It honestly explained why some of the kids were starting to get a little bratty. They were probably tired and needing a nap. "Thank you for helping out." Sun said ruffling Harriette and Mayla's hair. "You four as well." He commented. "I really appreciate it. How about we get you kids to bed too. How does that sound." Harriatte yawned, then looked embarrassed but nodded.

"It's okay, it's my job to look after the pack. That's what Luna's do in werewolf packs after all," Mayla said as she yawned. It looked almost painful, but Sun was stuck on the werewolf bit Mayla had let slip. Oh! Right, it was probably part of the game she liked! He ruffled her hair again.

"Well that doesn't mean you shouldn't be thanked," Sun said. "And it also doesn't mean that I didn't mess up."

"Oh I see you are worried about Mayla 'mothering' the little ones too much. Well at home she helps her Granny Nova, you've talked to her today, so if my little luna sees anyone she deems younger or weaker than herself it is her job to look after them much like how you look after your own siblings, yes," Mr. Raywood said to Percy. Percy made a sour face but nodded before turning to go boss the other older kids around. Mr. Raywood shook his head but smiled.

Once the littles kids were all properly tucked in, it was time for Moon to come out and get the older kids to at least play quietly. Though chances were they might actually end up napping. Moon was usually pretty good about getting kids to sleep. They gathered the older kids together for a quiet story time.

Summer was always one of the busier times of the year for the Superstar daycare, so of course Sun had way more kids than usual. However a lot of the kids were partial regulars, not here everyday or even every week, but they were there often enough that Sun knew most of them and their needs, interests and habits. Of course there were always the vacation crowds too, but even those Sun was starting to recognize small chunks of. Not all of them and certain days were more predictable than others, but this too was something Sun was used to.

Moon was used to kids not wanting to sleep, and he was used to other kids wanting to sleep earlier. Even kids who helped set up naptime. He'd learned how to get almost every child to sleep. Except this one.

Sun and Moon had both dealt with children who'd been abused and the ways that might affect a child's behavior, the way they play, talk, interact with people and things, and even sleep. But Harriette was different in a whole new way.

"I don't want you to get in trouble," Harriette said; eyes closed, head resting against a pillow, breathing slow and steady, heart hammering.

"I won't get in trouble," Moon reassured, and Harriette opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Oh," She said. "You're not mad are you?"

"No," Moon said. "Why are you having so much trouble sleeping?" he asked. Harriette shifted. She'd taken up a sleeping position farthest away from the other kids, tucked in a small gap of the play structure that Moon was fairly certain should not have fit even the undersized six year old girl.

"Is it too crowded?" Harriette asked.

"Why not sleep out here then?" Moon's tone was half joking.

"I can't do that!" her voice was almost panicked, but despite the clear fear she felt it was still barely more than a whisper.

"Why not?"

"I-" Harriette shifted. "I can't." She said, "It's too big." she said. "What if-" she cut herself off. Biting her lip.

"I won't let anything happen to you," Moon reassured. She chewed her lower lip.

"Promise?" she asked.

"Promise," Moon offered her his pinky. She seemed surprised by that. Looking at him with her brows quivering. "It's a pinky promise." he chuckled. She nodded, taking his pinky with hers. She wiggled out of her hiding spot.

"I'm not really sure I can sleep," Harriette said, voice still so soft.

"Well, what do you normally do when you can't sleep," Moon asked. Anyone who helped get other kids settled in deserved a good rest. Especially one who had such dark rings under her eyes. She shifted, shrugging.

"I usually just get so tired that I can't stay awake," Harriette said.

"That's really not good," Moon said. "Don't your parents ever try to help you?" Moon was almost positive what the answer would be but he wanted to hear it from the girl herself. She shook her head.

"My parents are dead," She said. Which surprised Moon.

Who brought her in? Sun asked. If they took her in then they should be more caring! Moon agreed it was bad enough when parents were cruel to their own flesh and blood, but to take a child who may have been given a better life otherwise and rob them of that.

"My aunt and uncle lock me in the-" She stopped. "I'm not allowed to leave my room at night. But they wouldn't help even if I was and I wouldn't go to them either." Harriette pouted.

"Oh," Moon said. "Why don't you sit here?" Moon said, patting his lap. Some little kids preferred cuddling when sleeping. Harriette looked him up and down before settling awkwardly in his lap. He pulled out a hairbrush, it was something that he'd stolen from the salon after too many sleepovers and night time tangles. "Mind if I fix your hair," Harriette shrugged as a response. So Moon got to work detangling the tangles he could. Some kids found the action soothing. Harriette seemed to be one of them too as she slowly relaxed.

"What do you like about your job?" Harriette asked, after a few minutes.

"I like most things about my job," Moon said. "Sun likes playing with you little ones. We like watching over you guys. I like reading stories. I like having sleepovers."

"What do you dislike about your job?" Harriette asked.

"Hmm," Moon hummed. "I'd like the ability to call the cops on certain parents." Moon decided to be honest. Besides he wanted to tell Harriette that she didn't deserve the treatment she was getting. No matter how much a troublemaker she was. Which she honestly didn't seem to be at all. The opposite really.
"What do you mean?" Harriette asked.

"Well, for example your guardians are abusive," Moon said. "Don't try to deny it either, when I ran a scan on you earlier I noted several bruises."

"Well, I don't really want to end up in an orphanage anyway," Harriette said.

"You wouldn't-" but Moon cut himself off. "Yeah, I suppose that's actually a risk. I don't know much about anything outside the plex."

"You don't?"

"Unless it's related to child care I don't have a lot of information," Moon stated. "And not even too much in that regard either. For instance I don't know any actual numbers to call aside for emergency services. I know what kids need to have in order to grow up healthy and all that but not what to do in the case of kids not getting those things. Not that I'm allowed to do much beyond the plex anyway." He'd started complaining. He shook his head. "Sorry."

"It's okay," Harriette said, sounding a mixture of happy and sad. Moon was fairly sure he understood the sentiment. "Thanks for telling me." Yup as he suspected. Harriette seemed to be a very sweet empathetic girl.

"It's not your problem," Moon said. "I shouldn't have gotten into all that…" Moon trailed for a moment.

"I think it's fine," Harriette said. "I asked anyway."

"I think you're the first person to ask me," Moon said. "I mean Sara, and a few others wanted to, but they're not allowed." Moon said.

"Like how you're not allowed to get customers in trouble?" Harriette asked.

"Yeah," Moon said.

"What if you're not allowed to do something that you can't stop doing?" Harriette asked.

"Huh?" Moon said. "That's - what?"

"Like let's say um- nevermind," Harriette said. "What do you like to do when there aren't kids in the daycare? Do you just sleep?"

"No," Moon chuckled. "If I'm not on patrol, Sun and I will make plans for the next day."

"Are you not allowed to do something that's not part of your job? And what do you mean by patrol?"

"Oh, well, part of my job is to make sure the pizzaplex is safe," Moon explained. "I was recently given a security upgrade. That way they can lessen the number of human staff."

"Hmm," Harriette said. "And the other question?"

"Oh, I was kinda hoping you'd get distracted," Moon chuckled. "Technically no, we're not."

"That's stupid," Harriette stated.

"Well, they don't think Sun and I are people anyway so it doesn't matter," Moon said.

"Well, they can't stop you if you're the only one around," Harriette pointed out. "So, when they get rid of all the staff and there aren't any more kids, what will you do then?" Harriette turned, looking into Moon's eyes. Not blinking or looking away as she finished her question. They kept looking till Moon answered.

"Ah, well, I never thought about it that way before?" Moon admitted. "Sun and I usually talk when we're alone, sometimes we'll draw together. I guess I'd start reading more?"

"Hmm," Harriette seemed to be satisfied with that.

"What about you, what do you do when no one else is around?" Moon decided.

"Umm," Harriette trailed for a moment. "I'll do my homework. I think a lot, daydream some. If no one's at home I might play. I've collected a few broken toys that Dudley 'threw' away." She made little air quotations at that comment. "If I can get paper I might draw." Harriette didn't feel as worried about telling Moon about this. Since Sun and Moon weren't allowed to tell anyone else and the few they were allowed to tell they probably wouldn't. "Mostly though I just daydream. If I'm not doing chores or stuff."