𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎 —

❝ ʏᴇꜱ, ɪ'ᴍ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴇʀᴇᴡᴏʟᴠᴇꜱ ❞

IT WAS A MONTH AFTER MAGNOLIA turned one and two months after Harry turned one.

Just another day in Potter's household with Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus. Ever since they graduated, Peter has become more and more distant. They merely just think it's because he's reading more about the death eater's next antics than they are.

But surely they were unknowingly wrong.

"Can Molly watch her?" Remus asks, making James and Lily shake their heads before furrowing their faces.

"Didn't you hear? She just popped her seventh kid."

"And it's a girl this time!" Lily cheers joyfully, happy for her redheaded friend.

"Geez," Remus mutters, running his hand through his light brown hair.

"I know, it sucks, we were lucky that my mother agreed to watch Harry for a few hours," Remus groaned, glancing down at the ground to see his baby girl.

"Daddy!" She giggled, picking herself up by using the couch beside her and walking slowly on her two feet. Before suddenly sprinting into Moony's legs.

"Ever since she's learned how to walk, she's been sprinting everywhere" The couple smiled at the father and daughter as Remus picked her up and sat her on his lap.

It was weird. None of them would have expected Remus Lupin to be a father. Before he'd always say he didn't want kids because of his issue. That's what he originally feared. He was afraid that in only a couple of years, she'd slowly become a werewolf. Just like him... But that was before realizing you can only become a werewolf by being bitten and not born.

Now, he worries because he's afraid he'll possibly hurt her and the fact she's a Veela. Due to her Veela abilities, people gravitated to her naturally because of her smile and beauty. She was a like love potion and just drinking in her presence was enough for them to turn their heads. And he's heard about Veela's being slightly aggressive but it was rare. He's also read if a child is born from a werewolf, they can inherit the werewolf things, like its aggressiveness and savageness alongside its enhanced senses but not the transformations during the full moons — only the complete utter drowsiness and tiredness during it.

For him, when he got bitten when he was four, his full moons were subtle. But it progressed and became dangerous when he turned twelve.

"Why not bring her to the meeting? I'm sure Dumbledore wouldn't mind" Sirius suggests, coming beside them and tickling Maggie's nose.

"Paddy!" She exclaims happily, clapping her hands as Remus lets Sirius take her into his hands. She reaches up with her chubby arms, playing with Sirius's hair as he had it in a messy low bun.

"You're definitely Moony's kid" They laughed as Remus just decided to bring her to the Order meeting.

Walking into the meeting room, where Order members were surprised to see Remus enter with his daughter, Magnolia.

"Okay, you may sit. We must begin quickly" Everyone sits down as Sirius sits next to Remus and James on the other side of him.

Remus listened intensely as Maggie played with his tie, making small quiet baby talk to herself. Sirius noticed seeing how bored she looked, smashing her face into Remus's shirt funnily. He tickled her waist making her snap up at him with a giggle.

Sirius put his finger to his lips, to indicate for her to be quiet and she copied him by putting her small finger on her lips. He chuckles as Remus looks down to see Maggie is bored and is sort of tired by her loud yawns.

"Daddy" She whispers, grabbing his face playfully and giggling. He looked down at her and chuckled as she cupped his cheeks.

"Kisses?" He asks her, making her pucker her lips and lean forward, quickly kissing his lips. He smiles at her as she claps excitedly and Sirius leans forward close to her. He taps his cheek with a grin and she grabs his face before pressing her small lips on his cheek.

Remus smiled down at her as she went to the other side, to the person on the other side of Remus and her eyes glowed happily. James glanced down at her as she sat in Remus's lap with a raised eyebrow. She reached her arms out to his face as he leaned forward in confusion to see what she wanted.

"Kisses!" She whispers and yells excitedly, cupping his face and kissing his cheek. Lily chuckles softly at her and James booped her nose after she kisses his cheek.

Remus started bouncing his knees up and down, hoping she'd stop distracting others. She began to giggle into his shirt, gripping it with her little hands before yawning softly. But after a few minutes, she started sleeping soundly in his lap.

After the meeting, they went home for dinner with Sirius and the Potters — Maggie gave Harry a big kiss on the cheek as the baby boy blushed.

"Kisses!"

~~~

None of them expected Peter Pettigrew to become a traitor. It broke all their hearts when they found out.

31 October, 1981.

The day Remus nor Sirius believed it was Peter, they blamed each other for ratting out Lily and James.

Peter had blamed Sirius for all the kills of the muggles and innocent wizards and witches, sending him to Azkaban.

Lily and James died in their own home, leaving poor Harry all alone. Murdered by the Dark Lord, Voldemort.

Before Remus left, he insisted on raising both Harry and Magnolia himself but Dumbledore decided against it, making Hagrid take Harry to his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.

The Dursleys.

And their son, Dudley.

Remus tried his hardest to get Harry under his custody, knowing the Dursleys and Evans weren't the biggest fans of wizards and weren't gonna be raised right. But Dumbledore said went against it.

So that was also the night Remus ran and ran, far from anyone with Magnolia.

That's where they lived their own life.

Remus would teach her something new about wizards as they hung out together every single day.

The place they lived, was far from civilization. Remus has a huge thing of land, surrounded by woods. It worked out perfectly for him during full moons.

He'd try to show his daughter that nothing was wrong with him those days. But usually, those days would start with Maggie waking up her dad by watching TV, specifically My Little Pony when it first came out.

Or she would wake him up by getting in bed with him.

"Daddy!" She whispers, trying to climb on top of the bed with a huff. But due to her little hands and legs, she couldn't get on. So she used his leg that was hanging off the bed and climbed up.

He was dead asleep so he didn't move a single bit. Once she rolled herself on the bed with a tired deep breath, she laid her head by Remus's, facing him.

"Daddy" She whispers again, pocking his cheek with a giggle.

"Daddy!" She exclaims annoyed, standing up and pulling at his covers. He lets out a groan as he holds on to the covers trying to keep them over him.

"I want to pwayyyyy!"

"Five more minutes" He groans, stuffing his face in his pillow as she fully takes the blanket off his upper half revealing him to be shirtless.

"WEREWOLVES!" She exclaims, falling on her over her pillows as he looks up from his pillows.

"Yes, I'm aware of your love of werewolves" He groans, as she jumps on him and he groans again.

"Darling — it's too early" He mutters, wrapping his big arms around her and pulling her down to cuddle her as she squeals.

"Daddy!" She scowls, trying to push at his chest but he keeps his hold around her little figure as she tries to get out.

"Shhh — pillows don't talk."

But on the days of full moons, the morning of—

He'd be grumpy but then smile, seeing his daughter start chatting to him and talking about the new episode of My Little Pony she watched. Then he'd get her to bed early, so she wouldn't have a clue when he'd turn into a dangerous werewolf and run into the woods behind their house.

Every once in and while when she was around two or three and a little after they first left, Magnolia would wonder where Uncle Paddy, Harry, Uncle Jay, or Auntie Lily would be. He didn't know what to say but told her they were happy up in the sky.

Looking down at them with happiness and hope through their veins. Dancing together James tried tripping over Lily as they twirled around the clouds.

Guiding the two to absolute greatness.

~~~

When Maggie turned four, Remus made a small cake for the girl and got her a few gifts.

A My Little Pony blanket.

Coloring book.

Several pieces of different kinds of chocolate and—

A stuffed animal wolf — her absolute FAVORITE animal.

It was the most wholesome scene when he had found out that it was her favorite animal, even though she always shared her love of werewolves — he'd think she was merely joking around.

It was a Saturday, Remus took it upon himself that every Saturday he'd take Maggie out to the town. It was because he worked from 6 am to 3 pm every day but never worked weekends.

The person that would watch her when he'd go to work was Dahlia Fowler...

He found her familiar when she first applied for the job to be Maggie's nanny but he only brushed it off. Little did he know, this was the way Molly Weasley knew he was doing okay. Dahlia Fowler is Gideon Prewett's wife. After Molly found out where Remus lived, she knew if she approached him he'd recognize her and dismiss himself from her immediately.

So this was the only way to make sure her best friend was doing okay.

But anyway.

It was another Saturday night and they were in the town. Maggie walked beside Remus, holding onto his finger with her small hands beside his very tall figure.

"Want a cheesecake?" He asks her, making her nod excitedly. He couldn't help but admit he most definitely spoiled her. She never really asked for things, and would sometimes just play with random items she'd find in the house.

So he never worried about her becoming a spoiled brat due to the fact he usually got to choose when he felt like spoiling his only daughter.

"Daddy?" They sat at a small cheesecake and coffee cafe, sitting at a small table across from one another. Her feet dangled as she sat in the chair.

"Yes, darling?" He asks, looking down at the small menu before putting his attention on the girl.

He was the one who dressed her. The longer he has her, the more things he can figure out the more things to dress her in. Trust me, when he first got her it was havoc trying to even put a diaper on her.

She had her blonde hair down with white fluffy ear muffs over her ears. She then wore jeans with a brown patterned sweater and a black coat. It was freezing at this time of winter.

Magnolia looked adorable, so he was proud of himself for how her outfit turned out.

"What's your favorite color?" She asks, making him pretend to think as he tilts his head to the side and looks up in thought.

"Blue, just like your eyes," He teases making her laugh, and then she begins to think again for another question.

"What's... Your favorite — No! Your third favorite flower!" He looks at her for a second with a small chuckle and starts to think.

"Do you want me to tell you my first and second?"

"No" He chuckles at her immediate response.

"Probably a Sunflower."

"Okay, let me ask you a question..." She nods, getting on her knees and leaning on the table intriguingly to what her dad will ask.

"Okay, here's your hot cocoa and coffee, it's still very hot so be careful," The young woman said before setting the small steaming hot cocoa mug in front of Maggie and the coffee in front of Remus.

"She's beautiful by the way, is she your younger sister?" Remus only chuckles, while Maggie leans forward and licks a small part of the whipping cream and cinnamon on top of her hot cocoa.

"No, she's my daughter" The girl looks surprised, and grins.

"It's hot!" Maggie mutters to herself, rubbing her hands together and taking the napkin beside her to use to hold the hot mug. She tries to take a sip but she quickly pulls away and puts it down by the shock of it being still really hot. She furrows her eyes and glares at the hot cocoa, softly touching her tongue. Like she was angry at the hot cocoa that burned her tongue.

"You're a father? I would never have guessed..." Remus — completely oblivious to the woman flirting with him, puts a packet of sugar in his coffee.

"When do you think our cheesecake will be ready?" Remus asks the woman and she quickly shakes her head.

"Oh sorry, I'll bring it out in a few minutes"

"Thank you," He tells her and she walks off in a hurry for him. Remus looks back at Maggie as she is in her little world with the hot cocoa.

"Oh! I have a question for you, darling."

"What is it?" Maggie asks, leaning forward as Remus pulls her cocoa farther from her and closer to him — just in case she accidentally slips it, and it won't fall on her.

"It's a very serious question... What's your favorite animal?" Her eyes widen and she plops back down on her chair.

"Careful Mags" He mutters, worried she might fall off her chair or knock over her cocoa. She thinks for a while and grins brightly.

"Wolves!" He paled. He wasn't expecting that answer.

"Wolves?" She nods proudly.

"Yep — greatest animal in the world!"

"Are you sure?" Remus asks, making her nod and try to sip the cocoa again. Only resulting in her quickly putting the cocoa back on the table and glaring at it.

"Hot!"

"You're something else, darling," Remus Lupin says with a chuckle, taking her cocoa and blowing on it for her.

Remus Lupin was an amazing father. His daughter was his only duty and priority. He spoiled her and took her out. He gave her love and never tore down her imagination and fun mind — even when she went through a phase of really wanting to be a superhero.

But then that phase quickly came to an end when she found out they didn't get paid.

authors note !!!

only the second chapter! also, these few first chapters will be the past with just her and remus and then harry and maggie meeting and blah blah before getting into the whole plot for this book lol