"𝕸um, have you seen my broom?!"
"Your dad had it last, Ree, ask him!" I yelled up the stairs, exchanging a glance with Regulus stood near me with a grin, whilst I sent him a flat look,
"James tried to learn more tricks to prove he's better than Sirius again?" He asked mischievously, my face scrunching up and nodding my head, a cackle leaving his lips, even more so when I gently nudged him and made my way into the kitchen,
"Same old Potter"
"Don't say it like that, Reg, you make it sound like we're all really old. We're only thirty two, mind you, you're just a baby" I hummed, ruffling his curls, causing him to swat my hand away with a groan,
"I'm thirty one, mon espoir, it's only a year"
"I'm five!" We heard a small voice speak, Sirius trotting into the kitchen with our youngest daughter on his hip, Blossom Minnie Potter. Sirius and Blossom had quite a special bond, he's totally lovesick over the young girl, who was the identical image of James, just like our dream, shoulder length brown hair with the most adorable waves settling at the bottom, small circular glasses on like Harry, with my chocolate orbs. The two had also seemed to pick up the habit of wiggling their noses like James to push their glasses up their nose.
"Yes, you are, ma petite fleur" Sirius grinned, pressing his lips to her forehead, my heart warming in my chest when she pouted her lips and pecked his cheek back, a whole hearted smile on his face when he sighed softly, "She's never going. You'll stay here with me forever, no Hogwarts for you"
"Okay, Pa'foot" She nodded, nuzzling her head against his, Regulus grumbling incoherent words,
"But she will and that's the problem! They always grow up and as much as you try to make them stay young, they just won't. Because they're selfish and want to make you upset"
"You're not whining again are you, Uncle Reggie?" Violet piped up, stepping in to the kitchen and moving towards her godfather, a grim expression on his face until he met her eyes and softened almost immediately, "You'll see me nearly everyday, you're the potions master, we've been over this"
"It's not the same though, mon petite espoir, you'll be graduating soon and you'll be too old and then you won't need me anymore"
"Imagine how I feel" I muttered, placing the dishes in the sink, feeling a strange feeling settling inside of me. Three Potters at Hogwarts, Harry going into third year, Hazel and Violet going into their first year. They grow up far too fast for my liking, it doesn't feel like two minutes from when they were born, taking their first steps, talking their first words. Time goes by too quickly.
"Uncle Wormy I have enough pastries for the journey, I promise, you made sure of that" Hazel told Peter as they also stepped foot into the kitchen, the dirty blonde haired bo- man, flailing his arms around dramatically,
"You can never have enough pastries, Hazey. But i'll give you some extra money for some sweets as well"
"And that's why you're the best godfather" The blonde girl cheered, reaching and kissing his cheek, Violet and Regulus making huffs of disapproval of her statement,
"I think you find Reg is the best god father"
"Really?" Hazel hummed, a mischievous grin on her face, glancing around the kitchen before proclaiming loudly, "Duck!"
"What?! Where?!" Regulus screamed, jumping into my arms, my eyebrows raising after catching him immediately, the entire room filling up with booming laughter from the twins, Blossom, Peter and Sirius, Regulus' face scrunching up before standing back up, fixing his tie, and taking a deep breath,
"I think she meant the cat, love" I chuckled, fixing his colour for him whilst he mumbled under his breath,
"She's too much like your bloody husband. I swear to Merlin if she pranks me-"
"Which she will" I nodded, biting my lip to stifle my laughter, glancing to the identical twins out of the corner of my eyes, whispering to each other, their blonde hair cascading down their backs, swishing as they giggled,
"I'll put her in detention" He stated firmly, Sirius snorting as he moved beside us, picking up a drink for Blossom, shaking his head at his younger brother,
"Then you'll spend more time with her, Reggie"
"I'll put her in detention with Remus or Minnie. Yes, or i'll get her back in my own way" He spoke with a smirk, my eyes rolling playfully, turning away from him to Sirius, leaning against the counter in front of him and Blossom, his grey eyes scanning over my chocolate ones,
"You're not going to cry, M, are you?"
"Oh please, S, you cry every year we send Harry off and now the twins too. Just wait for Blossom and you'll flood the whole platform" I scoffed playfully, reaching and twirling one of her wavy curls in my fingers, a giggle escaping her lips when Sirius muttered,
"She's my baby, she's not leaving me. Ever"
"Mum, dad wants you" Harry spoke up, stepping into the kitchen and grabbing the punnet of strawberries in the middle of the table, my eyebrow quirking, moving away from Sirius and towards the door, ruffling the thirteen year old's hair as I went past, relishing in the way he groaned, "Mum....."
"Ree....." I mocked him, sending him a smile before making my way towards the stairs, jogging up them, hearing James and Remus arguing, my eyes rolling playfully as I approached the room,
"I swear to Merlin Prongs, if you duplicate the map and give one to the twins, they will actually kill me. That means no more Moony, they're evil, that pair, i'm telling you"
"Of course they're evil, they're Elody and me combined, i've trained them well, and Harry will be there to help them, well he's also trying to get a girl- oh, hi love" He chirped when he spotted me leaning against the doorframe with my arms folded over my chest, Remus snickering, waiting to see how this played out,
"You've been giving our son girl advice?" I asked, flickering my eyes to the six month old baby boy resting against his chest, a blanket covering to keep him warm, his teeth gnawing at his lip before he began rambling,
"Well you know the Weasley girl in the year below, well he think she's quite pretty, Ginny I think she's called and well he was asking me what to do if he liked her and so I may have sort of told him a few things but it doesn't matter at all because apparently she doesn't like him even though it's Ron's little sister...and i'm going to stop rambling right now. Shut it Moony"
"It's hilarious, I'm looking forward to witnessing this you know, they'll be Prongs and Lily all over again. Luna Lovegood, Ravenclaw second year, I have my bets on her..." Remus opined with a grin, running a hand through his mousy locks, leaving us alone in our bedroom as I approached James, him swaying slightly on the balls of his feet to calm our youngest,
"I thought we agreed no romantic advice from you whatsoever" I murmured, standing in front of him, his lips sealing together as he looked down at me, lifting his free hand up and tucking some of my blonde hair out of my face before reaching down and kissing my forehead lovingly, whispering softly,
"It was either me or Padfoot and I doubt you want our thirteen year old to become......thirteen year old, Padfoot"
"Mmhm....you're right. Why didn't he come to me though if he likes a girl?" I mumbled, frowning faintly, placing my hand over his on the baby's back, flickering my chocolate orbs between his hazel ones,
"Because he's probably embarrassed and you like to make him even more embarrassed like mum did to me. Don't worry, he's not going to do many romantic gestures in the great hall....only some-"
"James" I groaned, shaking my head at him before bursting into chuckles, an uncontrollable smile on my face as I looked up at him, his arm sliding around my waist to pull me into the other side of his chest, a light sigh leaving my lips, "Ree likes a girl.....i'm not ready for that, that means he's grown up"
"I know, my love" He whispered, kissing the top of my head again, "But we still have the twins-"
"Nope, Hazel's already got her eye on Fred Weasley, I told her he's four years older than her but she doesn't seem to care. She says he's very good looking"
"No fluffing way, no boys near my Hazelnut. Never, i'll be having words with Fred Weasley, fifteen years old, he was a nightmare baby, he's not going anywhere near my baby girl, she's eleven"
"Good luck with that, the girls have been giving her flirting tips" I laughed lightly, his hold increasing on my waist, dropping his head down against mine, "You were right though, this baby is our baby"
"We'd get there eventually, one for ourselves" He hummed, kissing Thomas Romulus Potter's head, my head raising to look at him before I leaned up, capturing his lips, feeling our teeth clink together as we smiled into it, my heart swelling uncontrollably in my chest.
"Mum! Dad! Come on, we need to go, I don't want to be late and Hazey and V want to see if they can make any friends before they get there!" Harry shouted up the stairs, causing us to pull away, exchanging a glance, muttering to each other,
"Bloody teenagers"
"Just wait for the twins to hit that age" I mumbled, picking up Thomas' bag just in case we needed it at the platform before making our way downstairs, finding Monty and Mia now arrived, talking to the twins to see if they're excited about going for their first year to Hogwarts, Peter and Regulus consoling each other on the matter, Sirius and Remus fussing over Harry and Blossom, the little girl glued to Sirius' hip still.
The four Potters seemed to split into two groups to stick together, Hazel and Violet being twins and Harry and Blossom. When they're argue, those are the pairs they team up in, or in the case if the twins turn on each other, Harry usually has to go in between them and sort them out. It was fairly entertaining to watch if I do say so myself, I see Remus and I in the twins quite regularly, they have the same Potter twin telepathy like we have Lupin twin telepathy and they love to creep everyone out like Remus and I do.
"Okay are you sure you've got everything in your trunks?" I asked, spotting the large number of trunks and animals ready at the door, cocking my head to the side, "Nevermind, I think you've taken your whole bedrooms"
"Don't be daft, mum, it's just my clothes and shoes" Hazel chirped with a crooked grin, my eyebrows raising. Mary adored giving Hazel clothes, they go out on days when Violet is with Marlene, the only time they really split up and they go and design lots of clothes together before making them. She's quite the fashion expert in our family, "Speaking of which Harry, that flannel really washes you out"
"This was dad's!" He defended, looking down at the checkered flannel he was fashioning, James merely grinning goofily, though dropping it when Hazel said sassily,
"Yes and we're not in the fifties anymore-"
"Excuse me, the fifties, i'm thirty two!" James cried out dramatically, my hand covering my mouth to hide my smile, though my cheeks were burning, so much so I walked away from them and towards Monty and Mia,
"Are you? You look much older-"
"No, that's not what Hermione says. She says you're a dilf, dad" Harry mumbled, before turning to me, wrinkling his nose up, "All the boys agree you're a milf, quite disgusting actually. Ron, Fred, George, Seamus, Dean, Neville....all of them. Even Draco has mentioned you before"
"Ah, it's coming full circle. Welcome to the club, Melody" Mia laughed gently, squeezing my arm, a beam on my face,
"I'm honoured. Truly"
"What's a milf or dilf?" Violet asked confusedly, causing everyone to pause, Harry shrugging his shoulders and saying nonchalantly,
"They think mum is attractive and want to shag her-"
"Harry James Potter!" James and I cried out, my head whirling around to Sirius who was sniggering until he saw my glare and pursed his lips together, Remus rubbing his hand over his forehead whilst everyone else chuckled,
"What shag?" Blossom queried, my eyes widening ever so slightly, turning to Harry warningly when he opened his mouth, a sheepish grin on his face.
"Shag is when two people love each other and get in bed-"
"Sirius Lupin-Black!" We hissed, glaring at him, a wicked smirk on his lips, before he buried his face into Blossom's neck to muffle his laughter, her tiny hands playing with the strand of hair the was framing his face from his bun. He was in a hair band phase, we're glad the headband phase is over.
"Alright let's go" James decided, passing Thomas into my arms before walking and collecting a few of the trunks, Remus, Regulus and Peter all doing the same, before we made our way outside of the manor all together, so we can all apparate, "Everyone, ready, little Potter's hold on"
"I'm not little dad" Harry grumbled when James grabbed his hand, James and I exchanging a glance with mischievous grins,
"You'll always be our baby, Ree" I cooed, his eyebrows twisting together, flushing his cheeks when everyone laughed at him,
"Oh come on, love, save it all for the platform" James grinned, nudging my arm, my head nodding before we all apparated to the platform, taking our turns to run through the wall to see the extremely busy buzzing platform, many students all excited to go for their late or early years at Hogwarts, all meeting up with their friends.
"There's Alice and Frank with Neville" I pointed out, spotting the family of three up ahead, stood beside the Weasley's rather large family, Hazel already blushing at the sight of Fred when he glanced over,
"Honestly it's like if I was to be with Evie, it's wrong" James breathed out beside me, sending narrowed eyes to the red headed boy making his way over to our twins, Ron and Harry greeting each other with Neville, Harry blushing at the sight of Ginny stood with Molly, glancing around the platform.
"Don't be so dramatic, Ev was more our child and you were with me. She won't really be with him until she's old enough to be" I told him quietly, glancing down to Thomas still peacefully sleeping in my arms.
"He's of age in two years, she'll be thirteen. Do you know what was running through my mind at fifteen?"
"Yes, James, I had five of you around. And we slept together at fifteen. It's just a puppy crush, don't worry" I uttered to him, bumping him with my hip, a grin making its way onto his face, bumping me back, before kissing my temple affectionately,
"Mrs Potter, looking as lovely as ever this morning" George greeted with a mischievous smirk, glancing down to Thomas in my arms before saying, "Fancy another?"
"I'm flattered, but I'm double your age, George" I told him, his eyebrows raising before he shrugged, James pointing out indignantly,
"And you're happily married with five children"
"We could have a better life though if you'll wait for me. I may not be a Marauder but i'm bloody brilliant and handsome" The young boy countered, before Harry pushed him away,
"Stop flirting with my mum"
"That's no way to talk to your new daddy, Harry" He tutted, Harry glaring at him whilst I simply smiled, turning to an irritated James,
"I'm a milf"
"Hi Mr and Mrs Potter" Hermione greeted, blushing faintly as she looked at James, a dreamy sigh falling from her lips, Harry snapping his fingers in front of her face,
"Stop giving my dad lovey eyes"
"I'm a dilf" He claimed proudly, turning to me and running a hand through his messy hair, puffing his chest out, our lips tugging upwards, "We're hot, darling"
"It's not fair, everyone drools over my parents, my godfathers, my uncles— especially Reggie for some reason, apparently he has the mysterious and bad vibe which all the girls go crazy for it" Harry complained, all of us exchanging glances, before Sirius chirped,
"It's not our fault we're the best looking group, Prongslet"
"I know how you feel, Ree.....they all used to say granny and gramps were too"
"We still are!" Monty and Mia declared sternly, James gesturing to them, with a crooked grin,
"It's the Potter genes, you'll thank us one day when you have your own kids. We know how to marry and have the cutest babies" James coeed, ruffling his hair in front of all of his friends, his cheeks reddening, trying to push us away, especially when I leaned down and kissed his forehead,
"So cute, Ree..."
"Mum, stop, it's embarrassing" He mumbled, growing more flustered when the twins, Ron, Hermione and Neville laughed at him, nevertheless the boy kissing my cheek,
"I can give you a kiss to if you want" George pitched in with wiggling eyebrows at me, James growling at him,
"You stay away from my wife and daughters"
"I changed you when you were a baby George, remember that" I teased, exchanging a glance with Molly, an apologetic look on her face, to which I waved her off,
"Which is why we should even it out-"
"George Weasley!"
"I like this one, he knows how to do it" Sirius claimed, giving him a high five, the red head giving one to Blossom too, Remus rolling his eyes at his husband, flicking his forehead.
"Where's my favourite goddaughter?!" We heard Marlene call behind us, Violet running and jumping into her arms, Mary appearing behind with Dorcas, Hazel walking to her godmother whilst Dorcas came over to greet her godson, eagerly taking him out of my arms and into her own, "You remember what I told you V?"
"Be strong, be powerful, and don't take shit from boys and girls who are bitches and pricks. Revenge is best served cold" Violet repeated, my jaw dropping, turning to James and blinking at him, him evidently had the same expression whilst Marlene patted her on the head,
"Oh so she can say that but I can't say shag?" Harry uttered, Hermione swatting his arm and sending him a look,
"You shouldn't be saying anything of a sort" A low voice spoke, all of us turning around to find the Minister of Magic, Tom Riddle dressed in his suit, a faint smile on his face when he met my eyes, "Hi"
"Uncle Tommy" Blossom squeaked out with a wide grin, Sirius placing her down as she ran and hugged his legs, his eyes softening considerably, reaching down and patting her head, before she went over to Harry, tugging at his fannel, causing him to reach down and pick her up, Hermione brushing some of her hair out of her face and smiling widely at her. Apparently she always wanted a little sister, she tells me often, she's quite fond of Blossom and the twins.
"I thought you weren't coming?" I quizzed, taking Thomas back off Dorcas when she went to go and talk to her wife and Mary with the twins,
"I had to seem them off, didn't I?" He hummed, reaching down and stroking Thomas' cheek with his forefinger gently,
"You're not here to see me off?" Regulus pouted, Remus copying him and doing the same, Tom sending them a flat look before saying simply,
"No"
"Well you all be better getting on now, it leaves in five minutes" Monty voiced, glancing to the clock to see it was nearly eleven,
"All Potters please stand in a line, no not you Blossom, not yet" James ordered, Sirius chuckling when the confused girl cocked her head to the side, reaching down and picking her up again,
"You're not going yet, princess"
"What if i'm not in Gryffindor?" Hazel whispered to the both of us, Violet snorting and biting her lip, looking away when I sent her a look, James crouching down as Mia took Thomas into her arms so I could say a proper goodbye to the three,
"Hazelnut, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw would be honoured to have you. We don't really mind if you're not a Gryffindor, but if you want to, ask the hat and it will put you in Gryffindor, then we'll buy you whatever you want-"
"James" I scolded, swatting his arm, his eyebrows furrowing when I shook my head at him, "Any house is perfect, Hazey, don't feel pressured to be a Gryffindor or a Slytherin"
"I look quite good in green" Violet smirked, biting her lip, Regulus matching her smirk and nodding his head, "Badass bitches are Slytherin"
"And you'll be disowned" James muttered under his breath, my eyes rolling at him, hugging both of the twins tightly, planting a kiss on the top of their heads,
"Stick together you're both connected for eternity, Harry will look after you and go to Minnie, Uncle Moony or Uncle Reggie if you need anything" I told them, James joining the hug, before whispering,
"We love you, don't forget to write often"
"We love you too" They murmured, squeezing us tightly before pulling back and intertwining their hands together before going to say their goodbyes to the entire group, James and I glancing over to Harry with mischievous grin,
"No, please don't- no" He pleaded when we wrapped our arms around him, nuzzling our heads into his, feeling him growing more flustered before melting into us both, slowly hugging us back, before he whispered almost inaudibly "I love you"
"We love you, Ree" We spoke in unison, James ruffling his hair whilst I kissed his forehead again, fixing his glasses before pulling back, the three of them stood in front of us again, an uncomfortable and emotional feeling settling in my stomach before I heard a sob, turning to Sirius with a disbelieving look,
"Seriously?"
"Siriusly" He nodded his head, light sobs leaving his lips, James snickering at him, draping his arm around my waist and pulling me into his side, the three of them hugging us one last time before leaving with their friends, eager to get on the train and find the compartment, all five of us exchanging a glance, happening to realise the compartment they went in was ours, the one with our initials carved in.
"It doesn't seem two minutes since that was us and now they're there too, what the bloody hell happened?" James murmured, letting me rest my head on his shoulder as we all watched them chatting happily to each other, Hazel already sharing out her pastries that Peter had given her, Harry munching on some white chocolate, finding my love for the flavour much to Remus' disappointment.
"How do you think we feel?" Monty mumbled, looking down to where Mia was cradling Thomas beside him, "We're old"
"I'm incredibly young" Tom said lowly from behind me, Marlene sniggering causing him to glare at her with narrowed eyes, Dorcas swatting her arm and telling her to quit it.
We all stayed, as the whistle blew and the train's engine began before it started to roll out of the train station, all of us waving at the group going for their new adventures at Hogwarts, James tugging me closer and kissing my head lovingly, just like he did when we were fifteen and in Hogwarts ourselves. Oh how time flies, especially with the people you love by our sides.
"Come on let's go, Evie and Logan are coming for dinner remember and she's bringing Olive for you to play with Ma petite fleur" Sirius recalled, the little girl cheering and giggling in looking forward to see her best friend the same age, everyone beginning to make their way off the platform whilst James and I stayed until the train was fully out of sight.
He hummed softly, my head raising off his shoulder to look at him inquisitively, his hands draping around my waist, bringing me as close as possible to him, dropping his head down so our foreheads were resting together, and for a moment, just for a moment it felt as though we travelled back in time to our younger selves,
"Look at me" James whispered softly to her, his heart swelling uncontrollably in his chest, feeling butterflies flutter in his stomach when her chocolate orbs met his hazel ones behind his framed glasses, his lips tugging upwards. He wanted to see the crescent moons in her eyes, the crescent moons all of their children had whether they had her eyes or his eyes.
"What?" I asked quietly when he chuckled almost silently to me, my heart pounding in my chest from our close proximity, his scent filling up my lungs. He didn't answer, just captured my lips in the middle of the empty platform now everyone had vacated, my eyes growing softer as he flickered his beautiful hazel eyes between my chocolate ones. Has they always been this beautiful? "We won in this war of hearts"
"We did" He nodded, connecting our lips together again, pulling away much to quickly for my liking, so much so the words fell from my mouth before I could help it,
"Do that again" I whispered, feeling him connect our lips together once again, our teeth clinking together as we smiled into it, remembering those were the words I spoke after the very first time he kissed me in the room of requirements, "I feel loved by you, James Potter"
"I feel loved by you, Elody Potter" He murmured against my lips, rubbing our noses together affectionately before whispering again for me to hear, "My little moon".
𝕸essrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs and Mses Luna are proud to present the Marauder's story. Of course, this story is one told by the point of view of Luna. A girl who's secrets were kept by the moon and witnessed by the sun.
I solemnly swear that I, Melody Hope Lupin, am up to no good. Not with these boys as my best friends.
Mischief Managed.
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Okay...that just happened.
I just published the epilogue of this book and got goosebumps and shaky hands doing so.
This book that was the beginning for all of you reading the rest of my books, the beginning of my writing. This book has changed everything for me, 300k reads already, my writing has improved as we've progressed and I feel more connected than ever to my characters and writing.
James and Melody will always have a special place in my heart. Always.
I may do odd one shots in the future when I have some main ideas— in any timeline of this book, if that's what you all want? For now though, I'll probably focus on my other books you can read if you get the chance.
This wouldn't have been possible without all of you amazing readers, I hope you know how much your votes, your comments and your compliments mean to me. Honestly. They make my absolute day, you say I'm your comfort writer, you're all my comfort. I owe you everything.
Thank you, my little moons♡︎☽
I love you with all my heart.
~Niamh.