To The Moon and Back | Remus Lupin's Daughter

26. Routine - Remus

(C/W: this chapter is Remus' pov, and some things happen with him and sirius, more so fluff than smut in my opinion but forwarn when you see *** it marks the beginning and end of that section)

Two weeks into terms and we'd settled into a nice routine. After the chaos of Astra's first day, things seemed to calm down into a rather normal pace. She was doing well, her classes were simply and she was flying through them. Minerva and Flitwich were raving about her natural flare for their subjects. Spending meal time raving about her progress and how they might bump up her class plans to something more challenging once they get a proper read for what she can do. Honestly, i couldn't be prouder, she had such a thirst for knowledge and was always practising any moment she got. I'd seen it in my own teachings with her, though i tried to stay on course with just giving her the basics. I didn't want her growing up too fast but there was no denying she was gifted. 

Elladora and Anne were infatuated with her, every evening after dinner they'd pop by mine and Sirius' quaters to see how she was doing. Elladora confinded in me one evening saying she enjoyed coming her in the evenings getting to see her in a care free manner, rather than in classes. Anne would spend around an hour just playing with Astra, tea parties and dress up time. It was nice, seeing her have positive experiences with the two women. They really cared for her and with each day i noticed she came out of her shell more and more. 

Sirius helped with that too. He dauted on her, constantly popping up with new books or treats from Hogsmeade. She adored her papa, though i did worry that she was picking up on or two bad habits from him, sometimes they were too like. Though seeing how they laugh and smiled while joking around was infectious. 

Harry had really stepped up too, only two weeks and he'd settled into our little family of misfits. He really seemed to enjoy having Astra around. Popping by to check in on her during his free periods, over the weekend, he's taken her on a tour of the castle with ron and hermione. Only to loose the two girls to the library. Astra didn't stop talking about the library for days.  her eyes sparkling with joy when she descripted just how many books there were as she proclaimed that she'd read them all. She seemed to have found a friend in hermione someone who understood her love of learning and saw the girl was rather advanced for her young age. 

After the events of her first day the letovian council was watching us more closely. The news that the McNeil pack had in fact been cursed by you-know-who was troubling, more so given they'd been burned alive on the outskirts of Hogwarts by a death eater, all be it one that had been pardoned of all crimes having pleaded that he had been under the affects of the imperatius curse during the war, he was still a death eater and the ministry couldn't avoid it now. Fudge was too afraid of Astra's magic and possibility of what could happen if he didn't try at end justice of the fallen pack. Yaxley had been shipped off the Azkaban rather quickly after a rushed trial. Much to the anger of some ministry officials, who were suspected ex-death eaters themselves. The council was slightly worried about a push back and so upped their security, more watches and all the teachers had now been made away of Astra's true identity as the Avenger of Innocence or as the wolves knew her, Leto Incarnate. Many were surprised, Sirius had gotten a kick out of snapes shocked face. even though it didn't last long, as he swiftly returned to glaring at our family is disgust. not that i let it bother me. 

We were still trying to find a cure for Artemis, the wolf pup Astra had saved from the fire. The poor thing was so scared of people who weren't the council or our small pack, though she only seemed to fully trust Astra. Every day, Astra made sure to spend her free period before dinner with the pup at Hagrid's hut. It pained me to see how upset Astra truly was, even if she was a kid she could sense the pups heartbreak from loosing her pack, her family. We'd no idea how old the pup was. we wouldn't know till the next full moon which was quickly approaching. my guess off her size would be anywhere between four and twelve years old, the curse would have slowed her growth more closely to that of a human child despite being suck in a wolf form for the majority of her life.