Following the events of the same universe where Juliet Potter and Remus Lupin fell in love, the insouciance has faded into misery as all parties prepare for the war, willing to pull any card to win a war from which none will truly come out victoriou...
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August 9th, 1979
The Lupins invited everyone to stay over for the day. Andromeda did stay, though her husband and daughter went back home.
After all, Juliet would need all the help she could get. Having a baby was really hard on all aspects. She had no idea it would need that much information and knowledge.
They couldn't go to the ministry and officially declare her, so they had to find another way. They ended up secretly contacting the Minister, Harold Minchum, with the help of Professor McGonagall, who was herself contacted by Poppy.
Harold Minchum became the Minister four years prior. His predecessor, Eugenia Jenkins, did her best with the rise of the war. She was formidable but could not escape Voldemort either and was ousted from the office. Harold had been doing great on following her steps. He put more Dementors in Azkaban and was doing his best to contain the madness, but there's only so much he could do.
Hence, of course, when he heard of the infamous Potters, he immediately agreed to help them. He considered they were to be on the good side of the war, perhaps even, they would be the leaders. So he kept the secret.
Following all legal procedures, the new parents also had to learn all sorts of things concerning their baby's feeding, bedding, changing, and so on. It appeared that due to the stress or whatever else, Juliet had a low breast milk supply, so they extracted what they could whenever it was time and combined it with the formula. Which was in a potion form in the Wizarding World. Poppy reassured them that she would take care of the few first potions, but Juliet would have to take over when she was better.
Juliet still couldn't move from bed after the pregnancy, not that she had to anyway. She laid with her baby and rested.
All their friends left a few days later, except for Regulus and James. Well, James really insisted on being with his sister and niece because they needed him - they didn't - and Regulus was asked to stay because Juliet wished to talk with him.
She had just finished feeding Andromeda and had her burp when Regulus knocked on the door.
"Come in."
The youngest of the House of Black entered the room and smiled when he saw the small child in her mother's arms. Juliet was holding her head against her shoulder and still caressing her back.
"You called, your majesty?" Regulus sarcastically smirked as he sat down on the chair by the bed.
"Shut up, peasant." She played along, laying Andromeda down on her thighs and playing with her small arms. "We never really had the talk."
