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A/N - It has been far too long since I last posted. I hope to have at least one more chapter out before then new year though!
The next couple of years flew by with the kids being kids. They would go swimming at the local pool on hot summer days, and play in park whenever they could. The four as they were being called became close friends and Nora was everyone's older sister. It wasn't uncommon for them to fight amongst each other like all siblings did but they always made up and were friends again soon after.
Dudley was the shyest of the group but if any other kids on the playground were mean to Harry, Neville, or Susan he was quick to defend them. Susan was the most talkative and would often come up with what game everyone should play next and the boys usually always went along unless it was dress-up. Harry was the quickest and rather a smart mouth with some of the things he would say. Neville was the strongest out of the group but a mix of Dudley and Harry. All four children were rather bright but in different ways and they were all very loyal to each other.
Nora continued to help Harry with his metamorphous changes and by the time he was four he had good control and understanding over his changes allowing Andy to take the kids out into the Wizarding World. The kids loved getting ice cream in Diagon Alley and when they went to go get Nora's supplies for her first year they saw a white blonde hair boy pull the hair pigtails of another blonde hair girl who was looking at a display with her mother and the little girl started crying.
"That's not nice!" An angry five year old Susan said to the boy.
"So" the boy said sticking his tongue out at Susan and running to catch up with his father.
"Are you okay?" Neville asked the blonde hair girl as her mother watched on.
"Ye-ah" the girl hiccupped while wiping her eyes.
"He was mean" a four year old Harry said getting a nod from his three friends making the little girl smile.
"I'm Hannah and I'm five!" the blonde hair girl told the other children.
"I'm Dudley and I will be five tomorrow!" Dudley said excitedly.
"I'm Neville and I am four." Neville put it.
"I'm Harry and I am four" Harry said.
"Susan and I'm five" Susan said before going over and hugging the little girl.
As the five kids talked Andy went over and talked to Hannah's mother who was a few years younger than her, but she recognized from Hogwarts.
"We are spending this Saturday at the beach for Dudley's Birthday, would you and Hannah like to join us?" Andy asked Ellen Abbot.
"That sounds wonderful, Hannah doesn't really have any friends her own age." Ellen said smiling at Andy and the two talked and made arrangements for Hannah and Ellen to floo over to the Tonk's House Saturday morning and then they would drive out to the beach.
On Saturday Harry and Dudley were up early jumping off the walls with excitement, driving the rest of the Tonk's crazy. After eating breakfast Andy and Ted were making sure they had everything and were loading up the car.
"Muuum! When is everyone getting here?" Dudley whined as he watched his parents make another trip out to the car.
"Soon" Andy said shaking her head at the now five year old Dudley, remembering the first time both the boys started calling her Mum and calling Ted their Dad.
Andy and Ted decided to have a family outing, just them Nora, Dudley and Harry. Sirius was looking at houses in the Tonk's area and Neville was at home with his grandmother and Susan was with Amelia. Andy and Ted thought it would be fun to bring the kids to the zoo because they knew how much Nora loved going when she was there age and in fact still loved going now.
After all day at the zoo and seeing the animals and other families the two boys were quite tired by the time the day came to an end and Andy was holding Dudley and Ted was holding Harry when they were walking back to the car listening to Nora talk about how the monkeys swung from tree to tree and how she still thinks the lemurs are the best animal and loves when they bark cause they remind her of Uncle Padfoot, which made both of the adults laugh.
After Nora climbed into the car, Andy was buckling Dudley into his seat and asked him if he had fun when he mumbled, "yeah mum," which brought tears to Andy's eyes. It had been almost a year that she had both the boys and she was happy that he thought of her as his mum now. She knew that she wouldn't let them forget their parents but she thought of what James said in his will about Harry calling his new guardians mum and dad, and she was proud.
Dudley continued to call her mum after that day and it was about two days later that Harry also started calling her mum and Ted dad. Ted was shocked the first times the boys called him dad but gave them both big hugs which made the boys giggle.
The shout of "Uncle Padfoot!" brought her out of her day dream and she went to the front hall to say hello to her favorite cousin.
"Where is Uncle Moony?" Harry asked after giving Sirius a hug.
"Finishing putting the cooler and stuff in the car." Sirius said. It was the same day that Amelia brought the kids to the zoo that Sirius bought the house next door to the Tonks. Remus was often a guest at Sirius house so he could see the kids, but always went back to Potter Cottage around the full moon.
It wasn't long after Sirius got to the house that the floo flared up and Amelia walked out holding the hands of Susan and Neville.
"Happy Birthday!" Susan and Neville shouted running up to Dudley and giving him a hug.
"Are we ready now?" Harry asked looking rather impatient to get going.
"No honey, we still have to wait for Hannah and her mum." Andy said to the boys.
"Oh yeah" Harry said sitting down on the couch facing the fire and staring at it. Soon the other three young kids did the same thing.
"What are you doing?" Remus said gaining attention from the four kids who quickly jumped off the couch and all jumped onto Remus almost making him fall. All four kids loved playing pile-up on both Remus and Sirius.
When the kids finished laughing, Remus once again asked why they were all staring at the fireplace.
"We were waiting for Hannah" Susan told him.
"Oh well that makes sense" Remus said with a smile.
"Yup" Neville agreed making all the adults grin.
"So what do you guys want to do today at the beach?" Remus said distracting them from waiting for Hannah. At once all four kids started talking leaving Remus rather confused as to what they wanted to do because it was all coming out jumbled with each kid talking louder and louder to try and be heard over everyone else.
Thankfully for Remus, who had much better hearing than anyone else, the fire flood up again and Ellen Abbot came out holding the hand of Hannah.
Andy quickly went and said hello and Hannah ran off to be with the other four kids.
"Would it be possible for my other daughter to join us today? My husband was called into work and she is begging me not to leave her with her grandparents when we get to go to the beach. Eleven year olds can be so dramatic" Ellen said with a laugh.
"Oh that is no problem at all. Hang on one second" Andy said quickly writing down the address. Here you go, just have her read this and we will all wait for you.
Ellen flooed back home and after having her daughter read the address she burnt the piece of paper and the two flooed back to the Tonks' house. After they got there Andy called over Nora who she introduced to Jenna Abbot, who was the same age as Nora and the two would be starting school together.
The two girls hit it off right away and were happy that they had someone to sit with on the train together. The only neighbors of the Abbots were the Davis and while Hannah played with Tracy sometimes, there are not really wizards or witches that were Jenna's age.
After everyone was introduced to each other Andy and Ellen went in the Tonks' van with the younger kids and Remus, Sirius, Ted, Nora and Jenna all went into "Sirius' van." Ted drove that van since Remus and Ted never actually trusted Sirius to drive it with the kids even though he was the one who owned it.
Once the group got to the beach the adults unpacked the vans, thankful that they put feather-light charms on all the coolers before they left home and picked a spot on the beach and laid out some towels, an umbrella and a couple of chairs along with a pig blanket. The kids wanted to go into the water first thing so everyone but Ted headed into the water. Ted stayed behind to watch all of their stuff along with being able to take pictures of everything without getting his camera wet.
The younger kids went in to the water and splashed each other around playing with Nora and Jenna until the two older girls decided to have a handstand contests in the water, which Sirius soon joined but according to the judges, Andy, Ellen and Remus he never won and was often knocked over.
After playing in the water for almost an hour everyone got out and went up to where Ted was reading a book and lying out in the sun.
"Hello daddy!" Harry yelled running and jumping on Ted who barely managed to move his book before a very wet and sandy 4 year old jumped on him.
"Umpf" was all Ted managed to get out making everyone else laugh.
"I'm hungry, what's to eat?" Nora said sitting on a bubblegum pink towel next to Jenna who was on a purple towel.
"Well let's see" Andy said before pulling out grapes and melon along with sandwiches, biscuits, chips and an assortment of other food. The adults put food onto the plates of the younger five and then the older two girls got food before the rest of the adults did. After filling up their stomach and laughing and joking the younger five played in the sand with Jenna and Nora helping them build a village of sandcastles before jumping on them and rebuilding them. They also decided it would be fun to burry Sirius in the sand while he fell asleep on a towel. Andy made sure to get plenty of pictures of the kids playing.
They spent the rest of the day playing in the water and snacking on food and having a good time before packing everything back home to have cake and presents for Dudley's birthday. Dudley was excited to get his first toy broom stick making Harry whine he wanted one but Andy reminded him he also had a birthday coming up. The kids took turns on the toy broomstick, like they did a few months ago for Susan's birthday. Hannah was a little nervous at first but with encouragement from the other four she had a lot of fun on it, and it did help that it did not get more than three feet off the ground.
After a long day, the Bones and Abbot's went home, while Neville stayed the night. The three boys were put to bed all dreaming about how much fun they had and looking forward to Neville and Harry's birthdays that would be coming up.
"Today was a good day" Andy said to her husband as she laid down in bed.
"It was" Ted agreed, "It is good that Jenna was there so Nora had someone to play with."
"I know, and to be honest I feel a little relieved that she will know someone on the train when she goes off to Hogwarts" Andy said.
"Well she will have plenty of time to make friends at Hogwarts as well" Ted replied, "But it is nice that she won't be alone. Do we have to let her go?"
"Yes we have to let her go" Andy said, "but I can't believe she is leaving this year!"
"I will miss her, but if we are going to start doing some training with the younger four then we are going to be rather busy. I am glad Nora can block her mind so well though. It makes me feel easier letting her go off, knowing how strong she is. And I think the martial arts that Max had us put her in has helped her clumsiness some as well" Ted said laughing.
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