Once the girls had stepped forward with their own greetings - and neither ex-Malfoy so much as sneered at Hermione for being a muggleborn - everyone found seats.
"How was your time living in the muggle world for a couple of weeks?" Draco asked Daphne.
"Amazing, as usual," she replied with a wide smile. "You really should try it some time, Mal... err... Black. Draco."
Daphne's slip made Draco smirk back a little and acknowledge the faux pas with only a gentle nod.
He asked, "I've heard they have the most wonderful toys."
Both Harry and Hermione were interested in how Daphne viewed the muggle world, so remained silent and just listened as the conversation developed.
"Toys, yes," she acknowledged. "However, they also have the most amazing devices to make their lives easier and more entertaining.
"For example, they have a device in almost every home - and sometimes more than one - called a television. It's a one-way communication device with images and sound. They... broadcast, they call it... a signal from a central point; and all these televisions pick it up and display the sound and image in the person's home.
"It can be used to display recorded plays that you can watch over and over again, if you wish. Or, among other things, show news events from far and wide. It's truly amazing.
"But, that's only one device of a great many. My time with the Grangers has really opened my eyes with how modern muggles really are. We pay them a great disservice to think of them as less than witches and wizards."
Draco was honestly quite curious. He said, "I hope to have the opportunity to see this for myself, at some time."
"That can be arranged," said Harry.
"We should make plans for a trip into muggle London so Draco and Narcissa can experience London, muggle-style," suggested Hermione.
"We can do that," nodded Sirius. "For now, though, what are your plans for your time here?"
"Nothing concrete," said Harry. "Other than the wedding in two weeks, my Ancient Runes exam, studying in advance for the coming year, training and what we've already discussed."
"That's a lot already," he smiled back. "In the meantime, we have that project we've been working on. Do you want to get the potion side of it out of the way this evening when Remus gets back?"
Harry looked to his wives and saw they wanted to do it. Turning back to his godfather, he said, "Yeah, alright. Let's do it." With a nod of happiness, Sirius said, "Good. In the meantime you need to meditate to prepare your minds. Remus should be here about 5:00pm. He's promised to be here early, this evening. We'll do it as soon as he arrives."
As the three teens nodded back Sirius smiled again and said, "Excellent. Now, away with you. Go meditate."
The three bowed their way out of the room with Harry hamming it up. "Yes, oh great memsahib; oh, great master of pranks; oh, great and wonderful..."
Harry felt himself lucky he was able to catch, out of the corner of his eye, Sirius quickly drawing his wand and raising it in his direction. He was able to leap out of the way of a quick snapped stinging hex. Laughing, he ran from the room and chased after his wives.
Remus arrived a few minutes after 5:00pm, as promised. The three, who had spent a significant portion of the afternoon meditating, eagerly awaited his arrival.
Once he arrived, and greetings and hugs were exchanged, the five of them trooped to the library, where the furniture had been sent to the edges of the room to leave a large clear area in the middle of the floor.
Sirius, almost ceremonially, carried up with him the three bottled potion phials of 'Intra Animalis' (Animal Within) potion in a wooden phial rack.
For the first change, the three were dressed in comfortable and loose muggle shorts and t-shirts. And Remus carried three large blankets. It was unknown, for the first change, whether their clothes would survive the change. When the wizard initiated the change using their own magic, the clothes went with them. However, the potion forced the internal magic to make the change; and clothes often didn't survive the experience.
When the Marauders sought out their animagus forms they didn't know about the potion. So, they did it the hard, and long, way to initiate their first changes. Remus estimated the potion bypassed almost eighteen months of hard effort.
Once they were all inside, Sirius used his Head of House authority and spelled the door shut. They wouldn't be bothered until he opened the door again.
"Alright," he said when he was sure they were ready. "Who's first?" "I am," said Harry.
He collected a phial off Sirius, yanked a hair out of his own head, and dropped it into the now uncorked phial. With a gentle swirl of his hand, he waited until the potion changed to the right golden colour before nodding once in satisfaction and moving to the middle of the room.
Turning back to face his family, he kneeled on the floor, sat back on his haunches and looked back in not a little fear at his family. Seeing the looks of love coming from them, and the trust he had in them, he took a deep breath and downed the potion.
Not a little worried themselves, the other four watched as Harry downed the potion and closed his eyes. As Harry obviously and quickly slipped into his meditative state he started to glow with a minor golden aura similar in colour to the final potion.
Only a few moments later his body began to shift.
Very quickly his body morphed and flowed from human teenager to dark furred wolf. Standing on four legs where Harry kneeled was a Eurasian wolf with what appeared to be darker than normal fur colouring and wearing Harry's t-shirt and shorts. He even appeared to doggy-grin back at them as he sat on his haunches.
A few moments later he reverted back to Harry. Leaving a grinning Harry kneeling on the floor and sitting on his haunches. Thankfully, his clothes were only in a little disarray, and he was able to move the clothing about a bit to have it sit better on his frame. "It's a wolf," Sirius suddenly said, surprised.
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