Lily's POV
It's pretty late on Christmas Eve and I'm writing more letters to my parents when the peaceful silence is broken.
"HELP!!"
"NO!! DONT HURT ME!!!"
"NO!"
I whip around and see Mack shaking and screaming.
"Mack!" I shout. I run over and shake her to try to wake her up.
Suddenly she wakes up. Tears are running down her face as her eyes search the room. "Moony, I need him. Where's moony?" She begs.
"Who's Moony?" I ask her. I have never heard of her talk about a Moony.
"My wolf, I need my wolf," she wails. Then she starts ripping her bed apart, frantically searching.
It must be a stuffed wolf. "Mack," I whisper as I put my hand on her shoulder. She jumps and looks at me startled. "I'll help you look."
She nods and goes back to searching, more tears dripping down her cheeks. I pull out my wand and mutter "lumos". I look under her bed and find a stuffed animal in the far corner. I pull it out and see that it is a wolf and the collar on it says Moony.
"Mack," I say softly. She stops ripping apart her sheets and sees Moony in my hand.
She lunges forward and shouts, "MOONY!" She pulls it close to her and climbs back into her bed. She kicks her covers back to where she wants them and lays down. I reach over and rearrange her covers and tuck her in. She smiles up at me and whispers "Thanks Lily," just like I used to do to my mom when I was a little girl.
"Goodnight Mack," I tell her as she drifts back off to sleep.
I rush over to my desk and pull out a piece of parchment to send a letter to James and Sirius. Wow, my first thought is to send it to James, what is happening to me? I think they should know about this because I know Remus is a werewolf and they could be mates. James knows I know, but no one else does.
I grab my quill and begin to write.
Dear James,
This letter is of urgent importance because it has to do with Mackenzie. As you already know she experiences nightmares fairly regularly but she says that her stuffed wolf helps as well as Remus. I just found her wolf and it is light grey with hazel eyes. She must've fallen asleep without it because she woke up screaming and then panicked trying to find her wolf. Now I know Remus is a werewolf and I believe, based off how she reacts to his touch and presence that they could be mates. I bet you and Sirius have the same presumptions so I have a few questions for you. Do you know what Remus' wolf looks like? If so does it match the stuffed wolf? Also I know that her wolf smells like her mate, did we ever check to see if they smell similar?
I hope your holiday is going well. Merry Christmas!
Sincerely,
Lily Evans
P.S. Her stuffed wolf is named Moony.
I send off the letter with my pet owl who goes straight to the Potter residence.
When I wake up in the morning the first thing I see is my owl holding a letter with Lily scratched on the front. I reach over to her, give her a treat and take my letter. As she flies away I rip open the letter.
My beloved Lily,
I have seen his wolf before. Don't ask how because I won't tell you. Your description matches his wolf but since it is a stuffed animal it could just be a coincidence due to the general concept of the look of a wolf. Attached is a package that includes a shirt of Remus' I stole from him. Please compare it to the stuffed animal and then tuck the shirt somewhere. I will get it from you when we all return to Hogwarts. I believe that they most certainly are soulmates and Sirius believes so as well.
My holiday is going well but it would be better if I could see your stunning beauty. Merry Christmas!
James Potter
P.S. Remus' wolf name is Moony.
I pick up the shirt and place it on my desk before going to the bathroom to shower. By the time I'm done Mack is still asleep so I go over to her bed and wake her up. "Merry Christmas!!" I shout once her eyes open.
Mack's eyes shoot wide open and she shrieks as she falls out of bed. I bend over dying laughing while she glares at me from the floor. "Merry Christmas you witch," she sneers back but ends up laughing at herself.
"Get your ass in the shower," I say shoving her towards the bathroom.
"Fine!" She shouts. "Then presents after?"
"Yes!" I shout back as she shuts the door behind her. "Finally," I mutter as I search her bed for her Moony animal.
I find it under her pillow and bring it over to Remus' shirt. I smell them both and realize that they are the same.
"Holy shit," I mutter. "Mack cannot know about this."
I toss Moony back onto her bed and throw Remus' shirt under my bed. I rush over to my desk and start writing to James.
Dear James,
It's a perfect match. You and I both know what it means. The question is when will they figure it out?
Tell the boys Mack and I say hello and Merry Christmas.
Sincerely,
Lily Evans
I quickly tie the letter to my owl and it takes off right before Mack opens the door. She dresses quickly and we sit on the floor to open our presents. Mack opens her presents and receives a snitch from James, chocolate from Peter, and a new books on Metamorphmagus and Animagus abilities from Marlene and I.
"These books are so cool!! Thanks!! Where did you get them?" Mack asks.
"They were out of stock at Hogsmeade so we asked your mom to buy them for us from Flourish and Blotts," I answer her.
"That's wonderful, I didn't even know they had books like these."
I open my presents and glare at Mack. Somehow she managed to enchant a Quidditch player figurine to fly and it looks like James too.
"You know," she winks, "just something to remind you of your boy."
I shake my head, say thank you, and continue opening my presents. I receive new scarves, gloves, and hat from the Marauders, new tops from my parents, and some more lotion and perfume from Marlene.
After presents Mack and I run down to the Great Hall so we can make it to the Christmas dinner.
"Merry Christmas Mum!" Mack exclaims stopping at Professor McGonagall's office.
"Merry Christmas darling," Professor McGonagall says happily pulling her daughter into a hug.
"Merry Christmas Professor," I say softly. She looks up at me and pulls me into their hug.
"Merry Christmas to you too Lily!" She smiles at me. "Let's all go down to the Great Hall. Then later you girls can come back to my office and play Wizard's Chess by the fire."
"Can we have cookies and hot cocoa too?" Mack asks.
"Of course!" Professor McGonagall replies as we leave her office and go down the stairs.
The students who stayed all join the teachers by sitting down at the High Table. Mack and I sit across from Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall. Professor Dumbledore says a quick speech of wishing us all a Merry Christmas before we begin to eat.
The feast is massive with everyone's favorite foods for the holidays. I reach out and help myself to roast beef and boiled potatoes as well as peas and gravy. As we eat, Mack and I open wizard crackers and giggle at every explosion. We each got a new wizard's chess set, as well as some fancy quills, balloons, and other cute stuff. Once everyone is finished eating dinner, dessert comes out. There's puddings, cakes, cookies and ice cream for Mack since she can't eat anything of the other desserts. Mack takes the vanilla ice cream while I have some waffles and Christmas Yule log cake.
After dinner we are so exhausted from all the food, Mack and I barely make it through a couple rounds of wizard's chess before we fall asleep laying in front of her mom's fireplace.
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