AN: Hey everyone, so I'm doing a RP and currently playing Teddy Tonks, and this idea came to me so I decided to post it here. It's just going to be a oneshot, kinda a drabble. Anyways, here you go!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters or places from it.

Teddy Tonks stared out the window of his parents' car, observing the busy streets as he held a train ticket tightly in his hands. His foot tapped rapidly until his mother, feeling the vibrations traveling through the car, reached back and laid her hand on his knee to halt the movement. His eyes snapped up to hers and she smiled reassuringly at him, though he could see the hesitance in her eyes.

"Now you don't have to do this if you don't want to, sweetheart," she said, voice louder than it needed to be. He'd heard his parents late at night for the past month, arguing about this. He knew his mother didn't like it, didn't want him going. He broke eye contact with her, training his eyes out of the car again.

"Nonsense, this is a great opportunity, right Teddy boy?" he father countered, glancing into the rearview mirror at the anxious eleven year old. Teddy didn't answer, though this hardly discouraged his father, who continued, "You'll get to see all sorts of new things. Go on adventures, meet new friends, and winter break will be here before you know it."

"That's months away," Mrs. Tonks muttered, voice strained.

Mr. Tonks glanced over at her, "He can hardly stay cooped up at home his whole life," he countered, "You have to let the boy go sometime, Louise."

"He's just a boy, Donald," she snapped.

"Louise," he snapped back, glancing hard at her, "It's been decided. Ted is going to this Hogwarts place. They can teach him far more than we ever could." Ted's mother huffed but said no more. His father looked back to the road, calling back to Teddy, "Why so quiet back there, son? You've been talking nonstop about this school since we visited that alley place, yet now you're quiet as the grave."

The boy shrugged, swallowing hard. He couldn't tell them he was nervous, his mother would just use it as an excuse to keep him home. Instead he continued to look out the window silently until they arrived at Kings Cross Station and his parents helped him load up his trolley with the trunk full of magical stuff he'd bought in Diagon Alley. His father insisted Teddy push the cart on his own and the boy struggled under the weight as his parents walked ahead and tried to get directions to platform 9 ¾ with little luck.

It was while Mr. Tonks was arguing with one of the men who worked there that Ted noticed the group of people in strange clothes. It was a family he thought, with parents and three daughters of varying ages. One had dark brown hair and looked a few years older than him, another was a little blond thing a few years younger, and the third a brunette about his own age. She caught his attention and held it, walking between her sisters and laughing, her hair bouncing with every step. He was momentarily mesmerized, and then, to his complete astonishment, their gazes locked. The girl, whoever she was, was still smiling when she caught him looking at her. When he didn't break the eye contact her head tilted to the side slightly, brows furrowing as though she were trying to place him. He stood there stunned, having no idea what to do, trapped in her blue eyes. Finally, he managed to smile, hand raising slightly in a hesitant wave. She smiled back, radiant and honest as she waved as well.

Her older sister looked at the girl, then followed her gaze until her eyes landed on Ted. She scowled and grabbed her sister's arm, turning her away from Teddy and hurrying her on. But before she was completely gone from his sight she glanced over her shoulder at him one more time and mouthed something to him. See you there.

Suddenly, Teddy didn't feel nearly so nervous about going to Hogwarts.