Lewis Lupin (A Short Story)
My name is Lewis Lyall Lupin, I am 11 years old, people don't know me, I'm kept hidden.
My father had run off to fight leaving me with Teddy, "Stay here with Teddy, I'll be back soon, I promise" he says before leaving kissing my forehead stroking Teddies teal blue hair, "Stay Safe" and then hes gone, out the door towards Hogwarts Castle.
I stay with Teddy in the kitchen, grabbing my wand from the kitchen table, I had turned 11 a few months ago, my letter hadn't come, I wasn't surprised Dad had said since Hogwarts had been taken over by Death eaters only the Pure-bloods got in, I was a half-breed Half-blood. I was pretty advanced in magic any ways thanks to Dad, Dad had bought be a wand of my own too, but the fact that my Dad had kept me hidden from the world bugged me, I looked like him too, a mini version of his younger self, Blonde hair, green eyes, I even had his condition much to my Dads dismay, my Mother hadn't wanted me when she found out. Dad never told anyone about me, "Its better this way, trust me Lewis, please?" he gave me those sad eyes and I sighed "Fine Dad"
"Good boy" he had said ruffling my hair.
Then one day he brings home a baby, he has blue hair that he seems to be able to change, "You know that lady that I married, Tonks"
I nod "Well this is our child, his name is Teddy, he doesn't have our condition but he is a Metamorphmagus like his Mum" I look at the baby in his arms, he loves him I can tell, it makes me sad the way he looks at him like he's better than me. I go to my room, slamming the door shut.
"Lewis please let me in, I'm sorry you feel angry at me, can we talk about it please"
"GO AWAY" I yell, I hear him sigh, he slides a chocolate bar under the door frame and he leaves.
A few weeks later he's rushing around, "Voldemort is coming to Hogwarts I have to go fight, promise me you'll watch Teddy for me?" he places the baby in my arms, he coos and blows a spit bubble "Okay Dad" I say, Teddies cute, carefree, not so bad after all, hes only a baby, he wouldn't understand that he stole Dads affections from me. "Dad!"
he pauses at the door and turns, "Yes Son?"
"Come back, please?"
he nods "I love you both so much" he pulls us into a quick hug and then leaves.
An hour later I hear noises outside "How could he leave a baby here all by himself, the idiot is gonna get an earful when he returns"
Its a lady's voice, there's a bang as the door flies open, I scuttle under the table, clutching Teddy and my wand. "Where are you Teddy, darling? Grandmas here, no need to be scared any more" Teddy takes this as a sign and makes a loud noise of glee, a lady peers under the table at us, I point my wand at her trembling slightly "Hello dear, I see you have my Grandson, come out there's nothing to be afraid of, I won't hurt you, I promise" her eyes are kind and she smiles.
"Come on dear haven't got all day" she says, I edge out slowly,
"Oh my! You look just like Remus when he was young, whats your name son?" she asks, putting out her hands for Teddy
"Lewis, Lewis Lyall Lupin" I say, I like her almost instantly.
she nods putting out her other hand "Come, lets get you two out of here" I place Teddy in her arms carefully and take her hand "Whats your name?" I ask her,
"Andromeda, but you can call me Grandma, hows that?"
I smile, "K" I say,
"Now have you ever done side along apparation?"
I shake my head "Hold tight" she says.
Its a horrid sensation, apparation. When my feet finally hit the floor, I'm throwing up, Grandma rubs my back "Oh dear" she says "Poor thing"
She gives me a glass of cold water and I gulp it down "Slowly son" I sip it slowly, she places Teddy into a small bassinet by a large sofa, "Now how bout you tell me why your silly Daddy kept you hidden away"
"I have Dad's condition" I say, Grandma seems shocked, "I'm a Werewolf like him, I know he hates it, yeah he loves me, but when I see him with Teddy he's like a different person, I know he likes Teddy more cause he ain't a freak like me, he didn't want people to know about me cause I'm like him, he was ashamed of me, of what others would think" I say tears stream down my face, Grandma wraps me up into a tight hug "Shhh baby your not a freak, your a beautiful boy" she says soothingly, we stay like that until I fall asleep.
I wake up on the sofa to see a lady looking at me in shock, she has bright pink hair "Remus? Why? Why are you so young all of a sudden!?" I sit up,
I'm not Remus, I'm Lewis" I say, the pink haired lady looks confused then she looks around as if she has remembered something "Remus! I need to go find him, where did he go?"
she grabs me shaking me a little "Where!?"
"He went to fight" I say, "Oh Remus!" she says crying, her face mad and sad all at once, she runs out the door slamming it loudly, Teddy wakes up crying, I go over to him "Hey buddy, its okay" I give him a little tickle on his tummy and he cheers up grabbing my scared fingers in his smooth unblemished ones, I smile. Grandma comes in and changes him, settling him down on her shoulder "So whose hungry?"
She uses her wand to make the best grilled cheese iv ever eaten, cooking it right on my plate, my mouth waters "Eat up! Careful though its hot" I dig in as she watches me "Got a lot of scars there bud, did you do those?" she asks me, I nod "Dad keeps us apart on the full moon, he thinks our wolf forms will fight or something, so we stay apart" I say picking up a long string of cold cheese from my plate and into my mouth. "When is Dad coming back?" I ask,
"When the war is over I suppose, I haven't heard anything, there okay, I'm sure" she goes over to the fridge using her wand to pour a glass of milk.
Suddenly she drop the glass of milk, a loud voice echos in my head, it hurts, its Voldemort, he wants a boy called Harry Potter to surrender to him by midnight or he will start killing people he loves. Andromeda is shocked she sits down all shaky "Are you okay, Grandma?" I ask, she looks up at me, "Yes dear"
she gives me the couch covering me in a blanket, "Gets some sleep darling" she places the now clean and full Teddy into the bassinet.
I close my eyes.
The grounds of Hogwarts are littered with bodies as I walk among them, People of never met and will never talk to, at the entrance I see a boy he's standing then hes walking into the great hall, there are bodies here too, then I see him, Dad and Teddies Mum, there dead...I fall to my knees.
I wake up sweating, just a dream, right?
Grandma is on the floor, shes crying, my faces falls, sunlight streams through the window, "Oh" she says noticing me, "I'm sorry darling but your Daddies not coming back, and nether, nether is my little girl!" she cries choking on the last of her words, tears are streaming down her face, I get up and go over to her giving her a hug "Its okay" I whisper, not a dream after all. Dad was dead, it made me sad, but my brain still needed time to process it.
I go over to Teddy "Its just you and me now pal"
Over the course of the next week I meet Harry Potter and all of the rest of the Order, there shocked at seeing me. Hermione gives me a hug, shes real sweet.
Harry looks at me, and kneels down to my height "Lewis right? Your father was a very brave man, I do hope you will forgive him"
I look at him surprised "You knew? About me?"
Harry nods and ruffled my hair, "Its good to meet you Lewis" I smile "Thanks"
Mrs Weasley is also very nice, "You look just like your father when he was a boy, I bet hes real proud of you" she hugs me tightly,
At dinner I tell everyone the reason Dad kept me away, no one seems surprised or horrified at it, in fact they support me "Knew it with the scars mate" says Ron picking at his potatoes, Mrs Weasley gives me seconds even though I said I was fine "Eat you'll feel better" she says, she stops as I grimace, Dad was always saying that, "I'm sorry dear, shouldn't of said it like that" she says hurriedly, she gives me three helping of dessert to apologize "Its fine Mrs Weasley, really"
A few weeks later I'm going to Hogwarts for my first year, I get into Griffindor! Just like your father, he would be proud the sorting hat whispers in my ear as I take it off. I stare at the Hufflepuff table, right under there was where Dads body had laid in my nightmare, I take a deep breath and hurry over to the Griffindor table, there cheering for me.