CALM AFTER THE STORM
CHAPTER 1: TEDDY LUPIN
Teddy Lupin was a perfect mix of both his parents. Although he remembered neither, everyone he meet would constantly remind him how he was exactly like his parents.
He had his fathers intelligence, selflessness, and tolerance. He also, however, had his mothers clumsiness, curiosity and temper, most importantly however, he had inherited his mothers metamorphmagus ability.
Teddy Lupin had a very.. exciting childhood. But that was to be expected when you had a godfather, a godmother, five 'uncles', four 'aunts', two grans, a grandpa, two brothers, a little sister, and nine cousins.
Yes.. exciting was a very good word when describing his childhood. It was full of pranks, family dinners, injuries (which was expected when you had your mothers clumsiness) and of course Quidditch.
However, growing up with nine Gryffindor 'relatives' and many other family friends, did have its effects. Because on September first, when Teddy Lupin arrived at Hogwarts, sat on the stool in the Great Hall, and had a tattered old hat placed on him, he immediately heard the word "GRYFFINDOR" ring through the room.
Being the oldest, had its quirks as well as its set backs. Teddy took this job very seriously and was always more than willing to help his cousins and siblings. They could all count on Teddy, whether they needed advice or to be cheered up (which was easy to do due to his metamorphmagus abilities) and if he needed to, he was more than willing to hex a bully in the hallways.
Anything, to protect his family, he would say
After the age of seven you rarely saw Teddy without turquoise hair. As, after, finding out about his mothers signature bubble gum pink hair, he decided he needed a signature colour.
However, if you embarrassed him enough (an act done most commonly by Victoire and Aunt Ginny) you could turn his hair a deep shade of orange
anger him, and his hair will turn a blazing red.
He kept his eyes the same shade as his fathers.
After his first week at Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall seriously considered retirement. Because, although Teddy was hardworking like his dad, he loved a good prank. He spent his free time, morphing into Professors (most commonly Professor McGonagall) and scaring those he hated (not a lot of people, Teddy was rather tolerant)
The whole student body knew who Teddy was, and loved him. Even those who didn't, respected him. He was so well liked, he became Headboy in his seventh year, causing him to faint, and try to return the badge, insisting it was a mistake.
Head boy, however, didnt stop him from messing around. He spent more time in detention than in his own common room.
As kindhearted and considerate as he was, no one dared to anger Teddy Lupin. He did indeed have a temper that rivaled his mother. Once in his fifth year, he was stressed out due to OWLS and a sixth year was found bullying Victoire, the same sixth year was admitted into the Hospital Wing for three weeks.
Loyalty. That was what Teddy Lupin was all about. He was deadly loyal to those he loved and cared about. Once you were friends with Teddy, you were guaranteed a long and peaceful life.
He respected all his teachers and was never rude or disrespectful to any of them, however, his favourite teacher was Professor McGonagall. And he admitted that. Very openly (so openly, that he may have stood up in the Hall and he may have charmed the stars to spell out Professor McGonagall rocks. Leading to a detention and cookie from his favourite teacher)
although he didn't inherit his fathers lycanthrophy, on full moons he experienced pains and head aches. Not that he minded, secretly, he loved it, as he believed it brought him closer to his parents. During holidays and before his Hogwarts years, he would go to Shell Cottage, and him and Uncle Bill would spend the night together, playing Exploding Snaps and talking. Bill was the reason why he grew up to be a curse breaker, as he spent several nights listening to the adventures of his favourite uncle.
He used his morphing abilities in many of his pranks, for example, once in his third year, while his class was reading about Harry Potter, he morphed into Harry and roamed the halls, going as far as to go into his class while their teacher was ill and give a lecture of his Godfathers adventures, adding his own dramatic flairs and snips.
He also morphed into many teachers if they were absent or late, and took it upon himself to teach the class. He found it amusing as he could dish out homework to those he dislike ('I want a 19 foot essay on the reasons why you are an idiot, Gorden, on my desk, by monday')
he also shared his fathers love for chocolate, and could always be found with a bar of Honeydukes Finest Chocolate in his bag. However, he was not big on sharing, and actually put a spell on his cabinet after his dorm mate tried to take a square of his chocolate.
Every christmas, Harry and he would go down to Hogsmede, and sit in the Three Broomsticks, sipping on butterbeer while Harry told him more about his father and mother.
Although he was extremely close to his Godfather and his father, he loved his Grandmother more than anything. And always spent time with her. When he went to Hogwarts he received special permission from McGonagall to Floo his Grandmother weekly.
He daily sent letters to her and gave her a detailed account on his day, including what he wore and ate. However, he never once failed to ask about her day.
He also sent letters to all his siblings, even little Lily Luna, who could barely read, so instead, he drew out pictures for her, describing what he did that day. Sometimes, he would charm the pictures to move so they would give a better description.
Weekly visits to Hagrids were another one of his customs. He would sit in the comfy hut and eat rock cakes (after fourth year, he became accustomed to them and managed to eat two without breaking any teeth) while Hagrid told him all about the trouble his father got into during school.
When Teddy turned six and began asking more questions about his parents, Harry wrote to all the order members and requested pictures of Tonks and Remus, he compiled an album and gave it too Teddy. Who took out a picture of his mother, his father and he, taken the day he was born and framed it, that picture was always found on his bed side table in school. He cleaned it daily and once, when his dorm mate almost burnt it, he hexed his dorm mate until he was purple (another example of why you shouldnt mess with Teddy Lupin)
you could also find Teddy in front of a mirror, with a picture of his dad in his hand, forehead scrunched up in concentration as he tried to morph his appearance to match his fathers.
Every year on his parents death anniversary (also known as the Battle of Hogwarts anniversary, and Vics birthday) you could find him in the Astronomy tower after the ceremony (he went there to think, just like his mother did) sitting and staring at the stars.
After he graduated Hogwarts he was invited every year to the Hogwarts Battle Anniversary Ceremony to give a speech, the first time he went up on stage, he became so scared his hair turned bright purple.
Although he loved his metamorphmagus abilities, he hated how vulnerable they made him feel. As though anyone could know what he was feeling, so after his second year he spent his summer with Victoire, who would make him experience various emotions, and he would try to stop himself from morphing.
It worked, and when he went back into his third year, his hair rarely changed from its standard turquoise.
He was keeper for Gryffindor and in seventh year became Captain. After Hogwarts Puddlemere United, the Chudley Canons and Falcons tried to recruit him, however, he denied all offes, much to the chagrin of Uncle Ron.
He didnt start work straight away, he spent the whole summer after his seventh year exploring the world, going from country to country, the muggle way.
Teddy was all about trying new things, he was a riot at Family Gatherings, he would mix all of Gran Molly's food together, creating some unusually nice combinations.
Trouble always found Teddy, so he claimed, because apparently "I dont look for trouble, trouble finds me"
during his third year, he was out late exploring the castle, which was easy for him too do with the help of the Map and Cloak, he received both from Harry on September first, before he boarded the train for the first time. He stumbled across the Mirror of Erised, and was not at all surprised to see him with his mother and father, and surprisingly, Uncle Harry, all staring down at him, proud grins on their face.
After that day, he tried his best to always please his Godfather (not that it was hard Harry loved Teddy unconditionally)
his patronus was a wolf, just like his mothers and fathers.
His best friend was Collin West, and their relationship was similar to the one his father had with Sirius Black. Teddy was always trying to keep Collin out of trouble, however, he did abuse his Head boy badge occasionally, and was found giving detention to anyone Collin didn't like.
Another one of Teddys favourite spots was the Shrieking Shack, and he would go down their every full moon. When Vic joined school she accompanied him, which resulted in them yawning the whole next day (and being excused from lessons occasionally, thanks to Teddys favourite teacher)
although his favourite teacher was Professor McGonagall, Teddys favourite subject was Ancient Runes, as for some bizarre reason, he actually understood the words written in Ancient Languages.
Although his best friend was Colin West, he got along with the majority of the school and was always friendly to any one who approached him.
Teddy was big on inter house unity. To be expected, one supposed, seeing as his Gran was a Slytherin, his mother a Hufflepuff, his father and a majority of his Godfathers family were Gryffindors, and he had many friends from Ravenclaw.
He grew up to marry Victoire and have three children. A veela daughter, named as Tonks Ginny Lupin (whose god father, Albus Severus, spoiled immensely), a metamorphmagus daughter Andromeda Lily Lupin (her middle name was in honour of her godmother, Lily Luna) and a son Remus Harry Lupin (his god father was James Sirius)