A/N: HEELLLOOOOO~~ miss mee? –dodges thrown objects- clearly not haha! I'm so terribly sorry for starting another fic, but it's all good because this will be a collection of one-shots! I'm only writing this to get me out of my horrible writer's block in hopes that I can actually get my lazy butt moving and finish all those unfinished fanfics I have. Anyways, this should be new because I'm actually doing a collection of RLNT one-shots! Oh yes I absolutely ADORE this couple. Not to mention I'm really angry that they had to die at the end of Deathly Hallows. RAWR! Anyways, moving on.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter… it belongs to JKR.

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Teddy Remus Lupin walked towards the great hall at a brisk pace in hopes of nabbing himself one of the fluffier butter rolls (not the ones which had been squished through the nabbing and pickiness of the other Gryffindor students) before heading off to his favourite class – Defence Against the Dark Arts. Arriving at the large oaken doors, Teddy made his way through the throng of students and plopped down in an empty seat along the table of his house.

"Hey Teddy! Ready for another defence lesson?" Oliver grinned as he shuffled into the seat next to his best friend.

Teddy merely grinned back with a mouthful of cereal. Finally swallowing, the metamorphagus took a swig of his goblet of pumpkin juice before answering happily, "I was born ready Oliver! Defence against the dark arts is my best subject after all."

Oliver huffed good naturally and replied, "well that's only because your mum is an Auror and your dad is the one teaching us!"

"You're just jealous that I get higher marks than you. Not to mention you know that dad doesn't treat me special in anyway. He did give me three detentions already this year. Two of which I do believe is your fault," the turquoise haired boy narrowed his eyes at the sheepish looking boy to his right before taking a bite of a flaky butter roll that he had put aside to eat last.

"Well maybe if Barry would stop being such a git I wouldn't have had to hex him…" Oliver muttered and moodily stabbed at his hotcake.

Teddy smiled. It was nice to have a best friend such as Oliver, even though he was hot headed at times. Teddy was no fool, he knew that many of the students (more specifically those belonging to the Slytherin house) detested him. Firstly because he currently held the top mark in Lupin's class, which lead to the assumption that their professor favoured his son, and secondly because of his rare morphing abilities. Teddy's acquired ability- from which he had gotten from his mother- had put Teddy in quite the spotlight at school. Many of the students had thought it was 'bloody wicked!' that he could change his appearance at will, however many of the pure blooded Slytherins called him a 'dark creature' like his father.

"It's okay Oliver, I'm used to it, and besides, it's not like it's anything ne-" Teddy was cut off mid sentence as an owl dropped a well aimed letter that would've stuck the bright haired boy had he not caught it in time.

"Letter eh? That's unusual, doesn't your dad usually pass on messages from your mum?"

Teddy frowned, "yeah he does, I hope nothing's wrong though" he said as he flipped over the letter to reveal bubbly handwriting that clearly indicated that it was from his mother.

Tearing into the paper impatiently, Teddy pulled out a piece of pink parchment. Resisting the urge to roll his eyes at this, Teddy scanned the page. Much to his confusion, the letter only contained a single line:

I hope you like surprises Teddy! Sometimes things aren't always as they seem, looking past the surface can be the trick to revealing a well concealed surprise. Love you, Mum.

"Surprise? What the hell is she talking about?" Oliver furrowed his eyebrows as he glanced over Teddy's shoulders.

"No bloody idea… I really wish Mum didn't talk in riddles sometimes," Teddy frowned and pocketed the piece of parchment, "No time to think about it anyways, we've got to get moving otherwise we'll be late for class. I don't know about you but I certainly don't fancy serving another detention potting mandrakes."

Collecting their books, the two third years made their way out of the great hall and up several flights of stairs. Somehow despite the amount of student traffic jams there appeared to be that morning, Teddy and Oliver still managed to arrive in class on time. What shocked them however, was the fact that there seemed to be a 2 year old toddler with curly blonde ringlets sitting on their professor's desk looking around curiously at the different papers stacked neatly in the corner.

"All right ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Class has begun," Remus clapped his hands loudly and strode in behind Teddy and Oliver.

The young metamorphagus however could not bring himself to stop gaping at the adorable baby girl sitting on the desk. What on earth was a toddler doing in their Defence against the Dark Arts classroom? Surely no one was that lacking in the mind that they would simply leave a baby sitting around in a random classroom in Hogwarts.

"I do suggest you take your seat Mr. Lupin, unless of course you find standing for 80 minutes much more comfortable than sitting? Not that I mind actually, for I do recall from my days as a student that the chairs were certainly lacking in comfort," Remus grinned wryly at his son who seemed to still be gaping like a fish out of water.

Flushing a bright scarlet, Teddy quickly made his way to his seat and sunk down as low as he could, with the hopes that he could vanish and avoid all the stares boring into him at the moment. His hair however, which had turned a bright fiery red in his embarrassment, didn't help him either.

Remus suppressed a chuckle at the slowly changing color of his son's hair and spared Teddy a quick glance before addressing the class once more.

"Today we will be learning about how to recognize someone under a disillusion spell or any spell they might have used to alter their appearance…" Remus said in a loud and clear voice before walking over to his desk.

"Now, on a side note, I'm sure you have all noticed this toddler," with one quick scoop Remus lifted the baby girl in his arms and received a delighted squeal of laughter, "and are probably wondering why is she here."

He paused and surveyed the room before continuing, "your assignment today will be to tell me whether or not this is simply a normal infant girl or whether it is someone or something else in disguise. Furthermore, if you do seem to think that there is indeed a disguising charm, then you must state what spell it is and why you think so. However if no one can supply me with an answer by the end of class then I will assign you all an essay on the topic of concealment spells," Remus ignored the groans from the students, "But, if you do happen to supply me with a correct answer, I will award that student's house 5 points for every fact he or she can give me. Any information, and I repeat, any information will be awarded points."

"So does that mean if we give you a random name that happens to be correct you will give us 5 points?" a shaggy, blonde haired boy raised his hand in the back row.

"Yes Gordon, I will stand by my word and award you the points, however how you will manage to guess that is beyond my comprehension," Remus smiled as the room burst into laughter.

"Now, continuing on… A disillusion spell can be easily identified if you look for the correct signs, for example usually after a brief period of time, there will be a shimmering effect where for a moment the spell will ripple and distort the image…"

As Remus continued walking around the room giving his lecture, Teddy found himself staring at the little girl again. By this time, his father had conjured up some small wooden blocks with letters on them for the toddler to play with. He watched in amusement as she picked up block by block looking at the different letters and nearly laughed at the delighted expression that appeared on her face as she picked up a neon pink letter block.

The bright color of the block suddenly reminded him of his hair and Teddy quickly decided that he had better change his hair back lest other people outside the classroom figure out he had been embarrassed. Scrunching up his face in a look of concentration, Teddy felt his scalp tingle and knew that his hair was slowly turning back to the bright aqua color that he seemed to adapt on a regular basis. What Teddy couldn't help noticing however was that as soon as his hair started to change color, the little girl had immediately fixed her eyes on him and watched him with curious eyes. When he was done his transformation, he was surprised at the huge grin he got from the toddler. Not that it wasn't weird that she grinned at him while he was morphing – many children absolutely adored his abilities – but there was something about that grin that was so familiar.

"… In contrast to using concealing and transfiguration spells to alter one's appearance, there is also a special ability that few people possess that allows them to change their appearance without the use of magic. These people are called metamorphagi," Remus' pleasant smile that he usually adorned during his lectures grew a tab bit larger and Teddy knew that he was thinking of his mother. Nymphadora Tonks had the uncanny ability to enter the intellectual professor's mind anytime and anywhere, or when anything reminded the werewolf of his wife.

"Metamorphagi can change their appearance on will. They are able to alter their height, looks and physical structure to anything they wish, although only when the ability is mastered can they hold their morphs for long periods of time. Eventually as the child gets older, their morphing abilities become less and less effortless and eventually, by the adult stage, one can hold a morph without even thinking about it consciously. However morphing does sometimes appear to have a mind of its own as it will occasionally change along with the person's emotions…"

Teddy could swear that every head in the room suddenly turned to look at him. Pretending not to notice, Teddy focused on making sure his hair did NOT change colors again and continued to stare forwards, appearing to be listening intently to the lecture which was still going on.

Soon, Teddy once again found himself watching the little girl who was now stacking the blocks one atop another. A brief rupture of laughter erupted in the class and Teddy knew that Lupin was actually teaching his lesson in a way that entertained the students instead of boring them to death.

The toddler was now stacking the eighth block and when she placed it at the top of her tower, she made a gleeful sound which sounded – at least in Teddy's mind – like the infant version of what would've been a very unabashed laughter of an adult. Her outburst had garnered her the attention of everyone in the room, including the professor who raised a curious eyebrow in her direction. The blocks were stacked in such a way that the backside – which was facing the toddler- was obscured from view of the students yet tilted enough that Remus was able to see it. After a brief moment, a rather secretive and amused smile made it's way onto Remus' face and instantly he looked ages younger, a feat that only Nymphadora Tonks had been able to accomplish.

Absently, somewhere in the back of his mind Teddy began to worry, she wasn't his long lost sister or something was she? The mere thought of it sent Teddy's head spinning. No, that was impossible, because his parents had been so absorbed with raising him that they simply had not thought of having a second child yet.

Despite the distraction, Remus continued his lecture while walking over to ruffle the girl's hair affectionately. By now, it had been 50 minutes into the class and still no one had volunteered an answer to the question presented to them at the beginning of class. Teddy however, was proven wrong when a Ravenclaw sitting at the front of the room raised her hand.

"Yes Matilda?" Lupin's amber eyes darted towards the black haired student.

"I would like to answer your question about the toddler," her quiet voice said uncertainly.

"Oh, certainly!" Remus leaned back casually against his desk and patiently waited for the student to continue.

"…is she under an ageing spell?" she voiced timidly.

Remus' eyes lit up and he smiled warmly at his student, "unfortunately no, there is not ageing spell placed on her. However it is a very reasonable guess, for the ageing charm usually does not falter in appearance at all and can be very reliable in fooling other people. The only downside is that the spell usually only lasts for about 40 minutes before you have to renew it again and seeing as we're at the 60 minute mark, we have to rule that out."

Mutters rose about the students and people began exchanging guesses with their neighbours now that one possible spell had been ruled out.

"Continuing on…" Lupin stood up and resumed his pacing around the classroom, launching into a detailed explanation of how other spells such as Specialis Revelio could be used to identify any enchantments or spells on a targeted subject or object. But added quickly that the students were not allowed to use that spell to figure out the answer to the question posed at the beginning of class.

Teddy's eyes once again found themselves glued onto the little girl playing on the desk. He watched her silently pondering on the answer when suddenly she knocked over the blocks. Her tower toppled over and Teddy found himself recognizing the blocks placed in the middle of the tower. The sideways 'V' fell next to a bright pink 'O' and opposite of those two blocks were the letters 'E' and 'L'.

'Voel'? Teddy thought, what the heck was voel? That wasn't even an actual word! Besides, it shouldn't have roused that amused grin of Remus' that only his mum could get when she was being all lovey-dovey. Or what Teddy liked to call 'gaggingly-disgusting'.

Wait. Teddy paused. Lovey-dovey? L-O-V-E? what on earth was a 2 year old girl spelling the word 'love' out to his dad for? Surely Remus' marauder charms didn't work on little girls as well did it? God knew that it certainly caused more than a few girls in Teddy's last class to swoon over his father.

Thinking hard, Teddy tried to recall the number of blocks that were stacked. It was eight was it not? If 'love' used up 4 blocks, the left 4 more blocks to spell out some other words. Soon everything began clicking into place and Teddy wrinkled his nose at the realization.

The little girl had spelled out 'I love you' in block letters.

Surely she was not what she appeared to be, because no 2 year old knew how to spell that and clearly she could not talk yet much less know what 'I love you' meant.

Thinking a bit more, Teddy's face slowly changed from thinking, to confusion, to realization and finally to exasperation. How could he have been so stupid? Unconsciously, Teddy let out a groan as he rubbed his forehead with his hands. Really now, bringing her into the classroom? And in that form?

"Is there something you find particularly exasperating about the historical use of the ageing charm Mr. Lupin?" Remus cocked his slightly to the side and stared at his only son who seemed to want to shrink into his chair.

Taking a deep breath and reminding himself that by doing this he would earn himself a bucket load of points, Teddy said in a quiet voice, "I would like to volunteer an answer for the identity of the little girl."

A knowing smile slowly spread across Remus' face, "Go on then Mr Lupin, the floor is yours."

Sparing one last glance at his father's grinning face, Teddy Lupin started, "She is a metamorphagus. She is under no enchantments or spells, rather, she has used her abilities to morph into the form you see now. Her maiden name is Nymphadora Tonks," at this a mischievous twinkle in Remus' eye had appeared and he grinned even wider, encouraging Teddy to continue, "But her legal name now is Nymphadora Lupin. She prefers to go by her maiden name Tonks and she is married to Remus John Lupin…."

By now the little girl, or what Teddy assumed to be his mother was clapping gleefully and watching him with eyes that were far too mischievous to belong to that of a child.

"…my reasons for assuming this are because had she been under any sort of appearance altering spell, there would have been a falter in her looks roughly 15 minutes ago. Not to mention not many spells would have been able to last this long without falling through given the lack of recasting. Furthermore as a metamorphagi myself, I realize that morphing creates a solid appearance that can be held for a long as the user wishes which explains the lack of change…" Teddy trailed off and mumbled something under his breath.

Remus raised an eyebrow, "Would you care to repeat that Mr. Lupin? I'm afraid I am getting old and hard of hearing…" But the smile on his face clearly indicated that the werewolf had indeed heard what Teddy had said and instead wanted him to repeat it out loud to the classroom to indirectly tell Tonks what had given her away.

Teddy flushed red, "…I said that no two year old would know how to spell 'I love you' much less spell it out for the professor in the middle of a lesson…"

At this Remus through his head back and laughed, it kind of reminded Teddy of the pictures of his Uncle Sirius that his father had shown him back during the lazy hours of summer.

"Ah… he caught us Dora," Remus chuckled and looked at the grinning infant. Whipping out his wand, Lupin quickly cast an adjusting charm on the robes of the girl as her looks slowly started to shift and she began to grow rapidly in height. Soon, the round chubby face of the baby was replaced with a graceful heart shaped face with twinkling brown eyes and spiky pink hair.

"Wotcher" Tonks grinned to the class and removed her slip on robes to reveal a tight, hot pink t-shirt and camouflage army pants. Her look was finished with her favourite pair of worn out combat boots.

Teddy quickly sat down in his seat and tried to control the heat rushing to his face.

"Now that we've unmasked the identity of this lovely witch, I do believe that proper introductions are in order," Remus said pleasantly as he strode over to his wife and placed a hand at the small of her back, nudging her gently to take a step forwards.

"Wotcher! The name's Tonks and I'm the wife of your smokin' hot professor here," she jabbed a slender finger towards Remus and winked at him, "and I'm the Head of Aurors down at the Ministry of Magic. I'm dead clumsy so I'll apologize now if I trip into any of you lot, I really don't mean to but I can't help it."

Murmurs of excitement floated up from the class. They were meeting a real Auror! And the Head of Aurors no less! Many of the male students whispered excitedly amongst themselves while the females tended to stay stuck on the fact that this was the witch who had destroyed all their fantasies about their favourite professor.

At the compliment, Remus flushed slightly and the looks that the couple were giving each other exuded the intensity of their love. Teddy beat down the urge to gag at the overly romantic scene in front of him. Oliver on the other hand, didn't notice.

"Wow! You never told me your mum was this cool!" He whispered excitedly, "She kinda looks like a punk rocker! That's bloody wicked! You're so lucky to have such awesome parents," He said enviously.

"Yeah… I guess I am," the youngest of the Lupin family grinned to himself. Though his parents might be act like love sick puppies at times, he couldn't deny the fact that he wouldn't have traded his parents for anyone in the world. He was damn proud of the fact that he was the son of two of the greatest war hero's that participated in the second wizarding war and that his mother was one of the few rare metamorphagi in Great Britain, also that his father was possibly the most brilliant and gentle wizard known to mankind despite him being a werewolf.

"Now ladies and gentlemen if I could get your attention please," Remus spoke over the buzzing of the room, "we can continue on with our lesson."

The remainder of the class passed on quickly. Many times Teddy had to stop himself from laughing at the looks of complete and utter hatred that many of the girls were shooting at his mother who seemed unbothered by the glares she was getting. Instead, Nymphadora spent the time reclining on a wooden chair with her feet propped up on the desk and tilting back on the hind legs. She was teetering so precariously that Teddy feared she would fall backwards and give herself a concussion (she had done that once before at their home, luckily Remus had been there to rush her to St. Mungo's immediately). Apparently this fear was lodged into his father's mind as well for he soon cast a spell on the chair that made all of its legs stick to the floor. Nymphadora shot Remus a pointed look but it withered into sheepishness under his disapproving stare.

Finally, the deep chiming of the bell signalled that class was over and the students hastily packed up their books and exited the classroom in a steady stream. Teddy however lingered behind after assuring Oliver that he would see him in Transfiguration.

Once the classroom was empty other than him and his parents, Teddy launched himself into the open arms of his mother and laughed merrily.

"Hey there sweetheart," Tonks grinned at the aqua haired boy.

"You can't fool me mum, I can recognize you anywhere!" Teddy smiled proudly and morphed his hair into a matching vivid pink color.

"Oh really now? If I do remember correctly you were just as confused as everyone else at the beginning of class," Remus chuckled quietly, his eyes sparkling with unmasked amusement. This was the Remus that Teddy knew, a reserved and quiet man who only let down his guard around his family. Though his father did laugh and appear almost carefree albeit responsible in the classroom, his eyes were always guarded and he was always cautious of the range of emotions he would show.

"But I eventually figured it out!" Teddy huffed and attempted to pout, but under the amused look on his father's face, he erupted into another full out grin (which made him look like a male version of Nymphadora in Remus' opinion).

"Yeah you did honey, and your father and I are extremely proud of you for figuring it out!" Tonks ruffled his hair affectionately.

Giving an annoyed grunt Teddy made a half-hearted effort to brush her hand away. Looking from his father, back to his mother, he finally asked the question that had been plaguing his mind ever since he had realized that it was indeed his mother sitting in the classroom and not some random two year old.

"So why are you here anyways mum? Don't you have work?" Teddy inquired curiously.

"Actually," Remus replied smoothly, "That's what we're here to talk to you about. We have a surprise for you Teddy."

Remus took the look of confusion as a sign to continue, "your mother has been granted a week off work by Minister Shacklebolt – I'm sure you remember him Teddy, considering how often he visits us."

"A week off work? Why? Is something wrong with mum?" Confusion began to give way to panic and worry as Teddy's eyes darted quickly to his mother.

"No! Of course not Teddy! I'm perfectly fine!" Tonks reassured him.

"The reason for your mother's vacation off of work is because it has been brought to Shacklebolt's attention that your mother absolutely loathes the fact that she cannot spend her own son's birthday with him," Remus continued with a knowing smile on his face.

"S'not my fault! I've already missed two birthdays and I'll be damned if I miss another one! At least you get to spend it with him Remus! While I'm stuck at the ministry doing blasted paperwork from dawn until dusk and then I can't even enter Hogwarts after work because of the curfew!" Tonks huffed angrily and crossed her arms.

Remus sent an apologetic look over to his wife and her angry features softened slightly, but she still held a look of annoyance.

"So basically what your mother and I have come to ask you is to draw up a list of close friends – no more than 15 mind you, otherwise Minerva will have my head – that you would like to have at your birthday party."

Teddy's eyes grew wide, "a birthday party? Really? Professor McGonagall will let us use the common room?"

Tonks burst out laughing, "Good god no! Professor McGonagall would sooner admit that I was a good student in my days rather than let us use the Gryffindor common room for a party, especially if the last of the Marauders and a clumsy Auror are planning it."

"The party will be held at home Teddy, we've been given permission to remove up to 15 of your friends from Hogwarts this coming Saturday for your birthday," Remus said gently.

Teddy let out a loud whoop, "Wow! This is so awesome! I can't wait to tell Oliver! Thanks mum, thanks dad! You guys are the best!" he hugged both of them quickly and whizzed out of the classroom in a blur.

At the end of the day when Teddy lay on his four poster bed staring up at the ceiling of the Gryffindor dorm room, he decided that surprises weren't so bad, especially if they were coming from his parents.

And he was right. The next time he had gotten a surprise was on the day of his birthday when a cheerful Nymphadora and an equally happy Remus presented him with another surprise in front of all his friends: a Firebolt 3000.

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A/N: Hmm… this didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted it to. It was quite hard for me to tell the story in the way I saw it in my head, not to mention it turned out WAAAYY longer than I had intended it to be. Hopefully it didn't drag on too long and bore you out of your wits. Thanks for reading and reviews are always welcome!