AU Story: Victoire and Teddy are the same age. Harry's scar does hurt so ignore what is said in the epilogue!
Chapter 1: Recruiting Teddy Lupin.
Teddy was 18, he had just left Hogwarts and for a hard working and intelligent young man, he sure was clueless in the real world. He sat in the living alone. Thinking of how he could possible rake in a few Galleons. He couldn't think of anything and was getting frustrated; he dug his fingers deep into his electric light blue hair and thought harder, but still came up short. Ginny came in the living room with a good book. When she saw Teddy she frowned and moved closer, in a soft voice she said.
"Teddy? Are you ok dear?" Teddy looked startled at hearing another's voice; he jumped back into a seating position instantly. He slowly shook his head. "What's wrong?" He hesitated for a minute and eventually said.
"I need a job but, no where's looking for any more workers!"He sighed, frustrated. Ginny thought for a moment and then remembered.
"Well, George says he's looking for another pair of hands around the store... Might be worth a shot" She opened her book and looked at the first page, not reading it but rather waiting for Teddy to respond.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"I'm his sister, of course I'm sure" She replied with a soft smile. Teddy was pleased, so he lept to his feet and placed his hands on Ginny's shoulders.
"You're a gem!" He said, happily. He laid a kiss upon her cheek and she laughed as he grabbed his wand and disappeared with a loud crack! Ginny had always been like a mom to Teddy but a lot of the time, he would make a slip of the tongue and actually call her thus.
Teddy arrived in Diagon Alley and walked to the end of the street and to George's shop; he and George had always enjoyed each other's company, mainly because they were both mischievous. Though, since Teddy was serious about his exams, he hadn't really spoken to George in a while. When he arrived at the shop he was surprised to see the 'closed' sign light up beyond the glass of the window. Teddy disappeared and re-appeared again, this time inside the shop. The whole place was dark and some of the odd products on the walls looked slightly sinister in the dim light.
"George?" He called out. He heard a low sigh coming from upstairs, followed by a familiar voice.
"We're closed!" Teddy frowned to himself and slowly walked up the stairs. He walked to the main room that he and the other Weasleys' had socialized in many times before. Teddy peered in and saw George sat at the table, plans, potions, spell books and old fireworks scattered all over.
"George" Teddy said once. George sighed louder and turned to the door, ready to shout. However, when he saw Teddy he gave him a tired smile and said.
"Oh it's you Ted" 'Ted' being the little nickname most of the Weasleys' had given him. Teddy smiled at him and walked further into the room. "You'll have to excuse the mess" He muttered as he started fiddling with the wires on the wiz bangers. Teddy did nothing but kick a stray can out of his way.
"Are you alright?" Teddy asked, watching George carefully. George seemed paranoid for some reason, as though fixing the fireworks was merely a distraction for something much bigger.
"Why wouldn't I be?" He asked, not daring to look at Teddy. It certainly was strange, never before had he seen such... Obsessive behaviour from any of the Weasleys' or Potters' for that matter.
"You seem a little... Not yourself" He replied. "What's happened? Is it something to do with the Order?" George seemed to stiffen at that and Teddy raised a curious eyebrow. "So it is then...? George, this isn't exactly what I came to do but, I'm going to join the order" George whirled around quickly, a look of shock on his face.
"What?" Was all he could muster.
"You heard me" He replied shortly. "I've been told that I am better off finishing my O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's before I join the order. Well I have and my scores are perfect! I've left Hogwarts and I am 18, I have every right to join!" George seemed dumbfound.
"I'm not the person you should talk to about joining" He replied, staring at the ground, his voice dangerously low and uncharacteristic.
"Who then?"
"Well have you asked Harry?"
"I shouldn't have to, I am old enough to do as I please"
"But he's your godfather! I think he'd like to know what you're letting yourself in for!" George blurted out, jumping to his feet to stare at Teddy, who stared straight back.
"Fine" He muttered. "I'll tell Harry!" With that he disapparated back to his home. Ginny was in the garden, watching Albus and Lily play.
"Teddy! Did George give you a job?" He looked to her and realized that he never really asked him for a job. Whoops.
"I'll talk about it later. Where's Harry?" Ginny looked taken aback by this. Albus stopped playing and looked up causing his sister to do the same.
"Teddy?" Said Lily. He looked to her and could tell she knew something was bugging him. "What is it? Is Uncle George ok?"
"He's fine Lil' don't worry, I just need to talk to your dad" Albus pointed to the house and said.
"He just got back from the ministry five minutes ago" Teddy nodded and ran in. Albus, Ginny and Lily following. Sensing something interesting was about to occur Albus ran up stairs to get James. Once everyone was present Teddy finally approached his godfather.
"Hey Ted!" He smiled at him. Teddy came up to him but came to an abrupt stop halfway in front of him.
"I want to join the Order Of The Phoenix!" He said instantly. Ginny stared, transfixed at her husband and partly godson. Harry, who was reading the Quibbler, looked towards Ted, slightly perplexed.
"What?" He asked as he lowered his copy of the Quibbler. Teddy breathed in and repeated himself.
"I want to join the Order!" Harry stood from his seat and said.
"Ginny, will you take the children upstairs please?" Ginny nodded and took the kids upstairs.
"Why'd you want the kids upstairs? There's nothing you can say to stop me!" Harry chuckled. Teddy was a lot like his parents, it was in his eyes he saw traces of Tonks, and in his personality he saw Remus.
"I know you want to help and you've wanted this since you became of age but-" Teddy cut him off.
"-But what! What could you possibly say? That I'm not ready for this?"
"No you're not!" He screamed, attempting to get his voice louder than his godson's. "You don't understand! There is something strange going on, something we don't know the cause for yet! But it's dangerous and-"His voice started to drop to a quiet level. "-I don't want you to put your life in danger."
"Is that what you said to Victoire when she wanted to join the Order?" He said quietly, his voice low yet challenging. Harry sighed.
"It's not that I don't think you're ready or anything, Ted. When Victoire came to the Order there was no current threat, so she'd be safe."
"Please! I'm ready, and there's nothing you can do to stop me, I want to be like my dad... And mom." Harry's eyes wondered towards his godson as he could faintly see so many traits of Tonks and Remus in just this one boy. Knowing what it's like to grow up without your parents, Harry eventually nodded.
"Ok." He said simply. "Ok, Mr. Weasley is head of the Order now, I'll take you to him." Teddy smiled and together they disapparated to the Burrow. At that precise moment Hermione, Ron, Percy and Audrey all walked in with their children: Molly, Hugo and Rose.
"Teddy! Uncle Harry!" Exclaimed Molly as she jumped up and down, clapping her hands. Just then Mrs. Weasley came into the room with a plate of biscuits.
"Oh Harry, Teddy dears!" She smiled. "Oh I do wish you would have told us you were coming!"
"Sorry Mrs. Weasley, my fault" Said Teddy, smiling nobly. She smiled softly at him and he said. "Actually, we're here to see Mr. Weasley" Everyone's faces fell in confusion.
"Why?" Asked Ron, his arm around Hermione's shoulders. Teddy looked to him and then the others, all eyes were on him. He gave a sideward's glance to Harry, who smiled and nodded. Teddy smiled and took in a deep breath then said.
"I want to join the Order" For a moment there was silence. Audrey smiled a little, Percy was slightly pale. Ron and Hermione looked to each other blankly and the children wondered outside after hearing this.
"Well... That's great! Good for you Teddy" Said Hermione, cheerfully.
"Harry... Where's my sister?" It was then that Harry realized that he had not yet told Ginny where they were going.
"Oh! I asked her to take the kids upstairs while I spoke to Teddy; I forgot to tell her where we were going though!"Ron and Percy laughed a little when finally Ron said.
"I should go tell her. Hermione you fancy stopping by to see James, Albus and Lily?" Hermione smiled and nodded. "Come on kids!" Rose and Hugo ran to their parents and held their parents hands.
"See ya mum" Ron called over his shoulder before they disapparated.
"Maybe we should go back home, give Harry and Teddy time to talk to your father" Audrey whispered to her husband. Percy nodded and reached his hand out to his, now ten year old daughter.
"Molly, come on sweety let's go" Molly skipped towards her parents and took her father's hand. Another moment and they disapparated too.
"I'll just fetch Arthur then" Said Mrs. Weasley, quietly. When they were alone Teddy turned to face Harry.
"I am doing the right thing, aren't I?" Harry smiled and put his hand on his godsons shoulder.
"You are if it makes sense to you" Teddy bit his lip and looked to the ground.
"I want to help, I want to be able to make people's lives easier, and joining the Order makes a lot of sense to me" He replied then looked up at Harry.
"Then you are doing the right thing." He said simply. There was a moment of silence which was brought to a quick end. Mr. Weasley stood, cheery faced, in the kitchen.
"Harry! Teddy!" Exclaimed Mr. Weasley as he walked forward and shook both of their hands. "Molly tells me you'd like to join the Order" He said smiling at Teddy.
"Yes Mr. Weasley." He said simply. Arthur's smile was broad.
"Terrific!" He laughed. "Consider yourself an official Order member!" Teddy smiled and shook Mr. Weasleys hand, strongly.
"Thank you Mr. Weasley! Thank you!" Teddy repeated over and over, laughing along with his godfather in pleasure.
"Next meeting is tomorrow, we'll introduce you to the rest of the members then"
Harry and Ginny had offered Grimmauld place for headquarters of the Order, as it is what Sirius would have wanted, there was no way they would live there. Not with Mrs. Black's cries of 'Mudblood' 'blood traitor' and 'half breed'. Teddy arrived and Harry was waiting for him in the corridor outside the conference room. Harry chuckled as Teddy approached; Teddy sniggered slightly and raised his arms in the air.
"What?" He asked. Harry stopped laughing and now smiled; he was going to tell Teddy exactly what everyone had told Harry for nearly all his life.
"You're so much like your parents" He said smiling. Teddy's smiled faded a little but not completely. "Your mothers hair is one" He chuckled. "Clever like her, you have her eyes. You have Remus's bravery and courage. You remind me greatly of them." Teddy was staring at the ground now, he didn't know if it was possible to feel guilty for forgetting someone he barely even knew. "Come on, everyone's waiting." Teddy nodded and walked into the room. There were so many familiar faces and so many unfamiliar ones too.
At the end of the table Arthur sat with his wife, Molly, behind him. On Arthur's right were Bill and Fleur then Charlie and three unfamiliar people, two men and a woman. On Arthurs left were Ginny, Ron, George, Audrey, Percy and Victoire. Ron and Hermione stood by the fire behind where Harry's chair sat. The three people that did not know Teddy stood up and Harry approached, with Teddy following behind.
"This is Kara" He said, directing his hand at a brown haired woman, possibly in her mid- thirties. She smiled and shook Teddy's hand. "And this..." He said pointing to the man beside Kara. "...Is Keith. And this..." He pointed to a black haired man. "...Is Sebastian."Teddy shook all of their hands and Harry said. "For those of you who do not know, this is my godson. Teddy Lupin." He beamed at the blue haired boy. Obviously Harry's announcement was aimed at the three members Teddy had been introduced to. "Now, let's begin. Teddy sit where ever you please." Teddy nodded and took the empty seat beside Victoire.
"Now, do we have any further news on the subject last discussed?" Harry asked the group of people.
"Yes. An official Order member has been taken to the underground prison." Kara said as she looked up at Harry, who stood beside Ron and Hermione at the head of the table.
"Is that right? You are sure about this?" Kara nodded.
"She disappeared late last night; apparently she had gone shopping in Diagon Alley, alone and never returned. It is very likely that Yaxley and Dolohov are behind the attack." Harry nodded.
"Who was it?" Harry asked. A dull and eerie silence flooded throughout the entire room.
"It was..." Kara found herself unable to continue. Eyes shifted to different people, those who did not know who the person was, searched others for any answers, though they never came... That is until George spoke.
"It was my wife." He said in a steady voice that was low enough for people to have misheard him. Teddy's mouth hung wide open in pure and utter shock. He noticed a change in his- George's- behaviour but he never expected it was something so serious! He looked around and saw everyone had lowered their heads. The kids were all upstairs and probably didn't even know how much danger their mother could be in! Audrey stroked George's hand comfortingly and he nodded his appreciation at her and she returned this with a soft, sympathetic, smile.
"I'm sorry." Harry whispered.
"Angelina isn't the only one either." Said Keith. All eyes fell upon him. "Other Order members have not been taken though, I can assure you that I heard from Mrs. Luna Scamander that her boys: Lorcan and Lysander left to frolic through the fields near by their home, though they never returned." Luna Scamander was actually Luna Lovegood, but since her marriage to Rolf, her name had been changed.
"Right!" Said Harry. "We've got to get there and set them free. Ok let's see there's-" He did a quick head count of people in the room. "-Ok we have 18 people here now. I think that's all we'll need for now. If we send five people to the two sectors located outside the area, we should be protected. We will however, need eight of us to enter together but split up to the east and south cells. That's where the boys and Angelina would most likely be... Correct?"
Sebastian searched through a bag of his and pulled out a strip of parchment. His eyes scanned the page and he nodded. "Angelina is in the east, cell 59. The twins are in the south, cell numbers 12 and 32. Lorcan being in the 12th cell and Lysander the other."
"Great!" Harry clapped his hands together. "Now, who is going to come inside and help get them out?" Victoire stood up as did George, Ginny, Bill, Fleur and Ron. Teddy hesitated but then he stood too. "Teddy. Are you sure? This is only your first meeting."
"I'm sure." He nodded.
"Alright then... George, Ginny, Bill and Fleur. You guys go find Angelina in the east cells. Teddy, Victoire, Ron and I will find the boys in the south." Everyone nodded. "OK. And remember, there are twenty people in all trapped in the prison, if we have time we can free them all. If not, if we run out of time then we'll have to leave quickly... We'd come back for the others another day." Everyone nodded in silent agreement. "Alright off you go everyone. We meet here at 9:00am sharp!"
"Looks like me und you are goin' to be spendin' some time together" Said Victoire as she walked passed Teddy, who grinned at her sheepishly. He had always liked Victoire but as any teenage boy, he got nervous whenever he was near her.
"Looks like it" He said simply.
"Vell zen, zee you tomorrow zen" She followed after her parents- Bill and Fleur, who had gotten their other children from upstairs and was waiting for Victoire- in an instant they were gone. Harry had gotten the children down from upstairs and he glanced back at the conference room and saw Teddy sat on the top of the table, his blue hair falling into his eyes. Ginny touched Harry's shoulder and he turned to her.
"I'll see you at home. You go talk to him." She whispered, gently so the children could not hear. Harry nodded and walked towards his godson, he heard Ginny and the children disparate and now he knew that he and Teddy were alone.
"Well done" Said Harry, looking at his feet. Teddy looked up and shook his head at Harry. "What?"
"Angelina, Lorcan and Lysander. How did I not know?" Harry tapped Teddy's leg in a fatherly way.
"We can never know everything about everyone. That's why we have this Order, even though... Voldemort is gone, it doesn't mean that his followers will just, give up." Teddy nodded, mutely.
"I'm gonna do you proud Harry. I promise." Harry smiled and nodded. He knew Teddy would, he never let him down and he never expected him too.
"You've always done me proud, Teddy." They both smiled and shared a hug that felt like... Even though it wasn't, really... A father and son moment.
