This Is Not My Idea
Summary: Teddy never really liked the company of Victoire at parties their Grandmothers planned. So how they end up together? Find out.
Additional note: If you would like to know where I got my ideas, listen to the song, "This is my idea," from the Swan Princess. Just thought you'd like to know.
Chapter 1: She Was Not My Idea
Teddy's POV
I turned seven years old today. My godfather, Harry Potter, told me that seven was the most magical number in the whole world. I was excited for the party to begin. I have always had a little party with Harry, Ginny, Grammy, and my younger cousin James who was three now. But this year was going to be different.
Grammy had insisted that the whole extended family should come over, which meant all the Weasleys. I only met the family once, but I see Molly Weasley and Ron and Hermione Weasley all the time. They were great people.
The best days was when I went to Harry's house for the most of the summer. I loved his stories and playing Quidditch with him and Ginny. Recently, James is there so I play with him too. He's pretty funny now that he's speaking words. I hated it when sometimes he would ask me to change my hair for him.
I like being Metamorphagus, but I hated to change for people.
One other thing, I hated being alone. There was nobody my own age to play around with. I have one great friend that named Walter Wood. He was my age and he came over as much as he could when I was at Harry's house. He was actually coming to my birthday party today.
I was so excited for it.
I waited impatiently at the window waiting for guests to arrive.
"Teddy, if you press your face any closer to the window, you'll fall through it." She called to me.
"Sorry, I can't wait to they arrive!" When I meant 'they' I meant Harry and Ginny. I heard a pop and there they were, I jumped out of my spot and ran to the door and threw it open.
"Teddy Remus Lupin! Don't slam doors." Grammy yelled at me. I bolted out the door at the Potters.
"Harry, Ginny, James, you came!" I yelled to them. I ran into my godfather's arms.
"How, you doing, buddy?" Harry asked.
"Great! Now that you guys are here!" I looked at Ginny and she got fatter the last time I saw her.
"Ginny why are you so big?" I asked her. Ginny laughed and looked at Harry.
"Teddy! That is no way to talk to someone like that." Grammy scolded me.
"Oh, it's alright." Ginny said and bent down and rubbed my hair. "I'm going to have another baby, Teddy."
"Another one? Is it a boy or girl?"
"We have no idea, we'll soon find out." I nodded excitedly.
"Teddy, guess what?" James squeaked. His red hair was brighter than I remembered.
"What?"
"It's your birthday." He said.
"Oh, you remembered." I said.
"Yeah, Mummy told me before we left." I laughed.
"And wait until you see our present!" Ginny bent down.
"Now, James, you don't want to spoil the surprise."
"Why not?" He asked swinging on her robes.
"Well, Teddy would like to be surprised."
"Why?"
"Because a surprise is so much better." She said kissing him on the cheek.
"Oh, ok." He said.
"Do you need any help setting up?" Harry asked Grammy.
"Sure. Ginny you must relax yourself or you'll damage the baby. So go on. Go still down and make yourself comfortable."
"Thanks. Now, James be good, you hear?"
"Yes, mummy. I'm always good aren't I?
"Yes, you are." I watched as Ginny winced in pain and held her stomach.
"He or she will be coming very soon." Ginny replied. Harry helped her before she toppled down.
"Come on Ginny, let's get you to a place where you can sit down." She nodded.
"Alright, you two, time to help Grammy set up."
"Set up for what?" James asked.
"My birthday." I said.
"Yeah, because it's your birthday." James said.
"That's right." I said happily.
Hermione and Ron Weasley came not too long after the Potters arrive. It started off as Hermione came running into the room with a bright smile on her face.
"I've got some news to tell you!" She cried out.
"Jeez, Mione." Ron Weasley said coming in.
"What is it?" Ginny asked rubbing her stomach. Hermione ran over to her holding her hands.
"I'm pregnant." She cried.
"Oh, that's great." Harry said happily for her and gave Ron a nudge who laughed.
"Oh, wonderful." Grammy said clasping her hands together.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you, Hermione, Ron. Here, this earns a hug." She tried to stand.
"Oh, no, Ginny rest. You're expecting soon." Hermione said.
"When will you be expecting?" Ginny asked.
"May."
"Oh, that's wonderful." I tugged on my Grammy's robe. She looked down at me with a smile.
"Grammy, what's pregnant?" I asked her.
"Oh, Teddy, Hermione's going to have a baby."
"Like Ginny?"
"That's right."
"Oh, but why isn't she big?" The room filled with laughter.
"Well, honey, it takes awhile."
"Oh."
"Mommy, guess what!" James cried coming down out of my room.
"What, honey?" She asked him.
"Teddy gave me his broom!" James cried holding my toy broomstick I had always been meaning to give to him.
"Oh, wasn't that nice of him. James, guess what?" She said to him.
"What?"
"You're getting a new cousin."
"What's a cousin?"
"Like a brother or sister."
"I know that, Mummy. You said that a long time ago." He said.
"Oh, but another one."
"Another one?"
"That's right."
"Yippee." At the moment the door bell rang.
"I'll get it." I cried. I ran to the door and thrust it open. There were a lot of red hair people standing outside.
"Happy Birthday." They chorused. Are they the Weasleys?
"Oh, look it's the Weasleys." Grammy said behind me.
"Hi!" I said excitedly.
"Oh, where to start. Teddy, this Charlie Weasley." She pointed to a short, but well built person who had the a big smile on his face. His arm was filled with burns.
He caught me looking at the burns and said, "I work with dragons." He said.
"Dragons?"
"That's right."
"Cool." He smiled and put his hand on another red head and headed into the house.
"Oh, and this is George Weasley and his wife Angelina." He said to another short freckly red haired man who had his arm draped around a dark colored pretty woman. He long black hair was held in a ponytail.
"Hi, I remember you." I said to him. "You turned Ron's ears into elephant ears." He laughed.
"Told, you Angie. Told you he'd remember that." She shook her head, but didn't say anything. They headed into the house too.
"Oh, this is Fred. Fred be good." He showed me a boy who actually almost looked a lot like James, but James had darker red hair and Fred was taller than James. James had hazel eyes while Fred had bright blue and a pointed nose.
"This is Percy and Audrey Weasley." He was a pretty thin guy with less hair than any of the others. The woman had brown hair and bangs.
"Hi." I said.
"Hello, there. Molly say 'hi.'" He said to a small chubby girl with red hair and glasses.
"Hi." She said weakly. Grandma Weasley gave me a nudge and I walked over to her and gave her a kiss on the hand for politeness. She looked confused.
"Thanks for coming." I smiled at them. They, too, went into the house.
"Oh, here is lovely Molly and Arthur Weasley."
"Hi, Grandma Weasley." I said to her. I wasn't forced to call her Grandma, but she acted so much like Grammy that I didn't mind calling her that anyway.
"Hi, dearie. So good to see you all grown up." She gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Oh, Bill and Fleur, will be here soon with little Victoire."
"Oh, Victoire. She is such an angel."
"Who is Vic, uh, Vic-what's-her-name?" I asked Grammy.
"Oh, you'll see." She said and Grandma Molly smiled at me.
We headed outside to sit at the long table Grammy set up. I sat in the birthday seat and wanted so bad to open presents, but we had to wait for the last of the Weasleys to arrive. I wish they'd come soon so I can open presents.
Then we heard a loud pop and there stood a man with long red hair pulled back in a ponytail with a big scar across his face and a beautiful girl with long blonde silvery hair and pretty blue and silver eyes.
"Oh, Bill, Fleur, you're here." Grandma Weasley cried. "Teddy, come here." Grandma Weasley cried out. I came over.
"This is Bill and Fleur, won't you say 'hi'?"
"Hi." I said now shy.
"Oh, and 'ere is Victoire." The woman named Fleur said and stepped aside to let a girl dressed in a light purple dress. She too had silvery blonde hair and blue and silvery eyes. However, no where as pretty as her mom.
"Go on, Teddy, kiss her hand tell her thanks for coming. Be polite." Grandma Weasley said. I don't know what it was, but there was something about this girl I didn't like. Maybe it was because she was dressed up like a princess. Way too girly for me. Or it could be because she was happy to see me on my birthday!
Fleur pushed over toward me. I took her hand in mine and she gave me a disgusted look. I bent down kissed her hand and for the extra effect I went.
"Yuck." I said letting go of her hand immediately. Victoria (I believe that's her name) opened her mouth then closed it again.
"So happy you could come." I said politely. Boy, I would like to run right now.
"So happy to be here." She said politely putting on a fake smile. Yeah, ok.
"Can I go now?" I asked Grandma.
"Wait, you've got tell him the god news, Bill."
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Victoire, will be spending the summer, with you Teddy, because we're going on a little trip to Egypt." I was silent. What was that? How was I supposed to act to this? I have to spend a whole summer with miss-snot-nose?
"Great." I said giving him a smile. Victoire had folded her arms and looked away. So, that's why she was giving me dirty looks.
"How about you two go play and then we'll do presents in a little while." Grammy said.
"But Grammy, you said once they get here, we could…"
"Yes, well I changed my mind. Now, go." I gave an angry sigh. Victoire followed me. They said we should play, but really I wasn't actually going to expect to play with her.
"So, uh, want to play chess?"
"I hate chess." She said. "It's too boring."
"Uh, Quidditch?"
"It'll ruin my outfit." Not even Quidditch?
"You don't like Quidditch?"
"I didn't say I didn't like it only that it'll ruin my outfit."
"Uh, then what do you want to play?" She thought for awhile.
"How about House."
"Ew, why would I play such a girly game like that?"
"Because it's fun. James, Fred, and Molly always like to play it."
"Yeah, but they're all three."
"Molly and Fred are two and James is three." She corrected me.
"Whatever. But we're not playing that."
"Fine, how about…"
"Nor are we playing with dolls or stuffed animals." I said. She looked angry.
"I wasn't even going to mention that. You're very rude, you know."
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not."
"Are too!"
"Hey, Teddy." Came the voice of Walter Wood. Yes, I'm saved! He also brought along four other guys. Even better.
"Oh, these are my friends I have been talking to you about." He said to me. I knew one of them because he showed me him before, but the other three I had no idea who they were.
"This is Nathan Stimpson , Edgar Bones, Tino Jordan, Ricky Towler, and Patrick Davies."
"Hey, what's going on?" I said to them. They all grumbled a reply.
"Teddy, aren't you going to introduce me?" Victoire asked.
"Quit it, Vicytore. Go off to play with your dolls." The guys laughed and went off and played. I didn't have to look back to know that Victoire was upset, but who cares? She's so annoying.
I have to spend a whole summer with her anyway, so she'll get over it.
After playing a bit of games like chess, Grammy called me over for presents.
I got a bunch of stuff. Let's see I got some good jokes from George Weasley's shop. I could use that on Victoire (I got her name down, finally). I got some kind of book from Percy (Eh, I could always give it to dumb Victoire). I got a nice sweater of a snitch from Grandma Weasley (For once it wasn't a teddy bear.) I got this cool necklace with a small dragon tooth on it from Charlie Weasley (I'm wearing it now.) Bill and Fleur Weasley gave me some robes (Not just robes, but robes that can stretch and fit to your size. I won't ever have to get new robes again!) Harry had given me Hagrid's gift for he couldn't make it and it was a photo album of my parents and me (I put it away so I can look at it later, no need to get emotional now.) Grammy gave me money (It's always good, but I knew it was because she didn't know what to get because I didn't give her my birthday list, whoops.) Ron and Hermione had given me book about Quidditch and one on how to take care of a broom (But really, what's the use in having the one about taking care of broom when you don't have one.) That's when I got to the best present of all; Harry's and Ginny's. They gave me a broom! My very own broom.
I was about to try my new broom out, when we heard a moan. I looked over at the table and Ginny was making the noise.
"Hurry!" She said. Grammy grabbed me and before I knew it we were in the hospital.
Ginny and Harry went off somewhere while we waited in another room. We waited there all night. I had fallen asleep in Grammy's arms, when she tapped me on the shoulder.
They asked me and James to go into the room where they had Harry and Ginny. I went into the room and there was new baby sitting in Ginny's arms.
Just a say after my birthday, Albus Severus Potter was born.
A/N: Tell me what you think so far.