Well here we go again! Lots of really good fan fiction writers have done Teddy. But it seems I can't control which plot bunny hops to the forefront of my mind. I'd like to try and do a whole "life of" fiction for him. It will be told by different charactors. Hope you like it!
I'm still not JKR. She owns Teddy, any other character you recognize and the world they play in. I do not make any money from this.
Teddy
May 1998
Andromeda sat silently holding on tightly to the month old baby. The ceremony for the fallen of the battle of Hogwarts was proceeding around her. So many had gotten up to speak she had lost count. In the row behind her she could hear Molly Weasley crying. So much sorrow, so much loss.
Harry sat with the Weasley family in the second row. Ginny held, protectivly in the crook of his arm. Directly in front of him sat Andromeda Tonks, holding a small bundle of blankets. Fresh tears sprang to his eyes as he remembered the look in her eyes a week ago when he and Professor McGonagall had appeared on her door step with the sad news.
Remembering that day he could not help a small smile too. The day he had met his godson Teddy. Harry could not get over how small Teddy was. The first time he held him Harry felt all elbows and thumbs. Then suddenly Teddy just fit in his arms. Andromeda had let Harry Floo Teddy when they had returned to Hogwarts. Ginny had immediately fallen in love with the baby. In fact, it was while watching Teddy sleep they finaly had the talk they so badly needed to have.
It was time, time for family members to speak of their dead. As there was to be a memorial to all who died this time in the fight against Voldemort, Andromeda had to speak three times. When Sirius Black's name was read she stood, took Harry's arm and they made their way together to the platform. "Sirius Black was my cousin. Not only was he my cousin, but my friend as well. When I was shuned by the rest of my family for marrieing a muggleborn, Sirius was the only family that stood by me." Harry had many to speak for, but this was the hardest. "Sirius….." his voice choaked with emotion. Andromeda patted his arm encouragingly. "Sirius Black was my godfather. He, along with the Weasleys, gave me the first sense I have ever had of family. He was brave and loyal and a bit reckless."
Victim by victim the tributes went on. Soon Harry and Andromeda made their way to the front again for Nymphadora and Remus Lupin. This time it was Harry offering comfort and encouragement. "Nymphadora, how she hated that name. Nymphadora was the most loving, exasperating and wonderful daughter a mother ever had. She died to make a better world. She died fighting alongside her friends. She could never sit by and let others risk their lives without helping." "Remus Lupin," Harry began, "was my teacher, my mentor and my friend. He had to face our society's predijuce and yet remained kind and gentle. With Tonk's he had at last found the love and happiness he had not known since Greyback distroyed his world during the first war."
At long last it was time for Andromeda to speak of Ted, her husband. Harry held Teddy while she spoke of Ted's love for the underdog. His help to those fleeing Voldemort's wrath. And the faith she has that Ted, Nymphadora and Remus look down upon them.
At last the seemingly endless day was done. Harry and Ginny had helped her and Teddy home. Harry had insisted on making her dinner and seeing her and Teddy fed and ready for bed.
Before they left, Ginny and Harry stood holding hands by Teddy's crib and watched him sleeping. His hair was softly changing colors as he dreamed.