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Remix #1: The First Encounter

The Day It All Began


"Teddy, this is your little brother, Jamie."

He peered at the squishy pink baby in his Uncle Harry's arms. The baby squirmed and made a noise that sounded like a little bird.

"What do you think, Teddy?" his Auntie Ginny asked. "Do you like your new baby brother?"

Teddy frowned and crossed his arms as he stared intently at the infant. It was too pink. And too little. And too wrinkly.

"His mouth looks like a fish," Teddy finally declared.

Uncle Harry and Auntie Ginny exchanged looks and burst out laughing. His uncle scooted closer so Teddy could get a better look at the baby—not that he could see much of him anyway, he was all wrapped up and looked like the jam rolls his grandma sometimes made him.

"That's because he's a new-born baby," Auntie Ginny explained, wrapping her arms around Teddy. "All new-born babies are like that."

Teddy wasn't very convinced, though. He'd seen Victoire when she was a baby and she looked round and fluffy, and she was always smiling and giggling.

When he told his auntie the same, she chuckled and said, "That's because Victoire was about four months old when you saw her, Teddy. Jamie's only a couple weeks old."

"Not even a month?" Teddy asked, watching curiously as the baby started waving its little fists and making weird faces.

"Nope, not even a month," Uncle Harry said. "Do you want to try holding him?"

Teddy moved back and pressed himself into his auntie's embrace. He glanced at the baby and frowned.

"I'll break him," he said, and Uncle Harry grinned.

"You won't. Come on, hold your arms out."

Auntie Ginny sat him down, positioning his arms in a weird way.

"Alright, you have to hold him very gently," she said as Uncle Harry carefully placed the baby in Teddy's arms. "Here, support his head like this." She placed her hand below Teddy's and held up the baby's head.

"He's so soft and squishy," Teddy mumbled, staring at the infant.

"That's because his bones are only starting to grow," Uncle Harry told him. "His head's the softest because his skull still hasn't formed yet. That's why you have to be very careful while holding him or he could get hurt."

"His skull?"

"You know the thing that makes your head hard?"

"Yeah?"

"That one."

"It's not formed yet?"

"Nope, not yet."

"When will it be formed?"

"As he grows, it'll grow too."

"He'll get bigger?"

"Yup, he will. In a few years, he'll be as big as you are now."

Teddy stared up at his uncle wide-eyed. This little fellow was going to grow as big as Teddy? That wasn't possible. He was so tiny.

"How?" he demanded, staring at the baby. "His hand is only as big as my pinky. See?" he placed his pinky beside the baby's hand, and, to Teddy's surprise, he grabbed it.

Eyes wide, he tried to carefully pull his pinky out of the baby's grasp, but he was holding on so tight.

"He's strong," Teddy whispered, staring at the little bundle in his arms with a new light.

"And he'll only get stronger," his auntie told him. "So when he gets big enough, will you come play with him?"

"Me?" Teddy asked, looking from one adult to the other. "I can play with him?"

"Of course you can! He's your baby brother!" Uncle Harry said, ruffling Teddy's hair.

"My baby brother," Teddy whispered, feeling his cheeks get hot. He pulled the baby close to him and asked softly, "Can I keep him?"

"You can't keep him, sweetheart, but you can come see him whenever you want to. He'll always be here," his auntie told him gently.

"Promise?" Teddy asked, and Uncle Harry pointed at the baby's fist that was still holding Teddy's pinky.

"Doesn't seem like Jamie wants to let his big brother go, either."

Teddy felt a swell of pride as the tiny boy opened his eyes and stared at him. "Jamie," he said softly, and Jamie smiled, making a little cooing sound.

"See? He knows you're his big brother already!" Auntie Ginny said, pressing a kiss to Teddy's hair.

"I like him!" Teddy said happily, leaning down and nuzzling his nose with Jamie's. "Hi, Jamie, I'm your big brother Teddy! And I'm going to play with you forever! OK?"

Jamie stared up at Teddy and blinked slowly, and Teddy grinned. This was his new baby brother. His little brother. Whenever he'd asked his grandma why he didn't have a Mummy or Daddy or little brothers and sisters like all the other kids he went to preschool with, she'd always looked sad and told him that they'd gone far away, but Teddy had Uncle Harry and Auntie Ginny. And Uncle Harry had promised Teddy that he would be getting lots of little brothers and sisters, and he finally had!

"My Jamie," he whispered, watching the baby in his arms for a long time. After a while, he finally let Uncle Harry take Jamie away from him.

"Can I stay for a little while longer?" he asked as they walked to Jamie's nursery and Auntie Ginny put him in his crib.

"Of course you can," Uncle Harry said, patting Teddy's head.

"Can I bring my toys and show Jamie them?" Teddy asked, excited, and Uncle Harry smiled.

"Yeah, but you have to be careful not to hurt him because he's still very little, OK?"

Teddy nodded and ran out of the room, deciding that he would get his sandbag shape-shifter and his moulding blocks. Jamie would like those. Maybe his grandma would even let him get his Wizard Hero toys the next time he came over so he could introduce them to Jamie.

He couldn't wait for Jamie to get bigger so he could show him all his toys and teach him all sorts of things! Little brothers were so exciting!


A/n: Hello! I'm back with a little collection written for the Battleships challenge hosted by Diagon Alley II [link in my profile]. This collection is going to contain ten little drabbles/one-shots centred around the ship Remix (Teddy and James) written with ten separate prompts that are important events in their life. I'm going to try and keep this light and not angsty, because I've had a little too much of that lately, so let's hope it turns out as I want it to!

This first one is about their First Encounter.

Thoughts and concrit is always welcome! Reviews are beloved, as always, so don't forget to leave some of those!

Lots of love~

Arty.