Written for Charms Assignment 2 for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Word Count: 521
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Andromeda's PoV
"There you go," I said as I wiped Teddy's mouth. "Be a good little boy for Uncle Harry, won't you? Love you, honeybuns." Saying that, I handed him over to Harry as Teddy grinned toothily.
I tried to hold my tears back, bringing to the forefront my Pureblood training. I stiffened my spine and concentrated on listening to Harry as he listed off things Ginny and him had planned with Teddy for the week. I sighed heavily as they left, the sudden silence hitting me at that moment. I went about arranging everything properly as I pondered.
It has been three weeks since the war ended. This is the first time since they were gone, Teddy will leave my side. Harry had decided he wanted to play an active part in his godson's life and wanted me to have time to myself, the reason Teddy was to go with him for the week.
I already missed Teddy. He'd been my rock since the war. The reason I'd wake up in the morning and the reason I had the strength to carry on with life, as if nothing had happened. Sometimes, in the early hours of morning, I feel I've seen too much, lived too many lives. I don't deserve to be here, living, when my family was six feet under. Ted. Nymphadora. Remus. Sirius. My only true family. If Teddy wouldn't have been here, I don't want to think of what I'd have become.
Now, for the first time in weeks, the house was empty of his laughter, his cries, his soft snores filling up the rooms. The room was done. Everything was now spotless, well as spotless it could be with a child living under your roof. I sat down on the sofa, staring at the TV blindly, which Nymphadora and Ted had spent hours at a time watching.
Sometimes, I'm struck by the "what if's". After all, nothing is impossible in the magic world. But was I really that desperate? If something happened to me, what of Teddy? The last words Dora said to me were, "Take care, Mama. Take care of my baby. I'll be back." She came back as she promised but it'd been her body, a blank look on her face, her hand still entwined with her husband's. Now it was my turn to keep the promise. I'll take care of the babe. Even if it kills me to see him trip over thin air, just like Dora; when calling him Teddy reminds me of Ted, my companion, who'd promised to be there by my side forever; when I see Teddy change his hairs colours to imitate people and to reflect his mood; when his features are just like that of Remus, with the same dark skin and the hazel eyes.
I hope this gets easier with time. It is one thing to pretend everything is alright and it's an entirely different thing when everything's alright, though this never is found to be true. As it's said neither every chocolate frog card will be your favorite historic character, and nor every card be different.
How was this? Too angsty? Too depressing? Good? Review, please.
UPDATE: Got 17/20 for this assignment.