Summary: [1st fic!! DH SPOILERS!! Teddy Lupin's story of early years at Hogwarts. Friends, Quidditch and Wizard Puberty!!

A/N My medicine after being devastated by the loss of Remus Lupin. Loved Tonks as a character too, but Remus was always the best! First chapter is just an intro to my take on Teddy's life in Hogwarts. Bear with me, the story aspect begins in chapter 2!! Oh and for the record, James Potter is 4 years older than Albus in this fic.

Disclaimer I own nothing….

Teddy Lupin sat in the empty compartment on the dark, murky September 1st. It was his first journey to Hogwarts, a journey he had been anticipating eagerly for years, but one he was a little apprehensive about too.

Teddy sighed heavily and ran his fingers through his hair, pushing his long brown fringe back so he could see. Even though he was half-metamorphmagus, Teddy could not change the colour of his hair at will, it was more of a random occurrence, but one that earned him a lot of stares despite it being a perfect ice-breaker with people he was meeting for the first time. Teddy's default colour was a light brown, the same as his father's.

He didn't miss his parents so much, how could he when he didn't even know them? He spent his life with his godfather, the oh-so-great Harry Potter and his wife Ginny, along with their 3 children, 7 year old James, 3 year old Albus and 1 year old Lily. Teddy got along very well with Harry, who was always there for him when his grandmother, Andromeda, would get angry at his father who, in her opinion, held the blame for his mother's death. Harry treated Teddy the same as he did his own sons.

The door to the compartment slid open and 2 girls came in, the first dragging her bag along the floor.

'If you hadn't forgotten that stupid cat of yours we wouldn't have to go back to get it, ergo we would have got on the train earlier, ergo we would have found ourselves a compartment!'

The first girl threw her bag onto the luggage holder, turned round to look at Teddy and smiled.

'Sorry about that. Name's Darcy. Darcy O'Brien.'

Darcy spoke in a thick Irish accent and was short and stocky, with a thick head of short, dark red hair. She casually slipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out what looked to be a chocolate bar, slumped on the seat next to Teddy and began to eat.

'I hope you don't mind us crashing your compartment. We were a little late for the train.' The other girl piped up. 'My name is Jackie. I'm Darcy's twin sister.'

Jackie looked like Darcy, although she was slightly more slender and had beautiful long hair, the same dark shade as her sister's. She slipped her bag off, put it on the seat next to her and sat opposite Teddy, her amber eyes looking straight into Teddy's brown/grey ones.

'Yeah sure, that's fine, I was quite bored actually. My name is Teddy Lupin, nice to meet you both. First years?'

'You betcha!' said Darcy, finishing off her chocolate bar. 'Say, Ted, do you know any spells?'

'Yeah I guess, why?' Teddy replied, eyebrows shooting up 'much like his father' as Harry would always say.

'Well we aren't from a wizarding family, Muggle-born, is that what you call it? Could you show us? We haven't seen much magic.' Darcy's eyes bore into Teddy's with anticipation.

With a lopsided smile and a friendly nod, Teddy reached into his robes and fished out his wand. He pointed it at Jackie's bag and said, clearly 'Wingardium Leviosa' and with a flick of his wand, the bag rose up. Teddy let it hover for a moment, then it settled back into the seat.

Jackie clapped with delight 'Wow that was awesome Teddy. You must be very good at magic!'

'Not really…' Teddy mumbled with embarrassment.

And with that Teddy's hair turned a royal red colour, much the same as Ron Weasley's ears when he was embarrassed. Both girls stared at him, open mouthed.

'What the…how did you do that?' Jackie exclaimed.

'Do what?' Teddy asked, looking puzzled, then he saw the twins eye's transfixed on his hair and he understood.

'Oh…that. Sorry. I'm a half-metamorphmagus. Full metamorphmagi can change their appearance at will, but only my hair colour changes, and I have no control over it. I inherited it from my mother. Stupid thing….' Teddy finished, shaking his head, unsuccessfully trying to change his hair colour back.

'Oh right. So your mum can do it when she wants right?' Darcy asked, slouching back in the seat and fiddling with the chocolate wrapper.

'Uh…she could. She died in the Battle of Hogwarts.' Teddy said quite reluctantly, his voice trailing away. 'My dad did too.'

Jackie looked slightly shocked but looked Teddy straight in the eye.

'Sorry, Teddy. I read about that story. That's awful.'

Teddy's eyes shot up from his lap, straight into those of Jackie sitting opposite him.

'Don't apologise, I don't need special treatment.'

There was nothing malicious in his statement and Teddy hoped it came across that way, but he would often snap in situations like this.

If there was one thing Teddy didn't like, it was people consoling him for his loss, or telling him how hard it must be for him. Teddy was a tough kid and although he did find life hard, he didn't want to be singled out. Harry was the only one who understood this anger. However, Teddy had started to get used to it now, he had been warned he would get quite a bit of it from people at Hogwarts.

There was a small period of silence between the trio, Darcy occasionally looking up from her chocolate wrapper at Teddy's still-red hair, but was suddenly alerted by the trolley rolling into view at the door of the compartment.

'Anything off the trolley dears?'

And with that, Teddy Remus Lupin's hair colour changed back to its normal brown.

Teddy sat in his new dormitory that night, absent-mindedly stroking the owl Harry and Ginny had bought him for his eleventh birthday (which he had affectionately named Moony) with his left hand, while writing a letter to his godfather with his right.

He had made Gryffindor. The hat, in fact, had had no trouble placing him, other than saying that although he possessed many of his mothers Hupplepuff qualities, his rightful place was Gryffindor.

Teddy was, inside, delighted with making Gryffindor, but had not shown it to anyone else. Himself, Darcy and Jackie were the only three first year Gryffindors this year. Apparently it was the smallest year Hogwarts has ever seen. There were only 16 students enrolling, 3 Gryffindors, 3 Ravenclaws, 6 Hupplepuffs and 4 Slytherins. This was obviously due to the Second War. Not many children had been born that year.

As a result of being the only first-year Gryffindor boy, Teddy would be sharing his dorm with the second-years, but he didn't mind that much. In fact they were quite friendly, however Teddy suspected that it was because they knew of his parents.

After the letter was finished, Teddy gave it to Moony, lay back on his bed and closed the curtains. It has been a busy day, he thought to himself , but after all the hype, he had made it to Hogwarts, made Gryffindor, and made 2 new friends in the process. Teddy smiled in the dark. It is going to be an enjoyable seven years.

A/N Please R&R! 'tis my first fic! The next chapter will jump to Teddy's third year, where some sort of story might actually begin! Intros are needed though I guess. Ill update asap!