Hello Welcome to my very first story. I have planned this story out to the very last detail so it's mostly written. I just have to find time around my exams to write. I would like at least 1 review per chapter but I'm not in the business of holding the chapters hostage. Any delay is simply because of exams and they have priority.

I have put the ages of the characters at the bottom of the chapter so that readers will be able to know the ages of the characters as the chapters move forward.

A note about the text: There will not be any obvious pairings past what is considered cannon. There will not be any smut scenes.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything you may recognise.

Teddy

June 14th 2005

"Grrrr!" A blue blur pounced towards the ginger cat lying in the middle of a patch of sunny grass. The blue went from blue to green as it hit Wolfie's tail and slammed into the grass beside him. The green turned to bright red as the cat 'Wolfie' expressed his displeasure at being woken up by a seven year old and decided to scratch at the offending arm before stalking off to a sunny spot further a long the lawn. A loud cry came from the boy as he ran off to find his grandmother.

"Gran! Gran look, me arm's bleeding and Wolfie's mean and it huts and…" The long sentence was lost as the small boy sobbed, clinging to his injured arm and burying his head into his grandmother's light orange summer dress.

"Oh Teddy," his gran said calmly, "Wolfie dislikes being woken up from his naps. You know that. You don't like being woken up from your nap young man."

Sobs stopped and the head lifted from the stomach of its grandmother to scowl at her. "'m seven gran! I don't nap, uncle Harry said so, he said I was a big boy and I can play on my broom with out him there too and…" Teddy stopped, realised he may have gotten his beloved uncle harry into trouble. Biting his lip, he followed his gran to the kitchen to get his arm fixed. It still stung, and to emphasise the importance of his pain he let out the occasional sniffle.

Andromeda simply sighed and shook her head, releasing Teddy's grip from her dress and guided her grandson into one of the six chairs that sat around a large table just to the right of the door. Walking over to one of the dark wooden cupboards on the left she reached for the pain relief potion, disinfectant and a vial of anti-allergy potion.

Hearing small sniffles from the chair Teddy was currently sat in, "Hush now child, Wolfie has hardly ripped your arm off. Even if he had it could be fixed lad." Andromeda walked over to her small grandson, "Be brave Ted" she comforted as he sniffed again, she brushed her hand through his hair before handing over the potion vials and wiping the small jar of disinfectant on top of the scratches.

"Sorry gran," Teddy whispered as his hair changed to black, his eyes to amber and his face structure morphed into a heart shape. "I dunno why m' being a baby, m' big really!"

"Teddy, sweet heart, it's the full moon tomorrow night so your emotions will e all over the place. Be thankful you will not be changing fully young man. Your dad was in pain for almost a week either side of the full moon. This is precisely why you go over to Bill and Fleur's house for two nights a month. You are around someone who understands and can help.

"You like visiting Bill don't you? And you get to see Victoire, Domi and Louis."

"Yes gran I do Bill's great and Fleur makes the best chocolate pastry for breakfast. But Louis's too little to do anything and Vic' only follows me round everywhere and Domi just wants to eat everything."

Andromeda kissed the top of Teddy's now green locks before moving back "well you stick to Bill sweetie. Don't you mind the girls I'm sure they just want to be friends with you."

"But girls are borin' gran."

"Right, Harry will be here soon, he's going to be taking you out then dropping you off at Shell Cottage tomorrow evening, then he'll be bringing you back for next Saturday so you'll get a good few days with him on either side of the moon." Andromeda patted the top of Teddy's head making him stand up and hold onto the side.

"Let's go and make sure all of your clothes are packed correctly

Andromeda made her way upstairs, passing various paintings and portraits on the way up, Teddy following behind her, happier than he was earlier.

Andromeda prepared the fireplace for flooing while Teddy picked out the toys he wanted to take with him, to his godfather's house. Harry was due within the next ten minutes or so and before he was able to pick up the hyperactive seven year old. Once the fire had begun to spread over the logs Andromeda went into the kitchen to make a pot of tea. She put a few biscuits in a plate.

"Hurry up Teddy!" She called upstairs while pulling a tray out of the bottom draw. She poured a glass of orange juice and placed the glass next to the tea cups and plate of biscuits on the tray before carrying it through to the living room.

The house her and her grandson had moved into was far smaller than the manor that had house her and her late husband and late daughter. After the war, she'd not been able to handle the memories of the house in Edinburgh. Therefore, Andromeda had hauled herself and her six months grandson to a small cottage a few miles outside of Ottery St Catchpole. The four up four down style of the house with a garden that surrounded the home was perfect for her and Teddy. The gardens allowed Teddy to get rid of any pent up energy before being taken to Bill Weasley's cottage where Teddy and Bill would spend three nights camping on a secluded part of the beach below the cliffs, where the cottage stood during the full moon.

Though neither of them had ever changed, they did become very rowdy and aggressive with the inability to sleep. It was best that they were only allowed to be by each other during the full moon, otherwise someone could become injured when the half were-wolves got bored.

This arrangement had gone on since Teddy had been about five months and Apart from Harry, Bill was Teddy's favourite person. A stampede of Hungarian Horntails raced into the living room, breaking Andromeda out of her thoughts.

"Ready Gran." Neon green hair shook madly as the mini humanoid dragon dropped the bag of toys and clothes by the fireplace and proceeded to rock form the balls of his toes back onto his heels. "Is Harry here yet gran? Will he be bringing Jamsey?"

"Teddy if Harry were here he'd have already said hello and you'd be talking his ear off as he was drinking his tea. I really doubt he'll be bring a baby through the floo. Now sit down sensibly and drink the orange juice."

Teddy did so, quickly gulping it down and pulling a face at the sharp bitter taste it let in his mouth. The fire flared, almost spitting out of the grate, and turned green. Depositing Harry Potter ungracefully onto the rug. Teddy ran and jumped on Harry's back before he had a chance to pick himself up.

"Urgh, Ted. Mate hold on a minute would you?" Rather than Teddy climbing off his back, Teddy leaned forward and wrapped his hands around Harry's neck. Harry sighed, "All right then Ted hold on tight." Harry got to his hands and knees before standing up completely carrying Teddy in a piggyback. Andromeda was sat drinking tea smirking at Harry as Teddy jumped on him.

"Go on kid go to the toilet then we can go."

As Teddy slipped off Harry's back he ran up the stairs to the bathroom. Harry sat down heavily on the settee and accepted the cup of tea that had started to nudge his arm.

"How is everyone?"

"Everyone is fine, 'dromeda. Angelina and Audrey are just about ready to pop. However, if it gets much hotter I think they may just force St Mungo's maternity carers to force the birth early. Luckily, they only have about a month left. James is getting big, he's started to pull himself up now, but he's too scared to let go and take the first steps. "

"Harry, show some sympathy towards the girls. It is the warmest summer in twenty-five years and so they must be extremely uncomfortable. You should understand better. I hope you weren't unhelpful and tactless when Ginny was expecting."

Harry's face went bright red all the way up to the tips of his ears. Mumbling something indescribable Harry glanced up the stairs. "Teddy seems cheerful today."

"Yes, although there was a slight incident when he tried to pounce on Wolfie. I managed to clean the injury though and it was only a few scratches. I've place an allergy potion in the side pocket on his bag. Just in case, he's not normally allergic but since his immune system is down slightly for the next week I felt I'd rather be safe than sorry."

Harry and Andromeda looked up the stairs. Harry cast a spell to keep Teddy away for the moment. It would make him forget something until the charm was lifted.

"Yeah, yes that's true. I suppose he's been quite a handful then? If you want dromeda I don't mind taking care of him, if you're finding it difficult to look after him full time?"

Andromeda waved the suggestion away. "Nonsense. I've life in me yet Mr Potter, I can handle him, Dora's influence only comes about once a week every month. Otherwise he's quiet as a lamb."

Harry nodded and lifted the charm on the stairs. A delighted "Found it!" was heard and steps thundered across the ceiling.

"Walk young man."

The footsteps stopped then continued at a more sedate pace.

Shaking her head, laughing with Harry she placed her cup and saucer back onto the tray.

"Why Mr Potter, have you been allowing my only grandson fly on his broom without supervision?"

A gasp was heard as Teddy had heard the question. He hurried over to his godfather; hands in his pockets, hair black as jet and sat down carefully. Quickly turning to look at his godfather and whispering "Sorry." Before looking back down into his lap, worried he'd gotten harry into trouble with his gran. Andromeda simply raised an eyebrow at Harry signalling that he did indeed need to answer the question.

Harry was staring at Teddy, before looking back into the eyes of the woman across from him. "I merely said that Ted was almost ready to fly without me in the sky with him. I will still be there, watching him from the ground and he can now take part in the family Quidditch games at the gatherings."

"Ah I see, well that's ok then. Just don't you go out when an adult isn't around to stand under you and watch is that understood?"

"Yes gran." Was the sullen reply, before Teddy's face became much more chipper and his chest puffed out slightly as he sat up straighter. "Harry, gran still thinks I'm a baby and therefore need naps. You have to tell her harry, I don't take naps no more do I?"

Chuckling slightly Harry turned to Andromeda and winked before saying in a most serious tone, "Yes 'dromeda, Teddy now has rests. He sits on his bed and quietly reads or closes his eyes for an hour or two. This means that he is no longer a small child but s in fact a growing boy. I believe he even ate all of his broccoli last month for his aunt Ginny."

"Well Teddy that is grown up. I shall endeavour to remember that in future. I'll also add broccoli to the list of food Ted Remus Lupin approves of. Will that be fine?"

Teddy stood up and bowed smiling. "Yes gran, that will be wonderful. And apology a cepted."

"Accepted dear."

"Yes that. But what does end ever mean?"

"Endeavour, Teddy, means to try. I will try to remember that you have grown up in the future. Will that be acceptable Teddy?"

Teddy nodded. Looking towards the clock on the mantle above the fire Teddy asked "What are we doing at yours Harry?"

"Well Teddy, we'll go unpack and say hello to Ginny and James, providing he's awake. Then we will be going to have an early dinner with Molly and Arthur, George and Angelina might be there as well. Then tomorrow me, you, James and Ron will be having a guy's only day where we'll go and watch the Arrows play Tornadoes before getting dinner in the Leaky Cauldron. You'll then be shipped over the Bill's house for a camping trip. Then after that we can do whatever you want."

"Sounds good. Can we go now Harry? I wanna take my broom to Molly's so I can fly around with George when the grownups start talking."

"Sure Ted, say buy to your gran though first yeah?"

Teddy was released from Harry's arm, which had been put around him during the 'Itinerary of the Week' speech, and launched himself at Andromeda.

"You be careful now Teddy. Behave, mind Ginny, be nicve to the girls aand don't rough house with James and Louis. I'll see you in a few days." Andromeda kissed the top of Teddy's head before pushing him towards his godfather at the fireplace.

A flash of green and they were gone. Leaving Andromeda in the suddenly deafeningly silent house.

Ages of Weasley kids at the time this scene occurs:

Teddy =7
Victoire=5
Dominique = 2
Louis = 7 months
Molly II = 2
James II = 10 months

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