AN: Everything you recognize in this story from the Harry Potter series belongs to the wonderful JK Rowling
Chapter 1
Standing in a hallway of St. Mungo's, eight-year-old Teddy Lupin decided had never been more excited for anything in his life, even when Uncle Harry had taken him to the Quidditch World Cup. For nearly seven months, he had been anxiously awaiting Ron and Hermione's baby to be born. There were already a bunch of babies in the family: Victoire (though she was five, she was still basically a baby), Dominique, Louis, Freddie, Roxy, and James. Not to mention Sean and Connor Wood, Adam Jordan, Callum and Teagan Finnigan, and Xavier and Miranda Thomas.
Teddy didn't really like most of the babies though, except for James, who he considered to be his younger brother. Teddy preferred to play with his mates from the Muggle primary school he went to or his best mate, Randy Shacklebolt, because they could run and talk and play better than the babies.
But Teddy just knew this baby would be different, because it would be Ron and Hermione's baby. Ron and Hermione were his favorite grown-ups in the whole world, besides Grandmum, Uncle Harry, and Aunt Ginny. Hermione was very nice and smart and pretty and liked to take Teddy to the cinema or the zoo when she wasn't working. Ron was funny and cool and would take Teddy on broomstick rides when Grandmum wasn't around. Also, they used to know his Mum and Dad, before they had died fighting bad guys, and would tell him all kinds of stories about them.
Teddy really hoped it would be a boy, so he could teach him about Quidditch and go to play at Ron and Hermione's house all the time. He didn't really like Victoire or Dominique that much, and they were the only Weasley girls that he could play with (Roxy was too little for Teddy to really think about much), so he figured a boy like James or Freddie would be more fun.
When Grandmum had woken him up this morning, Teddy had been grumpy at first, but when she told him Hermione had the baby he jumped out of bed and ran straight for the Floo.
"Not yet, Teddy," Grandmum had told him, laughing. "Hermione and the baby have too many visitors right now, so we'll go a little later in the day."
That was over five hours ago and Teddy and Grandmum were only just getting to see them. Grandmum stopped in front of one of the doors and motioned for him to knock, which he did softly, since he knew that babies didn't usually like loud noises. The door opened and he looked up to see Ron grinning at them.
"Hi Teddy, Andromeda," Ron said, his grin getting bigger. "Would you like to meet my daughter?"
"It's a girl?" Teddy asked feeling slightly disappointed.
"Of course we would," Grandmum said, pushing Teddy in the room slightly.
Teddy walked in and saw Hermione sitting up on a bed and holding a tiny little bundle in her arms. She looked very tired, but she looked pretty as always and was smiling kindly at him. Teddy suddenly felt a little nervous, since he'd never visited a baby in the hospital before, so Grandmum walked in front of him to give Hermione a kiss on the cheek.
"She is absolutely beautiful," Grandmum said, looking down at the baby.
"Takes after her mum that way," Ron said, smiling as he sat down on the bed next to Hermione.
Hermione looked at Teddy and smiled. "Hello, Teddy. Would you like to meet Rose Weasley?" she asked.
Teddy nodded and walked over to the side of the bed. He looked up at Ron and Hermione, who were both smiling at him, before looking down at the baby. Rose Weasley was the tiniest thing he had ever seen. Her eyes were closed and she had chubby cheeks and the smallest nose in the world. Teddy wasn't usually one for babies, but he was sure Rose was the prettiest baby there ever was.
"Would you like to hold her?" Hermione asked him.
Teddy nodded, not taking his eyes off of Rose. Ron got up off the bed and gently took Rose out of her arms.
"Sit down in this chair and hold your arms out like this," Grandmum told him, demonstrating it to him.
He mirrored her arm movements and Uncle Ron crouched down to place Rose in his arms. Teddy took a while just to look at her before looking up to find the three adults giving him affectionate looks.
"She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," Teddy told them seriously. "What's her middle name?"
"Nymphadora," Ron answered, still crouched in front of Teddy and Rose.
Teddy looked from Ron to Hermione, whom were both smiling at him, and then to Grandmum, who was dabbing at her eyes with a tissue. He wasn't exactly sure how to feel about this.
"That's my Mum's name," he said softly.
"Your mum was our friend and we loved her dearly," Hermione said quietly. "Is that okay with you, Teddy?"
Teddy nodded, not sure he would be able to speak. Teddy couldn't remember Mum and Dad at all and sometimes he missed them so much it almost physically hurt. Grandmum had a bunch of pictures of Mum and Dad and Teddy liked to look through all of them and all the Weasley's had a bunch of stories to tell him about his Mum and Dad. He talked to Uncle Harry sometimes when he got sad, because Uncle Harry's parents were killed when he was a baby too, but Teddy knew he was lucky because he had a lot of friends who were like family, and Uncle Harry only had some mean relatives to live with.
Grandmum and Hermione started stalking about something and Teddy went back to looking down at beautiful little Rose. After a while, Ron cleared his throat, causing Teddy to look up at him curiously.
"Can you promise me something, Teddy?" Ron asked him quietly, so that Hermione and Grandmum wouldn't be able to hear. When Teddy nodded, he continued. "I want you to promise that you will always look after Rosie and that you'll try your hardest to not let anything bad happen to her. I'll be trying too, but I think I'll need some help. Are you up for the job?"
"Yes," Teddy said, looking straight at Ron. "I promise. I love her."
Hello, wonderful readers. So I'm a little out of my element with this pairing and I am a definite Scorpius/Rose shipper most of the time, but this seems to have potential. Try to hang in there with me and I'd love to get reviews from you!