Teenage Rebellion
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do not make profit or earn anything from this story.
Chapter 1 - Coming Home
Harry was brushing through his dark messy hair nervously while quickly making his way to platform 9 and 10. Checking his watch he relaxed realising he was perfectly on time.
On time to collect his 15 years old godson for the summer holidays. There it was again that clump in his throat. Over the last year Harry had received so many letters from Headmistress McGonagall and his friend Professor Neville Longbottom that he wasn't sure how he felt about Teddy's return for the summer. Of course he loved his godson deeply and the whole family usually looked forward to having him home. However for the last year the boy had started to change and landed in trouble more often than acceptable.
Harry thought about the letter from Hogwarts he had received just yesterday. Teddy had failed most of his subjects and would not be allowed to return for his fifth year unless he could at least pass three resits over the summer. His godson had always been eager to learn, so hearing that he skipped classes frequently, forgot his homework and was extremely rude to teachers and peers was a shock to Harry. At first he had believed something was up with the teenager, a period of strong grieving for his parents and grandmother, who had passed away five years previously.
However after a whole year of letters and a talk to Neville, Harry had come to accept that Teddy was in a state of teenage rebellion. "Nothing unusual", he had been assured by his teachers but something that needed to be dealt with. Well, so there he was 32 years of age he had dealt with bigger things than a rebellious teenager acting up, yet he thought: "If experienced teachers can't sort him out how should I do it." After all Harry had never been a normal teenager how should he know how to raise one?
So in his desperation last night he had gone out to a muggle book shop and bought a book on parenting. How to hug a cactus – Ginny had laughed at him when he had started reading it in bed. Harry however thought it a valiant title and he certainly wasn't going unprepared into the battle.
He had arrived at platform 9 and waited for Teddy to come through the barrier. He saw many families, kids with owl cages, brooms and old fashioned trunks and wondered how muggles never got suspicious at the sight of this. Then he spotted his godson emerging from the barrier alone sporting bright turquoise hair. " Sweet Merlin – here we go" he muttered to himself before greeting his godson.
" Hello Teddy, had a good trip?"
"Hi Harry." Teddy replied unexcited, hands in his pockets. " It was alright I suppose."
Harry sighed, this was going well. "Off we go then, gotta pick Lily up from play school."
AN: This is my first ever story on here, so be gentle. I know the first chapter is incredibly short, but they do get longer. This was originally intended to be about 15 chapters long. We are now at 20 and I haven't finished yet, but have a sequel in planning. So there you go. I appreciate any and all feedback and criticism, as I said I am still new to this.
PS: There is now also a one-shot that works as a prequel, also can easily stand on its own. "The day the earth stood still" can be found on my profile.
Thanks for reading