Title: Snapshots

Author: HufflepuffEdwardCullen13

Pairings: Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Teddy/Victoire, Nevile/Hannah,

Summary: Those who died during the series see snapshots of their alive families. This is a series of one shots, usually revolving around Harry and Teddy, in no particular order.

Rating: PG

Warnings: Spoilers for OotP, HBP, and DH.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any other characters. Yes, I have developed the New Generation Characters to be kind of my own, but they, in essence, still belong to JK.

Review: Yes please.

Snapshot One: Meeting Teddy

A/N: None of the characters that are super-cannon are mine. The New Generation kids have been altered to fit my idea of what they would be like. And I have no clue if my custody issue is correct, but I like it. Enjoy and review!

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Remus Lupin, Tonks Lupin, James Potter, Lily Evans-Potter, Sirius Black, Fred Weasley, Ted Tonks, and Albus Dumbledore sat around a gigantic pensieve that isn't really a pensieve in the Potter's house. The large stone basin did not emit a silvery light, but a royal blue smoke. This altered-pensieve is used by those who had passed on to look at those who are living, similar to the Veil.

Remus sat with his arm around his beautiful wife, Tonks. James and lily were cuddling, set up very similar to how Remus and Tonks were; Sirius and Fred were engaged in an intense game of Wizarding Chess, Ted watching so no one cheated, and Albus was reading a very large book. Remus felt so at home with this group of people, all of the being friends, or relatives in Ted's case.

The only people that were missing were Harry Potter, Molly and Arthur Weasley, Bill and Fleur Weasley, Charlie Weasley, George Weasley, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, and Teddy Lupin. Out of the whole mix, the one Remus missed the most was his son Teddy. Remus missed everything in fatherhood except his son's birth and the first few months of his life. He always thankful that Teddy at least had Harry and the Weasleys to help him, but it still hurt Remus to think that his son was without him.

All the sudden, the blue mist began to swirl, catching the attention of everyone in the room.

"What's going on?", said Fred panicking.

"I think," replied Albus, "that we may be seeing what is going on in someone's life." No sooner had he said that, the blue mist had evaporated, showing a tall young man with spiky black hair that looked exactly like James'.

Harry Potter was walking towards a normal, small, but comfortable looking house. It was almost midday. Remus recognized the house to be his in-law's house, where Andromeda Tonks still lives. Harry walked up to the door and went to knock, but stopped. Ron and Hermione reached the door as well. Hermione saw the nervous look on Harry's face and silently put her hand on his shoulder and smiled. Harry smiled nervously back at her as he knocked on the door.

Andromeda opened to door. There was a saddened look on her pretty face, but she smiled anyways. "Hello, you three. I've been expecting you. Come in."

Harry, Hermione, and Ron entered the front room, which was a living room and a kitchen in one, large space. Harry was the first to speak.

"Mrs. Tonks, I'm so sorry about your losses."

Andromeda looked up after finishing pouring a bottle of milk. "I know you are, Harry, but we've all lost someone in this." She put a cap on the milk bottle that looked like it would be for a baby's use and tested how hot the milk was on the back of their hand.

"I wanted to talk to you about guardianship", said Harry very carefully, but went straight to the point. "I know I'm Teddy's godfather and am supposed to have full custody, but that doesn't feel right to me." Andromeda looked up, the shock written in her eyes. "I think you should be just as involved in Teddy's life as I will be. I know for experience how it feels, knowing you're an orphan and how your parents died and their war heroes, so to speak, but Teddy has an advantage that I didn't have. He has a maternal grandmother, and a godfather. I think they should be equally important in his life. I have to go to court tomorrow and tell the Ministry who has custody over Teddy, and I want to know your opinion."

Andromeda thought for a second, then sat down at the kitchen table and motioned for the trio to do the same. She thought again while they sat down.

"I think you should have custody of him, Harry. I will take secondary custody. First off, I am an old woman. When I had Nymphadora, Ted and I were younger and worked as a team. Second off, you will understand him better than anyone else will. You two may have lost a lot, but you have each other. Of course I want to be in Teddy's life. I don't have anyone, but him and you. Yes, Harry, you're family as well. You're my cousin's godson, and my grandson's godfather. The three of us are family."

"Whatever you want to happen, I will make sure it happens."

Andromeda smiled kindly. "Now that we've got all the formal stuff over with, do you want to meet Teddy? All three of you?"

Ron and Hermione looked at each other, but eventually gave in. The trio followed Andromeda up the stairs into the middle room in the hallway. It was a rather large room with a bed and crib in it. The bed looked perfectly in tact. Remus automatically recognized the room as the room he and Nymphadora and Teddy used when they went to Ted and Andromeda's house.

The crib had a little bump in the middle, which was covered by a soft blue blanket. The blanket moved and a tuff of turquoise hair showed under the blanket.

"Teddy," said Remus and Harry in unison. Remus' voice caught in his throat and he began to tear up as Teddy rolled over, yawning and stretching adorably, looking at his godfather for the first time. Tonks was also very teary, but put her arm around her husband comfortingly.

Andromeda picked Teddy up, cradling him in her arms. Teddy's honey gold eyes never left Harry and Harry's emerald eyes never left Teddy. Andromeda noticed this and smiled. She picked up the bottle she has made before Harry, Ron and Hermione showed up, and offered it to Teddy, who refused it and held out his arms for Harry. Everyone in the room giggled, except for Teddy, who became more annoyed and reached out farther for Harry. Harry walked over to his godson, tears in his eyes, and gave Teddy his index finger to hold. Teddy was content with this for now and when Andromeda offered the bottle to Teddy again, he accepted it, not letting his godfather go.

"That's your godfather, Teddy; that's Harry," cooed Andromeda.

"Hi, Teddy," was the only thing Harry could think of saying to his godson.

After Teddy finished his bottle, Harry's finger was no longer enough for the baby and he held out his arms towards Harry wanting to be held by his godfather. Harry chuckled, playing with Teddy's slightly unruly hair, which had become red with annoyance.

"Would you like to hold him, Harry?"

"I have absolutely no experience, Mrs. Tonks," said Harry truthfully.

"It's very simple once you get the hang of it. And call my Andromeda."

Andromeda walked Harry through the way to hold a baby, and in no time, Teddy's hair was back to turquoise comfortably in Harry's arms. Ron and Hermione also said hello before Teddy fell asleep in his godfather's arms.

Remus watched all of this happen, wishing he would hold his son once again. He couldn't take it anymore and took off, racing up the stairs. Everyone saw this, and saw Tonks follow her husband. He was in their room in the Potter house, the second door on the left. Remus was sitting near the window, his back to the window, tears running down his face. Tonks shut the door quietly and crept over to her Remus, even though he knew she was there. She put her arms around his waist, her chin on his shoulder. Finally Remus spoke.

"I miss him. I miss Teddy so much. I hate not being there for him. I want to be the one holding Teddy, not Harry. I want to make him smile, like Harry did-"

Remus began to cry uncontrollably, Tonks went around him, facing him and pulled him into a hug, letting her tears fall as well.

"I miss him, too, love. I feel the same way you do, but we can't do anything except watch him grow. You can do it; if anyone can do it, you can."

Remus nodded, knowing his wife was right. "What would I do without you?"

Tonks shrugged, laughing with Remus and nabbing a kiss on the lips.

"Maybe we can't do it alone, but we can do anything together," said Remus thoughtfully.

"That's the man I love," whispered Tonks as she got another kiss.

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