A/N: This chapter's longer than the first one. I hope you enjoy it.
The spinning suddenly stopped causing Teddy to topple over with Lily landed safely on top of him. The small girl giggled at Teddy and stood up, before sitting on the trunk that had evidently came with them, wherever they were.
Teddy looked around and saw that he was still on the platform and the Hogwarts express was still waiting for him. But something felt different. For one none of the Potters were standing at the entrance, but a family with a distraught looking blonde that held high resemblance to a horse, and Teddy couldn't recognise any of the students on the platform, not even the ones who looked around his age, and Teddy knew everyone in his year.
"Teddy, what's this?" Lily held out the locket-type-thing to him, and he internally groaned. It was a time turner. Teddy had been using it ever since his third year to go to extra classes; he needed the time turner so he could literally be in two places at once. But looking closely at the time turner there was a crack in the hourglass and there was only a tiny amount of sand at the bottom. So that was what the sand was.
Teddy straightened up with a new sense of understanding. We're evidently in a different time, Teddy mused. But if it were only a few years, surely I would recognise someone. But saying that no one had ever taken the sand out of the time turner. Teddy knew this from long hours in the library researching time turners, so the Ministry would allow him to have one. Ever since all the time turners were destroyed in Harry's fifth year the Ministry have been trying to make new ones, and evidently, succeeded. But Teddy was warned they might be temperamental so to be very careful with it, and with Teddy's track record for being the biggest clutz since his mother, he had tried to be extra careful. It was going great until now.
"Teddy, where's Mummy?" Lily was looking around the entrance, where the family with the blonde horse faced girl was staring at her in what looked like shock.
"Teddy?" Lily was looking him and he knew she was about to cry so he pulled her into a hug.
"I'm not quite sure Lils, we'll find them." He smiled down at the teary girl, and picked her up, much like he did before. He walked up to the family who was still openly staring at Lily, Teddy didn't like their gaze but they seemed like nice people, and would know about wizards since they were standing on the platform.
"Excuse me?" Teddy asked the woman who must have been the horse-faced girl's mother.
"Yes?" She asked politely, finally tearing her gaze from Lily who hid her face in Teddy's shoulder.
"I was wondering if you could tell me what the date was, I know it's a silly question, but…" Teddy trailed off awkwardly, while the blonde girl mumbled something under her breath that suspiciously sounded like, "Freaks don't even know what day it is," But Teddy ignored her.
"1st September," She answered, even if a little confused.
"Erm, the year?" But before the woman could answer or even acknowledge his odd question, and flash of red came crashing into them.
"Bye Mum, bye Dad, see ya Tuney- Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to barge in." The red headed girl turned to Teddy, whom she had ran into, and Teddy had to hold back a gasp. There was really no mistaking this young lady. Well, Teddy thought at least I know what year it is now.
"That's quite alright, I'm Teddy erm- Teddy London." He stumbled, he was a terrible liar but she didn't seem to notice.
"Lily Evans, Head Girls." She stuck her hand out in a very businessman like manner. "I don't know you and you look about my age, what year are you?" She smiled warmly.
"Erm, Seventh, but I'm a transfer student and Lily, my little sister, just got dropped on me, because erm- our Aunt? Yes our Aunt died." Teddy was quite proud of himself for thinking of this on the spot, even if he did stumble quite a bit.
"Oh I'm so sorry," They were now moving towards Teddy's abandoned trunk after Lily Evans had said goodbye to her parents. Lily was inspecting the little girl who was still hiding in Teddy's shoulder.
"How old is she?"
"Seven."
Lily Luna immediately bolted up from Teddy's shoulder and glared at her god brother. "I'll have you know I'm seven and three quarters." She said with a huff, forgetting about her embarrassment, and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Oh Merlin Teddy, how could you miss the three quarters, that's the most important part of someone's age!" Lily said in mock seriousness.
"See!" The Little girl pointed at her teenage Grandmother, "She understands!" And she turned to smile at the older girl, causing her to gasp. The little girl looked almost identical to her younger self, it was quite uncanny. Teddy groaned internally, he had hoped Lily would stay hidden in his shoulder, but no such luck. Teddy tried to laugh it off.
"Now Lils I need to pull my trunk will you be a good girl and hold onto Miss Lily's hand?" He looked at the new head girl, and after receiving a confirming nod, put his god sister on the platform floor where she immediately took the older girl's hand in her own.
"Us Lily's have got to stick together." She smiled down at the younger girl, and felt a funny feeling spread throughout her stomach, like she should do everything in her power to protect this little girl; no harm should ever come to her. She just wanted to pick her up and cuddle her for hours and never let go. Lily found this feeling odd because she'd held other children's hands but she had never had this feeling, she just shook her head and grinned at the little girl.
"I'll take her onto the train, yeah?" After she saw Teddy nod, she took the little girl onto the train until she found a free compartment, where she sat until Teddy came and joined them.
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"Hey Prongs, I didn't know Evans had a younger sister." Sirius Black stated from where he was seated inside a compartment looking out onto the platform, his dark hair falling into his eyes.
"She doesn't, she has an older one though." The tall boy with messy black hair replied from where he was trying to shove his trunk into the rack. James Potter ruffled his hair and greeted his friend Remus Lupin who just entered the compartment. All they needed was Peter and the Marauders would be complete.
"Oh really? So who's her mini-me?" Sirius waved his best friend over to the window, with Remus following closely behind him. All three looked out the window to see Lily Evans leading an adorable red headed girl onto the train. It was true the little girl looked like Lily Evans' twin except younger and with a few facial features alterations. Following behind the two, the boys saw, a boy around the Marauders' age with turquoise hair lugging a trunk onto the train. None of the boys recognised the boy with turquoise hair, so they thought it was best to go and investigate.
It wasn't hard to find the turquoise haired girl and Lily Evans miniature, because everyone seemed to have the same idea as the Marauders, everyone wanted to find out who these mysterious pair were. The crowd parted for the three boys, being pranking heroes had its advantages, and they were able to get to the compartment door fairly easily, and quickly slid in shutting the door behind them so no one else could get in.
"Teddy why is everyone staring at us?" The little girl asked, she was sitting on the turquoise haired boys lap, and the Marauders figured his name was Teddy.
"Well besides the fact that you're the most adorable little madam in all of the world," Teddy answered causing the little girl to giggle and blush, "They just want to know who we are, it's not often people just join Hogwarts, and also the fact that a little girl who is too young to go to Hogwarts will also add to the stare factor."
"What do you three want?" Teddy turned when he heard Lily Evan's voice full of annoyance, to the three boys who were stood in front of the door. It only took him a moment for him to recognise them and when he did he couldn't hold in his gasp. I mean he had spent years looking at their pictures, and now here they were stood right in front of him, close enough to touch.
Teddy noticed James first, it was shocking how mush he looked like Harry; pictures didn't do the resemblance justice, like Lily's resemblance to her Grandmother. Sirius stood to his left, his dark hair sweeping in front of his grey eyes; he was wearing a smirk that radiated confidence. At last Teddy let his eyes wonder to his Father, who was the same age as him, and Teddy realise that he really did look like his Father when he didn't use his metamorphmagus powers, which wasn't very often.
"Play nice Evans, we come in peace." Sirius said parting his fingers like something off of Star Treck, causing little Lily to giggle. Sirius head snapped towards the sound of the little girl's tinkling laugh, and an involuntary smile spread across his face.
"Hello there, what's your name?" Sirius said in a surprisingly gentle voice for the well-known prankster.
"Lily, Lily London." Lily beamed up at him.
Teddy had taken Lily aside before they went into the compartment with the older girl.
"Listen Lily, I need you to do me a huge favour. Teddy will be telling a few fibs to people that we meet; I just need you to agree to everything I say. You're Lily London, my younger sister, our parents just died and you're staying with me until we can find somewhere for you to go because out Aunt died also is that okay?" Lily only nodded before skipping into the compartment after her namesake.
Teddy snapped out of his thoughts.
"Well Lily, I'm Sirius and this is James and Remus." Sirius pointed to each boy in turn and each waved to the unbelievably cute little girl. "What's your name?" Sirius turned towards Teddy now.
"Teddy, Teddy London, I'm Lily's older brother." As Teddy said this his hair changed colour to that of Lily's, making her giggle and the other teenagers stare at him in shock.
"You're a metamorphmagus?" Remus asked, and Teddy found it hard to breath at being addressed by his Father for the first time he could remember.
"Yeah." And Teddy changed his hair to his natural sandy blonde, but the teenagers just thought he was imitating Remus.
"Cool my cousin is one." Sirius grinned.
"I don't mean to be rude or anything, but how come the two of you are here?" James asked, so Teddy told them their fake story, and by the end everyone was looking at the pair with sad expressions.
"I'm so sorry about your Parents Teddy." Remus said, and Teddy thought the sick irony would make him burst out laughing, but thought it probably wasn't appropriate.
"Lily will you braid my hair?" The younger girl looked up at the older with pleading eyes, "Teddy's terrible with hair, well he's never had to do anything with his he can just change it." Lily stuck her tongue out at her god brother who, in a very mature manner, returned it, causing the other teenagers to laugh.
The door was suddenly slid open, seemed like everyone had gone back to their compartment, and a small plump boy with mousy hair and watery eyes walked in.
"How come you guys aren't in our normal compartment?" He asked the three boys.
"Peter meet Teddy and Lily London, Teddy just transferred here and Lily is staying because they don't have anyone to look after her for the time being." James introduced the new boy to the London siblings and Teddy had to restrain himself not to glare, but he couldn't say the same for Lily who gave him her best death glare, which would have made any man cower, from where she was sat on Lily's lap. Peter was no exception to the rule and he cowered under little Lily's glare, much to the confusion of everyone else.
"You smell weird." Lily shrugged and continued singing softly to herself as the older Lily played with her hair.
It was some time later, after the Marauders had decided to stay with the new siblings and all the boys had played several rounds of exploding snap causing many a singed eyebrows and finger, that the food trolley rolled around.
Lily's friends Marlene and Alice had come to see them, after Lily and James had gone to the prefect meeting along with Remus, and they made a huge fuss over Lily Luna, not that she minded one bit. Lily was very shy but did enjoy attention, and the teenage girls loved her. Lily hopped off the older girl's lap; where she had been listening to Lily tell her a story about her summer holidays, and made her way over to Teddy.
"Teddy?" She asked in, what James called, her cute voice, no one could deny her when she used it. "Could I get some sweeties please?" She stared up through her eyelashes and even swayed a bit, even the Marauders were finding it difficult not to melt at her cuteness.
"'Cause Munchkin." Teddy said and ruffled the little girl's hair, and she did a little victory dance making the Marauders smile.
Teddy came back from the trolley and handed Lily a lollipop that she happily started sucking on. Teddy also passed the sweets he had bought around the compartment.
Lily walked, still licking her lollipop, up to James, at this point the majority of the compartment was watching, mainly the other girls, as Lily tapped him on the shoulder. The messy haired boy turned to the seven year old with confusing wrote across his features.
"Can I sit on your knee?" She asked using her cute voice again, smiling up at him.
"Erm sure, I guess." And Lily giggled when James pulled her onto his knee, and it wasn't long until she was sound asleep, and Teddy took the lollipop from out of her mouth. James looked quite startled at having the little girl asleep on him, but like Lily had earlier he felt this feeling to protect this young girl, and it had nothing to do with her looking exactly like Lily Evans.
A/N: Thank you for reading, I realise there is more of little Lily in this chapter than Teddy, but I'm going to make the most of the next chapter revolve around Teddy. Please review, it makes me write quicker :D
