"Half-breed scum."

Teddy hadn't seen the man who said as he walked past him. It was a crowded day in Diagon Alley; the streets were full of soon to be Hogwarts student all of whom were bustling through the cobbled street with undisguised excitement in their eyes.

Teddy was one of them. The long awaited day had arrive, the day that he had gone with his Godfather Harry to buy his school supplies and finally be able to say that he owned a wand.

Harry was meant to be beside him but he had been accosted by an old friend and politeness dictated he at least had to exchange pleasantries. Teddy had tried to be patient but in the end the he had allowed himself to be herded by the crowd and ended up looking at a display window a few shops down the street. If he stood on his toes and tried to look over the heads of the crowds he could still just about see Harry.

Because the atmosphere in general had in been so relaxed Teddy did not at first realise the implications of what that one sentence could mean. He turned around in shock and was met with the sight of a filthy man. He looked like he hadn't slept or washed in several days and had a smell about him that reminded Teddy strongly of the stale drink smell that he had come to associate with Mundungus Fletcher; a man whom whenever he had met Harry did his best to steer him away and make they avoided him. Despite his appearance it was his eyes that scared Teddy the most, they were filled with loathing and disgust which together made him look absolutely insane. As Teddy looked at him with wide eyes the man lurched closer and Teddy backed up against the wall of the shop,

"You're that cub of Lupin's aren't cha?" He slurred as he continued to fix Teddy with a crazy stare, "He got what he deserved and I 'spect you will too, filthy half breed."

The man spat at Teddy's feet and turned to walk away.

He first step sent him crashing into Harry who seemed to have materialized though the throngs of people and now stood there with fury etched upon every line of his face.

Teddy watched in disbelief as Harry stood with his wand clutched tightly in his hand and walked the few steps that separated him and the unknown man. Though he was a good half a head shorter he seemed to radiate with pure anger so much so that the filthy man began to fidget nervously.

"Harry Potter! Such an honour to meet you-" began the man whose voice had suddenly become very oily as he extended a hand nervously.

"Shut up!" Harry snarled, effectively cutting him off midstream. Teddy had never seen his mild mannered Godfather so angry and would be lying if he said he wasn't a little afraid of him in that moment.

"If I ever hear you talk to my son, or anyone else for that matter in that way again, I will personally make sure it never happens again. Do you understand me?" To accent his words Harry had brought up his wand so that it was no pointing straight into the man's face. Teddy was warmed a little to hear Harry call him his son, he knew he was as good as his son but it was always the 'as good as' that seemed to sting slightly. His mood was brought straight back down when the poisonous words that the man had spoke began to play over and over in Teddy's mind.

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The man took one look at Teddy who had unconsciously been edging to stand behind Harry sneered and ran away into the milling crowds.

The second he could no longer see the man Harry turned and looked at Teddy with worry in his eyes. Teddy hadn't realised it but his eyes stung and there was a lump in his throat of which it was getting harder to breathe around.

Seeing this Harry knelt down before him so he had nowhere else to look but at Harry.

"Teddy," he began looking him straight in the eye, " there are going to be people in life who are like that man, I won't deny it. But, those people wrong. Your father was one of the best men I knew, that didn't change because of what he was, and he died so that other people could live. Don't you ever listen to what people like that say."

Teddy found himself still unable to talk so instead he just gave a slightly tearful smile.

"C'mon then," said Harry smiling slightly and standing up, "let's go get you a wand."