Second chapter, so excited! I have always loved the pairing of Teddy and Victoire and I love the Marauders era so I am quite ecstatic! Like always (kind of like youtubers saying to subscribe isn't it...) please review! Any type of review makes me happy! (even critical ones)
"Where the bloody hell did you two come from?"
Teddy and Victoire stood stock still as they came face to face with non-other than James Potter. His eyebrows were furrowed as he inspected them whilst brushing off his trousers.
Victoire was the first to react "Um… we…" she ran a hand through her hair and looked at Teddy pleadingly.
"We port-keyed" Teddy said pointing at Victoire "didn't we Torie"
"Yes!" she replied pointing at James "That's right, we port-keyed here. We're transfer students from… from…"
"Beauxbatons?" Teddy offered
"You sound like you're not sure" James raised an eyebrow at the two of them, putting his hand in his pocket
"Oh, we are definitely from Beauxbatons" replied Victoire still clinging to the big book in her hands "My mother comes from France and we had a house in Marseille. I met Teddy at school, he came from Cardiff but decided to come to France because he wanted to experience some French culture… didn't you Teddy?"
"Yes, yeah I wanted to taste all the different foods and language and such…"
Victoire raised an eyebrow at Teddy 'really?' Teddy shrugged sheepishly.
"Anyway, when the holidays came round we offered that Teddy could come live with us seeing as his grandparents were quite happy… in Cardiff"
James looked thoroughly amused with the story however didn't interrupt, though he did take his hand out of his pocket, away from his wand.
"Anyway long story short, I decided that I wanted to come to Hogwarts for my final year and Teddy wanted to come back home and visit his grandparents. Hence why we are here now. Professor Dumbledore arranged a port-key for us." Wow that story came really easily… I hope he doesn't suspect anything. Victorie looked over to Teddy to find him looking at her appraisingly. She blushed and looked down.
"Though" Teddy stated "I guess Professor Dumbledore didn't expect people to be near this area at this time in the morning."
"It's eleven o'clock?" James questioned "I'm pretty sure most people are up"
"Oh… um?" Teddy stuttered
Victoire laughed "don't pay attention to Teddy, he thinks no-one wakes up before noon. He was always getting in trouble with the 'professeurs' in Beauxbatons." She ruffled Teddy's hair before asking "Do you think you would be able to take us to see Professor Dumbledore please…?"
"James."
Victoire smiled "James"
"Sure," James gave them both a grin and started walking up the bank "follow me"
Victoire slowed down to walk beside Teddy and whispered
"Oh my gosh. I can't believe it"
"Me neither, I mean that's James Potter! In the flesh!"
"What's happened, do you think we've been brought back in time?" Victoire muttered whilst leaning into Teddy's arm
"It seems like the only explanation…" Teddy suddenly went silent
"I can't believe you said you went to France for the food!" she poked him in the ribs
"Ow, hey!" he said nudging her back "I said language as well" they both started laughing as James said
"So, what are your names?"
"Oh, of course, sorry" Victoire said running to catch up to him, dragging Teddy behind her
"I'm Victoire and this is Teddy"
"Short for Theodore?" James offered
"No, actually" Teddy said "It's short for Edward which was my grandfather's name"
"So, do you two know much about Hogwarts?" James asked whilst opening the entrance doors
"Yeah, we've done our homework. And before you ask we already know what house we want to be in. Gryffindor"
"Really?"
"Yes, though I reckon Torie could be in Ravenclaw" Teddy stated.
"I'm not that smart Teddy"
They entered the corridor to which Dumbledore's office was located and James bid them goodbye.
"I cannot believe what is happening." Victoire whispered "It's so strange"
"I know… I can't imagine what Dumbledore looks like either, he must be a lot younger"
"Okay, should we enter?"
Teddy let out a sigh "There is just one problem" he said as he leant against the wall "we don't have the password."
"You're joking" Victoire whined "Perfect."
"Well I guess we better get guessing" Teddy walked towards the gargoyle "Harry always said Dumbledore was fond of sweets, and they were always his passwords when he was at school"
"Okay, um… Cauldron Cakes"
"Ice Mice"
"Fudge Flies?"
"Chocolate Frogs?"
"Pixie Puffs?"
"Skeletal Sweets?"
"Shock-o-choc?"
"Pepper Imps?"
"Exploding Bon-bons?"
"Bat's blood soup?"
"Acid Pops?"
Teddy huffed, "this isn't going to work."
"What are we going to do?" Victoire asked and sat down crossed legged
Teddy sat next to her "I suppose we could go and look for James, but we don't know the common room password either" he rested his head against the wall
"We're in a right m-,"
Suddenly the gargoyle behind them moved and behind it stood Dumbledore. His hair was a darker grey but still very long. His beard was tied in the front and his blue eyes sparkled behind his crescent spectacles.
"Who do we have here? He questioned the two on the ground
Victoire stood up hesitantly, "I'm Victorie Weasley Professor, and this is Teddy Lupin"
Recognition flashed behind Dumbledore's eyes "I see, and what are you two doing in Hogwarts?"
"Well, you see… we don't exactly know" Victoire started
"We were transported here by a book we found" said Teddy "but we don't know how, or why."
"Why don't you two come inside?" Dumbledore stepped back and motioned for them to follow him.
Teddy and Victoire rushed up the steps and with a swish of Dumbledore's hand the gargoyle moved ominously back into place behind them.
"First of all, how, may I ask did you find my office?"
Teddy answered "well, James Potter took us here-,"
"Our head boy"
"Yes," Teddy agreed "but we already knew where your office was"
"You see," Victoire cut in, leaning forward in her chair "we have both been to Hogwarts before, Teddy has already done his 7 years and I'm in my last… Well, I'm supposed to be"
"You must forgive me, I'm a bit confused. You two are very young" Dumbledore spoke quietly whilst walking around the room before sitting back down in his chair.
"When exactly did you two come to Hogwarts?
"Late 2000's" Dumbledore froze
"You were transported back in time by a book you say?"
"Yes, we found it in King's Cross"
Dumbledore leant towards the two across the desk and spoke quietly "you must listen to me very carefully. You mustn't tell anyone where you are from. And, refrain from telling me about the future unless it is very important or I ask."
"But what about us?" Victoire said, her voice rising "can't you send us home?"
"I'm afraid I have very limited information about time travel. I have only ever heard of it being accomplished via time turners. But for that magical property to be placed in an everyday object… That's very curious." Dumbledore leant back in his chair. "I'm afraid you are going to have to stay here until I can sort out this I could please have a look at the book in the meantime?"
"Yes, of course" Victoire handed over the book
"I have a lot of research to do. I assume you two know your houses"
"Gryffindor" they replied simultaneously
"Right well I will send James back here and he can walk you to the common room" the Professor stood up and walked towards the exit "it would look strange for supposedly new students not to have an escort."
A few minutes later Teddy and Victorie were being lead to the common room by the Head Boy and were avidly talking about quidditch. "We're both Chasers" Teddy said
"Me too, and I know for a fact, being Gryffindor Captain that we need two more players. My old teammates left last year."
He pointed at both of them "how would you two like to play this year? We really need to beat Slytherin and wipe that smirk off Lucinda Talkalot's face. She's the Slytherin's captain" he explained.
"YES! We would love it!"
Torie smacked Teddy on the arm "I'm sorry James, but we don't know how long we're going to be here for"
"Well, if you two leave before the end of the year then I'll hold more trials… not to sound rude…" James looked up his face a bit more serious "but you two will have to do trials in a few days time."
"Not a problem" Teddy said throwing his arm around Victoire's shoulders "we'll be there!"
Teddy wore an incredible grin on his face and Victoire couldn't help but laugh "you can count on us"
"Good! Now, the password for the common room is 'Frogs Ears'." Teddy snorted
"Teddy, you'll sleep in the dormitory my friends and I share and Victoire I'll introduce you to Lily, you'll share a room with her and the other girls."
"I'm sure I'll get along with her" Victoire winked at Teddy but he wasn't looking at her. Teddy was looking down at his feet, appearing to be in deep thought. A deep frown upon his face.
"Hey" Victoire whispered "How are you feeling?" Teddy just shook his head and gave her a small smile
"Yeah Lily's amazing" James said wistfully. "If only she'd give me the time of day…" he laughed. They entered the common room and James led them towards the settees in front of the fire place.
"Hey Padfoot!"
James led Teddy and Victoire to sit down to a boy with shaggy brown hair who was lounged over the settee.
"Morning Prongs, who've you got here?" Sirius looked at Victoire gave a wink and slung his arm over the back of the sofa behind her.
"This is Victoire and Teddy, they have transferred here from Beauxbatons"
"Ahh, Bonjour chérie"
Victoire gave Sirius a sweet smile "Bonjour, vous vous rendez compte que je ne vais pas tomber de votre charme." Victoire smirked "Chéri."
Sirius kept his smile and nodded but spoke through his teeth "What'd she say"
A laugh came from the corner of the room "You're an idiot, Black"
"Oh yeah, and why is that Evans?" he turned and spoke to the approaching red-head
Lily leant over the back of the settee and extended her hand to Victoire.
"Je vous aime Victoire , je suis Lily"
Victoire laughed "Ravi de vous rencontrer Lily"
"So she doesn't speak English?" Sirius said, still speaking with a smile
"Of course she does you prat" Lily smacked Sirius on top of the head with a newspaper "she said, Hello, you do realise that I will not fall for you charm. Chéri"
The smile slid off Sirius' face "Oh, well thank you very much"
"Oh, but it's alright Black, you have the rest of the school fawning after you, two girls evading your charm, won't hurt you.
"Ahh, but this makes the challenge all the more interesting" Sirius sent a wink to the two girls
James coughed and sent a glare towards Sirius"right well that's almost everyone, the boy hiding behind Sirius" James laughed "is Peter, and Remus is upstairs"
Victoire felt Teddy tense up beside her, she moved her hand over his and gave it a squeeze.
"Ah, there he is now. Moony!" James shouted "come over here!"
Remus walked towards the group, book in hand whilst he put on his beige cardigan.
"Hello, who've we got here?" Remus said in a soft voice
"This is Victoire…?" James questioned
"We- welgar" Victoire stuttered
Teddy, stood up "Teddy, Lu- Lunas"
"Nice to meet you both" Remus said as he took a seat opposite James.
"They are transfer students from Beauxbaton's Remus" Lily said "and Victoire has already bested Sirius"
Remus laughed "Aw, Padfoot. I bet she didn't even give you a chance did she?"
"Not even a second Moony!" Sirius shook his head "you two will come round once you realise what you've missed out on. And then I will greet you with open arms"
Victoire laughed, at least someone was interested in her and not just trying to hide from someone else. Then she shook her head, no, that wasn't fair. Teddy asked her and she complied. They were best friends. Speaking of Teddy, Victoire glanced at to her side and saw he was as pale as a ghost.
Everyone else started speaking and Victoire rubbed her thumb across Teddy's hand.
"So I heard you two will be trialling for the Gryffindor quidditch team in a few days?" Remus spoke
"Yes" Victoire answered "we will be trialling, we have both played since we were little"
"I'm sure you'll be fine, and James will ease you into the team easily"
"Oh Remus, you're making me blush!" James proclaimed and pushed Remus' arm.
"I've got to say though James, you wouldn't see me dead captaining your Quidditch team. Rowdy bunch, not to put you off mind."
At the word 'dead' Teddy jumped up from the seat and rushed out of the room.
"TEDDY!" Victoire shouted and rushed to the common room door. The rest of the others had stood up as well confused looks upon their faces "It's alright, we'll come back in a bit." Victoire reassured them. Lily was the first to act, ushering the others back down. Victoire shot her a grateful smile and ran out the door.
She saw Teddy running towards the seventh floor corridor, taking off she followed him through a number of doors to the astronomy tower where he started pacing.
"This isn't fair Torie. THIS ISN'T FAIR" His hair turned white as he ran his hands through it. "I don't want to see him. It hurts too much". Teddy's breath hitched "He died just after I was born. I hear all these stories about how great he and mum were but I never met them. I never lived with them!" A sob escaped him "I can't talk to him and go back to a world where he doesn't exist. I just can't." Teddy collapsed into Victoire's arms and started to cry. She held him tightly stroking his hair. They stood there in silence until Teddy had calmed down slightly.
"I know it's hard," she whispered "it's hard, it hurts seeing everyone as well, but I'm trying to think of it differently" she pulled back and looked into Teddy's eyes and wiped his cheeks. "I know it's much worse for you, much, much worse. But you can spend time with him now that you wouldn't have had." A tear escaped his cheek and she rested her forehead against his. Her heart hurt for the pain he was in. "We get to become friends with them, we can celebrate and be a part of their lives. It's not what should have happened but it's something" Victoire started sobbing as she spoke and Teddy wrapped his arms around her and they held each other "It's something." They stood in silence, comforting each other until they decided to head back to the common room before lunch.
As they walked along the corridor Teddy and Victoire approached a boy with dark brown hair and near-black eyes. It was Evan Rosier. Victoire hugged Teddy's side and clutched his arm tight. Rosier fixed his eyes onto them and Victoire went cold. It was like he could read her mind, though she knew that was silly, he was too young to be able to be skilled in Legilimens. The only people who had achieved that were Voldemort and possibly Dumbledore. Seeing the future death eater made it dawn on Teddy and Victoire how dangerous a situation they were in. Once they passed him, Teddy said, "that was Evan Rosier wasn't it"
"Yes, future death eater, who was also killed by Moody" Victorie whispered
"He was also in the gang with Snape that all become Death Eaters around this time. We better be careful" Teddy said and looked around as he pulled Victoire into the safety of the common room.
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