AN: I do not own Harry Potter, that right belongs to the wonderful J.. The information in this story comes from the HP books and HP Lexicon. In my story, I have shortened the age gap from 8 years to 5 between Teddy and James. Words in bold are not mine but the creation of J..
Now on with the story.
It was the morning of Saturday 4th October 1975 and Breakfast was well on its way to nearly being consumed when there was suddenly a bright golden flash in the middle of the great hall in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Everyone in the great hall, which meant all the teachers and the majority of students whipped out their wands thinking that they were under attack.
When the light cleared, there were 4 people in a heap on the floor. As they started to stand, it was clear that they were all related. There was now 3 boys with messy black hair and one girl with the brightest red hair many of them had ever seen. Three of them seemed to be about the same ages, and the fourth looked to be in his mid teens.
As they were looking around they saw a figure moving towards them who was wearing the most outrageous looking robes they had ever seen. Teddy being the only one who was a student at Hogwarts at the moment and who was always in the Headmistress office vaguely recognized the man coming towards them.
When the man was standing before them, he studied them for a couple of minutes. "May I have your names please?" The four of them looked at each other and then Teddy replied for them "I'm Teddy and this is James, Albus and Lily," pointing to them individually.
"I see," He paused for a moment, "And how have you happened to come here," Dumbledore said as he looked at them over his half moon glasses, his Cerulean blue eyes let out a hint of a sparkle.
"It's his fault! He touched something he shouldn't have." "You grabbed it too Lily so shut your mouth." James spat. "Calm down James" Teddy said, with that James huffed but did it quietly. "We were in my godfathers workroom where we found something that we should not have touched"
"Of Course," This was said as if these kind of things always happened. "What was this device and where is it?" Dumbledore replied gently. "We don't know, that's why we were there." Teddy then gave the device to the Professor who then started to look over the device. "This is a curious design. Do you know who made it?" "Er, um, I think our father did." Lily said unsure if that was the right answer. "And who is you father Miss Lily?" "HARRY POTTER," James said loudly and rather proud who then started to look to make sure people heard him. However this did not have the reaction that he expected.
At this new announcement, Dumbledore looked over his shoulder to look at James Potter sitting at the Gryffindor table, who happened to be sitting with his bunch of miscreants, while trying to catch the attention of his fellow house mate Lily Evans.
As Dumbledore did this, James and Albus looked at each other and then peered around either side of Dumbledore to see who he was looking at. Upon seeing who was at the table, James shouted "DAD!" as he and Albus started running towards the table. Lily and Albus who were talking to each other noticed this and followed.
As James got to the table he went right up to his father and was about to blame it all on Albus when he noticed his fathers eyes were not the usual green but were a hazel colour instead. "Your not dad, who are you?" James startled by this question, puffed out his chest and said in a confident voice. "My name is Potter, James Potter, personal protector of Lily Evans" He said, Hoping that his love would hear this and pounce on him and declare her undying love. However this was not the reaction he got. What actually happened was that when he said his name, this young boy looked shocked, then a big grin appeared across his face (somehow that looked familiar to him) and then, the boy said one word that shocked him down to his very core.
"Grampa"
GIH
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GIH
Sitting at the Gryffindor table eating lunch was Teddy, James, Albus and Lily. As James was eating his steak, he looked over at Teddy and saw that he was reading a book. "What you reading?" He asked his godbrother. "Book about your father." Teddy replied as he carried on reading, too engrossed to fully reply. "And where did you get that book from?" James asked again but he was no longer listening, "Teddy, Teddy, yo Ted!" When he still got nothing, James gave him a friendly whack on the arm, which got his full attention. This however also got the attention of his grandfather but he pretended not to be listening.
"What do you want?" Snapped Teddy, "I'm reading." Teddy put the book down finally and gave James his full attention.
"I said where did you get the book from?"
"Oh, I got it from the room that you found the device in." Teddy paused to eat some mashed potatoes. "The book starts when your dad was born, where he grew up and then his first year at Hogwarts."
Now this statement really got James Potters interest as he look back to his grandson and the other boy who he was uncertain whether he was related to him or not at this point, and so he started scheming a way to get his hands on this book to find out about his son.
It only took James a couple of minutes to find a way to read the book. While being a prankster got you into a lot of trouble, it was also handy because it nurtures other talents that people may have. In James's case being caught out after curfew, which happens more times then he will openly admit, he often had to think quick on his feet to avoid detention. Another aspect of it was that because he was such a prankster, he was always thinking of new ways to achieve his goals. And this was why he was quickly able to formulate his plan in to action.
James stood and started walking to the teachers table, which was attracting the other students attention. It was very rare for James to go anywhere near the teachers if he did not have to.
As James reached his destination, which was right in front of Professor Dumbledore, he cleared his throat to get his attention. "Professor Dumbledore, can I have a word in private?"
Dumbledore's eyebrows rose at this, knowing that this student in front of him always was trying to prank him and never succeeding, studied him for a moment before responding. "Certainly Mr Potter. If you would follow my into the antechamber we can talk there."
When James was in the Chamber he saw Dumbledore with his wand in hand stunning the paintings and then muttered something under his breath and the room flashed a light blue.
Dumbledore decided to answer his students unvoiced question due to the facial expression on James face. "The portraits are such terrible gossips." "And the blue flash sir?" "Standard anti-listening charm, which you will learn next year. However we did not coming in here to discuss my skills with a wand, however intriguing that they are."
At this James got to the point and told his professor what he had overheard. "And then I thought that if we got the book, we might be able to discover any weaknesses of Voldemort."
After hearing this, Dumbledore thought over his students plan, and thought that it might need a bit of tweaking so information does not go over to the other side, but thought that it was a good idea.
"I will speak to the boy and explain the situation so hopefully he will agree. I will wait here, could you send the boy in please Mr Potter."
While Dumbledore was waiting, he reached into his robe pocket and pulled out his bag of sherbet lemons and popped one in his mouth. Albus Dumbledore turned around when he heard the door open, "Ah Mr Potter, something important has come to my attention." He paused when he saw that the boy open his mouth to say something.
"Sorry Sir, you are mistaken i'm not a Potter." "Oh dear, I'm sorry. If you are not a Potter then what is your surname?" "Lupin Sir." At this announcement, the professor really was shocked. "Am I right to assume that Remus Lupin is your father?" With this question Teddy nodded his head. "How extraordinary, sorry for appearing blunt but has your fathers condition transferred over to your self?" Teddy thought quietly for a moment wondering what the old man was talking about when the answer came to him. "If you mean am I a werewolf then the answer is no. I do have heightened sense and a taste for rare steak but that's it."
"Ok, Mr Lupin, Mr Potter Sr, alerted me to the fact that you currently have in your possession a book about your fathers future, is that correct?" "Yes sir." "I was wondering if I might have a look at it." With this statement, Teddy reached into his pocket and pulled out what appeared to be matchboxes. When Teddy found the right one, he handed it to the Professor who then used his wand to enlarged the book and read the back cover, his eyebrows going higher and higher. When he finished reading the back cover he opened the book and seemed to flick through it, stopping at some to gloss over them and passing others over. When he finished he looked up and said, "I have something that you might be able to help me with Mr Lupin."
At this, Teddy looked on in curiosity. "It seems that this book may hold the key to defeating Voldemort." Dumbledore smiled when he noticed that Mr Lupin did not flinch at the mention of the Dark Lords name, something he can count on one hand. "What were the other books that you had in your hand?" Teddy reached into his pocket and withdrew all of the books and handed them over.
When Dumbledore enlarged all of them, not only was there Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone but there was also books about Harry Potter which were called Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince and the Deathly Hallows. As Dumbledore read the last book he wondered if it had the location of the two hallows that he does not possess, the cloak and ring.
When Dumbledore had finished thinking about the ramifications about this plan, he voiced it to the young Mr Lupin, after all they were his books.
"I was wondering Mr Lupin if you would consent to having these remarkable books read out in the great hall in front of all the students and a few guests."
"Um, yeah, sure that would be fine."
"Excellent my dear boy. I shall make the announcement right now." And with that said Professor Dumbledore walked to the door and held it open for Mr Lupin and then went back to the staff table to make his speech.
When the Headmaster arrived at the podium, he took out his wand and tapped it on the bell which was attached to the side. A sound reverberated around the hall indicating that there was to be an announcement.
Once everybody had stopped eating and talking Dumbledore began. "Earlier today, as you know, we had some unexpected visitors join us." Here he paused for dramatic effect. "What you don't know however is that they are from the future. Their names are Messrs. James Sirius and Albus Severus Potter, Miss Lily Luna Potter and Mr Teddy Lupin." As everybody heard this they all looked over to the Gryffindor table to see that their James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew all had their heads down and speaking together.
"Mr Lupin had in his possession, seven books that are about the future. After discussing this with him, we have decided that it would be a good idea if we all read the books together. Can everybody please stand up and make sure that you do not need to use the lavatory while I prepare the great hall." As this was said all of the students and some of the Professors went out of the great hall to prepare themselves for the reading.
Once the hall was cleared, Dumbledore took out his wand and vanished all of the tables including the head table. As this was being done the Professors that did not leave looked at one another, and as one wondered what their boss was up to. Dumbledore called out for a House Elf and asked for a thousand pebbles. Once the Elf came back with the pebbles, Dumbledore then used his wand to scatter them around the hall and then to transfigure just over half of them into two seater sofa's. The remaining pebbles took the shape of coffee tables which were dotted around the hall. Looking around at his handy work, Dumbledore then had another idea, pointed his wand at a sofa and then transfigured it into a raised area that would be suited for reading to a large group of people. Once that was done, he moved a spare sofa onto the platform and changed it into a comfortable squishy armchair that was decorated in each of the Hogwarts colours.
When the students started to come back in, they looked around amazed at the transformation and then found somewhere to sit, and talked quietly until everyone was back.
Professor McGonagall approached the podium and was about to announce to the school that they were only waiting for the Headmaster when said Headmaster walked back into the hall.
Dumbledore had solved the problem of the wrong people finding out about the future by sealing off the owlery as well as send a few owls to some people who he wanted to be a witness of this reading.
When Dumbledore reached the raised chair, he pulled out his wand and done some more spellwork then put his wand away and sat down on the chair.
"Now everyone will have a chance to read if they want to, nobody will be forced to. I have placed a couple of spells on this armchair so when you sit down the Sonorus spell will activate so everybody will be able to hear you speak. When you are reading, ask for Misty who is a House Elf if you want a drink to keep your voice from wearing out. We will have a break about every five chapters depending on the length. The first book is called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Now I shall read first."
Dumbledore looked around for the book and then realized that Mr Lupin still had it. After Teddy gave the book to the Headmaster, Dumbledore opened the book to the first chapter and started to read.
"The Boy Who Lived!"
AN: Im surprised with how long this chapter is but it is true what they say, when you have your muse, the story flows through your fingertips and into the keys. Thanks for reading and please review so I know if im making any mistakes, or if you have any questions.