Teddy was lost. He had felt lost all day but now he was really lost. He was in search of the Great Hall but he was having trouble finding it. He had no idea where to go and he was hungry. So now he simply meandered through the corridors his stomach's rumblings slowly growing louder as he grew hungrier and hungrier.

This place really needs a map, Teddy thought to himself, not for the first time that day. The corridors were too confusing for anyone to find their way around. He wondered what it would take to make a map of a place that seemed to constantly be changing, what with the moving staircases and everything.

Just when Teddy was about to give up the search for the Great Hall and start the search for his dormitory (he didn't think he would ever be able to find that either) he saw a bent and old figure down the corridor from him. Running to get to the person as soon as possible Teddy took off down the corridor. But he pulled up short when he saw who the figure was.

It was an old man who looked to be about a hundred. He was busy at work mopping the floor that looked like it was covered in some sort of green goop. And he was muttering something that Teddy couldn't quite make out about the students. This couldn't be anyone else but Filch. Teddy had never met the man but he had heard stories, mostly from Uncle George.

"Excuse me," Teddy said politely, Teddy had been taught at a young age by his Nan to always be polite to people. When there was no response from the old man Teddy raised is voice, "EXCUSE ME!" He practically had to shout before Filch looked up at him and mumbled some unsavory things.

"I'm lost, could you help me find the Great Hall?" Teddy asked.

With a grunt Filch pointed down the corridor that Teddy had been walking down and then pointed to the left. Teddy figured that this was all he was going to get from the man and so with a quick "Thank you" he headed off in the direction that the man had pointed.

It took Teddy less than ten minutes to find the Great Hall, and with a sigh he slipped through the doors. He was late of course and almost the entire school was there eating. And when they saw Teddy several of them started to whisper among themselves. It was the same thing that had happened during the sorting when his name had been called. Teddy couldn't hear what they were saying, but he really didn't have to, to know that they were talking about his Dad.

Werewolves had better rights these days and weren't feared as much. But this generation of students had grown up with parents who still feared werewolves and thought them to be monsters. A bit of that had rubbed off on their children. And when someone was the son of a werewolf they got better treatment but it was still full of prejudices and distrust.

As Teddy walked towards that Hufflepuff table a Gryffindor student quietly lifted his head and pretended to howl like a wolf. Teddy ignored him and kept on walking. He had never been subject to such things in this kind of quantity before. But he knew that it was there when older witches or wizards learned who he was they seemed to look at him just a little differently.

"There you are!" Phil called out from the Hufflepuff table when he saw Teddy. "We were beginning to worry that you had gotten lost for good."

"I did get lost," Teddy admitted sitting down with his year mates. "This castle is impossible."

"I know," Woody said, "I got lost just trying to find the way out of Hufflepuff common room."

This declaration was met with loud laughter from all of the Hufflepuff first years and some light chuckles from some of the older students who heard it.

Teddy laughed with his friends through the rest of the meal, filling up on food and good company. He didn't even notice that his hair which had been his natural black was slowly lightening until it was a dark brown.

That night in the common room as Teddy and the first years sat around trying to figure out what classes they had with what house the next day a sixth year come in barring a tray laden with hot chocolate. As soon as the boy entered the room Teddy could smell the chocolate. The sixth year sat down with his friends and started to talk loudly.

"You ok?" Phineas asked Teddy noticing that he had gone completely quiet.

"What?" Teddy said pulling his eyes away from the hot chocolate, the smell of it was simply hypnotizing.

"I wonder where he got the hot chocolate," Phil said seeing where Teddy had been looking.

"Probably from the kitchens," Teddy answered distractedly. "My Uncle says there around here somewhere but I haven't had time to find them."

"Wait we can just go to the kitchens and get food whenever we want?" Lynwood asked taken aback slightly at the prospect of this.

"Of course you can, it's run by House Elves," Phineas said, "They're there all the time and they love to give you what you want."

Teddy didn't like the way that Phineas was talking about the elves. Not that what he said wasn't true, it was. But there was something in his tone that rubbed Teddy the wrong way. He had been told time and time again by his Aunt, Uncle and Godfather that without House Elves they would never have won the war eleven years ago. And so he had come to respect the Elves, even though he knew that most wizarding families still didn't. It was evident through Phineas' tone that he came from such a family.

"We should go and find it." Phil suggested excitedly, he had never met a House Elf but had heard about them since coming to Hogwarts.

The three other boys agreed and they all headed out of the common room to find out where the kitchens could be. Teddy didn't know then but this was going to be the first of many fun and hidden things that the four boys would find together.

A/N: Teddy doesn't know about the Marauders map yet, Harry wouldn't give it to a first year. But that doesn't mean that he won't get it eventually.

Also has you have noticed Teddy refers to all members of the Weasley family as his aunts and uncles. It is easier for him to keep track of how everyone in his life fits together if he does this. I figured that might be confusing as Teddy doesn't have any real aunts and uncles, so I tried to explain.

I will continue to post chapters hopefully every day or every other day.