Thanks for the reviews! Okay, apology time. I didn't know posting spoilers in my summary would offend anybody. I mean, I imagine only people who really love Harry Potter would write and read fanfiction, and a true fan would do nothing but read as soon as the final book was placed in his/her hands. Second apology goes to Remus, to whom I'm sorry about the nickname I mentioned in the previous chapter. It was cruel, and I honestly feel bad about it, it's been haunting my conscience. Anyway, I'm sorry, and I hope J.K. Rowling is too, for killing off the characters she owns and crushing our cute little fangirl (fanboy?) souls. I think 'denial rocks' is becoming this story's official motto. Speaking of which, I should get to the story.
"Harry, I want to see your office, Mum's is boring," five-year-old Teddy begged his godfather.
"That's a great idea," Nymphadora Lupin said with enthusiasm. She could definitely use a few minutes without him. It's not that they still had to do work on Take-Your-Child-To-Work-Day, it was just Remus had made chocolate-chip pancakes that morning, so Teddy was extra hyper. This was the first time she had brought him to the Ministry event, and she had started to think she should have waited another year.
Teddy jumped up and down, his hair rapidly changing color. "Alright, I don't see why not," Harry said. "We can see Ron's, and Hermione's as well." Teddy jumped up extra high and taking advantage of Harry stooping down slightly, he grabbed Harry's shoulders.
"Piggy-back ride there?" He asked sweetly.
They set off. Tonks sat back down at her desk, not sure what to do. She wondered what Remus was doing. Probably drinking cocoa and doing the crossword, she thought.
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"Wow, Harry, your office is awesome!"
Harry grinned. As he was Head of the Department of Aurors, he had the largest office. The walls were brightly colored, with a few Quidditch posters up from Ron, and a calendar of humorous jinxes from Hermione. In the corner was a small butterbeer cooler. There was a large bowl of candy on his desk, filled with Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes products. Teddy, still quite short, stood on his tiptoes so he could see inside the bowl.
"No chocolate," he announced sadly after rooting through thoroughly.
Harry grinned. "Let's go see if Ron has some."
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"Ron!" Teddy called, running into Ron's cubicle. Teddy looked around. No one was in it. The thin walls were covered in Chudley Cannons posters. It was smaller than Harry's, about the same size as his Mum's. He knew this was Ron's office; Harry had led him to it. "Harry?" Teddy called worried. No reply.
"Teddy!" Ron called from behind Teddy. Harry was with him.
"RON!" Teddy screamed. He jumped at Ron, who caught him, and started tickling him. Teddy lay back in Ron's arms from the force of the tickling. "St-o-o-op," Teddy choked out. Ron put him back down.
"Do you have any chocolate?" Teddy asked, straight to the point, not forgetting his mission.
"Only the stuff that melted into the rug."
"Awwww…" Teddy said sadly. "Maybe Hermione has some!" He exclaimed with hope.
Ron and Harry smiled.
"C'mon guys, let's go!" Teddy said on the brink of whining, but still managing to be extremely cute. And with Teddy tugging their hands, even though he didn't know where Hermione's office was, they set off.
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Hermione wasn't there when they got to her office.
"She's probably in court," Ron said. Hermione was pretty high up in Magical Law Enforcement.
"Why, what'd she do?" Teddy asked, confused. Hermione would never break a law; she wouldn't even let him have a cookie before dinner without any puppy dog pouting on his part.
Ron and Harry laughed. "Hermione didn't break a law, being in court is her job." Teddy still looked confused. "She helps people who think they didn't break a law, or…" Ron looked at Harry.
"You actually don't know what your wife does?" Harry asked Ron with an eyebrow raised.
"Harry, I'm confused," Teddy said.
"We all are," Harry replied.
"But does Hermione have chocolate or not?"
"She better," Ron grumbled.
"She better what?" Hermione asked Ron. "Hi Teddy, did your Mum bring you, or did Ron and Harry kidnap you?"
"Mum brought me, but her office is boring. It's full of pictures of me, not chocolate, and as cute as I am, chocolate is better."
Ron and Harry rolled their eyes. "I hope the baby in Ginny's stomach isn't as conceited as you," Harry said sarcastically.
"Ron!" Hermione scolded.
Teddy said to Hermione, "Are they making fun of me? What does 'conceited' mean?"
"They're really sorry, and conceited-,"
"But more importantly, do you have any chocolate?" Teddy asked, no longer caring about the meaning of the insult.
"I'm sorry Teddy; I don't have any. But they just put a couple of vending machines in downstairs, Ron and Harry could take you down to get some," Hermione suggested, trying to get them out; she had paperwork to do.
"So that's what that thing is, I just thought it was holding all that candy to torture us. Those Muggles," He said, shaking his head.
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When they reached the vending machines, Harry showed Ron the coin slot. Ron exclaimed "oh" when he showed Ron how to press the number and letter combination to get the chocolate Teddy desired. Apparently, a few other wizards had been confused, because Harry got a bit of applause after the Chocolate Frog dropped down and Harry pulled his hand out holding the foil package.
"Not Head Auror just because he defeated Voldemort, he's brilliant as well," A passing wizard said to his friend.
"I reckon he should run for Minister!" The friend replied.
Teddy watched Ron try to use the machine as he chewed his Chocolate Frog. Ron had to have Harry help him. Ron was blushing when he took his hand out, holding his box of Bertie Botts'.
"I wanted Pumpkin Pasties. Ah well, bean, Teddy?"
Teddy gladly accepted the bean.
"Ewww, gross!" He exclaimed, spitting the bean out into the candy wrapper. Ron grinned. Teddy glared.
"That's Harry Potter you just spat on; I've got ten or eleven of him, depending how you count," Ron said wittily, noticing the picture on the Famous Witches & Wizards card that was still in the package that Teddy had spat out the spinach flavored bean onto.
"That's not very nice," The Harry Potter on the card said.
"I agree with him. You're going back to your Mum," The actual Harry Potter said jokingly.
"I'm sorry Harry, really sorry!" Teddy apologized.
"I know, but we really should bring you back to her," Harry replied.
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"Wotcher boys! Thanks for taking him," She said to Ron and Harry.
"It was so much fun!" Teddy said, jumping up and down. "Harry got me chocolate!"
Harry and Ron grinned, then waved bye before Tonks could say anything.
She sighed. They had to bring him back even more hyper.
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