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"Teddy are you ready yet? Get down here and have some breakfast. You don't wanna miss the train." Tonks yelled up the stairs.

Thud...scrape….thud...scrape…"Coming mum! This trunk is heavy!" the boy grunted. Thud...scrape….thud...scrape…

Remus ran up the stairs to help his son carry the trunk down into the kitchen. "Aren't you glad you didn't get that solid gold cauldron?"

The young wizard's face and hair turned bright red as he muttered "Yes pop." He then hastily sat down at the table and started eating his bacon and eggs.

"Mum are we going to ride the train too?" asked Addy.

"I wanna get on the train and go to Hogwarts!" chimed in Sirius before the bubblegum pink haired witch could answer.

"Not today." Tonks answered before Hope could also express her desire to ride the Hogwarts Express.

After the family had finished breakfast the young wizard dashed back upstairs to grab his owl Dílis. Upon coming through the archway into the dining room he looked at his pop as he said " I'm ready to go!" with an excited smile.

"Can we come too?" Sirius asked hopefully.

"Yeah! We wanna go to Hogwarts!" choruses the twins.

Tonks calmly explained once again that they were not old enough to go to Hogwarts. However, they could go see the train. She carefully explained that they were not to get on the train and that any attempt to do so would result in punishment. After having them promise to behave the family was ready to go.

"Alright Teddy. Got your owl? I've got your trunk. Grab a hold of my arm." Remus instructed the youth. Teddy did as he was instructed. After feeling like he was being sucked through a straw he appeared on the platform next to the Hogwarts Express.

"Now, I'm going to go back and get your brother. You wait right here." With a faint popping noise the wizard disapparated. The platform was full of young witches and wizards saying goodbye to their families. Owls were hooting, cats were meowing, and surprisingly even a few toads were croaking. There was steam issuing out of the scarlet steam engine in front of him that had Hogwarts Express painted on it in bright gold paint. Teddy barely had time to take all this in before his father reappeared in front of him with Sirius. A little further away Tonks, Addy, and Hope appeared.

"Wow! It's huge!" Sirius exclaimed.

The twins immediately start to run towards the train intending to look inside. Remus noticing this grabs the two girls by their hands before they can get far and tells them no going inside until after they have received their letters. Tonks then tells them that when they get home they are going to be on a time out. This immediately produces cries of outrage from the girls.

Looking at the clock above the archway the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor sees that he has 15 min before the train is going to leave. Grabbing his son's trunk he instructs the boy to grab the other end after saying goodbye to his mother and siblings.

"Have a good term son. Make sure you send lots of owls!" The sobbing witch say as she hugs her eldest son.

"I will." the bright red haired boy mumbled as he hugged his mum goodbye.

"You better tell us all about it or we'll send you a howler." Hope said in earnest.

"We wanna know all the secrets before we get there." continued Addy.

"Now, now." chided Tonks "There will be no howlers sent from you two."

"Awe mum!" groaned Hope and Addy.

"Please send us letters." begged Sirius "we're gonna miss you."

"I'm gonna miss you too little squirt." replied Teddy as he ruffled Sirius' hair.

With one last look at his family the young wizard turned and picked up the end of his trunk and helped his pop haul it onto the train. They found an empty compartment and and carefully loaded it under the seat.

Turning to his son the Professor encouraged "Have a good trip now" as he looked wistfully about the compartment. He gave his son a hug as he continued "I'll see you up at the castle when you get there."

"Pop!" the red haired boy embarrassedly groaned as he tried to pull away before anyone could see him.

Lupin laughed as he let go of his son. "All right. Clearly you are too old for such things." He said with a twinkle in his eye as he left the compartment.

Teddy turned to take a look at the compartment that he was in. The two bench style seats that were on either side of compartment had a rich colored red checkered fabric. There was a large window along the outer side that had smaller sliding windows that could be opened at the top. There was also a set of grey curtains that could be closed if needed. Underneath the window there was a small table.

The young wizard closed the sliding compartment door and took a set by the window. A little while later the door opened again. Turning to look he saw a tall slender boy with brown hair cut in a bowl shape come in looking a bit uncertain.

"Could I join you, please?" the youth asked.

"Sure" he nodded indicating the bench across from him. "Have a seat."

After the lad sat down he noticed that the boy had one hazel and one blue eye. It was impossible not to notice the striking difference. He tried not to look surprised as he asked. "Is this your first year as well?"

The young wizard nodded as he stuck out his hand and announced "My name is Oliver Durand, but you can call me Ollie."

Teddy shook his hand as he replied "Edward Remus Lupin. Please call me Teddy."

The boys spent some time talking about their families - Ollie has one younger sister Molly - just as the train left the station. Up until a few months ago he had no idea that this world even existed. Teddy enjoyed taking this time to explain the finer points of magic and the wizarding world to his new friend.

"So your mum let you leave the house with turquoise hair?! Is that...common among wizards? In the muggle world, most parents wouldn't let you leave the house like that." Ollie asked skeptically.

Teddy chuckled a bit as he responded "I'm a metamorphmagus like my mother. She typically has bubblegum pink colored hair. A metamorphmagus is a witch or wizard who is able to change their appearance whenever they wish without having to using a wand, spell, or potion."

"When you say change your appearance, just how much of your appearance do you mean?" asked the wide eyed youth.

The metamorphmagus wrinkled his face in concentration as he stood up. Slowly he started growing taller, darkening his hair, and shaping his facial features to match those of his father.

"Everything." He replied in a deeper voice to the stunned youth." Turning to look into the window he ran his fingers through his hair. "I didn't quite get the hair right though." He said as he wrinkled his face and tried again. The shade of his hair went a few shades lighter, to which he replied "Guess I need more practice."

"That's bloody brilliant!" Ollie exclaimed!

Teddy wrinkled his face in concentration as he shrunk and assumed his normal appearance. With his customary turquoise hair back he smiled broadly and sat back down.

"It is pretty cool" he agreed. Taking this moment to turn the conversation towards the other boy, he asked "What do your parents do in the muggle world?"

"Both my parents are lawyers. They have their own firm in Oxford." replied the muggleborn proudly.

"They must be very busy." reckoned the young metamorphmagus.

"Yeah" lamented the young wizard "I don't see them too often. They are always at the office. On the other hand, it won't matter much now that I'll be away most of the year. What do your parents do?"

"My father is a professor and my mother was an Auror before I was born. They both fought in the war against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." Teddy proudly stated. Then realizing that his new friend wouldn't understand he quickly explained that an Auror was like a Muggle police officer. He then went on to explain that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or Voldemort was the Muggle equivalent of Hitler during the Muggle Second World War. Voldemort was the most powerful and dangerous Dark Wizard of all time.

Their conversation was interrupted by the compartment door opening. A smiling witch with a cart asked them "Anything off the trolley dears?"

"Excellent!" effused the young metamorphmagus as he eagerly dug out his money. "My uncle Ron told me all about the snacks available from this cart so I've been saving up my money for ages." He bought an assortment of Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Cauldron Cakes, Jelly Slugs, Liquorice Wands, Pumpkin Pasties, and Drooble's Best Blowing Gum with the intention of sharing them with Ollie who he knew would never have experienced any of them having come from the muggle world.

Ollie looked skeptically at the treats that were dumped on the table between the boys. "Those don't look anything like the candy we have in the muggle world."

Picking up a chocolate frog Teddy handed it to the boy. "Here try one of these, and don't worry, it's not a real frog. It's just a spell. Besides, each pack has a card inside with a famous witch or wizard on it that you can collect. I have loads of them!" Taking one for himself he opened it and sighed as the frog jumped out - which he caught and took a bite of - and saw the card "Merlin again. Here you go, you can start collecting."

Grabbing a box of Every Flavor Beans he began hunting for his favorite flavor: buttered popcorn. He smiled when he found one and popped it in his mouth. Grabbing a napkin he spit it out as he explained "You gotta be careful with these. They really do mean every flavor. That was envelope glue!" Seeing the disgusted look on Ollie's face he reassured him that there were good flavors as well.

The afternoon quickly turned to evening as the boys talked, laughed, and worked their way through the sweets. Then Teddy brought out a deck of exploding snap and taught his new friend how to play. Soon though it was time to pack up, and change into their robes as the train was pulling into Hogsmeade station.

"Firs' years! Firs' years righ' this way!" an enormous man with a shaggy beard was saying whom Teddy knew to be Hagrid. He had met the man at several of his Godfather's parties.

"Leave your trunks there. They'll be brought up te the school fer ya." Hagrid explained. "Alrigh' follow me."

He led them down a path and to the edge of a vast lake. "Two to a boat now. They're ple'ny fer all." He said as he got in one all to himself.

Teddy and Ollie clambered into one as the rest of the students did likewise. Soon the boats started off across the lake of their own accord. All of a sudden the castle came into view- huge and magnificent against the moonlight night sky. There were shouts of "Ohhh" and "Ahh" among the students.

Once across the lake they were led up the path and into the castle. A short way in they were led through a small door off the Entrance hall into a smaller Professor Lupin stopped, waited for them to quiet down and explained.

"Welcome first years" He greeted. "In just a moment we will go through these doors into the Great Hall" He gestured to a magnificent set of oak doors. "I will place the sorting hat on your head which will sort you into your house. Once the sorting is complete you may join your house which will be like you family within these walls. Now, if you follow the rules and work hard you may earn points for your house. Any rule breaking and you will lose points for your house. At the end of the year, the house with the most points will be awarded the House Cup. I'm sure you all want to be part of earning that for your respective houses. Now, let's go find out which house you belong to."

He turned around, opened the doors and led them out into the Great Hall and up the aisle between the Ravenclaw table on their left and the Hufflepuff table on their right. The hall was filled with hundreds of students, floating candles, an enchanted ceiling which was bewitched to look like the sky outside - currently filled with stars and a Waxing Gibbous moon. At the front of the hall was the High Table where the Professors sat. Just behind the table and to the right along the wall were four enchanted hourglasses with different colored gemstones which kept track of the house points.

Once the first years got to the front of the hall in front of the High Table they stopped, just before a rickety old three legged stool. On this stool was perched an old sorting hat. The hall had grown quiet while the other students and the Professors looked expectantly at the hat. The first years looked around confusedly until they noticed that everyone else in the hall was staring at the hat as well. All of a sudden the rip on the brim opened as the hat began to sing.

Oh I may seem a normal hat

But don't count on that with me

I've been around a lot longer

Than you'd expect of me.

The founders brought me into being

One day out of the blue

Gryffindor whipped me right off of his head

And the founders cast a spell or two

Now my job is quite simple

I take a peek inside your head

To see where you belong

There are four choices on where you ought to be.

If you have a courageous heart

Gryffindor is your home.

You'll find chivalrous and daring friends

Among the brave in this house.

Or maybe you are hardworking and loyal

If so Hufflepuff is your home.

You'll find the loyal and honest friends

Among those in this house.

For those with wisdom and wit

Ravenclaw is your home.

You'll find those who prize learning and intellect

Among the eccentric of this house.

If you are cunning and shrewd

Slytherin is your home.

You'll find strong leaders and high achieving friends

Among the ambitious in this house.

So step right up,

take a seat

And let me take a peek.

I'll tell you where you ought to be.

All at once the hall erupted in cheers as the hat bowed to each of the four tables in turn and then to the head table before becoming still once again. Professor Lupin took out a roll parchment from his pocket, unfurled it, and read "Abasi, Azizi"

A tall olive toned skin girl with black hair walked forward confidently and sat down on the stool.

"RAVENCLAW!" shouted the hat.

Azizi calmly got off the stool and walked to the table that was cheering next to the Slytherin table as the professors clapped.

"Alexander, Brittany" called Professor as the cheering died down.

A tall tan skinned girl with brown hair and ringlets came forward confidently and sat on the stool. Not too long after the hat was placed on her head was "GRYFFINDOR!" shouted out. She excitedly got up and went to join the table on the far side of the room away from the doors that was cheering her as the professors and remaining students clapped.

Arthur Angel, a tall strawberry blond haired boy with pale skin went to join Brittany at the Gryffindor table. Artie Ayers, a short black haired boy with brown eyes that walked with a swagger was the first one to go to the Slytherin table. While Brandon Beccles, who has blond hair, blue eyes and average height was the first to join the Hufflepuff table that was cheering in between the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor tables.

Teddy was just wondering what house he would get sorted in as his father called out the next name "Bellchant, Lily" who went to Slytherin. His father had been in Gryffindor and was the current Gryffindor Head of House. However his mother was in Hufflepuff, which is where "Burke, Izzy" just got sorted. His grandmother on the other hand had been in Slytherin.

"Dunbar, Craig" got called forward next. He was a short, chubby boy with blond hair and green eyes that walked forward with a menacing glare. When the hat yelled out "GRYFFINDOR!" he went to join his new house.

"Dunn, Fay" was called next. She was average height with short wavy blond curls and green eyes. She nervously walked forward to take her seat as the hat was placed on her head.

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Durand, Oliver" Professor Lupin said after he was done clapping for Fay Dunn. Ollie was looking slightly green by this point. Teddy tried to give him a reassuring look, but the boy hadn't looked at him as he made his way to the stool and sat down. The hat was placed on his head, it wasn't long before "RAVENCLAW!" was shouted out. Teddy clapped loudly as a relieved looking Ollie made his way to his new house table and sat down.

"Fairchild"…"RAVENCLAW!"…."Fawcett"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."Finbok"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."Fowler"…"GRYFFINDOR!"…."Franklin"…"SLYTHERIN!"…."Frost"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."Gifford"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."Grimblehawk"…"RAVENCLAW!"….then a pair of "Jigger" twins…"RAVENCLAW!"…."Jones"…"GRYFFINDOR!"…."Killick"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."Lockhart"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"….and finally "Lupin, Edward" was called - perhaps a little louder and with more enthusiasm than was meant to be there.

Teddy walked forward confidently and sat down on the stool. The last thing he saw before the hat was placed upon his head was a sea of students looking back at him. Then he was looking at the inside of the hat.

Hmmmm where to put you. An ancient voice said in his mind. You would do well in Gryffindor with your brave heart, courage and chivalrous attitude. You would also do well in Hufflepuff with your work ethic, patience, and how loyal you are. At the same time your thirst for knowledge, creativity, and wit makes you a good fit for Ravenclaw. Hmmm...you are quite the challenge dear boy.

Teddy gripped the edges of the stool while looking up into the hat with a smirk on his face as he thought Don't tell me you've never come across someone like me before. What did you do in that situation?

The hat huffed a bit then continued Well dear lad, perhaps I have and perhaps I haven't. I cannot discuss past sortings with students; that would be unethical. Perhaps I should just place you in Slytherin so you can work on those characteristics. Turn you into a nice well rounded individual…

Now you know you won't do that. After all "The sorting hat is always right". Also, in your little spiel you didn't list off any Slytherin qualities. So I know you won't put me into a house that I don't really fit into.

The hat sighed a bit in resignation as it continued You're right I wouldn't do that. I have been tasked with sorting students according to the wishes of the founders who first imbued me with their combined intelligences. I would have to say you are best fit for….."RAVENCLAW!"

Teddy took the hat off his head and reached out to give it to his father. It was then that he noticed the stunned look on his father's face as the Professor reached out for the hat. Grinning he turned and went to join Ollie at the Ravenclaw table.

"Nice of you to join me." the boy said with a smirk as he sat down. The metamorphmagus playfully pushed him as he laughed and said "I'm glad we're in the same house."

"MacDougal"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."MacNia"…"SLYTHERIN!"…."Mallory"…"HUFFLEPUFF!"…."McGonagall"…"GRYFFINDOR!"…."McLaggan"…"GRYFFINDOR!"…."O'Cain"…"RAVENCLAW!"…."O'Mally"…"GRYFFINDOR!"…."O'Roke"…"SLYTHERIN!"…."Orpington"…"SLYTHERIN!"…."Renshaw"…"RAVENCLAW!"…."Shafiq"…"GRYFFINDOR!"…."Ursidae"…"RAVENCLAW!"….and finally "Valli" was sorted into Hufflepuff. Professor Lupin rolled up the parchment, stowed it in his robe pocket, then carried the stool and sorting hat out of the hall.


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