Chapter four

Over the holidays, Harry and Teddy did go away for a couple of weeks. They figured with what they both had to decide, having a bit of time away from their decision was a good idea. They visited France and got to see Hagrid who was visiting Madame Maxim. Teddy and Hagrid hit it off instantly, that was after Hagrid finished crying all over Harry. They spent the day together before Harry and Teddy left to continue their holiday.

Harry and Teddy arrived home, unpacked, then shopped for some food. While Harry was cooking dinner, Teddy sat at the table.

'I've made my decision dad, have you?'

'Yes, I have. Can you tell me what reasons were behind your decision?'

'Yeah, but then you'll know what I've decided,' Teddy smirked making Harry laugh, 'I want to hear from you first.'

'Alright,' Harry finished cooking, then placed two plates on the table, sat down across from his son and started eating, 'I took everything into consideration, you and me, what it would be like there and what it's like here. Australia is a beautiful country but it's not my home even though I do love it here. England is my home, it's where my parents were born and where they died. It's where I was born and grew up, it's where you and your parents were born. I know you've lived here your whole life, from three months old, but you weren't born here. Hogwarts has always meant a lot to me, Minerva and Hagrid do as well. Kingsley, Neville, Luna, a few other friends that I haven't seen in fourteen years mean a lot to me, and I do miss them, a lot,' Harry ate some more of his dinner, then looked back at Teddy, 'This job is a dream come true, something I thought about a few times when I was growing up, but I didn't think it would ever happen. I did think about it here, seeing if maybe I could work at your school, maybe after you left, but Hogwarts,' Harry finished his dinner, and noticed his son finished as well, he put his fork down before continuing, 'I would like to take the job and go home, but I don't want you to…' Harry never got to finish as Teddy cut in.

'I want to go as well dad, not just because I knew you wanted to, I want to be able to visit the places my parents lived and went to school. You're my dad, so I want to see where you lived, I want to see your parent's graves and I want to visit my parent's graves. I also want to meet the good people that stayed your friends. I know I'll miss my friends, but they can visit just like I can. But in three years I'll be an adult, working in whatever I decide, and there's a lot of opportunity over there. So basically, I want to live in England, live at Hogwarts with you.'

Harry couldn't help himself, his smiled hugely, 'Then it looks like we're leaving. But just remember, you can visit here anytime, this house will always be ours so you'll have somewhere to stay on holidays. So even if we might both visit during our holidays, when you are an adult, then you can come here alone.'

'I will visit, with you and after, but not straight away. I'll make sure my friends visit, oh, will that be allowed, during the school holidays?'

'Yes, that's no problem, but I'm thinking of getting another house over there. That way we can leave Hogwarts for a few weeks. I'm sure after being there all year you would like to leave and with the enchantments around it, it's not always a simple thing to remove them.'

'Sounds good, so you better write to Professor McGonagall, let her know we're coming home.'

Harry got up and hugged his son, 'Thank you.'

'Go do it now dad, I'll do the dishes.'

'By hand?' Harry raised his eyebrows.

'Yes, it won't kill me.'

'No, it won't and I've said that to you lots of times, you've never taken any notice before. Thanks Teddy,' Harry hugged him again then headed to his office to write his letter to Minerva.

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Harry and Teddy packed up all the personal belongings, their clothes and all their pictures. They packed up anything they thought they would like with them, then Harry sent them all to Hogwarts, to their private rooms. So even though Teddy will get sorted privately he will stay in with Harry until term begins unless he changes his mind and moves into the dorm rooms early.

Harry sealed the house, then took the port key out of his pocket. Teddy put his hand on it, then both felt the familiar jerk behind their stomachs. A few seconds later, they arrived in the beautiful round office with Minerva smiling at them, Harry instantly hugged her.

'Oh it's so good to see you Harry, you've changed in the last few years.'

Harry chuckled, 'You mean gotten older, I am thirty three years old now.'

Minerva shook her head in amusement, 'That's not what I mean,' she turned and smiled at Teddy, 'Look at you, so much like your father.'

'Yeah, dad told me I look like my real dad. It's nice to see you again Professor.'

'Thank you and it's nice to see you too Teddy. So before you settle in, let's get this sorting over with so Teddy will know which house he belongs to then I can officially hand everything over to our new headmaster.'

'Headmaster, something I never thought could happen, not in a million years. Alright Teddy, let's see if you follow me and your father and go into Gryffindor or your mother and go into Hufflepuff, maybe none of us.'

Teddy stepped in front of Professor McGonagall and she placed the old sorting hat on his head. 'A lot of courage I see, also someone with a lot of intelligence, but I also see a very caring person. So should you go in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin or in Ravenclaw?' the hat stayed quiet for a while, then finally shouted, 'Ravenclaw.'

'Not for me, your father or mother, just for your brains,' Harry chuckled then hugged his son as Minerva removed the hat.

'Lorcan Scamander is only a year under you and Lysander will start in the new term, Victoire is also a year under you. Have you met them Teddy?'

'Once, a few years ago, Lorcan was nice, but I didn't have much to do with Lysander, I got on really well with Victoire. I'm still not sure how to take Lorcan's mother.'

'Luna is one of a kind Teddy, but that's what I love about her.'

'Why don't you both go settle in, then I will officially retire and officially make Harry James Potter the new Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.'

'We won't be long Minerva, come on Teddy,' Harry and Teddy walked through the office into the large living area at the back. They both unpacked, but left all their pictures to hang up another time. Now they were here, they knew they had time to arrange their rooms as they liked and make it more them. Harry now had to get ready to take over one of the most important jobs there was in Britain. He hoped he could do half as good as Minerva and Albus, two people that meant so much to him, he didn't want to disappoint them. Teddy had been very encouraging, always telling Harry he would make a great headmaster, now he hoped he didn't disappoint his son as well.