A/N: So sorry I haven't updated this in forever. Wow. I'm really sorry. I haven't even started this chapter until recently. Really sorry. I've been busy with my other stories and well, that's no excuse. So, I'll work on this.
Anyway, I still don't own Harry Potter (no kidding). That belongs to J.K. Rowling and she's bloody brilliant.
Chapter 4: The Stone
McGonagall came back a few minutes later.
"Well, Mr. Lupin?"
"I was out.. I was out in the corridor because I… I wanted an early start."
"Well, you were still out of bed. So, I have to take points off of you for that. Fifty points, Mr. Lupin. And Mr. Weasley, after assessing your little prank. I've decided to take another 50 from you. It's funny, your uncle and his friends got 150 points knocked out in one go too."
Their jaws dropped.
"Professor! You can't. We'll never make them up!"
"You should have thought about that. You two really should have. Now, go and eat. I'm sure it's going to be a long day."
Fred and Teddy walked to the Great Hall in silence. It was understood that they didn't need to talk about what had happened. Most of the students in Gryffindor hadn't noticed that they had lost points yet and they were grateful.
From right outside the hall, they saw students mingling and talking as usual. People waved to Fred and said hi to Teddy.
Suddenly, there was a gasp from a Ravenclaw at the front of the hall. It was the daughter of Cho Chang, Emma. Every head in the hall turned to the House totals. More gasps followed and they ran out of the Great Hall and to the library.
Madam Prince looked up sharply at the sight of students.
"Shouldn't you two be at Breakfast?"
They looked at each other, "Well, of course, but we rushed through it," teddy replied.
"I forgot to do some homework and Teddy here agreed to help me," Fred cut in.
"Well, just make it fast."
Teddy could feel the stone burning in his pocket. He pulled it out and showed it to the librarian.
"Madam Prince, would you know what this is?" I said, holding up the stone.
"No, I don't. But, there are books. Go look it up!" she yelled.
I turned around and rolled my eyes.
"Dude, what is with you and this stone?"
"It's just something I found in the forest."
"The forest?"
"Yeah, do you remember this morning at all?"
"Right, of course. I just didn't realize you were in the habit of taking strange stones from the forest."
"Are you okay?" Teddy asked.
"Yes, Teddy. I'm peachy. We just lost a ton of points for Gryffindor, the whole school is about to hate us for life, unless they don't know yet, but doubtful. And you're all worked up about a stupid stone. How exactly do you think I'm doing?" he yelled.
Madam Prince rushed over, faster than Teddy thought was possible. She ushered them out and told them to come back when they could stay quiet.
Granted, they were leaving for Christmas break later in the day and they wouldn't see her for two weeks.
Teddy finally coerced Fred to go to the common room and pack before everyone got up there. Of course, that wasn't the case. Victoire Weasley, Fred's cousin was in the common room reading.
"It was you two, wasn't it?" she called as they tried to walk past her silently.
"How did you know it was us?" Teddy replied.
Fred hit him on the shoulder.
"You didn't have to tell her!" Fred whispered angrily.
"I can hear you," she said, "You two really ought to get upstairs and pack. I'll send the Gryffindor's off to some "adventure" if I can. But, I can't hold them off forever. Be quick about packing."
"Thank you, Victoire!" Teddy yelled as they both ran upstairs.
They spent the rest of the morning hiding from their classmates. They volunteered to help Professor Longbottom with watering the plants and some other housekeeping things.
"I take it you two aren't here for your interest in Herbology?"
"Of course we are Professor! What could be better than a bunch of crazy weird plants?" Fred exclaimed with a smile.
"You're just like you're father, Fred. Really, you are."
"I'll take that as a compliment," he laughed.
Professor Longbottom smiled.
"You know, Teddy, your father was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher we had."
"You know my parents?"
"Yeah, I knew Tonks as well. She guarded the school for a time during the Second War. Of course, I didn't know her too well. It was just Lupin. He was amazing. Helped me get over my fear of Professor Snape a bit as well."
"You were afraid of the old headmaster?" Teddy asked.
"Well, most people don't know it, but Snape wasn't that great of a headmaster until after. Now, I completely respect and appreciate him now, but at the time, Snape was terrible."
"Well, that's not something you hear about in History of Magic," Teddy replied.
"Teddy, we don't much of anything in History of Magic. Most of us sleep. Except maybe Aunt Hermione when she was here."
Longbottom laughed, "That she did. I remember Harry and Ron were always taking her notes to use."
"And Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Teddy asked.
"Well, when your father was teaching, I don't think that anyone needed other notes. We all aced that course. It was the best. We were all sad to see him leave."
"Why did he leave?"
"I think Harry knows. I'm not too clear on what happened, but I know Harry talked to him just before he left and then there was the whole thing in the Forbidden Forest."
"Harry Pottter?"
"Yep, the one and only."
"Why don't you know what happened in the forest?"
"Dumbledore kept it hushed up, and Harry, Ron and Hermione really never talked about it; except amongst themselves."
"Do you think if I asked them, they would tell me? I practically live at Potter's house anyway."
"He might. I'm sure he would. I don't know."
Teddy let this thought resonate in his head. He suddenly had a thirst to know everything about his parents. He had never thought about Harry as a way to find out more about his parents. It had never occurred to him to talk to Harry.
He fingered the stone in his pocket again. He thought about his parents and his fingers felt warmth coming from the stone.
He and Fred sat in silence on the train. They had been terrorized by over half of the Gryffindor's on the train. They had all found out and were taking their revenge. Teddy couldn't wait to get off the train and off to Harry's house. He didn't want to wait to hear about his parents. He wanted more information now.
Teddy couldn't believe that he hadn't thought to ask before. It should have been obvious to him. But, he knew that he was going to get all the answers he needed. It wouldn't be much longer.
He turned the stone in his hand once and looked over the line through the center. It looked like it had been made there on purpose and Teddy couldn't imagine any reason why someone would make a triangular stone with a crack through the center.
Harry picked him up at the Train station with Ginny and their three kids. He smiled at the site of his "adopted family" again. He waited with anticipation to talk to Harry. He wanted to know so badly about his parents and that need burned in his chest.
Both Harry and Ginny could tell he was impatient. Fred was still upset about the excommunication from the Gryffindor's. Harry and Ginny already knew about the loss of points due to their letters back and forth with Professor McGonagall and Neville. They had decided to ignore for now and give the boys a few days of freedom.
"So, Fred, your parents are going to meet up with us at the house. Are you excited for break?"
"Mhm."
Harry and Ginny exchanged a glance with each other. Teddy noticed it, but Albus and James were fighting and Lilly was sleeping. Fred of course, was just staring out the window.
When they finally did get to the house, the children went upstairs and Fred went to talk to his parents for a while out on the terrace. That left Teddy alone with Ginny and Harry. Ginny, bright as she was, picked up on Teddy's need for some alone time and she excused herself.
"So, Teddy, what do you want to know?" Harry asked.
"How did you know?"
"You have that look in your eyes. I remember when I had that look. I wanted to know everything about my parents. "
"Of course, I always forget that part. Tell me about them."
"Tonks, your mother, was awesome. Of course, her name was Nymphodora, but everyone just called her Tonks. She saved me more than I'd like to remember," he smiled, "And your dad was the best teacher we ever had. Taught me the Patronus Charm too. He had so much faith in me. It was impressive."
Teddy pulled the stone out of his pocket and began to turn it around in his hand. When he turned it three times, he felt a strange rush of wind.
"… And Lupin was a marauder. Creater of this incredible map. James probably found it in the attic. But, I'll have to get it out and show you. Extremely impressive. My dad worked on it too, as did my godfather, Sirius. They were your father's best friends," Harry looked at the stone.
Harry felt panic rise in his chest. He hadn't seen the stone in 15 years.
He whispered, "Where did you get that stone?"
"this?" Teddy pointed, "The Forbidden Forest, what is it?"
Before he could stop himself, he said, "The Resurrection Stone."
A/N: this took me way longer than necessary. Sorry everyone. I was literally working on this for like two weeks. I was working more on my other stories, but I'll try to not spend almost a month writing this next chapter. Reviews would be appreciated. :)
Next time: Teddy discovers more about The Resurrection Stone and he finds out about the wind.