Authors Note: I do believe it's been a little while, my goal for this week is to update everything starting with this one. :)
Disclaimer: I think I've already been through this, I don't own.
"Harry!" Teddy exclaimed, first shocked then happy to see his father figure, "What're you doing here?"
"That's a great warm welcome, Teddy." Smiled Harry.
"Well, it's kinda surprising to see you here...are you teaching?" Teddy asked. He could feel his eyes he turn the same emerald green, matching his godfather, something that he had done since he was a baby.
"The Ministry assigned me to make sure there are no more attacks," Harry paused, "I've heard the girl was convinced it was you…is that true?"
"Yeah, but I didn't do anything!" Teddy added, Harry knew when Teddy lied because Harry knew by heart the different colors Teddy's eyes changed.
"Teddy, you told me about a locket." Harry said, "Let me see it." Teddy felt distraught; one of the few connections to his parents would be lost!
"I…" He concentrated on his eyes, "I don't have it."
"Don't lie to me Ted Remus Lupin." Harry demanded in a voice so serious and warning that he knew he had no way out. Teddy carefully and sadly pulled the locket from around his neck and handed it to his godfather. "If it's not cursed, I promise I will return it to you as soon as possible." Teddy didn't look up, but nodded in conformation. "Now, what class do you have first?"
"Charms…I guess I'm probably going to be late now." He sighed taking off in the opposite direction.
"Don't worry about it," Harry began walking with him, "I'll make sure you're not late, what were you doing chasing after a ghost anyways?"
"I don't know really, just instinct I guess." Teddy shrugged staring at the cobblestone floor as they walked, thinking only of the picture inside the locket. "What were they like?"
Most people were annoyed when he asked them about his parents, but Harry never was. Teddy assumed it was because they both shared the loss of people they had never met.
"Your mother was outgoing, but clumsy. She always found herself tripping over something, even things that it didn't seem possible to trip over." He said, Teddy could only imagine. He unfortunately had inherited some of this clumsiness, which is why he was hopeless in Quidditch. "Your dad was smart and had an odd obsession to chocolate."
Teddy laughed as they walked, "You don't have to walk in there, you can just write a note." Teddy said as they began climbing the staircase,
"What? You embarrassed?" Harry asked with a mock look of disappointment,
"No!" Teddy looked away so his godfather wouldn't know the truth,
"I have to see Flitwick anyways; Hermione has asked me to find a particular book in his room." He explained.
"What? They don't have it in her library?" Teddy was fascinated by the sheer size of Hermione's personal library. He had only been allowed in it once and during that visit, he accidentally tripped and caused a large pile of alphabetized encyclopedias to fall over causing a strange domino effect leaving him standing in a sea of books and permanently banned from her library.
"It's rare." Harry replied in a rather stoic manner. Teddy frowned, wondering how it was possible that Flitwick would have a book that no one else did. They walked together in silence for a few moments, once they reached the hallway Harry cleared his throat, "I also heard about two students nearly drowning?"
"Oh…yeah…" Teddy blushed, "That was nothing, really."
"Hagrid told me." Harry said quietly, "Are you alright? There's a giant squid under there, not to mention mermaids."
"Yeah…I know…" Teddy mumbled, "It wasn't me that did anything, I only watched someone else help them."
"Oh?" Harry didn't seem convinced, "That's not what I heard."
"In your own words, don't always believe what you hear." Teddy quoted as they walked into the hallway leading to the Charms classroom. Harry chuckled,
"So you do pay attention." He smiled and walked through the door to the classroom where Flitwick was giving a speech covering rules and what they might learn in his class.
He immediately stopped and looked at the two, the rest of the class seemed to follow suit.
"Mr. Lupin, I see you have an escort?" Flitwick raised a hairy white eyebrow.
"Yes sir." Teddy replied feeling a bit embarrassed but walked over to his friends who all stared at Harry.
"How do you know Harry Potter?" Milo whispered loudly.
"He's my godfather." Teddy returned with a shrug. "What'd I miss?"
"He's your godfather?" Milo was shocked, Teddy sighed glancing at the blank chalkboard. Having a famous godfather was irritating because people always seemed to find out about him during the most inconvenient times.
"No, I just found him wandering around the hallways." Teddy said sarcastically although he was telling the truth, he did just find him randomly.
"Did you find your ghost?" Cori asked, Teddy could hear a bit of irritation in her voice.
"Yes, but I didn't get a chance to talk with him." Sighed Teddy looking over at Damon who seemed equally annoyed, "Did you take notes?" Teddy asked him, Damon nodded and handed Teddy a thick piece of written on parchment. Teddy took note of Damon's incredibly neat loopy cursive handwriting and sighed, was there anything Damon couldn't do?
He grabbed a quill and a bit of parchment himself and began coping down everything that was on Damon's paper. By the time he had finished Professor Flitwick had began speaking once more. Teddy mostly paid attention but he was also off in la-la land with the thoughts of what could be going on within the school. It was like the beginning of one of his favorite action adventure novels. He daydreamed throughout the rest of Flitwick's class and once class was dismissed, he had to be jabbed with a pencil by Cori to revive him.
"What's on your mind?" She asked throwing her messenger bag over her shoulder.
"Nothing…just thinking." Teddy said with a shrug shoving his parchment inside his Charms textbook.
"Is anyone else excited for flying lessons?" Asked Milo joining the two as they walked out of the room,
"Sure…I guess." Teddy shrugged, "I think it should be an optional class though, some of us have flown since we were little kids."
"Gives us an opportunity to show off our skills." Cori said a new glimmer appearing in her eyes. "Maybe the captain will be watching, secretly recruiting for next year. Or better yet, maybe recruiting for this year."
"Dream on, Cori." Damon sighed running a hand through his hair, "You won't make it on the team this year." Cori looked a little downtrodden for half a second but suddenly a new light came in her eyes,
"Wanna make a bet?" Cori asked, Teddy's jaw nearly fell off it's hinges.
"Fine, I bet you have no chance of making it." He held out his hand,
"No, I bet I will make it and you will not." She grinned, Teddy couldn't help but picturing a mustached villain in a muggle cartoon he used to watch. Damon smiled a crooked grin and shook her hand, the bet was on.
Teddy didn't know this at the time but this innocent little bet would set off a chain of events that would lead to the changing of the wizarding world. But as for that moment, it was time for transfiguration.