I'm back with chapter seven. Enjoy!
I do not own Harry Potter.
CHAPTER 7
Tonks felt bad. And slightly hurt. Were her hugs really that bad? She sat the sobbing boy on the stairs. "Teddy, why are you crying?"
'It's just - Just - Never knew you guys - surreal - sorry." he managed to choke out in between sobs. Tonks hugged him but something Teddy - her son, because that was who he was - said made her blood run cold. He never knew his parents. Teddy never got know them. Did that mean...
'Teddy." Tonks said and he peeked up at her. "What do you mean when you said you never knew us?"
Teddy didn't answer but suddenly found his shoes very interesting. His hair was a grey, almost black colour that Tonks adopted when she felt sad. He merely shook his head and refused to elaborate. Remus smiled at his son. He was sure that Teddy would tell them when the time came.
The three of them made their way to the kitchen where the rest of the Order had already assembled. Tonks watched as Victoire looked up when they entered and smiled at Teddy. Teddy gave a watery grin in return.
Tonks shot Remus a worried look but he only shook his head as Dumbeldore motioned for them to sit. The meeting had begun.
Harry paced up and down the Headmistress' office thinking of ways to go back in time and bring back the kids. Professor McGonagall was seated behind the desk and the rest remained standing around the room.
"Perhaps we should ask Professor Dumbeldore." Hermione suggested. Harry grinned. Trust Hermione to come up with an idea.
They all turned to the ex - headmaster's portrait whose sole occupant was deep in thought. After some time, Dumbeldore looked up from his ponderings. "I think we should leave it for the time being. Why don't you go back home and get some rest." he said. "It might help refresh your thoughts."
Dejected, Harry, the adults, and the children left the office and apparated back to their various homes. Scorpius had borrowed some Floo Powder had travelled back to Wiltshire by the Potter's fireplace.
After a few arguments only quelled by Harry's seriousness, Molly and Lucy side-along apparated back to Percy Weasley's house.
Harry let out a sigh as he got in bed that night. He hoped that the kids were safe where ever they were. Hopefully, they wouldn't try and change anything, especially Teddy.
Teddy stared at the red box Dumbeldore had placed on the table. Apparently, that box could somehow communicate with people from the future. This, of course, involved bits of complicated magic by Dumbeldore. They had already written letters to their parents and placed them into the box.
Now everyone wanted to know what had happened in the future. Fred and George had demanded to know if Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes. Mrs Weasley had wanted to know if Charlie had any children. Yet it was Sirius who had asked the questioned that was at the back of most member's mind.
"Did we get rid of You - Know - Who?"
The atmosphere changed at once. From the curious to the solemn. The whole room was silent, every eye on Teddy. Teddy allowed a grin to appear on his face beofre nodding.
'And Harry is alright? Mentally and physically." Sirius asked once more.
Another nod from Teddy. Cheers went around the kitchen. Fred, George, and Ginny elicited laughter from most when they started to do a kind of victory dance together. Teddy caught Victoire's eyes as he was laughing and grinned at her. It was times like these that he wish he could just stay here forever.
Once the laughter had died down, Dumbeldore stood up and addressed the room at large. "Coming back to our current predicament, I have found out that there were two options." he said. "One was to fix the time turner. The other, was to get one from the Ministry."
"But sir." Teddy said. "Aren't all the time turners in the Department of Mysteries?"
"Correct, young Lupin." Dumbeldore answered as Teddy flushed. "To obtain it might take some time but in the meantime, this box." Dumbeldore motioned towards the red box now in front of him. "Might open up some new possibilities. Your people - meaning from the future - might have a time turner handy and can come back to this time and take you home."
The kids from the future stared at Teddy as if to say, "But didn't all the time turners get destroyed?"
Teddy gave a subtle shake of his head. Sirius, who had spent most of the meeting looking between Remus and Teddy, leaned forward with an eager glint in his eyes. "Why did you do that?" he asked and Teddy froze.
"Why did I do what?"
"Shake your head. You shook your head. Something happened right?"
'Teddy." said Tonks. "You said you never knew us. What happened?"
"Yeah. James and Junior looked shocked to see me." Fred I added from beside his twin who was nodding his agreement.
Teddy looked at Dumbeldore pleading for help. The last thing he wanted to do was to break their hearts. Yet, the old wizard was instead looking thoughtful. After a moment, he turned towards Teddy and gave a little nod. "I think it's all right to share some information. Of course, we should Obliviate everyone after this adventure."
Teddy nodded feeling the collective pressure from everyone staring at him. The last time he felt this nervous was when he was giving his Head Boy speech at the End-of-the-Year Ball during his seventh year. He stared at the opposite wall while he collected his thoughts. How could he break it to them softly?
Sucking in a deep breath, he began. "There was a battle at Hogwarts during 1998. It was between Voldemort and his army and Harry, the Order, the DA, and other Hogwartians." Teddy said ignoring the gasps at the use of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's proper name. "Harry won and many people..."
Here, he choked a little bit and underneath the table, Victoire squeezed his hand. Teddy shot her a grateful smile. "Many people died."
Everyone sat in silence. Each wrapped up in their thoughts that they would be the ones who had laid down their lives for the future of the Wizarding World. Teddy continued staring at the opposite wall. Remus and Tonks were absentmindedly holding hands. Snape looked resigned while Mrs Weasley had a look of shock on her face. Only Dumbeldore seemed unchanged by this news.
Fred and George broke the silence by chuckling nervously. 26 pairs of eyes stared at them.
"Come on people - " Fred began.
"It's not that bad." George continued.
"Can't be."
"Sure we'll all be fine in the end."
Fred II stood up with watery eyes. Teddy knew what that was about.
"No!" Fred II cried. "You don't know anything! You don't know how it is for dad. You've never seen him cry on his birthday because Uncle Fred's not there. You've never seen him blink back tears every time he creates another product because he's -"
Here, he gestured to Fred I who looked slightly taken aback. "Not there to celebrate with him." You've never had to try and drag dad away from a mirror because every time he looks, all he sees is Uncle Fred! Just without an ear. YOU KNOW NOTHING!"
This was by far the longest speech Fred II had ever made and even Teddy was impressed by the way he had brought the twins slap up against the reality of the evil they were facing. After all, every war had its casualty.
Fred II gave a sob and ran from the room with Roxanne close behind him. The little girl had glared so fiercely at her father and uncle that Teddy was strongly reminded of Molly Weasley I.
Teddy gave a sigh as he got up from his chair. "You'll have to excuse him." he told the room. "He's not usually like this."
With that being said, the blue-haired boy turned around and went out of the kitchen, the rest of the room staring at the doorway in shock.
That's a wrap! Next chapter coming as soon as I overcome this horrid case of writer's block.
