Four weeks after sending the blood results to be tested they still hadn't found him. The blood turned out to be Adolphus Lestrange and Robert Diggory, both were former death eaters. There was also an unnamed assailant who they had yet to identify. Despite knowing who had took Harry they were no closer than finding him, Robert had turned up dead and lestrange was still missing. Teddy didn't have time to ponder this however as Christmas break had appeared, he was stood in kings cross station waiting for his siblings. When they saw him the left Ron's and Hermione's sight and jumped into Teddy's arms.
"Heya" he murmured. They murmured Hi back and pulled away to face Hermione
"I'm sure you're nervous?" she asked. Lily laughed
"Oh yeah, it's not like we're about to meet the grandmother I've never met or anything" Lily quipped, Teddy laughed, it echoed that of what she had said only four months previous.
"Are we meeting her at the Burrow?" James asked Hermione nodded,
"I can assure you that we only want the best for you!" James rolled his eyes.
"If you want the best for us you'd make sure Teddy never leaves us" Teddy nudged him
"Show some respect" Teddy said, stern. James mumbled a sorry and Hermione smiled
"That's quite alright dear, shall we get going?" they all nodded.
The Burrow was as magnificent as the Day Harry left, except ow instead of being filled with Molly's children it was barren. The children still being at school and Molly's children being adults. When they entered the kitchen, Molly pulled them into a hug.
"Oh you beautiful children" it was clear as day that they youngest potter children didn't really remember her. Teddy turned to the kids
"Guys this is Molly, your grandmother" he added. They looked up at her
"You look like mum" Albus said, at this Molly felt tears come to her eyes
"And you two look just like your father, oh my…" She wiped her tears away
"Now would you all like something to eat?" she asked. Lily looked down
"Would it be okay if we got to put our things way first?" she asked, shyly. Molly nodded vigorously and gave them directions to Ron and Harry's old room. Teddy remained being, Molly pulled him into a hug
"Oh Teddy, you've grown so, so much!" Teddy fell into the hug, it was nice. Since he had come back not many people treated him kindly. Molly's hug however felt comforting.
"Are you okay? Where have you been staying?" she asked. Teddy shrugged
"When I've not been sleeping on Ron's couch I've been staying in the Leaky Cauldron" he admitted, Molly's eyes turned to slits
"Now, that will just not do young man, you are family and family stick together" Teddy rolled his eyes
"It's not that bad to be honest… I get free drinks because Tom liked Harry and I have enough money to live there" Molly shook her head
"Nope, you're staying here young man" he was about to protest when Ron stopped him
"There's no use mate" Teddy hung his head and agreed before going to find his siblings.
After an awkward dinner in which Potter, Weasleys and Lupins all tried to make awkward conversation the Potters all found themselves sat in their room. Teddy swept the room for spells and bugs before placing wards up. He tucked Lily into bed and kissed her head and told the boys to get to sleep before he, himself climbed into his bed. It didn't take long before James began talking
"Do you recon we should have stayed hidden?" he asked aloud. Albus turned to him
"Huh?" James turned to his brother
"Think about it, dad kept us away because he was scared that someone in the family was trying to help death eaters kill us, right?" they all nodded which encouraged James to carry on.
"So why was his plan to send us here if he was gone or abducted? That doesn't make any logical sense!"
"Dad wasn't the most logical being James, but I can see your point" Teddy replied. Lily then decided to intervene in the conversation
"Yeah besides if we ran now they wouldn't find us, would they? Dad taught us enough that we can disappear for good!" Albus decided that they were missing the point. As such he tried to explain to them why they couldn't run forever.
"I get you guys don't want to be here, I get that but at the end of the day they are family, don't you want to get to know them?" They all looked down, sheepishly.
"Of course we do Al it's just what if dad was right and someone helped death eaters kill mum? How are we supposed to get close to a family that condemned dad?" James asked. Albus sighed, paranoia and suspicion ran deep amongst his sibling and he wished that it wouldn't.
"What if dad was wrong? I agree with him for leaving and I agree with him for training us but what if he was wrong about them?" Albus asked. Teddy stared at his siblings, his heart heavy.
"Harry's biggest achievement is the family he created guys, we all know the stories of his upbringing, do you really think he's move his family half way across the world?" he asked. The all shook their heads numbly and Teddy smiled.
"Good, now go to sleep we have training in the morning" they all nodded again and lay down. Together the family headed off into the land of dreams.
The next morning found the potter children doing exercise outside, James was skipping, Lily was doing press-ups and Albus was running laps. Teddy stood next to an oak tree observing his brothers and sister, adding a comment every so often.
"Come on troops! You call that running al? faster! Lily prove girls can do what boys can." He then turned to James
"Come on Potter! Jump!" at his insults the children began working harder, every so often they would switch.
They carried on like this, unknowing that they were being watched. Molly came downstairs to find her husband staring out the window, she sat next to him.
"What are you doing?" she asked. Arthur jumped a foot in the air
"I'm watching the kids" he admitted, she raised an eyebrow, Arthur was about to defend himself but instead decided to just show her what they were doing. She shrieked
"What on earth are they doing?" her worry seemed to spill over onto Arthur who realised that the kids were training harder than the Auror department. He looked over to ask Molly whether they should ask them in, but the women had already gone outside and by the looks of it was telling them to come in for breakfast. They did as she asked, albeit reluctantly, ignoring Arthur who stared at the teens dumbstruck. Arthur would always love Harry as a son but that didn't stop him on speculating just what in the hell the kids had gone through to be able to be that athletic.
