Here's the plan so get ready.
I pulled the prequel to Legacy off ecause I want to focus on this for a bit.
I want to be completely done with Albus and Lily by biginning of March. 28 days.
It will be alot of updates, but I am going to try.
I want to start the Next Gen story in March.
So just bear with me and when you see an update make sure that you have already read the prev chapter.
As sometimes I may post two chapters at a time :)
Here we go...And you will be stuck with cliffhangers for a bit. Sorry about that.
Chapter 9
GONE
Teddy struggled against the locked door behind which he had been put. He couldn't understand it, he had thought he was safe with that man, Dad had always said to give others a chance. He also said not to talk to strangers, a nagging voice in the back of his head said. After throwing himself at the door once more he sank to the floor in a heap, exhausted. He had been screaming, pounding and all out throwing a temper tantrum for hours. He had no idea where he was as he had been sidelong apparated, although he knew it was a far way from home as he could smell the salt in the air, like when he had gone to the beach with Mum and Dad before Jamie was born.
He sat on the musty old camp bed that had been shoved into a corner. It had a mile of scratchy, mangy old blankets and a flattened pillow laying on it. Teddy had never sat on anything so pitiful in his life, let alone slept on it. He curled his feet up and pushed all the blankets and the pillow to the floor before laying down. He tried to hold his eyes open but they kept drifting closed, he was so sleepy, and he hurt. Right over his heart, it felt like he was going to be sick, he couldn't understand it, they hadn't hurt him, well other than taking him, something had to be wrong. His eyes drooped of their own accord and he fell asleep on the sorry excuse for a bed.
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"You never said we were going to leave him locked in a room." Shane said glaring at the older man standing cross armed in front of him.
"I said we were going to use the brat to get that pesky auror off of our back. You aren't getting paid until Harry Potter and at least half of his team is dismantled, then you can choose to do with the boy what you will. Plop him back there with his ridiculous family, raise him yourself, smother him, I don't give a shit. But for now he will stay locked in that bloody room. You will take care of him, that is your only job. You keep him alive and when my team is done, I will pay you and sign over the deed to this cabin. You have the wood, the beach and it has over 30 acres, all the privacy and land a half-breed wolf like you could want." Yaxley sneered, pushing his limp brown hair from his eyes before turning and leaving the cottage.
Shane huffed and pushed his hand through his blonde locks. How had he gotten himself into this? They had offered him the money and the house and told him it would be for Remus' sons' best interest, that he would thrive better with other wolves. But that didn't seem to be what their intentions were at all. He supposed he owed it to Remus…He opened to the door into the small room that held the little boy, he was laying asleep on the bed in the corner, curled into a ball. Shane walked in and threw a moth eaten blanket over him and pulled his little trainers off before creeping back out of the room, leaving the door open a tad.
Poor bloke, his whole face was blotchy and swollen from screaming and crying for the last four hours. What would he do with the kid when Evan was done with him? He surely wouldn't let him be killed. How could he give him back to his family? The boy knew his face and name, knew what he was…And suddenly a picture blossomed before his eyes. One that was not full of loneliness and despair, one that made him someone to be proud of, a role model. Full moons wouldn't be too terribly bad. The boy had werewolf blood in him. He could already sense it. He didn't think he would hurt the boy while he was a wolf, in pack terms he was just a cub, and he could make him his pack. It was dangerous, sure, if it didn't work, well the best case it didn't work would be that he would accidentally turn the boy into an actual wolf, he could handle that though, he could help him like Remus had helped him. Worst case, he could actually kill him, which was possible even likely, most werewolf victims didn't survive the initial attack at all. While the thought was troubling, the thought of not being alone held such power that he brushed it off, he would keep him, raise him up. They could be a new family.
He had been staring out of the window a long time, night had fallen fully the crescent moon shining in the window when he heard the tell tale creak of the door behind him. He turned to see Teddy standing framed in the opening holding onto his winter coat like it was a security blanket.
"Hey little cub, you woke." Shane said with a smile.
Teddy nodded slightly.
"Well, come in here and have a sit, I will make you something to eat, you feeling peckish? You look it, a bit."
Teddy drug his feet but did as he was told, keeping hold of the coat, worrying the sleeve between his fingers. "I hurt, here." He mumbled pointing a place over his chest.
Shane frowned and ruffled the now shaggy red hair. "You're hungry pal, let me pull something together, you've had a long day." He walked into the kitchen while Teddy looked around, trying to figure out if there was a way to get out and get home.
"I-I want to go home Sir. Please? My mummy and daddy are going to be really angry with me." He practically whispered when Shane sat the tin bowl of stew in front of him.
"There will be none of that now. I am charged with taking care of you, keeping you safe. There will be no begging and pleading to go home. Evan, that's Mr. Yaxley to you, he has a very short temper and until his job is done this is still his house, so he could show up anytime he wants, I don't want you getting under his feet or causing him to lose his temper, mind. He isn't the nicest of men."
Teddy looked terrified as he nodded.
"No running off either, he knows this place like the back of his wand. He wouldn't hesitate to hurt you, and I am going to do my best to see that it doesn't happen. It's going to be you and me now cub. Alright?"
Teddy stared at him a moment before bursting into sobs and running to the flimsy bed he had just risen from, gripping the coat in his hands.
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Ginny was walking through the house holding James to her chest, he knew something was wrong, he was nearly two afterall. He was fussy and crying. She was trying her hardest to get him to sleep to no avail.
"Jamie, son shhhh. Everything is fine, it is time to go night night." She whispered into his ear, knowing it was fruitless to even try.
"I wan Dahhdeee, I wan dahhhhdeee." He wailed.
"Shhhhh, Daddy is busy, and it is bed time for the babies." Ginny said as she entered her son's room. She looked around at the quidditch themed toddler room, frowning a bit as this of course had once been the same theme as Teddy's nursery.
James sniffled and whimpered as she placed him on his toddler bed and tucked him in.
"No nigh, no nigh mommy no nigh."
James usually fought bed time and they had a routine, but tonight it was much worse, especially as the routine was impossible. .
On a normal day she would carry Albus while Teddy held James they would all sit and read a story before telling Albie night. She would then take Jamie to his room, Teddy trailing behind, already clad in jammies, and would place him in his bed before they read a "big boy" story to James and she would tuck him in, giving Teddy the chance to say goodnight to his younger brother before she took Teddy's hand and led him to his own room next door, repeating the ritual as Harry popped in each of the younger boy's rooms giving out kisses before meeting her in Teddy's room for the final goodnight of the evening.
She sighed deeply as James' cries continued, they had already placed Albie in his bed, but James was protesting, She tried anyways, knowing she couldn't make his routine the same tonight, and worrying about when she would be able to.
"Yes, night, it is time for mommy's boys to go night night."
"Tie for Abie to go nigh nigh." James muttered through a quivering lip like always.
Ginny nodded. "Time for Albie to go night night."
"Tie for Jamie to go nigh nigh." His lip pouted out.
"It is time for Jamie to go night night." She whispered into his head of dark hair.
"Tie for Tettie to go nigh nigh. No Tettie nigh nigh, mummie Tettie go nigh nigh. Abie, Jamie, Tettie, all nigh nigh." He cried craning his neck trying to see his brother.
"Teddy is bye bye tonight." She said, her voice hitching she tried not to cry. "He will be home soon, right now, time for Jamie to go night night." She said before smoothing his hair and humming the lullaby she had sang to all three boys at one point or another. Her mind was racing through their day as she watched James finally droop off to sleep.
Once they had found the evidence of Teddy being outside everyone had searched the surrounding woods and found nothing, only a set of feet prints that seemed to go from a tree to right where Teddy had disappeared. That was it. The ministry had been notified and somehow the press had found out. There were so many reporters outside that it was a madhouse.
Andromeda and her husband had arrived amidst flashes of blinding light and chaos, making her sob and shake harder. The entire family was at Potter manor, children included, making it loud and tense no matter where you went. Kreacher had come from Grimmuld place to help their other house elf cook and help mind children when needed. Luckily the place was so large there was room enough, it still seemed a bit cramped however.
Hermione and Ron had a room on the same hall as Harry and Ginny and the kids, Rosie was using a portable cot in their room. Bill and Fleur were around the corner on the guest hall, both girls were sharing their usual room, Louis was in the room that adjoined to theirs. Percy and Audrey were next to Bill their twin girls were across the hall. George and Angelina were at the end Fred and Roxy sharing the room that attached to theirs. Charlie had even come home and he was using the final room on the hall. Andromeda and Molly decided that they would stay in the suite off to the right of the guest wing, it had two bedrooms each with an ensuite bath. The suite had a seperate kitchen and sitting area. Daniel and Arthur readily agreed. Both women were distressed over their missing grandson and they needed each other. Not to mention it provided protection from the madness that was 10 children under the age of 8 and 11 grown kids who were all a nervous wreck.
Ginny was flummoxed over the amount of people in their home. She stood and walked out of the hall and down to their room, glancing over at Teddy's closed door, she couldn't bear to think about walking in there. Hoping Harry was inside she opened the door to their shared room and closed it softly, she turned finding herself completely alone.
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Harry was despondent. People had been trying to talk to him, he had to give a report to the MLE he was trying to stay away from windows so reporters couldn't see him, and he was pretty sure if the burning in his chest didn't let up his heart was going to explode. It was very late, or very early when he crept out of the hidden study that he had locked himself away in, staring at the fireplace idly for hours. He walked down their hall and poked his head into James' room, he saw him sprawled out, still sniffling in his sleep. Harry couldn't bring himself to go in. He closed the door softly and walked on, not even looking at Teddy's room, he looked into Albus' nursery to find the cot empty. Assuming Ginny had him in their room for a late night feed he closed the door and then turned, ready to go back into hiding already. As he walked by James' and Teddy's rooms he heard a sniff and noticed Teddy's door slightly ajar. He knew he had closed it earlier.
With a shaking hand he pushed the door open and walked through. He wasn't expecting what he saw, it made him forget the burning in his chest for a moment. Blonde hair flowed over the pillow of the single sized bed, and her little body shook with sobs. He took muffled steps towards her and placed his hand on her back. She didn't look up, she had spent enough time with him that she knew who it was.
"Vic you are supposed to be in bed lovie, it is after 2 in the morning." He chided softly.
"I miss Teddy, I NEED him here uncle Harry, he is my bestest friend." She cried.
Harry rubbed his finger over her raw cheeks and pulled her into his lap as he scooted further onto the bed and leaned back against the wall, rocking her slightly as he deftly sent a patronus from the room.
"He needs you to sweety. We will get him back, I promise you that. I will get him back, if I die trying, Teddy will make it home."
"Don't let him stay gone." She wimpered, her eyes getting heavy.
"Don't worry little one, he won't be gone for long." Harry said laying her down beside himself and burying his face in Teddy's pillow.
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The shining silver light woke Bill and Fleur immediately. Bill sat up, frantic, looking into the face of the stag. "I have Vic, we are in Teddy's room. Don't worry." It said in Harry's voice before fading. They looked at each other, sadness in their eyes. Victoire had been lost the whole day and had been restless at bedtime. They knew why Harry sent the message. With Teddy gone had they gone into her room and she was missing they would have thought she had been taken too.
Bill slipped out of their room and started towards Teddy's room, seeing his sister place Albus in his cot on his way.
"What are you doing down here?" she hissed, pulling her housecoat around her tightly.
"I got a patronus from Harry, about Vic. I was just checking on her." He whispered nodding towards Teddy's slightly open door.
Ginny's eyes widened and she walked to the room, gently pushing the door open. Tears sprang to her eyes at the sight. Victoire was laying in her uncle's arms. Holding Teddy's favorite stuffed wolf, her face smooth in sleep. Harry had drifted off beside her, gripping the Gryffindor scarf they had found earlier.
Bill waived his wand and the pair were covered with a blanket.
"I can't believe this is happening. Ginny mumbled as Bill pulled the door closed and then took her into his arms letting her cry into his night shirt.
"We will tear this world apart Gin, if not your brothers, well Harry will. Your son will be home safe and sound. I promise."
"I need him home." She cried, letting her tears overflow for the first time that day.
"And he will be Gin. He will be."
