Disclaimer, summery and warning: See chapter one!

What happened so far: After defeating Voldemort Harry finds out that Ginny is dead. In shock, he uses a spell gives him a new start, minus the memories. Right after arriving in another time without memories he stumbles into a village where they are about to burn two children. Furiously Harry fights the whole village alone only to find unexpected help. They all escape though by then Harry is wounded and unconscious. As usual, he doesn't let such small things stop him for long and starts to get to know his new companions, including a grumpy Salazar Slytherin who after shipping of the kids to a new family invites Harry to become a defence Professor in his new school. There Harry meets Godric and Helga and is promptly brought to the hospital wing! In the meantime, Ron and Hermione followed him to ensure he was safe and not alone in a strange place. They can protect their memories and are much better prepared and now Salazar worries what their arrival might do to Harry's memories! Especially after just a few weeks after their arrival, a major memory returns to Harry. Luckily though the memory only brought them closer, the same was for the arrival of even more people from the future that reminded him of another negative memory. One that caused him to doubt that he was ever loved. By the end of that they finally kissed and got together and soon after became the proud parents of Teddy who went through time. Lets see how they cope with the cute boy when he's a little older!


New life, new time.

Chapter nine.

It's been five years since Teddy came to live with him. Nothing much has changed apart from the fact that Harry had to get used to mind a child. During his classes, Luna usually took care of the child since she was around anyway and didn't have any classes to teach. The others were all helping when Luna's baby had just been born to help with Teddy and the infant for a few days.

By now Teddy is nearly eight years old and running around most of the day playing with students or reading in the library. Ron also flies with him on occasion since he doesn't have as many classes and the Quidditch teams can only practise before or after classes when Harry has time for the little one.

Salazar is also still helping a lot and he's the one who taught Teddy to swim, read, write as well as counting and math. Salazar also already teaches Ted fundamental Herbology and Potions and claims him to be very talented. Teddy loves to learn something with Salazar or to just spend some time with him. And even though he isn't as cuddly as Harry or as funny as Godric or Ron, never mind the twins. He's nice in his own way and always has the best presents for him. Not necessary the most expensive ones but always exactly what Teddy wanted.

He was surprised at first that Salazar and Harry had different rooms and even more when he noticed that they are rarely seen kissing and he never noticed Salazar staying a night with Harry or the other way around. Though he would have preferred Salazar to stay with Harry since Ted has his room with Harry. But by now he wouldn't mind the other way around. This way he wonders if they are still dating or not? He isn't even sure anymore why he thought they are at first, he has hardly any memories of his time in the future or how he got here, he was too young to remember much. A bit here or there but not enough to know what was going on back then. But still, everyone seems to think that they are together and Salazar spends much more time with him than anyone else, apart from Harry, and Teddy has yet to see Salazar with anyone else than Harry, Teddy or some students. Well, he is occasionally with Godric, Helga and Rowena in a discussion or with another teacher but that doesn't count since it always seems work related and isn't nearly as often or long.

Teddy is currently with Salazar in Harry's living room while Harry still has one more class. They are reading a book together and switch who reads and listens and Salazar praises Teddy for reading so well already. When they finish the book Teddy looks at Salazar and asks, "Do you love Uncle Harry?"

"Of course I do." Salazar replies, "I love him very much."

"Why do you never kiss him?" Teddy asks. "Ron and Hermione kiss all the time when I'm there and Neville and Luna do too. You and Harry never kiss."

Salazar blushes a little, "That is because all those you just mentioned come from another time, the same one you and Harry came from. They were raised according to the customs of that time. I wasn't and it isn't considered very proper to kiss anyone where others see. Because of that they also keep it down in front of everyone who isn't from their time but even though you do grow up here you are one of them. Just like Harry."

"But you love him and he loves you?" Teddy asks.

"I believe he does," Salazar replies. "At least he never gave me any reason to doubt it."

"And why don't you live together and get married already?" Teddy questions.

"Because I don't want to push him," Salazar explains.

Teddy just looks at him like he's crazy and then sighs and says, "You know I asked Luna recently why you two aren't married and she told me that she isn't sure why you never asked but that if you won't ask soon Harry is bound to do it and that the only reason he hasn't already asked you is that since it's usually the man who asks a woman in a man-woman relationship, the man that gets asked is considered the mummy in a man-man relationship too. Which means you better ask him soon or I swear I'll start calling you mummy!"

"Not again," Salazar grumbles but smiles. "I swear I'll ask him real soon but don't call me that again."

"Again?" Teddy asks confused.

"Never mind just, don't call me that." Salazar orders.

"I give you a week." Teddy grins happily.

"Pushy little brat," Salazar says and starts tickling the little boy.

Both are still rolling around the ground when Harry walks in. In the past five years, he only had two more memories that came back to him during nightmares. Both were about Teddy's father. The first how that man had taught Harry the Patronus charm. And the second how Harry met Sirius and what happened that day from when Sirius as a dog pulled Ron towards the whipping willow and the secret passageway beneath until Harry had saved Sirius with his first little time travel.

Harry still has no memories of the boys mother and only knows her name and her ability since by now even Teddy knows that everyone is trying to keep Harry from remembering too much to keep the bad memories away and Ron, Hermione and the other time travellers took it upon themselves to tell the child about his parents.

"You two are mean." Harry jokes when he sees the two laugh on the ground. "I'm working hard to teach silly little kids the Patronus charm and you two are rolling around and have fun without me."

"Your fault." Teddy grins up at one of his two father figures because even though out of those two Harry would rather be the mother figure, he isn't really feminine. A mother hen, yes, without a doubt, but feminine, no way. "You could have kicked them out of your classroom and skip class."

"That is a good idea in general but there is a little trouble with that." Harry says, "One of my bosses is here and might kick me out."

"You could give him a kiss and I'm sure he'd quickly forget that you were supposed to work instead of kissing him," Teddy suggests and Salazar just turns bright red. "Look I made him go red."

"You shouldn't talk about kissing in front of him." Harry grins, "He's a little shy."

"He said it's not proper to kiss where others see and that Ron and Hermione and Neville and Luna don't care about me or you being there because in the time we come from it's different," Teddy says.

"That's true," Harry replies. "Or have you ever seen Godric kiss his girlfriend."

"Uncle God has a girlfriend?" Teddy asks shocked. "I didn't even know."

"Godric is courting Helga," Salazar explains. "He is even considering to marry her."

"Took him long enough." Harry points out and with a meaningful look adds, "They are courting for 3 years now and were looking at each other since I know them."

"I never noticed," Salazar says.

"You never looked." Harry grins and walks closer.

"Whatever." Salazar sighs, "I still have some homework papers to grade. I'll see you two at dinner right?"

"Sure," Harry says and watches Salazar leave.

"Why does he never stay over?" Teddy asks. "It wouldn't be kissing in front of me if he is in your room with you."

"He did once." Harry says, "But he left before you woke up and it was only because I had a bad dream about my past. He always stays with me when I remember something bad but that was only once since you came."

"What did you remember?" Ted asks.

"I remembered a day where my godfather nearly died. I had remembered his actual death a bit before you came from the future it is confusing to remember it out of concept and in the wrong order but still." Harry explains. "But it actually helps. It makes it less real on occasion and less painful than it was the first time around. But I also remembered something nice."

"What was that?" Ted wants to know.

"I remembered how your daddy taught me the Patronus charm," Harry says.

"You mean that light stag?" Teddy asks, "Daddy taught you that, really?"

"Yes." Harry laughs, "I'm sure Ron and Hermione or Neville and Luna mentioned that he was our teacher one year. And that year there were a few dementors around because someone had broken into the school, an assumed murderer. And because I already had many bad memories they affected me more than most and so I asked your dad to help me and he taught me that charm."

"Will you teach me that charm?" Teddy asks.

"When you are a little older." Harry promises, "But as soon as you have a wand, I will start teaching you, but be aware that even your daddy said that only very few manage a corporeal one and a bit of blue mist would already be very good especially when you are young. And I was 13 when he said that and you'll be 11 when you get your wand meaning you might need even longer to learn it. Don't get frustrated, I usually start teaching it to 16-year-olds and they need at least a few weeks to learn a bit of mist and many never manage a corporeal one."

"Okay," Teddy says happily. "But maybe I can get a corporal one when you start to teach it in my class."

"If you can I will let you show your classmates," Harry promises.

"Cool," Ted says and just hopes that Salazar will hurry up and ask Harry to marry him already. It doesn't seem normal to him that Harry and Salazar spend so little time alone with each other. He knows that Salazar often visits when he's about to go to bed but he's always gone when he looks into Harry's room during the night to see if he stayed. He just wants his Uncle Harry to be happy and is sure that Salazar makes him happy, but married he might make him even happier.

The week is nearly over and Ted starts to look threateningly towards Salazar so often that Harry already starts to look questioningly every time he notices but neither of his two guys has explained what is going on. Exactly a week later Salazar once again collects Ted from Luna to spend his free class with the child while Harry teaches his last class.

"You know I was tempted to call you mummy already," Ted growls as soon as they are alone. "And I will unless you get a move on and ask him before dinner tonight."

"In that case I'm safe but we two need to do something first." Salazar grins. "I thought you might like to help me pick a ring. I went to a few jewellers during the last week and have a selection of rings that I believe are all good but I can't choose which one to take and had some send here to pick one and then send the others back."

"And they just go along with that?" Ted asks.

"I'm rather wealthy and well known especially since the start of the school I'm making an even bigger name for myself in the wizarding community and such could get them to send me the best rings all spelt of course," Salazar says and takes the child to his own quarters to show the rings to him.

He has rings with different coloured stones, all of them spelt and even explains which one has what spells on them. Some of those have defence spells but Ted believes those unnecessary since Harry is already very good in defending himself but some also have spells to ward against nightmares or to help with depressions or calm in moments of shock. Ted prefers those since he does know that Harry left his time in such a moment and Salazar agrees that he might need those more.

In the end, Ted picks a silver band that is crafted to look like a snake who is also around and such holding the green emerald that is set into the ring. "I thought he used to be Gryffindor in his own time," Salazar asks knowing that Ted wants to be one because his parents were and Harry was in his time too even if he is supporting Slytherin now. He also doesn't want to be smothered by one of his house teachers.

"I know." Ted says, "But green matches his eyes and he is going to be a Slytherin isn't he? He has to have a ring to show that!"

Salazar just grins and hugs the boy before they both go to Harry's living room to decorate the room with roses and candles to give a nice atmosphere and also order dinner to be brought to their room for the occasion Ted asks if he should go to Ron and Hermione and Salazar tells him that he wouldn't have to. He may go if he doesn't want to be around for anything romantic that involves his father figure but that he is sure that Harry would want him involved in anything his son wants to be involved in. Ted still runs off for a sleepover but instead of with Ron and Hermione he goes to the Slytherin dorm and spends the evening with Maria. A young snake who always played with him since he's little saying that he's about the same age as her little brother who doesn't have magic and that she also wants to help Harry minding him because she claims that Harry had saved her life. He had never asked how but isn't surprised. Harry does have a people saving thing as everyone who knows Harry's past likes to point out. After playing with Maria he will go to Neville and Luna and spend the night with Harry's other godchild that lives in the castle. He had been jealous at first that he wasn't Harry's only godchild but while Harry is nice to that boy and playing with him and buying nice gifts, it's not the same as with Ted and he claims it's because Xeno, which is the name of Luna's boy, does have a father who is there for him and that since Ted's died he will do his best to fill the hole he left and that while he could never replace Remus, he will try to be everything for Ted that he needs.

When Harry gets back to his room he stares at the candles and roses and the already set table with two more candles and steaming food waiting for him. "Wow." He just breathes, "Where is Ted?"

"Maria." Salazar replies, "He bolted when he saw what I had planned. I'm not sure if he worried about interrupting anything or thought he might be in the way but I did offer that he eat with us and never suggested anything else but he asked and once I told him he could go he went to Mary and will go to Luna, Neville and Xeno later."

"Not surprising." Harry says and walks over to Salazar to give him a tender kiss, "This is really nice. And what made you do all this?"

"That is still a secret." Salazar grins and Harry starts to hope that he'll finally get asked to marry Salazar because if he won't before the end of the year, Harry had already decided that he will ask Salazar. He is sick of waiting.

Salazar has a hard time to get Harry to stop kissing and start eating but eventually, they sit down and eat and just talk about different things including Ted and their friends and even the last Quidditch house games and the training for the next students against teachers game. So far the teachers are undefeated. And while that certainly isn't Salazar's doing he did improve over the years and has thrown a few goals in the past or taken the ball from the opponents. And is at least as good as Godric and Mortimer who aren't the best players but at least acceptable. Ron, having a decent broom from his own time, has a mostly easy time to block all, or at least most attempts of his opponents to score and with Harry it doesn't even matter if the students do manage to get more past Ron than the other three get through, because Harry has yet to miss a snitch. And usually, the teachers game ends the fastest because no one ever spots it as quickly as Harry, who to keep it even, refuses to use his Firebolt in a game against the students and always uses a broom he has bought just for those games.

Both enjoy the dinner and after that retreat to the couch in front of the fire and Salazar cuddles with his companion and soon they kiss again until Salazar takes out the box with the ring and says, "Harry, my love, I've never been as happy as I was ever since I met you. I know I called you stubborn and annoying at first, and both sometimes still holds true, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I can't imagine losing you again and want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"

"Finally." Harry just breathers before he grins and says, "Yes I'll marry you, I've been waiting for that question for ages."

"I admit I was about to wait for the last day of the school year before asking you but Ted and I talked last week about it because he had some questions and eventually Ted threatened to call me mummy unless I man up and ask you already," Salazar admits.

"Remind me to buy him the best broom on the market and let him use my Firebolt if he ever gets into a team." Harry grins, "He surely deserves it for this. And maybe we could finally get married this summer."

The next morning Ted runs to Harry when breakfast starts saying loud enough for everyone in the great hall to hear, "Did he finally ask or did he chicken out?"

Harry just laughs while Salazar groans. "I'm engaged so no, he didn't chicken out," Harry replies also loud enough for the whole school to start cheering for their Professors.

After that Harry leans over to Salazar and whispers, "Just so you know, I want enough kids to have our own Quidditch team."

"I assumed at as much." Salazar replies in a whisper, "And I'm looking forward to every one of them. As long as none of those ever call me mummy."


Authors Note: Thanks to daithi4377, Gambito, littlesprout and vjean1997 for the reviews. I was very happy to get some again today! Seems like I'm occasionally faster with my updates than you with finding the time to read it.

Now that they are getting married, will they get their personal Quidditch team? Will I write one memory after the other followed by cute comfort moments or will I find a better way to tie up the loose ends? Will anyone else come to the past, which would become repetitive I think, and what about the Basilisk, someone asked me in a review, what do you think? Did I forget about that? And what about the people in the future, will you find out how Molly copes with just three of seven kids left with her? And did Charly even stay close to the family or will he move back to Romania leaving her short another child that is close? Will Harry regret that he did that to Molly in his moment of weakness or never remember the closest he had to a mother after losing his real one?