Hey, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update but being the genius I am I forgot/didn't bother to read the ingredients list on an iced biscuit I ate - turns out the icing was almost pure egg white. I'm allergic to eggs so I've been vomiting on and off for the last couple of days (what fun). Anyway this is the last chapter of this fic! Enjoy :D
"I'm going to invite Teddy over tomorrow, is that okay?" Harry asked at the breakfast table, now that the trials were over and all the gang members imprisoned he had plenty of time to spend with his family. "Sure, are you still taking him to the zoo?" Draco asked, he hadn't let Harry know but he had never been to a zoo and was rather excited at the idea of seeing animals native to far off lands. "Yeah, I was planning on taking Avie as well, you can come too if you want" Harry said helping himself to another slice of toast. "I'd love to" Draco said handing Harry the jar of Nutella. Harry smiled, he had enjoyed taking Avielle to the park and wanted more regular family outings. "Great, do you want me to send Teddy a letter or go visit him?" Harry asked knowing Draco sometimes got jealous of the time he spent with his godson. "Send him a letter, you'll have plenty of time to talk in person when he's here" Draco said with a smile, he didn't want to keep them apart but Harry's visits often took all day. "Okay" Harry agreed. He began writing the letter but paused to ask "How long can he stay?" Draco looked thoughtful for a moment "As long as Aunt Andy will let him" he responded with a look that made Harry feel stupid.
"Harry, it's for you" Draco called taking the letter from the stubborn owl. Harry finished changing Avielle's nappy, washed his hands and rushed downstairs. He was relieved to see the owl belonged to Andromeda not Minerva. "Thanks" Harry said taking the letter, Teddy was allowed to stay for a week after which Andromeda promised to look after Avielle for an evening to give them some time to themselves. Harry spent the rest of the day transfiguring things in the bedroom next to theirs into things from Teddy's bedroom at their old house. He managed to get the mobile to have the same number of planets but he struggled to get the moons to orbit in the correct directions. The bed linen was crisp blue and smelled of Harry's favorite muggle fabric softener. "Almost done?" Draco asked from the doorway, he stood with Avielle in the carrier on his chest. "Yep" Harry said as he finished off a train set. Avielle smiled as Harry turned and waved. "I never thought you'd wear that quite so often" Harry said gesturing to the once hated baby carrier. "I didn't either but it's quite convenient" Draco replied remembering a time when he was too fashion conscious to wear the bright red carrier.
Teddy arrived at eight o'clock the next morning via Floo with Andromeda not far behind. Draco took Teddy's bags and showed him to his room while Andromeda cuddled Avielle. Andromeda wished Harry and Draco good luck and said good bye to her grandson with a hug. "Be good" she said firmly to which he nodded. Green flames illuminated the room and Andromeda was gone. "Zoo?" Harry asked, Teddy's hair changed to black and white zebra print as he said "Yes please!". Harry took Teddy upstairs to get his hat as Draco prepared Avielle's bottles for the day. "Teddy just for the day could you keep your hair one colour, it would scare the muggles if it kept changing" Harry said fitting the hat on the childs head. "Okay" Teddy agreed changing his hair to the same deep black as Harry's. Meeting up in the kitchen the two adults ran through a checklist before putting on their shoes. "If we've forgotten anything we can probably go without it, if not I'll apparate back and get it!" Draco said, it was something Harry often said but Draco had added the end to personalize it. "Off we go" Harry said taking Teddy's hand as the stepped out the front door. They took muggle public transport to the zoo ariving on a red double decker bus. Teddy was thrilled to see the posters showing the variety of animals the zoo had. Harry paid the entrance fee and took three maps. He gave one to Draco, one to Teddy and kept one for himself. "Where to first?" Harry asked after giving Teddy an opportunity to look over the map. The five year old looked incredibly thoughtful. "Can we see African animals first?" He asked pointing to the section of the map highlighted Orange, it just happened to be the furthest away. "Sure thing" Harry said glad he had put on his runners.
With all the detours to see animals it took them three quarters of an hour to reach the African animals section. "Lions!" Teddy exclaimed peering through the glass to see the pride of Lions as they slept under the shade of a large tree. "They're sleeping" Teddy said pointing to the Lions, "Can you see them Avie?" Teddy asked looking at the baby. Avielle was facing outwards for the first time and she seemed to be looking around happily. "I think she likes them" Draco said grasping her right hand. Teddy seemed pleased but it didn't last for long as he soon dragged them on to see the next enclosure "Giraffes! They're taller than you both, even if you stood on each other!" Teddy said excitedly. They let Teddy lead them around the zoo occasionally altering his route or plan to see an animal show. "I want a pet seal!" Teddy said as they exited the seal show arena. He began making seal noises and pretending to kiss Avielle's hand the way the seal had kissed it's keeper's. "Are you hungry yet?" Harry asked leading them toward the food court. "Yes! I could eat a...big animal" Teddy said unable to think of a creature he could eat. "Okay, I'll buy lunch if you find a table" Draco said leaving Harry and Teddy. Finding a table was harder than expected as the zoo was rather crowded. "We're about to leave if you want our table" a lady said as Teddy and Harry walked past. Harry thanked the lady and took possession of the table. Teddy was thrilled to see that it was next to an animal themed play fort. "Can I go play, Pleeeeeease?" Teddy asked jumping up and down on the spot. "Okay, but stay where I can see you" Harry said. Draco arrived shortly later with sandwiches cut into animal shapes, hot chips and bottles of juice with animal straws. "Teddy" Harry called watching as the little boy fare welled his playmates. Draco made sure Teddy used muggle hand sanitizer, one of his favorite muggle inventions, before eating his sandwich.
After lunch they managed to take a guided tour through the nocturnal animal display, Teddy enjoyed seeing the owls and bats most of all. The ventured through the snake house where Harry was happy not to be able to understand the slithering creatures. The Australian animal exhibit was Teddy's favorite by far. He had never seen a Kangaroo before let alone patted and fed one. He kept insisting on a second bag of food for so long that Harry finally caved and found one. Many people commented on how beautiful and alert Avielle was, something which made Draco very pleased. They found themselves back at the African animal section in time for Teddy to feed an Elephant. They were looking at a Binturong (A.N look them up they are incredible) when the loud speaker called out that the zoo would be closing in fifteen minutes. They rushed to the gift shop where Harry purchased a seal shirt, a stuffed kangaroo, a headband with elephant ears and an A-Z book of animals for Teddy and a stuffed rabbit, a zebra stripe baby suit and a snow globe for Avielle. Draco bought himself a giant slinky, something that fascinated him. They got on the bus with their bags of souvenirs and arrived home half an hour later. Teddy was yawning but still managed to play with Draco and the slinky while dinner was being made. He almost fell asleep in his spaghetti and Harry deemed him too tired for a bath. Harry tucked Teddy in and showered before climbing into his own bed. His feet ached but it had been worth it to have a very fun day with his family.
The End - I hope you have enjoyed reading this fic (I've had a lot of fun writing it). This isn't really the end as I plan on writing further fics involving Avielle when I get more time :D Leave a Review if you want, I'd really appreciate it :D