A/N: Posting! Thanks for the comments! Its much appreciated. I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've had a lot to do lately.
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Teddy walked slowly up to the front steps of Hogwarts. The castle looked the same but it did not feel the same to be walking up to the door. Teddy knew that the inside of Hogwarts would look the same as well, but it would have a different feel. This was the Hogwarts he knew by sight, but he didn't quite know the atmosphere. There was a distinctly different feel to the younger building. Teddy wondered if he would be feeling this way if he didn't know that, just beyond those front doors, his father would be just waking to find a new day.
Teddy took in a deep breath, gathering courage to open the doors. He pulled at the handle and felt that the door seemed harder to pull open. He knew that it was only because of his state of mind and not actually because this door was in any way different from the one he had known. He opened the door wider and stepped inside. He was right. The inside of the castle looked exactly the same. Everything still looked obscenely old and slightly dusty. He took a good look around before he decided to continue into the castle. He shut the door behind him and walked forward toward the Great Hall. It also looked the same.
Looking down the hall, he found the changing staircase in exactly the same spot. He was somewhat surprised to find that he had thought it would have moved in the first place. Teddy brushed dark hair away from his eyes. He was going to have to get used to the length.
"Well, Theodore Temple, where to?" He said to himself, half just to hear his voice and half to get used to his new name. He took the steps carefully. He wasn't quite sure of the time and he didn't want to be spotted by anyone just yet. He walked up to the seventh floor and came to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" She huffed. Teddy smiled. She hadn't changed in the slightest bit. She was still just as impatient and huffy as usual.
"Well, are you going to give me the password or am I just going to have to wait on you all day?" She snapped.
Teddy groaned, "I don't know what the password is now. Umm... Fire lights?"
The Fat Lady shook her head.
"Well, it was worth a try. That's what it was a few hours ago..." Teddy muttered to himself as he walked away. He had another idea of where to stay. Now that he thought about it, this new idea seemed to have been a better option in the first place. After all, where would he have slept? He no longer had a bed in the Gryffindor dormitories. He might as well not even be a Gryffindor in this time. Teddy wondered how he was going to get a room and a house. He walked around a corridor three times and looked at a wall. Just as he had expected, a door appeared. He opened it and found a nice dormitory, complete with a dresser, bed, writing desk, nightstand, and a full bathroom. Teddy walked in and flopped onto the bed. It felt much softer than his old one. Teddy wondered if that was part of the magic of the Room of Requirements. He sunk under the covers and closed his eyes. He didn't want to fall asleep, he just wanted a little bit of relaxation before he went out and faced the new world he was in.
"Perhaps I should find Dumbledore and explain to him about the time traveling and how I need a place to stay. I probably won't need to be sorted again. I'm a true Gryffindor so it would just be pointless. Yes! That's what I'll do! I'll go find Dumbledore!" Teddy said, thinking aloud to himself. He hopped out of his bed and went out of his makeshift bedroom. He walked down the corridor, trying to think where he would find Professor Dumbledore. He walked to the Transfiguration room and found Dumbledore's office. Teddy knocked softly and listened as footsteps sounded behind it.
"May I help you, young man?" Professor Dumbledore asked as he opened the door. His blue eyes twinkled and Teddy smiled. He had never met Dumbledore in person before. He had to fight the urge to run up and hug the man he had heard so many wonderful things about.
"Professor Dumbledore, I was wandering if you could help me with an issue I have. Do you mind if we step into your office?" Teddy asked. He found it hard to look into those dazzling eyes as he talked to him. They seemed to have the same intensity as the sun.
He smiled, "Of course. Take a seat! Lemon drop?"
Teddy laughed. He could recall Harry telling him about Dumbledore's fascination with that Muggle candy.
" No thank you, sir."
"So, what was this issue that you wished to discuss with me?" He asked politely.
Teddy sighed, "I'm not from this time."
Dumbledore nodded, "I might have assumed not. For if you were, I would have surely seen you before. You couldn't have gone through almost all of your years at Hogwarts without having come into contact with me at least once. Well, are you going to tell me where you're from?"
Teddy stared, "Wow! You really are as brilliant as they say. Umm... I'm from 2024 and I'm in my sixth year of Hogwarts in that time. I'm in Gryffindor and both my parents were killed in a wizarding war. I've come back to meet them. My name is Teddy Lupin."
"Ah. So your father must be our very own Remus Lupin, if I am correct."
Teddy nodded, "Yes. What I really came to talk to you about was my housing situation. Is there anyway that I can stay in the Gryffindor tower? Right now I've made a home in the Room of Requirements. "
Dumbledore smiled, "You're a bright boy like your father. Yes. I can arrange that. It will be done by the end of the day. "
Teddy beamed at him and thanked him whole-heartedly. He turned to walk away.
"I suggest you go back to your room and get some rest. You look a bit worn from your travel. "
Teddy nodded and left the room. He was speechless from his encounter with Dumbledore. It was going to be one of those things he would never forget.
He walked back into his room and saw a chest in front of his bed. He opened it and found that there were clothes in it. He took out a comfortable looking pair of pajamas and changed into them. He was beginning to feel just how tired his body really was. As he got into bed, he felt content for the first time in weeks.
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Okay, it's a bit short but I have a headache and don't want to continue writing. So, tell me what you guys think!
i have a little survey.
Teddy should have a relationship with:
1. Lily
2. A made up character from another house
3. A made up character from Gryffindor
4. Someone's mother (ex: Susan Bones mom or something like that...)
5. No one until the next era...Harry's era.
Okay, vote!! I can't say that I'll put him with who you suggest but I really want to know what you think. It might help me a little in my next updates. But then again, perhaps I will put him with the most popular vote. We'll see!
