So, a *slightly* more upbeat AU.
Slightly.
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I do want to warn people: I intend this story to last for decades(in story, not like OUR lives)
Which means that I might take a skip at some point once the werewolf arch is over, and visit different character lives, different conflicts, etc-
This includes weddings and next gen kids! Yay!
(warning: non canon couplings might-will- happen)
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The next week passed quietly, but the morning of the 20th was anything but quiet. They had gotten up early, the plan had been to Apparate before noon, but Teddy was not too keen on doing anything but cry and Harry was running late. That was fine, because Remus and Tonks were on their tenth attempt to get Teddy bathed and dressed. The doorbell rang, sending Teddy into another fit of tears.
"Dora, go, I'll handle it." Remus finally said, as he held a screaming Teddy still wrapped in towels.
"Remus, he wouldn't sit still for his bath, I highly doubt he'll let you get him dressed without a tantrum." She said, trying to tug socks onto Teddy's flailing feet. "Mum can get it."
Remus set Teddy down on the changing table, and after another ten minutes, they at least had him in a tshirt and pants- but he had managed to shove his socks off again.
"Does he really need socks?" Remus asked, gently tugging a jumper over Teddy's head.
"It gets cold in Switzerland, Remus, yes he needs socks." She said, picking up the socks from where they had fallen to the floor.
"You know, one day- soon- we're going to have to figure out a better routine with getting him dressed."
"What do you mean?" She asked as she, once again, tugged the socks onto Teddy's feet.
"Well, in a few months, I don't think you'll have an easy time having to continuously bend down to retrieve clothes that he's thrown because I'm too busy holding him to ensure he doesn't throw himself to the floor."
"Then I'll hold him."
"And have him kick you repeatedly?"
"My child kicking me repeatedly, wow, I wonder how that feels." She remarked. Remus rolled his eyes in a very non-Remus way and picked Teddy up before he could reach for his socks again. "I'll go see if that was Harry, alright? Can you get his shoes on?"
He nodded and she turned from the room, heading downstairs.
"Mum?" She called, heading for the kitchen.
"Yes, love?" Andromeda answered from the kitchen.
"Was that Harry?"
"No, no, that was Ellie from next door." Andromeda responded as Tonks entered.
"Alright, well, I'm going to go to Grimmauld and see where he is, then." She said, heading for the fireplace. She threw down Floo powder, disappearing into the fireplace in a flash of green.
As she expected, she stumbled as she arrived in Grimmauld Place's kitchen, the room spinning for a moment as she grabbed the table. She took a deep breath, and when the wave passed, headed up the kitchen stairs. She managed to get by the portrait without waking it, heading further upstairs.
"Harry?" She called once she was out of range of Walburga. The house was silent, and she frowned. "Harry?" She called, a little louder.
"Sorry, I'm here!'' Came Harry's voice from the sitting room. There was a bang as she approached the door.
"Are you alright?" She asked, stepping into the sitting room. Harry looked up from the four books at his feet.
"Oh yeah, brilliant, thanks." He responded, leaning down and picking the books up. "I didn't realise what time it was, I'm sorry."
Her eyes wandered over his face. "Did you sleep last night?" She asked, and he shook his head.
"No- I mean, yes, but-" He shrugged as he dropped the books onto the sofa. "I slept for a couple hours."
"Nightmares?"
"Always just the one, Tonks." He said quietly, turning back to the bookshelf.
"So, what do you do all night when you can't sleep?" She asked, and then she gestured to the room. "Clean?"
"Kind of." Harry said, grabbing more books and adding them to the small pile on the sofa. "I- it helps me relax, kind of. To sort through this stuff, because I'm pretty sure on what Sirius would want to keep and what he wouldn't, and I want to finish what we started all those years ago."
She nodded. "I can see that. It's definitely looking better than it did when we left."
"I- can I show you something?"
Tonks nodded and Harry walked over to the wall that had once held the tapestry, which he had covered up months ago with drapes. He waved his wand and the drapes fell to the ground.
"It took me a while, I had to read through a lot of the books around here and some of the stuff was pretty useless." Harry explained as she walked over to stand next to him. "But, uh, I managed it. Last night I finished it."
She brushed a hand over the golden names and golden threads, completely speechless as she read the new names. Her mother's was restored, her father's name was there. Her name, Remus' name, Teddy.
"You did this?" She asked quietly, and he nodded.
"I plan to remove Bellatrix's name, maybe some of the other Death Eaters, but I'm just working on restoring names for now." Harry explained. "Sirius' name was hard- maybe Walburga used a harsher spell than what was used for your Mum's name, but-"
"It's great." Tonks said. "You're a brilliant wizard, Harry."
"Sometimes." Harry said. "Still haven't managed to get rid of the portrait, but that's next."
"Have you tried blasting it?"
"Tonks, I have neighbours."
"They don't even know you live here." Tonks said.
"Right, and the Muggles living on either side of me will start to blame each other when they hear me blast a hole in my wall."
"I'm not sure they'll hear it, the wards are pretty strong." Tonks said.
"Well, I'm not worried right now." Harry said. "I'll grab my bag so we can go, I know you lot wanted to leave this morning-''
"We're not even ready to leave yet." Tonks said. "Teddy's getting worse with his moods, I only hope he calms down a bit in the future. Or, at the very least, calms down while we're away. I just wanted to make sure Death Eaters didn't get you."
"I keep waiting for them, but they keep wasting their opportunities." Harry remarked, with a dramatic shrug. "I'll be right back, I'll get my things."
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