I'm sorry I took so long... I had written it complately in Ginny's pov and it just didn't work... So I deleted it and started from Harry's POV...

I hope you enjoy it...


HPOV

49. A day out.

Fuck! I cursed silently as I read the front page of the Prophet. A horrid picture of very badly treated people in a prison covered a large part of the page. The headline above said 'the never ending horror'. I quickly read the story below.

On Friday evening around nine, ministry officials charged with the search for the lost witches and wizard of the war, found a deserted island just north of Scotland filled with banned witches and wizards. All of them are muggle borns, they have been banned and their wands have been snapped by the former ministry. The conditions they were send to live in are horrifying, there wasn't much food and people were forced to do horrible hard jobs. It reminded many muggle borns of the camps during the muggle second world war. People were in very bad condition, malnourished and all needed attention from the St. Mungo's medical staff. On the island 3 alleged Death Eaters were who were responsible for punishment on the island were arrests. The ministry official claim these men were interviewed by the auror office and provided vital information on the whereabouts of searched Death Eaters. For further information on the island and the prisoners, see page 3, for further information about the hunt for the culprit of this horror, see page 4.

That idiotic, fucking, annoying, fat pink bow tied toad! That hag had send all those people there. I was ready to rip the pages to shreds when I heard Gin walking out on the deck.

As I didn't want anything to mess up our last happy day before the real life started I quickly turned to page four to see what the Prophet thought about the person responsible for this madness. Tomorrow Ginny would leave for her first big training camp and I would start at the ministry at eight, our life as grown-ups would start. We had a nice day out planned and news like this would influence us both and could ruin the day.

"Andromeda and Teddy have just arrived." Ginny announced as she sat down at the breakfast table.

"Hmmm…" I murmured in acknowledgement, I had just found the article I was looking for and was somehow relieved that the Prophet was pointing finger in the same direction as I did. There was a small statement from the ministry in the article but it was very minimalistic, something along the lines of 'We have an idea but we are not going to say any thing'. I wasn't a big pro on keeping things silent but the whole world knew who we were looking for, so it wasn't needed to speak openly about it.

"Harry?" Ginny said quite loudly.

"Yes, love." I said as I looked up from the paper.

"Didn't you hear me?"

"About what?" I asked confused.

"Andromeda and Teddy have arrive, Drooble is meeting them at the gate."

"Oh, really… I'm sorry I was distracted."

"You say… what's it about?" She asked with a frown to the paper in my hand. I wondered if I should tell her, I didn't want her to get upset about it but on the other hand if I didn't tell her and somebody else would I would be in deep trouble.

I sighed and handed her the paper.

"Here have a look." I whispered.

I watched her face as she looked at the picture. Her beautiful deep bruin eyes widened and than glared with ice at the page. A cat like hiss past her lips and she was about the swear out loud when we heard the bubbly laughter of my godson.

Ginny quickly put the paper down and rearranged her face into a smile. Only her eyes still showed her anger.

"Harry! Ginny!" Andromeda greeted us happily. Teddy was sitting on her arm and waved at us. The little man was getting quite smart.

"Hello." I said back with a smile. Ginny got up and picked up Teddy from Meda's arms.

"Hey, little man, ready for a day in the park?" She asked happily.

"Des…" He said. Both Ginny and I looked up in surprise. We had heard him making sounds and trying to say small things but he had never answered a question before. I guessed he was still too young to speak words or understand and answer questions.

"Oh yes, that…" Meda said with a sigh. "Hermione came over yesterday. She brought some muggle kids books she thought Teddy would like. She stayed for tea and tried to get Teddy to talk, she got as far as teaching him to say something close to yes and what it means."

"That's very good." Ginny said.

"Yeah, I thought so too, until he started to be like his mother and didn't shut up. It's yes, yes, yes and yes, all the time." Andromeda sighed.

"We will teach him some other words." Ginny said with a smile.

"Isn't he a little too young to talk?" I asked a bit confused.

"Yeah, well I know Dora was a quick talker and I'm sure with Remus's intelligence he was too, so I'm not really surprised." Andromeda answered with shrug. Though she was a bit blasé about it I could clearly hear the pain in het voice as she spoke of her daughter and son in law. I couldn't help but flinch against the pain that ran through me, it was like a mantra 'myfault'.

Drooble served tea and sandwiches for breakfast and offered some fruit for Teddy.

"Master Harry, I have a picnic basket ready for you." Drooble said when he finished serving.

"Thank you, Drooble."

The elf nodded and disappeared.

"Have you read the Prophet this morning Harry?"Meda asked.

I took a sip of my tea and nodded. I didn't wanted to talk about it too much. Somehow, I felt responsible for the pain of those people. I know it would probably sound silly but I should have cursed that toad into oblivion when I had the chance at the ministry. I should have cursed her so badly that she wouldn't have been able to carry on her horrid work.

"Horrible isn't it. I hope they catch the one responsible for it." Meda sighed.

"I'm making it my personal target as off tomorrow." I growled.

"Does Arn or Kingsley have an idea who is responsible for this?"

"Yes, we all know who was responsible for the deportation, exclusion and punishment of muggle borns. The hag won't escape hers." I said severely.

"Let's not talk about this now. We have a fun day planned." Ginny said brightly. I wanted to snap at her for being so cheery when we were discussing these horrible things but her eyes were focused on Teddy. He was watching us, his mousy brown hair told us he was unsure and almost scared. His lower lip was quivering.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and nodded.

"Yes, you're right Ginny. This is not a discussion for now."

Andromeda caught on and distracted Teddy with some food until his hair was bright blue again. I thought that blue was his current choice of fashion but Meda explained that he couldn't choose. He was too young to have control over it, at the moment his moods still effected the color.

"He will need to understand that it isn't normal first. Than he has to learn how he can change his appearance consciously. It's more difficult than Dora made it seem. She was a natural at all new things but even she had a hard time learning how to change her appearance like that."

"I never knew." Ginny breathed sadly. "she always was so easy about it. She never mentioned that it was difficult."

"By the time you met her it wasn't but believe me a lot of things were destroyed in her tantrums when things didn't work for her." Meda chuckled at the memories.

I couldn't help but feeling that wave of guilt running through me again. I had lost my parents, friends and even a brother like Fred but I couldn't even begin to understand how it would be to loose your only child, son-in-law and husband in one go. And it was all because of me, or at least partly because of me. Tonks died defending me.

I heard a small Ginny like voice was telling me that it wasn't true but I couldn't help but feel that way. It was always my fault.

"What are you going to do about his hair today? I understand you want to take him to a muggle park?" Andromeda asked a few seconds later.

"Yes." I said quickly as I pulled my focus back to Teddy and Andromeda. "I was thinking that a strong glamour will work. If not we have to think of something else to do."

"Yes, I did that with Dora as well. Glamour charms always do the trick." Andromeda nodded. "this little man will love the park."

I nodded and took Teddy from Ginny's arms as she got up to lead Andromeda back to the gate.

"At what time will you be back?" Ginny asked when Andromeda got up to leave.

"After dinner. We have made reservations at our favorite restaurant. Is that too much trouble?"

"Oh, no. Don't worry. If Teddy gets tired we will put him in bed here." Ginny said with a smile.

Andromeda nodded and left with a pop.

We stood there for a few seconds staring at the place where she left. It wasn't until he moved that I remembered having Teddy in my arms.

"Well, Drooble got everything ready. We might as well leave now and enjoy the full day." I suggested.

"Yes." Ginny said happily and smiled as she turned towards the house.

I really had been looking forward to today. Yesterday, Ginny and I had an awesome day in Godric's Hollow but it was an emotional day, I never thought that entering my parents house would do so much to me but it was like being pulled back into Tom's memories. The horror images of how he killed my parents flowed freely. I should have known that it would happen there.

Still, Ginny and I had fun, we met some really nice people and my conviction that Godric's Hollow was a good place to live was confirmed.

Today was going to be even more fun. Though I wasn't foolish enough to not expect any emotional weight on this day. Going out with Teddy always held some sort of heavy emotion but at least the weather was nice and the park would be filled with new things to show Teddy.

"What do you think Teddy. Shall we do the glamour now?" I asked him as I sat him down on the deck.

"Des!" the boy clapped happily.

I drew my wand and said the words. The small boy shivered as the spell changes his hair. It turned in ink black, like mine. I hadn't done that on purpose but as I saw it I realized that it would make it a lot easier to explain to anyone who would ask that this boy was mine.

"Black?" Ginny asked surprised as she came walking out with the basket. Her voice sounded playful.

"Yeah, beautiful isn't it." I said with a grin.

"It looks good on Teddy, yes but I'm sure our kids will be redheads. Your mom was a redhead, as is my whole family so don't get too used to it." She kissed my cheek quickly and walked towards the gate without looking back.

"Come on Teddy, or your aunt Ginny will leave without us." I said as I picked him up and I hurried after Gin. Just beyond the gate she turned to me with the most dazzling smile and apparated away.

"Gin!" Teddy squealed as she disappeared. I was so shocked to hear him say her name that for a second I forgot what I was to take Teddy to the park. I just stopped and stared at the toddler in my arms.

"Gin! Gin! Gin!" He continued to squeal, pointing at the spot where she had disappeared.

I took a moment to regain my thoughts and smiled at Teddy.

"Yes, lets go find, Ginny." I said and grabbed the boy firmly in my arms, closed my eyes and focused on the apparating spot in Diagon Alley.

I was a bit nervous taking Teddy along. I wasn't sure if it was wise to apparate with him when he was starting to create a will of his own but Andromeda promised me that it would be fine. She explained that it was my magic that pulled him along, so as long as I stayed focused it would be alright.

"Gin!" Teddy squealed again only a moment my feet hit the floor.

"Oh my god! Harry! Did you hear that?" Ginny yelped. I hadn't even been able to catch a breath when her arms wrapped around us. "Harry, he said my name. Isn't that awesome!"

I took a deep breath and looked down at the excited woman that pressed herself against me and Teddy.

"He was squealing your name the moment you left." I told her.

"Really?"

"Yes, really. What else did you expect you are after all his favorite aunt."

"Yeah, the rest is dead or crazy!" she snorted. Her comment placed to Bellatrix and Narcissa. Though I agreed on the dead and crazy part, it still felt like a raw blow. I didn't want to be reminded about Bellatrix. It brought back sound on a screaming Hermione.

I tried to hide my reaction to her words by quickly changing the subject.

"Shall we go?" I asked.

"Yes."

Ginny and I took Teddy through Diagon alley towards the Leaky Cauldron. It was busy. I wondered if the Hogwarts letters had already arrived because there were a lot of kids around. Teddy clearly enjoyed himself as he was looking around him at all the witches and wizards bustling around. Though, it was sunny and warm many people looked upset, it wasn't hard to guess why. The news of this morning had clearly reached Diagon Alley.

"George and Ange will be doing good business today." Ginny commented as she pointed at the store at the end of the street. There was a long row in front of the shop.

"Ron and Hermione will be there to help them out." I said.

"Yeah, maybe we should go and see them later."

"If it isn't too busy. I don't feel up for every kid looking at me." I sighed.

Ginny lifted an eyebrow in question and shook her head. She understood to certain extend my hatred of being in large crowds but I don't think she will ever understand the way I feel when people point at me, look at me or whisper behind my back. It made me physically sick. I always was waiting for the moment that once again people would turn against me, hate me for thing I would never do, or worse admire me for something I hadn't done. I don't know if I will ever get used to it.

We slowly walked through the Leaky Cauldron and out to the muggle London. In the Leaky Cauldron everybody was bend over the Prophet, softly muttering in disgust. I couldn't blame them, it was disgusting to think of all those people on that island.

Muggle London was completely different, where in my world everybody was obvious shocked by the latest news, the muggles only cared for the sun and how to get a tan as soon as possible. The women and girls were flaunting in thin summer dresses and the men were all wearing shorts and t-shirts. It was warm and cheery.

I heard Ginny taking in a deep breath and sighed.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Absolutely nothing." She said with a happy smile. "It's just so nice to see happy people."

I nodded, I totally got what she said, seeing the muggle world so happy with the summer was infectious. I just couldn't help but smile.

With Teddy in Ginny's arms and me carrying the basket we made our way to Hyde park. I choose to go to Hyde park because there would be a lot of people. We wouldn't stand out there and Teddy could see enough muggles and new things to spark his interests.

"Here lets sit down under the trees. The sun will be too warm for Teddy." Ginny said as she pointed out a group of trees a bit off the path.

"Okay." I nodded. I looked around and saw that slowly it was getting busy in the park. People would worship the sun in nothing but a few pieces of clothing. Kids were playing in the playground close by and there was a dog park where people were having fun with their dogs. Tourists were taking pictures. It was a really nice and active place to sit down.

I spread out a blanket and placed the basket next to the tree so that it was fully in the shade. I knew Drooble would have magically preserved the food but it would look strange if it stood in the sun all day.

Soon Teddy and Ginny were off, Ginny lay down with Teddy in the grass and played with him. Ginny looked so beautiful as she played with Teddy. Her slim but curvy figure danced in the sunlight, it was beautiful. I had fallen in love with her fiery eyes and character but her body held me equally focused. I just sat there and enjoyed the view.

Ginny showed Teddy around, pointing to the dogs and to people that were playing around. When a ice-cream van stopped close by she bought us all ice-cream. Which, naturally, Teddy made a mess of.

It was an understatement to say that Teddy loved the park. After a few minutes of carefully watching around him and the playful distraction by Ginny, he started to enjoy all the sights and people around him. He laughed loudly and pointed happily to new things he saw.

Somehow dogs were just drawn to him. Many of the people walking their dogs had a hard time getting them away from him.

The first time it scared the living daylights out of me and Ginny.

There was this big dog, I don't even know what kind of dog it was but it was massive. The owner let the dog loose and it made one straight line for Teddy who was just trying to standup on grass. The dog ran so fast towards Teddy that I couldn't even react and Ginny just screamed.

But when it reached Teddy it skidded to a halt just in time to prevent a collision, the dog barked happily as it danced around Teddy.

I was afraid that it would scare the little man but Teddy was clapping in his hands and squealing happily. When he finally lost his balance in the grass and fell on his back the dog licked in his face and the boy was still laughing and squealing.

I made my way towards them before the playing got too roughly. By the time I reached for the dog the owner was running towards us in full panic.

"Benno! Benno! Here! Come here!" the woman screamed. I guessed the dog was named Benno but it didn't listen. I quickly grabbed its leash and pulled him off the still laughing Teddy. Ginny quickly grabbed Teddy and took him high up in her arms.

"Gin! Dog!" the boy squealed as he pointed to the large dog that was still trying to play with him.

"Yes, Teddy, that's a dog." Ginny said with a relieved sigh.

"Benno sit!" The woman growled again. This time the dog listened and stop struggling against my hold. I let him go and the dog sat down. "oh I'm so sorry." The woman said as she finally reached us. "Is your son alright? Benno loves kids but he has never done that before."

I was a bit confused by her words but quickly recovered by realizing that she thought Teddy was our son.

"Oh, I think he is alright." I said. I could hear my own voice quivering, apparently I was more shaken than I thought.

"I'm really sorry. Benno normally listens really well." The woman said again.

"It's okay. I'm just happy Teddy didn't got scared of dogs. It appears he had just as much fun as the dog." Ginny said after she checked over Teddy for injuries.

"It's the first time he is out in a park with dogs." I explained.

"Oh really!" The woman groaned. "and my Benno would go and do something crazy to him like that."

"Honestly don't worry too much about it. Teddy seems to be okay." I said again. I didn't want the woman to feel bad about something that never really happened. It was scary for a few seconds but after that as long as Teddy was alright, everything was alright.

The woman left still saying she was sorry. Teddy was almost crying that the dog left, he was waving after the dog for a few minutes. We distracted him with food and toys we brought. It worked.

Though, these kind of encounters with dogs didn't stop with only one. During the late morning quite a few dogs came to visit Teddy, some played roughly but Teddy never seemed to care, he just sat in the grass clapping his hands and squealing loudly. Ginny and I stopped caring as well. He was happy, what more could we ask for.

"I wonder why dogs are so drawn to him." Ginny said as we watched him play happily with a small Labrador.

"I don't know. Maybe it's because of what Remus was…" I said.

"Yeah, maybe. We should tell Andromeda about this, maybe she can get a dog when Teddy is a bit older. I'm sure Teddy would love that."

"Or we take one."

"I'm not sure if that is a good idea. We both will be away a lot, we can't ask Drooble to take care of a dog. I'm not even sure a dog would listen to him."

After we had a large lunch Teddy took a nap, it left Ginny and me time to talk freely.

"It's a beautiful day." Ginny commented and she lay her head down in my lap. I was sitting against a tree next to where Teddy was sleeping.

I looked down at Ginny, small beams of sunlight glittered over her face and through her hair. She looked so beautiful. Her face was relaxed and a small smile played around her lips. I bent down to kiss her. It always made my blood sing when our lips met like that. It was a very addictive feeling and I was addicted badly.

"Yes, it is." I whispered against her lips.

"You have been very quiet most of the morning." She commented.

"I have. I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Is something wrong?" She asked. Her feisty eyes flashed open and grumbled every attempt to lie.

"Not wrong, love. I'm just thinking."

"You are thinking sad and dark things again, aren't you."

Was I? I didn't know for sure. Mostly I had been thinking about Teddy and his attraction to dogs. Also the news from this morning had been lingering in my mind. Yes, sad things.

"I… I was thinking about Teddy." I admitted.

"About Remus and Tonks?" Ginny asked carefully.

"Yes, some of it. More about Teddy's thing with dogs. I was thinking about how much he would have liked having Sirius playing with him. Sirius in his dog form was even greater than the man, I think, for kids I mean. He would have been a great uncle." I sighed sadly.

"Yeah, he probably would have been. What where you thinking about Remus and Tonks?"

She knew me so well. I had hoped to evade answering that by telling her my thoughts about Sirius. I looked down at her face, her eyes told me that she already knew what I had been thinking. Apparently the look on my face confirmed it. She reached up and her soft hand captured my face.

"Harry." She sighed. "You can't live on thinking like that."

"I know." I sighed. I glanced at Teddy before looking back to her. "I just can't help it. Every time I see Teddy… I just can't help but thinking that they should have been here, they should have been the ones taking him into the world, introducing him to new things. They should be the ones who would hear his first words, not me, not us. It isn't fair to him. It isn't how his life was supposed to be, Remus and Tonks should have stayed with him, I wanted them with him not defending me."

With a swift move Ginny got up and wrapped her arms around me. At first I thought she was angry with me for wallowing. Sometimes she get so angry with me for wallowing in what could have been. She would yell at me and tell me to stop living in the past and live now but it wasn't as easy as she claimed it to be.

To my relieve she wasn't angry, her eyes conveyed understanding and compassion.

"I know it isn't fair, Harry. I miss them too. Tonks and Remus would never mean to me what they did to you but still…, Remus was a kind and friendly man, a good teacher, Tonks was like an older sister I never had, I miss them both, especially when I see Teddy." She sighed sadly. "I can see it all, how Tonks would laugh when he did silly thing, how Remus would try to teach him new words and how to read. How they could have been a happy family." Her voice was sad, full of emotion. "It's just isn't given to them. All I can say that gives me comfort is that they died together and for a better world. They fought not for you, Harry but for all of us, for the a wizarding world in which Teddy could be what ever he wants to be. No restrictions and no judgment. A world in which we can be free."

"I can't even believe that." I sighed sadly. "I can't believe that they knowingly died for a better world. They shouldn't have died, the free world was close anyway. I would have done anything to accomplish that."

Her words weren't any comfort. If Remus and Tonks had survived they would still be able to live in this new free world. I would have finished Tom even without their sacrifice. I had fought so hard for it, together with Ron and Hermione. We fought for all those we love, to realize that we still lost anyone of them… I could never...

Even my thoughts blanked. To admit that we still lost them no matter what, was hard.

"You have to start to believe in something. If you can't believe my words than maybe you can believe that they will be with us anyway. As long as we love and remember them." Ginny whispered in my ear.

I shook my head at her and bit my lip against the onslaught of emotions. They were lost forever, only when I die would they return to me.

I looked over to where the little Teddy lay sleeping peacefully. He wasn't yet aware of what he had lost. He was a bit older than me when I lost my parents, I wondered if I was as happy as he is now after that. Did I realized what I had los?. Had I been able to grieve, can you even grieve when you are a bit more than a year old?

"Harry…" Ginny whispered carefully. "Stop thinking like that. I can see it… in your eyes… stop."

"I'm not… blaming … myself." I whispered. "I was thinking about Teddy, about how hard things would be for him when he realizes… I wondered if I ever really realized what I have lost when I was his age."

"You were one year old, Harry. A baby can't realize that." Ginny whispered.

"I feel so bad that Teddy has to relive my life, I feel so bad about what happened. I couldn't prevent it…" I half cried.

"It wasn't your job to prevent it. Stop feeling responsible for things you were never responsible for. Your only job was to find a way to finish Tom and you did, that's enough. Besides Teddy won't relive your life. He'll has us, Andromeda, Ron and Hermione, my mum and Minerva, we all will help him through the loss when he needs it. We can all tell him stories about his parents. He'll grow up protected, loved and cared for. We can never replace his parents but we can make him feel loved."

I sighed, she had told me this a dozen times of the last year, yet I had a hard time to deal with the truth of it.

Ginny kissed me softly. After a few seconds she pulled back and looked at me with concern.

"I don't know what else to do or say Harry." She whispered. "I don't know what I have to do to make it easier for you. To make all the pain go away. I would do anything if I could."

Her words cut deep into me, her emotions were woven through them and made my stomach turn. I felt sick that she felt the need to do anything to make me feel better.

"You don't have to do anything, love." I softly told her.

"But I want to, I want to take all the pain away." She said stubbornly.

"You already do. If it weren't for you I would be lost in grief, your presence comforts me, it gives me something to live for."

"What about living for your own happiness?"

"Maybe that will come with time, for now I'm content with living for you."

Ginny sighed and shook her head.

"You really need to start to live your own life, Harry. Make your own decisions and find your own happiness. You can't be completely happy unless you find that."

"I want to live my life with you, I want you to make decisions with me. Watching life unfold around us will be my happiness." I said solemnly.

Before we could get any deeper into this disagreement Teddy started to wake up. He squirmed a bit before he opened his eyes.

"Hey little man." Ginny whispered as she sat up. The boy started smile and reach out for us. With a quick move he was sitting in Ginny's lap as she gently rocked him so he could awake slowly. Soon he was laughing and clapping happily in his hands. I wondered if there was ever a time that he wasn't laughing.

"Do you want something to eat?" I asked him as I reached into the basket. Drooble had packed smashed fruit for Teddy, the boy seemed to love Drooble's creations, he grabbed the cup from my hands as soon as it was in reach.

After Teddy ate, Ginny decided to take him to the playground and have him down some slides and one de swings. She was being the perfect aunt, spoiling him silly. I watched from a distance wishing I had brought a camera. The afternoon was just picture perfect at the playground.

"Shall we go back?" Ginny asked. After she played with Teddy for a long time in the playground she left him to play with a small Labrador pup on the grass next to our blanket. The two were so cute. Together with the owner of the dog, we enjoyed watching them. Teddy sat on the grass and threw a ball which the dog would bring back to him. It made him squeal in happiness and the pup bark silly.

"Yeah, if you still want to buy all kinds of bad things for Teddy and visit your brother…" I said with a cheeky smile.

"Hey, I'm not buying bad things for him!" Ginny squealed, hitting my shoulder playfully.

"Okay, okay, you can buy him toys." I laughed. "Why don't we let him pick things out that he can play with at the Summer House when he visits. We don't have much toys for him there."

"That's a brilliant idea." Ginny said with a smile. She jumped up and headed over to Teddy. "What do you think, little man, do you want to go and buy toys?"

"Des!" Teddy said. The puppy was completely forgotten as he reached for Ginny to lift him up.

"Say goodbye to your dog friend first." Ginny said.

Gods, she was going to be the perfect mom. I was sure of that as I watched her teaching Teddy how to say goodbye to the puppy. I was sure she would be strict for her own kids and not as spoiling but sure doting and caring. Teddy learned how to say goodbye to the dog before Ginny picked him up and carried him over to me.

"Ry! Ry!" He called he reached out for me.

"Oh, Harry, he is trying to say your name."

"Yeah, I heard." I laughed as I took Teddy from her. "I sure hope Meda won't be angry with us for encouraging him in it."

"Nah. It's awesome. Meda will be excited to hear about Teddy's day."

We said goodbye to the owner of the pup and walked towards the Leaky Cauldron.

"If Teddy get's any heavier we need to get a stroller. I can't carrying him around much longer." Ginny said. I had to admit she was right, Teddy was getting big and carrying him was becoming quite straining.

"Yeah." I sighed as I shifted him to my other arm. "Maybe he will be able to walk it all soon."

"I don't think so, it will be a while before he can walk everything." Ginny said, suddenly she gasped and turned to look at the other side of the street. "Oh, look Teddy, a chocolate shop."

Ginny picked Teddy out of my arms and crossed the street before I realized what she meant.

"Gin, no!" I yelled after her.

"Yes!" She laughed back.

I hurried after her but the damage was already done, Teddy was clapping in his hands and pointed towards the candy shop. "Ginny, he can't eat chocolate yet!" I yelled.

"Oh yes, he can. Chocolate melts, he can suck on it. If he is his father's son he'll love it."

Honestly there was no stopping Ginny when she got some idea. I ran after her into the shop. The scent of chocolate was overwhelming. I never had been a big fan of chocolate but Ginny was and Teddy probably as well. They both were like Ron on Christmas morning, which was much worse than any normal kid.

"Gin, please, be a bit reasonable. Teddy really can't eat chocolate yet."

"He can. Like I said he'll suck on it. Besides I love muggle chocolate and I want to take some home."

I sighed and shook my head in defeat. Ginny picked up a small shopping baskets and roamed the shelves. I followed her to make sure she didn't went too much overboard with this. I mean I love to indulge her with anything she wants but I really was thinking about Teddy's health. Ginny could buy for herself what ever she wanted, I would happily pay for it, as long as she was being reasonable about Teddy.

"Oh, look. Teddy, that's something for you." Ginny said happily as she pointed to chocolate covered cookies. There were the best in the shop that she could have picked for him because the weren't completely chocolate and he could indeed suck on it but as she continued to roam the shelves she found chocolate lollipops she wanted Teddy to try and more things I was sure Andromeda would never give him.

When she finally reached the cash register her basket was full with all sorts of stuff. She smiled up at me as she handed the basket over to the lady behind it.

"Don't worry, Harry, I've got something for you to enjoy as well." She whispered sultry just when I saw the lady scan a tube of chocolate bodypaint.

"Jeez, Gin.." I hissed at her but she just chuckled. Her eyes flashed at me and I knew that as soon as Teddy was back with Andromeda she would have her way with me and I wouldn't mind one bit.

I was happy that on our way to the Leaky Cauldron we didn't pass a muggle toys store or we would have never made it back to the magical world this afternoon.

"We have to stop at Magic Toys before going to George and Angelina. I want to buy Teddy a stuffed animal and stuff for at home." Ginny said as if she could read my thought.

It didn't take too much time to reach the shop. The shop was large but it was still stuffed with toys. Teddy was clearly enjoying himself and helped Ginny pick out all sorts of toys for him to play with at the Summer House. To top off the large pile with toys Ginny added a large stuffed animal in a dog form, it was big, black and had a shaggy fur, just like Sirius. Teddy was clearly taken with it as he wouldn't release it. I missed Sirius so much in that moment, he would have been so happy to see Teddy like that.

Suddenly an owl landed on my shoulder, I recognized it as Arn's work owl, small and fast. It had a letter addressed to me tied around his leg. The writing wasn't Arn's handwriting but Kingsley's.

"Ginny, I'm going to read this outside. When you are done just call Drooble and have him take it all back to the house."

"Okay, is it something important?" She asked as she pointed to the letter.

"I don't know, I'll tell you once I have read it."

She nodded as turned her attention back to Teddy. I quickly walked out and relieved the owl from it's burden.

"I'm sorry I don't have treats with me. I'll bring some for you tomorrow." I told the owl as I let it fly away. I broke the seal on the parchment and rolled it open.

Harry,

I hate to inform you about a new development like this but early this morning after a heavy confrontation with Death Eaters two member of the Auror Office got killed and Arn got severely wounded. I'm writing you from St. Mungo's at the moment, I'm not leaving here until I know that Arn will make it.

The confrontation happened when we wanted to arrest Mrs. Umbridge. It appears that her connections with the Death Eater run deeper than we thought because she is protected by multiple known Death Eaters and Werewolves.

I know you probably would want to come to St. Mungo's as well and you are welcome but if you are busy I'll meet you tomorrow morning at 8.

I'll inform you if anything changes in Arn's conditions.

Kingsley.

My heart skidded to a halt for a few seconds and picked up double speed a moment later. Arn and I had grown close the last year, he was like an uncle that loved to teach you all sorts of mischief but also important life lessons. Arn was a great man with great magical skills. I knew he made some mistakes in the last year when it came to hunting down the Death Eaters but that was what we were going to do together, my knowledge and his skills. Now I was in utter shock to read that he, a great skillful auror, was now fighting for his life.

I run back into the store where I found Ginny still browsing the shelves.

"Hey, what do you… Harry, what is wrong?" She asked as she saw my face.

"Bad news." I breathed.

"Who?" She asked as she understood the shock and horror that must have been clear on my face.

"Arn…"

"No!"

"He isn't dead… yet."

"Oh no."

"I want to go to St. Mungo's." I said to her.

"Yes, go…"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, go to your friend and his family. They need you."

"Will you be alright, alone with Teddy I mean?"

"Of course. Drooble will take this and I'm going home as well. I'll wait for you until you get home."

"You don't have to do that." I quickly said, I wasn't sure how long I would be away, it could take until very late.

"I will because I want you to come home before I leave for camp. I want to kiss you before I leave." She said fiercely.

"Alright, but it will be late."

"Just go, Harry. Let me know how Arn's doing."

"Alright. I love you." And with that I apparated to St. Mungo's. My mind already focused on Arn and maybe a bit on revenge… gods I really hated that pink bow-tie ugly toad!


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