The strange kid from the Tonks´s
Disclaimer: Just the story and some OC are from my creation, the Harry Potter universe and it´s characters belong to J.K Rowling.
Ted
Melissa and Abraham Tonks were always told of how weird their youngest son Edward was. It wasn´t because he was bad looking because compare to many other children his age he was handsome and well behave, it was more related to the misterious things that used to happened around the child.
It were things that even Edward ignored until he was 6 years old. It was when their parents had bought a magnificent record-player and he was having fun when suddlenly three windows crashed donw unexpectactly, and there was also the time where her older sister Gina´s hair was painted bright green after they had a discussion even when he told his parents he had nothing to do with it.
At school his Math teacher had had his mouth glued, as If he had comsumed a bottle of Super Glue, just right after he had scowled Ted because he was trying to helped a classmate during his sustentation just to save him from the Summer School. Or that nasty git that enjoyed to punched all the kids that were smaller than him and was strangely pushed against a mud puddle because of a excess in gravity just when Ted was conveniently walking around. Those were the reasons why no one wanted to be close to him.
He was sure that everyone at Bristol were agreeing that the boy with the sweet eyes held a dark secret. And Ted himself had already accepted that he was going to be a black sheep that would never fit in because he also felt that something was wrong.
If he concentrated enough he could make the most strange things happen: Once he blew up a tubing just to prove if what his neighbors said about him was true and discovered while his parents cleaned the terrible flood and Gina screamed that he had supernatural abilities. Could it be that he was the next Clark Kent? But inside he denied it, he had never received a radioactive bath and incredible things only happened in books.
Nonetheless he agread that he had to trained for using them to bring the well being just so he could simply annoy all those old gossipy ladies that change from Street after they saw his mom walking. If he was going to be a peculiar child then he would be the best at it.
And years went and come until one morning of July when something arrived to his doorstep that changed his life forever. Ted was normally never sent by his parents to checked the mail because he might lose some letters but Gina went out that morning and they decided to take the risk. It was something good because there was a letter with a bright seal that was directed to him.
The only persons that wrote to Ted were his grandparents and oftenly the letters had Gina´s name before his, but this one didn´t even had a postcard from Scotland and was from other place. It came from a School.
Ted was already signed into the private boarding school at Scotland that his father attended so he could live with his grandparents and prevent him form receiving rude comments from classmates that already knew him, and he knew the name from it wasn´t Hogwarts. Yet he couldn´t help but to open the letter and nothing could describe his amussment.
He was a wizard! A real wizard! Not like those who had bunnies coming out of their hats but one that could go to an special school to be taught how to handdle his powers and was gonna be confirmed when a professor of the School came to explain all the possible doubts that might come with the revelation. It was amazing! Fabulous!...If only his parents had thought the same.
"Do you belive this is funny? What wrong can it make to Ted telling him he is a wizard? This is unacceptable Gina!"
His sister had her eyes full of tears that were already coming down her cheeks while she tried to explain to their parents along with Ted that she hadn´t done anything "It´s true!" Exclaimed the blond boy with rush " I am a wizard! That is the reason why I do strange things. I will study magic!
"You are not either strange or magical and you also don´t do weird things. And you are definitly not a wizard, Edward.
"But they say so in there mom! What is wrong with something good finally happening to me?" He yelled with blurry eyes over his sister´s screams.
Yet his parents didn´t paid attention to them and sent them to sleep, keeping the letter in a drawer and forbidden them to speak of it ever again. And Ted had to resigned himself to believe while he climbed the staircase that maybe he was just the strange kid everyone somehow seamed to see.
Days went by and Gina was punished by their parents because ´You wrote a ridiculous letter fooling your brother´ and yet something inside Ted told him that it couldn´t be just a lie. The thruth had to be hidden somewhere and his sister wasn´t cruel enough to just fooled him like that, right? But the person that was supposed to come and explain everything never appeared. Or so he though until the morning of July the 19th.
It was only four in the morning when strong knocks in their door woke up everyone in the number six of Garden Street. Ted´s mom and father woke with a rush and went down to see who was making such a scandal during an hour where it was not good to visit. Their screams were what drag Gina´s and Ted´s attention and made them run to find the funniest scene ever when they discovered a man with blonde hair and brownish´s eyes lying down their door as if he was an old families friend.
Gina followed their parents example of screaming and sticking to the railing with fear but it was Ted who had all the stranger´s attention.
"Tonks, Edward?"
"Y-Y-Yes"
"Incredible! I must have knocked in four different houses before arriving. You muggles have a serious problem making numerations, I don´t remeber it being that way when I was a child. Of course, Minerva has some kind of sixth sense to find directions, it might be for her cat part I guess. Well, do you have something to drink? This might take a long time."
His mom looked ready to have a mental breakdown but his dad stood up and while putting all his family behind him confronted the man with those crazy eyes "Listen to me carefully gentleman. If you don´t exit my house before I count to ten I will call the police and make sure I´ll got you arrested for entering my house without permission, Am I being clear?
"Sorry to dissapointed you, Abraham, but things will be easier if you only let me sit with the boy and you three signed the confidentiality agreatment at once so I can explain everything you need to know about Hogwarts. Belive me, my parents are muggles too and they made a bigger scandal than you when they saw a cat become a woman. There is no need to call the muggle police!"
"H-H-H-How do you know m—m-my name? Who are you? What are you?"
The man just smiled and take off his curious purple hat for doing an inclination "I am John Wilson and I teach Arithmancy at Hogwarts School of wizardry and Witchcraft. And I have come here to inform you about everything you will need to know before sending Edward to start his magical education. May I sit now?"
"You lose yourself with this prank. Where did you get the actors?" But his sister only fainted rather than answering him and that showed Ted that this could only be true.
After his parents acommodated professor Wilson in the living room, Gina was plainly concious and everyone was sit to prevent future faintings it was when they started to talk. The man let out a flying quill and then a large wand that it seemed was made of oak before he looked at the Tonks´s.
"Well, where should I begin with?"
"What do you mean with Hogwarts? What´s it interest with Ted?"
Professor Wilson rested himself in the couch "You´ll see, Melissa, Hogwarts is one of the many wizadry schools all around the world. But we have a particularity and it is that we accept every single witch and wizard not caring about their blood statues and that´s the reason why when a one is born we inmediatly register it just so when they turned eleven their letter´s arrived and they could come to the school to learn the basic about our world: History, defence, transfigurations and charms all taught by a responsible wizard or witch. Ted is part of these new generation."
"But…but I didn´t delivered any application form"
"Haven´t you heard? The quill registered you when you were born! It might be possible that none of your parents have magical abilities, but that doesn´t mean that you have less oportunities at school. And blood is just a stupid concept that only stubborn and old families value by the way."
Information buzzed around Ted´s head and he lost any concentration about what professor Wilson was telling his parents. It was true then? He was a wizard born from…? What was the name? Muffles? He didn´t care! Here there was a man finally explaining all the concerns he had about the weird things that happened to him, giving him a solution for them. He would learn magic!
"…Dumbledore who is the most brilliant and capacitated wizard ever that Hogwarts has seen since it´s foundation. There is no one better than him to trust the security of your son!"
He would learn how to change the colour of his hair, how to dissapear, a whole history of a world apparently hidding away from people like his parents and sister. It will be great!
"…And then Slytherin leave the school, they say he left a secret chamber that hides a monster ready to kill wizards and witches that are like Ted and I but nobody has ever died! Except for Moaning Myrtle who likes to harass girls in a bathroom, but taking into account that she was unsufferable while being alive whoever killed her did us a favor."
Were there families with only wizards and witches among them? Could Ted meet them? He was dying only for imagining being the friend of a wizard´s family! Would he have a wand like professor Wilson? Could he take an animal to the school? He always liked snakes…
"…There is also a forbidden forest full with dangerous creatures that could murder anyone but no student has died there since 20 years ago, so there is no risk. Now you are going to sent the child, aren´t you?"
"What you say Ted?"
The answer didn´t wait to come out of his mouth and he was sure angels were singing and his face was brightning "Really? When do classes begin? I want to go there now!"
Professor Wilson smiled and Ted noticed for the first time in years how a relieved look appeared at his parents´s face that lower down his happiness. He knew how many troubles he had cost them and now more than ever did he understood that they were only his magical powers´s fault that he might never live in peace with them because he would always find a way of ruining it.
"What is that?"
Professor Wilson raised a paper that was put in the table and got Ted out of his depressive thoughts that almost made him feel sad about accepting "It is name a magical confidentiality agreatment. ´Us Abraham, Melissa and Gina Tonks swear not to reveal any information about Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witcharft location and the magical sociaty problems along with the identity of Edward Tonks who will now began his magical studies. If we did we know that a curse will be set upon us and that we will be investigated by the Ministry of Magic in charge now of the Minister of Magic Nobby Leach´ Was it clear?"
Even though his parents and Gina were not thrilled by the prospect of being cursed they had no other option but to signed. Professor Wilson kept his smile the whole time and saved the paper to start giving them instructions about how to arrive to the Diagon Alley and telling them the schedule and exact way to arrive to platform 9 ¾. When the moment when he was finally gone came Ted Tonks could not believe his luck.
On the other hand the nighbors were chatting how a strafalarious man went out of the Tonks´s home and told each other the pity they felt for the strange kid of the Tonks´s.
