Another Lupin
Disclaimer: I repeat, not mine all belongs to J. K. Rowling
Author's Note: Due to the fact that my final exams are soon going to be starting, I might not post that much chapters, sorry.
Enjoy:)
Chapter 3: Tearful Farewell
Teddy was leaving for his sixth year at Hogwarts, and Natalie wouldn't let go. "Natalie, I promise, I will write" "NO TEDDY DON'T LEAVE, I WANT YOU TO PLAY PRINCESS WITH ME" Remus jumped in before things got out of hand, "Sweetheart, I will play princess with you" Natalie's tears calmed a bit, but she was still holding onto her brother's robes so Teddy said, "Hey, you know Hogwarts right? Well Teddy needs to go, he needs to learn magic, and do stuff with his wand like daddy, besides, if you eat your vegetables, you will grow like me, and you will go to Hogwarts too, you'll see" "So…so Teddy you will send letters?" "Yes, I promise" "Pinky promise" she held out her tiny pinky, and Teddy locked his pinky around hers and said, "Pinky promise" "But…but I'll miss you Teddy" "I'll be back before you can say Quidditch" Teddy went over to hug his mother and father and boarded the train. Natalie mumbled something but Dora couldn't hear her over the screeching of the train pulling out of the station. She crouched down to hug her daughter, but she slipped from her hands and chased the train weeping and shouting, "QUIDDITCH, QUIDDITCH, TEDDY YOU PROMISED TO COME BACK" Dora ran and picked up her daughter, who buried herself in her mother's shoulder, "Mommy, Teddy said he will come back before I can say Quidditch, and I said Quidditch, he was lying, Teddy's a liar" "No love, he has to go to school, besides, that was just an expression" "What's an expression?" she asked and turned to look attentively towards her mother, "It is something that people say, but they mean something else, Teddy meant that he will be back so quickly, just four months, can you show me how many fingers is that?" she held up five fingers, so Remus tucked one of her fingers down, and said proudly, "Brilliant sweetheart, now how about we go to the car before the station gets closed, if they close it, let's try not to be the last people to leave" Dora hit him playfully, and they left using apparation. Once they disapparated into the household, Natalie ran upstairs to her brother's room, and spent the day there, until it was bed time, so Dora went upstairs to the room, "Natalie dear, it's bed time, do you want me to tuck you in bed?" "No mummy, I wanna sleep here" she replied with a sleepy look on her face, eyes closing involuntarily, and head drooping slightly. "Someone is sleepy, would you like a story" "Yes, please" Natalie hopped off the bed and picked Teddy's favorite book and opened his favorite story, 'Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump' a while later, when Remus went up to inspect why Teddy's bedroom door was left ajar, he was met by the most heartwarming sight. Dora was sleeping, one arm around Natalie's small frame- who was snuggling closer to her mother- and the other hand still holding the story book, both breathing peacefully. Remus snapped a picture of the two, this was definitely going in the family photo album.