Disclaimer:Harry Potter, the subsequent characters, and universe belong to J. K. Rowling.

Summary:Ron suspects that Rose might be dating Scorpius Malfoy. He enlists the help of Teddy to figure out if he's right, but Teddy becomes quickly entangled in the situation. Rose/Scorpius Rose/Teddy.

Author's Note: Another update. I'm so proud of myself. I hope you are all proud of me too.

Something that is almost Important!: Cast your vote on how you feel this should be rated if you have the time. Is it so risqué that the innocent eyes of fanfictiondom must be warned away by and M rating or is it safe enough to be placed under T? I could really use some advice on this as I always have trouble picking ratings. It won't get more intense than chapter 2, so decide based on that and maybe the language in chapter 3. God, I hate long author's notes don't you too.

Part 6: Welcome to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Teddy Lupin was well liked. It's just the type of person he was. He didn't have to make people like him either; they were just naturally drawn to his kind open personality. Girls fawned over him, boys wanted to be him, and children thought he was hilarious with his metamorphagus abilities. No doubt about it Teddy Lupin was a charmer, so this assignment should have been a breeze. As it turned out Teddy Lupin's alter ego Daniel Miller was not so adept at making friends.

Teddy was pretty sure all of his problems making friends started with being forced to be in the Slytherin house. Harry had arranged for him to live with the snakes believing that if any of the students knew what had happened it would be one of the Slytherins. This wasn't a bad assumption. For all of their cold detachedness, they seemed pretty informed of the happenings at the school. The students had been told Professor Wicks had passed away, yet everyone in Slytherin seemed to know he had been murdered.

Teddy had been living with the seventh year Slytherin's for three days now and had yet to make anything beyond a hostile acquaintance. Teddy stared at his strange face in the mirror: thick black hair, pale skin, a slightly wide nose and a thin lipped wide mouth to match, and a squared jaw. Teddy thought the overall affect made him look threatening; the slightly stocky frame that went along with the face only enhanced this impression. The only becoming feature was the blue green hazel eyes.

Dannyboy which is how Teddy began to refer to his alter ego in his mind was not a handsome man though he wasn't particularly atrocious either. However, he was plain enough to make it difficult to make friends. Teddy never realized how easy good looks made it to interact with other people. Girls and boys who would have admired and liked Teddy Lupin at just a glance ignored poor Dannyboy. The Slytherin's were also a naturally clever and suspicious lot and they were wary of the new student in their midst.

Students entering Hogwarts after 1st year were extremely rare. Of course they had prepared a cover story about him being home schooled by his mother until she recently passed away and then his muggle father sent him off to Hogwarts. In Teddy's opinion it was a pretty weak story. Oops Mum died, best get you out of my hair and off to Hogwarts where you can grieve around a bunch of strangers. Then again maybe that type of parenting was more common in the Slytherin house. It seemed Harry certainly thought so as he was the one to concoct the cover story and modify memories to match the story if anyone were to start digging in too deep.

Right now there was a sixty year old muggle man who until a week ago was single without any family that now believed he had a seventeen year old son at a wizard's school and had recently lost his wife. That bit of the arrangement's made Teddy uneasy and gave him a sick feeling in his stomach. The man was retired British intelligence and was aware of the magical community. Apparently he often helped the ministry out and had volunteered to have his memory temporarily modified. Teddy was learning more about the questionable morality inherent to his job and he didn't know how to feel about it. However, Harry assured him it was necessary, so Teddy gave up studying his reflection and pulled out of piece of parchment to write a letter to his father about how wonderful school was going and that he had made lots of friends. He listed the names of his dorm mates and made up some fun stories that were stolen from Teddy Lupin's first day at Hogwarts nearly 13 years ago.

As he was writing his letter Scorpius Malfoy entered with Blane Krivens another seventh year Slytherin. They were chuckling together until they noticed someone else in the dorm which immediately silenced them. Teddy rolled his eyes and went back to writing his letter. "I'm going to go on to dinner, want to come." Krivens asked Malfoy while he lingered by the dorm room door.

"You go on ahead. I have to grab something." Malfoy sauntered over to his bed casually, though Teddy was aware that one of his eyes was on Dannyboy at all times. The inverse was true as well as Teddy had stopped writing and was surreptitiously watching Malfoy. Malfoy grabbed a book and something that was green and metallic. Even at a distance Teddy immediately recognized it as Rosie's charm bracelet. Before he could help himself he blurted out in Dannyboy's deep voice, "What you got there?"

Malfoy's shoulders immediately tensed and he casually obscured the bracelet from view. "What's it to you," Malfoy snapped sharply. His cheeks had reddened slightly, but otherwise his face was completely expressionless.

"I was just curious," Teddy said and turned back to his letter. He heard Malfoy make a disgruntled non-committal sound before moving towards the exit.

"Hey Miller." Teddy looked up in surprise when he heard his cover's name. "Want to come down to dinner?" Malfoy offered in a neutral voice.

"Uh…I could eat," Teddy responded after recovering from his initial shock. He folded up his letter and shoved it into his pocket before joining Malfoy and leaving the cool dungeon. When they arrived at dinner he noticed Malfoy glance over at the Ravenclaw table and noticed Rose gave him an approving smile. Teddy looked over in surprise at Malfoy. He wondered if Rose had anything to do with the sudden invite to dinner. Malfoy didn't seem to notice that Dannyboy had seen the look between him and Rose and sat down next to Krivens at the Slytherin table.

Some of the Slytherins raised their eyebrows in mild curiosity but generally they ignored Miller's addition to their group. Malfoy began spooning food onto his plate as if nothing was out of the ordinary and Teddy followed his example. As soon as they began eating, a girl with short golden blonde hair and sharp green eyes sat down across from them. Here face was rounded and went well with her pert mouth and small nose. She was fairly pretty, though here eyebrows seemed to have been plucked into an eternally glowering position.

"Hi Scorpius," she purred leaning across the table. She had her robe undone and the top two buttons of her blouse had come undone as well. Teddy's thick black eyebrows shot up to his hairline. Were Hogwart's girls always so forward? He didn't remember them being like this to him.

The girl shot Dannyboy a knowing smirk when she noticed his look. "Madina," Malfoy replied curtly. He didn't even bother to look up from his food

Madina's smile faltered slightly, but she seemed to get a renewed vigor as she continued. She reached across the table and laid a hand on his forearm, the one that he wasn't using to eat with. Malfoy still didn't respond to Madina's blatant advances, but Teddy noticed his hand tighten about his fork slightly the knuckles becoming whiter and his eyes flicked in the direction of the Ravenclaw table. Teddy was desperate to see what Rose thought about this, but didn't want to risk looking in that direction and letting on that he knew more than he should.

Madina persistently pushed on despite all of the signals she was getting. It looked like Krivens was trying not to burst out laughing as he watched the two. "So I was thinking. Hogsmeade weekend is coming up shortly and I thought we could have some fun if we went together."

"I've already got plans," Malfoy told her flatly.

"Right then," she said her cheeks flushed. "Maybe another time?" Krivens was actually snickering out loud this time.

"I don't think so Madi," Malfoy said finally looking up from his dinner. He moved his arm carefully out of her grasp. "Oh," she said. Teddy could see she was embarrassed and her eyes were slightly glassy with moisture. "I just remembered I have to meet someone," she said airily making her escape from the great hall. Teddy couldn't help but feel badly for the girl. Krivens burst out laughing after she left the great hall.

"Shut up Krivens," Malfoy said coldly.

"Oh come on, now that was funny. She practically threw herself at you," he laughed wiping tears out of his eyes.

Malfoy shrugged noncommittally. "I don't see why you turned her down. I know she gets around, but she is hot!" Krivens went on looking ruefully towards where she had exited.

"Not all of us are led by what's in our pants."

This comment didn't seem to bother Krivens any. He leaned forward, so he could speak to Teddy. He jutted a thumb out at Malfoy. "Always worried about his reputation this one. Madina's not good enough to bless with the Malfoy name."

The corner of Malfoy's mouth quirked up a little and Teddy could have swore he saw his eyes flicker to the Ravenclaw table again. Though it could have been his imagination. "I don't suppose she is," Malfoy answered with a bit of fondness in his voice.

"You'd get with her, wouldn't you Miller?" Krivens went on completely missing any undercurrents in the conversation.

Teddy leaned his hulking frame back thoughtfully crossing his hands behind her head; might as well start playing his role. "She's pretty enough, but I always had a bit of a thing for smart girls." Teddy was purposefully trying to needle Malfoy. Sure Malfoy was the only person in Slytherin who had been nice to him and he seemed like a decent guy, but that didn't mean Teddy had to like him or the fact he was going out with Rose.

Krivens nodded. "I could see that. Uptight, librarian type with glasses, but a vixen in the sack. You know, a nice little Ravenclaw."

"I'll see you guys later." Malfoy said standing up abruptly.

"Whatever," Krivens said waving him off. Teddy nodded and watched him leave the hall. He glanced at the Ravenclaw table and saw that Rose was following the blonde with her eyes a slight frown on her face.

The next day Teddy was trying to write his essay for Herbology. How the hell was he supposed to learn anything about the case if he was being forced to spend all of his time studying. It had only been six years since he had been at Hogwart's. School shouldn't be this hard for him. He growled in frustration and chucked his Herbology book across the study table and it hit the Library's wall with a satisfying crack.

He placed his head on the table wallowing in how unfair his life was. He had graduated and had a great job; clearly, he didn't need to know this crap if he didn't remember any of it now. He heard someone walking towards his corner of the library; probably, the librarian to tell him to bugger off for damaging school property.

He kept his head down on the desk unwilling to talk to anyone. The footsteps walked past them and then he heard the person pick up the book and pull out a chair across from him.

"Here you dropped this," he heard as someone pushed a book into his arm. Teddy looked up warily only to see the familiar smiling face of Rose.

"Oh…I…I…uh," Teddy didn't know what to say. He hadn't talked to Rose in weeks and he had never been introduced to her as Danny Miller.

"Hi, I'm Rose," she said shuffling books she had in her arms so her right hand was free. She held it out for him to take. "Rose Weasley." Her smile was rather fetching with magically straightened teeth. Hermione had insisted that their children shouldn't be cursed with her genes. Besides her lively hair Rose looked remarkably like her father with a long narrow face, sloping nose, pouty lips, and a generous helping of freckles. The family made comments on how much she looked like Ron, much to the chagrin of him and his daughter. As the teasing often led to how no one ever realized how effeminate Ron looked until they met his daughter. Rose was also unnaturally tall and thin for a girl her age. Yet, she was still in Teddy's opinion and apparently in Scorpius's opinion quite pretty.

"Uh nice to meet you," Teddy replied gruffly and took the proffered hand. Her hands were warm and soft and Teddy quickly pulled away from her grasp. She raised an eyebrow at him, but didn't comment.

"Danny right," she asked.

"Uh yeah," he replied dumbly. "How'd you know?"

Rose smiled warmly at him again. "You get used to seeing the same faces after seven years, so a new one kind of stands out. Plus the whole announcement at the opening feast."

"Right, of course." Teddy blushed slightly. He was starting to worry that Rose would want to start a conversation or possibly worse a friendship with Danny Miller. Not that he didn't like talking to Rose, but she was more likely to catch on that Danny Miller had some similar habits to one Teddy Lupin.

"So what did the Herbology book do to you?"

"Huh?"

"You threw it at a wall," she explained. "It must have done something awful to deserve such treatment."

Teddy managed a low laugh at this. "Nothing beyond alluding my comprehension," he admitted. "Which deserves at least being thrown at a wall if not a fireplace."

"Then I must do my best never to confuse you," Rose laughed.

Teddy began to laugh too. Wait a second was Rosie flirting. Was Rosie Posey an unintentional flirt? "Well you're on the wrong track then, because I can't imagine why you would be talking to me."

Rosie's smile faltered a little. "Is it that bad?"

Wow, Rose was concerned about him and she hardly knew him. Suddenly Teddy found himself inexplicably jealous of himself. What would he give for Rose to be concerned for Teddy Lupin and not his alter ego. "No. It's fine. Just new school stuff you know." He mumbled trying to brush it off as nothing.

Rose seemed to hesitate before speaking again. "I know the Slytherins can be a bit cold and off putting, but if you give them some time I'm sure you'll find a few friends in your house." Hmm, wonder who she could possibly be talking about.

"Hmm," Teddy grunted non-commitally.

"Well until then maybe I can help you get to know your Herbology book better, so you won't have to throw it to the fire."

"That'd be really nice." Teddy smiled.

Two and a half hours later he went back to his dorm room with a ridiculously goofy grin on his face. As he entered he noticed Scorpius Malfoy sitting strangely enough on Danny Miller's bed.

The smile on Teddy's face fell immediately to be replaced by tight lipped confusion. "Uh…Hi," he offered with a small wave.

Scorpius stood up stiffly and looked down at the shorter boy. He looked every bit a Malfoy with an air of absolute superiority and disdain. Teddy was starting to feel slightly justified in his dislike of the boy. "I'd stay away from Rose Weasley if I were you."

'Would you really?' Teddy thought to himself mockingly. Somehow he doubted that Malfoy would be avoiding Rose any time soon. "Eh…why," Teddy asked guardedly. He had a pretty good idea as to why Scorpius thought he should stay away from Rose.

"She's a Weasley. It's like Hogwarts royalty and she is off limits to anyone in Slytherin who doesn't want to face a quick death at the hands of her many many many relatives and be ostracized from our house." Scorpius said it all with a cool detachedness, but Teddy wondered if what he was saying hit a bit close to home for the blonde. He was surprised that Malfoy didn't bring blood status into the mix.

"Huh…" Teddy responded. "Well, she seemed nice to me."

"She is nice," Scorpius said flatly. "But that doesn't change the fact that you are on opposite sides."

"Opposite sides of what," Teddy asked slightly confused. Could this have anything to do with his case or was Malfoy speaking about the territories of the adolescent social world?

Apparently Malfoy didn't feel the need to clarify that statement, because he retreated to his own bed and closed the curtains. Teddy sat down on his own bed heavily. It was brilliant talking to Rose and studying with her. It was like being seventeen again and he was getting to know the spunky red head on a whole new level, but Malfoy was right. He needed to stay away from Rose and focus on the case. If he didn't solve this, there was a chance that an innocent person could pay the price.