Night Flying –or, What's in a Name

A HariPo fanfiction

by mew-tsubaki

Disclaimer/Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not me sadly. But I own this fic, so HA! This is for the 100 Prompts challenge by xXKissingSinXx. Using 3, 8, 12, 18, 22, 25, 40, 41, 46, 57, 60, and 79. Enjoy and review!


Ch.3: An Adventure Begins

As I am a guy, I think I'll not flourish this opening statement. Instead, I shall come right out and say that I was wrong.

But wrong about what?

No, no, no, not Lil.

Adventure follows Potters and Weasleys wherever they go… It follows me, too. (Damn it, Harry, your horrible luck is following me!)

Only two weeks into my assignment, and I came across the most peculiar object. It looked like a wand and felt like a wand, but it wasn't one. In fact, I had no idea what the hell it was.

I found it on the floor of the shop one night after closing. I'd been sweeping up after a rush of customers (mainly adults wanting to buy up favorites before Hogwarts had its first Hogsmeade trip of the year) when my foot had hit something solid and porcelain-sounding. I looked down and found the wand-like thing.

In physical appearance, it looked like a porcelain/glass wand. The hilt was smooth and rounded off, and the body was shaped into a twist with one strongly protruding edge. Its color was swirled black, navy, and dark green. Really, it looked like an artsy wand replica, more than anything else.

So how did I know that it was a dangerous item?

I was holding it when the owner of the shop called out for me. I answered back over my shoulder, my wrist slacking a bit. The wand-thing angled downward –and shot out a bit of mist. When I turned back to face it, my mouth hung open.

When the mist touched, the object disappeared. Kinda like acid.

My first thought was to repair the missing corner of the shelf before it tipped over. I took out my wand and said, "Reparo!!" Well, a load of good that did me. The shelf was still missing a corner. Whatever this item had just emitted was dangerous-

-and CAN'T BE REPARED BY MAGIC!!!

No pressure at all, right?

I bit my bottom lip and stuffed a rag under the gimped edge and spelled it to match the wood of the shelf. It barely looked like it should, but I couldn't fix this. Not without knowing what this projectile mist was.

I quickly finished up, grabbed my cloak, and ducked outside. I made my way up to the end of High Street, where Dervish and Banges was. I slipped inside and met with Shrad. "Dash," I muttered, using his codename.

His yellow-brown eyes grew wide at my expression and he took me into the back room. We spelled the room from any possible eavesdroppers and then he spoke. "You're kidding me."

I shook my head, my mousy brown bangs dusting my eyes. My hair's usually happy turquoise color had changed to muddy brown when I first picked up the wand-thing. I brought it out from my pocket; I had a Safety Charm surrounding it. "This thing –it actually made it into here at Hogwarts."

"Do you have any idea who might have dropped –or placed –it?"

"No. There were a lot of customers, yes, but none of them hung around the back corner of the store, where the Bloodpops are. And that's where I found this."

Shrad muttered something –a curse, I guess –in Hrvatski (he's half-Croatian). "I can't believe something actually happened," he thought aloud. If it weren't for the severity of the situation, I would've laughed that he'd doubted this mission as much as I had.

"We should get Reiya, huh?"

He shook his head. "No, both of you should stay on guard. I'll go back to the Auror Office." Shrad took the object and I looked around us. It was eerily quiet. Merlin, I hated the night.

Just then, something out the window caught my eye. I blinked. "What the hell was that?" I rushed over to the window, but whatever it was had disappeared from the window's range. I gritted my teeth. This mystery might be solved sooner rather than later…

"You go after that. I'll alert Reiya and then go to the Office." He grabbed my arm. "Teddy…be careful."

I nodded and left the room, breaking our Silencing Charm from mere moments ago. As I ran outside and pulled my Firebolt Quad from my inside cloak pocket, I grimly smirked to myself. Shrad, Reiya, and I had all gone through the Auror training together. We'd all taken a little longer than usual to finish the training, as well, earning our trio the title "Underdogs." Well, let's hope this Underdog doesn't end up put to sleep tonight.

I swung easily onto my broom handle and soared fast and high above Hogsmeade. I scanned the area all around me, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. I cursed. Could I really have lost the track so soon?

I circled above the trees of the Forbidden Forest. Merlin, this brought back to mind too many memories. There were, of course, memories of Vicky and me, but I had memories of my past classes, and I could picture how my father felt funning around in there, based on what Harry said he did to handle his lycanthropy. I could picture my mother stalking these same canopies and school grounds, protecting the school from Dementors and Death Eaters while figuring out her feelings for the man who would become my father.

As I zoomed over the expanse known as the Black Lake, I could see a younger Harry in my mind, flying on the beast Buckbeak (wish I had met the Hippogriff). I could picture Harry during the Triwizard Tournament, fighting off the merpeople in the murky waters. I could see him rescuing both Ron and Hermione…

And, as I saw all of this in my mind's eye, a jealous beast grew in the pit of my stomach. For I, Teddy Lupin, had yet to do anything so extraordinary as my relatives.

My mind pushed this old issue to the back as I caught a glimpse of an odd shadow heading towards the school. Fear was suddenly the winner this round, because all I could think was that Lily was in danger. School had begun and Hogwarts was a castle-full of students.

With that in mind, I sped up past breakneck speed. Really, I don't think I've ever flown that fast before. But all I could imagine was Lily, possibly being caught and tortured… What if this really was a Death Eater? Would she be killed?

My heart leapt into my throat. Whatever it was flew directly in front of me and I had to veer sharply left to gain on it. Just a little bit more, just a smidgen-

It took all of my willpower not to scream "LILY??!!!" when I saw her on her broom. But I didn't have to say anything.

"Teddy?!!" Her teal blue eyes bore through me, and I knew my cheeks and hair were the same shade of pink.

So much for disguises, folks.


Hahaha! Well, he caught the culprit…or did he? Lily isn't evil; we all know that. However, it was Lily zooming around, and he has to tell Shrad and Reiya something…

You know you have to review! Support Lily/Teddy!!

-mew-tsubaki :3

Thanks goes to Music Saves My Soul for alerting ch2 and to . (I just discovered Lily/Teddy, too!); and, of course, thank you, merdarkandtwisty, for reviewing both chappies. Glad you all like it so far! (And yes, Mor, I know that cliffhangers suck, but there will probably be a lot in this story because I'm that evil –haha!)